Westside after 50

Sunday I got to attend the 50th Anniversary of the Westside congregation in Norman. Two fine lessons by Leon and Phillip, great singing, and a lot of fellowship. It was a nice visit. Sunday evening was a time of revelation and an extensive amount of counseling in my youth group.
Monday was Jeannette's post-op visit with the surgeon at OU; the surprising news was the path report showed pre-cancer cells in the tissue removed. We are very blessed to have that threat behind us. Whiz Kids went smooth until Jonah was thrown overboard... We went to CiCi's before I went grocery shopping.

Not much happenin'

Wed night we all celebrated Brent's 1st place finish in a national wrestling tournament at K.C. He shared his plaque and medal with us and was applauded by many of the adults.
On Thursday, Jeannette made her return to A.C.S. There was lots for her to do while I ran more titles to the tag agency for Debbie to file liens.
We planned to eat at Zio's but an incosiderate group of smokers planted themselves right in front of the entryway. We did enjoy Panera Bread
next door.
Friday I took contract papers to Sapulpa; Saunny put me in a classy Lincoln Continental. This week I dropped off my resume at Crossroads Chrysler.
Its been a slow week for all the drivers. After the men's breakfast at Golden Corral this morning, I went to Lowes for some wide baseboard pieces for the dining room. Yes, after twenty years, the vertical carpet strips are history. It took some getting used to my new compound miter saw, but the project looks pretty good. We made a visit to a shut-in and ate at Boomerang after a couple of shopping stops.

Rock Chalk Rocky Top!

Carl Edwards won at Texas as Roush continues to dominate there. I picked the top five but my score wasn't real great.

Samson was the story for Whiz Kids Club Time. I got the projector and laptop set up by 8:30 so I was able to accept the job of taking titles to the tag agency for liens to be recorded. Michael was absent so Jeannette didn't have to finish getting ready. Yes, Teresa, we all pulled for your Jayhawks. Great work, Bill Self! At my doctor's appointment this morning, Janet Fanning, MD, walked in with a bright blue Kansas tee and red jeans. Guess where she went to med school???

After leaving the clinic in Moore, I drove to Bob Howard to pick up a contract to take to Stillwater. The Police Dept. HQ was easy to find and I made a quick turn around. I checked on the house in Edmond but I didn't find any hail damage from last night. Jeannette had cooked dinner including cherry turnovers. We are watching Tennessee dismantle the Stanford team. It has been turning ugly the 2nd half, but the Lady Vols were too much. Pat Summit is what educators and coaches long to be.

Catchin' Up

Sorry, I got behind. Wednesday morning I drove through downtown Fort Worth to get signatures. On the way back, I stopped by Texas Motor Speedway to see the Nationwide haulers that had already arrived.

Since I can't attend this year, I was thankful just to

get a little taste of the atmosphere. I drove down the lane where the concession trailers were setting up.

Wednesday night we warmed up the extra pizza after

class. I skipped Preachers' Breakfast since I had been up so early ths week. Honda sent me to Tulsa on a dealer trade with Don Carlton at 41st & Memorial (near our restaurant back in the day). Geoff is in NYC for a conference on Bilingual Education.

Friday, Jeannette got out for the first time since surgery; we joined our group of friends at the UCO theater production of Steel Peer. We had to leave at intermission but it was nice to see her out. After resting up, she made it to the annual Sweetheart Banquet at the church building on Saturday night and for Bible Class and Worship on Sunday. Teresa went back to the hospital for more tests. At least Kansas won.

Plainviews of the Texas Panhandle

Lil play on words there... I just want to share what I've found in that West Texas city.

The lovely "art" shows the local attachment to the place of cattle in their lives. : )

Leaving before 5 am Tuesday, I made the round trip of 700 miles in just over 11 hours. I'll take an occasional gust of crosswind over the hail and tornadic torbulence some of my fellow driver friends got into Monday in SE Oklahoma and central Arkansas! Today I traded a brilliant red Corolla for a sporty white one.

O.S.U. didn't treat Sutton as fairly as they did Gundy; I hope he lands a great position and shows Holder he can coach.

Lord's Day recap

Jeannette still isn't able to get out for Church just yet. (I'm not the only one to miss her!) Brent and I got Subway after morning worship. I watched the paperclip race [Martinsville] while finishing prep work so I could preach Sunday night. By the way, that's the 2nd win for TOYOTA this year!

Daniel was a man of purpose, principle, purity, and prayer; great outline I borrowed from Mark Copeland in Florida. Brent lead another good prayer (from his heart) while Jacob, Ryan, and Cory did their usual good job reading scriptures. After worship we had another delicious covered dish feast and fellowship time. We are blessed to be part of the South Walker Family.

On Tulsa Time X 3

Three of my last four road trips have been to Tulsa. Before a dealer trade on I 240, I ran contract papers to East Tulsa on Thursday (see Mar 16). Guess where I went Friday? Tulsa for Toyota, then Tulsa for Honda. Do you think I'm getting any "frequent flyer miles" with the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority? Or just burning up my Pike Pass? Saturday was interesting as I got papers signed in Stillwater during the spring football scrimmage and the NCAA finale for those courageous Cowgirls. To get a copy of a drivers license, I snapped it with my lil digital Nikon and got it printed at Walgreen. Did you get to see Chrissy Wallace debut in the Truck Series at Martinsville? I worked on my sermon notes for Sunday night after we enjoyed Arbys.