Man, two posts in less than a week. I must be a power blogger or something. Actually, I don't know how some of my fellow bloggers do it. They blog consistently. Got to admire them for their time management skills. I can never get enough time to commit to my blog. Many times, it is month or more before I get back to posting another entry on my blog. I sure do like readin other blogs though. So I hope they keep up the good work so I can continue enjoyin them.
Spring is tryin hard to come. Yesterday and today were both nice days, above freezin. Got rid of a little snow, got a little Manitoba gumbo showing itself. I love spring. It is the start of everything new. New plants, new baby critters, new season, birds will be comin back, (no geese yet, saw a crow though) new mosquitoes and wood tics (well not those). General store here in Cooks Creek gives $25 hard cash for the first wood tic of the year. Being the business man I am, I was going to come into my fortune by doing some financial planning. I got me a tic last year and put it in a jar and was tryin to keep it for this year. Be the first to turn it into the store and collect my windfall. Didn't work. Tic died. Then again, not sure if it has to be a live tic. No matter, I threw it away last summer. I guess I'm just not cut out for business investments. I'll just stick to fixin cars and tryin to farm. Got to admit I sure could of used that 25 bucks. Maybe I can go out in the field and lay there as bait and do it proper. A fella would have to get an early start. Might take a few weeks, it is a gamble but it may be another way for a quick bit of cash. Would be the easiest 25 I ever earned. Just go out in a field and lay there real quiet like and wait to feel a tic on ya. Have to give it some thought.
Anyway, I was talking to a buddy of mine who lives in Churchill, Manitoba. It was – 54 there last week. I am never goin to complain about our weather again. Minus 54 ain’t even a temperature. It is more of a torture. I guess ya would ask, why would anyone live in Churchill. Well Churchill is Manitoba’s one and only sea port. It is on the coast of Hudson Bay. In the summer time import and export via ship is their claim to fame. That and polar bears. I think they are the polar bear capital of the world or something. Never been up there but almost got to go a couple of weeks ago with work. The deal fell through so I never got the opportunity. Man, 54 below, not sure if I am disappointed or not. In that temperature the hydraulics on equipment are going to fail. Thinkin of goin up there and sellin hydraulic hoses and fittings. Could make a fortune. Maybe another opportunity for me if the tic venture doesn’t work out. My buddy is suppose to send me a quarter of a moose if he can find a pilot who will take it down here for him. Now there would be some good eatin. I like moose better than beef.
Easter is next week. Early this year. Another reason I love spring. Easter. Celebrating the resurrection of Jesus. Our church and some other churches in the area are getting together on Good Friday for a service. Kind of a mega service. Chance to have some fellowship with brothers and sisters in other churches. Should be a big time.
Well, got to take off. Wife said if I showed up at the school around luch time she would buy me lunch. Now, this ol boy has never passed up a free lunch and he ain't about to start today. So ya all take er easy.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Saturday, March 8, 2008
MARCH 8, 2008 Pay It Forward
Good mornin in blog land. It is away too early, away too cold and away too much snow. Yes, we had another storm last night and in the words of Popeye “It is all I can stands and I can’t stands no more”. A few days, weeks (I have lost track of time) I commented on a friends blog that God wouldn’t give me anything he knew I couldn’t handle. I don’t believe I am as strong as he thinks I am. Anyway, enough whining about the weather. It’s cold and it’s snowin and it will get warm and stop snowin………….some day. I hope.
