Memorial Day

What a beautiful beginning to the day. It was just slightly cloudy, and warm. The power went off in the middle of the night, due to storms, and all the clocks were flashing. When I saw that, I thought the day was going to be a bust. But as the day went on, it got nicer. Our Memorial Day parade started at 10am, and I was going to try to go, but I just didn't feel like it when I got up. I heard it went great.

At about 12:30pm, I helped our son Matt change the spark plugs in his PT Cruiser. I had never worked on one of those, so I was a little nervous. It took us about one and a half hours, but we got it done. It runs great now. We had a good time visiting with Matt and his girlfriend, Ginger, and their dog, Lady.

After all that fun, I realized we had missed a cookout my sister was having at her house. I felt terrible, but Matt and I had planned on doing his car today, for a while. I still had to do our shopping, and go to the cemeteries. We did all that, and got home, just ahead of a storm coming through. On our way to the Batson Cemetery, out in the middle of nowhere, we saw a cool structure in someone's front yard. Of course, I had to get out and take a picture of it. Instead of describing it, I will just post the picture below. Our three day weekend turned out pretty cool. We got a lot of stuff done, and saw a lot of people. God is good.

Three Day Weekend

It's finally here. Memorial Day Weekend. I've been waiting on this for weeks now. I feel bad in a way, because all I've been thinking of is the time off from work, and the beautiful weather. My mind tends to forget what the holiday is about. It's about remembering those that have given their very lives to protect our way of life. If I see a military person this weekend, I want to make sure and thank them for their service.

I never was interested in joining any branch of the military. My Dad served in the Army, and so did his Dad. My brother, Brian, served for a while. I think I passed my disinterest on to my two boys. Neither of them ever had the slightest interest in joining. Not that that's a BAD thing. Not everyone is born with the desire to. We all have our place in this world. God's plan includes all different kinds of service, not just military.

This is going to be a nice weekend, weather-wise, I hope. The Indianapolis 500 is Sunday. It's really cool that most of the world focuses on our state that one day each year. Indianapolis has built themselves up as a huge sports city. With the Lucas Oil Stadium, we finally got our chance to host the Super Bowl. I've been inside the Stadium one time, and it is HUGE. My brother, Brian, the military guy, took me there for a Colts football game on my 50th birthday. Nice.

I'm really looking forward to Sunday. Not only for church service, which I love, but also our friends from South Carolina are coming up for the week, and we get to see them Sunday night. I can't wait to see them again. Right now, I'm just really glad it's Friday. Thank you God for this weekend.