Ten on Tuesday... ...maybe

Is it legal to start a Ten on Tuesday with One or Two on Tuesday, then add them?  I hope I'm not violating the regulations...

1) Crystal got her Blook yesterday.  It was her best family pics, most of which were posted on her blog, then printed in this book - thus the blook term that I made up.

2) For the last couple of months, I have been under a lot of anxieties - to the point that I question my ability to make good decisions and constantly suffer paralysis by analysis.  It seems like the last couple of years have taken a huge toll on me mentally and physically and I can recall no tougher times.  There were good things too though, as reminded by perusing Crystal's hard work.  I need to focus on the whatsoever things mentioned in Phillippians 4:8 - thanks to my wife, I have a whole arsenal of wonderful memories to reshape my recollections and balance out those other things.

3) I read the latter parts of Psalms 119, and some of the following Psalms too this morning.  What a comfort!  What a Father in Heaven!  Psalms 127 and 128 really mean a lot to me - His provision in spite of my efforts, or even lack of efforts (even while I sleep in 127: 2). 

I might add more later, because there is more, but I have to work now...

4) ...later...  On the way home, listened to Dr. David Jeremiah on KMBI (it was a late drive) and caught the end of a sermon about making monuments instead of being a vibrant church - it was about the church of Sardis in Revelation (2?).  He caught my attention with a question about how we ought always be able to point to a fresh example of God's working in our life - in spite of any circumstances.  That takes a will sometimes, both to fight lethargy and in other times to fight discouragement or in other times to fight over-confidence.  So, I thought that was pretty good - "How am I trusting and watching God's working NOW?"  Am I sharing that?  Or is my testimony getting dusty?

Still more to add, but more work too...

Mandolins...?

Can't get the idea out of my head that I need a constructive hobby - besides cleaning the garage someday, gardening when the weather warms, finishing the chicken coop someday, organizing my crazy stacks and piles that drives my wife nuts some weekend, etc. - I am wondering why I never kept going with the guitar like my brothers...

I have been wanting to pick up the mandolin for years...  I wonder if anyone has any recommendations to learn about and eventually purchase one...