SHEs Organized

With thunder rumbling it's not sunny here today.
Dog next door is back from the farm it must not have worked out.

Good Morning Dear Ladies,

Hard to believe I'm the second poster here this morning. Perhaps everyone is tired from the weddings and anniversary celebrations.

Congratulations to all!

Another HOT and sunny day here.

We leave on trip in 12 days . Been working on many things to get ready for the trip. DH has worked on the suburban, making sure things are all ready for the trip.

I have made a list of foods to take with us. So we can save on eating out on the way. And I have to make sure Dbrother and Dson have what they need here at home as well as dpets have everything they need. So still some thinking, planning and fetching to do.

Other than that things are rolling along. DH's anxiety seems to have settled down. He still has a few off the wall concerns but for the most part he is doing well. (Thanking God)

Work day for me so have to get ready.

Have a wonderful Sunday all!

Good morning, villagers ~

I've been to a wonderful sewing retreat Thurs-Fri-Sat. I am key holder for the building so I needed to be there first to last, 8AM to 9:30PM each day. I worked this one again same as the spring one, setting up tables & power cords, helping prepare meals, kitchen clean up, general go-fer throughout the event, then clean up at the end. We didn't have to put away tables & chairs this time because the next group in the room needs them all, so that made clean up a lot easier.

I'll post my list of projects in the AC&N forum.

Must cuop, bbl.

Not sunny here but no rain either. We are pretty desperate for it. I left it out of the prayers for this Sunday but will put it in for next should we not get enough. My line thanking God for the summer heat got a few snickers at the beginning of the prayers.

Service went very well. I really do love doing this. This church is larger than ours (double the combined attendance) but it is summer so I only had 60. But that was double what dh said turned up at our church. I will be doing slides for next week so now need to go over the Creative Home thread so look for visuals.

And I have several songs to look up on YouTube to pick some for the service next week. The musician loves me because I can sing and I incorporate music in the service equal with the prayers and preaching, not as an interlude between 'the important stuff'.

That sounds like a good book Harriet.

If Sunny peeks in today... I looked at your link to the museum. That looks like a huge place, interesting. I guess there must be an awful lot of service-related things to do in that area.

I know I have missed talking to a lot of you recently, but I have been reading. Thinking about Twins waking up in her new house. I was a little "freaked out" the first couple weeks here. I went to bed earlier so as not to be up by myself so far away from him in at night...but after a couple weeks I got comfortable. It takes a while to learn all the new house sounds. Our ice maker is extremely loud and still makes me jump late at night when it's all dark and it dumps a fresh load of ice.

Played hookey and didn't go to church today. Actually slept 9 hours and after finally getting awake and around a bit I feel wonderful. I am getting the house put back to order. I did nothing except a couple loads of laundry yesterday. Folded those up and I have another set of sheets and a blanket twirling. I let the kids go and didn't nag at them...the younger 2 went a few days without showers (though I made sure they at least brushed teeth daily and showered before they went home). Those sheets surely needed their bath! I picked my battles with them, this wasn't one of them.

Dishwasher is loaded, lots of little odds and ends done around here. DH is still at continuing ed till sometime this afternoon.

It is cloudy around here today too. Almost every day we are getting a nice rain, I am so grateful.

Just opened my cheque from the church. If it is for just one week, it is $50 more than I expected. Preaching in rich communities has advantages! (Now I hold my breath and see if I get another cheque next week!)

Dh and I are off to a movie in a short time. One with Judi Dench.

Still puttering around. I've hung out today's wash (in the garage this time since it is raining). Have cleaned out the refrigerator, separated all the ham into packages and froze...more in the dishwasher. I've been doing things all day, but the house still looks the same...keep on moving till it looks better I guess.

I didn't get much sleep all week between car issues, the meeting Tuesday, and sewing retreat duties. Took a long nap and then had a late lunch. Must finish unloading the car next.

Took my car Monday morning for oil change and brake repairs. After I had waited in the lounge almost all morning, they arranged for a rental car as a loaner on Monday afternoon because they had to order parts and would need my car until Wednesday afternoon. (I offered to reschedule the repairs for next week, but I think maybe they were concerned that I'd take it somewhere else.) A series of conversations throughout the week. Although I'm not quite sure how much of the real story I've been told, this repair place has been treating me fairly ever since we bought the car there in 2001. Every time the guy said they needed the car another day, I asked him to confirm that they are continuing to pay for the rental car. Supposedly my car will be ready Monday morning.

The rental car is a Kia Optima. Cute car and drives nice, good gas mileage, but it's a little smaller than my hatchback and that created a few problems hauling things to my sewing retreat. However, having it this long means that DH can have fun driving it today because I think we're going to a movie. Men in Black 3 has moved to the 2nd run theater and DH likes going there.

Pretty sunny here... HOT when we left church @ 10:00 a.m.
DGS made his debut @ church today... slept through the whole thing!
Dcousin/photographer is supposed to be making pictures of him this afternoon. I certainly hope she gets this done... been trying to schedule w/her since the 4th of July. Today is her last chance to get pictures before he is a month old, b/c he will be visiting his other grandparents for the next ten days. I know we're going to be missing him! (But I know THEY have been missing him the last couple of weeks! He has two great-grandmothers, an uncle, and a bunch of great-aunts/uncles & cousins he's never met!)

I'm making a real effort to get myself back into some semblance of a routine for the next few weeks.
I've given up getting the house really "deep-cleaned" before school starts back. * sheesh * Guess that'll just give me something to think about NEXT summer, to take my mind off the fact that I have RETIRED.
I'm still really scared to take that step... but I do feel like the Lord has given me the nudge... w/dgs & everything. As a dfriend said, I've given enough time & energy to the young people of this community, now it is time to give some time & energy to THIS young person, dgs... and of course, dh is looking forward to the two of us having some free time. I really feel like he, ds, and ddil will sorta feel like I just don't care about any of them if I keep on working past May 2013.
And I DO love my summers, so why wouldn't I love an "endless" summer? Right now, I am looking forward to seeing my teacher friends, and meeting my new students, but OTOH, the thought of having to start getting up EVERY DAY @ 6:00 a.m. again... and having no freedom @ night, b/c I have to get up @ 6:00 a.m.... and having to deal with all the "new & improved" ideas that AREN'T... yeah... that thought just makes me groan.... sooo... I guess I AM getting ready to shift gears.

ANYWAY... although I've given up the dream of deep-cleaning the whole house from top to bottom... I AM trying to get back in the box, so to speak.

Sadie -- I am so excited for you as you get ready for this trip! I think y'all are going to have a WONDERFUL time! I understand your dh's anxieties sooo sooo well... but if he is anything like me, he will have a good time to, once he gets started.

I need to go back and check Sunny's posts... I've completely missed the museum link...

Lilac -- thanks for the encouraging words last night. I am s...l...o...w...l...y beginning to feel more "confident" -- I guess that's the word -- in my new role as "grandma." I don't feel like I fit the image of MY grandmothers, or dmom, or dmil... but I sure am enjoying holding him & watching that little face, that's for certain. A grandchild really IS a "little bundle of joy," isn't it?

WTG w/the cooking lesson, Harriet's dd13!

Waving to EVERYONE!!! Hope y'all have a great day!