Decking at Cherokee

 We are headed to Cherokee.  Denny's going to help Jason work on the front deck and I am making salsa with Mandy.  I finished digging up bulbs and picking some flowers for next week.  It was such a nice time.  The kids had wrap up ready for make and we had steaks for supper, you can't beat that.  Boys played nicely, Denny and Jason worked diligently on the step stringers and getting the angles right.  Mandy and I tried out the spin salsa maker.  Wonderful day. 

                                             

This was a review from a guest last week.  It kinda got my goat.  Lord, guide my response to it.

The location is very private and nice. Off the beaten path is what we have. It was truly like walking in to a clean and tidy 80s era location. The host communicated very well. I would encourage removing so many personal/ family photos and religious memorabilia from guest quarters. The dog and kitties were the friendliest and most welcoming of all.

My finial unfiltered responce:   Prairie Whole Farm is a century farm, the land has been in our family for over 100 years and we are proud of our heritage.  We have been married 48 years, we feel that is an accomplishment,  and we are very thankful for our family.  We use the "guest quarters" regularly for our family and the memorabilia mirrors our family beliefs.  We are not a hotel, but we are very happy to welcome anyone to our home which is a reflection our farm, family, and faith.   (We were not present for your stay so of course our animals were the most welcoming.) 

This was a lawyer's moderated response:  "Thank you for your feed back.  The guest quarters are used by our family regularly and mirror our beliefs.  We are very happy to welcome anyone to our home which is a reflection our farm, family, and faith."

Now to decide whether to post the moderated response.  Lord, grant us wisdom.   Do we just let things slide, or we take a stance for what we value????  What is the kindest, most truthful action to take????  The guest gave us a rating of 5 out of 5 in the four categories.    And we all need encouragement ... even though it is not my plan to remove anything as they encouraged me to.  

Well, tooo rainy for pickleball, so coffee

I headed into IG for pickleball, but it was too rainy to play so 5 of us went to Zimmies.  "Twas nice to visit with Kathy, Marilyn, Rebecca and Tim.  I got up enough guts to tell them that I got negative feelings 3 years ago when I wanted to join and play pickleball with them at the rec center, but their idea was "We four, no more."  Uffda!! Why should something so minor like that cause me to be so anxious.  (And it would be my desire to stand up like Corrie and Betsy Ten Boom and Not buckle in my profession of Christ as Lord.) Faith, get Real, you have to be bolder and not fear when expressing your thoughts.  The pickle ball thing doesn't even matter, but Christ does.  

The rest of the day was fine.  I dug up some bulbs, Denny worked on the electricity in bunkhouse.  I took some pictures of the abstract of our acreage that we keep in the bank lock box. 

The C boys

 I folded a couple loads of clothes and left for Cherokee about 6:30.  Fun day with the boys.  At 8 Jack and his parents went to the preschool get acquainted time where he and family were the only ones visiting the school and 3 teachers.  Pretty important step...  Tyler and I lost "track" of the time.  Jason came home for lunch.  Boys went down for naps.  At home Denny made a Walmart order and began doing some more wiring.  It was good to get some rain this morning.  Hopefully tomorrow I'll try to dig up some lily bulbs and move them.  It is too weedy where they are now.  I just mowed the weeds and plants down about 2 weeks ago.  Uffda!!

Patio Prayer

It was an early start to the morning, going to Brittany's Patio for prayer time.  Yesterday Diane emailed me to share the sad news that Molly's husband Paul died.  It is so hard to comprehend.  Lord, be with the family. Carry them thru these deep waters.   I came home at 7 and started another load  in the dishwasher and then went to IG for pickleball.  There were 10 of us and I played until 10:50.  I got flower vases from Maebelle and some wallpaper paste at Malcolms.  At home Denny was picking up some of the bunk house tools.  I started another load of dishes and cut up the smoked pork.   We went out to the bunk house to see the wiring and wonder what to do next.  Lord, guide each step of Your plans for this building.  

OGT and supper

Up and headed to IG for OGT.  I played pickleball around 9-9:30.  Then back to OGT.   It rained and so I didn't play more golf.  The smoked meat was done and Denny stored in the cooler

 

Golf at Holstein

 My alarm went off little after 6.   I put then laundry from airbnb in the dryer.  I picked flowers to donate as a door prize.  I went to play pickle ball in IG from 8-8:40, then to Holstein.  I played with Sue S, Shirley and Maebelle.  MY, we didn't play well and Maebelle hurt herself on about the 3rd hole.  We ended up with 45, and that was a miracle.  But all in all it was so fun playing, the weather was warm, but with a slight breeze.  We were all playing poorly ... now that's a good??? thing.    I got home and we moved the sunroom tv to the basement, so it would have a remote and then we went out to mow.  John and family came to our airbnb.  After a shower I showed them around the back yard.  The Nakasawas came over for tacos with the Lees about 7.  We just got an email that Pete and Carol were in a car accident and she broke bones and is heading to Rochester for surgery.  We called and talked to L&K and we'll see if Karen can go to Rochester, then I can go to watch the kids.  Lord, you are in charge here.   Protect and give wisdom to those we love.  

Heading back home

 Stayed in bed until Luke and Karen came down to say goodbye as they left for airport.   It was SO amazing to have them here.   It would not have been nearly as much fun.   We took showers, packed and headed to the beach for a cup of coffee in view of the ocean.  Then back to the hotel to share an omelette on the deck of the hotel pool.  The Lyft picked us up at 12 to take us to the airport, well, actually that was when she was scheduled, but tho she was late we made it to the flight check in okay.  There was just 45 minutes between our landing in Phoenix and out take off to Omaha.  We scurried and made it fine.  The rest of the trip wasn't not stressful.  Happily we made it home by midnight.  Wonderful wedding, wonderful weekend.