Have ya all ever seen that movie Pay it Forward? I really enjoyed the movie. Not because of the great acting or the storyline but because of the message it sent out. For those that haven’t seen it, it is about a young lad that gets this idea that if a person helped out three people for every time they got helped how it would change the world to be a better place. Thus the title of the movie, Pay it Forward. So every time someone did something nice for you, you had to do three nice things for someone else. The movie then goes on about how he went about trying to get this to happen. Anyway, if ya get a chance have a watch. Good movie, not for young children (there is some stuff in there little eyes and ears don’t need to see). Made me tear up a little. Sad part at the end. Anyway where was I goin with this? Oh yea. Yesterday night my daughter and I are heading home from work and school and I see one of those SUVs stuck in a snow bank. They are off the highway on a side road and there is another truck beside them with its hood up. I am on the other side of the highway headin north and they are on the south bound side of the highway on a side road. Hundreds of vehicles were goin by them and not one was stopping to help. Can’t blame them. Its Friday night, got to get home to get ready for their big evening out. Well, as usual I don’t have a big evening planned (actually didn’t have any plans) so I thought time to pay it forward. I head down the road until I find a place to turn around and head back and give them a hand (what a great guy I am, right?) Not really, I did it cause I know that is what God wants me to do and he will pay it forward. Anyway I help them out and the whole thing takes about 3 minutes. We are headin home and my daughter and I are talking about all the people that were goin by and wouldn’t give them hand. We talked about why people won’t help each other anymore and all that stuff and we are talking about paying it forward. Many times when ya help these people out they will start reaching in their pocket and say “What do I owe ya?” I say pay it forward, cause that is what they did in the movie. Now, it is this morning, daughter gets up at 4:30 am to head to work and goes out to start her car. Oh yea, forgot to tell ya my daughter is the proud owner of her very first car. A brand new used Toyota Echo. It is somewhere in size between a rollerskate and skate board. Anyway, she goes out to start her car and comes back in and wakes me up (yea, at 4:30 even this want to be farmer is still sawin logs). “Dad there is a 3 foot drift 50 feet long in the driveway.” Ok, so I drag my sorry bones out of bed and get the equipment goin and get it cleaned out for her. Then I got to thinkin this probably ain’t the only drift in our area. Better take her to work in the truck. So off we go until we get to about ½ mile from the dairy farm. Now guess who is in the ditch? And I’m in good. So my daughter looks over at me and blinks a couple of time as if to say, your Dad your not suppose to goin in the ditch. Then she says I will go and ask for help at the farm. So off she trots to the farm. Pretty soon I see these headlights comin down the road and as it gets closer I can see it is a big front end loader. Now this isn’t a dinky little loader this is a mans loader. Anyway Al pulls the loader up, I hook on the chain I had in the truck and he drags me out. When I say drag I mean drag. I never got a chance to get the truck out of park and I was back on the road (it was a big loader). Anyway I unhook the chains and give him a wave and he drives away. We never spoke a word to each other. I have never met Al but my daughter has described him as a mountain man look alike so I know it was him and if you read this blog Al. Thanks for the help. Much appreciated. Now I have to do 3 more pay it forwards. But that is ok; Every time I do one it makes me feel good. I walk a little lighter, smile a little more and generally feel a whole lot better about myself. All those people that went by that SUV after work had a chance to make their day a little better but they passed it up and let me have that opportunity. I waould like to thank them for that. Remember PAY IT FORWAD.
How about a joke.
It has been reported that 95% of Canadians say a cuss word just before they go into the ditch.
The other 5% say “Here, hold my beer and watch this.”
This cold makes us a little different up here.
Talk to ya all soon.
Have ya all ever seen that movie Pay it Forward? I really enjoyed the movie. Not because of the great acting or the storyline but because of the message it sent out. For those that haven’t seen it, it is about a young lad that gets this idea that if a person helped out three people for every time they got helped how it would change the world to be a better place. Thus the title of the movie, Pay it Forward. So every time someone did something nice for you, you had to do three nice things for someone else. The movie then goes on about how he went about trying to get this to happen. Anyway, if ya get a chance have a watch. Good movie, not for young children (there is some stuff in there little eyes and ears don’t need to see). Made me tear up a little. Sad part at the end. Anyway where was I goin with this? Oh yea. Yesterday night my daughter and I are heading home from work and school and I see one of those SUVs stuck in a snow bank. They are off the highway on a side road and there is another truck beside them with its hood up. I am on the other side of the highway headin north and they are on the south bound side of the highway on a side road. Hundreds of vehicles were goin by them and not one was stopping to help. Can’t blame them. Its Friday night, got to get home to get ready for their big evening out. Well, as usual I don’t have a big evening planned (actually didn’t have any plans) so I thought time to pay it forward. I head down the road until I find a place to turn around and head back and give them a hand (what a great guy I am, right?) Not really, I did it cause I know that is what God wants me to do and he will pay it forward. Anyway I help them out and the whole thing takes about 3 minutes. We are headin home and my daughter and I are talking about all the people that were goin by and wouldn’t give them hand. We talked about why people won’t help each other anymore and all that stuff and we are talking about paying it forward. Many times when ya help these people out they will start reaching in their pocket and say “What do I owe ya?” I say pay it forward, cause that is what they did in the movie. Now, it is this morning, daughter gets up at 4:30 am to head to work and goes out to start her car. Oh yea, forgot to tell ya my daughter is the proud owner of her very first car. A brand new used Toyota Echo. It is somewhere in size between a rollerskate and skate board. Anyway, she goes out to start her car and comes back in and wakes me up (yea, at 4:30 even this want to be farmer is still sawin logs). “Dad there is a 3 foot drift 50 feet long in the driveway.” Ok, so I drag my sorry bones out of bed and get the equipment goin and get it cleaned out for her. Then I got to thinkin this probably ain’t the only drift in our area. Better take her to work in the truck. So off we go until we get to about ½ mile from the dairy farm. Now guess who is in the ditch? And I’m in good. So my daughter looks over at me and blinks a couple of time as if to say, your Dad your not suppose to goin in the ditch. Then she says I will go and ask for help at the farm. So off she trots to the farm. Pretty soon I see these headlights comin down the road and as it gets closer I can see it is a big front end loader. Now this isn’t a dinky little loader this is a mans loader. Anyway Al pulls the loader up, I hook on the chain I had in the truck and he drags me out. When I say drag I mean drag. I never got a chance to get the truck out of park and I was back on the road (it was a big loader). Anyway I unhook the chains and give him a wave and he drives away. We never spoke a word to each other. I have never met Al but my daughter has described him as a mountain man look alike so I know it was him and if you read this blog Al. Thanks for the help. Much appreciated. Now I have to do 3 more pay it forwards. But that is ok; Every time I do one it makes me feel good. I walk a little lighter, smile a little more and generally feel a whole lot better about myself. All those people that went by that SUV after work had a chance to make their day a little better but they passed it up and let me have that opportunity. I waould like to thank them for that. Remember PAY IT FORWAD.
