I left off in the early early morning of Jeff's birthday. Sleep time went quickly and the alarm clock said, "Time to get up!" Jeff and I got to church at 0830 for orchestra practice. Mary wasn't too far behind with Matthew. Rehearsal was a little scary...I was having trouble with the hymns. I had to bank on "bad rehearsal, good performance" mentality. Sunday School went well. I only had two kids, but I think they learned the story of Jesus being annointed by the woman washing his feet with perfume and and drying it with her hair. Then I ran up to practice with the choir..I was the accompanist. Church started and thank goodness the hymns came together and orchestra held me up! The choir anthem went well and our orchestra anthem "How Beautiful" came together after stopping and restarting after just a few measures. Sometimes you just have to do that. My biggest booboo came just before communion. I forgot I had to play more than just the Create in Me portion of the liturgy. When I heard Jeff say "praising God and singing", I thought, uh oh, better find the music quick! I sightread it and did just fine. Whew! I got through without any other problems. The congregation sang Happy Birthday to Jeff. It was very nice.
When we arrived home there was a message on our phone. Wouldn't you know it, Mary was offered a job at McDonald's on a message. She starts tomorrow for a one hour orientation. They know that she works every Friday at Jim's restaurant.
The afternoon was filled with travelling to Grand Rapids to get Matthew some cleats for baseball. Matthew found some nice cleats and Jeff and I each got a pair too for church softball season. I threw my old ones away at the end of the last season. In the meantime, we got texts from Sarah about her trip home from Illinois. The team bus overheated and they sat for an hour waiting for a new one. Luckily there was a McDonald's nearby for them to have a snack and just get out of the bus for awhile. She got back while we were shopping and waited for us to pick her up. Dinner was at Texas Roadhouse where we had a good steak dinner and a waitress that liked to call Mary, "Honey". That drove Sarah and me crazy! Needless to say with all the driving, shopping and eating we got to bowling pretty late. We expected to bowl our first game after our last, but it took so long for everyone to figure out how to set up the scoreboard we actually bowled the whole first game. Sadly we lost all four again. Spotting another 100 pins in handicap and some good bowling on both sides, we just couldn't catch up. I didn't get a Happy Meal afterward, but instead we had birthday cake! It was delicious if I do say so myself!
Monday I got a lot done on the computer and then Sarah and I did some errands before Mary got home from school. She didn't get to go material shopping on Sunday, so I promised her we would go on Monday. Green was the color we were on the lookout for and did we find a beautiful one! Emerald Green! This is a big undertaking, but she is excited about doing it. Joann Fabrics is having a prom dress competition. Mary can win scholarship money for a winning dress photo entry. Good luck Mary! The night wasn't over yet!
Mt Calvary preschool had a fundraiser at a local pizza place. We got there and ordered, but I had to leave before it was finished for kids choir and chimes. There is a sickness going around and had several missing from both groups. We still managed to have a good rehearsal and will be ready for chimes on Sunday. Luckily when I got home, there was pizza waiting for me! Mmmmm!
Today I got a haircut and then Sarah and I went to Applebees for lunch with my golf buddies. Pretty soon we will have nice enough weather to golf before lunch. We did some shopping together and then I got an appointment with an orthopedist to get a second opinion about my painful feet. Today ended up with a home made taco dinner, TV and OU women's basketball. I am blogging! Tomorrow Sarah and I have another day together and who knows what we will decide to do. She does need to do her taxes while she is home, laundry and I think even some homework! Can you imagine that! Soup supper, church and choir for some of us and Mary and Matthew will be performing at the first of two Collage Concerts at the High School. We will attend on Thursday.
That is probably enough for now...I am tired of typing!
Gracie
PS: Mary is feeling a lot better!
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