He is Risen Indeed!

 Yesterday was such a perfect Easter Sunday!


Since getting the second dose of the vaccine I've been feeling a little more confident going out into the world.  Our church was hosting five services yesterday so that people could be spread out and be safe.  I mentioned to Irv that I'd like to go to the sunrise service at 6:30 a.m and surprisingly he agreed.  So we got up before the crack of dawn and headed to our church.  


Don't get me wrong...for the last year I've spent many a Sunday morning just like this attending service on the couch.  I'm a Christian who knows I don't have to be in a brick and mortar building to worship my God.  He doesn't care of I'm at home, in church, or on the top of a mountain.


Afterwards we went out to breakfast and then went home.  Irv took a four hour nap while I spent time in my she shed, aka studio, working on my saguaro painting and listening to Carrie Underwood's new gospel album (I highly recommend it).  I'm one who still likes CDs and I recently got a portable CD player for my birthday so Carrie and I spent the afternoon painting and singing hymns.


Then I got the best Easter blessing ever.  My brothers both live in Tulsa and my oldest brother was stricken with Encephalitis in November 2019.  He's been sick and I mean really sick.  This man who has run dozens of marathons and half marathons in his lifetime couldn't even walk.  My other brother sent me a video yesterday of Bob walking with his walker.  He is walking!  Thank you!


When I was done painting I came inside to find that my hubby had set the dining room table for Easter dinner.  What?  This is a guy who likes to eat in front of the TV.  What a nice surprise...he knows that I like to do things nicely every once and a while.  It was just the two of us for dinner.  We had the obligatory potato salad and baked beans with our ham, but we tried to make it somewhat healthy with fresh veggies too.


The weather was so nice that we got the fire pit fired up for the first time this year.


By we, I of course mean Irv.  He fiddled with the propane until he finally got a big whoosh and a flame.  I love the propane fire pit, just go out and turn it on.  I'm considering taking it to Yellowstone with me so that I can easily have a fire there whenever desired.  This year we all should be allowed to congregate after work again.

Beautiful day filled with blessings!  How was your Easter?


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polcat24 said…
She wasn't as poetic as I thought she would be. The propane made a wet gurgling noise and then a huge flame erupted. Scared the crap out of me. I had turned the control the wrong way, and had it full open when i thought it was closed. Thats what i get for not using it often enough.
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