Tired of waiting.

Almost everyone I'm in contact with are either sick, have the remnants of sickness or are starting up fresh in the sickness mode.

Spring needs to come. It needs to come quickly.

We need that warmth on our bodies again, soaking up all that Vitamin C.

We need the slowness and gentleness of a warm spring day.

We need our bodies to come to a place of rest........not that we're overworked or anything, but it simply needs the newness of spring to rejuvenate and cleanse and heal us.

It's been a very long, very cold winter and I'm getting tired of waiting for it to be over.

As we wait for spring, we wait for Easter.........with great anticipation.

Come Lord Jesus, come.

Foggy?

Coming back to work today from a high powered headache, and a few days in a drug induced state, I felt as if I was on the coast.....it was all foggy and I couldn't get anywhere.

I probably looked weird and most likely sounded quite incoherent, but I was there nonetheless.

Perhaps it was too much "Mutiny on the Bounty" of the day before. Ya, that must have been it.

Anyway, today at work I had an opportunity to give our old boss, "Big Al" a big hug as he was back for a few days from Thunder Bay. He looked like the same old Al and it did my heart good to see him again. Quite the fellow. I miss that guy.

And I had an email today from another co-worker who retired a few years ago and another one from a gal who is taking a leave of absence. There was also a phone call from a fellow who will be retiring shortly and is off using up some of his vacation. I trust his trip to Waskesiu was lovely. I also heard from my cousin in Texas via email, who has just completed her chemo treatments and is now in the healing mode.

As much as I hate computers, I've begun to really believe I couldn't do without the dang things.

So, when all is said and done, today was pretty good, even though the fog was quite thick.

Perhaps the "Son" will burn it off completely tomorrow..........

Talk about confusing.

Today I made a point of just relaxing.....sans mega headache!

I plunked down in front of ye old TV and there on TCM was "Mutiny on the Bounty" black and white 1935 version. I fell asleep. Woke up got a drink and plopped down on the couch again. I fell asleep. Woke up again.

It was "Mutiny on the Bounty" alright but I woke up to the movie in color. Same show and now it was color. Was I dreaming? I DID consume quite a bit of Advil, etc. yesterday and today I was very fuzzy..........so unlike me.;-)

It took a while to figure out that yes, TCM actually DID present 2 back-to-back versions of this movie with the wretched cad, Captain Blye (Charles Laughton - 1935; Trevor Howard - 1962) and his mutinous ever-so-cute First Mate, Fletcher Christian (Clark Gable - 1935; Marlon Brando - 1962).

But I decided that it didn't really matter which version it was....either way, the First Mate was pretty hunky......mutinous, but hunky. I wasn't fuzzy about that point. ;-)

I think I must have recuperated quite well.

....but that barometric pressure keeps falling and the twinges in this old head continue on.

Done in.

Three solid days with one blasted headache is three days too many.

I'm done in.

Perhaps Wednesday can be a day of ridding myself of this drug-induced state.

So, as I said a few blogs ago, I say it once more to all of you at work...."Don't worry about me, eh?"

I hate missing days of work......heck, I hate missing
D A Y S, PERIOD.

Taking a stand.

What do you do when a guest in your home makes crude, racist remarks in your presence?

I asked them what exactly it was they were saying. When it was made clear as to what they were saying, I told the person they were making racist remarks and I thought it was terrible of them to say such things.

I also said that I hoped they didn't make remarks like that all the time in their own home because if they were, they were influencing the younger ones and poisoning their minds.

It was my home. In my(our) home, I do not allow racist remarks without calling the person on them.

THAT is my stand.

A good time.

What can I say about our Women's Retreat this past weekend?

So good.

Talks, laughs, walks, games, songs, food, food for thought, fellowship, praying, introspection, curling, reading, coloring, sleeping, serving, being served, learning, crying, discussions, seeking, being refreshed, making amends.........all of this combined with marvelous facilities, beautiful God-given weather and hosts with pure servant hearts....... a weekend we will remember for a long time.

And we're doing it again next year, Lord willing. A week later but same place.

So, start saving up now. Come and join us. No cooking. No cleaning. Just pure enjoyment.

The Quest. I'll see you there in '09.

I'm here

I wanted to post this yesterday with a link and now I know how to do it?????

Here you go! Gotta' love it!