View Out The Front Window 2/11/2018

Our view has had a constant aspect to it this week, constantly changing. 

Our view out the front window one night at a rest area.

Our view out the front window at a Walmart.

Our view out the front door at WalMart.

Our view out the front window at Lowe's.

Our view out the front window at Love's

Here is our view this week out the front door in Sweeny, Texas.

Here is our view out the front window at Sweeny.

Here are the links to our posts from the last week. Please take a moment to check them out.

Odie's Saturday Evening Post

Christmas Break In February

Life Is Short, Eternity Is Long

Vintage View Vednesday

Another Green Machine Milestone

Weekend Woundup and Weview

Thanks for stopping in today. I hope you have a great Sunday.

Davy

Let's Laugh

Hey Friends,

This is Odie reporting in today from Texas. I have been laughing at myself recently. I have some hilarious stories in my past and probably lots more to come in the future. At least I am good at providing blog material. 

I decided we needed to laugh today so I wanted to share some of my craziness with you. I know a couple of these stories have been blogged about before, but we will revisit them. Maybe laughing at me with me will brighten your day. 

The Day I Had White Hair

I do not know if this first story was ever told here. I think this happened in June of 2009 or 2010. I can not find a record of it online.

First, let me give you details leading up to that day. I have used different forms of Aussie hairspray for years. I had a certain size hairspray bottle I liked to use. That size was no longer available for purchase, but I kept the old bottle and would pour more hairspray in as needed. It worked great for a long time until that particular day.

We pulled into Wichita, Kansas on a Saturday. Dad was preaching a Bible School graduation that afternoon. I was in a hurry to shower and get ready for the graduation. I remember having to fix my hair wet, but I was ready on time. 

The last thing I hurried to do was spray my hair. I was sliding out of the bus when Mom looks at me strangely and says "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR HAIR!?" My hair was covered with a layer of white stuff. 

There was no way to get the white out without washing my hair and I did not have time for washing my hair again. So I went to the graduation with white hair. I remember being so embarrassed that afternoon. I wanted to hide in the corner and cry.

We figured out my hairspray bottle was the culprit. I had used the bottle and added more hairspray for so long that hairspray had dried and caked in the bottle. That day it all decided to come out and stick to my wet hair! I threw away the hairspray bottle and we were no longer friends. I guess it was helping me stay humble. I do not get attached to my hairspray bottles now.

Jean Skirt Goes To Church

This originally happened in 2013 and Dad mentioned it recently here in this post.

Here is the story behind the picture. We were staying at the evangelist quarters at Beams of Light in Cantonment, Florida. I was getting ready for church. I remember changing my clothes for church and draping my jean skirt on my chair to carry it back to my suitcase. 

Obviously, I forgot to put the skirt in my suitcase. I did not realize it until I got to church that night. The skirt was still on the back of my chair.

It gave us something to laugh about. I am just thankful it was just a skirt hanging on my chair. It could have been much more embarrassing! I think about it every time I visit Beams of Light.

Waving At A Sweater 

This story happened in the fall of 2016. You can see the original post here. We were shopping at Stein Mart in Tennessee. 

I was telling Mom a story and part of the story involved me waving "hi" to someone. Well, in the middle of the story I spotted a sweater on a rack that I wanted to point out to Mom. I mixed up the story and what I was actually doing. Instead of pointing at the sweater, I WAVED at the sweater! 

Yes, that is correct. I WAVED hello at a sweater hanging on the rack like it was my long lost friend. I had never even met the sweater before!

Here is the conversation that followed. 

Mom: Oh my goodness!

Odie: What?

Mom: Did you just wave at that sweater?

Odie: YES!! I am so dumb!

I doubled over in laughter and had a hard time regaining my composer. I am still laughing at myself! Have you ever liked a sweater so much you could wave at it? 

Funny side note, I have no clue what the original story was that I was telling Mom.

That is all of my craziness that I will share for now. You can not make this stuff up! This all happened to me. I guess I should have been blonde. 

