Trying to catch up for the week

We decided to go to Immanuel for worship.  We don’t admire the pastor’s style nor preparation, but today he gave tremendous message of how to show God’s love to others.  I was very moved and hope to follow through with his message.  We came home for a light lunch because we knew we would have a large meal before going to the concert in McAllen.  We both rested and napped in the afternoon.  Paul and Donna Zopfi arrived at 5, and we drove them to Chile’s in McAllen.  We enjoyed their special of the month: 2 for 20.  We both enjoyed our entrees and our visit with Paul and Donna.  They used Joe and Bonny’s tickets because they had family visiting through Thanksgiving.  The concert featured Pavlo, a Greek Canadian who was a masterful guitarist.  The problem was that many of the original compositions began to sound much alike.  They definitely had a Greek sound to them.  Regardless, the entire group were very accomplished.  We were home by 10 and were off to bed.

We missed the park meeting because I had to run some errands, and Evelyn worked on the curtains in the living room.  I am trying to contact NC to get the record that shows we have had our flu shot.  The hospital here needs to see it.  For lunch we finished off the meal from last night.  We both worked on the curtains because hanging them is much easier for 2.  Since we had missed it last night, I made popcorn for our supper.  We watched DWTS as we enjoyed the popcorn.

Tuesday I was off on more errands, making the calls I couldn’t make yesterday.  I had to make sure Jackson National Life reversed my annuity payout, register my final AARP Driver Safety class, and request our flu shot records.  I also had to pick up the trousers I had taken to the cleaner last week.  I praise God that each item was solved to my satisfaction.  We had expected a call from the dealership concerning the tow package and tire replacement.  When they didn’t call before noon, we arranged to go to the Mustang Lounge to dance to the singing or Ruthi.  We danced several times during the 2 hours we were there.  We both suffered a bit since Evelyn’s sciatica is always aching and my left knee responds negatively to many of our twists.  We left and went to get some cards and cupcake papers for baking.  Of course going to any store is dangerous for us.  We can’t just buy what we go for.  Actually we didn’t find one of our main items: a fruitcake.  Evelyn is supposed to take some traditional food item to one of the church women’s Christmas meeting.  We will try again later.  We then went to Whataburger to use another of our coupons before they expire.  We brought our supper home and watched the special on the assassination of President Kennedy 50 years ago.  We remember exactly where we were and what we were doing, just as everyone else old enough to recall the event. 

Wednesday we slept late but worked on more cleaning.  Evelyn cleaned the laundry area.  It is amazing how much dust blows into the unit.  She cleaned as much as possible during the early morning before going to the Christian Women’s connection in Harlingen.  I thought I might play golf while she was gone, but the man I thought might come didn’t show up.  I just decided to take her and bring her back.  I dropped her for the luncheon and went to a small Mexican restaurant for which I had a coupon.  It was a nice little place and I enjoyed an unusual enchilada for me.  It was called an enchilada ranchero.  The strange thing was that there was no cheese in it.  I returned right at 1 to get Evelyn.  I should testify about the Grace of God before going on.  I had thought one of our “keys” for the new car had fallen out of the car when I had dropped her off.  The blessing was that I found it under her back cushion and thank Him.  We went to the downtown Harlingen HEB to look for a special frozen dinner roll  for Thanksgiving dinner.  We found them and returned home to rest and have supper.  In the evening we took a walk around the park. 

Thursday we slept late again.  I had made a plan to go to San Juan to get the loaner car at 10, but the salesman called and suggested a later arrival.  We worked on cleaning the window in the front bedroom in the extra time.  I took our recyclable paper to the site on my way to the dealership.  I got some more instruction on using the bells and whistles before driving home in our borrowed Volkswagen Jetta.  After lunch, Evelyn rested and then went with me to pick up the paper container I had left at the dealership.  I learned that the manager of the used car division had bought our Saturn for his teenage daughter.  I miss it already.  We returned home and decided to forego supper.  I took Evelyn to the Mary/Martha women’s meeting at the church.  I just used the time in an effort to catch up on reading in my Through the Bible in a Year.  I am only 4 days behind now.  Evelyn talked with Emily about a Rolfing therapist and with Stephen about his studies of history.  We are preparing for a very cold and probably rainy weekend.  Evelyn’s sciatica still comes and goes.  When it comes, it is very painful.  We wonder how the cold weather will affect her.  Thanksgiving is a week away and my preaching begins the Sunday after.  My vacation is nearly over.