Lots of little things going on

After I got home last night I helped Grandpa get the stock trailer ready to take one of the steers to the butcher shop. We had a tire blow out on it as it sat in place at the farm. I suppose the heat got to it. I do know that it was far better that it happened as it sat than while we were in transit with a load of cattle.

We also worked on the little truck to see if we could get the license plate lights working but we had no success there. I left it at the farm so Grandpa could look it over and see if there was an easy solution. I told Mama, if nothing else, I would use a flashlight to light the plate when I traveled to work in the early mornings. Batteries are not cheap but they beat a ticket any say.

Mama and I are in pretty desperate need of a lawn mower. The one we have been using has died on us and needs to be scrapped. Mama and Grandpa want to get a zero turn mower but I balked at the $3000 price tag – at least for now. The whole idea of the things we have set in motion recently is to get out of debt, not take on more. It is something I am praying about because it is a genuine need – a lack that really bothers Mama.

Sunday we had a change in our normal plans because we were scheduled for play practice at the church at 3:30 in the afternoon. Since it would have seriously curtailed our nap time we elected to spend the afternoon in Decatur. I thought that rather than stay in Decatur we should go to Costco – about an hour away – because that was we could make the most of the hours we had. Mama and Victoria were all for that, so off we went.

We had lunch at Chipotle, a half hour out of Decatur, and went on to Costco which was another twenty minutes away. Emily, our rider from BBTI hung in there with us through the afternoon. We spent about an hour in Costco and then headed back to Sam’s where we got the last of our very important items – dog food. We even made it back to the church in time for the play practice. The whole excursion actually went so well we decided we might do it again soon.

After paly practice – Mama has a pretty big part in scenes One and Two – we took Victoria over to visit with the foster children Mama and I had met before. She loved it. So did Mama. The possibility of us getting these three children is pretty remote because the training, home study and required background checks take between four and six months. The foster mom is pretty sure the children will be placed in a “foster-to-adopt” home within the next couple of months.

Mama has started the process of getting us registered for adoption, or fostering, I am not sure which will come about at this juncture in our lives. I do know that we would be open to whatever the Lord has for us to do with respect to helping children.

We are still looking at properties and Mama has warmed to the idea of being closer to the church and the church family. We are not committed to selling or the move resulting from that sale but we are looking carefully and prayerfully at the options. As we sat outside and enjoyed the peaceful feel of the farm last night, the thought of selling the place seemed far away.

Driving in this morning brought it back to reality.