A blessed Ash Wednesday to one and all. Yes, I know it’s been a while. It’s Wednesday and I haven’t posted yet. On Monday, we didn’t have school, but I had a committal for a funeral in the morning. Then yesterday I had to take Beast (the six month old pug) in to be neutered. [...]
So I get up this morning at 5:25 and I’m trying to get ready to go to the gym. I didn’t pack my gym bag the night before, so I grab my half packed back and my cell phone and my clothes that I laid out and I head to the bathroom to get ready. [...]
So I’m coming out of the gym today and looking at all the cars and a question comes to mind. Why do they need handicapped parking spots outside a gym where people are working out? Even if they are coming to walk a treadmill, walking a few extra feet would be good for them. I [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day! What did you do for your spouse today? I sent my wife flowers last week. Proflowers was having a special, $19.99 for a dozen roses. But after the handling fee and taxes they came to $33. What kind of special is that? They have lasted over a week. They were pretty. Then [...]
I have no idea how Kohl’s stays afloat. My wife was working customer service there on Saturday. My daughter and I are at home. I get this call from Jan and she says to come to the store that they are having this huge sale. So, Kristen and I get in the car and drive [...]
For devotions this morning, one of the teachers read a devotion by Billy Graham about the bumper stickers that read, “God is my co-pilot.” It’s a nice thought. But as Rev. Graham pointed out, God doesn’t want to be our co-pilot, He wants and deserves to be our Pilot. He wants control of our lives. [...]
I had popcorn for dinner last night. Jan was working. The kitchen was clean. I didn’t want to mess it up. I didn’t want to do dishes. So I grabbed my trusty Whirlly Pop from the pantry and made popcorn for dinner. There was no butter on it. Just salt. It was tasty. And since [...]
We had bucatini for dinner last night. Unless you are Italian you probably have no idea what that is. Bucatini is a pasta. It is about 10″ long. But we aren’t talking spaghetti here. It’s like a 10″ straight macaroni. Every once and a while we get down to Tenuta’s in Kenosha. We only go [...]
Pastor Jennings So, football is over for another year. We are at that boring part of the year with no football and no baseball. I’m sorry, I just can’t get into professional basketball since Michael Jordan is retired and the Detroit Pistons are really bad. I love Red Wing hockey but I can never seem [...]
So, I go back to the gym this morning and do my 40 minutes on the treadmill. I’m leaving and coming to the office, and I look over at the glass that I ran into on Tuesday. And there for everone to see is my nose print. No blood or anything, just a smudge made [...]
Welcome to February! What a wonderful day it is! No snow. And I didn’t walk into a wall this morning! So no bloody nose. Of course, I didn’t get up to go to the gym either. I just couldn’t get out of bed. Oh well. Martin Luther continues in the Large Catechism: But, alas! here [...]
Well that was fun. I get up and go to the gym this morning and spend my 40 minutes on a treadmill and finish and shower and get dressed and I’m walking out of the place to go to my car and then to work. I’m not really paying attention. I’m thinking of where I [...]
It’s January 30th already? It’s hard to believe the first month of January is almost already gone. And we enter a 29 day February. Secretly, I always wished that February 29th was my birthday. If that were the case, I would be a mere 11 years old, 12 as of this February 29th. Nice. Martin [...]
My wife’s parents gave her a Spring cleaning for her birthday. We finally got around to scheduling it for this Saturday. Olga will be coming to the house about 9am to clean. Thanks Mom and Dad! So what does my wife do? She’s been running around the place cleaning and straightening. There won’t be anything [...]
Last week I was reading through the Journal Times newspaper and saw a picture of Mayor Dickert reading to students at some school. I quietly thought to myself, we should get him to come to Trinity and visit and read to our students. Then I heard yesterday that he is doing just that, today. I [...]
So, I was at the gym three days last week and once so far this week. I should be able to go tomorrow and Thursday. My problem is Friday’s. I don’t want to get up early and go. But once I get up, I have to let the dogs out and eat and go out [...]
So, I complained about the cold weather last week, I better remark at how wonderful it is to be close to 40 on January 23! Only 38 days until meterological Spring! Martin Luther continues in the Large Catechism: Besides, there is also a false worship and extreme idolatry, which we have hitherto practised, and is [...]
So fine, my wife and I have a rare Friday off together. We are looking at taking the two puppies to the vet together (she never gets to see the vet staff ohhh and ahhh over how cute the puppies are). Then we were going to bring the dogs home and go out to lunch [...]
I don’t know what is going on. Suddenly, yesterday afternoon my computer locked up. So I rebooted it and it took 40 minutes to reboot. I did it again and again it took 40 minutes to reboot. I ran some virus protection software and it found nothing. My computer goes through a defrag every Wednesday [...]
According to my sources, today is Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day! It’s only January 17th! Can’t you stick with a resolution for 17 days? That’s not even three weeks. It’s probably true that most people forget their New Year’s Resolution after the 1st. I’m trying to exercize more and lose weight. I was at the [...]