Hummm

Don't know if I've mentioned this but I've been having jaw pain for a couple of weeks.  Sometime good sometime bad.  I had a regularly scheduled dentist appointment on Monday and...Humm...the bad went down hill fast...Off to get a root job at Doc. Nasser.  Humm...not cheap for sure.  But...since that is over I'm feeling much better...Could it have been the infection...Back to the old pep level that I seem to have.  That's good.  Taking pills to get rid of the bad  and that's another good thing.  Wed. met friend Ray at church and we have two huge wreaths done for Advent.  Cleaned up the visual arts closet among other things.  It always makes me feel good that wreaths are waiting to be hung.  The rest is a piece of cake so to speak. But...lots of places need decorating.  Today was Soup Kitchen day and we had a huge number of folks that kept me hopping.  Woo...we were busy and had enough food for everyone.  Tonight is choir rehearsal and getting ready for Dan Forest and music Sunday for both services with a small orchestra.  It's stewardship Sun..  Special rehearsal on Sat. as well.  Did a bit of sweeping this afternoon but not before I spent at least two hrs working on the vacuum.   Found one big plug..washed it up nice and clean...then back together...then belt broke...apart...back together...then found another big plug in another part of the sweeper...back together.  So...I'm feeling that if I had taken it to the repair shop they would have charged an arm an leg.  It's such a simple thing to fix but sure takes patience and time. 

The good and the bad.

Woo...It's Sun. evening and I'm a happy camper for a lot of reasons.  Sat. is over...Just a lot of responsibilities to cram into the day.  The sale at church went well and one of the best things that happened was that the vendor beside me was a weaver and did I ever ask a lot of questions?  Yup.  Such a fun conversation. Then the bad...backed into a car while leaving the church parking lot.  Home to unload stuff.   Then off to niece Beth's house for a wonderful supper with a great friend from Va along with sister Mary K.  Just a lovely time together.  Then off to Panera where we picked up pastries for church...back home and realized that I had lost my car phob.  Doug thought I left it at Panera...I had no recollection of that and was in a totally frustrated mood about what could have happened.  My tooth still was hurting...and I knew I left that tiny bottle at Panera so made a 10 pm trip to the drugstore for more.  Well...the good news is that back to Panera today and there were the keys and medicine.  What a dunce of a brain that is with me.  So...this afternoon...asleep on the chair...good for my tooth...and good for a sleepless night.  Tomorrow the dentist.  Woo...won't be to soon.  Football wasn't the best.  So it was a total good and bad this weekend with the hope that the good will win out.  Oh, yes...a wonderful offertory solo by friend Mark.  That was sooooo good.  Talented guy singing words and music written by a great choir friend Denise.  It was GOOD!

Friday.

Woo...this week has been busy.  When I get old I'm going to slow down.  It's been a week of visiting doctors among other things.  And the doctor stuff is coming together.  Big church meeting Wed. evening with a positive vote by the church body to get the building project going that will bring some economic growth to the neighborhood with additional housing perhaps a grocery store as well as other businesses.  North owns land to the west of the church where this project will happen.  Will take some time but we now have begun.  Thurs...Soup kitchen with lots of work.  Woo...bushed again with a good nap in the afternoon before my mammogram and Doug's Doc visit with a new doc.  Then choir practice.  Today the little kids are coming...if time a trip to church to set up for the bazaar on Sat.  And through all this...I have a bad tooth ache that will be taken care of on Monday.  Grr.  Happy to have the liquid that numbs the tooth area.  I'm using that big time.  Must have a cracked tooth. Did a library visit Wed. and now learning about dying fabrics.  Won't do it but it's fun to read about.  Picked up some weaving books...ordered black lacing thread and when that arrives will start back on the braided rug.  I hope this time lacing will go better with what I've learned about lacing.  Remains to be seen. 

The WEEKEND!

