I wanted to post a photo of the beautiful sky Phinnie and I saw when we walked to get the mail. It was spectacular. I walk in the morning, but my mail runs late. I walk to the mailbox usually about 5. It’s almost half a mile round trip.
Bible study is today. We are in Romans Chapter 8. I’ll read Chapter 9, too, in case we get that far. Romans is mostly concerning the fact we are saved by Grace not works. If we are saved, works will occur. We are to follow our Shepard’s example.
I had lunch with Astrid yesterday. I had a Ruben sandwich. It’s one of my favorite sandwiches. Astrid had smoked chicken. She drove me to all my errands. I hate driving. We went to hobby lobby and she helped me select a frame for her nursing photo. Her fence is only lacking the gates now.
I will add my sky photo later. I may make potato soup today. I love soup.
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I also listened to a sermon by Charles Spurgeon from October 1866. The topic was "the Lord is my shepherd". I am just a "sheep". I am to follow the shepherd and stay in the pasture he put me in. I am not to wander off. I am not to tell him where he needs to take me next. He's in charge. Rev. Spurgeon said to be careful and look to the Master and not your pastor for guidance. He said if you idolize your pastor that will push you from your Master. David wrote the psalm used in the sermon. David knew all about being a shepherd. Rev. Spurgeon also reminded the flock that they should never forget where they came from. I started as a poor farm girl. The Lord put me there and it is where I should have began my life. I am thankful for that start and all the pastures he has led me through since that time!
I have starting a new way of eating. I won't call it a diet because it's really not. I can eat whatever I want, but I only eat during an eight hour period. If I eat breakfast at 8:30, I have to eat my evening meal at 4:30. My weight is coming down slowly.
Guess I'll get dressed and take my walk here. Laura, Astrid and Faith are going to walk up Nebo Mountain this morning. I'll just stroll here.
Thanksgiving is about being thankful for good food like the Pilgrims? Eric said turkeys are so expensive, let’s just have steak. So, we did. They said bring mashed potatoes, Gigi. Wow, that’s all I made. Life is good when your family takes over all the planning and cooking and you just have to show up with a side dish. It was nice to be with both my girls and their families.
Astrid, Laura, Eric and some good friends hiked King’s Bluff and Pedestal Rocks today. I have hiked it and would recommend the trail to any family that would like to take a pretty easy hike with spectacular sites. Greta was only 3 when we hiked it and she walked the entire way. Take a hike!
Sigrid’s ride needed new battery cables and she is able to go again. I know she is thankful. We’re often not thankful for things until they’re gone. Things like running water, heat in the house, a car that starts, electricity—when they don’t come to pass, one realizes how much they mean to you. Even a loved one that’s passed is thought of differently in absence. I don’t want to take any of my blessings for granted today. I’m so thankful.
The tree is an oak from the park where we walk. Oaks aren’t very pretty in the fall. Their leaves turn brown and hang on most of the winter.
Fleta is sprucing up her bedroom. She’s painting and Greg is replacing some wall sheeting. Helen sounds like she is staying in bed most of the day. I have nothing to read and am feeling very worthless.
The day the shooting stars were to fall, I went out looking and looking and saw nothing. I am such a sucker.
Yesterday's Wordle was a hard one. I got it in 4 tries. How? In the first two, I had guessed all the vowels and the word had no A, E, I, O, U so I knew the word had to have a Y as the vowel. I had the letters l, h, and g by the 4th time. I knew the first two letters had to be a blend. I thought well gl is a blend and the h was at the end of the word. So....I guessed glyph not having any idea if it was a word. It was and I made it in 4 tries. I immediately looked up glyph--ARCHITECTURE an ornamental carved groove or channel, as on a Greek frieze. So, I also learned a new word. I am really not very smart. Donna W. talks about "hard mode" in wordle and I don't know what that is! I enjoy doing word puzzles. The three sisters send each other our results each day. Sometimes, if one of us can't sleep, we do Wordle at 2 in the morning and have to remember not to hit share....as we would wake our sisters! Today, I got Wordle in 3 tries. That's a good score for me. I have failed on getting the answer a few times but not many. Lots of folks gripe about Wordle. I don't that much. NY Times had to add words. They have used most of them. They can always start over as I for one forget the words within a day! I say "don't gripe. If you don't like it, don't play." I like that the game is not complicated. I enjoy the interaction with my sisters each day.
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I noticed the day the station was blown away, all these Redbirds came. Sometimes there were too many to count. I think he was checking on me. How silly I am. I had one of those stick in the ground hangers and my sweet Astrid bought me a second one at Tractor Supply. I will still be able to feed the birds and enjoy them coming and going, but for awhile the view holds some sadness for me. I see the Snow Geese on Galla Lake each morning when Phinnie and I walk. I just have a cheap camera, but I will tell you are are beautiful!
