Sunday Summary

 Well, the beginning of March started quiet but it didn't last long.

Last Monday, B and I were able to get out and get haircuts.  He said we were beginning to look like the hippies we had tried to be when we were dating so long ago.  Funny man!  After the haircuts, we headed to the grocery store to stock up as we had heard the reports of the snowstorm coming our way.  It's a good thing we did because the snowstorm turned into a 2 day blizzard.  The snow started on Tuesday as white fluffy but by Wednesday morning, it was that heavy wet snow.  So between wind gusts up to 40mph, white out snow conditions and ice on everything, the only thing to do was hunker down at home.  Everything was closed including the two universities which never close unless it is a full blown blizzard.  We were lucky with power only going out once but only lasted an hour.  Of course, getting out to get ashes on Ash Wednesday was completely out of the question but all of the churches rescheduled ashes for Thursday because of the weather.  By Thursday, all had stopped except for minor flurries.  We had so much snow at our front door that B had to dig it out for us to open the door.  It took him all day to snow blow us out and then he only got the front of the house done.  The second half he did yesterday.  I hope this is the last storm of the winter but living in the UP for all this time, I know that is not always the way.  We have gotten snow in May and June some years.  Where is Spring!!

We were able to get out Friday and get our taxes done.  Nothing too different from last year.  We are getting a refund from the federal but nothing from the state.  However, we don't have to pay anything to either one so we are happy about that.  Who knows what the next 4 years will bring with a certain orange one and his minions in office.

My eyes after the cataract surgeries are doing beautifully.  I am still getting eye drops but they should be done in another week.  I am noticing how clear everything is when I am looking long distances.  I still need my readers for close work but I can live with that.

For Lent, I am getting up earlier so I can spend a quiet hour focusing on my faith.  With a cup of tea, my journal, and a devotional book called "Mornings with God" by Joyce Meyer (a Christmas gift), I try to focus on what I will give to Him to handle and what I can handle myself.
 

"If the heart wanders or is distracted, bring it back to the point quite gently and replace it tenderly in its Master's presence. And even if you did nothing during the whole of your hour but bring your heart back and place it again in Our Lord's presence, though it went away every time you brought it back, your hour would be very well employed."      
St. Francis de Sales

I did remember to "spring forward" on the clocks.

Blessings to you all