Panda Poo is back home with my little friend looking quite well.  And the rest of the week was busy as ever.  Soup kitchen Thurs...Picked up a car for Sarah Ellen who will be back soon from Kenya for 6 weeks. Choir practice.   Then Fri...off to see Jared/family.  Woo...we had a lot of great fun.  Gave JB/Kimmy a huge box of cut up t shirts for the loom.  Asked lots of questions and Jared said...We're weaving a rug.  Woo...I learned even more after the explanation.  So...Kimmy posted a few pictures on facebook.  I learned that at least 80% of the work goes into getting the loom prepared with thread...leaving maybe 20% to weaving time.  It was sooooo much fun.  I carded wool...8 oz. Kimmy spun some wool.  Worked on my braided rug resulting in taking almost the whole thing apart.  It just wasn't laced correctly.  "If something is worth doing, it's worth doing right".  Guess who told me that.  R Russ.  So it will be correct.   Bought two wool coats at Salvation Army...took them apart and will wash them to make the rug bigger.  Visited with the kittens.  Checked out the sheep.  Saw the kids get off the school bus...Yahoo.  Went to church.  Went antiquing and Kimmy got something to hold  wool when winding into balls.  It's really old and unusual and works really well.  And a GATE LEG table.  It's sort of beat up but I still call it a great find.  5 bucks.  I think JB/Kimmy will refinish it.  This is only part of the weekend.  So back home in Indiana.  I'm knitting...will start again on the rug at some point and getting ready for the bazaar Sat at church.  I'm selling honey from Michigan. 

Sunday!!!!

Well as bad a last Sunday was, this Sunday was the exact opposite.  Woo.  Wonderful.  Infact the whole weekend was good. North Church has a Green Team that is doing lots of things that reduce our negative foot print on the earth.  So...Sat.  North hosted an Indiana Conference Team that brought in 3 powerful speakers that are related to the care of the earth.  Two speakers in the morning and one in the afternoon.  I added the visuals to the Sat and Sunday events.  And then today...one of the guys preached.  Well, the weaving of the music by the children's choir...adult choir...scripture...responsive reading and response to the sermon  along with the selection of hymns for the day was so impressive.  what a package.   And then we had a wonderful friendship time in the court yard with perfect weather.  Lots of visiting with people just hanging around I think not wanting the morning to be over.  It was a very good weekend.  This afternoon ended with the blessing of the animals.  And then...Amy gave me patches to sew on her son's boy scout shirt and I repaired another little friends badly chewed up Panda Poo bear.  This little girl just finished successfully a long long series of chemo treatments.  And her Panda Poo that went with her from the beginning of her treatments until she was finished was badly chewed by her dog.  Badly chewed.  Well in my Goodwill wonderings...I found another good Panda that gave up it's eyes and tail to fix Panda Poo.  And Panda Poo looks wonderful again.  I surprised myself about the great job that has healed Panda Poo  Can't wait to get the two re aquainted again.  It was a very good weekend and the Colts won!  Woo, woo. 

Back to church in the morning to put away stuff and get out some other stuff for the sanctuary.  It was a good day.  Did I say that.  Oh, yes I also did the altar arrangements with grasses, seed pods from the caster bean plant and some other things.  They were much appreciated by so many folks. 

Good Grief.

Sunday was a crazy day that I want to forget.  Way to much responsibilities with way to little time.  I will remember that for sure.  So...better planning on my part much better planning.  The weather still continues to be warm.  Where is fall?  We're in the 80's...Need to get the wool blanket off the bed.

Wed. at Good will is Senior day.  30% off.  I found another good wool coat with the Blocks label on the inside.  That store has been out of business for at least 20 years.  The coat is wonderful.  The lining is in the trash.  The wool is in the washing machine and I'll be able to tear long strips and the rug goes on at some point soon.  Dropped the wool for a few days and knitted two pr. of house slippers.  Watching TV.  So sad so I switch to Love it or List it.  I love that show along with a few others on FYI station.  It gets one's mind in a better place.  We had RAIN this morning.  Maybe 15  minutes.  But the ground is one desert place.   I'm back at the Y which is a good thing.