Saturday's come and gone

I had such a rough time going to sleep last night, for an unknown reason. Maybe my foot ached or cramps or something but it took me forever to nod off. Lynx kept giving me the evil eye, wondering when I was going to settle down, because, normally, I just get into position and do not move until morning. Not so last night! Maybe I was idle too long before trying to sleep because of watching a movie on DVD. It was called "Hanging Up" with Meg Ryan as the put-upon daughter of an eccentric Hollywood writer with dementia. Finally she gets her sisters to accept some responsibility for their dying dad and not leave it all on one. It was supposed to be a comedy but some of it did not strike me that way.

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When morning came, it caught me too soon. Nothing would have pleased me better than to roll over and sleep some more. But, being a Saturday, I had to be somewhere, of course! This week was church cleaning day as well as an organizational meeting for Little Lambs, a modified Sunday school class for infants to three years old. This group would then eventually meld into preschool and/or Sunday school. The young mom heading it up had approached me the day Justin and I went to the opera at AMC and the Hilchey's joined us, so it has moved from concept to actuality in no time at all! Oh, so exciting! My understanding is that a group like this exists at F. G. already and my niece might be helping out some day.

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So, anyway, a couple ladies were sitting inside the church on the front pew when I got there but they were not there to clean. They were, instead, waiting for the florist to bring the bouquet for Sunday. It will be my bouquet to take to the cemetary but I will leave it through worship on Wednesday night. Nothing could pursuade them to stay and help us clean, though, as eventually Janet arrived with her bucket of supplies. I had mine, too, and Jackie brought her stick vacuum cleaner which worked great for the pews. Janet and I split the pews and started the process of wiping them clean with Murphy's and water. She can still bend in the middle so took the lower portion of the pews while I did the tops and hymnal racks. We were a well-"oiled" machine, Murphy's Oil, at that!

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We had the doors opened to the street side for ventilation which proved delightful. Not too chilly, especially because I was sweating! Janet should have taken pictures because she will not see this again too soon. After a while Kathy B. came through the doors and pitched in with the vacuum cleaner on the floors. Before noon it had all come together, but not before Kathy played "In Christ Alone" on the piano, rehearsing for tomorrow's Favorite Hymn Sunday. Jackie, Janet, and I sang as Kathy played, the first time Janet has sung it. She loved it, too, and I am so glad!!

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I was bone weary by the time I got home and made my way upstairs to rest. My patio doors were opened as was my kitchen door which made for lovely cross ventilation. It is great to be finally warming up here, making it almost to 80 today. Storms are threatening including tornado chances but thus far, mostly just some gusty winds. Love the sound of the wind in the palm trees, the rustling they make. It made for quite the restful afternoon while I watched the end of "A Beautiful Mind". I worked a bit on the condo newsletter and read some blogs while listening to "Unfaithful" which made me feel quite uneasy, although I had seen it before. Uneasy, yes, a good way to describe it....

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Brian had mentioned to me before we left church this a.m. about going to eat at the Spanish restaurant and previewing a movie for the Youth Group. I called Kathy right after 5:00 to say I felt like staying in tonight, still tired from limited sleep and hard work, but they were already at the restaurant and insisted I come over. Quickly I changed clothes and made my way over, only a few blocks as the crow flies. Kristi and Bruce were with them, sharing "tapas", appetizers, some of which I liked and some I did not. Olives, yes, Cuban bread, yes, spinach in pastry, yes! Not so much the green pepper things or the shrimp things but the company, complete with dessert----magnifique!!

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But, I really did plan on staying in tonight so opted to forego the movie as the others went on. If "Unfaithful" was not enough, I came home in the middle of "American Beauty", another tragic story about people in mid-life "situations". Thank you, I would rather not watch. Is it a holiday or something, a significance to this theme today or what?

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Mid-afternoon the Rosses came by to pick up the golf clubs for Christopher to try on for size, in more ways than one! They are short, for me, and left-handed, for me, too! I hope Chris likes the sport and can make good use of my long-ignored clubs. The old medicine cabinet went with them, too, as Jennifer wants it for a fish pond or something, now loaded into their car. Rick said, as he loaded it, "You were right, it sure was ugly!" but then was concerned that he hurt my feelings. I assured him it was probably lovely in its time, the early 70's, but not so much now. Tomorrow is his birthday but we are not celebrating until next weekend. I will be sure to let Justin know so we can do our shopping. I love Rick almost like a son, as you may know!

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My friend, Cindy, has been trying to save Timmy's lemon tree but today she wrote that Mike put it out in the woods, to keep it close to home. I didn't make it...........