Nice day

The stormy weather that was forecast for today never arrived, so we did yard work and laundry, then went to Katie's last soccer game. Katie "left it all on the field" - playing very aggressively. A number of times she changed momentum and broke free with the ball and drove it deep into the opposing territory, but unfortunately her little legs could not go fast enough and the opposing team often caught up to her. We were very impressed. This afternoon Kris and went for a hike in the woods. We had fun and found some nice plant fossils. We mostly followed the creek bed, so the machete came in handy on a couple of occasions, too.

On another note, there was that prediction that the world was going to end today. According to various Internet sources, this world did end for roughly 150,000 born people and over 100,000 unborn people. I did not really believe the world was going to end today (we do not know the day or the hour), but I did think it was appropriate to hear "Live Like You Were Dying" by Tim McGraw over the radio at Dairy Queen today:

He said I was in my early forties

with a lot of life before me

when a moment came that stopped me on a dime

and I spent most of the next days

looking at the x-rays

Talking bout the options

and talking bout sweet time

I asked him when it sank in

that this might really be the real end

how's it hit you when you get that kinda news

man what'd you do

and he said

I went sky diving

I went Rocky Mountain climbing

I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named FuManchu

and I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter

and I gave forgiveness I'd been denying

and he said someday I hope you get the chance

to live like you were dying.

He said I was finally the husband

that most the time I wasn't

and I became a friend a friend would like to have

and all the sudden going fishin

wasn't such an imposition

and I went three times that year I lost my dad

well I finally read the good book

and I took a good long hard look

at what I'd do if I could do it all again

and thenI went sky diving

I went Rocky Mountain climbing

I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named FuManchu

and I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter

and I gave forgiveness I'd been denying

and he said someday I hope you get the chanceto live like you were dying.

Like tomorrow was a gift and you got eternity to think about

what'd you do with it what did you do with it

what did I do with it

what would I do with it

'Sky diving

I went Rocky Mountain climbing

I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named FuManchu

and then I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter

and I watched an eagle as it was flying

and he said someday I hope you get the chanceto live like you were dying.

To live like you were dying

To live like you were dying

To live like you were dying

To live like you were dying