Today was one of those ultimate summer days. We got a lot accomplished, and then we had a lot of fun. And in a few instances the work and fun even collided!
This morning and early afternoon was filled with finding the supplies I need to quilt my wall hanging. This will be my first hand quilting project so we'll see how that goes, but I'm pretty excited. If I could find a quilting hoop I'd be even more excited though. My friend Julia called me today and said she might be able to help me with that dilemma. One of the things she and I bond over is our love of sewing, and crafting in general. She said she might possibly have a hoop I could borrow. Ah, what would I do without friends?
I was over at Grandma's looking for the hoop when I got sidetracked by some old sheet music. I play the piano, but ever since my piano teacher Hazel passed away I haven't been extremely serious about it. I played on Sunday mornings for a year or so, but since I've gone to college I have completely trickled out of that. It's not the same without Hazel, but don't get me wrong- I do still love to play, especially when I have something new to try. I'm kind of bad about picking up music and sight reading it, but I haven't polished a piece in forever. Maybe I'll make that a goal before I go back to school. Maybe I'll have to go back to Grandma's and look at what she has.
This evening, we had our Parents' Night for VBS. Each class of kids got up front and sang one of the songs we learned. After the oldest kids finished their song, our Music Director made an announcement which shocked all of us teachers. She said the older kids had come up with an idea (uh huh- if the pre-teens and youth have an idea it's likely a wild one!). They wanted all of the teachers to come up and do the song "A-M-A-Z-I-N-G". Remember? That's the crazy one from Day 3. I'd kind of heard the rumor we might be doing it from some of the older girls that weren't being to secretive about their plan, but I think a few of the teachers truly were surprised. And a few managed to sneak their way out of it! But it is a great song, so I was glad we could humor their little plan.
After the program, the kids and their parents went downstairs for cookies and Cathy and I started tearing down all of the decorations. We had this big blow up world globe that seriously took me 30 minutes to deflate. I had to sit on it, hug it, step on it... It took Elizabeth a long time to blow it up but I think it took just as long for me to deflate it. After the families left, several other church members stayed to help clean up which was absolutely wonderful. Mom had halfway planned to come back in the morning, but we have more tomatoes that need put up and I'm headed to Columbia for the day so I'm really glad we got that taken care of. When everyone worked together, we got done in a jiffy. Actually, even though we had A LOT of cleaning and tearing down to do we got out the earliest tonight than we had all week!
But, with everything going on I didn't get anything in the crockpot for supper tonight and Elizabeth and Dad ate with the band group after their performance tonight. So Mom, Cathy and I went out to eat Mexican! Yum. Mom and Cathy were friends from college, and they ended up marrying cousins (kind of- my family tree is slightly confusing, branches tend to cross over in places). We always have fun times when Cathy's around, and tonight was no different!
Oh, and we almost got lost when we went to pick Elizabeth up from her band party to celebrate the end of band camp. But we made it just in time.
It was a lovely day- the perfect ending to a crazy, exciting, and fun-filled week. But I should probably turn in because tomorrow (or rather later today as I see the day has changed already!) will bring more excitement. I'm headed to Columbia for the day to help Marcia move (I can't believe she and I will be living in the same city again! Crazy where life takes us) and hopefully I'll be taking a few of my bigger pieces to my new place! Exciting stuff! It's just another leg of this exciting journey!
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