Sunday Sabbath November 15 2015  MY HONEYMOON BEGINS

And just how do I begin my “HONEYMOON” of retirement on a Sunday Sabbath?  Working, of course!  I normally do not work on Sundays as all.  However, this is an exception due to the busy schedule of the people I will be meeting with today.  You may remember the wedding I needed to finish after I arrived home in July? It was the last wedding book I had left to design.  Due to all which happened in our lives, as well as what was going on in lives of the bride and groom, we are just today able to get together for their final consultation to view all the layouts and sign off for ordering.  I have had the album designed for several months.  Hopefully I will be able to place the order tomorrow.  It will have a turnaround time of about ten days.  Then there will be one final session for the couple to pick up the finished product.  Oh man…I am so looking forward to having it done.  It looks absolutely beautiful.  I just hope they think so.  They were such a beautiful bride and groom and their wedding was outdoors on a sunny day.  It took place in our neighbor’s back yard.  It was an absolutely astounding setting.  Some of the formal photos were taken in our yard as well.  As soon as this order clears my computer system (it takes several hours to transfer the order through my computer due to the size of the files and the amount of photos), I will then be able to work on the school and finish that up.  I actually hope to have the school delivered before Thanksgiving.  After those two are accomplished I have two smaller jobs to finish up and I am truly done.  It feels so good to know my professional days are behind me.  Everything is planned to be finished before December 31^st.

My clients called and will be a bit late so that is why I started my blog.  It also means that the meeting will go later.  This meeting usually takes about two hours or more depending if there are any changes to do in the layouts.  It is quite an important meeting as it makes for happy and satisfied clients if they like the end product.  Only when everything is signed, sealed, and delivered will I really begin the true nitty-gritty of my HONEYMOON.  Until then I will pretend.

Again, our Pastor outdid himself in his sermon presentation this morning.  He is doing a series in Luke and going into depth about what the scriptures say about the “last days”.  He uses the old testament to explain what was  prophesied, which prophecies have already been fulfilled and which prophecies are yet to come.  He explains in detail all the “clues” God’s Word gives to us regarding the time frame of the “last days”.  In the Scriptures there is a gap of time that is not measured, so to know a date or year is impossible.  Mostly, it is recognizing the signs as to when the Lord will return.  Again, to know more you can google “City Church Madison WI” and go to the media page and listen to today’s sermon, November 15, 2015.  It would be well worth your time.  I always learn something when I listen to his messages.

Since I do not expect much else to happen this day I will not write more later this evening.  Sometimes I like to write an easy blog just to say hello to my friends and family.  I do not go on my facebook account for the same reason a lot of you may not read this blog regularly, TIME.  I found that facebook can really take a bite out of my day.  And besides, my password is too long. 

A DAY TO ENJOY THE SABBATH

By Kathleen Martens

November 15, 2015

I have come to say hello

To let you know I care.

Not much to say about my day

But the little I have I’ll share.

Awake before dawn

To snuggle and think

And to watch the sun give

It’s morning’s first wink.

A day to enjoy the Sabbath,

The day God set aside,

So that on one day of the week

We remember, that in us He abides.

I wish you well this autumn day

That will so quickly pass to night,

And then I will be in bed again

So in the morrow I can greet the light.

It is only 2:50 p.m. so I will wish you a blessed Sabbath and a wonderful tomorrow.