END OF APRIL

OK, so it's been a while since I have posted anything, sometimes I feel like I have nothing to say, which sounds weird since I am a preacher, but sometimes I feel like I am just out of words. So what's going on in my life these days? Well I've been taking more seminary and I have finals coming up on Wednesday and I'm not sure that any of it stuck if you know what I mean. I took the class and learned a lot but I'm not sure about the final test, but if I study enough this week I'm sure I will pass. The trouble is that I have been making straight A's and I feel the pressure to get another one. This is a new problem for me, when I was in school (when I was younger) I felt good just to pass, but I never studied, I never saw the need until I was taking the test. But now I am applying myself and doing well, but since my surgery my brain doesn't seem to work as well, just an excuse? Maybe, but it's the best I have. So pray for my memory recall.
This is the end of April, tommorrow is May 1st, MayDay. Back when the kids were born we lived in Colorado and I worked an a large farm and I would grow a beard every winter to help with warmth, and every year on May 1st I would shave it off. Why is this important??? I have no idea!
We are still waiting on the birth of our first grandson, he will be here the last of July or early August. His original due date was August 11, my birthday and I thought that that would be a great birthday gift, but now they, the doctor, have moved it up. But one thing that I know is that whenever he gets here it will truly be a gift from God. And he will be a good addition to our three grandgirls, life just keeps getting better.
Well this weekend should be quieter that last, we set up the inflatables (Buncha-Jumps) in the park last Saturday for Keep Childress Beautiful day and had lots of fun with all of the kids. We will be setting some up at Lots in a couple of weeks, come on by and join us.
Well, last week we were in Denver to see Becky's cancer doctor and she is still in remission, ma that's a good word!! The week before we went to Lubbock to see my cancer doctor and mt PSA is still 0.0, just like it should be. Both are good news, her cancer is under control and mine is gone, the only thing that would be better is if her's was gone also...
For someone who didn't have much to say I sure said a lot, but now all of my words are used up for a while, do you believe me?
Well I'm getting ready to go mow my yard again, I worked all day this past Monday on it. We had been gone and it rained for days so it had grown up, a lot. I never did get it sprayed for weeds so everything is growing really good. On Monday I edged and ran the trimmer, cut on some trees and then worked on my mower for a couple of hours before I got it started. I was able to use the grass catcher on the front yard but not the back, so I am going to attempt to catch the back yard and hope that it doesn't plug up the catcher. Anyway, I think that the grass is dry enough and if I can get it done today I can do it on Friday's as I like to do. So here I go..........

A DOG'S LIFE?

After reading Amy's blog I realized that I also had not blogged in a while, and while she related her blog to a relationship I thought that if I were hired to do this I would get fired. so I had to add my Donald Trump dog......

People ask me all of the time how I am doing and how Becky is doing, so let me try and catch up. I am doing better everyday and I am cancer free; I am getting back into the gym and working on my weight again. When I first went back into the gym I had some really weird pains but those are all gone and so I am trying to get more serious about my weight loss. I had lost 47 pounds before my surgery and gained a few pounds back in the weeks following, but now I am back to working on it, I would like to lose another 50 pounds. I just don't seem to have the same intensity that I had before, what I need to do is get the same mindset that I had before, I just need to say in my mind and out loud, "I'm not allowed to have that" and stick to it, instead of allowing myself to eat all of those foods that I really enjoy. But something that I noticed while I was not eating all of my regular foods was that I stopped craving those fat greasy foods, and when I did eat some I felt bad. Cleaner foods make me feel cleaner I guess. Any way I just need to make myself get up and go to the gym and eat right.

So when I feel like a lazy dog.....
I just need to get out and run....
or at least walk a couple of miles a day.


Becky is doing well with her cancer, doing her treatments every week, when she misses a treatment, it shows up again, so she continues with the treatments, most likely for the rest of her life. She is home today not feeling well, she has some sort of weird stomach thing (DON'T SHARE WITH ME!).

Anyway, considering all, we are doing good. So here is an update, enjoy, the way I am it might be a while before the next one.
See ya.

