Or, if I am always in the dark. Or here's one: I am prettier in the dark. How about: "blackness, blackness bringing me down, come and light a candle in the old heart of mine...." It is as black as pitch out there and I am thinking about poor Suzanne having to drive to work in what appears to be the middle of the night. In a few weeks, it will be darker yet as we fall back an hour. Am I thinking correctly about that? Correct me, if I am mistaken about this. I do know we fall back, but will it be darker yet at 6:44 a.m.?
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Sunday began with tears as I wrote on Facebook about singing, in my head, the hymn "Children of the Heavenly Father" which was our closing song for worship. The night ended the same way with the Jaguars taking a royal beating, 41-0. It was just an awful display, awful! Joanne was here to watch with me, the first time she has watched this season and this is the way it ended up! Ugh! On the bright side, we did enjoy our supper of Newton hot dogs on Publix rolls. Jo brought Cape Cod chips to have with the hot dogs and two slices of cheesecake for dessert, but we were too full to eat dessert! Guess what I am having for breakfast today...
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Not only did Joanne bring her potato chips and cheesecake, she also came bearing a huge box of envelopes and a shopping bag of CHRISTmas cards---let me re-type that to "holiday cards" as they are fairly generic in nature. She has asked me to help her out with hand addressing them, plus her monthly mailings. Yikes! I have a ton of other stuff to take care of before the end of the month including working at church this week (one week down, one to go!), a booklet for the preschool open house on the 22nd, a Luther display for the 25th, the two newsletters....I had made a personal promise to have my desk cleaned off before Linda J. gets here but now I am having to rethink that a bit!
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Worship and Bible study were very nice yesterday, as we begin our Stewardship series. The Bible study was about spending "good" time with the family, biological family and church family, in the Word. Take advantage of formal opportunities plus the ones had around the kitchen table or before going to sleep at night. I am glad Justin and I get our time together attending Bible study at Victory before his class on Thursdays. The Sunday School children sang at the beginning of the service and did a wonderful job, nice and loud. Suzanne is doing a good job having the kids memorize their songs so they are not reading off a sheet of paper up front. Our choir sang, "Where Your Treasure Is" and so did First German's choir, which I find very cool!
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I am going to be swamped the next few weeks with some huge projects before me. Besides doing Joanne's envelopes, I am making a pamphlet for the preschool open house, doing a Lutherland display for the Reformation Service on the 25th, and working this week yet in the church office. I told someone that I have to figure out a way to fill out the envelopes from my recliner or bed so I can keep my feet up. Sitting in the desk chair all day results in swollen ankle, on my "bad" knee side. Boy, I miss that swimming pool! My body really liked the workouts gotten in the pool all season long. Our temps have been lovely recently, although some are murmuring about them. Stop it! Just stop it! Sometimes it is all about me!
6 comments:
Why are you up so early? Yesterday at Jamie's I slept till 7:40 which for me is late. Usually I am up by 6 at the latest. You say you may be prettier in the dark but you are more beautiful in the light. It is so cold up here today that even the cats are in front of the heat vents. It just doesn't seem to be getting warm in the house even with the heat on. I need a Snuggie! Well it is time to take Dan to school. Send us your warm hugs today! Jill
Hi Jill!
What a nice thing to say! Thank you!
I am often awake at this hour but not normally do I get up right away. With much to take care of computer-wise, I felt I had better get busy! Some of the work mentioned in the blog takes place here, some at the river room table.
"A snowy start to the Twin Cities" Fox News just reported (8:40 am est)
Linda swears by her Snuggie so put it on your CHRISTmas list. Have a great day back to work!
Sunshining hugs,
Kim
HI Kim,
I won't care if your desk isn't cleaned off when I come. I come to see you, not your desk!!! I'm debating if I should bring my laptop with me. But I won't need it to chat with you!
Yes, I do love my snuggie! I used it this weekend. The cats like it too.
Love and hugs
Linda J
Okay, Linda J., that pressure will be off of me, for better or for worse! It might be easier for me to work if it is cleaned, a fresh slate, so to speak. We shall see, we shall see!
I told everyone how I wore the snuggie when at your house because it was cold outside and you had the windows opened! Just like Judy R. does.
I thought of you Saturday when Martie was telling me she likes it best when it cools off around here, like down to 78!!!
Still chuckling about that,
Kim
I guess I'm going to have to get a snuggie..everyone is talking about them including my mom...however, I could see her and my dad running around the lake on the golf cart, during their evening stroll in her snuggie! LOL...
You have a very busy week ahead of you...and on top of that, getting the christmas cards addressed and ready to mail out...Can't believe that it's almost time again!
Hi Darla!
Yes, it will be busy all month, that is a fact. It took me an hour to address the mailings she brought me Sunday but I have not touched the holiday cards yet.
As soon as it is light out, I am heading to OfficeMax, an evil place for me to go!, to get ink cartridges and a display board for the Luther items. I can do this!
The Snuggies come in team colors, too, I think. I got my mom an electric lap robe to use when she is watching TV so she only has to use that instead of turning up the heat in the entire house. Nice!
Hugs,
Kim
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