Busyness

January 1 was relaxing. We putzed around in the morning and went to some friend's for a large dinner of spiral ham, collard greens (something to guarantee greenbacks in the new year), potatoes au gratin, a black-eyed pea dish whose name escapes me. It is hop-something, and the most delicious black forest trifle you could imagine. I spent the rest of the day practicing my sermon for Sunday. January 2 had me scheduled for a service at 8:00, 9:00, and 10:00, all at different parks. I rushed around all morning. We lounged in the afternoon and finally took time to welcome each other into 2005. :-) We decided if we were going to diminish the cookie supply, we needed to have dinner guests, so we invited two couples to help. We had mefallato sandwiches left over from the Sun Bowl party. The two couples had not met but seemed to hit things off very well. January 3 was a day for exercising and resting up. Well, I had to begin the scripture mulling process for next week's sermon. We also had to go to Mexico for some Lipitor for me. I am trying to lower my triglycerides through exercise and drugs. We did not go for a meal but did take the Durkins along. I also got a haircut at a Christian barber shop there called Glorias. The young ladies who give permanents, manicures and pedicures (and perhaps the young barbers) are Pentecostal missionaries, so we like to support them. Monday evening was a work evening for me. January 4 found us going to McAllen to borrow some videos from the Lutheran Church there. Evelyn leads a Bible study on Tuesday evenings dealing with The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. No one could find the videos so we had a sandwich at Carl's Jr. and came home. We had so much that we ate half at noon and the other half in the evening. Evelyn is in a ping-pong competition, partnering with a friend who hasn't played since she was ten. It was surprising how quickly she picked up some of the basics. I played against the two of them so they could practice playing doubles. Evelyn went off to the Bible study, and I stayed home deciding on a message. I half watched the first half of the Oklahoma embarrassment event at the Orange Bowl. As of now I don't know who won. More later.