Sunday, April 6, 2025

Happy birthday Brooks!!!

We are so proud and blessed to call you are Grandson.  Keep working hard for the Lord.  He is worthy!

Before church we got Star bucks.  After church I sat on the boardwalk while Denny sat in the car.   He was feeling under the weather and so he didn't go to the fish fry at the hall.  I stopped at Reals before coming home when Mandy called.  Good to hear from her.  I watched tv before heading to bed.  


No Christian could have said this better than Mr. Stein who is a Jew. Beautiful.     My confession:      I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from, that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat...       Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities came from and where the America we knew went to.      In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.      In light of recent events... terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school... The Bible says thou shalt not kill; thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.      Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave, because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about.. And we said okay..      Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.      Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with 'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.'        Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.      Are you laughing yet?     Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it.      Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.       Pass it on if you think it has merit.      If not, then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.      My Best Regards, Honestly and respectfully,     Ben Stein

Saturday, April 5, 2025

PB

 I played pb in the am.  It was warm and humid.  We played til 10:30.  Denny started to empty the shed and line up his tools to take back to Iowa.  Most of the day Denny and I worked on video and not much else.  We've been spending most  sunset evening on the dock.  



Friday, April 4, 2025

First Friday

 Denny was so relieved that Sherry and Kay would take me to Art Walk.  He didn't have to go with us.  It was fun night.  



Thursday, April 3, 2025

Early trip to the Airport

I got up and took Bransons to the airport at4.  I went home and finished dab.  They called, the flight couldn't take off.  After i brought them back I played pickleball.  Joyce joined us.  Denny fixed breakfast for the.  Sherry and Kay joined us.  In the afternoon we worked on Gloria/s video clips.  At 6 we went with Bransons to Biggos.  Great meal.  Fun talking. 

                                         

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Chilled

 I was up and played PB until 8:30.  Denny fixed breakfast for Joan.  I went to Black Friday and got a couple interesting items for Missy.  Denny started cleaning cupboards and getting rid of some stuff.  We watched tv in the evening.  I headed to bed early.  

                                              


Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Happy birthday, Gloria!!!!

I was up and headed to Wild August about 7:45.  It worked well to get flowers from Jennifer. She had flowers in the cooler.  There had been so much rain thatchy weren't picking on  the wet ground.   They were done playing pickleball by the time I got back. At 2:30 we took the flash drive and my phone to the hall and set up the pictures on the tvs.  Nap and then it was time to go back to the hall for a party.    About 90 people came. I think Gloria was surprised.  Judy (and others) made a big cake and Mike popped out of it.








Monday, March 31, 2025

flowers

Slept terrible last night.  Perhaps too excited to be getting flowers today.  Back fro Wild August about 10/  Quick stop at Black Friday when bug man was here.  Noe stopped by to look at and fix roof leaks.