Not my favorite week...woke up Sunday morning with a sore throat...just thought I had gotten too hot or too cold in the night. Monday sneezing, coughing. Tuesday went to doctor. Wednesday thought I would curl up and die...didn't even go to church...that is bad. Thursday began to feel human again. Friday out of the house a little bit only to realize that the pollen is so severe...you can smell it.
Lisa has been out of town all week...Brian and I have held the fort down. We went to eat fish on Tuesday and Thursday...Lisa is allergic to fish so we were catching up while she has been out of town.
I have been quite lazy this week...not sure I have done anything productive. Saturday's plans are to go to Vocal Majority Concert this afternoon with friends. Lisa will be back tonight. I guess tomorrow, Sunday, I will try to pull myself together and begin a normal week...I have plenty of things to do.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Weekend
Friday, April 16, 2010
A most wonderful day.
Went with Sam and Geneva and Judy to the Norvell Slater Hymn Sing at Dallas Baptist University. As we drive onto the campus, beauty was every where. The buildings all look like they had just been moved in from Williamsburg, VA. The campus is clean and the flowers are out of this world. Then we enter the NEW Pilgrim Chapel...unbelievable beauty...the entrance was lovely anti bellum style. We were met by the grand daughter of Joanne and Bill. Such a lovely young lady. We were directed to our front row seats...you see we were there to help honor Geneva for her years of service as organist in various capacities on the campus. The program began with an organ, piano, organ/piano concert. As we listened to such great music we absorbed the beautiful organ and its pipes, the stained glass windows, the scripture verses on the beams overhead, the seating (which looked like church pews but the seats were plush theater seats). The program began with pledges and songs as we did them in VBS days, continued with quartet music, presentations, and with hymns interspersed through out the entire program. After the program, there was a reception in another beautiful room overlooking a lake, with carpet on the floor patterned after the carpeting in the White House in Washington DC.
After we arrived back in Mesquite, Judy and I continued on to meet another group for dinner and a play. Enjoyed the dinner and fellowship with those friends. The play was not one of our favorites.
Arrived home to fall into the bed for a great night's sleep.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Senior Adult Luncheon at our church.
Each year the youth of our church honor the senior adults with a luncheon and a program.
Well, I do believe this year was the best. Good food, good entertainment. The youth were at their best. Our new Youth Minister was wonderful!
This afternoon has been a fairly lazy afternoon.
Well it is off to another night of sleep.
A most wonderful day.
Went with Sam and Geneva and Judy to the Norvell Slater Hymn Sing at Dallas Baptist University. As we drive onto the campus, beauty was every where. The buildings all look like they had just been moved in from Williamsburg, VA. The campus is clean and the flowers are out of this world. Then we enter the NEW Pilgrim Chapel...unbelievable beauty...the entrance was lovely anti bellum style. We were met by the grand daughter of Joanne and Bill. Such a lovely young lady. We were directed to our front row seats...you see we were there to help honor Geneva for her years of service as organist in various capacities on the campus. The program began with an organ, piano, organ/piano concert. As we listened to such great music we absorbed the beautiful organ and its pipes, the stained glass windows, the scripture verses on the beams overhead, the seating (which looked like church pews but the seats were plush theater seats). The program began with pledges and songs as we did them in VBS days, continued with quartet music, presentations, and with hymns interspersed through out the entire program. After the program, there was a reception in another beautiful room overlooking a lake, with carpet on the floor patterned after the carpeting in the White House in Washington DC.
After we arrived back in Mesquite, Judy and I continued on to meet another group for dinner and a play. Enjoyed the dinner and fellowship with those friends. The play was not one of our favorites.
Arrived home to fall into the bed for a great night's sleep.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Senior Adult Luncheon at our church.
Each year the youth of our church honor the senior adults with a luncheon and a program.
Well, I do believe this year was the best. Good food, good entertainment. The youth were at their best. Our new Youth Minister was wonderful!
This afternoon has been a fairly lazy afternoon.
Well it is off to another night of sleep.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
A Day in the Archives at STBC
By now everyone knows that I am spending Wednesdays at the church working on the history archives.
Yesterday was full of exciting, interesting, and unique things.
Yesterday was full of exciting, interesting, and unique things.
- I found pictures of people that I had long ago forgotten, even a picture of me when I was a few pounds lighter.
