Happenings

The day finally arrived - Saturday, October 17, 2009. Months ago we decided we would attend Andy's 40th high school class reunion. I really didn't want to go, but grudgingly agreed to accompany him. When we got the invitation, it seemed so far into the future, I must have thought the day would never get here. But it did, so off we went. I knew no one. Andy knew about 3 - 4 people, I think. But everyone looked so OLD! (everyone except us, of course - ha, ha) Well, it was an experience to remember and now we can say we did it.

On Sunday before going into the church service, I remembered to silence my cell phone (I usually forget and one time it did ring during the service - thanks a lot, Tommy!). After the third service, I checked my phone to see if I had any messages and noticed I had received a text from Amy. It said: "Are you still at church?" I texted back: "yes." Then I went on hanging out and talking to people. When I finally left and got in the car to go home, I called Amy to see why she had texted me. She answered and asked where I was. I told her I was on my way home from church. She continued talking and I was getting a weird feeling about our conversation, when finally I asked: "where are you? Are you at our house?" And guess what - surprise, surprise - she was! Then I felt bad, but as I told her, there's no reason for me to rush home from church because there's no one there. Usually! Poor girl, she'd been waiting in our driveway for over an hour - with 2 dogs and 2 children.

So there she was, Amy with dear Chase and Joanna. Dawn and Kira also came home after church and we all had a good time eating brunch together, then playing and reading to the kids.
Andy gave Amy's 2 dogs their booster shots, which is the reason Amy came down.
Amy didn't stay very long because I had a baby shower to go to. Our neighbor and friend, Nancy, just adopted a baby girl and the church gave her a shower. I made a Pumpkin Dessert to take along.It was a busy day, but good and fun.

Yesterday was busy, too, but in a different way. It was our day off from work, but we filled it with work at home. I cleaned the house, all 3 bathrooms, dusted the furniture, and vacuumed the floors. I had a number of errands to do, then spent the rest of the day in the kitchen. I made a batch of cookies, dinner for Nancy and her family, as well as our own dinner.

Because the day was fairly warm, Andy was able to finish painting the shed doors. I like the way they look.
And the cherry on top of that beautiful day was that I also got to talk to each of our 3 daughters, as well as my Mother. Wow! It can't get better than that!