Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln.

One of the greatest men that ever lived. There is no doubt that God was in the details of this man as he turned to Him for guidance on how to lead our country. His influence changed the course of a nation preparing the way for the restoration of the gospel. There is a tangible, physical presence that you feel when you go to this memorial.

Happy Birthday, Abraham. It is fitting we take a day off to honor you.

[ journal: busy day. The microwave oven went kaput on Monday. It's 15 years old. I guess it's entitled to have a health issue! Haha! With the economy the way it is we are on hold for our kitchen remodel so we have decided to just fix the appliances that we have been limping along. We had the repair man here for a good portion of the morning assessing and giving us an estimate. When you look at the cost of replacing the range top and microwave the repair cost was very reasonable even if we do go ahead with the remodel at another time. Mike was over for the afternoon and it was good to visit with him. Duff was off with John H. most of the day working on the business plan that the electric company has asked for. It's Thursday, so laundry was on the calendar. On the phone quite a bit with RS things. Made a big pot of clam chowder and a pan of cornbread for dinner. It tasted so good on this cold day.

WHAT IN THE WORLD???? Shaun called this morning and the Black Pearl (the truck) had been broken in to right in the Lanai parking structure during the night!!!! They tried to shoot out the driver's window 7 times, but it didn't work. So they shot out the driver's side back window. There was glass everywhere. They rifled everthing and basically took it all. Fortunately, he took his laptop and wallet with him. But the biggest loss was his ipod and all associated with it. He called the police and waited for them to come. They told him that there is a rash of auto break-ins right now in the college apartments. Last week there were 18 other break ins just in the Lanai parking structure! And last night alone there were 35 break-ins at Provo college apartment complexes! The police were very helpful with information for where he could get the windows fixed today before it started snowing again. I sure hope they catch these guys!]