It's been a BUSY weekend, even though by all rights, since our Girl Scout camping trip was canceled, I should have had nothing to do since I had planned on being gone all weekend....
Yesterday was a strange day - wet and soggy, but in the afternoon we had blue skies and a gentle breeze, and I began to feel foolish, second-guessing our decision on Thursday to cancel the camping trip due to predictions of bad weather. But around 9pm we had severe storm warnings, tornado warnings, and I thought how hideous it would have been to be up there with the girls on the mountain at camp in platform tents, with no real shelter. Ugh... So yes, we made the right decision. We popped a big bowl of popcorn and played cards, listening to the wind howl outside.
Thankfully we didn't get any really nasty winds or weather at our house.
Church today was wonderful. Rachel and I went early to work in the church library. We spent an hour pulling all the children's books off the shelves and resorting them. Truth be told I did most of the sorting because Rachel kept opening books and reading them..... The shelves looked lovely when we were finished, and just in time too, because after Sunday School several kids came in to check out books. It was great to actually see what we have, and what we don't, so I am much better prepared when I visit second-hand book sales. Our church libary has a pretty good selection of children's books. Sadly we have no Winnie the Pooh books (yes, I was shocked!) so I will be looking for some of those, but I want to get the original ones, with the illustrations by E.H. Shepherd, not the newer "cartoon" books. We also have no Frances books - do you remember the Frances the Badger books? And we have no Max and Ruby or Curious George books! These are all books I loved reading to Rachel and James when they were young. Next week I'll be tackling the youth book section...
The sermon today was wonderful, and we had the Lord's Supper, and then we sang "I'm so glad, I'm a part, of the Family of God..." for closing. Just perfect.
After church Rachel and I and Jane (Granny) drove in to Chattanooga to get Rachel some new jeans and shirts; she has outgrown everything we bought at the beginning of the school year. And although I generally detest shopping for clothes, it was a successful trip! Yeah!
Blessings,
Adrienne
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2 comments:
Glad you stayed safe from the storms!
Thought I would pop over and say hi! Thanks for visiting my site and entering the giveaway! My engineering trade is as an IET, if you know what that means. I work for a company that asks me to be very discreet for security purposes so, I will be vague.
Anyway, this post made me think about Jan Brett's book, The Mitten. I love her books and the illustrations! Sitting here at my computer is a set of Winnie books with illustrations by E. H. Shepherd. They were a bargain find at a flea market for $2! Winnie has the cutest sayings...
Have a blessed evening!
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