- I found pictures that I had never seen before and when I showed them to other people they had never seen them either. These were the various stages of buildings at STBC.
- I found a charcoal painting of the proposed look of the "current" plant with the proposed new sanctuary. HOWEVER, the proposed/current sanctuary was not built as it was originally planned.
- I found out that the first architect of the current sanctuary thought we had a symmetrical lot and went bankrupt trying to figure out why his plans were not fitting the lot.
- I found floor plans of one of the buildings. Even though there was no date on the paper I found I can tell from the Sunday School terminology that it dated back quite a few years. The pastor's name that was on the paper helps to set the time also.
- I walked the halls trying to find where one building connected to another building.
- I had a guided tour of the current plant and I was shown all the crooks and crannies of joining buildings together and remodeling buildings along the way.
- The current pastor came in and was looking at the pictures and I showed him the sequence of the buildings. I think he thought it was all one big building built at one time. Someone dropped the ball and did not explain that to him. He was looking at an ariel few of the current buildings. He pointed to one building and asked "What is this building?". I explained the purchase of the Episcopal property and the many uses of their sanctuary and that the building in question no longer existed.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
One Full Weekend
FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2010
Forever Young Meeting
I went to Forever Young Meeting at the church. This is a senior citizen get together every month with fellowship, program and lunch. It is not limited to the membership of our church so we have made friends and continue to make new friends from all over the area. Fellowship begins at 10:00 am--we recognize birthdays and anniversaries--we listen to announcements of up coming events. Our program for today's meeting was presented by one of the docents from the Dallas Arboretum. The Arboretum is a large acreage along the coast of White Rock Lake which was donated by several families to the city of Dallas. The displays are magnificent and plans for future are surreal. Following the program we had a meal of ham, sweet potatoes, broccoli, salad and desert. There is usually fellowship after wards, but I left to attend another event.
The Signing
I left the church and drove to Poteet High School, Mesquite, Texas. I met family and friends in the library to watch Patrick (grandchild #10) sign a letter of commitment with Howard Payne University to play football beginning the the fall of 2010. Howard Payne is in Brownwood, Texas. Patrick is lovingly called Moose by his friends and family. As a high school senior he is approximately 6'4" and weighs approximately 300 lbs. Unfortunately his days in high school football were undesirable--the team had been a loosing team for 8 consecutive years. However, he had some wonderful coaches along the years, they just were not the head coach and most of them left for different venues where their efforts were used to greater extent than they were at PHS. Patrick kept up with these coaches and continued to attend summer camps under the leadership of these coaches. So we are looking forward to Patrick enjoying HPU both spiritually, academically, and athletically. One of these coaches is still at PHS and was able to attend the signing with Patrick. This coach is a good coach, good teacher, and has been good for Patrick.
State Bible Drill Competition
Leaving the signing and returning to the church I helped set up the rooms for the children and youth from around the state to participate in the State Bible Drill competition. After that I registered the churches and children as they arrived.
This event was the State level for children which means it was the end of their year of memorizing scripture and scripture references and being able to locate them in the Bible, read them after locating them or quoting them from memory. They will take a few months off and then resume in September at a grade level higher than this year preparing for State Competition this time next year.
For junior high and high school students who participate in Bible Drill and Speaker's tournament the event was the Regional Level. Their next event will be in three weeks at the BGCT (Baptist General Convention of Texas) headquarters in Dallas. The winners for that even will then participate in the National event in Nashville, Tennessee.
After all the churches were registered in I was able to leave my post to go and listen/watch my youngest grand son Zachary as he participated in this competition for the first time. They have to be in the 4th grade to be able to participate.
The closing event for the day was exciting to see the children excited for their achievements and the achievements for their friends.
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2010
State Bible Drill Competition resumed with children from other churches in the area.
Following the closing events for the day I helped pack up supplies and meet with the people responsible for next year's event regarding room locations, and additional activities for next year.
SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2010
End of an Icon
Got up early dressed for church early so I would have time to watch the implosion of Texas Stadium. The stadium was the first home of the Dallas Cowboys and a major icon in Dallas and Texas. It had reached the point in it's life where repairs were prohibitive money wise. So the decision was made several months ago (after the new home for the Dallas Cowboys was completed and the team moved to the new location) to implode the building and use the grounds for another type of activity. The news anchors were on hand at 6:30 for memories then at 7:00 there was an impressive fireworks display. At 7:10 the switch was pushed to begin the end of a major icon. A child 11 years old was chosen to push the switch because of his efforts with the homeless people in the Dallas area.
