So yesterday was an unusual day.  Eric slept until noon and then went into work for a couple of hours; he was home again by 3:30 or 4:00.  So I worked on laundry after he got up, and just putzed around while he was still in bed.  I finished the laundry this morning (it’s not put away yet, but it’s all folded!). 

Last night at church, we met the most probable candidate for our music minister position.  He and his wife seemed very nice, and I am very encouraged about his vision of drama/video and production, along with music, in reaching out to the lost people around us.  Now we’ll just have to see if God leads him here…and I’m so good at waiting.   Eric didn’t go last night.  After his 20 hour day and an odd schedule for the day, he was tired and had a headache.  And he figured if the guy came, he’d meet him then.  His last comment to me as I was on my way to the church was, “My eyeballs feel hot.”  It made me laugh!

Here is a link to the Worldview curriculum homepage that CU is putting together.  I’m in this one, so I thought you’d like it best!  It’s only a preview, but hey, it’s really me!

http://www.re-films.com/re/modules/cjaycontent/index.php?id=12

My day was pretty normal, all things considered.  I did get the groceries I needed (and managed to spend less than my goal amount!).  I also spent a couple of hours with my friends from drama, catching up and talking about our meeting with a potential music minister tonight (pray for that if you think of it…thanks!).  Then I was on my own for most of the rest of the day.  I wasn’t terribly focused on any one thing, but after dinner Karen stopped by to pick up some things and we chatted for awhile.  Shortly after she left, Eric called to say that they were still in Hunstville, AL, instead of at the Columbus airport where they were supposed to be. Storms in Atlanta had forced them back to Huntsville, and they weren’t sure what they’d end up doing.  So I told him to call me when they knew something and watched tv for a while.  I read in bed until 11:00, and he hadn’t called.  So I went to sleep.  I was awakened by the garage door opening at 2:00 am, so the poor man had been traveling all that time.  He’s still sleeping right now, and I’m not going to wake him up for anything!

Today I think I’ll do the laundry and tidying that I’ve been ignoring all week.  Such fun!

Yesterday, Eric came home about 1:30, and we went to get new tires for his Jeep which took most of the rest of the afternoon.  When we got back, I made supper (meatloaf and green bean casserole) before going to the girls’ bible study we’re doing this summer.  It was a very good discussion, I thought.  Then I came home so Eric could get to bed.

This morning, Eric got up at 4:30 to catch his 7 am flight to Alabama.  He’ll be gone until 8:30 this evening or so.  He and 3 guys from work are all flying down and back today to spend about 4 hours at the company they’re visiting.  It’s going to be a long day for him!

I did wake up when he got up, but dozed back off until he kissed me goodbye.  Then I fell asleep again until 7:15 when I got up.  Today I might be hanging out with some friends, I really could stand to go get a few groceries, and Karen might stop over to pick up some stuff they left here on the weekend.  I also do need to work on some house cleaning and laundry.  But it doesn’t all have to be done today!

Friday wasn’t terribly exciting…mostly cleaning up and getting things ready for Karen’s move on Saturday. 

The move went very well, I think.  It was amazing how much they had crammed into that apartment!  But it’s all in their new house now.  It was crazy hot on Saturday, too, and we had 12 adults (+ the nieces) working.  We needed all of the adults because it was just so tiring to be in the heat and working.  It was also good that Chris borrowed the box truck from Cedarville or we might still be working!  Of course, for me, the brightest note (no pun intended) was that I got Mom’s piano.  It is now happily sitting in my little living room.  I even started sorting through the sheet music and books in the bench to see what’s there.  YEAH!

Saturday night, I hosted a supper for everyone.  They came over and ate, and then everyone went their separate ways.  Needless to say, I was beat and my feet were killing me!  So I soaked them in my foot massager in front of the tv for a bit, then went to bed.  Sunday was very calm.  We just relaxed and hung out.  Eric figured out how to load one of his very old computer games onto his new computer, so he actually played a game all afternoon.  We did nothing strenuous: reading, goofing off, etc.  And we even went to bed before our lights turned off! 

It rained all day yesterday, but it was a nice rain.  Still sometimes I wish it could rain from a sunny sky…grey days are too dark for me.

Anyway, I got around and headed to Cedarville yesterday.  I did some thing in my office (checked my mail, got my books for planning, etc.) and ran to the library.  Then I went to my parents’ house.  I had a number of things to drop off there, and I had lunch with them.  Then I chatted with my mom until she left to get a manicure…can you believe that my mom is getting a weekly manicure now?  It’s still sort of funny to me!  But it’s a nice way to pamper yourself, so I’m glad she does it.  Anyway, then my dad and I looked at his books (which he is reorganizing since they had to box them all up when they got new carpet in the upstairs) and other fun stuff he’s collected over the years (two toy trains, two brass horses that belonged to his grandma, all sorts of shells, some old trophies and a toy gun among them).  We also found a stack of old Father’s Day cards that he’d kept…after 10 years or so, they are quite funny again! 

