On the sales path again; birthday surprise

Tuesday was our day at the hospital.  Both of us had uneventful days.  We did walk in the evening.  We had thought we would get some rain during the day, but none came.  The day began cool but heated up during the afternoon.  This weather as been very pleasant for the past week.  I really enjoy the cooler weather and Evelyn does too but not the cold.  Ergo: Texas.

Wednesday we went to the rec center and on to our service at the Open Door.  While at the center, I sold 2 German dinner tickets to one of the staff.  He goes nearly every year. There were too many servers at the soup kitchen but some disappeared when it was time to clean up.  A mom and 3 daughters (all under 5) to eat.  They were from a nearby town of Canton, and we told them of another soup kitchen there, hoping it would save them some time and money if they attended there.  They were Hispanic, giving me a chance to stumble through my Spanish.  The oldest little girl spoke some of both languages, and I encouraged all of them to learn both languages while young.  We also met a retired dermatologist volunteering.  They were there for the first time.  I was able to sell them a couple of tickets too.  We dropped off some of the many books Evelyn reads at the library and came home for the afternoon.  We attended choir practice and learned that widower and his fiancée will be married during one of our Sunday worship services, but we will be gone those Sundays.  I have been able to sell 10 dinner tickets thus far but can’t remember some of the people I have sold. 

Thursday Marty and I went to High Vista to play golf.  I had 2 groupons left for there.  I thought we had used them.  I played much better than before partly because we chose to play the front 9 twice and skipped the back 9 which has some impossibly difficult holes.  On the way home we went to the Antiques Tobacco Barn so I could buy the garden gate Evelyn wanted for our home.  It will be yard art for us.  I think the idea is somewhat silly because we have no fence and no garden.  We loaded it into the Saturn on top of the golf bags.  I also showed Marty around the huge barn that is full of many items most people would call junk.  Evelyn had returned from her Bible study and was indoors, so I could carry the gate out to the slope where it will be placed.  She didn’t see it.  She was taken by the notes and gifts from the Beelis.  The kids had made some earrings out of beads.  She wanted a picture of her wearing a pair so we went to the deck where she posed and finally saw the gate.  She was both surprised and delighted.  She never thought I would approve the purchase.  I shouldn’t have but know how much she wanted it.  She has done a myriad of things for me over the years, and I thank God that we have enough money that I could do it.  We enjoyed the evening at home.