For Carmen--A new beginning--A new journey: Not yet completed

Monday, October 18, 2010

Not yet completed

Well it is not finished yet. I did not foresee the tall, slender and heavy stand well and I know it is a bit top heavy. I may have to shoot a really big deer early on opening day and then just lay it over one of the braces to weigh it down. NO What you see away from the tractor is the ladder up and the platform will go on the 4 boards 3 feet from the top. then 4X4 sheets of 1/4 " plywood will go around the top with 2X4's around the top to make it more sturdy and to lean on and shot that big buck. BUT before I venture on top there needs to be an X brace on two of the sides to make it more stable and then 4 more braces going out from the sides and staked to the ground. I will do that, which will take about 2-3 hr the day before hunting. Should be interesting to sit or stand that high above the ground. If nothing else I will be sure to take my camera to see if I can get some great pictures of the sunrise, sunset or maybe of the BIG buck that I missed!!!!
Got some more biking in this weekend and have decided that I need to read about the seat on my bike. I ended up with a sore behind and I kept sitting too far forward on the seat, I think. I will have to see. I did not fall off any more so that was good!! I did find out in a big way that I really really like the bike.
Also got some more time to sit, reflect, think and pray about the future. Sometimes I think I make life way to complicated.
I arrived home this afternoon. Went to get Wallace right away and he was so glad to see me. He has gotten more affectnate as he has gotten older and now when I leave him outside for a long period of time if I am not home he digs out under the fence and lays in the front yard waiting for me to return! Not sure that is good.
I think my agenda for the night is a hot bath, turn the TV on and fall asleep watching Monday night football. If If I go to bed early I know I will lay awake but the TV tends to put me to sleep fairly fast. Am I getting old, strange or just weird? I know, that last sentence is an invite for some smart comment from sister Helen.

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Cunheez said...: I think you need to put the seat in a bag and beat on it with a rubber mallet! Soften it up a bit. The other thing to remember is that just because your sons like the seat doesn't mean the seat like you : ) You may discover that another seat will serve you better. I love my Selle SMP saddle and wouldn't trade it for anything. Sometimes you just have to try a bunch of seats. I know that I did.

You should read this article... this guy is a legend in the biking community

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/leather.html

The article talks about how to break your new leather seat in. Happy reading Carmen.; October 19, 2010 at 7:50 PM

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The first reading at Gail's funeral September 18, 2009

I know of no one who fit this better than Gail

Proverbs 31: 10-31
A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.
She brings him good, not harm.
all the days of her life.
She selects wool and flax
and works with eager hands.
She is like the merchant ships,
bringing her food from afar.
She gets up while it is still dark;
she provides food for her family
and portions for her servant girls.
She considers a field and buys it;
out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
She sets about her work vigorously:
her arms are strong for her tasks.
She sees that her trading is profitable,
and her lamp does not go out at night.
In her hand she holds the distaff
and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
She opens her arms to the poor
and extends her hands to the needy.
When it snows, she has no fear for her household;
for all of them are clothed in scarlet.
She makes coverings for her bed;
she is clothed in fine linen and purple.
Her husband is respected at the city gate,
where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.
She makes linen garments and sells them,
and supplies the merchants with sashes.
She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.
She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her;
Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all."
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Give her the reward she has earned,
and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

Well done good and faithful servant, your praise is much and your reward is to be with God forever.

Our Story

Our story begin in 1951, when Carmen was 4 and Gail was 5! We met as our parents were at a camera club. Fast forward--Carmen begin to attend grade school in town in 1957, the same school that Gail went to. Fast forward--We had our first date in the winter of 1964 in Gail's senior year of high school. Again--we were married June 1st of 1968. We moved to St. Paul in October of 1977 and lived at 2094 Niles Ave until Gail's death September 14 of 2009.
Gail first breast cancer was found in October of 2003. After surgery, chemo, radiation and infusions for a year she felt well and we lived life in our normal mode. Carmen retired in June of 2007 and shortly after that we quit doing the paper route as well. In the fall of 2007 we went on our dream vacation. We camped for 7 weeks in Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia and in the New England states. Sleeping in our truck and eating over an open fire we felt that we had experienced heaven. Then in January of 2008 we spent 3 weeks in Hawaii with friends and again had so much fun. In the fall of 2008 we did much work on the outside of the house and we were so excited to enter 2009 with big plans and dreams. In January Gail was diagnosed with new cancer. For the next 7 1/2 months we prayed, changed our life style, laughed and cried often. As the end of Gail's life drew near she was peaceful and family cared for her at home until she met Jesus. It was a journey that was wonderful, exciting, blessed, full of life and full of love but of course it was too short. Gail is so missed but I know she is in a better place so my journey must continue on without my true love.
I enter a new decade as the "I" that I never wanted to be but I have hope. Hope of things not experienced and hope that life will again, in 2010, become something that I look forward to each morning. My hope is based on our Lord who gives all, who is all and who gives love to all who believe. I enter this new decade with so many questions and so few answers but with faith that all will be well.

For Carmen--A new beginning--A new journey

Monday, October 18, 2010

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The first reading at Gail's funeral September 18, 2009

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