Last week’s whirlwind

“Monday was less busy, but we did talk with the Beeli girls concerning some clothes they wanted grandma to make.  It was slow,  but things began to pop Tuesday.  We went to exercise before going to the hospital for our afternoon of service.  We left early, changed clothes and drove to Asheville to visit Joann Fabric looking for patterns for making clothes for the Beeli girls.  We decided against buying any.  We went to downtown Asheville and ate dinner at Zambra, a Greek restaurant featuring tapas and wine.  From there we went to meet Karen and Dallas at the Tourists game.  Krispy Kreme was giving away coupons for free doughnuts.

We worked at the Open Door late morning and early afternoon on Wednesday.  There was an average crowd who enjoyed expensive steak from WalMart.  Actually we ate steak from WalMart.  The cooks, bless their hearts, just didn’t cook the steak properly, and most of the people threw theirs away.  There was so much waste that I brought 3 or 4 pounds home for our neighbor’s huge bulldog.  He will get a piece each day this week.  I went to another neighbor’s, Wanda, so she could help me dig up several “red hot pokers”, a type of long flower.  I nearly fell into the “branch” where they were growing but got about 15 plants.  We went to choir practice and to Canton for a blizzard before coming home.

Thursday afternoon, Wanda and I planted the pokers we had in the back of our house.  It was hot and I was tired.  We had a few left over and wanted to give them to another neighbor, Doris.  She would not tell us where she wanted us to put them and left to go somewhere.  I was disgruntled and gave what we had left to Wanda.  We cleaned up and went to the Moonshine Grill in Maggie Valley to meet the Koch and Surfus families.  We had a nice visit and good meal and made reservations for next Thursday when our little community will meet for dinner.

Friday morning we took our small suitcase and drove to Roswell for a fundraiser, Emmy’s Bash.  The family of the deceased little special needs child is honoring her memory by raising money for a building to provide childcare during the day for parents of the special needs children.  We spent some of the early afternoon visiting with Stacy and Tom but then went back to our motel to relax for a couple of hours before the dinner.  We were supposed to be attending a cocktail party with hors d’oerves.  What we got was heavy hors d’oerves and limitless wine and beer.  There was also a live band allowing us to dance 4 numbers.  We met several of the families and had wonderful blessings visiting with them.  The highlight was that Stacy was presented with an award for her work in her “Your Respite” business.  We certainly thank God for her dedication to His service.  Both she and Tom were gracious and also presented a video about the business.  We were back in the hotel around midnight and glad to sleep a while.

Saturday we packed up and went back to visit Stacy and Tom.  I went with Tom to take Olivia to work at the Tin Drum.  Also Tom had contacted the company that made the malfunctioning tablet.  He gave me suggestions as to how to exchange it.  We left for home and tried to find where Peter was attending band practice.  We found the place but not him.  We went on to Trader Joe’s for some supplies unavailable in other stores.  We drove home and rested a short time before going to HART to see the play, “Dearly Departed”.  I almost left during the first act because it was insulting to Christians, especially southern Christians.  It was not really sacrilegious in that it didn’t ridicule Christ nor the Bible, but it certainly hit Christians.  The 2nd act was much more palatable.  We had thought of inviting our friends here for dessert but were too tired and wanted to be rested for worship tomorrow.

Sunday our choir sang again.  We were late for the Bible study but on time for the run through of our song.  We sit in a choir loft with the choir and suffer.  It is hotter there than in the sanctuary, and it is noisy when the AC is in operation.  We heard almost none of the message from God.  We came home for lunch and the afternoon.  Gary and Linda came for popcorn and cards in the evening.