A few simple comments on life

We have been blessed with good health for which we are grateful. We also have been getting water once or twice a week now from the city so our tank has not been less than half full for awhile. The rains have slowed down considerably so it is good that we are getting city water. I’m not real impressed with the weather here. Lately it has not rained but is just overcast and dreary. I don’t know how long this will continue. I prefer the days that it rains a bit and then blows away and is bright and sunny.

Hey! You know that annoying phone recording that says that it’s the final notice for you to renew your car warranty? We just received that call! On our skype phone! And we’re on the “Do not call” List. The other night our skype phone rang at 2 a.m. and Mark scrambled out of bed. The guy on the other end said, “Richard?” No, this isn’t Richard. You have the wrong number. “But I’m supposed to talk to Richard.” Richard doesn’t have this number. You have the wrong number. “But you sent me a text message telling me to call Richard at this number.” You have the wrong number. “But…” click. Oops. Disconnected. Mark didn’t bother telling the guy that it was 2 in the morning. We’re sure he wouldn’t have understood how a 562 – California number could be at 2 in the morning when it was 5 p.m. in CA! Fortunately, he didn’t keep trying (or else Mark turned off the router. I’m not sure which.)

We didn’t think about it being St. Patrick’s day today. (Amazing what happens when you don’t TV telling you what to do!) I accidently wore green but we didn’t eat any boiled cabbage or corned beef. We did have boiled sweet potatoes with our lunch – does that count? We didn’t even have green milk.


I have attached a picture of an African Pied Wagtail. The other day, after it had rained, I looked out and watched this bird that was sitting on top of our car. It would stand there, put its head up (like in the picture), jump up and then flap around a bit. Then it would stand there and repeat the process. Mark was outside and I told him I thought the bird was injured and couldn’t fly. He said, “No, it’s just stupid.” It was seeing its reflection in the sunroof of the car and thought there was another bird. It was trying to impress that bird or something but the other bird never came out to fly with it. It stayed there doing this for a very long time! I’m sure there’s a good sermon application there somewhere!