How about a joke.
It has been reported that 95% of Canadians say a cuss word just before they go into the ditch.
The other 5% say “Here, hold my beer and watch this.”
This cold makes us a little different up here.
Talk to ya all soon.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
February 4, 2008
Man, I can't believe we are into February all ready. Where is the time goin. Not a bad day here in Cooks Creek weather wise. Kind of mild and gettin a bit of snow. The white fluffy stuff that ya can almost sweep away. A shovel full doesn't weigh nothin at all.
Went to church this mornin and the preacher talked on havin a satisfied mind, on bein content. Johnny Cash had a song called "A Satisfied Mind" I love that song and have heard it a hundred times but never really listened to it until this mornin (pastor played it durin his sermon). I got some work to do. I don't got a satisfied mind. Pastor gave a bunch of symptoms on how ya know if ya don't have a satisfied mind. I failed the test. I want one. I'm going to get one but I am goin to need some help. I haven't thought of another thing since we got home from church. Not havin a satisfied mind has been playin on my mind. Wife says I need to pray on it. Sounds like good advice. Here are the lyrics to the song. Have a read and a think.
How many times have
You heard someone say
If I had his money
I could do things my way
But little they know
That it's so hard to find
One rich man in ten
With a satisfied mind
Once I was waitin'In fortune and fame
Everything that I dreamed for
To get a start in life's game
Then suddenly it happened
I lost every dime
But I'm richer by far
With a satisfied mind
Money can't buy back
Your youth when you're old
Or a friend when you're lonely
Or a love that's grown cold
The wealthiest person
Is a pauper at times
Compared to the man
With a satisfied mind
When my life has ended
And my time has run out
My friends and my loved ones
I'll leave there's no doubt
But one thing's for certain
When it comes my time
I'll leave this old world
With a satisfied mind
How many times have
You heard someone say
If I had his money
I could do things my way
But little they know
That it's so hard to find
One rich man in ten
With a satisfied mind
I am tryin to install that car hoist in my shop. Problem is I am goin to have to drill into the concrete to mount the hoist to the shop floor. My heating system has tubing running through the concrete. To drill into one of these tubes would be a disaster. I spent the better part of yesterday trying to figure out how I can mount this hoist and not ruin the heating system in my floor. I think I have located all the tubes but the footprint of the hoist is so large no matter where I place it I am goin to be drillin dangerously close to the tubes. When I say I think I know where the tubes are, I mean I know where they are within a 2 to 3 inches. There is no way of knowing exactly where they are. Wish me luck. I guess I am goin to have to drill some time or not have the hoist. Talk about nerve rackin.
Ya know what we haven't done for a spell is have a joke. Ya want to hear one? This one is bad.
What did the farmer give his wife on Valentines Day?
A hog and a kiss.
Told ya it was bad. Next time I will do better.
My son just came in from riding our $500 snowmobile I bought for them this year. Man, are the kids havin fun with that thing. The youngest daughter just got in too from goin on a sleigh ride. One of the other churches in Cooks Creek (there are 3) went out with a couple of horse sleighs. She got invited along so of course she went. That is what young uns do here in the country. Good clean fun. Outside enjoyin Gods creation. (Not sure God wanted us to enjoy it on a snowmobile). They come in all red faced and ready for supper. Probably got an appetite as big as all outdoors. I love it. This is what I work for. What I pray for and it is turnin out good.
Till next time take er easy and take er slow. Oh yea, may God bless ya with a satisfied mind.
Goodolboy
Went to church this mornin and the preacher talked on havin a satisfied mind, on bein content. Johnny Cash had a song called "A Satisfied Mind" I love that song and have heard it a hundred times but never really listened to it until this mornin (pastor played it durin his sermon). I got some work to do. I don't got a satisfied mind. Pastor gave a bunch of symptoms on how ya know if ya don't have a satisfied mind. I failed the test. I want one. I'm going to get one but I am goin to need some help. I haven't thought of another thing since we got home from church. Not havin a satisfied mind has been playin on my mind. Wife says I need to pray on it. Sounds like good advice. Here are the lyrics to the song. Have a read and a think.
