Baseball, Football, Quiet House

The MLB Playoffs are in full swing and in my opinion, this new format shows how goofy leaders have become in this sport. A one-game playoff and then the Division Series where teams with the better record in the regular season are sent on the road for the first two games. Seems to be no reward for playing well during the regular season. But . . . they get three games at home IF it goes to 5 games. I realize that it did not effect all of the better recorded teams but Selig seems to just be a goober and this is another instance. I remember when MLB used to be fun.

I spent the weekend watching alot of football since Sondra headed to MO to be with her mom (more on that in a minute). The MIZZOU debacle last week of 5 players being suspended for marijuana use; Pinkel announcing a divorce from his wife; etc all led to a miserable performance on the field against that powerhouse Vandy. Now, I like Vandy. I have struck up a casual friendship with Jordan Rodgers, quarterback for Vandy and brother of Aaron Rodgers of Green Bay Packers fame, but MIZZOU losing to them at home was embarrassing. I realize that James Franklin (MIZZOU QB, not Vandy head coach) got injured in the 1st quarter but our performance on the offensive and defensive side of the ball was indicative of distractions and poor coaching. Please Coach Pinkel, help kids know how to live life by modeling behavior that you would want them to emulate.

A Quiet House has been the theme this past four days. Sondra and Sadie (our goofy Westie) left for MO on Sat. to go spend some time with Sondra's mom. They made a stop in Jackson on the way and had lunch with Morgan and Wilson (her beau) and then on to MO. I mentioned earlier that Sondra's mom was not doing very well and is some better I believe but still not back to her norm. Sondra is there to assess the situation (along with her sister Bronwyn who was there last week) so that we can think, pray and plan for the future. None of us like Joyce living so far away from any of us and we want to be careful to do what is best for her.

So, the house is incredibly quiet. Many of you know that Alysha moved in with us back in July, so we kicked her out the last few days since Sondra was gone. Definitely want to avoid the appearance of anything not like Christ and protect all the parties involved. Alysha is a wonderful young lady that we are privileged to have as a part of our family and I shared about her here in an earlier post.

We are still working through some other things that we hope to announce in another week or so that could prove to be incredibly exciting for us. Don't mean to leave you hanging but cannot fully disclose all that is happening quite yet.