Do you have any funny stories? Leave them in the comments below. Thank you for visiting today. I hope you have a great weekend. 

Odie

Time For Christmas Break in February!

Merry Christmas!

What?

Yep, Merry Christmas! It is time for Christmas break.

We did not get home until December 23rd for our normal Christmas break. Between our joyous fellowship with family Christmas Eve night, all day on Christmas, the responsibilities of the house construction, preaching a couple of places and then attending revival at our home church, we missed the benefit of resting during Christmas at home.

We have no complaints. We knew it would be that way when we scheduled the end of the year. So, we built a Christmas break into our schedule the first full week of February. We planned to park in a RV Park some where in the Mobile area, rest, work on the BoggsMobile and spend time as a family.

Pastor Mark Compton visited our first revival of the year in Pine Prairie, Louisiana and asked if I had any time to come to his church while in Texas in February. I had just been telling his son Silas about taking a few days off. When Bro. Compton asked about us coming, Silas and I started laughing!

It had been about four years since we had been to the church Bro. Compton pastors and we needed to go back. That is how we came to be at House of Prayer in Mauriceville, Texas on Sunday night, Monday night and Tuesday morning for chapel service.

I am sure we would have been in church Sunday anyway so we were only adding Monday night and Tuesday morning. The two church services were wonderful and the response to the preaching was outstanding. The school chapel service was chocolate icing on top of chocolate cake! We appreciate the fine hospitality of the House of Prayer in Mauriceville, Texas.

Some of you have been praying specifically for Bro. Compton and his church since Harvey swept through and flooded their newly constructed church and newly constructed fellowship hall. The flood waters also severely damaged the parsonage.

There was no record of the property ever flooding before. They were taking precautions but there was no thought at all that the church property would flood.

That all changed when the men were driving toward the church very late at night after trying to keep other properties from flooding and they found the road was covered in water. They realized immediately that all of the church buildings were in danger. 

Within hours, the water had risen several feet in their parsonage and in their new buildings. It was very heartbreaking but the church folks pulled together and with help from people all over, they are dried out and very far along in the repairs. They are able to have church in the sanctuary and school in the other building.

They are finishing drywall now and have some more trim to do. Then they will be ready for paint and carpet. The parsonage was uninhabitable but they are repairing it as well. I did not step into the house so I do not know how much remains to be completed.

Some of you may not realize that home owners insurance does not cover flooding from rising water.

If the roof was ripped off and the rain flooded the house, that would probably be covered. 

If the sewer backs up at the street and floods the house, that would probably be covered. 

If the water hose to the washing machine breaks and floods the house, that would probably be covered.

If it rains nearly 60 inches and waters rise and flood where it has never flooded before, you are not covered.

It is a miracle they have been able to recover and thrive in this short amount of time. God has blessed them and encouraged them.

The rest of the week was Christmas break. ☺️

Well, at least it looks like Christmas at the Lazy OD Ranch. My brother Steve took this Wednesday and sent it to me.

Our Christmas break plans have shifted some since we left Mauriceville, but it was even better in one respect. I have three BoggsMobile projects that I had on the agenda this week and all three of them require working outside.

Weather canceled the work and it has been all rest!

Working outside is out of the question this week. It has been raining steady most days and it turned cold too. Not cold like the picture of the house above, but cold enough to make it miserable, especially if you are working in the rain.

The good RV Parks around here are $50-$70 a night. I could swallow that if I was going to work on the bus. But we can rest in a rest area, the parking lot of a Walmart, Sam's, Lowe's or Bass Pro.

There seems to be an endless supply of campgrounds and RV parks in the whole Houston area, but not as many that can accommodate the bus easily. This is a very popular place for snowbirds this time of year. Also, some families displaced by Harvey and living in RV Parks. We are satisfied to park each day in a different parking lot where it is allowed.

I guess we are spending Christmas in the way we are accustomed to living, On The Road Again.

Thank you for reading.

Davy