THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE UGLY

  We got a phone call last Saturday morning from Wayne, one of the pastors at our church.  He had back surgery on the 26th and it was more than the doctor had anticipated.  We had visited him the day after the operation and he thought he would be getting out the next day.  We were surprised when he said he was still there but he had gotten a urinary infection and was just starting physical therapy.  All that to tell you he called us to see if we would bring him some coffee because "the coffee there was horrible" he told us.
  We quickly showered, got some coffee and headed to the hospital.  After several minutes arguing with the nurse at the desk about whether he had been sent home or not, he called to tell us he was at a different place since Monday.  Apoligies given, we headed to the therapy place.  The 'good' is he was healing nicely as seen in this pic.

He always smiles like that when he's next to a pretty girl.

The 'bad' is the recovery time is longer than expected.  Here is a pic of the 'ugly'.

OUCH!

We decided to stop at subway and grab a quick bite to eat.  That was a 'bad' idea.  It wasn't so quick.  There was a tournament of some kind in town and appearantly every player wanted to eat a five dollar footlong.  The line was out the door.

Where's Jared?

When we finally got our food the line was still out the door.  Those teen-agers behind the counter earned their paychecks that day.  It got 'ugly' when we got home because we weren't the only ones in our house who were hungry...

After church on Sunday, I went into work to get some projects done for the Home Builders Association  show the following week-end.  On the way in I stopped by a local watering hole to wish Nick, my brother-by-a-different-mother, a happy 55th birthday.  I bought him a birthday beer and gave him one of the daily devotional books we get from church.  I think he was delighted.

Waiting for cake and ice creame

At the shop I worked on a couple projects that we are really excited about.  The overtime was greatly appreciated.  The projects continued on throughout the week.  We also have other jobs going at the same time and while this table for the show is 'good',....

I may do countertops in my house this color.

...this bar for a client quickly turned 'ugly'!  

Holy crap!  This ain't 'good'.

This dosen't happen very often.  It is a rather expensive glass mix design with inlayed tiles.  It cracked completely in half as we tried to flip it onto a cart for processing.  I've had a few pieces crack in the years that I've been doing this, but I have never seen one crack in half.   Depression set in for a short time, but we can't do anything about it so like a lizard losing it's tail, we will make another one.  As a matter of fact, I just finished the mold today so we can pour it next week.   Besides, this next project makes me almost forget about that broken bar.  This sink is way 'good'.

We spent Thursday setting up our booth at the show.  Just seeing the pieces we put in our booth keeps me reminded of why I got into this business in the first place.  We have some really cool stuff, and it is nice to see the finished product and know that I had a hand in creating it. 

Thursday night Robyn and I had small group.  It had been almost a month since I was able to meet with everyone so I really enjoyed the discussion. (And the cheese cake)  On Friday, almost as if on cue, the devotional grabbed me by the ear and made me realize what all the 'ugly' this week was for.  Here, you read it.

The devotional has a way of working right into my day.

Friday night Robyn had a dinner date with some of the girls from small group, so I picked up a few extra   overtime hours working at the HBA show.  Here is a picture of the sweetest booth at the show.

It's all 'good'.

Saturday Robyn and I are going to spend some quality time and I am looking forward to that so I am going to sign off for now and get some rest.

Thank you Lord for another week.  You are 'Good'.

Peace

Dan