I left there about 3:00, so I just barely beat Eric home.  Then we just sort of putzed around for the evening.  I did go out to get coffee so he would have his morning caffeine today, but then we just sat and watched tv. 

Today I have a number of projects to work on.  I need to tidy up my house since people are coming over tomorrow night after we help Karen move.  I’m going to make some desserts for that as well today.  I have some books (and I brought home a whole stack from my dad) that I’m going to sell at Half Price Books.  We could sell them in our yard sale next weekend, but I’m sure we’ll get more for them at the store.  Also, Karen and I need to do a bit of grocery shopping for dinner tomorrow.  So I should be plenty busy today!

Yesterday, I worked mostly on a reading to do at church last night during a praise & worship time with the Music & Arts ministry.  I also did some cleaning and organizing (not much) before Eric got home.  I needed to go get more coffee for my husband (he likes Tim Hortons ground coffee at home), but I didn’t yet.  I may do that tonight sometime.

I’m heading to Cedarville for the day…nothing like driving in rain and thunderstorms.  But at least it saves me from having to water my garden this morning!  I need to work in my office a bit and then I’m heading to Mom & Dad’s to drop some things off there.  Eric is at a meeting this morning in Dayton.  He had to be at the meeting place at 6:45 so they could leave.  And they’ll be back early enough that he’ll have to go work for a few hours anyway.  I think if you have an out-of-town meeting, it should take the whole day!

Yesterday was not terribly exciting…I had trouble focusing on anything so I didn’t get much done.  I did take down the bed in our guest room so it would be ready to be moved this weekend, and I consolidated all the stuff that will be going to Karen’s so now everything is in one place.  But other than that…I didn’t really get much accomplished.  I did talk to my mom for a good long time in the afternoon, so that was nice.

Today is still a bit up in the air.  I might go to Cedarville, but I might save that for tomorrow, too.  So I guess that’s about all I have for now.  Maybe I’ll have more to say later!

I’m glad you all missed me yesterday!  I got on for the first time at 4:40, so I decided just to wait until today to post.

We left on Friday afternoon for the farm and spent the afternoon and evening getting ready to camp.  We had to mow the hill before we could get down to the campsite, but Eric got to use the newest tractor to do it so he was very excited about mowing!  Then we set up our campsite and had dinner (it was probably 7:30 or 8:00 by that time).  Then we sat and watched the fire and listened to coyotes (one in particular) and other such critters.  We went to bed around 10:30.  Sometime around midnight, it started to rain.  It rained most of the rest of the night, and I was, thus, up for most of the rest of the night (rain on a tent is VERY loud!).  It was still raining when we got up in the morning, so we made coffee and then drove back up the hill (Eric wanted to make sure we actually could get up the hill) and headed back to the farmhouse.  We spent Saturday morning reading, had lunch, finished our books, and then took a 3 hour nap (since we’d been awake all night).  That night was the last night of the Adamsville Homecoming (a festival similar to CedarFest), and we went up to see the fireworks.   Then we went to bed.

Sunday was church in the morning.  My mother-in-law had been at a conference in Pittsburgh, so she got back just in time for the sermon.  Then we went out for dinner, hung out at the house for a while, went over to Patti’s (Eric’s aunt) for supper, then came back to go flying.  My father-in-law has a paraplane and it was fit to fly, so he and Eric went up for over an hour and got lots of pics with our new digital camera.  They had a blast.

Monday we went into Amish country to buy cheese (Pearl Valley Cheese is the BEST ever, and it’s made with milk from the Hogue farm!).  We took the long way home, stopped in to chat with the grandparents Hogue, had lunch, then loaded up and came home.  I had about enough time to empty the Jeep, shower and get clean, clean the house and finish reading the chapter before the girls came over for Bible Study last night.  And I slept like a log last night because I was exhausted!

Still not sure what to do for today…I’ll figure something out!

Eric is on vacation for today and Monday.  We’ll be heading out to the farm to do some camping this weekend and hang out with the family.  We bought some supplies for camping last night, but we’ll have to return some stuff today (I hate finding out stuff is broken AFTER you get it home!).  And other than that, I have a few things to do to get the house ready to be gone for a couple of days…isn’t it odd that I have to clean my house because I won’t be in it?

Thankfully, Karen is going to water our plants for us…so hopefully they won’t die while we’re gone.  We’ve gotten a lot of zucchini already, and the tomatoes are doing very well.  We have TONS of peppers growing.  But the beans are still “on the way.”  Don’t know if we’ll end up with any of those really, but that’s okay.  We have gotten a small harvest, which is a good thing for our first try!