Work For the Night is Coming

I was still tired, but got sucked into a creative project this morning. And Om fell asleep after the paper route, so we didn't make it to church. So I spent a bunch of time on this, but, hey, I was having fun.

OK, here's the story. Every Sunday, I try to post the words to a hymn at Off the Sanctuary Wall, and find a video of the song that I like. Well, this week, there were very few videos of the song I chose, and most of those were so off-key that I really couldn't bear them. So... I decided that I could do better than that. Don't worry, I'm not headed for America's Got Talent, but I can live with the result.

The inspiration for choosing this song was my week of hard work- very satisfying, if tiring. And since this is about all I did today... it's what I have to share.

See Work For the Night is Coming

Top Commenters- November

So, after all the wood good for fuel was lugged to where it was going to live, there was still a lot of brush to deal with. Doug rented a chipper, and we fed it! It eats fast- I could hardly deliver branches fast enough to be fed!

Meanwhile, I really like the fact that some of you must feel "fed" in certain ways, here at my blog. Your comments mean a lot to me, and the top 10 each month receive a small banner ad in the left column.

In November, there were a total of 55 different people who were inspired to "say" something, and at total of 227 separate comments (not counting my own responses to them).

The top 10 for this past month are:
Ann's Snap & Edit (Ann- 30 comments)
Spinning Lovely Days (Ivy- 23 comments)
Dennis the Vizsla Dog (Dennis' dada, James- 16 comments) tied with
My Journey (rainfield61- 16 comments)
Carmen's Chronicles (Carmen- 15 comments)
Duxbury Ramblers (Carol- 12 comments) tied with
Duck and Wheel with String (Lin- 12 comments)
The Painted Veil (Jackie- 11 comments)
English Wilderness (John - 7 comments)
String Too Short to Tie (vanilla- 6 comments)

This Week- Logging Crew

I'm home! Do you wonder where I was and what I was doing all week? I was helping a friend with his tree service. I was just grunt and go-fer crew. I was able to take a few pictures of my friend, Doug, working. Other than that there sure wasn't time for any picture taking!

Above, a tree is about to fall exactly where Doug planned.



I managed to catch this one coming down!



There were a couple of guys who were cutting the trees up after they came down. I spent almost all my time, carrying, fetching, moving wood, raking, and hauling. It's been a while since I've done full 8-hour days of that kind of labor, so I wasn't sure how I'd hold up. But, except for being tired, everything went fine.

Sorry, but I'm still too tired to be back into my regular blogging schedule. And I have to go to bed early tonight, because I have to do the paper route tomorrow morning. I'm taking the rest of the day after that to CRASH!

It was a great week, although heavy work, and I made enough money to help with December. That's a quality day (week)!

The Winner

 
This will be a quick post. I have to access the internet from a friend's computer, and can't upload any pictures, and I'm stuck using IE, which I hate.

But I do have a winning entry for the contest. As was noted under the picture of Maggie telling you to nose around about the contest (when it was there), I received 5 entries. Thank you! They came from borris (sir rob), Ann, Liz, Ivy, and Jackie.

Four of the five people got all the puzzle words right. I had the friends that I am staying with judge the stories. Nothing was judged for grammar or language skills, but just for how engaging the story was. It was close, but in the end, the unanimous choice was Jackie of The Painted Veil!

She even sent a picture to go with it, which I will add when I get home, and her banner link- it's all just too hard from a strange computer without my own software. Here is Jackie's story!

A Grandmother's Heart

My heart cries out many times as I spend countless lonely hours missing my entire family. My parents have been dead for many, many years. My husband's job requires he be away weeks on end, my children and grandchildren live long distances away from me, and I reside in a very isolated community. Holidays drift by, and I am alone. It seems to me, sometimes, as if I am on the very bottom of everyone's list of priorities. More often than not, I feel I am but a fleeting thought that drifts across their mind occasionally. Like fence posts, lined along a road, they are subconsciously aware of them, but, rarely have occasion to give them a moment of serious contemplation.

The occasion to receive a phone call or visit from any of my grandchildren rarely arises. However, I do not spend my time lamenting. I try my best to know and understand that things are as they should be according to God's will. My children and grandchildren are all living and soaring into life with their own wings. This to me reveals success as a parent. However, the price paid for teaching young ones to fly so well is indeed high. They do not live next door. They lead active busy lives, not leaving them much time for thoughts of a grandmother's heart. But, lamenting, no that is not for me, even in my darkest hours of loneliness, I try my best to go forward and be grateful to God for their well being and happiness.

To lament is to grieve or have regrets, and I would not be truthful if I said I never grieve or have any regrets. After all, I am only human, and I cannot go back and change what is in the past. Rather, I choose to go forward and do my best to enjoy life such as it is. Albeit, there are times when I have to remind myself to smile or laugh. But remember I do; I always remember, as we all should.

"Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13

OK, now I HAVE to go get some sleep. Just a half day work tomorrow, and then the drive home. Can't wait to see Maggie!

If You See this Post...

Hi, Faithful readers! If you are seeing this post, it means that I really didn't manage to have any internet access while I'm away, working. Today is the day that I should announce the contest winner. But, since I wasn't able to get on line, I'll have to do it just as soon as I get home. Sorry for any inconvenience, and I hope you'll be patient.

See you soon, I hope!