49 days and..

passing quickly on the countdown to Spring.  Yesterday was a glorious day, topping out at 60 degrees in the late afternoon.  It is 43 degrees this morning and supposed to reach upper 50s with rain this afternoon.

I was up early changing the bedding and starting the laundry.  Not fun like yesterday when I went shopping around town.

Comments to my post yesterday indicated that most of you had never heard the song I was referencing.  I know of several churches that have adapted that song for their own use.  Bobby Bare is a country singer who had many hits in the 60s and 70s.  Two of them being Detroit City and 500 Miles Away from Home.   Jim and I saw him in concert several times.  He has a toy store now in Nashville that sells teddy bears of all kinds and toys for children.  Using his name, the store is called the Bare Trap. 

Pushing ahead, I have another doctor appointment on Thursday.  I did get a good report from one doctor this week but I have heard nothing about the sleep study.

I need to go check on the laundry.  I hope you all are having a good week.  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

Drop Kick Me Jesus

In honor of the upcoming Super Bowl weekend and because I can’t think of anything to write this morning.

Drop Kick Me Jesus

~ Words and music by Paul Craft ~

 

Dropkick me Jesus through the goal posts of life

End over end neither left nor to right

Straight through the heart of them righteous up rights

Dropkick me Jesus through the goal posts of life.

 

Make me oh make me Lord more than I am

Make me a piece in Your master game plan

Free from the earthly tem pestion below

I've got the will Lord if You got the toe.

 

Dropkick me Jesus through the goal posts of life

End over end neither left nor to right

Straight through the heart of them righteous up rights

Dropkick me Jesus through the goal posts of life.

 

 

Bring on the brothers who've gone on before

And all of the sisters who've knocked on your door

All the departed dear loved ones of mine

Stick 'em up front in the offensive line.

 

Dropkick me Jesus through the goal posts of life

End over end neither left nor to right

Straight through the heart of them righteous up rights

Dropkick me Jesus through the goal posts of life.

 

Dropkick me Jesus through the goal posts of life

End over end neither left nor to right

Straight through the heart of them righteous up rights

Dropkick me Jesus through the goal posts of life

Yeah dropkick me Jesus through the goal posts of life.

 

This is one of my favorite Bobby Bare songs,  I have seen him in concert quite a few times.  Once he even signed a white purse of mine.  I sure wish I had it now.  Turn on your speakers as I have it playing now.

Countdown to Spring is 50 days!  You all stay safe and be happy!!

Beth

51 days…

to go and counting down till Spring.  It is not really spring like here this morning.  It is cloudy  and 30 degrees right now.  It is supposed to get up to 50 degrees today.  I am not holding my breath though. 

Yesterday when I went out to clean my car off I got a nasty surprise.  What I thought was snow turned out to be a combination of ice and snow about 3 inches thick all over the car.  It took me over half an hour just to get the dang car cleaned off enough for me to drive it to the store.  Then the parking lot at the store was icy and I had on the wrong shoes for that.  Thankfully I didn’t fall.  Bring on the heating pad though!

I am fixing homemade potato soup for my daughter and SIL to have after church.  That is a lot of potato and onion peeling.  This was one of Jim’s favorite dishes.  We would fix it a lot when we knew the kids were coming home.  Then I would save a bowl for Jim for later and send the rest home with the kids.  I make one pan with hamburger and one pan with ham.  I am having green salad with that too.  And that is it,  I did make some cupcakes yesterday, not homemade just from a mix.

This winter, mild as it has been, has been wearing on me.  I saw so many doctors that I don’t know which one to turn to when I really need some help.  One doctor will not cross another in any way.  It is just like they have taken a  Hippocratic oath not to step on each others toes.  Never mind the patient, they are just a number that they make wait for them to be seen and then they graciously allow you  10 – 15 minutes of their time where you find out little or nothing.   Meet Doctor God! 

Whew, I am done ranting for today.  I get carried away when I start talking about Jim’s oncologist too.

Wow!!  Now the sun has come out and I am cheered up already.  If the sun stays out I think I will take a walk over to the cemetery and have a little talk with the Man upstairs as I think I need a push forward.  You all stay safe and be happy.

Beth

Yippee!!

Only 52 days left on the countdown to spring.  The sun is shining brightly this morning and it is 25 degrees,  Mother Nature wasn’t so nice last night as she dumped about an inch of snow.  Now that doesn’t sound like much but the wind was blowing at a good clip and my car is covered this morning.  I need to go to the store so that means cleaning the snow off.  YUCK,  Have I mentioned before, thousands of times, that I don’t like winter.  Especially snow and ice.

The movie (One for the Money)  was really great and was pretty close to the book.  I was disappointed in the casting of grandma Mazur and a couple of the other cast members.  Morelli was perfectly cast as was Stephanie Plum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Rqrts4jPM for the movie trailer.

Well, as much as I hate it, I have to clean my car off so that I can go to the store.  I hope you all have a great weekend.  Stay safe and be happy!!

Beth