Highlights

Friday night dinner out with our Baker friends without our kids thanks to Granna and Pappy. Wow. We actually carried on a conversation for longer than ten minutes for the first time in like five years. We went to the River or the Peach Orchard, whatever you prefer to call it, which we decided must be the most Redneck place on the planet. None of us had been there in years (we frequented it often before kids) Anyway, it is now a no-smoking establishment, but the fish baskets are much smaller. I'm not sure if the two are related, but....oh and Christy and I were quite tempted by the pastel pink T-shirts they had for sale with their slogan on it. Just what my life has been missing, a Doug's Peach Orchard t-shirt. hmmmmmm. Good food and Good friends. The only negative to the night was that I broke a tooth while chomping on a hush puppy of all things!? What does that mean? I now have two broken teeth in my mouth, one on each side, makes for some interesting steak chewing.


Saturday my sisters dropped in and supplied pizza for lunch. Free pizza is always a blessing as is a few hours shared with my sisters even if we are doing absolutely nothing. I often feel disconnected from them because we are in different places in our lifes, but I wish I could express to them how much a part of me they are. Anyway, being with them makes me happy, even if my sister did get ticked at me the next day because I told her it was tacky because you could see her bra through her shirt. (in my defense she did ask for my opinion) It is tacky, isn't it? She said everyone knows you are wearing a bra anyway. Yeah, everyone knows you have boobs too, so why are we covering them up? lol So, I've had similar discussions with friends about pantylines. To thong or not to thong. lol Well this highlight got way off track.


Sunday after the usual teaching of the Sunday School to the preschoolers and awesome praise/worship service, we enjoyed a message preached by an evangelist. As he started his sermon, I wasn't really paying attention. I'm sure I was digging in my purse for a fingernail file. I knew he was rattling off Scripture, which is not unusual at all as we are sitting in a churchhouse. But my sister tapped me on the shoulder and said "Did you know he is not using a Bible?" So I sat there for another few minutes in astonishment. He never used a Bible the whole sermon, and he quoted chapter verse more Scripture than I've heard in months of sermons. Not only would he quote the particular Scripture, but he would also quote the Scripture it referenced if it did. And he was some kind of character. He is from Oklahoma, but at times he would use an English accent and at others he rolled his R's as if he were Hispanic. Quite entertaining, and if you could get past all that, he preached a great sermon. I mean I don't really remember what it was, but he was anointed nonetheless (is "anointed" just a word used by Pentecostals?...just wondering)

Monday is pick-up the house day, as is every day, but the house seems to be especially messy after the weekend. I reinstated the kids' daily Bible study and was surprised by how excited they were about it. They have reminded me that we have to do it each day since. Oh, and I was quite proud of myself for getting some sewing projects finished. And when I say project, I mean sewing buttons back on pants. I procrastinate things like that that I don't really want to do but always feel such relief in actually getting it done. And then I wonder why I didn't do the particular project so much earlier. Story of my life.

Tuesday is Grayson's favorite day of the week. We drop Season off at school and usually get donuts and piggies for breakfast. Later that morning it is time for the library program. I think he looks so forward to it because it is the first thing that he has done by himself without tagging along with Season. He asks every few hours every day, "We go to libary togam today and get backpack?" I love seeing him interacting with the other kids and participating without me forcing him to (which took a few weeks). Then we wasted some time at Wal-Mart until time to get Season. Looked at all the trucks in the toy section and when he asked for something I told him to tell Gran Gran he wanted for his birthday. His only prize was a King size Reese's, which worked out well for me too.

Wednesday lifegroup day. But before that the kids and I managed to make it to the park and have a McDonald's picnic. And it tired Grayson out and he thankfully came home and took a nap without a fight! Yea quiet time! I do love having lifegroup in our home. What a special thing it is to be surrounded by friends as we delve into His Word. And I told Graham tonight it is still so strange to hear him talking about God as he does. His excitement about what God has done in his life and continues to do has not ceased. He loves the Lord passionately and truly wants to share Him with the whole world. I am so proud of him. Definitely worth highlighting.