We woke up to snow and I’m not happy. I was supposed to go to Ken’s this morning, but I am not sure that is a good idea. The tires on the car are not good and I do not have insurance. Still, we really need the money.

I just found an old, wrinkled dollar in my boot. Life is good.

George and Jan came by tonight. George loaned me a Pentium 800 until I get a replacement machine. I am loading SuSE 9.2

Picked up a pallet dogfood in Raymore this morning
15 minutes before we have to leave and Joy is still in bed. Shew likes to sleep.
George met us there to help. The food will help us financially. We could not have all these animals without the donations of food.

I found an MP3 tonight that has blessed me greatly. I have played it over and over.
Paul Smith - Homesick for Eden

HOMESICK FOR EDEN
PAUL SMITH

A garden so green where water ran clean
and animals roamed without names.
Love was a girl who walked through the world
where passion was pure as a flame.
In the back of our minds is a time before time
and a sad irreversible fact.
We cant seem to think why we left there,
and we cant seem to find our way back.

All of us are homesick for Eden.
We yearn to return to a land we’ve never known.
Deep is the need to go back to the garden;
a burning so strong for a place we belong.
A place that we know is home.

Have you ever just cried for no reason why,
like a child whos been left on his own?
You cant quite explain the confusion or pain
so you live with a heartache alone.
In the back of your mind is a place and a time
and an image of what should have been.
You know that youll never be happy
til you find your way back there again.

All of us are homesick for Eden.
We yearn to return to a land weve never known.
Deep is the need to go back to the garden;
a burning so strong for a place we belong.
A place that we know is home.

We were made to live in His perfect love.
We were meant to walk in His grace.
And well never feel we are home again
til we see Him face to face.

Deep is our need to go back to the garden;
a burning so strong for a place we belong.
To rest at His feet in fellowship sweet.
A place that we know is home.

Jonah announced this morning that he would leave his dogs here while he goes to Omaha to find a place to live. He also said he will only take one dog up there and Joy can find a home for the other one. Presumptuous.

Weather prediction is weird for today. Maybe 60 this afternoon and freezing again tonight. It’s raining this morning.
I shut the kerosene heater off to conserve. We’ll need it tonight…maybe.

I left the electric heater in the car all night to see if it would de-ice the windows. No such luck.
It’s 16 degrees outside with a wind chill of 4. I called Ken to see if we could do this another day. He was gracious.