Cooking During a Snowstorm

Three cheers for cooking during a rare October snowstorm with no power. Rice and beans for dinner!

"There Is No Condemnation"

by Don Francisco

Sittin' by my window on a rainy afternoon
Everything inside my head was playin' out of tune
I was thinkin' of the fool I'd made of me the night before
In front of God and everyone I'd sinned and sinned some more.

I thought of all the things I'd done, I winced at things I'd said
I wallowed in self-pity, I hung my worried head
Right when I was so far down that even up looked wrong
That's when Jesus gave to me the chorus of this song.

He said, "Satan the Accuser has been whisperin' in your ear"
You just tell him you're forgiven and he's got no business here
'Cause it doesn't matter what you've done
It matters what you'll be
There is no condemnation when the Son has set you free.

Now I could say that right away the sun burst through the clouds
And I just started singin' on the chorus right out loud
But actually I moped around and blew another day
Before I let myself accept the words I'd heard Him say.

He said, "Satan the Accuser has been whisperin' in your ear"
You just tell him you're forgiven and he's got no business here
'Cause it doesn't matter what you've done
It matters what you'll be
There is no condemnation when the Son has set you free.

So I can't criticize you now if you want to take your time
And cling to all your problems just the way I clung to mine
But now you've got the answer Jesus wanted you to know
He'll take your sin and guilt away if you'll just let them go.

There is no condemnation when the Son has set you free.

Leaving Soon

I'll be leaving work in a few minutes. I'm excited for the evening. The
plan is to make some more ginger snaps with the girlies (they love
rolling them into balls) and also bake some pumpkin bread. It will be
fun. I hope the family had a good day. I had quite a bit of shipping to
do today, which was nice. I enjoy shipping a lot more than counting parts.

A Sleepy, Somber Kind of Day

I am sleepy today. I'm doing my best to not let it affect my work, but I
wouldn't be surprised if it is... oops. Had a wonderful weekend with the
family. On Saturday went out to a dairy farm where we saw cows, took a
hayride, went through a corn maze, and got pumpkins and raw milk. Very
fun time. Sunday we took it easy. We spent part of the morning at the
playground and had a blast with the girlies. While they napped, I did
some baking. Later in the day we went to Trexler Park and ran into an
old friend. Then pumpkin pancakes for dinner. Another great day. But now
it is Monday, getting back into the swing of things. I miss Hannah and
the girlies. I have been counting today, tons of tiny electronic pieces.
It's annoying work, but I don't mind it too much. I only get annoyed at
how tired it makes me. I have been listening to some old music from my
friend Glenn: Elvis Presley, Johnny Horton, Glenn Campbell, Tennessee
Ernie Ford and Dolly Parton. I enjoy the music immensely, but I always
end up thinking about Glenn afterwards. So it's kind of a somber, sleepy
day. I am trying to stay awake and focused as I count and think about
good times with Glenn. Back to work.

I can't believe how much I look like my dad in this pic!

I can't believe how much I look like my dad in this pic!

This Afternoon

I will be stuffing our fancy new generator boards this afternoon. We
built an incredible new generator which has far more memory and
capabilities than anything we have previously had. It is all surface
mount and can be manufactured as an analog board for a drop-in
replacement of our old boards, or can be made all-digital for our new
systems. Pretty cool. I am currently stuffing the extra parts to convert
a few all-digital boards to analog. I have to admit, I'm getting pretty
good at using dual soldering irons to solder on the surface mount parts.
Fun stuff :-).

Test. Does this work?

Test. Does this work?