Catching up

Posted by Lisa Laree to Beer Lahai Roi

We've had a busy couple of weeks.

The Grand Opening of the new sanctuary was August 5.  Packed house and a boatload of data entry.

Worked extra hours but still left work for my co-workers to cover, because we had to hit the road to Indiana to celebrate my parent's 60th wedding anniversary.  It was a pretty low-key celebration, actually, just a dinner with all the family who could make it, but it was a blessing to get to be there on their special day.

60 years looks good on them, don't you think?

And, it just so happened that My Sweet Babboo had a class reunion the following weekend, so we headed up to Elkhart for Saturday night.   The reunion somehow didn't get well publicized...or organized, which is odd because the previous ones have been well done.  If that had been the only reason for the trip north, I think we would have felt kinda miffed, but not only did we hit my folks' anniversary, there was also the 104th annual Pippenger family reunion on Sunday, so the trip was worth it nonetheless. 

We did miss the official dedication of the new sanctuary, but, thanks to the wonders of modern technology we were able to watch the video on You Tube from Elkhart

 We split the trip back home up, stopping at Mom & Dad's and picking up a cooler of sweet corn on the way.  Got in too late on Tuesday to freeze corn, so I threw some more ice in the cooler and planned to do it after work on Wednesday, feeling only a little remorseful for missing the Wednesday night service.

However, The Flute Player (whose job is toy sanitation in the staff day care) was playing catch up for missing the first two days of the week and we were very late getting out of the office.  So it was nearly midnight when all the corn was bagged and in the fridge to chill. 

Thursday was the 38th anniversary of the date that My Sweet Babboo and I tied the knot ourselves, but all we did was exchange cards; we both worked straight through to choir practice in the evening. I ended up going to the office to work for about 3 hours yesterday to get some documentation ready for training that starts Monday morning...which is why I didn't get the next Joshua post up.  I plumb forgot it was Friday.

We dodged some thunderstorms to get an anniversary dinner last night and I'm doing laundry like a crazy lady today.  Tomorrow, we're doing a community thank-you service and hosting a 'pep rally'/ tour for the alumni of the high school that has become our church.  Next Sunday will be a day of thanksgiving and praise, with guests David and Nicole Binion.  Labor Day weekend follows, with our annual women's conference (albeit a bit abbreviated version) the weekend after.  So...maybe we'll see life start falling into a normal routine again somewhere around the middle of September, lol.

So, catching my breath just a bit before wrapping up Joshua.  Should be back in that groove by Friday.  I think.