Way to busy

But...I do like busy. Sometimes the house just gets overwhelmed.

The new sewing machine is here. It's wonderful and I'm having fun with it. I made 6 new banners for church to use next Sunday...It's celebrate children and the fabrics are all from the quilting shop and it's children's fabrics with words like wonder, create, imagine, sing, play, etc. attached to the fabric. Lots of real bright colors. Then I recreated another one to be the pulpit hanging. The altar will be covered with children's toys...some being what Eric and Jared played with as well as a big Raggedy Ann and some tonka toys. Huge vases of baloons will be the altar flowers. The preacher is someone Janet Wanner is bringing in to talk about what we can learn from children concerning good mental health or something like that. All the children will process waving streamers and the children's choirs will sing. It's should be a great morning of celebrating children. Reminds me of the old days when we had children's day in June at church in Ohio. It was a bit different but the intent was the same. So...that project kept me busy for a while.

I'm also working on a quilt of sorts for someone in the family for Xmas...enough said. Lots of squares coming together.

Knitting continues...Yarn is getting less and less but I still have about 10 skeins. I'm knitting newborn hats that will keep little babies heads warm in the hospital.

And...I have bed skirts to shorten for Jim...Woo...Woo...I'm not bored.

Tuesday evening I've been asked to provide center pieces for a Kenyan banquet for about 100 people. Fabrics, gourds, pictures and other things from Kenya are being collected and I'm just about ready for that. Two suitcases are filled and waiting to more to the car trunk for transportation.

The Kenya Carnival at Second Presb. last Sat. what a huge success with $18,000.00 collected...enough to send 50 orphan or vulnerable Kenyan students to school for another year. I worked in the Imani store which was just pure fun. Money from sales goes back to Kenya to support people who work in the Imani factory. Last year we sent 25 students to school so we're adding another 25. Hummm...the presure is on for next year as well. I hope we can do 75 next year. The church kids who went to Kenya in June got to meet the students who benifited from the tuitions. They spent a day out on Lake Victoria. First boat trip the Kenya students had.

Wed. morning, the 16th, I'm going to the doctor with Doug to get last minute instructions about his knee replacement surgery on the 24. Ooops...this might be new news to some of you. Sorry about that. Speaking of Knees. I got a wonderful miracle working pain releaving injection in my knee last week. Woo! Woo! It made it possible for me to walk again. I'm very happy about that. I really tried to tough it out but it just wasn't working. So..now after x-rays, the doctor tells me that someday I can look forward to new knees. Really? If I'd just stay on my feet rather than flat on the ground! Two falls while camping just didn't help a bit. I'm trying harder. People at church are telling me NO ladders any more. Well, that really cramps my style.

I have a huge amount of new medical supplies collected by a doctor in Evansville that should be recycled to Kenya when I get phone calls made. Well, I hope that's the case. So...that's one reason the house is overwhelmed. At this point...it's the house that is overwhelmed, not me.

Oh...yes...getting ready for Sarah Ellen's return to the states and then her surgery on the 21st. It's transportation to the hospital and then seeing that she gets the care she needs at home for a day or two or three. Then, it's Doug's turn. And dear Kenyan friend Daniel will be coming to Indy for eye surgery in October. He was Joe Mamlin's first HIV/AIDS patient that got the Ampath program started. What a great guy he is.

One more thing...I just spent the evening at the Madam Walker hearing wonderful music made by Angela Brown. What a voice. Best of all I went with sister Mary K.
Life is good. L