Nary a Boot to Be Found

Dear Gentle Reader,
Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day, although it started out in rather chilly fashion. Okay, I’ll come clean. "Chilly" was 45 degrees, and you may justifiably chortle at my concept of "chilly." Next week when I’m in Wisconsin, it’s likely that I, too, will view 45 degrees as a heat wave!

But I skipped Sunday School this morning because the church had been so cold last week when I was sneezing and I couldn't escape the overhead fans (yes, you read that right). When I arrived for church, our dear pastor made a point of assuring me that in the future there will be someone assigned to turn on the heat so the faithful in SS don’t get chilblains.

The worship service was glorious with much rejoicing in God’s goodness. Pastor’s text included Psalm 37:4 about delighting oneself in the Lord, and I Peter 1:8 on exulting " with joy unspeakable and full of glory"! If you’ve never seen a pastor get so excited that he sings extemporaneously and dances in the midst of his sermon, you may have trouble picturing the scene. A young man sitting next to me said that it was his first time to visit and he’d been looking for a church like this but had despaired of ever finding one in San Diego.

However, things went from the sublime to the ridiculous in the afternoon as I sought to find a pair of boots for my Friday trip to Milwaukee. Would you believe that none of the major department stores in San Diego seem to carry boots that are designed to withstand snow? Instead, they stock "fashion boots". One salesman recommended that I go to a sporting goods store, but the one in the mall only carried snow boarding boots. Even "Boot World" could not meet a request for a snow boot.

This evening I relayed the quandary to my son in Milwaukee, but he seemed less concerned. "They plow everything here, Mom." So I guess I’ll just wear my tennies and, if it seems advisable, buy boots after I'm there.

Many thanks to my niece’s friend Becky for her advice in adding a photo to this blog! Becky's been blogging for a year and even has musical backgrounds for her pages. See http://www.beckmeister.info/ for this doctoral student's blog.
Also, I've enjoyed hearing from others of you who have read my fledgling efforts at blogging.

The Bougainvillea are so gorgeous right now that I wanted you to see the color.

Mat 6:28-20 All this time and money wasted on fashion--do you think it makes that much difference? Instead of looking at the fashions, walk out into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They never primp or shop, but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? The ten best-dressed men and women in the country look shabby alongside them. --The Message