April 17, 2006

• Happy day-after-Resurrection Day!

  
  

  The cantata was glorious!  We sang our hearts out, I think God was glorified.  Both of my kids and my almost sil came, but late.  I remember when I was there age, going to my uncles church and having to go to Easter Sunrise Service!  Kids today are so spoiled!  LOL.  I'm making fun of me in my dotage!

  
  

  I hurried home to put the lamb in the oven.  The ham cooked while I was in church.  Everyone else brought food.

  
  

  Posting pictures of the food and the guest.  Peter took the photos, but he only got a partial of me.  Oh well.  The food was better looking anyway.

  
  

   

  
  

  STanding at the table, waiting to bless the food.

  
  

   

  
  

  

  
  

  Peter loves this kind of shot.

  
  

   

  
  

  The only shot of me.  I thought I was helping Ken - turns out he was "posing" for Peter with the bread in front of his face.  Sigh.

  
  

   

  
  

  Fran helped me serve the hot stuff.

  
  

   

  
  

  Isn't this the prettiest jello salad ever?  12 layers!  Fran said it didn't take her all that long.  I was glad she made it and not me!

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  My aunt and her grandson, Ross.

  
  

   

  
  

  Ruth.

  
  

   

  
  

  Sam and Michelle.

  
  

   

  
  

  Dave, looking very contemplative.

  
  

  Today I am going to help Michelle file her Indiana taxes.  At least she got the federal ones in the mail.  She "didn't know" she had to do both.  What do they teach kids these days?

  
  

  I've been working to create a poster on perennials for Saturday, when there is a Master Gardening booth at Earth Day.  I'm supposed to work in the afternoon, assuming the baby doesn't come then.  This being somewhat on hold is difficult!  Hard to plan things.  At least between now and the middle of May.  I took a two day sub job in June - I figure that's safe!

  
  

  I need to go make the rounds.  It was too busy this weekend to get much computer time in.  I spent six hours outside in the garden on Saturday.  I'm a little sore now, but not too bad.  It felt so good!  I weeded, raked out leaves from perennial beds, and just generally enjoyed myself in the warm sun.  It really rained hard late yesterday - we need it.  But overall, the weather was nice for Easter.  I like it when it's later in the cycle, rather than coming in March!

  
  

  I read this book over the weekend.  I picked it up because I thought the author was Rhys Bowen, not Peter.  I plowed through the bitter end, although I'll never read another by him.  Maybe they're all not like this one, but boy, he really had it in for any kind of Christian.  See, this is what I don't understand about "tolerance".  It seems to only be applied in one direction:  we Christians are supposed to be "tolerant" (read accepting and, not just accepting, but embracing) of any other kind of belief or lifestyle.  And if we're not, the brown stuff hits the fan and flies!  But why then is it OK for those who don't believe to be intolerant toward us?  If a Christian wrote a book painting ALL nonbelievers with the same negative brush stroke that Mr Bowen used to portray the people of faith in this book, there would be a huge outcry against it.  But, since it's against Christians, it's OK?  Please explain this to me.  I don't get it.

  
  

  Anyway, don't read the book.

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