Well--------!!

2.40" of rain since yesterday afternoon! Praise God!! It's cold and windy and wet. We have water in the road ditches and lagoons and the yard and the roads-haven't heard any of Jennifers frog serenade yet-guess it's too cold. And for all practical purposes we are done calving heifers-what a day for that. One last night and 2 today. One heifer got together with the neighbors bull and will have a calf in another couple of months. She's on her own.
When I was checking cows on the ranch this noon there was 1.70" there and raining cats and dogs. couldn't get around very good and will plan to ride tomorrow to check better. We are about 70% done there. The promise of 80 degree days next week will really change things here in a hurry-might even see some corn planters running the end of the week.
Ann was tired of staying home and helping me so she subbed today at the high school. She has been very faithful making sure I don't over do the hand thing. She probably won't brag on this but she bought 2 bulls at a bull sale this spring when my hand was hurting so much I had to go set in the Trailblazer-good thing she did because when we tested bulls Wednesday one had an injury that will interfere with his favorite activity and another's semen evaluation was inadequate so the 2 she bought will cover us fine.
My responsiblity as an Elder at the church this year includes chairing the Outreach committee and we had a meeting last night and had really good discussion. We talked about opening a day care in our new addition as a service to single mom's and also talked about doing an adult day care maybe one day a week to free up a day for those caring for their loved ones at home. I was thrilled to have a really postive response to serving others with God's grace and compassion. we have tried and tried to connect with the Hispanic community without much response and talked about various ways we might to that. The day care would be one possibility and another might be having some activities at the city park during the summer-any ideas anyone?
Don't forget to pray for Dad on Monday during his surgery. Pray for safe travel for Jo as well and a quick and complete recovery for Dad. They have quite a schedule this summer but they can tell you about it. Thanks for listening. Bob