Another interrupted sleep!

"Here in the blood of Christ I stand..." Ah, Favorite Hymn Sunday!!! This was one I chose to have sung, and apparently I was not the only one or we would not have had it. After church in the Fellowship Hall, several came to me and said how much they enjoyed singing that anthem. Only those who attend Sunday Bible study would have sung it before using the CD as our accompaniment, or if they heard it when our choir sang for Reformation at Victory. For some, it was the first go 'round and we have a winner!

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Our closing hymn was "For All The Saints Who From Their Labors Rest" which is also bouncing around in my head as I write. It occurred to me that not all the hymns I have selected for my funeral must be sung in the service---some can be saved for the party afterward, when folks are eating their good "Kim" funeral food and smiley face cake from Wal*Mart....Will someone please remember to save some of the hymns for the party?? Alayna, don't forget about the Sarah Brightman song for the party, too, complete with applause....

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Well, last night I set off to bed in order to get caught up on the missed sleep from Friday night as lightning danced on the river. Nothing like a storm to set the proper sleeping mode. Because I keep my TV playing all night long, around 2:45 a.m. I found myself awakened by the urgent tone played before a storm warning. An announcement came in a mechanical voice saying we were under a tornado warning and those in its path should seek shelter in an interior area of the house. I thought I should go tell Joanne so as I headed toward her room, I saw Joanne was already up, watching the TV in the family room . She already knew about the storm warning and had been watching and listening to it for some time.

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She put the Weather Channel on and we watched the reports flowing in, but much was about the flooding or potential for it in Fargo. Every couple seconds or so they would break in with the tornado warning for the eastern portion of Clay County (us!!!) and tracked the storm from Green Cove toward the other side of the river. So, rather than seeking the safest room in the house, we two ladies stood in the river room and watched the endlessly flashing lightning and listened to the thunder rolling, in amazement. It was nearly light as daytime from the flashing and we could make out a belt of darker clouds amid the lighter colored ones, eerie looking. After a point, just after 3:00 a.m., we decided the threat was probably moving along and decided to go to bed again. A couple times it seems I woke up, especially when the thunder was pounding on the windows, but then slept through until nearly nine a.m. Guess that made my decision about whether or not to attend Bible study today! It is the same course of study from our Tuesday night class and we are ahead of the Sunday class anyway.

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Several of our regular choir members were out today but we had three others join us, so we were able to sing our "Hiding Place" song again. Would you not know it, it was ME who jumped offsides on Brian's part and started singing with him!?! And I knew better, too. Shucks! I was using Suzanne's music and it was clearly marked as his part but still, I simply could not contain myself. Let's put that piece of music away for awhile....

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Kathy B. asked me if I wanted to go with her to watch Anna Kuske play in her baseball tournament tomorrow afternoon and since I have nothing planned, or cannot remember having something else scheduled, yes, I think I would like to go. My beach chair is already in the car ready for good weather to come so I can take that along, and one for her, too, if she needs it. Go, Anna, Go!!!

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Joanne and I are attending the "Sunday Salon" at the Thrasher-Horne this afternoon, as my upstairs neighbor, Donna Wissinger, is performing with a musical partner, Stephen Robinson. I am going ahead of Joanne to stand in line at the Will Call window for our tickets. I told Joanne we are in the same area where we sat for Justin's graduation, which was the last time Joanne has been there. I will have keep her in mind for events in the future, my own live-in friend, missing out on all the fun! She thanked me for taking her away from the office today, and I say, "You're welcome!"