Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Fun and More Fun...

Well, these past few days have been busy yet fun.  We enjoyed baking as a family on Wednesday.  I especially enjoyed making the Challah bread which is my specialty.  :)  Then on Thursday, I went with my Dad to help him with his bread class at the LEI Institute on the OSU Marion Campus.  He did a fabulous job teaching and got rave reviews on his class.  We also sold really well on our baked goods including selling out of my Challah!

Then that night and Friday, we got the house cleaned, errands run, etc in preparation for Shabbat.  Shabbat was very relaxing.  We enjoyed listening to Bill Cloud speak at Monte's Erve Shabbat Service on Friday night.  Then on Shabbat, we listened to a couple of messages by Brad Scott who will be speaking at our congregation for Shavuot.  We also got a family walk in too!  It was a good and refreshing day.  

On Sunday, the young people of our congregation went bowling! Nicole, Joseph, and I had a lot of fun.  Joseph royally beat us girls even though we did our best to give him a run for his money.  I figured out that I had not been bowling in about 10 years, and it was so good to be back in the "game."  :)  We ate supper at the cafe there.  Their taco salad was as amazing as a remembered which was the best taco salad I have ever eaten!  Then we bowled one more game (our third game) and headed to the ice cream parlor for desert!  :)  Nicole was able to come home with me and spend the night.  We enjoyed the girl time.  We are very close...like sisters...and had not been able to spend quality time together with our schedules in the last few weeks...so we were more than ready for it!

Sunday and Monday, I caught up on things around the house which made me feel good.  Then on Tuesday, I had my house cleaning job which went well.  I ran by the library on my way home, got a shower, and then went grocery shopping with Momma!  We went up to see Gaga after supper.  He had pneumonia right now; however, since he has been back on his antibiotic, he has been doing so much better.  With him being 87, we are always very concerned when he gets sick and have to be very proactive in making sure he is taken care of.

Today, I met one of my board members for lunch, and we brainstormed for the ministry as well as worked on where do I want to focus on.  That was very helpful.  I came home for some other pending work items...then I've been working on my book.  Now, I'm heading off to go gather the kitties and go for a walk with my mom!