Events of the week

After worship, we went with Szymanskis for brunch at Brigette’s Bistro.  We always have good uplifting spiritual discussions with them.  We spent the rest of the day at home.  We might have invited Gary and Linda for popcorn, but they had flown to Colorado to meet his brother.  They didn’t return until late Wednesday night.  We ran many errands on Monday because CVS keeps sending me these coupons for 25% off.  The problem is that many of the things we want are already on sale, eliminating it from the discount.  But our main purpose was to get the ingredients for making gumbo.  We spent the afternoon chopping and cooking (I do the chopping).  We made a huge pot and enjoyed it for supper.  Actually, she doesn’t like gumbo, but, like the good Christian wife she is, she makes it for me.  Nothing much happened until Wednesday when Evelyn made a hot chicken salad from the recipe of a former friend, Genny Dirken.  She needed it to serve to the other women of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League at their salad lunch on Thursday.  She made a 9X12 pan of the item but brought most of it home.  We went to choir practice as we do most Wednesdays.  Something we didn’t do during the past weeks is volunteer at the hospital: it had to close due to a fire in the electrical room.  No one thought it would be closed so long, but the smoke had penetrated the entire AC duct system.  The patients had to be shipped to Sylva and Asheville.  After the LWML lunch, Evelyn brought the aforementioned chicken salad.  Since, Gary and Linda had returned home late last night, we invited them and Doris to our house to help us eat the leftovers.  We all loved the flavors.  I worked with 4 other men washing windows at the church all morning.  I got a bit dizzy while lying on my back washing the lower windows of the building with an A frame design.  You will have to imagine the windows almost at the level of the asphalt parking lot.  Before going to work, I had paid a bill at the hospital (now open) and was asked to help wheel patients out in the afternoon.  I agreed and changed into my volunteer work uniform, and rushed back.  I did not wheel one patient out all afternoon.  My was that boring!  I had been in such a rush that I had forgotten my tablet.  I had nothing to read and was paired with an elderly lady with little to say.  She can’t hear and neither can I.  We had a dull time.  I was able to go to the cafeteria for lunch.  I can’t believe how bad the food and décor is since we were here last autumn.  I had 3 cuts of pork that were barely edible.  I was happy to finish my tour and come home.  We just stayed in all evening instead of going downtown to the “Art after dark” feature. Saturday we went to the monthly flea market very near us but found nothing of interest.  We had a long list of places to visit including, believe it or not, CVS.  I had another coupon for 30% off.  I can’t get away from the place.  We bought items for the future, including an attachment for the sun visor that is to block the sun in the afternoon and morning.  We also donated 2 books to the library book sale coming at the end of this month.  We also looked at some vinyl to cover our fading stool covers.  When we get off the stools, we rub on the edge of the covering.  We may have to have it recovered.  about 4:30 we went to the Baptist church down the highway.  While we were watching the fireworks, the pastor gave the people along the street where we were sitting an invitation to a block party in the church parking lot.  Rain was threatening the party, so we didn’t stay long.  We came home to enjoy gumbo and relax in the evening.