Thoughts

I didn't realize that it's been over two weeks since I've written anything. For some reason this is not on my high priority list anymore. I'm not sure if it's because I've got so many other things going on or if blogging has lost its luster for me. Probably a combination of the two.

Life has been pretty busy lately. I've been pulling extra weeks at the Clothes Closet. I've worked 5 of the last 8 days it's been open. I'm not complaining because I absolutely love being there. But that means that I'm falling farther behind with work at the genealogy library. I know that both of these places are strictly volunteer positions and I am not "expected or required" to be there any certain days and/or times. I do enjoy both places and I can see the fruits of my labor in both places. To choose one over the other would be really hard. I don't feel so overwhelmed at the Closet, though. If I don't get something done, there is someone else who can do it. Not so easy to do at the library.

The last three days have been given to church activities. Each year the women of the church have a yard sale to raise funds for Share Your Christmas. The yard sale was Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I was up by 6 each morning and at the church by 7. I didn't get home until 7 or later each evening. This is the first year we've held the sale at the church. We've always had it at the preacher's house. But this year we were also hosting an outdoorsmen swap meet planned by Larry Dablemont so we decided to hold the sale in our gymnasium. How wonderful it was to just be able to lock the doors Thurs. & Fri. nights and not have to worry about getting everything back inside and/or covered for the night. God blessed us with $1845.00 profit. We are giving our youth group $600 and the children's program $100.

The swap meet was wonderful! People from all over came. I talked with people from Kansas and Nebraska. I sold meal tickets and really enjoyed visiting with the people as they went through the food line. I just forgot to ask most of them where they were from! There were over 40 vendors there to sell hunting and fishing items as well as produce, art, furs...so many different things. Over 400 people enjoyed the fish fry. Again, God blessed this activity with over $2200 to be used for repairs/improvements at the church. From the talk I heard throughout the afternoon, this will probably become a yearly event.

I have an appointment with a surgeon in Springfield on Wednesday. I am going to have a hysterectomy and will know when that will happen when I visit with the surgeon. I thought I would have it done at CMH but my gynecologist says that since I have had abdominal surgery (colon surgery) there is a greater chance that I will have to have an incision rather than "using the camera". So he is sending me to Springfield where they use a robot to do the surgery. He said that the robot can maneuver around the scar tissue. There is still a chance that I will have to have an incision but less of a chance that if I had my gyn do it here. So keep me in your prayers this week.