FOCUSING ON THE GOOD THINGS

Ken is doing major surgery on his Gretsch guitar. He really liked it the way it was, but wanted to change the sound a little. He ordered new pick-ups for it and is in the process of installing them. He hasn't felt that good this week, but this day was a little better day. It was good therapy for him to work on something he enjoys so much - his guitar.

Wildflowers are so pretty.

This is mama Kildeer sitting on her nest out in our pasture. We can get pretty close to her if we are on our little tractor mower. If we are on foot, she does her little "Look at me - I am hurt" dance to try to get us away from her nest.

The American Goldfinch is so beautiful. Almost looks like a canary out in the wild.


We are neither one feeling the greatest at this time, but getting a few things done here and there. I planted some peonies, one hydrangeas, some azaleas, and some petunias in pots and flower garden. Then lined the flower bed with newspaper (which is a trick in this Oklahoma wind), and then shoveled mulch from our mulch pile to the new flower bed.

Judy, Ken's sister will be here Sunday May 3rd for about a week. She wanted to be here for Ken's surgery. This will be her first visit to our home here in Oklahoma so we are looking forward to seeing her. Our main focus will be on Ken as he is trying to heal from his surgery.

Then my brother will be here right after that. He is in the U.S.A. for a visit this month from Thailand. He will be in Nevada, Kansas, Colorado, and Oklahoma during his stay. We always enjoy having him.

Today is a "rest" day. We both need to get ready for everything that is going on. We are also needing to get our Honda into the dealership for an A/C repair job. They had put a faulty compressor in the 2003 model. It is called an explosion kit and it costs around $1900 to get repaired. They finally said they would cover half the cost. Just the parts are $1400 which we think they should have at least covered that since they knew it was a bad compressor from China, but we have to get it fixed before surgery and company. Plus I need the car for my business, too. Just glad they are going to cover at least 50%. We also have other business matters to take care of - insurance coverage, financial matters, repairs, cleaning - just the normal every day things that we all have on going.

We have so much to be thankful for, and focusing on the beautiful things in our world such as the birds, the spring flowers, our family, our friends, having each other, and having the Lord in our lives makes each day beautiful.