March 30 – “The $50 approval”

Another full day.  Chris felt well enough to attend her quilting class up in Dickinson.  I guess it won’t be too long before a real live t-shirt quilt begins to appear.

I spent a lot of the morning trying to get next week’s church work as done as possible.  We want to go look at bluebonnets next week.  That is, if Chris feels better.  And if it’s not too cold.  It’s time for the cold to stay away.  At least until after Easter baptisms in the Gulf.  Either way I got a lot done, even if it was supposed to be my “day off.” 

At some point in the morning Nathan called for me to meet him and John at Home Depot to return the unused materials from the fence.  I told him to keep whatever he thought he could use.  That amounted to some nails and two by fours.  We still got a credit of $250.  That’ll definitely help.  And why would we need such “help”?

Well, when Chris got back home we headed back outside.  She cleaned out and weeded the little, skinny flower bed on the side of the house.  I worked on leveling the little patio area by the side door so we could put some pavers out to put the trash cans on and to walk on in case it really does rain this afternoon.  The plan is to eventually concrete in that whole area.  Oh, and we also put some decorative slate in part of that flower bed Chris was working on. 

After all that work our worship pastor Jim came over.  He claimed to be a city inspector, and he would gladly approve the job if we gave him $50.  Chris picked up on that and later began a text thread with Nathan about the rogue inspector.  By the time she got through with him, Nathan was ready to hunt down this “Jim” character and put him in a world of hurt.  Speaking of “characters,” the whole thing was so out of character for Chris.  I finally entered the texting fray to let him know his Mom was pranking him.  Got ya’ Nathan.  He finally texted Chris and said, “Well done, Mom.  Well done.”  But, uh, Jim?  You still might want to watch your back …

Psalms 27:14 says, “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”

Father, thank you for the laughter I saw when Chris was pranking Nathan.  And I’m kind of glad I didn’t see the reactions Nathan was having.  Amen.