Holy Week.

And it's been Holy for a lot of reasons.  I was at church for work and church service Tues through Sat.  And tomorrow will be two services and then it's OFF TO MI.  Yahoo.  That's a real gift. 
The week has been wonderful...Church services most meaningful and today was PUT away things from Thurs. and Fri service and get out all kinds of silk flower arrangements we prepared a few weeks ago and real flower on the altar and sprinkled around where needed.  The sanctuary is stunning.  I think the best it has been for a long time.  Thanks to Ray Heilman...Oh, my.  Having a professional flower arranger with me with wonderful ideas is just the best.  And having the funds to make this all happen.  We are blessed.  So...time to sit and think about all the fun coming when in MI.  Yahoo...Can't wait but need to let a little time go by...Then we're out of here. 

Mon. evening.

Woo...busy..busy.  That's good.  Palm Passion Sunday went off without a hitch.  Matt. scripture and the visual/music were GOOD.  Today...Mon. was to be another work day at church but just to many other things came in the way so it's work day tomorrow.  New friend Mary will come and work with me and Ray will also be there.  Lots to do to pack up Palm Sun and get out Good Fri.  And Amy has planned a work day for the children who are on Spring Brake.  So...I may have some little munchkins to do a bit of running for me.  That can be a good thing.    I like to try something new. Still playing with fabric and made 8 more bibs.  Such fun...it's like coloring with fabric.  I gave a few away Sun...They were all Easter fabric bibs.  I do the basic sewing on my machine and then it's pretty patterns on Doris' machine.  What a gift.  Y still calls but I'm really tired tonight...Did only one 30 minute walk.  Left out late afternoon thing.  So back to my chair...knitting and TV and I'm sure there will be a nap somewhere. 

No water.

That is no water aerobics this week.  Just no time. I have hit the tread mill as usual every day.   Monday morning I spent at church getting ready for Palm Passion Sunday.  Lots of work but I really enjoy doing that.  Took banners down...Found a visual for each part of the Passion readings from Matthew.  This coming Fri...back to church to prepare palms.  Turned over a new leaf...that means cleaned the bathroom...washed rugs...floor and dumped a bunch of stuff way to long living in the drawers.  Woo...that felt good.  I continue to knit fish dishcloths while watching tv...today I made two more bibs.  Dug horse radish on Monday and ground it up...YUM>>>YUM...I love horse radish.  It's so mild this time of year.  I gave a little to Eric.  It's wonderful on eggs...salad dressing...I even put it in some soup.  Delicious. 

Can't believe it's another Fri.

WHERE does the time go.  If I knew I'd make a million.  This week...hum...Eric and fam have been in LA for a wedding and fun...So...early morning together with Eric...Not existing.  But...I continued to go the Y.  Just not as early.  Still adding water to the plan and beginning to see that it's getting a bit easier.  Who would have thought it would be HARD.  Today...Fri. Fun, fun.  A great friend died about a month ago.  Husband of a choir member and have known him for at least 25  years.  His memorial service is tomorrow and wife Jessica asked me to do the flowers.  So not possible to turn a good friend down.  So...Ray H. and I went off to the wholesale florist a few weeks ago...ordered the flowers and today we played and played.  Such fun.  We made 9 table arrangements for the party after the service...2  large vases full of flowers for the altar and it was just pure fun.  Ray had a florist shop years ago...knows a lot about arranging and just a fun person to work with.  Jessica wanted garden flowers and we had a bunch for sure.  So tomorrow the choir is singing some great stuff during the service...Jim was a music teacher among other things like one terrific trumpet player.  So...lots of music and time to celebrate his life with us. 

Next week...I'll be chasing my self...It's the beginning of Holy Week prep.  So...there will be a lot of church work.  Things to find...place for Palm/Passion Sun.  and then on to Holy Thurs.  Good fri. and finally Easter and then after that...Yahoooooooo...off to Mi to see the lambs.  Well...JB and Family as well for a few days.  Yahooooooooooooooo.  We'll be out of here. 

Friday...Wooo...

As I said...It's bib week.  And it took all week to get those bibs done.  So many steps and such fun with fabric and Doris' machine.  Lots of play time with so many different stitches.  Today I figured out how to do button holes.  And...grand total for this week 17 bibs.  Woo...I still have so much fabric that has been given to me.  Lots of scraps that still are big enough to make something.  Y continues.  Today I did water aerobics after the tread mill.   A good friend is the teacher and she really kept us going.  Took a horrible fall because the floor was sooo slippery on the way to the dressing room.  Worse than ice in my estimation.  But...No broken bones.  No sore places anywhere.  Just a good ding on my elbow that doesn't seem to be a problem.  I think the Y should be fixing this  PROBLEM.  I'm not the first for sure to land up on the floor according to my new aerobic friends.  Watching TV...knitting a little.  Hope to visit some yarn shops tomorrow to see if they are interested in the Kimmy JB wool. 

Tues evening

Things seem to be a bit simpler lately.  That's good for this old lady!  I put the yarn for slippers in the closet.  I have 12 pr. done.  That's enough.  Then started knitting dish cloths again and now I have enough of them so it's on to bib making time and I soon will have enough of them.  I LOVE making bibs.  It doesn't take a whole lot of fabric and they are all different and those ideas just come out of my brain.  They do take a lot of time because there are so many steps to making them.  I made 10 last week and this week I will have 12 more finished by the end of the week.  My hope is to have fun at the Sec. Presb. fall bazaar getting rid of all of this stuff.  St. Luke's UMC also has a good sale.  I love making bibs among other things.  And my stash of fabric keeps me going for a long time thanks to all my friends that gave me their stashes! 

The Y continues to call and I really enjoy that place going early in the morning and then around 4 in the afternoon.  So luck to drive only about 2 miles to the Y.