Life in the Lord

This is Thursday and we just returned from the Gideon’s Christmas party at Rio Farms.  The major research scientist opens his home to the local camp each year.  It is always a carry in and features delicious food.  It is quite a joy to gather with brothers and sisters in Christ to celebrate His birth.  The week has been cooler than usual requiring that we bring some of our flowers into our shed and covering our new hibiscus.  I had tried to get Armand to play golf Tuesday, but it was too cold and windy so he refused to play.  It was strange that a Canadian would be weather shy.  It was likely because he was too familiar with the cold.  It did calm and became sunny, so we played Wednesday.  It is fun to play with him.  He confessed that he tries to beat me on every hole but I guess he should do that if it gives him incentive to play better.  I just like to play against par.  I like golf because it is more conservative:  we root for each other because his playing poorly will not result in my playing any better and vice versa.  I can’t take any of his strokes or his good shots from him.  We get what we earn.   We often enjoy a beer after the game and did that time.  Evelyn has been working on baking cookies for the Gideon party we just returned from.  She also spends much time reading and shivering.  She is almost always cold and loves to put her hands on my neck.  We have been busy exercising, etc. and were unable to go to the square dance and lessons this week.  We will try to do better next week, but our lives are pretty cluttered until Christmas.  Tuesday was errand day.  We recycled items (did you know that we are stewards of God’s earth?) shopped at WalMart and returned the rope lights that were defective.  The strand is 18 feet long and developed a 4 foot dead gap in the middle.  No one can understand how that could happen.  How can the electricity jump over that gap?