From the weekend…
My husband challenged me the other day to focus more on the light-hearted or upbeat realities of life, instead of always spending time on the “deep, dark, mentally-challenging” ones. So, in homage to Eric, here are some of this weekend’s interesting items:
- Eric still has his soul patch. It still looks a little odd on him, but we decided that’s because his haircut is too “normal.” If he went spiky, then he’d look totally ‘with it’!
- Friday night we hung out with my parents over at Karen’s. Karen & Erik were there, too. Jason was keeping my parents pretty entertained with smiles that might actually have been smiles, instead of gas.
- We drove out to the farm on Saturday afternoon. Pam gave me a basket of primroses for an Easter gift (the boys got candy). Eric grilled filet mignon for us for dinner (they’d just butchered a huge bull!), and we sat around the table after dinner, laughing and telling stories.
- We were late to the sunrise service because the clocks weren’t right in our bedroom. Oops!
- The Easter services were good, though the music leaders at my in-laws small, country church remind us just a bit too much of The Culps (Will Ferrell/Ana Gasteyer characters from SNL), complete with a drum machine.
- I’ve never sung “Celebrate, Jesus, Celebrate” with a drum machine before.
- We drove home in the early evening and spent the evening relaxing on the couch. We were in bed by 9:30 and slept in this morning until 7:30. So nice!
So that’s the brief recap. Today I have a number of little things to get to, including some errands. Eric left for work just a few minutes ago, so now I can start to figure out how to fill my day! Happy Monday!
For some reason, they waited until just after 6:30 to wake us up. The sunrise service started at 7:00 am. We made it by 7:15. Not bad, really!
I bet Jason is smiling – he hears his grandparents and/or parents voice. My granddaughter smiled from the time she was a few days old. At first we thought it was coincidence then started testing it. Every time she would hear our voices she would smile!
but they didn’t wake you up??
Yes, as my in-laws were up at 4 am for the milking, they made it to sunrise service with no problem. We did not help with milking.
Thank the Lord for a hubby that tries to lift you up. What would we do without them? That’s not to say we don’t want to know your troubles….we do. I want to help pray you through whatever you’re agonizing over……and I’m praying right now. Your card was so sweet….you are definitely a keeper.
I love the mental image of singing Celebrate, Jesus, Celebrate with the drum machine!! Ay least they’re trying to be more modern in their singing by using the drum machine!!
Have a fun day off!
@jedlund – Thank you, Julie! I had to be educated on this last week. Skim back an entry or two, and Shannah had a link.
What’s a Soul Patch?
The country church sounds great! LOL to drum machines!
Did Pam and Larry get to the service on time?
They weren’t our clocks. The upstairs bedrooms have bedside clocks that have to be reset every time we sleep there. But we don’t wear watches, so we couldn’t set them before we fell asleep. And the bathroom clock hadn’t been changed for daylight savings yet!
LOL to the drum machine!
Why were your clocks wrong?