Moving toward Thanksgiving

Monday our carpet was cleaned professionally.  The dust blows so much here that everything gets covered, especially if they are light colored.  I stayed here to watch while Evelyn went to the park meeting and meet with the other members of our Thanksgiving table.  When she returned, the carpet was clean, so we went to do some shopping.  We seem to spend most of our time going in and out of grocery stores.  I had bought two coupons for a meat market, so I sold one to Rose and Armand who went with us.  The meat offerings were great.  We came home and went to yet another store for more supplies.  We remained at home in the evening.  We invited Rose and Armand to help us shell the pecans we got from Louisiana.  We had a good time shelling them together even though they weren’t very good.  We shared them with our wonderful neighbors.  Tuesday morning we recycled items and got something to repair the garden hoses with.  In the afternoon I went to an information about what to do when working at the information desk at the hospital.  It gave me things to think about in making patients and families more comfortable when we encounter them.  In the evening, I worked on making more orders of service for worship services.  I also prepared for Wednesday’s Driver safety class.  I went to lead it on Wednesday morning and 16 of the 17 signed up attended.  We had a good class, and I hope everyone learned something.  I went with Armand, Russ Duer, and Frank Richards to play 9 holes of golf.  We walked the course through the huge cracks in the ground.  It has not rained here for so long that the fairways were like an area full of planted land mines.  We were all very bad but enjoyed being outdoors because it wasn’t as hot as it was yesterday.  After supper we went to a Thanksgiving Eve worship service.  It is good to be reminded who we should be thanking for our blessings.  The pilgrims new it well, but we have forgotten.