Church
As usual the church services were very uplifting.
After Church
One of my long time friends and I began talking. Then we began to move our conversation to a restaurant. All together we talked for 3 hours. Can you tell that we have not had time lately to catch each other up on our family happenings?
Leisure afternoon watching the Masters Golf Tournament with a grand son. That was different.
Church tonight.
As I said in the beginning--One Full Weekend.
Forever Young Meeting
I went to Forever Young Meeting at the church. This is a senior citizen get together every month with fellowship, program and lunch. It is not limited to the membership of our church so we have made friends and continue to make new friends from all over the area. Fellowship begins at 10:00 am--we recognize birthdays and anniversaries--we listen to announcements of up coming events. Our program for today's meeting was presented by one of the docents from the Dallas Arboretum. The Arboretum is a large acreage along the coast of White Rock Lake which was donated by several families to the city of Dallas. The displays are magnificent and plans for future are surreal. Following the program we had a meal of ham, sweet potatoes, broccoli, salad and desert. There is usually fellowship after wards, but I left to attend another event.
The Signing
I left the church and drove to Poteet High School, Mesquite, Texas. I met family and friends in the library to watch Patrick (grandchild #10) sign a letter of commitment with Howard Payne University to play football beginning the the fall of 2010. Howard Payne is in Brownwood, Texas. Patrick is lovingly called Moose by his friends and family. As a high school senior he is approximately 6'4" and weighs approximately 300 lbs. Unfortunately his days in high school football were undesirable--the team had been a loosing team for 8 consecutive years. However, he had some wonderful coaches along the years, they just were not the head coach and most of them left for different venues where their efforts were used to greater extent than they were at PHS. Patrick kept up with these coaches and continued to attend summer camps under the leadership of these coaches. So we are looking forward to Patrick enjoying HPU both spiritually, academically, and athletically. One of these coaches is still at PHS and was able to attend the signing with Patrick. This coach is a good coach, good teacher, and has been good for Patrick.
State Bible Drill Competition
Leaving the signing and returning to the church I helped set up the rooms for the children and youth from around the state to participate in the State Bible Drill competition. After that I registered the churches and children as they arrived.
This event was the State level for children which means it was the end of their year of memorizing scripture and scripture references and being able to locate them in the Bible, read them after locating them or quoting them from memory. They will take a few months off and then resume in September at a grade level higher than this year preparing for State Competition this time next year.
For junior high and high school students who participate in Bible Drill and Speaker's tournament the event was the Regional Level. Their next event will be in three weeks at the BGCT (Baptist General Convention of Texas) headquarters in Dallas. The winners for that even will then participate in the National event in Nashville, Tennessee.
After all the churches were registered in I was able to leave my post to go and listen/watch my youngest grand son Zachary as he participated in this competition for the first time. They have to be in the 4th grade to be able to participate.
The closing event for the day was exciting to see the children excited for their achievements and the achievements for their friends.
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2010
State Bible Drill Competition resumed with children from other churches in the area.
Following the closing events for the day I helped pack up supplies and meet with the people responsible for next year's event regarding room locations, and additional activities for next year.
SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2010
End of an Icon
Got up early dressed for church early so I would have time to watch the implosion of Texas Stadium. The stadium was the first home of the Dallas Cowboys and a major icon in Dallas and Texas. It had reached the point in it's life where repairs were prohibitive money wise. So the decision was made several months ago (after the new home for the Dallas Cowboys was completed and the team moved to the new location) to implode the building and use the grounds for another type of activity. The news anchors were on hand at 6:30 for memories then at 7:00 there was an impressive fireworks display. At 7:10 the switch was pushed to begin the end of a major icon. A child 11 years old was chosen to push the switch because of his efforts with the homeless people in the Dallas area.
Church
As usual the church services were very uplifting.
After Church
One of my long time friends and I began talking. Then we began to move our conversation to a restaurant. All together we talked for 3 hours. Can you tell that we have not had time lately to catch each other up on our family happenings?
Leisure afternoon watching the Masters Golf Tournament with a grand son. That was different.
Church tonight.
