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The Latest for 5/15
What a gorgeous day today! Temperatures in the mid 80's and LOTS of bright sunshine. (Sharla & I both have sunburns to prove it! We did use sunscreen AFTER we noticed that we were starting to burn.) We spent the whole day in Canyonlands,...
The Latest for 5/14
Well, today didn't go as planned a few different times! I took some of the prescribed medication, specifically a cough syrup that contains codeine. The problem is, I don't usually take any kind of narcotic-type medication (or any kind, really), so when I do take...
The Latest
Today I still felt pretty lousy (actually a bit lousier than yesterday), but I did get nearly a full night's sleep! That helped. Today Sharla and I toured around Salt Lake City. I lived here for 16 months 25 years ago, and a LOT has changed. But I was still able to...
Progress Report
A day of contrasts. First of all, we had a marvellous time driving through a good-sized chunk of Idaho at a wildlife refuge that has a bunch of raptors (birds like hawks, and eagles, and kestrels). We drove all over for about 5 hours, seeing several birds (as well...
Honeymoon Day 1
Day one of Honeymoon Phase II! We got a little later than planned start this morning due to a little later than planned bedtime last night. (Had to finish packing!) But we were on our way by 7:30 under mostly cloudy, threateningly gray type of skies. (No rain, but...
Current States
I have a cold. That may not be too big a deal to most people; after all, nearly everyone gets a cold occasionally. And it's not that it's a particularly bad cold. The problem is that it has hit me primarily in my vocal chords, so that I can hardly talk and I can't...
District Assembly 2009
We just finished up a really amazing District Assembly. In addition to all of the other "normal stuff" that always goes on at Assembly, such as pastor's reports, elections to District positions, and approving reports, we elected a new District Superintendent. The...
A Whole New World Opens Up!
So here I am writing my very first BLOG! It's amazing! Just a couple of years ago I didn't even know what a blog was, and now I am writing one! When you realize that the things that you are writing can be read literally by anyone on the internet, a whole new world...