Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Glad this, Glad that....

After the previous post, it seemed prudent to write about something responsible, dull, deep and ordinary. One would hate to give the impression that life is good, that there were no large bills in the mail, or that we're doing the PollyAnna dance twenty-four-seven over here. Still..... Sunday was really good! (I'll say it quietly so that its not too annoying) Just about as good as that glowing Friday and Saturday report that got spillt over here.

After a darned good cup of Sunday morning coffee, I wandered across the street, through the Mennonite parking lot, over main street, and into my church. Its a church even though it looks like a barn connected to a box connected to an office. And, hey, I'd go to church in a barn if it meant that getting there was as easy as this is. Long gone are the days of stuffing three or four miserable, cranky little brats (Godly brats, I'm sure) into the car, screaming all the way to Sunday School for the love of the Lord. Now they pretty much wander through parking lots in their own good time, and go home when they've had enough. I can stay behind and talk the ear off every croney and baby in the place to my heart's content.

But I digress. The sermon was deadly good. One of those messages where you think; "Hey! don't stop now... carry on for another hour so we can get to the punchline. I've got a squashed banana in my purse, and a wrinkled up sandwhich baggie full of crushed triscuits.... please don't stop at noon! I'm sure those vomit-stained volunteers in the baby room would feel blessed to spend an extra hour with those little gifts of creation!" (I warned you that this post was sickeningly PollyAnna-ish...)

When I got home, the husband had cooked up a little lunch feast! Yum, yum. Too bad about the squashed banana. Tummy happy, I whirred and stitched the afternoon away in my fabric nest while Brian worked his way through the Moosewood Cookbook in the kitchen. At four oclock I emerged to vacuum up the threads and invite some friends to enjoy our dinner with us.

WHAT A TIME WE HAD! Enough hilarity to fill another post, I'm sure. But I'll nauseate you with that tomorrow, or another time. After I've thought of something melancholy and depressing to bring you down with in the mean time...

But there's MORE! I've recently received three gifts. THREE, I tell thee! Two in the mail, and one via Brian. And I was going to have a great time sharing them here tonight but the camera is not available, and what good is a tale of gifts without some photos?

So, for now.... Thank you Lettuce and Nancy and Alice! You wonderful silly geese!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Having friends over has become such a lost art...good to see you keeping up the tradition of our forefathers, though serving supper instead of "faspa" is a bit "englasch" but I guess that'll be okay : ) Lindalew

Nancy said...

3 Things:
1. Keep right on walking through the Mennonite parking lot. I appreciate our heritage but I believe poor old Menno would turn over in his grave if he knew how far we had digressed.
2. Your post is depressing, so you don't have to try and come up with something that will bring us down in your next post. All your talk of Brian cooking makes me want to change my wonderful husband into something he's not. Tell Brian to quit showing up those husbands who don't cook! :D
3. Your welcome for the gift. I hope you and your cougar friends enjoy them at your party.

Anonymous said...

can we switch lives for a while?

Roo said...

sooooo...tell me? how has your kitchen faucet been working for you lately?

;)

gloria said...

All I have to say is... Alice, where are MINE? I wear extra large, we wouldn't want to be embarrassed by a too small size!

lettuce said...

:o)