One Week Down

Well I am now officially back to work since completing a whole week. I am not sure if I got much accomplished, but I sure am tired. Tomorrow Steve T. and I will rent a machine and tear out all the old landscaping at the office and try to fill it back in. All our beds are filled with thistle. I tried to get rid of it last year and killed one of our plum trees and we didn't get rid of it. The heavy winter snow ruined the four larger bushes in the corners so we will have to tear them out to. We need to go simple and maybe this year just new topsoil and mulch.

I am building office furniture for our new conference room. I worked off and on this week getting the setup for our new monitor that we will use during meeting and put all the stuff right into the computer instead of writing it out and then typing it in. It should be a real help. The conference table is four by twelve and made out of maple. There is an eight foot set of cabinets in the back and a five foot cabinet in the front under the monitor to hold the computer. All out of maple. That is Steve T's favorite wood. Mine is oak. I will build Caleb and Micah bunk beds out of oak in the next few weeks. They say they want to help me and are looking forward to it. I will get 300 board feet of oak and 100 board feet of maple early next week. This will keep me busy at night when I want to go to sleep early and then wake up in the middle of the night, waking Patti up, and we then are both miserably tired the next day.

I really do feel that work is good for the soul. I could not imagine someone sitting around and not wanting to work. Every day you get something accomplished that you can be proud of even if it is just getting up and getting going. I think God wants us all to do our jobs with the talents that he gave us.

I talked with another friend and business associate today. He had cancer 12 years ago. The chemo was making his feet go numb and it was hard for him to walk. He asked the oncologist what to do. The oncologist told him that he would have his legs go numb next then he wouldn't be able to walk. He asked the oncologist if he felt the chemo was working and he said, who knows. It is only about 1% more than doing nothing. He said he quit immediately, changed his eating and lifestyle and he is still here, 10 years after statistics gave him. I urge everyone to think about what you are doing and what you eat and put your trust in the Heavenly Father and his Son.