Wow! It was a really good day at church today. We heard the chaplain from an active duty naval ship speak on the text from Genesis in which Jacob wrestled with God and survived, receiving a name change (Israel) to reflect the fact that he had been humbled and was now ready to be used [...]
Category: Scripture
Weekly Update (-) 29 – a Monthly Musing
Well, tomorrow my retirement countdown clock drops below 200 days. I don't have much to update from this week, other than the fact that we finalized the purchase of our motorhome and will accept delivery of it this Wednesday. We're taking it for its "shakedown cruise" next week to Rocky Mountain National Park, in which [...]
Weekly Update (-) 30
Happy (belated) Memorial Day! All these updates are covered in the YouTube video linked at the end of this post. This week we had our second donation pickup from ARC. We were able to offload a number of larger items, as shown below. We also paid a visit to the graves of our four parents. [...]
Week (-) 32 and (-) 31 Update
The last two weeks have been very busy for me, mostly because of job-related tasks. As far as downsizing work goes, here's what's been going on: We completed the refinance of our house. This will help to free up some monthly cash for further remodeling expenses and some debt reduction. Our city had a free [...]
Weekly Update (-) 33
This was a busy week at work and I had less energy for doing much of the work at home. I scanned a few more books, cleaned out/off some drawers, boxes, and shelves. We got another set of donation items started for the next ARC pickup. We also spent a bit of time shopping for [...]
