Early American Dirt Dusters.

 Early American Dirt Dusters.

 

Went outside to check on the girls and saw that most of them had decided they needed a good dirt bath. Dirt was thrown all over the area next to the “flower bed” that lays along the back of the house inside wooden poles that Hanan placed there years ago. Nothing grows there because of these critters, but they also have made the soil so soft by digging in it constantly. They go around fluffing themselves up and rolling around in that dirt. Guess it must feel good to them. At least the dogs don’t manage to fluff themselves up like that when they roll on the ground!

 

Recently we have had these little outages when our electricity goes off for a second or two and turns off things like the router, the microwave, and the computer. It’s not like we are going without electricity on a regular basis, but it just throws me like having a saddle strap break or something. Patty says she wonders what is going on. It’s not like we have high temperatures where the electric power would waver because of usage. Weird. She just gets irritated because she has to reset her router and phone lines. Guess we should not gripe. At least we have air conditioning.

 

We were talking this morning about having some kind of perspective on the problems we have compared to those of our neighbors, friends, and family. Across the street one young daughter has medical problems. Another is waiting and hoping for a house to sell. Another is trying to deal with family issues and housing problems. Sometimes it is so easy to take for granted the many blessings that we have when we are simply being inconvenienced by some little problem. Compared to the rest of the world, we really can’t gripe—not that we won’t go right ahead and gripe, moan, and groan! We just need to look around us at the real-world problems! We would all have a better attitude if we could be more appreciative for the blessings that God provides to us each day.

 

Our road just continues to deteriorate with the traffic of the heavy trash trucks. About the only thing to do at this point is haul in a bunch of those 50-pound sacks of asphalt and dump them in the tracks that the trucks have wallowed out. We have tried multiple times to find some paving company, but have had something like zero results for asphalt. Keith and Jane Miller’s son does concrete, but no one could drive on the road for about two weeks. That won’t work for us because Patty gets her meals delivered and her oxygen delivered once a week. Anyway, the trash truck might break up the concrete unless it was thick and reinforced with rebar. Oh well. We’ll eventually figure out something.

 

Had some egg rolls a bit ago. Really enjoy those things, and they cook up so easily in that hot air fryer. Had no idea those things were as handy as a pocket on a shirt! The fryer doesn’t heat up the kitchen and gets things cooked within less than thirty minutes. The kids have been using one for a long time, but it never occurred to me that one would work for the old woman.

 

Granddaughter Rachel is going to a birthday party for her boyfriend’s great-grandmother—ninety-five years old. Only had one great-grandmother who lived that long. Two others were in their early 90s. Rachel really enjoys his family. Have thought several times that it is great that she can learn about them without the stress of actually being part of the family just yet. Sitting here wondering if my outlaws would have wanted to be any kind of kin to me if they had realized what a ditzy old woman she is!

 

You know, one special family relationship is one that we can all treasure. We have been adopted and accepted as His children without any hesitation because of our older Brother. His acceptance and sacrifice for us makes us acceptable to the Father. We can love Him and appreciate Him from the day we understand Him because HE chose us. Praise the name of Jesus Christ, the son of God!

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.