As I said in the beginning--One Full Weekend.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Oppossum
This morning as I sat typing, the dogs went crazy. I had just fed them and they were still in their cages (I have to cage them while they eat to keep them from eating each other's food). Side note: These dogs consist of a Sarge, a Boston Terrier, Scooter, a wire haired Daschound, and Oscar an short haired old Daschound--just vision that. I went to let them out. As I let them out they went straight toward the side of the house but still on the patio. Just as I started to shut the door I did a double take. There was a opossum on the patio between the house wall and a small table I keep for grilling supplies. I was barefoot and not about to go after any animal with out shoes, so I shut the door and went for my shoes and a shovel that was beside the door in the house. By the time I got back to the scene of the crime they had "killed" the opossum. Well, I knew from a previous experience Vickie and I had that he might not be dead, just playing "possum".
First I had to decide what to do with him and second I had to make the dogs leave him alone long enough for me to do whatever I wanted to do. I looked around trying to make up my mind when I spotted an empty charcoal bag in my yard. I put the possum in the bag and folded the bag down tight and put the bag in the garbage can that stays outside. I was going to take the garbage bag to the ally, but it was too heavy. So I made sure the lid was on the can very securely.
I posted a statement on Face Book, primarily for Brian's benefit so that he would put the garbage out for me tonight. Then I went on with my plans for the day and forgot about the whole ordeal, until Brian got home. When he walked in the door I asked if he had seen the Face Book post. He laughed and told me he had just seen it before he and Lisa went somewhere.
Brian and I went to the patio and took the charcoal bag out of the garbage can. Nothing in the bag wiggled so Brian dumped the contents on the patio. There was more charcoal in the bag than I realized. The possum was well coated in charcoal and had probably suffocated, if he was not already dead before I put him in the bag. Then we put him back in the charcoal bag and back in the garbage bag and Brian disposed of the whole mess. Lisa thought Brian and I were gross for playing with a dead possum.
His body was about 8" long so he was just a baby. That means that I will probably see more of the little critters as time goes on.
A year or so ago my dogs (Sarge is Brian's dog) killed one and then we thought they had killed another, but he just played possum long enough to get away. This past fall my dogs were going crazy and I looked outside only to see an adult opossum (probably the mom) walking along the top of my fence. So I guess she has gone and had another batch--just so my dogs along with Sarge--could have entertainment.
I live in the city. I should not be privleged with this kind of excitement. But I am. That was my excitement for today.
First I had to decide what to do with him and second I had to make the dogs leave him alone long enough for me to do whatever I wanted to do. I looked around trying to make up my mind when I spotted an empty charcoal bag in my yard. I put the possum in the bag and folded the bag down tight and put the bag in the garbage can that stays outside. I was going to take the garbage bag to the ally, but it was too heavy. So I made sure the lid was on the can very securely.
I posted a statement on Face Book, primarily for Brian's benefit so that he would put the garbage out for me tonight. Then I went on with my plans for the day and forgot about the whole ordeal, until Brian got home. When he walked in the door I asked if he had seen the Face Book post. He laughed and told me he had just seen it before he and Lisa went somewhere.
Brian and I went to the patio and took the charcoal bag out of the garbage can. Nothing in the bag wiggled so Brian dumped the contents on the patio. There was more charcoal in the bag than I realized. The possum was well coated in charcoal and had probably suffocated, if he was not already dead before I put him in the bag. Then we put him back in the charcoal bag and back in the garbage bag and Brian disposed of the whole mess. Lisa thought Brian and I were gross for playing with a dead possum.
His body was about 8" long so he was just a baby. That means that I will probably see more of the little critters as time goes on.
A year or so ago my dogs (Sarge is Brian's dog) killed one and then we thought they had killed another, but he just played possum long enough to get away. This past fall my dogs were going crazy and I looked outside only to see an adult opossum (probably the mom) walking along the top of my fence. So I guess she has gone and had another batch--just so my dogs along with Sarge--could have entertainment.
I live in the city. I should not be privleged with this kind of excitement. But I am. That was my excitement for today.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Spain 2010 Pictures
Here are all of my Spain pictures if you are bored and need something to do. LOL! They are just pictures of the events in Spain. I have not put them in scrap book format. I did delete the bad ones.
Spain 2010
Here are the pictures from London 2010 - the last day of the trip. I have put these pictures in scrap book format.
London 2010
Enjoy.
Ada
Spain 2010
Here are the pictures from London 2010 - the last day of the trip. I have put these pictures in scrap book format.
London 2010
Enjoy.
Ada
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