This and That

On the Sunday after we had Mark's mom's memorial service, a friend of mine was in charge of the altar flowers. She had saved the flowers from the Memorial Service and reworked them into the altar arrangement plus a wreath for the baptismal font. Mark's mom was the original chairperson of the Flower Guild and the flowers were in her honor. The arrangements were gorgeous!!

On the last Tuesday in June, our young professionals did some mission projects for our Hub. They tied tags on reusable shopping bags and they made baggies of goodies for the children whose parents attend the ESOL classes on Monday nights.

Mark and his sister, Susie, have begun to clean out their mother's house. It will take months to bring it to completion. She brought this windmill back from Germany and our daughter, Laura, asked for it. It smells VERY MUSTY. I've sprayed it with Febreeze and I've had it sitting on the screen porch for over a week. Any other ideas on getting that smell out of the wood?

I'm still waiting on the results . . .but I had a biopsy on a place on my ear. The dermatologist thinks it is basal cell carcinoma. If it is, I will have another bandange because he will have to remove more.

I got to have some Gran time with our 8 year old granddaughter (granddaughter #1) last week. She loves Claire's so we spent a long time in the store.

We looked at the crafts and toys in Walmart and then

we ate lunch at a Mexican restaurant.

She had her bunny in her purse and the bunny sat on her head

at lunch!

We hosted supper club at our house on Saturday night. In an earlier post, I included a picture of the duck that Mark smoked on the Pit Barrel Cooker. We also had Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breasts from Burgers Smokehouse. I made cheese grits to go with the meat.

I love our dining room.

Another thing Mark and Susie found in a closest at Gmom's house -- 2 bonnets. I'm going to take those to Laura and she will give to the theater teacher at her school.

On Tuesday night, the 3rd, we met our Young Adults at Moss Rock Tacos. On Tuesday nights they offer $2 tacos (a selection of 3 kinds) and $2.50 Mexican beers. They also offer margaritas at regular price :-)

This is an amazing find and it is going to Laura, too -- The copyright date is in the 1800's and again in 1906 (I think that is correct). It is a beautiful book.

Since my birthday is on Flag Day, I have a few cute patriotic decorations and Snoopy was a gift from a cousin last year. He looks so cute hanging on the oven door.

On Wednesday, the third, our friends treated us to dinner as a late birthday present. The young man working the front desk was NOT PLEASANT. Our server was great but they need to put someone else at the front door.

On the night of the 4th, we went to eat at Mark's sister's house with her and her husband. She has several chairs covered in this gorgeous fabric. She loves to paint and this fabric looks like art!

When we were driving home, the sky was crazy!

We''ve had two big thunderstorms today with HUGE thunder. Harvey and I both have PTSD. I may have yelled a word that begins with Sh and ends with T when a bolt was right beside our house. I may have then worn a path in the hardwood floor while praying out loud!!! Harvey was hiding under the bed and if I would have fit, I would have been under there with him! The lightning hit behind the houses across from us.

The firetruck came and actually checked out several houses. I don't think anyone had any structural damage.

BUT our neighbors had a gas leak!! I don't know if it came from the lightning strike or not. Spire came out after the firefighters left. They just left around 9:00 p.m. It looked like they had to dig up part of the street.

We've had another thunderstorm this evening. 

I've been studying for my mid-term which is Monday. I received my grade on my paper -- 95. I was pleased.