Epiphany

Hello,

Epiphany has come so Christmas is past. It is so nice to have the Christmas decorations packed up. But unfortunately we discovered that the attic is quite damp. There is water dripping off the windows on the warmer day and water dripping from the nails in the roof. When it was freezing frost must have adhered to these surfaces. Even if you only rent it seems there are always issues with a residence. Right now those big Christmas decoration boxes are taking up more than their share of space in the computer room. I should be grateful for that room and the boxes are not upstairs gathering dampness and musty smells. We do have some space to spare, but I do not want to have them here for a long period of time. A solution will be found.

When we were with Brian we bought a calendar at a dollar store. I am so grateful that we did that. For this dollar we actually got two calendars. One of which is hanging in the kitchen and the smaller one is by my desk in the computer room. Why don’t I call it the office? Leroy was given a desk calendar because of his minister status. We had not let them know he is on leave from call. There were some perks in his former vocation that we did not even think about, but just took for granted. One he regrets now is that there are some classes he would like to take at the seminary, but there is no time or money from his current job that supports that.

Back to the calendar issue. We could have used another calendar, but I am not going to worry about that. The sad thing is that Sarah said they had calendars to spare. Had she known she could have brought more than one.  But I do not think it is worth the postage to mail it to us. We will just look where we have them. We might even get some exercise as we walk to do that.

Leroy again rode the bike today as it was above 20 when he left. It is to be nice all week so he is looking forward to riding every day. He gets exercise and brain stimulation. What a gift!

Paula