Seven on Saturday

1. Mary had a wonderful time at Vacation Bible School this week at the local Alliance Church. They do such a beautiful job of putting this on each year. Matt was able to drop her off and I got finished with work in time to pick her up and spend the rest of the afternoon doing errands, going to the library, shopping at Goodwill, reading, or taking nap. It was a good week. Our family visited this church for a couple of months last year and loved their pastor and church body. Although this wasn't the church where we landed, I still wish they would get his sermons on line so I could keep up with his teachings. The lady who coordinated the VBS program, Susan, is a friend of ours and is a totally creative person. She has a business called Polka Dot Playground that you should check out. I especially liked her button art.

2. My nephew will be here sometime today! Oh - to have a little boy in the house again - what fun! Updates to come...

3. E got her final report card from this last semester at school and she totally slammed it. Straight A's all the way through! We are so very proud of her. A difficult year with a superb finish!

4. Mary and I visited Goodwill this week. We were dropping off a couple of bins, but of course it was just too tempting for both of us not to check out what treasures we might find in the store. So - Mary found a small blue quilted purse and a darling baby doll shirt. I (of course) found four great books (see list below), a brand new pair of black sandals, and four cool green bowls just waiting to hold some delicious black bean soup this weekend! (Wating: A Novel by Ha Jin (Won all kinds of awards...looks really interesting); The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon; In the Woods by Tana French; The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer (Couldn't resist a short story collection!))

5. To Facebook or not to Facebook....that is the question. I have an account...or page or whatever you call it...I have friends...I get requests...suggestions...pokes(?)...surveys...I very seldom check it or post anything...I worry about not keeping it up...I don't understand all the different things it can do...Who can see my wall? How do people know I'm online? Hmmm....What to do? What to do? Delete it or no?

6. Yes, yes, I know Michael Jackson died this week. But, really, the bigger news for me was that Farrah Fawcett died!! I grew up with Charlie's Angels. I even collected the trading cards. I loved Jill. Who didn't? (I have to say, I really wanted to be Sabrina, though. Tough, funny, down to earth, smart, but still oh-so-beautiful!) I watched a few snippets of the documentary Farrah's Story that chronicles her battle with cancer that was recently aired on NBC. Looks like you can watch the whole thing here.

7. There's a blog I really enjoy reading that's listed under my "Honey Pots" on the sidebar. It's dreams of genevieve. Jenni, a young lady in Houston, inspires me to eat, write, and read better...to be a better homemaker...to more deliberately be a good wife...to more diligently seek after God. I've found several good resources from her, the one this week being Comment Magazine. I'm looking forward to finding time this weekend to read through some of the articles.
A blog worth the time...