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wow, i just found an old minidisc with lots of Wesley Willis on it. .

My Supreme Dalek figure came in today. i figured a black and white photo would be more fitting even though they have those sweet powder blue hemis.

Whew! Just finished the dusting and carpet sweeping!

Plus I went out and brought some groceries in, and took out all the trash.

So now all I have to do is get laundry started, and I'll be able to report to the apartments about my heater situation. Enough wash completed, and Phase Two will be done (of my "rebuild" project).

Thankfully, this weekend is supposed to be extremely pleasant ... in the low 70s (21 plus in Celsius). Which means I am targeting Monday as the day to file my report.

I would like to apologize for misleading in the last post. Our hot water is centralized in these apartments, so when it becomes necessary to do repairs, the hot water is turned off for everyone. Usually the workers turn it off at noon and back on in early evening. This happens about once every other week.

Also, the reason to get things looking neat and tidy in here is that it's a rule, with Section 8, that you keep up with the housework. Failure to do so can result in losing your assistance. I really should clean more often, but am so enamored with this computer, and good TV programming, that cleaning sometimes takes a back seat.

If I cooked from scratch and cleaned my home and dishes every day, I'd be busy with house chores for at least 8 hours per 24.

I am far too taken with intellectual pursuits to live that way.

PS I'm editing this post, and note that forecasters are pushing our pleasant weather forward by a day. Whatever works!

"Multi-plane" art involves painting on glass. I've seen it before, but I didn't know the name until recently. Heh. More info here:

http://www.coreyhelfordgallery.com

Challenges can be, in my opinion, Pointers ... indicators as to what steps in life God wants us to take.

This week, for example, has been extremely cold for the Dallas area. Last night it went down to the low 20s (-6 Celsius). I have a policy not to even start my car unless it's above freezing. I want the sun to warm up all the seals and such so they won't be brittle and break when the engine revs up.

This afternoon it is in the low 40s (5 Celsius) and I was going to get out and do things. But ... the hot water is cut off for some reason by the apartments.

So ... it has to be God's will for me to just nibble away at the in-house chores, get plenty of rest, eat some ... and move forward gradually.

Yesterday evening I got the bathroom clean and shiny and scrubbed the hard floors. In the wee hours I got caught up on dishes. Now all that remains are dusting and carpet sweeping and trying to locate a hearing aid I misplaced. If I find that hearing aid, I can use the vacuum cleaner. In my apartment home I use a brand new bag every time I vacuum in order not to have carpet dirt and little bugs stored in the bedroom closet along with the machine. So I use the mechanical carpet sweeper a lot.

It won't be too long at all, and I'll be able to invite the apartment staff to come in and repair the heater. But I know ahead of time that something else will probably break as they do that. By expecting such, I can reduce emotional trauma when it occurs.

Especially during the holidays it's easy to become discouraged that my life isn't like that of others who are hustling and bustling about ... exchanging gifts and visiting family and friends.

But I have tapes of my friend in Alabama teaching Scripture, and listening to them is like visiting with him. I attend church on the Internet, and that's a connection, live, to the "outside world." Cable television provides me with news and entertainment. And I have many books yearning to be read. And websites waiting to be done.

Thus a temporary "shut-in" status isn't all that bad, it really isn't. I can turn the oven on to 200 degrees (93 Celsius) and leave the oven door open slightly to warm up the kitchenette and office (there's a lazy butler's opening in the wall between the living room and kitchen for heat to get through). When the computer is off I can use a portable heater ... I try not to use either the heater or the oven for too long a time.

And, of course, for sleeping there's the electric blanket.

"Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." Philippians 4:11

iTunes has a large selection of Cardiacs now.

Hikashu has a new single out, and new album out on the 20th - hopefully i can snag them sooner than later. there's also some mini LP reissues of earlier albums that i'd love to get also.

Arkansas by the Residents should be here sooner than later.

Woo!

I think there should be a bran cereal called Bears in the Woods. (I'll let you figure that one out.)

On the way to work, I passed by an orange tree with little bags to keep the insects away. The owner of the house never even picks the fruit! "Hey, flies...don't wreck the oranges that I wasn't going to eat, anyway." Yeah, that makes sense. :P

Joy is sometimes a difficult process for me.

I don't think we're always supposed to be extremely happy, not even those who believe in Scripture.

But I do think we're to have hope.

I'm facing so many challenges right now. My heat isn't working, and it's severely cold out. I am trying to get laundry and house cleaning done so I can invite the apartment staff in to repair the heater. I have a backlog of web work to do.

How do I "stay positive" in all of this? How do I maintain that portion of Joy called "hope?"

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1

I have to believe that God wants me to get all of this accomplished.

I mustn't believe that I will fail to do so.