Ten Day Postal Service.

 Ten-Day Postal Service.

 

Sterling said that the thank you note that was sent from this old hill finally got to his post box. Ten days is a long time for a note to drive around the parts of Arkansas and Missouri just to finally reach his house. Strange. At least the postman did not dump it somewhere because he did not want to mess with it. Some of the different package services have had to deal with their packages ending up in a canyon or some other dumping place. It is simply hard to imagine!

 

Got a flyer in the mail today that was too tempting to pass up. AT&T offered a really good rate for their phone and internet service, so the old woman took the time to talk with an operator and set it up for this place instead of with Spectrum. My bill with Spectrum went from $90 to $100 for internet and from $30 to $40 for my phone service. Apparently, the total bill for both with AT&T will be less than $100. Cutting back on the cost of services might just make a difference in what will stay in my bank account. It is difficult to try to save money when the prices of nearly everything just seem to continue to rise.

 

Got a call from Kim Bragg, a friend from elementary school, last night. She seems to really care about folks and how their lives are going. She has had some of the same surgeries and has even had a couple of strokes, so she knows what it is like to be pretty well restricted in what she can or can’t do. That is very sweet of her to care enough to call and talk to me about how things are going.

 

Amazing as it seems, tomorrow is the last day of February! The year so far has just been about the fastest in my memory. But then, days seem to go faster now than ever before. And no, it is not because naps happen more often now than ever before. Well, maybe. The dogs need to rest more often anyway.

 

Talked to Katy about all the dogs she has out there in Petrolia. She said that it costs $100 to adopt a dog from her shelter, but she has mostly small dogs. Then she told me that Miss Emilie’s Friends includes dogs along with the cats. Thompson came from the Texas Pit Crew umpteen years ago when he was only 8 weeks old. He has always been the absolute sweetest dog ever! Now if only Sylvia could have been as gentle and easy to handle as Thompson!

 

Have been hoping that Shona is feeling better since she got Covid. Can’t imagine trying to keep up with all of her work while coughing and feeling like leftover dishwater. AJ is still coming across the road and hauling my trash bin across on Friday mornings and hauling it back in the evening. He is a sweet boy! But then, Shona and Albert have done their best to teach him to be considerate of others. Need more parents like that is this world today!

 

Reading online about how one’s kitchen could be very unhealthy, the old woman has decided to scrub the fridge and the spice jars in the cabinet. It does not take long for my refrigerator to get messy, but that is no excuse for letting it get dirty. Amazon got my containers of Lysol to me this week, so the surfaces should get a good wipe down at the very least. At least cleaning the fridge can be done from a sitting position, but unloading the shelves might take more exercise than might be expected. Oh well.

 

Of all the crud that is going on in this world, it seems to me that we need at least one place that gives us uplifting and good news. Maybe that is why reading my Bible first thing in the morning has helped my attitude recently. The Upper Room has helped as well. Just realizing that the same problems confront others in various parts of the world gives me more reasons to pray for those who look to God for comfort and reassurance. Let us remember that we have fellow Christians all over this world. May God bless and keep them.

 

Rest well, my friends. You are loved.