How many times have
You heard someone say
If I had his money
I could do things my way
But little they know
That it's so hard to find
One rich man in ten
With a satisfied mind
Once I was waitin'In fortune and fame
Everything that I dreamed for
To get a start in life's game
Then suddenly it happened
I lost every dime
But I'm richer by far
With a satisfied mind
Money can't buy back
Your youth when you're old
Or a friend when you're lonely
Or a love that's grown cold
The wealthiest person
Is a pauper at times
Compared to the man
With a satisfied mind
When my life has ended
And my time has run out
My friends and my loved ones
I'll leave there's no doubt
But one thing's for certain
When it comes my time
I'll leave this old world
With a satisfied mind
How many times have
You heard someone say
If I had his money
I could do things my way
But little they know
That it's so hard to find
One rich man in ten
With a satisfied mind
I am tryin to install that car hoist in my shop. Problem is I am goin to have to drill into the concrete to mount the hoist to the shop floor. My heating system has tubing running through the concrete. To drill into one of these tubes would be a disaster. I spent the better part of yesterday trying to figure out how I can mount this hoist and not ruin the heating system in my floor. I think I have located all the tubes but the footprint of the hoist is so large no matter where I place it I am goin to be drillin dangerously close to the tubes. When I say I think I know where the tubes are, I mean I know where they are within a 2 to 3 inches. There is no way of knowing exactly where they are. Wish me luck. I guess I am goin to have to drill some time or not have the hoist. Talk about nerve rackin.
Ya know what we haven't done for a spell is have a joke. Ya want to hear one? This one is bad.
What did the farmer give his wife on Valentines Day?
A hog and a kiss.
Told ya it was bad. Next time I will do better.
My son just came in from riding our $500 snowmobile I bought for them this year. Man, are the kids havin fun with that thing. The youngest daughter just got in too from goin on a sleigh ride. One of the other churches in Cooks Creek (there are 3) went out with a couple of horse sleighs. She got invited along so of course she went. That is what young uns do here in the country. Good clean fun. Outside enjoyin Gods creation. (Not sure God wanted us to enjoy it on a snowmobile). They come in all red faced and ready for supper. Probably got an appetite as big as all outdoors. I love it. This is what I work for. What I pray for and it is turnin out good.
Till next time take er easy and take er slow. Oh yea, may God bless ya with a satisfied mind.
Goodolboy
Monday, January 28, 2008
January 27, 2008
Howdy all. I haven’t been bloggin for a spell so I better get back at it. What is new in Cooks Creek? Well, this ol boy has a sore back. It has been botherin me for a couple of weeks now. The worst part isn’t the sore back but not bein able to sleep. There was about a week I don’t think I slept more than a couple of hours a night. Man, that sure turns your life upside down. I am on the mend now and actually spent the better part of today moving snow. Oh you’re getting lots of snow in Cooks Creek? Well, actually no. We’re getting lots of wind. With the wind comes drifting snow. The fields are bare but my driveway drifts bad when the wind blows from the North or South. Livin in Manitoba Canada in winter the wind is out of the North most always. Anyway got it all cleared up and am waitin for the next blow.
It is my oldest daughter’s birthday today. Turned 19. So happy birthday
Sodapop (Chelsey). So it is chili and chocolate cake for supper. It is her birthday so she gets to choose. Good choice Sodapop.
Took the wife out for supper last night. Just the two of us. Had a nice time. Long time since we had been out on a date (26 years). Yes a date. There is a little story behind how this came about. Let me tell ya what happened. A couple of Sundays ago our Pastor gets up in front of the church as Pastors do and asks how everyone’s week was. Does anyone have anything they would like to share? He asks this every week and some tell about things that have happened or talk about prayer needs. You know the deal. Well the Pastor goes to telling on how him and his wife went on a date this week. Picture every married women comin to attention and every married man lookin like a deer caught in the headlights. I think there is an unwritten code amongst us married men if ya do something like takin your wife on a date ya kind of keep it to yourself. Don’t talk about it. Certainly don’t bring it up in a room full of married couples. Now I don’t know about every other fellas ride home from church but mine was “We should go on a date.” “How come we never go on a date?” “Isn’t that nice Norm took Gwen on a date.” And ever since then… date, date, date …….. Anyway, I took the wife out last night for supper. We had a nice time and I must admit I really think we should do it more often. At least twice a month or so. I am going to go first Tuesday of the month and she can go last Friday. I think I am pretty safe in mentioning this cause I don’t think anyone actually reads this blog.
I got to tell ya I am sure lookin forward to Spring. More daylight, warmer days. But I got to admit this has been a pretty easy winter so far. I have seen them a lot worse. I am havin a hard time comin up with anything worth written about. We been eatin, sleepin and workin. Next day we do it all again. Not something ya can write about or something someone wants to read about.
