Category Archives: Friday Fun

Getting ready to learn

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For a few weeks, I’m going to put off writing about items to purchase in Israel on the fourth Friday of the month. Not only are there a limited number of items to write about, but there is something more immediate in my life.

I’m getting ready for the Colorado Christian Writers Conference May 11-14, 2022.

We usually meet at Estes Park, Colorado YMCA. However, this year will be virtual. I know you might be saying “I want people, not computers.” And normally I would agree with you, but I’ve seen the line-up and the plans and am very excited.

First, the conference will be 100% live. No prerecorded material.

At an in-person conference, there are too many things and classes going on at the same time, so we’re bound to miss something. With CCWC’s virtual conference I’ll still miss some simultaneous presentations, but they are being recorded and I’ll have three months to watch the presentations which I can’t watch during the conference.

I have to admit, I don’t pay to attend CCWC in money. I pay in labor as a member of the staff. But if I did pay to attend CCWC, this would be at the top of the list. The cost is $199 if you register by March 15th. No travel costs. No cost for room and board.

Plus I don’t have to wonder what kind of food will be served.

I’ve included pictures of two of my favorite authors/speakers.

This is where you’ll find more information.

https://colorado.writehisanswer.com/

She will make you laugh and brighten your day.
It is exciting to look forward to his presentations. No one ever knows what the props will be.

Gardening

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Been thinking a lot about our garden as it’s looking more and more like spring. But there are obstacles to conquer before the garden will be planted.

First, Colorado weather. The general rule here is never plant before Mother’s Day. My husband and grandkiddos have been looking and getting seeds for a couple months. They are anxious to start planning. But Mother’s Day is still a week away. However, we also have to think about last year. We planted two weeks after Mother’s Day. The following week we had snow and a hard freeze. Most of our seeds were okay, but we had to repurchase and replant all the small vegetables, herbs, and flowers.

Second, Colorado weather. The last three weeks the plan has been to rototill the garden on the day the garden to prepare for planting. Our nine-year-old grandson wants to help and is excited about the opportunity. Although he is too young to handle a rototill on his own, he can help with supervision and Grandpa also holding the equipment. This keeps getting canceled due to rain or snow on the day each week he come to visit.

Third, Colorado weather. Each of the three grandchildren who come down each week gets a small section of the garden of their own to plant whatever they want. Their sections need to be dug up and prepared for planting since they are too small and have too many perennials to use the rototill in them. Why isn’t this getting done on the days they are down to visit? You guessed it. For the last three weeks there has been either rain or snow on the days they come.

But not to worry. Colorado weather never stays the same. Soon I’ll be able to look out my front window and see flowers and vegetables growing in the garden.

It’s Spring

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This Friday blog was designed for whatever is exciting me at the moment I write the blog. It sounds trite, but right now I’m enjoying watching Spring arrive in Colorado.

I love weather that isn’t boring. I love weather that keeps me exciting and wondering. One thing I love about the weather here, it’s never boring, ever. Especially in the Spring.

I love waking up to frosted trees and snow on the grass. Then, the trees and snow start to sparkle as the sun comes out. The snow is gone and we’re in the garden, preparing the ground for when we’ll plant – after Mother’s Day. The sun is hot with more than fifty degrees higher than when we got up. A few days later, we have snow on the flowers in the yard.

Up and down. Snow and sun. Dreary, grey and bright blue skies.

Constantly changing, I can turn around and see what something different. It’s the joy of beautiful change and new life.

Catalogue shopping

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This week, after some procrastination, I had to get my act together and figure out what to give fellow volunteers as gifts as the end of the school year approaches. Too tired to force myself to go shopping and eyes burning from looking at my computer screen, I turned to catalogues.

What frustrates me about both paper catalogues and computer shopping is I always wonder if items will be as wonderful as they look in the pictures. In some areas I have trust issues and believing advertising is one such area.

Paging through the two catalogues I have (since I obviously get so many of them), took quite a while between dozing off. Again, I faced a dilemma. With the diversity of personalities, what would be the right gift. Since I’m being lazy right now, I didn’t want to figure out different gifts for different people. In addition to the lazy factor, is the time factor. I need to get this done to be sure I will receive them in time.

I finally found a gift for which I wouldn’t have to spend too much and I thought everyone would like. Although I’d like to spend more, since I plan on giving to at least eleven other volunteers I must set limits.

I got on the computer and placed the order. Now all I need to do is watch for it to arrive and pray I don’t have to go shopping at the last minute.

It’s Spring Baseball

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I made a mistake and forgot to publish this last week, so I’m publishing it this week.

The 2018 Baseball Season is just a week old. The Colorado Rockies have been on the road in Arizona and San Diego for the week and has a record of four wins and three losses.

Those of us in Colorado have been looking forward to the home opener. A sold-out crowd of more than 50,000 fans have tickets to the game including myself and my husband. At the game last year, the temperature was over 70 degrees.

The weather has been good most of the week. Today it was in the sixties. Tomorrow, at first pitch, the predicted weather will be 35 degrees with snow falling. Along with the snow, the temperature will fall to about 20 by the end of the game. In addition, the accompanying wind will create a wind chill of ten to fifteen degrees lower than actual temp.

Most fans still plan to attend with plenty of cold weather gear. In 25 years of existence, the Rockies have never canceled a home opener and do hold the record for the coldest home opener.

The big question is will they set a new record this year or will they have their first postponed home opener? Since this is published a week late, I’ll tell you they did play the home opener game. Unfortunately they lost. We got to Coors Field early for the opening day festivities and then the game was delayed due to weather. The temperture at first pitch was 27 degrees. We didn’t stay for the whole game because after being at the ball field four and a half hours in the cold, I wimped out and said “Let’s go home.”