Heart Health

Vacation blessing and nightmare.

Had a six month check up with my Cardiologist and had a good EKG readings, stable heartbeart, clear lungs and carotids. I have scheduled a Stress Test as all my heart incidents have been asymtamatic, meaning, no warning signs preceding the actual blockage event. It is the only way to see arterial closing and plaque buildup.

I am really working on the attitude of making each day a gift and cherishing life.

We have a major stressor going on with our time share on Kauai, which has been a problem since we bought it 10 plus years ago and is now a major problem. The present management company has decided to pass on 65 million dollars of repairs to the owners. This will push our nightly stay cost way up. What a disaster for so many who actually believed they were purchasing future vacations without inflation. It was a lie, a damned lie and we are trying all legal methods to get rid of this albatross, and are close to some less legal methods. Any ideas out there??

Silenced

Tried to teach a Bible study this morning without a voice. It is rare for me to lose the voice, but I was squeeking and raspy today.

Even the youngest navy men and air force recruits who survived Pearl Harbor and approaching 90. Soon the eyewitnesses will be gone and the footage with remain and the books, but when you lose the voices, will we remember how quickly the world can change?

One week of Xooming

The visual, tactile, speedy and convenient Xoom tablet opens up the visible side of the web, and the reading and research are so pleasing. I am just adding useful apps and the wifi hotspot is working very well. The picture and this short first impression was done on the xoom with the Xoom camera.

A full Sunday of Music

The Bell Choir added beauty to our traditional worship with the combined Choir today and the Chandler Symphony played with a Pheonix based Bell Choir this afternoon. One of there best Christmas concerts yet. Another dinner birthday celebration, and Shannon is home with bookoodles of new clothes. Thats a southern word that Laura used today....really....she did.

A cold and rainy Saturday

Shannon resting after a long shopping spree with Mom and Grand Mom. The 2011 Version of our Christmas Tree and the new decorative mirror Laura bought.

Am reading Scot McKnight's book, The King James Gospel revisited and he echos so many of the things I learned from Dallas Willard and others on the reduction of the gospel to a plan of salvation that is private and works like "sin management" software where we get a code label so Jesus can scan us and tell who is in and who is out in a crowd.

The gospel is about a King and a kingdom, rooted in the story of Israel and fulfilled in the story of Jesus, He is the gospel, He is the life, and He is the presence of the kingdom that is here and coming. We are called to follow Him daily, in a costly way that cannot be hidden, and be willing to invest our present lives in things that bring justice, peace and mercy and redound to our life to come.
Good thoughts for Christmas time.

Shannon's weekend of fun

Acting all Goofy at Disney Land over Halloween.

Shannon, our first grandchild turns 12 on Sunday. She has allowed me to relive my own first daughters fun as an older and more seasoned human being. We have so enjoyed her visits, her talents and maturity and our travels together. She has helped us to be young everywhere we go.

Tomorrow the girls go on a clothes shopping trip while I enjoy Ben.

Today was a beautiful as yesterday was cold and windy and wet. Got to play golf again with my regular Friday friends and enjoyed being outside so much.

National Memorial Cemetery

Golf today, the group was smaller and the weather was blustery, but we had fun.

I led the burial service for a veteran of WWII and Korea today. There was a live Mariachi band playing at the service nearby, and the honor guard had to fold the flag twice because the first did not pass muster.

This man flew many planes around the world and each time he got close to combat something intervened and he spent time training and writing about air safety for the Air Force. He was healthy into his 90s, and a lovely Christian man who loved his life and his family.

The WWII vets are almost gone, and each time I am emotionally moved with the honor and care shown at the Memorial site.