The giant moon reflecting on the river is just too gorgeous to explain, it must be seen to be appreciated, I believe. There are shadows across the floor in the river room and my room, but I made them disappear by turning the lamp on in order to see. On TV tonight I watched a new episode of "House", something I normally do not do. It sort of freaked me out, as House attempted to perform surgery on himself in his bathtub! I tuned in a bit late and missed the reason why he was doing it himself, removing some blood clots or something. Apparently he had taken an experimental drug, tried only on rats before, which caused the clots, 'stealing' it from the lab in the hospital. "Idiot", as House would say. Cuddy to the rescue...I shouldn't give it away in case you have not seen it yet.
Tonight at church was the last of the two planned special meetings of the Council and Elders who are discussing the "Listening Sunday" surveys. Oh, to be sitting in on that meeting. Or, probably better yet, not! Hopefully Paul was able to attend, but I am not sure he is up to it yet since his surgery last week Monday. He had some work done on his cervical bones and as far as I know is wearing a collar or even a halo apparatus to keep his neck still. His input would be valuable at these meetings as Paul is well-read and a student of doctrine, etc.
Bible study this morning was interesting as we continue our study of the chapters in Matthew, dealing with Christ's passion and crucifixion. We have a video to watch that is word for word what the Bible says, but it sure adds drama to see the actors make it seem live. There was one part where Jesus is telling about the division of the sheep and the goats, and in the video, Jesus' character gets rather choked up when relating the end coming to those who have rejected Him. The one man, besides Pastor, in the class remarked that that portion of the video really hit him. The "Hollywood" version of the dinner where Jesus' hair was anointed with the costly oil showed a quite opulent setting which I think was a bit over the top, but I have nothing upon which to base my assumption. It sure looked like an elegant setting and the food even looked good! Pot roast, from what I could tell...
Only four of us went to lunch today as Judy C. was not yet back from her trip. Twila had a birthday last week so I treated her to lunch, as she and I shared the prime rib sandwich. That worked out perfectly for us. She said since her surgery, she cannot eat as much at one time as she used to do. Jackie told how John and she eat less and less meat these days due to the fact that they are tired of cooking! At least they are modern enough to have a microwave oven in order to heat things up. It is so funny how the man in the family can retire and sit all day watching the news or sports but the female in the family has to keep on working. Nothing changes for her except for having to clean around a body in the family room now! She is so funny sometimes!
My friend, Judy R., had a birthday recently and I had sent her a greeting via Facebook but had not written to her in a month or so on e-mail. The full moon brings that out in me so I wrote her a note, catching her up on what's going on around here and such. So far we are on track to see each other at the Worship Conference closing service and hopefully she can give me a ride as far as Winona afterward. Somehow I need to get the rest of the way to Manitowoc as Lori's party is not until the next weekend. Judy C. and I are curious as to our dorm situation since one of the questions on the form we filled out asked if we can sleep in a top bunk. We both answered 'no', but Judy claims if push comes to shove, she will do it. She is going to be 70 years old and climbing into a top bunk? Yikes! I'd probably pull the darn thing over trying to get up there...such giggles we have in our lives!
A long, lost family friend who lives in MN has contacted me via Facebook, a mutual friend of Linda J.'s, named Joanie. She was a classmate of my sister, Lori, and Joanie used to sell a product line like Amway or similar when she was younger. She is a humorous lady and Linda J. always has such a good time when they are together. A few years ago Tommy and Linda joined Joanie's family here in FL where they had rented a house for a week. It was this trip that Tommy and Linda visited "The Holy Land Experience" and Tommy came back to our house wearing a little cap like Muslims wear, claiming he converted. You have to know Tommy to appreciate this. The cap was actually part of a sunhat Linda had that came apart and Tommy "converted" for his purposes. Justin will refer to this as 'the time Tommy converted to Muslim'.....So, anyway, back to Joanie---she offered me her home to stay in while attending the Conference but it turns out they will be at Linda's that weekend, going to Door County for cherry picking season. Rats!
In the back of my car was a cardboard box put there by Justin some time ago. It worked dandy for me to keep my church papers and Bible, but other stuff got placed in there as well. I decided to carry it up with me after Bible study and lunch. At the bottom of the box was my choir music folder, of all things, complete with Advent music which belongs to Victory's choir! Thursday I will take it back to Rachel and leave it on the organ bench. One of the members told me that choir was done rehearsing after Easter at Victory, which is too bad. Our little choir is practicing some songs for Ascension and Pentecost, but sadly, I will be away for both of those events. We need a soprano to take my place as Kristi is singing alto to help Debbie S. who cannot pick it out herself. I hope someone steps up after Robbie's impassioned plea on Sunday. I think I might call Emily to see if she could make a couple rehearsals, that's all she would be needed....Yes, I will do that!
