Todd Agnew

Our church sponsored Todd Agnew in concert on the 28th, at discount prices! only $15 a ticket. The church was packed. I took my new mentee IM. She's very sweet. She is 16 and working on getting her driver's license. We had a pretty good time. Todd Agnew is very funny. He spent as much time talking to us as he did singing, which was just fine because he was funny and humble. And kind of right on point about alot of things. Like clapping when someone says something true about Jesus, but not changing anything about their life. He doesn't really care for clapping.

I also saw a movie, End of the Spear. I have been waiting for the movie for about 3-4 years! I first heard about it at a Steven Curtis Chapman concert, where Steve Saint and Mikanue (spelling?) were on stage! It was a good movie. You could get the main point, God forgives all things, and true christians can forgive all things (Steve Saint forgave Mikanue for killing his father. He lives in Ecuador w/ Mikanue and his family!) but I thought it would be more spelled out! When it was discussed at the concert it was so clear that I started crying. But the movie is still good and worth seeing.

God Bless

The wedding

So, it's done. They are married. It was an interesting experience. The wedding was supposed to start at 2, it started sometime after 3:15. I froze, as did everyone else. I was shivering! and I still have my cold, Sunday was pretty bad, the freezing set my recovery back.

The groom had 2 girls from a prior marriage. The best part of the ceremony was when the Pastor said that the new parents were committing to a family and kids and gave commitment rings to the 2 girls (very pretty diamond platinum) The girls were so excited and the older one (11, and 9) almost cried. It was so very sweet.

I had to safety pin the top part on the back of my dress, the snap kept popping. Unfortunately, when I was dancing at the reception, the pin kept popping too. Some very nice people always pinned it back together for me. The reception went pretty good. The food was awesome. The dinner part started pretty late too. The head table went first, and thank goodness I was at the head table, the line moved VERY slow. The line went right by the head table so all the staving guests got to watch us eat!

I flirted with a guy in line he was really cute. Then he dropped his name and I bet I made a really icky face. His last name is not a common one and I knew instantly he must be related to a defense atty in my county, a defense atty no one can stand. He confirmed that he was the guy's son. We kept talking a bit longer, til the gap between him and the person in front of him was too big to ignore. It was kind of fun. I don't flirt very much, or very well, but it seemed to be going ok. He left before the dancing started tho. Oh well. After the icky face, he might not have wanted to talk to me anymore anyway.

God bless.

Winter Colds

So, the past two days I went home sick at lunch. I have a winter cold. I thought I would be safe from them since I was VERY sick just before Thanksgiving. I usually only get one illness a winter season. Nope, just because I have to stand outdoors for a few hours for a wedding, I have to go and get sick! I have to get better by tomorrow night (the rehearsal dinner). Sigh. I still have to get shoes, but a friend has offered to lend me a pair of hers, I have worn them before so I know they fit! I was trying to find closed toed ones, so I wouldn't be completely frozen, but no luck. It will be about 52 degrees out on Sat. Not my kind of weather. I like about 85!

God bless.

So little time

Donna's wedding is in less than 2 weeks, and she still seems a bit behind in preparation, but I have faith that it will all come together just fine. I tried on the dress I ordered yesterday, and it fit...barely!! No more snacks for me til the wedding! I have to find a pair of silver shoes. Donna booked a Hair/Makeup salon for us on the 21st and we are all getting hair and makeup applied. I hope they don't put it on too heavy. I also hope they give me the tube of lipstick they use on me. I can't stand lipstick and I chew it off within minutes of putting it on. I am going to try really hard not to do that, but I better have the lipstick so I can fix it. The dress comes with a little purse so I can put it, a little mirror, a camera, my keys and my driver's license in there! I am so glad that it comes with a purse.

Pray that it is warm and sunny on the 21st please, Donna wants an outdoor wedding, and I don't want to freeze!!!!

I am also frantically working to finish the cross stitch for their wedding present. It's a wreath and I am going to put in the middle, A fairytale romance (her wedding theme) their names and date and a Bible verse. (as soon as I can find one I like) I am at the backstitching stage (outlining the flowers and leaves and ribbons) and then have the letters to do. Then I have to figure out if I can frame it myself or let Michaels do it. They do a great job framing my cross stitch stuff, but that takes 2-3 weeks. If I let Michaels do it, I am going to take a photo of the cross stitch and put it in the card and tell them the actual picture will be there when they get back from their honeymoon. (3 weeks in Figi)

God bless.

Back in California

So much for the hit or miss. Everytime I went to the library to check my email, I had SO MANY emails that I didn't have time to get to the blog. Each time, Mom or Dad, had already found their books and were waiting for me to just finish up the email! I didn't want to keep them waiting.

It was a very different sort of vacation. I went to the beach twice, went to all my second hand stores and found some pretty good deals. I even went bowling once with Mom. But it was all under a cloud. The stress and the worry underlined everything we did. The first Monday I was there, the 12th of Dec, Dad went and had an ultrasound on his arm. It was swollen. They found a blood clot and put him on this drug called cumiden (sp?) to prevent more blood clots. But the Dr. neglected to tell Dad that his Protime levels had to be checked regularly (every 4-5 days!!) so on Dec. 25th Dad wasn't feeling so great and he called the Dr.'s answering service. About 7 pm he got a call back and was told to go to the Emergency room to have his blood checked. So, on Christmas we all went to the hospital. They ran the test, and the Dr. said a normal person was a 1 and someone on plavix (as Dad is) should be a 2 and someone on plavix and cumiden should be a high 2 or a low 3. Dad was a 9!!!!!!!! He was very toxic and spent the next day and a half in the hospital, increasing everyone's stress level. He's fine now and his levels are being monitored.

God bless