This morning I wanted to get to work early, which I did. But this was the first Sunday that Danny didn't come with me. He usually figures out how to get my key to work in that stupid door. Needless to say, I had to wait 30 minutes or longer until the Pastor came and opened the door. So much for getting some work done in the quiet.
Danny was going to go with Melissa to Oak Grove Baptist Church this morning. I wish I could have gone with them. I really miss singing hymns out of a book. I miss seeing people that I know. I miss going to church and not feeling like I'm the only one who's paid to be there.
Don't get me wrong, I like my job and the work it entails like making bulletins and such, but I don't really get a service that I can feel part of. I'm always on the alert to answer the phone or pick up trash or be on point when no one else is available to hand out bulletins. In otherwords, I'm the gopher.
I have to work Christmas Eve, especially since they're having a Candlelight Communion Service. Looks like I'll be setting up the communion items, making the bulletins, and making the songbooks. I hope I can get out in time to get home for our annual family Christmas Eve dinner outing.
Moving on to other things, Friday afternoon Lindsey closed on her new house! She is absolutely delighted, at the same time a little sad that it's not Big Mama's house that she'll be moving. I think in the back of her mind she may soon decide to rent her house out and move back to Blackwater. I mean, like it or not, she's a country girl deep in the heart where it really counts.
Anyway, she went by her house yesterday and Danny and I called to see if she wanted us to look for dining chairs. We had gotten her an oak dining table last year, which Danny is getting ready to refinish the top. Well, we stopped by the Salvation Army at General Booth, one of our favorite places and lo, and behold they had tons of chairs. Our man there said let him know and he'd cut us a deal. Another man offered us a couple more that nearly matched the first at a 2 for 1 deal. We couldn't pass either of them up and walked off with 6 oak chairs at a savings of $60! Lindsey was thrilled to have us meet her at the house and deliver her first furniture! Danny got the "inside" tour, doing the father things, like looking into vents, all while Lindsey told him (and me) that any criticism would be too late and justification to future barring from the premises! All in fun, of course.
She's got a good deal on a nice little place in a good area. It's a buyers' market and she's a smart investor. This will be a good move for the future.
