A Perfect Friday - Rude Christians?

 Another perfect Friday....it began with the moon as Stacia and I  left the driveway....the time is coming when we won't see the moon for months. LOL 

Our day continued as we discussed the gospel of John over fantastic omelets at Sunrise Grill. 

Whilst we ate we couldn't HELP but HEAR the conversation of two gentlemen several tables away. The main speaker has written a book, or two,  he wanted to share, he loudly condemned compromising churches (including several local churches by name), it became apparent which church he attends (and he doesn't think they've got it "right" either),  he wasn't a fan of President Biden and didn't seem a fan of President Trump either, he used a racial slur that nearly sent Stacia from her seat to his face, but he left...before we said anything but certainly not before the whole place was given a false view of the Jesus we serve.  It saddened us and led to introspection. Jesus help us be aware of the impression we give others of you. May we not misrepresent  you.  And as we've contemplated Pilate I've wondered if I would have the courage to stand up to an angry mob...I certainly need to work on my responses to situations like this...not sure what it all means at this point...but I do think it grieved the Holy Spirit for this to be the representation of Jesus that morning. 

The waiter DID come over and say we were welcome to stay all day and study if we'd like...so maybe they saw the contrast in how we approach our faith?

Arielle and the boys surprised us with a visit. I don't take the joy of having children close enough to stop by for granted! Millie actually was calm enough to stay in the same room with Benny. 

Papa got a smile from Danny. 

Winter Freezer

 I scored a sale on blueberries. I expected them this fall, but they didn't arrive up here this year.  I had just had to buy my first blueberries in a year. 

I was happy to buy these and freeze them. Gotta LOVE our outside winter freezer. When it's 1* outside it doesn't take long to flash freeze things.  12 quarts of berries are in the freezer ready for yummy treats. 

Michael Rocks

 When Acorn sent a man out to install the chair lift - they didn't listen to what we said. They put it in...but they didn't let us remove the railing going downstairs and so the chair is out much further than we were told it would be...and THEN...the man just stapled the extension cords on our walls. I should have taken photos and sent them to Acorn.  We had a box screwed into this wall and 2 extension cords stapled on the wall. Downstairs we have the same. 

Michael removed the baseboard, hid the cord, made a groove for the cord....and look....no more cord stapled to the wall. LOL  I told him he should moonlight fixing chair lift installations. 

Our Lap Dog

Millie is 8 months old, but she still believes she is a lap dog. She can be so aggressive, but she is also the most snuggly dog we've ever had. Of course, she's the first puppy we've had. Maybe they grow out of snuggling?  In any event, we love Millie cuddles.  

She will not be ignored. 

 

All Things Dad LOL

This town we call home is beautiful. It shines especially bright at 5 on a winter morning. 

Michael had an appointment in Anchorage at 1 p.m. Dad had an appointment in Wasilla at 2 p.m. Those who know Alaska know THIS wasn't going to allow me to be at both appointments. Michael left at 11:30.  

Dad and I picked Alex up at work on our way to his primary care appointment.  This was a huge help as I didn't have to lift the chair in or out of the back of the van. My shoulder has been tweaked. Alex stayed in the car and took a warm nap while we went inside. I really like this NP. He is caring and thorough and his philosophy of care seems to line up with ours. We left the appointment with encouragement, a referral to a specialist, and a plan for dealing with sleepless nights.   I opted to keep doing what we are doing for as long as we can...and that includes a healthy dose of prayer for peaceful nights for dad. To use drugs they often use in situations like the one we are experiencing would require a big shake up in meds and we'd all rather avoid anything "new." 

Dad's blood sugars are STILL doing well...and we opted to lower his metformin by 1/3  this time rather than lowering his insulin  a bit more. Nathan told me if I EVER have craziness, as we did this month, with a med to call him personally - and I will.  

Dad used to love Nathan. He's been rude and surly the last 3 or 4 visits as he blames him for taking his license. To be honest, *I* am the one who had the talk with him when the evaluation results came back. His doctor in OR put a big note in his records that his driving needed to be evaluated. Nathan had little to do with it, other than following through.  It doesn't matter; Dad has been mad at Nathan.... Today he looked at Nathan and said, "You know, the hardest thing I've ever had to face (and I've had a lot of hard things) was losing my license."   ::sigh::  

Nathan was so good. He reached over, got down so dad could see his eyes, and said, "Harlan, I know that was terribly hard to lose. I'm sorry." 

Dad said he was mad at all "4 of them" who took his license, but he sees it wasn't Nathan's fault and he's a "good boy from Wyoming."  Shew....

After the appointment dad wanted to celebrate his good blood sugar numbers by having a piece of pie at Sunrise. Whatever!  I know he is eating sugar free at home and I know he isn't going out to eat every day - I turn a blind eye to the shenanigans when we do go out. ::snort:: 

By the time we got home it was too late for me to make the chowder I had planned. We opted to make Wed night our pizza night. We got everyone where we needed to  be on time for the evening.  I probably need to take Nolan's suggestion and make Wed night our pizza night rather than Friday night. 

One of Dad's therapists recommended we get a "day at a time" calendar to help him with days, dates etc. I found this one  and it's a hoot. Every day Dad has to figure out what is wrong with the picture....so we get to laugh, we engage powers of observation, and there are history facts on the back. This is tomorrows - he ripped 2 off today - whatever. LOL The year may go really quick around our house. 

Playful Millie

There seems to be nothing Millie loves better than playing tug of war with Michael or Stacia. 

 

Millie Update

 Millie....is a puppy. I knew we'd have to face this, but didn't think it would be NOW. She's 9 months old. I guess it happens. I also did not know a dog can be in heat for weeks rather than days.  We weren't prepared and will need to go buy some doggie diapers.  

Check out her face. I understand. 

All last week we've been saying how much calmer she is. She has wanted to cuddle and hasn't had her usual level of energy...Stacia worried she was sick....hmmm... Stacia has some thinking to do...do we want to let her have a litter of pups or do we want to get her spayed soon?

Another new thing in Millie's life is she is getting down the paper trick. I brought the paper in and she raced to grab it and take it to Dad. She didn't give it to him - but it was close. 

She's a good labradoodle....ever heard of a mastidoodle? We're working to avoid a muttadoodle.