Day 248 - I Love Sundays

It's Sunday! I love Sundays. Oh don't give me that look, how am I supposed to know you know? I'm not a mind reader after all. Anyway, today was also Family Fun day at The Church At Argyle and Sunday Brunch @ The Reed's Slice of Paradise.

I speak often of members of my church family. I thought I might introduce you to a few.

The photo at the top of the page is Ms. Amy. If you don't know her then you don't read my blog. I love this woman to bits and pieces. She is the heart of The Church at Argyle to me. Even though I have mad love for this woman, I HAVE to admit I was laughing my booty off as I watched her son practice for when it was her turn in the dunk tank. *snickers* Love you Ms. Amy!

This is Ms. Marry. She gives the most incredible hugs ever. She is the very first person I met at this church and I love her madly.

Pastor Hal and another of my Fav Five. In the early days when I had a chip on my sholder and a score to settle, Pastor Hal took the brunt of it. I never rattled him and the day he told me "you're headed in the right direction" I felt I had turned a corner. BTW, I've NEVER seen him in shorts before. Nice Knees Pastor Hal!

This is John S. and he and his wife run the Argyle Cafe. They were the first group to let me in and make me feel welcome. I'm one of the "Cafe Club" and I feel welcomed. He is another of my Fav 5 and he seems to like my photography. That makes my heart happy. I wish I had done a better job with this photo. With Johns beard, his batman Tee and that adorable baby, it could have really been spectacular. Thanks for everything Mr. John.

The Church At Argyle is an amazing place. My relationship with God has grown explanentially and I have been supported and not judged, loved and not corrected, taught and not shamed. As I walked through the fun this morning humming to the music blasting, eyeing the snowcones, smelling Chef Leroy's amazing spread, eyeing Grill Master Gil's burgers, getting splashed by the slip and slide, I realize the song I'm humming is "Super Freak". Dude, that says it all right there.

Peace ~

Day 171 - Father's Day, Interviews and Responsibility

"The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs."
~Joan Didion~

1 of 66: Interview with John Santillo

Today was a good day. It had it's moments of mind blowing frustration. Let me tell ya, video editing is not for the faint of heart. But all in all it was a good day and the man said I made him an awesome father's day so I'm a happy superhero.

I started the day with a full workout. Then church where I got to conduct my first interview for my new blog. Boy, did I learn a lot. John was inspiring! The Pixie was my videographer and I was the editor. After much hair pulling, I learned: Take shorter video, convert them to Quicktime BEFORE upload, did I mention taking shorter videos? Take several small videos and NOT one long one, youtube upload SUCKS I mean it's SLOOOOOOW, and if you forget to eat while editing, it magnifies the grumpies.

Oh, and church rocked! After the interview I got to spend a few hours in God's Garage and Upstreet. An Amazing place (pardon the pun Ms. Amy) full of kids and dance and fun and lots'a love. I took Brutus and we rocked da house! I tried out a new photo technique with my speedflash and it worked! Reading all those books just paid off! Check out the rest of the photos! The virtue for this month is Responsibility and as usual, right on target for what I need to learn. Oh, and they showed a video today. THE best video EVER and one I MUST have for my birthday. VeggieTales "Lord of the Beans". Guess what? The villians are SPORKS! I nearly fainted with joy. The Pixie has instructions to see to it her father get's me this video for my birthday Wednesday! The Church at Argyle is THE place to be. I love my church. It's interactive, multimedia love at it's very best. (Oh, the tip? Here :)  

The man got his Father's day gift and loved it. Even when Roy kept running off with his golf balls. I could not resist commenting "You took his balls, now he's taking yours!" Yeah, I know, but I just couldn't help myself.

This year, out of nowhere, the man asked for Love burgers (apparently he saw the recipe in the newspaper some time ago) and Divinity. Um, huh? I'm a Yankee, what do I know about Divinity? After much drama, the divinity ended up turning out kinda like divinity chips, but tastes GREAT! The Love burgers were a HUGE hit and will be our new burgers of choice from now on. NO burger is good for you, but these are better than our normal recipe. It's VERY lean beef, sea salt, fresh pepper AND THAT'S IT. Amazingly good in their simplicity.

I love all Sundays, but as Sundays go, this one rocked!

Happy Father's day to all and to all Peace out ~

Today I'm grateful for:

Saturday Gratitude

Today I'm grateful for:

an $11 vet bill. You see, apparently the hamster has been eating fleas. Did you know eating fleas causes worms? Glad I know now. I must remember to avoid eating fleas. To all you Anvantix users out there? Um, yeah, it don't work. I just made the hamster eat a Comfortis pill. We shall see. In the mean time, my vet rocks! I had NO appointment, I showed up at opening, they got me right in, the fed the hamster a pill and we were on the way home. Total bill? $11 for the pill. Awesomeness man, total freakin awesomeness.

helping a friend move. No, seriously, it was fun. Now, mind you, she and I were in the house chatting and packing while the men were hauling, lugging and pushing large pieces of furniture in the rain, but hey, "I" had fun. I'm gonna miss my BFF being 3 doors down though *le sigh, le cry*

having a dog that LIKES to eat pills. Now, this may be a drawback when I drop one of mine, BUT after 17 years of trying to hide pills in cheese and having Misty yak them back up it's a nice change. Today Roy ate the worm pill, his new flea pill and his heart worm pill without a struggle and NO cheese. I didn't have to hide it at all. In fact, the little beasty sat up and begged for it. Good Boy Roy!

serving at church. I've been wanting to be of service to my church for months now. I finally managed it. Tonight I help in the kitchen prepping for the big family brunch tomorrow, tomorrow I help serve the brunch and lead the 2 year old class. Oh, and I get to deliver my church cookie boxes tomorrow. Nice, very nice. To bad the Singing Christmas Tree has been canceled due to rain *sighs* but with any luck, I'll get to see it tomorrow. *prays* If you're in the area, come on by tomorrow night. Live band, live music, under the starts and free hot chocolate. Can you think of anything better?

Jury duty. Since I can't get out of it and it IS my civil duty, I've decided to be grateful for it. At least it's a change of pace and I can get some good reading in while I wait. With luck I'll get an easy case, BUT if I get the big nasty one going on here in Clay County, you will hear me scream from there. Yes, even you in Alaska will hear me scream.

not freaking out over all I need to get done. Have I mentioned I have Jury duty tomorrow? I also have the Ornament swap on the 17th, have to bake cookies for and serve at the Angel Tree dinner on the 20th, do ALL my Christmas shopping next Saturday (seriously) grocery shop for our Christmas dinner & wrap the gifts. Um, Christmas is only 12 days away *twitch* I WILL NOT FREAK OUT, I WILL BE GRATEFUL.

God. He gave his only son. For me and mine. When I look at the Pixie I KNOW I couldn’t do it, but he did. Thank you and I love you are hollow in the face of that, but really, it's all he asks.

My tree.

This year's theme? "Over the top"