April 'fool'

Just before I went online for my Tuesday group, I read an article in Trinity Church's newsletter.

B.S. who creates the newsletter posted about a mall being built on the Green in front of Trinity. It was fascinating.

I couldn't image how it would happen, but looked forward to watching it go up.

Then, an hour afterwards, one of the people on my facebook group who lives in Florida said: "We had two inches of snow last night."

I was amazed--then he said, "April fool."

Then I realized the newsletter was an April Fool's joke.

I am really an April Fool....

 

Tommorrow

Tomorrow is Bern's birthday.

For 15 days, until my birthday, she is only 2 years younger than me!

We were high school sweethearts. I met her because I thought I might need a foreign language for some of the colleges I was applying to.

But it was Latin 1. I was a senior and she was a freshman but both in the same class.

Latin was the only foreign language offered at our little high school

I went to college and three years later she joined me at WVU.

I then went to Harvard Divinity School and after a year came home and we were married. She went to college in Boston the next year.

Then we moved back to Morgantown and I was a social worker while she finished college.

That was a long time ago.

54 years, believe it or not!

Two kids and four grandkids later, here we are.

I love her so, so much.

She is my wife and she is my life.

Happy birthday, Bern....

 

talking with a bird

I was out on the back porch this afternoon and heard a bird call.

It was something like "tweet-tweet, tweet-tweet-tweet, tweet."

So I whistled it as close as I could.

The bird answered back with an extra 'tweet'.

 I responded.

We did it 10 times and I was amazed.

I was talking with a bird!

Though I have no idea what either of us were saying....

 

Finished our taxes!

 I worked for five hours today and am ready to go to H&R Block tomorrow!

Yea!!!

It gets harder to get done every year.

We save all the right stuff--but a year's worth of stuff is STUFF!

But it's done and I'm so relieved.

Probably owe taxes, but we'll see.

John's birthday

I've known him since 1972.

He's a West Virginian, like me.

We've been through a lot together.

Several months ago he fell down the stairs from his apartment and has been recovering ever since.

We're going to his birthday party tonight. There will be lots of mutual friends there.

We gave him a wide wheel chair as his gift. I don't know how long he will continue to need it. Not long, I pray.

I haven't visited him as much as Bern has since the accident.

I just can't stand to see him like that.

I love him too much.

Alas.

Wednesday

 Usually, on Wednesdays I go up to Milton for Bible Study.

But it's cancelled until after Easter.

So, I'm off on Wednesdays.

I'm also off this coming Sunday.

This is what being truly retired is like.

I'm not sure I enjoy it.

But Palm Sunday and Easter are coming.

I look forward to it, so very, very much.

Alas....

Doing taxes

 I'm terrible at doing taxes. I have our dining room table covered with paper and I'm not done.

I have an appointment at H@R Block on Monday, so I better hurry up.

I never believed my retired priest friends who told me I'd be better off financially when I retired.

But I am--retired and still working part time.

The church pension fund is great--so is social security and Trinity Church, Milton.

We're doing well.

Had to open an account at a new bank months ago when we reached the limit on what our bank would guarantee.

Money isn't a problem.

Doing taxes is!!!