FOGGY SUNDAY

Well here I am at church on a foggy Sunday morning, roads were not too bad coming out this morning, although we do have freezing fog, but our parking lot still has a lot of ice patches that are not safe. So why am I telling you this? Because after I got out here, I was informed that we were not having church today because of the conditions. So, what's a preacher to do on Sunday morning when he is all dressed up and no place to go? Do I go back home, go to another church and listen to another preacher, it just seems weird. The churches in town cancelled Sunday school to give it more time to clear off, but when the ice gets some sun it will be worse.
I think that most people will not go today because the whole town lost power this morning, it's back on now, but a good excuse. Becky and I took our showers by candlelight, she is back at work again today. South Plains has been working around the clock since Thursday morning, she went to work at 7am Thursday and came home 7am Friday morning, slept for 3 hours and went back to work, came home at 10:30pm. Went back to work at 9:30am and came back home at 12:30am, and went back to work at 8am this morning. Since Thursday morning she has worked about 50 hours, but at least she got to come home and sleep. It's days like this that the linemen don't get paid enough, at least Becky gets to work inside the office, not out in the cold like the linemen.
So what should a preacher do on a Sunday when church has been cancelled?

WILSON CHRISTMAS

We had our Wilson Christmas this past weekend, I know, it a bit past Christmas but it worked. Most of us were there, Jody and Sarah could not make it, Vanessa And Robert also could not be there, but the rest were.

We did the Chinese Christmas, where you can steal another person's gift. We also had the returning gag gift, a pair of Uncle Troy's shorts.
And guess who got them???

Carolyn!!! Whoever get's them has to model them, add something to them and bring them back the next year.

Becky got them last year, so she added a Broncos patch to them.

Ashton and Cooper got trucks.

A big hit!!

Hey Lisa, show us how you really feel.

8 GOOD THINGS ABOUT LOSING WEIGHT

Yesterday I listed 8 bad things about losing weight, so today I am going to list 8 good things about losing weight.

8. I don't look like Santa Clause anymore!!!!
7. All of my clothes are baggy, I get to buy new clothes. (So far I have been mostly wearing smaller clothes that I had in my closet.)
6. I Lost my Belly Table
5. Everyone asking me if I feel better. (It's a great feeling for people to notice.)
4. I lost a fat roll on the back of my neck. (It was really bugging me, glad it's gone.)
3. I am beginning to look like I used to think I looked like.
2. I can do a walk/run for 2 miles, (before surgery, kind of sore right now).

And the number 1 good thing...........

1. I can bend over and tie my shoes, (before surgery, still sore).

So now you have seen my good and bad list, do you have any?

8 BAD THINGS ABOUT LOSING WEIGHT

As I stated yesterday in my blog, I have lost 47 pounds so far, my goal is to lose at least 53 more, that will make it an even 100. Also another goal is to get down to my goal weight and run in a 5K, I don't know why because I never did like to run. Zach just ran in the marathon in San Antonio and then he ran in the Jingle Bell 5K Run here, so Zach runs and Sarah runs also. So I thought that it would be cool to run a 5K with Sarah and Zach, but then after my surgery the other day Amy told me that she and Jody would also run with me, at least I think she did, I wasn't really all there.
Anyway, today I wanted to point out 8 bad things about losing weight, are you ready??

8. I don't look like Santa Clause anymore. (HO, HO, HO)
7. All of my pants are baggy (they are 3 sizes smaller, but baggy)
6. I lost my belly table!! (Allow me to explain, before I lost weight I could sit in my recliner and set my plate on my belly and eat, now it falls off.)
5. Everyone asking me if I feel A LOT better. (I know that I do but I don't really think about it.)
4. I get cold easier. (I lost my insulation!)
3. My Glasses slip off of my face. (Since I lost weight my glasses don't stay up as easy.)
2. My Wedding Ring fits on my middle finger now!!

And the Number 1 bad thing about losing so mush weight..............

1. MY TAIL BONE HURTS! (I lost the padding around my tail bone and when I sit very long it HURTS!!)

OK, so maybe these are not all bad things, but my tailbone still hurts. Maybe tomorrow I will list the good things about losing weight.

PROSTATE CANCER

Well, on Monday I had surgery to remove my prostate. As you remember I was diagnosed back in June with prostate cancer and we chose to have the prostate removed. So on Monday morning, at 5:30am we went to Covenant Hospital in Lubbock and Dr. Vallabhan removed my prostate using the robotics. Unlike when I had my hand fixed, they were able to get my IV on the first stick, so everything started on a good note. The surgery was supposed to begin at 7:00am but the surgery crew had an emergency early so they were a little bit late getting started on me, but not much. The surgery took 3 hours and I was asleep over 5 hours, and woke up with 6 holes in my stomach. The doctor also removed some lymph nodes and sent them off to be checked but said that he thinks that he got all of the cancer. So I am home recuperating and doing nothing for 2 weeks, and very little for 6 to 8 weeks. This is only Wednesday and it is already getting old.
When I checked into the hospital I had to weigh in and I have lost a total of 47 pounds, if you ask my wife she will tell you how many sticks of butter that is (that's just gross). Anyway I am home trying to heal up, so respond to my blog and maybe I will keep you updated.