Tues. after Easter

Big bummer. Computer is still not working. Seems it has something to do with Brighthouse! TV freezes up and computer none functioning. Tec. coming Wed. to see what's up. Doug did one of those...put all the bills together to save money...Well, it's not working yet. We're paying for stuff that doesn't work. $#%^&@#! Finding computer at the library and church to keep up with some of the stuff that is going on. Holy Week over!!!! Easter over!!! It's recuperation time!!! I spent some time sleeping Sun. afternoon, evening and night!
We met the deadline and all looked good. Continue to watch basketball. Playoffs are always good. Pacers need a win tonight in Chicago. That's a tough one. The sewing machine continues to crank out purses. I need a marketing plan. It's not getting old yet. My brain keeps thinking of new ways to use fabric and the sewing machine makes it all easy. You've got to love it. Fingers crossed that the tec. guy finds an easy fix.

Sunday

A few days after Thursday. The house continues to work with phones etc. That's the good news. Today was Palm Sun. at church. A wonderful service starting with a parade around the block. This is the latest that Palm Sun. can ever be in the calendar and you might have thought we would have really great weather. Well, it was great but not really. The donkey showed up and was a very good donkey. And the parade was just the right length. The sanctuary looked stunning. Intense purple looks so good against the gray stone walls. Purple being the color for Lent. We had our own life size fake but very good fake donkey in the sanctuary with huge GREEN palm plants near by. The donkey had a purple drape across him adding color. And there was much purple other places. Music was OUTSTANDING. The bells played, the children sang and the choir sang the postlude surrounding the congregation. It is a beautiful rendition of Blessed Redeemer, an arrangement by Steven Potts, and a song about Holly Week. It was a very good Sunday. New minister Brenda Fredge preached. What a gift to us. It was a blessed day. Now...on to more Holy Week. Tomorrow we're taking down all the bits and pieces of Palm Sunday evidence beginning to strip the sanctuary of all color. I hope to set tables for Thursday evening service on Wed. Then there are two services on Friday with the church totally bare of anything liturgical. Then Saturday morning bright and early we will be getting everything ready for Easter. Thank goodness I have a crew coming in for that with the jobs being mostly hanging stuff we have already prepared. The sewing machine continues to work. I met a friend I worked with about 20 years ago. Remarkable how we recognized each other. She once had a purse business and loaded me up with an unbelievable amount of purse making stuff. I'll never use it all but it's fun to think of some new ways of doing things. Her work is really remarkable. And she must have a Bentley sewing machine. Well, at least it can embroidery. Watching playoff games. Pacers lost in the last 3 minutes or less. Boo Hoo. Another chance Monday night to win. That's it for now from Hillsdale.

Thursday

We once again we have internet and phone service. Wow...it was quiet. New phones are in the house as well. Today was Bread and Bowl. Lots of good help and the group was a bit smaller than last week but ALL the food was eaten. Weather is wonderful. I need to get the preen out...Weeds are growing. Now on to Palm Sun. and Holy Week. It's a busy time. We had a work day Monday to get ready for Easter. A few things remain to be finished. Life goes on.

Can you believe it

Well, after being with no land line since a week ago last Tues. we were told today Friday that AT&T can not do what they told us they could do. So...it's been a crazy 10 days. So...we're just hoping that the land line can be reestablished. We'll see.

Messed Up Big Time

Doug wants to switch us to all AT&T. and it's been what I call a mess. AT&T disconnected the phone last Tuesday and then we didn't get any reconnect and they will finish...MAYBE...on this coming Thursday. What a bummer. So...we are on cell phones which most people don't know the number so it's been really quiet. I'm checking e-mail at the library and at church. Technology!!!! Other than that...life has been good. I continue to make bags and have sold 40 so far...Yahoo. It's $10..00 a pop. Mostly all profit. Money goes to Kenya. More orders coming in. Sh oping for fabric at Goodwill is just a barrel of monkeys. Sometimes I find stuff like table cloths and drapes and sometimes it 's jeans making jean bags. And sometimes there is nothing. Keeps me out of trouble and I tell Doug that I need to get to the play room, meaning the sewing machine. Soon I'm off to the fabric store to buy 10 yards of muslin for a Kenya girls project that will be be worked on when three different groups from Indy are going to Kenya this spring. I'll cut the fabric in 9 inch squares and get them on their way only to have them returned decorated and then I will sew them into banners only to have them returned at some point to Kenya. Weather is warming...Plants are popping out of the ground. The church court yard is being landscaped this week. It will be great space to use when it's a bit warmer.