I have been listenin to the Plain Talk deals on my lunch hour. I really have been enjoyin them. Now, I don’t know how to link ya up to them but if ya go to the Cumberland Book wed site (do a google search on Cumberland Books) there is a deal on there called Plain Talk. Ya can download them and listen to some good down to earth God fearin people talk on life, values, education, farmin, family and a whole lot more. Give it a listen.
Just heard there is a storm comin at us in the next day or so. that should make life interestin. Need the practice shovelin. Well tell next time, keep your stick on the ice and if she don't find ya handsome she should at least find ya handy.
Goodolboy
It is my oldest daughter’s birthday today. Turned 19. So happy birthday
Sodapop (Chelsey). So it is chili and chocolate cake for supper. It is her birthday so she gets to choose. Good choice Sodapop.
Took the wife out for supper last night. Just the two of us. Had a nice time. Long time since we had been out on a date (26 years). Yes a date. There is a little story behind how this came about. Let me tell ya what happened. A couple of Sundays ago our Pastor gets up in front of the church as Pastors do and asks how everyone’s week was. Does anyone have anything they would like to share? He asks this every week and some tell about things that have happened or talk about prayer needs. You know the deal. Well the Pastor goes to telling on how him and his wife went on a date this week. Picture every married women comin to attention and every married man lookin like a deer caught in the headlights. I think there is an unwritten code amongst us married men if ya do something like takin your wife on a date ya kind of keep it to yourself. Don’t talk about it. Certainly don’t bring it up in a room full of married couples. Now I don’t know about every other fellas ride home from church but mine was “We should go on a date.” “How come we never go on a date?” “Isn’t that nice Norm took Gwen on a date.” And ever since then… date, date, date …….. Anyway, I took the wife out last night for supper. We had a nice time and I must admit I really think we should do it more often. At least twice a month or so. I am going to go first Tuesday of the month and she can go last Friday. I think I am pretty safe in mentioning this cause I don’t think anyone actually reads this blog.
I got to tell ya I am sure lookin forward to Spring. More daylight, warmer days. But I got to admit this has been a pretty easy winter so far. I have seen them a lot worse. I am havin a hard time comin up with anything worth written about. We been eatin, sleepin and workin. Next day we do it all again. Not something ya can write about or something someone wants to read about.
I have been listenin to the Plain Talk deals on my lunch hour. I really have been enjoyin them. Now, I don’t know how to link ya up to them but if ya go to the Cumberland Book wed site (do a google search on Cumberland Books) there is a deal on there called Plain Talk. Ya can download them and listen to some good down to earth God fearin people talk on life, values, education, farmin, family and a whole lot more. Give it a listen.
Just heard there is a storm comin at us in the next day or so. that should make life interestin. Need the practice shovelin. Well tell next time, keep your stick on the ice and if she don't find ya handsome she should at least find ya handy.
Goodolboy
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Snowing & Cold in Cooks Creek
Cold snowy day. in Cooks Creek. Snow storm (kind of) has moved in from Saskatchewan. Wind is out of the East. (this is odd because Saskatchewan is west of us). Anyway it is cold with a strong wind to boot, so not a good day to be outside.
This is not goin to be part two of my previous blog on the roles of men and women. That would take some thought and I don’t feel like thinking today. Must be tired or something. Part two will be comin shortly. I am at home today from work. Not because of the snow but I am on vacation for the next two days. My daughter is out of university because they are doin exams so because we drive into the city together every day I thought it would be a good time for me to use up some of my vacation time. So here I sit bloggin. I have a big pot of homemade turkey soup on the stove for supper and the daughter is makin biscuits. I am a good soup maker. Second to none. Ya all know I’m funning with ya, don’t ya. So, it will be soup and biscuits for supper. When my better half gets home from work she won’t have to do a thing except enjoy our creations. What could be better than that? What a great husband I am. Man, is she lucky. Now, I just got to convince her. Actually, I’m just tryin to suck up in case that men and women roles blog doesn’t go too well.
Here’s a joke for ya.
The Michaels family owned a small farm in Canada, just yards away from the North Dakota border. Their land had been the subject of a minor dispute between the United States and Canada for generations. Mrs. Michaels, who had just celebrated her ninetieth birthday, lived on the farm with her son and three grandchildren.
One day, her son came into her room holding a letter. "I just got some news, Ma," he said. "The government has come to an agreement with the people in Washington. They've decided that our land is really part of the United States. We have the right to approve or disapprove of the agreement. What do you think?"
"What do I think?" his mother said. "Jump at it! Call them right now and tell them we accept! I don't think I could stand another one of those Canadian winters!"
