Anyone know how to replace a torsion spring on a garage door?

Got home to 3 ft plow mounds @ the end of the drive. YAY!

It's 5:00pm on December 2nd... And I'm GRILLING!

''People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily,''

- Zig Ziglar

The Name of the Lord be praised!

Well, another presidential election has come and gone. I know that there is lamenting in much of the country, rejoicing in the rest. There has been some good talk about working together, and some of remaining resistant. There is talk of the will of the people being thwarted by a lax system of voting which is very easy to abuse. Yet I urge those who say they believe and TRUST in God to listen: This was foreordained by the only and true God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Did this election take God by surprise? Is He on His throne, scratching His head and thinking, "How did I mess this up?" Is He frantically trying to gather Himself to work this for our good? NO!

God is Sovereign. God is Omnipotent. God is Omniscient. But most importantly of all, God is Good. And not only good, but the utter definition of the word "good".

So, what, then, do we, who believe in the Father, do? We draw near to God. We seek all the harder His Kingdom and His Righteousness. We take comfort in the truth that He had this all planned out long before we set out to cast a single vote for that which we voted. We pray, ever more diligently, for our country and our leaders. But the primary thing is that we draw near to Him.

Only by our own devotion to the Father can any change begin in this world. God promises that if we draw near to Him, He will draw near to us. So, my brothers and sisters in Christ, "Rejoice in the Lord, always; again I will say, Rejoice!" (Phillipians 4:4 ESV) God's perfect will is the only thing that actually won last night. And it is GOOD.

Weirdness: Here in WSP, MN, because I was already on thde voter roles, I was NOT asked to show ID, nor was it looked at when offered to the judge... Hmm...

Star Wars is alive!
George Lucas sold to Disney?
Episode Seven?!?

(haiku)

More Haiku fun!

Halloween is done.
What is the next holiday?
Oh, yes! Thanksgiving!

The Truth about Tax "Fairness"

I just realized what has felt so wrong these last two mornings. I didn't kiss my wife goodbye! :'(

Surgery: SUCCESS!

After two days of having my leg wrapped tighter than a mummy, the bandages came off! Now just two weeks with a compression stocking, and I should be good as new.

rougjh with it. As it is, I'm still pretty friggin' useless. It hurts to move, it hurts to lay still... In a nutshell, it sucks.

How can I bless my family when I can barely move? Had I known this surgery was going to inconvenience my family as much as it has, I'd have never gone th

I hate that I'm worse than useless to my family right now...

Praise the Lord!

Well, there's good news, and then there's the best of news! Dewey is up and walking, running, jumping, and playing like any normal 3-year old, aside from an occasional limp or misstep as his body is still correcting the problem. But the best news is that the fracture in his L5 appears to be an old one! Possibly even from birth! Still, we're watching him for any signs of deterioration or advancing problems, and having a chiropractor check him out just in case. So, Praise the Lord!!!

Accident

My 3-year old had an accident yesterday afternoon. He fell off a 10-foot retaining wall and fractured his L5 vertebra. Going to orthopedist today. Please pray.

...And, a perrigrine falcon having breakfast! Not a bad morning's walk!

Dangit! I couldn't get a picture of it, but I think I just saw a humming bird moth!

Ugh! Never eat or drink anything just before getting on The Monster at Valleyfair! Queasiness I never like!

To the bretheren:
I've come to believe that the extent to which we look like Christ is inversely proportionate the extent that we look like the world.