What a weekend!

I got to sleep late Saturday (PTL!) and then we went to Home Depot and got the supplies we needed to finish the dog kennel in the back. We got 2 sides done when the sun went down, so we had to leave the rest off for today. When we got home from church, we went right back to it. We finished the other two sides and put the dogs in the kennel along with several concrete blocks for their food and water AND their food and water, then we went "pooper-scooping" and cleaned up the yard. After that, I ran the weed-eater and cut down all of the dandelions that were surely taking over. Kim washed down the patio and helped me every step of the way. I COULD NOT have finished putting up the chain link without her help! I'm telling you; she is absolutely AWESOME!!! Anyway, we have been planning a garden in the back, so we removed grass from a 4x8 section of the lawn and put the sod in places where the dogs have dug under the fence and pretty much destroyed any grass in those areas. I had to do it on another 4x8 section as well, but we pretty much got grass everywhere we needed it. We're going to do 4 4x8 plots surrounded by landscaping timbers, so that should make a nice little garden for us. The soil back there is mostly sand that was brought in by the developer, so we're going to have to buy some soil to supplant what's there. Meanwhile, we'll get a compost pile going and next year we'll have the best soil in the neighborhood! Anyway, we turned over two of the four plots before the sun went down this evening, so we got quite a lot done!

More good news! On the way home, I filled my new Ford Ranger up for the first time. I got almost 26 miles per gallon! Woo-hoo! Since we replaced the 18 MPG Highlander, our expenses for gasoline just went down quite a lot!

Bother Jerry has been focusing on one of my favorite books of the bible the last two weeks; the book of Daniel. So far, he's discussed the dream of Nebuchadnezzar and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace (not to mention the preincarnate Jesus in there with them!). I'm hoping he gets to the end of the book when Daniel prophesies concerning the end of days, but he probably won't. Like my friend Kathy, he's a "pan-millenialist;" the timing of end-times events don't matter all that much as long as we're ready, i.e., it will all "pan out" in the end!

Great weekend! - Dan