Our three-miler went well yesterday. We almost made it the whole way without
interruption. This time it was the
famous dog lady. She had to tell us
about her husband’s back surgery.
Apparently the only reason he agreed to go to the doctor at all was
because she saw how well I did with my knee surgery. That’s where he was having problems. Or so he thought. The surgeon let him know in no uncertain
terms that his back was a lot worse than his knees. He was kind of on the ropes at that point, so
he agreed to the surgery. Sounds like it
went well for him. At least his wife is
happy about it.
We did a WalMart grocery run. Had to pick up some fruit as well as some
things Chris had on her list. My list
only had two things on it. Weedeater
string and a certain Spiderman movie that just came out on DVD. We almost couldn’t find the weedeater
string. It had been relegated to a
nondescript aisle in the main part of the store usually reserved for sale
stuff. Why? Because it’s Christmas in the Garden Center,
of course. Come on. It 30 days to Halloween and two months to
Thanksgiving. Christmas is still
sometime after that, I suppose. But of
course we need to put out the Christmas stuff.
Ho. Ho. Ho.
We had “pick up the girls at school duty”
again. Nathan is still working every day
at the plant during their turnaround time, and April was on shift again at the
hospital. Lexie’s Dad was off his fire
department shift, but he had one of his side jobs that he had to get done. Not a problem. Nana and DadDad to the rescue.
Lexie went on home. We offered to drop her off at a gas station
or the airport or the local elementary school, but she appreciated the ride to
her house. Cailyn came on over to our house
and got her homework done. She’s good
about doing that, too. Then she came
with us over to the old Lutheran church around the corner for our Neighborhood
Night Out. It was really nice. Not a huge crowd, but the ones there really
enjoyed it. There were many of the regulars
who always come, but we had some newcomers to the neighborhood as well. A girl who moved here from Macedonia brought
some European chocolates. Good
stuff. I met the chicken people from the
next street over. They have three
chickens and were especially excited because they gathered three eggs
yesterday. Breakfast this morning looms
exciting for them. I also met a guy who
is an elder in training at Galveston Bible Church. He’s really taking the responsibility to
heart, too. We are going to go for
coffee next week and get to know each other a bit. Ladder truck four stopped by to say hi. Cailyn was excited to see someone she
recognized. Former judge Susan Criss was
there. She’s running for state senate
now. Our new city council guy came as
well. Didn’t take long for him to be
inundated with “comments” about the nature of the streets here in the neighborhood. He started out his discussion with our table
with, “I already know about Sycamore. I’ve
driven down Sycamore.” All righty,
then. We didn’t have to say
anything. Oh, and the police chief made
an appearance as well. I’d say that was
a pretty good representation. Oh, and the
most exciting part … I won one of the door prizes donated by Kroger. A box of brownies from the bakery. Cailyn snatched those babies from my hand
before I ever got back to the table. She
said they buy those all the time, but they “usually have to get three or four
boxes of them because me and Mommy eat them fast and they are all gone before
you know it.” I haven’t had a chance to
taste them yet, but with that kind of recommendation, I think I’ll have
to. We did send a bag of them home with
her. Hey, she was really helpful. Served the little ladies at our table. She deserved a reward …
Matthew 22:37-39 says, “Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with
all your souls and with all your mind.’
This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your
neighbor as yourself.’”
Father, thank you for the chance to meet
some new neighbors and to renew acquaintances with others. Amen.
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