NURSE DAN

Sunday Robyn had stayed home from church with some kind of stomach bug.  It kept her in bed all day.  We went out Saturday night but I could tell she was actually sick.   

Monday morning she was still feeling horrible, and Canyon was not well either.  Our pets could tell Robyn was feeling down and stuck close by to comfort her.  I headed off to work and left them to their diseases.

Snowwhite with dopey and grumpy

Monday at work we went over to a new bar that is being remodeled.  The owners have another bar in town that we put concrete tables in.  They had Speck USA stain the concrete floor in this bar and asked us if we could put a heavy duty sealer on the bar.  It would be a couple day process.

sanding to help the sealer bond

This is pretty, but it is only the primer coat

Monday night Robyn was showing no sign of improvement and Canyon was getting worse.  Luckily, the remodel was done so I only had to try to clean the kitchen.  I say try because I am lost in there.  I know where to find a glass and a plate but after that it's just guessing. (I would rather remodel)  Later that evening Robyn asked me to run to Walgreens and get her something for nausea.  No problem.  When I got to the store, the pharmacy was closed so I had to search for the remedy myself.  Now, I am the kind of person who takes no medicine.  The only pill I take is an asprin on occasion.  So to me walking the aisles of medicine was like being in a forign country.  Even though there are only three aisles, I put about two miles of wear on my shoes.  The only thing I could find was for sea sickness.  Robyn tried it but it almost made her toss her cookies.  I brought her a glass of 7up and some crackers, then I slept in the guest room.

Tuesday morning I headed to work without waking anyone.  I put doors and drawer faces on the cabinets for the office

professional grade quality

ready for a coat of finish

Tuesday night I made sure Robyn and Canyon were comfortable, (really I peeked my head in their rooms and said good night, I am not a good nurse) and went to work at the bar.  

Wednesday at work I took a menu holder we made over to Famous Daves.  It matches their bar.

Like it was made for this place

Wednesday night Canyon was feeling better but Robyn was still feeling "yucky".  On the news there was a report of a stomach flu going around.  A couple people at work had been sick so we thought that was what they had.  Robyn was able to make some homemade chicken and dumpling soup.  I know it made me feel good, it was just like mom's.  While we ate we watched the premier of American Idol, season 11.  I have already picked this years winner.  Phillip Phillips. (that's really his name) He sings with a mix of blues, jazz, country and rock.  His passion was clear.

Thursday at work we stained and sealed some patio samples for the up coming show.  We will have a walk way through our booth made of a dozen panels.  Here's two of them...

dried mud and slate

We also put a coat of sealer on the colorful candy dish..

recycled glass

Thursday night Robyn was still under the weather, so we had soup leftovers and relaxed

Friday at work we poured the desks for one side of the office.  It is a process of mixing a different pigment into a batch of mixed concrete.  Here you can see some of the procedure..

glass inlays in place

concrete setting up

flipped and ready to grind

The finished tops should be awesome.

Friday night Robyn had still not fully recovered..

I think the animals may be tethered to her

Saturday Canyon and I decided to give Calvin a bath.  I'm not sure where he picks up all the dirt, I mean we do have grass in the yard.  Never the less, he stunk.  Calvin dosen't really care to be clean, so bath time isn't his favorite moment.  To keep him from shaking the water off or just to stand still is an experience.  I took about a dozen pictures of the bath project.  This is the only one where Calvin isn't a blur..

I would never want to do this for a living

I smell wet dog

Last week I told you about how I felt I was falling away from God.  How I felt I was failing Him, and Robyn because of my sinfulness.  I asked for an affliction from God of some sort to stop me from this sin.  

About mid-week Robyn called me at work and told me to read the devotional.  I did.  It helped me to realize that I don't need an affliction, or a cure, or any other type of band-aid to heal my wounds.  I only need to repent.  I need to tell God I'm sorry and ask for His forgivness.  He knows my heart.  Although I feel He acted on my behalf and brought Glory to Himself through this episode in my life, all I really needed to do was bow my head to Him.  Any other self pity I felt was completely the work of Satan.

Read on and discover for yourself...

words to live by

By the way, the unpardonable sin is unbelief.  How can you be pardoned by a God you don't believe in.  Once you accept Christ into your life, the unbelief is obviously gone.  There is no sin of a Christ follower that is too big for God to forgive.  If you don't know Jesus as your personal savior, won't you please ask Him into your life now.  It will be the greatest moment in your life.

Peace

Dan