I'm Exhausted

I'm really really tired. But Justin Wiegand commented and asked me how my weekend was so I shall share. Justin was here. That's why it was such a great weekend. Okay not really but it was good to see all the Gridley people down here. And all the other people who weren't from Gridley. We didn't have quite as big of a turnout as we expected I think but church was still full. It was bigger than last years Homecoming. Maybe next year will be so huge we can't even count all the people. All the groups that sang sounded wonderful. I am anxious to get the CD's but I think it will probably be awhile until they are edited and ready to go. We had 5 girls spend the night at our house. Went to Shoney's for breakfast Sunday morning, then after church went to Applebee's with mom and dad. Then went to a corn maze which was fun but I would only like to do it no more than once a year I think. Then went to someone's house for pizza. I was so tired and I fell asleep on their couch. It was the first time I had met them so I hope I didn't make too bad of an impression. I just couldn't stay awake. I haven't had caffiene in two days which is huge for me so I'm still pretty tired. But I got to bed in really good time last night and hopefully tonight I will too. But I haven't had supper yet and I'm really getting hungry so I'm going to go. Hungry and tired is not a good combination. Have a great day.

Been Awhile

Hi everybody. I hope all is well for anyone who reads this. Let's see.... what's happened since I last posted. Umm... I got a library card. That's new. I went shopping for a new church outfit. I only have the bottom half of it so far though, so it could be awhile until I wear it in public. I registered to vote. I'm rooting for Bob Riley. I don't know much about him but he seems better that Lucy Baxley for governor and Mark thinks that Bob is the man. I guess he got to meet him or something and now he's Bob's biggest fan. This weekend is homecoming. Yes, there will be music. No, there will not be a dance. It's kind of like the fall version of Memorial Day weekend down here. Except for Memorial Day, anybody who comes is able to sign up for a special number if they want. This time there are 5 groups scheduled to be the entertainment. We have Deer Fry International, Psalm 100, Living Waters and two bluegrass gospel groups from down here that Mike knows. So if you really like that kind of music you're sure to have your fill of it this weekend should you plan to come. I'm excited though. We're planning on about 200 extra people in church on Sunday. And Saturday night there will probably be closer to 300 there because the local groups are inviting all their families. Okay time for a work story. Today's Bible story was about Baalam and the talking donkey. Melissa was doing the story and was telling the kids about how the donkey kept trying to go off the road. She asked the kids why they thought the donkey wouldn't stay on the road (the picture of the angel was already up on the flannel board) and Blake, who I really like, yells out "Because there were cars coming!" Watch for that story in your next edition of the Silver Lining. It might make the cut. Oh, and I need to make some bars for this weekend but I don't know what I want to make. Suggestions would be helpful.

Funny Story

Okay I have my first work story from the Apostolic Christian Preschool. Today (Friday) I was making sure all the kids got their hands washed before we went to lunch. Ronnie, who isn't actually developmentally slow, he's just in his own little world was up next. He also has a little bit of a lisp. We decided he's not going to be the cool athlete, but rather the dorky bando when he's older. Anyways, I said "Ronnie come wash your hands." He ignored me so I said it again. He said he already did and looked away to ignore me again. I had been standing at the sink the whole time and I knew he did not wash his hands yet. So I walked over to get him and told him again he needed to wash his hands. To which he replied again, he already did. He was getting frustrated and so was I by this point. I said "I don't think you did. When did you wash them?" He gave a really big, really exasperated sigh and said "Saturday!" I about busted my gut. I think I told him to go wash them again anyways or something like that. But yeah- he's a bright one!

This computer is so slow

So I had another excellent weekend. Bekah and Meika came down to visit me!!!!!!!!! They got here about 11:30 Friday night. We stayed up somewhat late just talking then slept in until about 10. We had breakfast at Cracker Barrel even thought it was almost noon. Then we went to the Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddler's Convention. It's right here in Athens. You just can't get much better than that. Just ask Meika. We came back to my apartment to rest awhile. (That fiddling stuff really takes a lot out of you.) Then venutred into Huntsville which is the closest big city. It was my first time there and I didn't really know where I was going so we didn't stray from the main highway. We did a little bit of shopping (actually we took one lap around the mall, Meika bought one shirt and we decided it was a dumb mall so we left) then had supper at O'Charley's. Delicious. And being the party animals we are, we didn't get home until almost 7:00 pm. Yeah, we're cool and we know it. We just spent the rest of the night talking again. Sunday church then out to lunch at Applebee's. I feel like we eat out a lot more down here especially on weekends because there's nothing else to do. Then they left from Applebee's, I cried then came home and took a nap. Let's see.... Sunday night was real hoppin. I cleaned/rearranged my room, Melissa worked at the preschool, and Mark burned a brushpile beind our house. Then I whipped out my Wahoo board for the first time ever. It's a game we grew up playing. A lot like the game trouble but homemade. So we played that. Then at 10:30 we went to Wendy's. Lunch on Sunday's is at least 2:00 so you're not hungry come supper time. That was my weekend. I'm sure you're all ecstatic to hear all the crazy exciting details. I got news that ERIN is home safe from her honeymoon. I'm glad that ERIN is my cousin. She is so stinking cool. I love her so much. ERIN might even be my favorite person ever. But anyways, I need to go now.

Great weekend

Well yes, the wedding was fun, the weekend was great. It was really nice to be able to go up Thursday after work so I could have all day Friday to do stuff. I got everything done that I planned on doing and I even got to go to Doc's Diner with Angie and Mandy for lunch. Then we went there again after pictures on Saturday. Then we went there again Saturday night for the rehearsal supper. Lydia Bertchi did the food but we just used the resturant for convenience I guess. But it was good. Sunday went smoothly. They both said yes. Sunday night I just hung out at my parents place and relaxed. Slept in Monday morning and got on the road around 11:00. The ride home went really slow. People just did not want to drive fast at all. Once I got past Paducah things sped up except for when I went through Nashville. Musta been rush hour. But while I was sitting in traffic in Nashville I broke out my Christmas music and listened to it the rest of the way home! It is officially Christmas music season in my book. Speaking of Christmas music I noticed that I was missing my NewSong Christmas Shoes CD. So if anybody sees it, please send it to me. Or just come this weekend and bring it to me in person. Tonight was singing/potluck night at church. I think it started out as singing/snack night but now it's pretty much a full blown meal. But I haven't heard anybody complain about it yet so I guess we'll just keep doing it. But now Mark's here so I'm going to go be social. Bye.