Yesterday I made a rather frivolous (sp?) purchase. I bought a vehicle hoist for my shop. Yes sir, when I get that baby up, no more layin on my back under a vehicle. Did I need one? Well not really but the price was such that I would be loosin money if I didn’t buy it (at least that is what I told the wife). I got it used. It was traded in because it would not pass a safety. The safety concerns are such they won’t be of concern to me because in reality the hoist won’t be used all that much. Anyway, I brought the rascal home and had to get it off the truck. Well, after some thought and much help from my two daughters we got er done and it is layin on the shop floor. Now I got to get it put together and operational. My shop has infloor heat so I am a little concerned about drillin into the floor and possibly hittin a water line. Some thought and care needs to be taken when I take that project on.
I have made it my mission again this CHRISTMAS to wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS. Not a Happy Holiday, Seasons Greetings or Best of the New Year but a MERRY CHRISTMAS! With an emphasis on CHRIST. Please do the same. Let’s put Christ back in this time of year. Let’s remember what it’s all about and make sure others do too.
On December 23rd. our Little Barn Church is doin a Christmas deal . The kids are putting on a play and playin instruments and my lovely wife, Cheryl is thinking of singin a solo. This is something she has wanted to do all her life but she is scared big time. She is really a very good singer and I enjoy her singin at home and while we are at church (because she makes me stand beside her). She has never sung alone in front of anyone other than family. I ask ya all pray to give her strength to pull this deal off. It will mean allot to her (and me). Who knows maybe she could get to be famous and I could retire and blog full time.
We have a new COOP in the nearby town of Oakbank. There is goin to be a grocery store, a gas station and a hardware (lumber) store. Only the grocery store is open so far but the other two aren’t far behind. Ya know I’m excited about that hardware store opening. We went to the grocery store yesterday and had a look see. It looks good, good selection and the prices aren’t too bad either. Prices are slightly higher than in the city but that is to be expected. It will be good to have a decent hardware store close. Never fails, ya get into a project and ya need some unforeseen piece. It would be an hour trip before. Now it should take 15 minutes.
Well, I got to go and clean a little snow. Talk to ya all soon.
This is not goin to be part two of my previous blog on the roles of men and women. That would take some thought and I don’t feel like thinking today. Must be tired or something. Part two will be comin shortly. I am at home today from work. Not because of the snow but I am on vacation for the next two days. My daughter is out of university because they are doin exams so because we drive into the city together every day I thought it would be a good time for me to use up some of my vacation time. So here I sit bloggin. I have a big pot of homemade turkey soup on the stove for supper and the daughter is makin biscuits. I am a good soup maker. Second to none. Ya all know I’m funning with ya, don’t ya. So, it will be soup and biscuits for supper. When my better half gets home from work she won’t have to do a thing except enjoy our creations. What could be better than that? What a great husband I am. Man, is she lucky. Now, I just got to convince her. Actually, I’m just tryin to suck up in case that men and women roles blog doesn’t go too well.
Here’s a joke for ya.
The Michaels family owned a small farm in Canada, just yards away from the North Dakota border. Their land had been the subject of a minor dispute between the United States and Canada for generations. Mrs. Michaels, who had just celebrated her ninetieth birthday, lived on the farm with her son and three grandchildren.
One day, her son came into her room holding a letter. "I just got some news, Ma," he said. "The government has come to an agreement with the people in Washington. They've decided that our land is really part of the United States. We have the right to approve or disapprove of the agreement. What do you think?"
"What do I think?" his mother said. "Jump at it! Call them right now and tell them we accept! I don't think I could stand another one of those Canadian winters!"
Yesterday I made a rather frivolous (sp?) purchase. I bought a vehicle hoist for my shop. Yes sir, when I get that baby up, no more layin on my back under a vehicle. Did I need one? Well not really but the price was such that I would be loosin money if I didn’t buy it (at least that is what I told the wife). I got it used. It was traded in because it would not pass a safety. The safety concerns are such they won’t be of concern to me because in reality the hoist won’t be used all that much. Anyway, I brought the rascal home and had to get it off the truck. Well, after some thought and much help from my two daughters we got er done and it is layin on the shop floor. Now I got to get it put together and operational. My shop has infloor heat so I am a little concerned about drillin into the floor and possibly hittin a water line. Some thought and care needs to be taken when I take that project on.
I have made it my mission again this CHRISTMAS to wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS. Not a Happy Holiday, Seasons Greetings or Best of the New Year but a MERRY CHRISTMAS! With an emphasis on CHRIST. Please do the same. Let’s put Christ back in this time of year. Let’s remember what it’s all about and make sure others do too.
On December 23rd. our Little Barn Church is doin a Christmas deal . The kids are putting on a play and playin instruments and my lovely wife, Cheryl is thinking of singin a solo. This is something she has wanted to do all her life but she is scared big time. She is really a very good singer and I enjoy her singin at home and while we are at church (because she makes me stand beside her). She has never sung alone in front of anyone other than family. I ask ya all pray to give her strength to pull this deal off. It will mean allot to her (and me). Who knows maybe she could get to be famous and I could retire and blog full time.
