A Difficult Day

Heard that a pastor we knew committed suicide...our hearts are so sad and full of concern for his family and his congregation. I can't imagine what they are feeling, when I hardly knew him and am so upset. Things like this really put the little things we complain about into perspective...our problems just pale in comparison to something like this.

God had a different plan

Wednesday - my day off work - I had all kinds of plans for today, but one of them was not my car breaking down and spending an hour and a half waiting for a tow truck! But it happened in a parking lot and only caused me to have to cancel lunch with Monie, which we can re-schedule. And John hadn't gone to work yet, so he came and kept me company and oversaw the tow truck getting to our mechanic and setting up the repairs and getting me home.
Even with all that, I was still able to can Italian Stewed Tomatoes this morning, make butterscotch brownies, prepare another batch of salsa to can tonight, take my walk, get out to the garden to pick peppers and look through my new quilting magazine. So it still turned out to be a good day! Well I guess I will tape one more episode of "Lost" - just to see if we actually get to see the "monster" this week, but I'm watching Smallville live! Do you think Clark will remember how to fly?

Missing Landlords

Remember when something went wrong at the apartment or house, we called the landlord and he fixed it?? Oh the joys of home ownership! We found out today that some of the pillars in front of our house are rotting! It is always something, and usually we have to figure out which thing we can let go awhile longer, since there's only enough in the budget to fix one thing. Well, I am sitting here trying to remember how much we wanted to be able to buy our own house...maybe when the mortgage is paid I'll remember easier....oh yeah, equity, that was it.....well I hope it is worth it in the long run.
Chili for dinner tonight and then Daniel and I get to go to college night at the high school. Right now I can't think about college - I just want to get him through 10th grade!
We had a good day at work today, getting lots of work done. Tomorrow is looking great for a day off....wonderful weather with temps in the 70's. I hope to work out in the yard all day. Oh, and I get to go out to lunch with Monie! Should be a great day!

Bush visits West Chester!

Well W was just a few blocks away from my house today at VOA park! I decided not to fight 50,000 people and just watched the speech on TV. He did an excellent job outlining his plans on a whole range of topics. It was exciting to see how many people actually took the time to come and see him...I don't know about all of Ohio, but looks like he'll carry Butler County.
I finally got the fiscal year closed today at work - hopefully everything is all in order for the bank.
Daniel stayed home sick from school today and I feel like I'm coming down with a cold - probably just fall allergies doing their thing. The weather is starting to change and it is quite pleasant!

Saturday Stuff

Not as good of a day as I had hoped....started at 3:30 am with a bad headache that kept me from attending the rest of the Institute. John said we can get the tapes. I did manage to get a batch of salsa ready for canning, and got out to the garden to get some veggies. Daniel is off to a Youth Group event tonight. John got off work early and we are enjoying being able to spend the evening together.

Friday!

Okay, just popped dinner in the oven, so I have a few minutes to myself. Got all the statements done at work and dear Monie offered to finished stamping the envelopes and take them to the post office - so I got off at 1:15 - just in time to kiss John good-bye, make Michael and I BLT's for lunch, get a haircut and get to CHCA to pick up Daniel! So a productive day!

Looking forward to hearing Jerram Barrs tonight at the Institute for Contemporary Christianity. He is going to speak on some difficult issues that we as Christians face in today's society and hopefully give us some solid information to share with others.

Last night I completed my recipe blog and I hope that it will be a helpful site. The web address is home.earthlink.net/~kathylynntoth/recipes or you can access it from my website at www.geocities.com/mommoboys. I'll have to share any recipes we receive with Laura at church as she is trying to get the NCCC recipe book together. Happy weekend to all of us!

Terrific Thursday

Haven't we had the best weather? You can hardly believe that it's almost the end of September. Well it looks like I will need to work tomorrow - couldn't get everything I needed to get done in just 20 hours this week. But Walter said he would give me comp time - which will come in handy next month when I plan to go visit my parents in Buffalo during Daniel's fall break. And I should be able to work outside all weekend as the weather forecast is dry and sunny!

Well my verdict on "Lost" is that is wasn't that great - although it was fun to see Dominic Monaghan. I ended up with 7 quarts of Tomato Sauce and 5 pints of salsa yesterday - amazing that 50 pounds of tomatoes cook down into just 7 quarts of sauce.

Time to go fix dinner - hope everyone else is having a good day.

First Post

Well my son Andrew has a blog and I thought I would give it a try. Seems like a good way to let everyone know what I am up to and what I am thinking about, without sending a zillion emails. Of course, I may be the only one interested in what I am thinking, but hey, I like to keep up with my techno-kids!
So today, my day off work, I plan to spend time in my garden and canning tomatoes - which is a great way to spend the first day of fall. I resisted the temptation to take Daniel to school (at 7 AM) and then go back to bed. Every day I don't have to go into work, it is a fight with myself to stay up and get the day underway. But I am always glad that I manage to talk myself into staying out of the bed - as I can waste so much time when I go back to sleep, or nap.
Then tonight - two tv shows that I want to see....have to tape one. Of course, Smallville - the season opener. Then I want to see the first episode of "Lost" mostly because "Merry" is in it. I don't know that it will be something I regularly watch, we'll see. Well, time to get outside... Have a great day!