BUSY WEEKEND

Nancy and I had orange cinnamon rolls and coffee with Bobbe and Yvonne Friday morning. We then ate at Pam's Too while a very small shower came through and messed up the windshield of the car. I then drove to Halsell Hill, took a short nap and got on the Ford tractor. Of course it wouldn't start. I thought it was a battery problem, ran battery cables from the pickup. Still wouldn't start. I then checked the gears and it was in gear. I put it in neutral and it kicked right off. Of course this was after I had filled the air tank and aired the tires. I drove it to the garage and aired all the tires from the compressor there and mowed the outside of the lawn where there are a lot of dead limbs on the ground. I then mowed one trip out the front gate and back through the other one.

Saturday morning I took a letter to the mailbox. The weather was perfect after a shower left 0.02" in the gauge, so I walked two miles. I had read the Cross Plains Review and had two places that I needed to go to. Admiral Cemetery was having a work day starting at 8:30 but I had just planted the graves so decided to go to the Cottonwood Historical meeting that started at 10. I enjoyed hearing the stories of the old-timers that lived there as kids, left and have come back. I have lived here 26 years in July and longer than most in attendance. But not growing up here I am not considered an old-timer. After enjoying the pot-luck lunch I went to town to mail a letter and pay Lawrence. I came back, got my nap and at 3 tried to start the Deere riding mower. Of course the battery was dead. I jumped it but it wouldn't start again, so back to Lawrence to buy a new one. I finally got started mowing at 4:30 and mowed for an hour. The lawn looks like a bad haircut because I mowed around the gallardia Indian blankets that I could see just starting to bloom. I left other wild flowers so it is odd looking.

I spent Saturday night finishing composing the April Flame for the church. Because it had no photos this time I printed only page one on the ink-jet to get the red Flame banner and printed all the other pages on the laser printer. It is a lot faster. It is tricky but I remembered how to load the printed copies to print the odd pages on the back and it worked a lot faster than having to use the ink jet. I made the pdf copy and emailed it.

This morning I took 8 copies to the church and will take another 10 tonight when I go back for Bible study. We had a good SS class with two visitors and finished Joshua. I told the class that our worship of science has replaced the gods that Joshua warned the Israelites not to worship or God would abandon them.

Last night Nancy's three grandkids took her to Montana's to celebrate Mother's Day early because they wouldn't be there next weekend. Everyone at church asked about her and I told them that her legs are hurting too much to come this weekend but she will visit the orthopedic surgeon next Wednesday to see what can be done to get her back in shape.