We have a new COOP in the nearby town of Oakbank. There is goin to be a grocery store, a gas station and a hardware (lumber) store. Only the grocery store is open so far but the other two aren’t far behind. Ya know I’m excited about that hardware store opening. We went to the grocery store yesterday and had a look see. It looks good, good selection and the prices aren’t too bad either. Prices are slightly higher than in the city but that is to be expected. It will be good to have a decent hardware store close. Never fails, ya get into a project and ya need some unforeseen piece. It would be an hour trip before. Now it should take 15 minutes.
Well, I got to go and clean a little snow. Talk to ya all soon.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
November 29, 2007 The Roles of Men and Women
Good evening from Cooks Creek. Extreme cold has set in here. The mild fall has turned into winter. We are really feelin the cold since we did not get a chance to adapt. It went from a mild 30 to -30 in a heart beat. About 5 inches of snow on the ground. This is not uncommon for this time of year. It is the big fluctuation in temperature that has us all scrambling for the warm indoors.
Last Sunday our Pastor talked on 1 Timothy Chapter 2. Now anyone that knows the Bible is goin to know this area is a touchy subject to some. The role of men and women is always a thing that has people treading lightly. I listened and pondered and listened and pondered some more. I do a lot of ponderin in church. I don’t say much, just think and listen. Better to keep my mouth shut and people only think I’m stupid than to open my mouth and remove all doubt. Anyway, where was I? Oh yea, men and women. On Sunday evening, me and the Mrs. started talking about what our Preacher was talking about. Kind of had a little Bible study. Just the two of us. It went on till midnight. Needless to say I was tired the next day cause my day starts at 5:00 am. I’m not stallin, really I’m not. Just keep getting side tracked. Now where was I again? Oh yea. Me and the wife were talking about men and women and what their roles should be.
We started by layin out what we knew for sure. Kind of no brainers. What I am about to blog is what the wife and I came up with in our discussion on Sunday night.
Men and women are different emotionally.
Women and men are different physically. (notice how I put men first once then women first the next time, got to be politically correct ya know)
Women bare children.
Women need men to have children.
Men need women and women need men to fulfill their lives.
Without men or without women, humans would become extinct in a few short years.
Leadership and superiority is not the same thing.
Leadership is required to maintain order.
The family is important to civilization.
Raisin children is the most important job anyone will ever do.
Self worth is in the mind of the beholder.
Modern society’s belief of the importance of a person’s work and roles are not important in the whole scheme of things.
God loves both men and women the same.
In the Bible, God is referenced as a male.
God is the father of all man kind.
There are specific references in the Bible as to what the roles of a man should be and what a woman should be.
The Bible is the truth.
In nature, females and males of any species have specific roles.
This is what me and my wife come up with. I don’t think anyone can argue against any of these points with much conviction. I’m goin to leave this for tonight and let ya all think on this a spell. I will come back to it in my next post and let ya all know what me and the wife come up with. And yes, we do agree on this. We are both on the same page so to speak.
How about a joke to ease the tention a little. I know I probably am committing blog suicide here with addressing this topic but if ya can’t write what ya think and believe there ain’t no use writin anything at all.
A wife goes to bed at night irritated at her husband so she decides to pray, and this is what she said "God give me tolerance for my husbands stupidity, give me wisdom to understand him, give me forgiveness to forgive him of his ignorance, but please God I beg of thee don’t give me strength cause I’ll kill him!"
Part 2 will be comin at ya soon.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
November 24, 2007 One month until Christmas
Saturday evening in Cooks Creek. Not much happening. At least not in our home anyway. Actually, it is a good bet there aint much happenin anywhere in Cooks Creek.
I spent the day around the old homestead on our property clearing up some deadfall and cutting wood. Hard work but it is good work. Work I enjoy. Come to think of it, I enjoy it so much it doesn’t feel like work at all. Could put it on the same level as going huntin or fishin. With that all said, I am bushed. That little chain saw was getting kind of heavy after a time. Ya got to watch cause when ya start getting tired and your holdin a chain saw it may be better to call it quits. Still lots to do but it will be there another day.
Just sittin around here and thinking about how good I got it. Got a family that is second to none. Nice and warm in our little house. Roof don’t leak and ya can’t feel the wind (well not much anyway). Had a good supper, so I am well fed. Can’t think of a single thing I need. Well, there is one thing I think I will need in a short time, some sleep.
The wife has started playin her Christmas Hymns. She will play those CDs every chance she gets until Christmas. My Blue Grass has to take a back seat this time of year. She sure does love her Christmas carols.
Church tomorrow morning. I missed last week cause I had to work. So tomorrow we will be there and it is a bonus Sunday cause it is pot luck Sunday. Everyone brings a dish of something and ya get to have a great lunch after the service. Not sure what we are bringin (not my department). Last time wife made perogies. Maybe the same this time. Not sure.
