Day 172

Thursday - 
We had some storms come through early this morning - it woke me up at about 4 a.m. It was mostly lightning - hardly any thunder. I laid there for a while waiting to hear the rumbling thunder, to hear the pouring rain, to hear the winds shaking the trees....... nope we just had a bunch of flashing lights and a little bit of rain. Oh, well. Maybe next time. 
I was home most of the day and I finished up my Beth Moore study of the life of Daniel. I also watched the final video. It's funny, but I get sad when I finish up the studies. 
I've already downloaded the introductory video for my next study by Beth Moore: "Jesus, The One and Only." Can't wait!
While I was doing my studies, my dogs were sleeping. And Missy was upstairs visiting (sleeping) too. But Opie does not want to sleep. He just wants to torment the dogs and get them to play with him. Here he is trying to wake up Missy who is sleeping under the table.

He is trying to reach down and poke Missy.
You can also see Kelly is sleeping next to the couch.

He finally gave up when he couldn't wake her up.

 I had my Spiritual Leadership Development Group tonight. Our senior pastor is still in the hospital following his horseback riding accident. And tonight I just learned that another of our pastors had an accident last Sunday. (I was with the children and didn't learn about this). She fainted, fell and cut open her lip. She had to go to the emergency room to have the cut closed up (no stitches, but glue). The joke among the staff is that the remaining pastors are now required to wear bubble-wrap wherever they go. So the current statistics are: 3 injured pastors, one pastor is leaving our church - his last Sunday is next week. But, we will be getting a worship pastor who will be starting on September 4th. 
I mentioned last night that Wade had pizza brought to him by a friend. Well, just like a true American, he had cold pizza for breakfast this morning. He is starting to see the R&R light at the end of the tunnel today and that makes him happy.