I have been absent I know. Just not in any sort of blogging mood. I also have been on a media "fast" lately where I have not consumed, listened, watched, or read any media/new in six weeks. It has been glorious. I thought I would be out of touch and struggle with lack of input but I am finding the silence to be golden. I do allow myself one opinion/commentary blog but refuse to click through to any links so I have an idea of what is happening in the world but instead of getting upset or obsessing I just let it go. I see a vew articles on Facebook and read one ot two but find myself skimming or ignoring a lot. Other than voting in the fall I'm not sure I can make much difference anyway. Wow, what a change from the last political season right? I've decided only prayer will get through to some people's minds anyway, not my blogging.

It actually has made life more pleasant. I highly recommend it.

I did add a new post to my Wordpress blog, th3viewfromhere.

New Post

New post at The View From Here

I am considering moving over to wordpress for all my blogging, but then I might feel the need to actually blog and I've been taking an extended break.... might take some thought to do so.  Keeping my options open.  I'd have to figure out how to save all my years of writing here, hate to lose all these "good" thoughts.  lol

Our local church.  Do they even stop to think of how this appears?  This is evangelism?  I understand humor but folks, think of your audience....

Today's the day.  I leave for Jinja, Uganda.  My travel there will take 22 hours +.  Twenty hours of that 22 hours is spent on an airplane.  Here's hoping I don't have a snoring person next to me the first half.  The second half I have my sister sitting next to me (or that's the plan) and I can elbow her in the ribs if I have to.

I'm up early to finish the last minute details before leaving.  My husband promised he'd be home from work by noon to take me to the airport and I *think* I'm mostly packed so all that's left is the little things that I need to do that won't get done while I'm gone.  Like

• pick up the shirts at the laundry
• get the flea stuff for the cats and put it on them
• vacuum
• clean the entire house...

Oh yes, clean the entire house.  See I fly out of the country at 4 this afternoon and at 2:30 my daughter's in-laws arrive in this country.  They are staying in my house.  I am going to be an absent hostess.  It's probably the worst part about going to Uganda right now.  I REALLY wanted to be here during their visit.  They are great people and I really would love to have more time to get to know them.  That's difficult enough with their not speaking any English (and who can talk freely about their children when the children are doing the translating? lol) but my being gone will make getting to know them even more difficult.  lol  I will be here for about four days at the end of their visit.  I'll make the best of that time, jet lagged or not!

I will be writing on the A View from Here blog (see link in previous post) but don't know if I'll be adding anything to Xanga.  It all depends upon internet availability, time, and how much it costs. 

Some of the grandkids came by to say goodbye yesterday.  They make my life so bright.