I got the stalls in the barn completed. Didn’t do a bad job for a fella who isn’t much of a carpenter. My Dad was a carpenter and when I was a yung un I would have to help him. I sure wish I would of paid more attention to what he was doin and how he did it. As with most little guys my mind was on baseball, hockey, huntin and fishin. I would go and help cause I had to but my mind was mostly somewhere else. Sure could use some of that knowledge today. But ain’t that always the way. Ya squander your time and then spend time wishin ya wouldn’t have squandered it. My Dad wasn’t much of a teacher. If ya wanted to learn something ya shutup and watched. He didn’t want for me to be a carpenter. Not sure why. Just always said “ya don’t want to be don this for a livin”. That was ok with me cause I was more interested in machines anyway. My Dad’s Dad’s Dad (my great grandpa) was a carpenter. My Dad’s Dad (my grandpa) was a mechanic. My Dad was a carpenter. I am a mechanic. So, if trends are anything to go by my son will be a carpenter. That would be ok with me or not. What ever he wants to do as long as he gives it his all and is the best he can be.
As ya can see from my ramblins above I don’t have allot to tell ya but that is ok. Just some small talk. How about I end er off with a huntin joke.
A deeer hunter went on a deer hunt with his wife and mother-in-law. One evening, while still deep in the wilderness, his wife awoke to find her mother gone. Rushing to her husband, she insisted that they both try to find her mother.
The hunter picked up his rifle, and started to look for her. In a clearing not far from deer camp, they came upon a dreadful sight. His mother-in-law was backed up against a huge oak and a big grizzly bear stood facing her.
The wife cried, "What are we going to do?"
"Nothing," said her husband. "That bear got himself into this mess, let him get himself out of it."
That’s all folks. Talk to ya all soon.
I spent the day around the old homestead on our property clearing up some deadfall and cutting wood. Hard work but it is good work. Work I enjoy. Come to think of it, I enjoy it so much it doesn’t feel like work at all. Could put it on the same level as going huntin or fishin. With that all said, I am bushed. That little chain saw was getting kind of heavy after a time. Ya got to watch cause when ya start getting tired and your holdin a chain saw it may be better to call it quits. Still lots to do but it will be there another day.
Just sittin around here and thinking about how good I got it. Got a family that is second to none. Nice and warm in our little house. Roof don’t leak and ya can’t feel the wind (well not much anyway). Had a good supper, so I am well fed. Can’t think of a single thing I need. Well, there is one thing I think I will need in a short time, some sleep.
The wife has started playin her Christmas Hymns. She will play those CDs every chance she gets until Christmas. My Blue Grass has to take a back seat this time of year. She sure does love her Christmas carols.
Church tomorrow morning. I missed last week cause I had to work. So tomorrow we will be there and it is a bonus Sunday cause it is pot luck Sunday. Everyone brings a dish of something and ya get to have a great lunch after the service. Not sure what we are bringin (not my department). Last time wife made perogies. Maybe the same this time. Not sure.
I got the stalls in the barn completed. Didn’t do a bad job for a fella who isn’t much of a carpenter. My Dad was a carpenter and when I was a yung un I would have to help him. I sure wish I would of paid more attention to what he was doin and how he did it. As with most little guys my mind was on baseball, hockey, huntin and fishin. I would go and help cause I had to but my mind was mostly somewhere else. Sure could use some of that knowledge today. But ain’t that always the way. Ya squander your time and then spend time wishin ya wouldn’t have squandered it. My Dad wasn’t much of a teacher. If ya wanted to learn something ya shutup and watched. He didn’t want for me to be a carpenter. Not sure why. Just always said “ya don’t want to be don this for a livin”. That was ok with me cause I was more interested in machines anyway. My Dad’s Dad’s Dad (my great grandpa) was a carpenter. My Dad’s Dad (my grandpa) was a mechanic. My Dad was a carpenter. I am a mechanic. So, if trends are anything to go by my son will be a carpenter. That would be ok with me or not. What ever he wants to do as long as he gives it his all and is the best he can be.
As ya can see from my ramblins above I don’t have allot to tell ya but that is ok. Just some small talk. How about I end er off with a huntin joke.
A deeer hunter went on a deer hunt with his wife and mother-in-law. One evening, while still deep in the wilderness, his wife awoke to find her mother gone. Rushing to her husband, she insisted that they both try to find her mother.
The hunter picked up his rifle, and started to look for her. In a clearing not far from deer camp, they came upon a dreadful sight. His mother-in-law was backed up against a huge oak and a big grizzly bear stood facing her.
The wife cried, "What are we going to do?"
"Nothing," said her husband. "That bear got himself into this mess, let him get himself out of it."
That’s all folks. Talk to ya all soon.
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