Author: rvingwithapurpose

Sunday, April 22, 2018

As beautiful as yesterday was, today was the opposite. Yucky! Yes, I know we need spring rains but it was cool, damp, rainy, foggy and just a messy day. There were also some pretty strong thunder storms in some places, fortunately not where we were at the moment. We did drive in some bad rain with a lot of people driving 45 with flashers. Thank you Lord for safe travel today.

We started the day with a couple of day old doughnuts which of course when heated about 15 seconds in the microwave are just about as good as when the “Hot Now” sign is on. It was a wet drive to Lester Memorial UMC and as usual we listened to The Message on XM. What was unusual was that two of the songs we sang along with on the radio were also songs used in worship today. God was really letting us be ready for worship.

And worship we did. We had a wonderful service and Sunday school class today. Hmm – something about entering worship ready to worship? Barry’s message was from John 10:11-21, a familiar passage in which Jesus says “I am the good shepherd.” Great message that we need to be sharing with the world. Think we may listen to it again on You Tube. We enjoy having that option available to us, especially when we are out of town and miss our home church service. They usually stream both the 8:30 service which we attend and the 11:00 traditional service but looks like they only have the 11:00 service up this week. (click here to view) Oh well, its the same message.

After church we went back to the rehab center to visit with Helen and Jean. They both seemed to be doing well this morning but Jean seemed more confused when we went back this afternoon. Not sure exactly what is going on with her. Helen seems to be enjoying the friends she has made.

After our afternoon visit we headed to Cullman for a couples baby shower. It was nice to see old friends and celebrate the impending arrival of a daughter, sister, and granddaughter into this world. Congratulations to Michael and Cristina and may God continue to bless their family. After the shower we drove back to Tuscaloosa in heavy rain. It was a long, slow drive but we are safely back in FRED.

Saturday, April 21, 2018

We were up early this morning with a busy day in front of us. It was cool, but not as cool as predicted and turned into a warm, gorgeous spring day.

We were at Donna and Barry’s house at 6:56 ready to head to Cedartown, Georgia. We loaded our bikes on their carrier last night so all we needed was our cooler and helmets. Penny, who works with Donna, and Mike arrived right behind us. We all headed to Cedartown to ride the Silver Comet Rail Trail from Cedartown to the Alabama/Georgia state line. It just so happens that we drive right past a Krispy Kreame in Gadsden and since the “Hot Now” light was on we had to stop. Fresh hot glazed doughnuts. Just doesn’t get much better. On to Cedartown, we parked at the Depot/Welcome Center for the trail and readied ourselves for the ride. It was a near perfect day for riding. Just a little too much wind. The six of us headed out, enjoying the scenery along the way. We took a break at about the half way point and again at the state line. There were lots of riders at the state line. Appeared today that most of the traffic was on the Alabama side rather than Georgia which was pretty quiet. We then started the long ride back. Anne thinks that somehow the return ride was longer than the ride to the state line. Don’t know how that would work but maybe so. Anyway, we road over 20 miles and were pretty tired at the end. To reward ourselves the 6 of us went to Zorba’s for lunch. We eat at Zorba’s when we are on NOMADS teams at Murphy-Harpst Children’s Center in Cedartown. We have never had a bad meal there. Today Anne had lasagna and Max had chicken parmesan. Both were very good. We will be having leftovers for Sunday lunch. After lunch we headed home arriving about 3:30. Thanks, Barry and Donna for asking us along.

We did a little estate work and had time for a quick shower before heading to the community center for our friend Betty’s surprise birthday party. She was really surprised and speechless. What fun that was. Another really good day. Our legs may not think it was so good tomorrow but it was good. Don’t forget to pray for services tomorrow.

Friday, April 20, 2018

All we did today was visit banks, the courthouse and care facilities.

But if you are interested in how things are going at the Baton Rouge Disaster Rebuild project click here.

However, the irises are still blooming at our house.

(By the way, in case you are wondering, Max did the blog today.  Anne)

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Windy, chilly day today with bright sunshine. If not for the wind it would have been really nice but with the wind it required jackets all day.

Today we again got up and did our walking and then had breakfast. We worked in the house for a while waiting for it to warm up a little. Anne decided to make some phone calls to companies who do estate sales and is considering this as an option. Actually, Mama Ruby mentioned it at one time saying “you will just have to have an estate sale because I know you kids don’t want or need all my stuff.” Didn’t think that much about it at the time but now when we look around the house at all the stuff and become overwhelmed with it all it is sort of comforting to know she was okay with us doing just that. Both companies today suggested that we only remove the documents, pictures and items that we want to keep and leave everything else. The said we would be surprised at what would sell. So we may stop packing up clothes and move to the office and pack it up next. We will have to have a family discussion about all this.

After it warmed up a bit, we washed the rear end cap and passenger side of FRED. We also polished the wheels. FRED looks brand new. Of course the pollen is already making him a little yellow but that’s springtime in Alabama. We did our evening walk just before dark and now we are having a nice cup of hot tea. Not very exciting reading but another good day.