Only At Sand Creek . . .

I can only say that today we were blessed beyond belief!  Our course manager, Ethan, has been wanting to add some flowers to the hosta patch all year. When we spoke yesterday, we had groups at 11:00 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. only so in-between, we were going to plant flowers!  He picked them up yesterday, I packed my gardening tools in the trunk and when I arrived this morning, groups had been added all day so we no longer had a break to garden.  

That said, our first group of the day had friends from the Virgin Islands in it.  The men were going to do a six-zip, the women were not zipping at all.  I said, half in jest to them, "Well, if you want to plant the flowers while we're gone, have at it."  Before I zipped down to platform two, Jessica asked me if I was serious.  Could she really plant the flowers?  "Yes!" and "Totally!" I responded.  

For the lowly price of a free Sand Creek T-shirt, we got our garden planted!  Jessica, you blessed us more than you will ever know and all we had to do was water it when you were done!  Thank you!

The rest of the day was challenged by heat and late zippers, but in the end, all went well and we were actually able to leave a half hour early with tips in hand!

The Wrong Number

 

In the shower Friday morning, I felt one of my contacts fall out, or at least, I was pretty sure it had fallen out.  I had Sam look in my eye and he couldn't see it anywhere, so I put in a new contact before I went off to PT.

That night after I had finished taking my contacts out, I felt something literally fall out of my eye - the missing contact! Folded in half.  So odd.

All day, I had been wearing THREE contacts instead of the normal TWO!  Go figure. 

Laura, Weldon, Luna and I

Friday morning, my friend Laura and I walked her sons' dogs on Juno Trail on the west side of Lake Marion.  Micah had suggested we walk the dog that looked most like us.  Laura laughed when I told her that, but she gave me the dog that looked most like me: 

Meet Luna.  I'm sure her white hair matched mine.  Or was it that she was short like me?  Either way, we walked together and I changed her name to "Luna-tic" as she barked a greeting at every dog we met, sometimes almost doing flips in the air!

Meanwhile, Laura got Weldon who was practically perfect, save for his one rather large donation of the smelly kind!

No reaction.

Sam, Matt and I have had our Covid shots FOREVER, like since March.  But since Matt had such a bad reaction from his, Micah was quite leery about getting hers.  We did not push her, but said, "When you're ready, call your doctor's office and get it."  

I went with her Tuesday morning to get her first shot.  We brought her epi pen.  We waited thirty minutes instead of the usual fifteen.  Nothing.  "My arm's a bit sore."  She was fine all day Tuesday.  She woke up fine Wednesday.  She went to work just fine Wednesday afternoon.  She feels great today.  No reaction - yet.   

Invited. And Going!!!

Micah received an instagram from New Life Family Services (our adoption agency) this week asking if she would be willing to have her bakery be one of the businesses highlighted at NLFS's "Girls Night Out."  You know she said, "YES!"  to Bloomington, not Rochester!

As a faithful friend of New Life, we want to offer you early access to our 2021 Girls Night Out event this August!  We expect tickets to sell out quickly, so get yours before they’re gone! Invite the special women in your life to hear more about the ministry of New Life Family Services and find encouragement with none other than Jackie Hill Perry!  During our social hour, you'll have the opportunity to shop from local MN businesses owned by past clients and other women in our community. If you have a local business you would like to highlight at this event, please send your request to info@nlfs.org. Let’s be women who support other women. We hope you will join us for this fun-filled night.  Presale tickets are now available! ROCHESTER August 9th Autumn Ridge Church, Rochester Doors Open 6:00 PM Event Begins 7:00 PM VIP (Premium Seating + Goodie Bag) $50 General Seating  $35 TWIN CITIES August 10th Cedar Valley Church, Bloomington Doors Open 6:00 PM Event Begins 7:00 PM VIP (Premium Seating + Goodie Bag) $50 General Seating  $35

Finished. At Last.

At our house, it isn't "March Madness".  It's "Mulch Madness!".  As soon as school is out AND it's not raining, we head out to the mulch in the back yard and begin to turn it over, taking out weeds and maple seeds and last year's leaves.  Yesterday, Sam finished it.  Finally.  Gratefully.  Until next summer . . .  

Thankful Thursday!

Matt came running up the stairs yesterday yelling, "The witch is gone!"  I knew exactly what he meant.  I got a text this morning saying that our aquatics director had resigned.  The song that came to mind for both of these events was from "The Wizard of Oz":

"Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead!

Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. 

Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch! 

Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead." 

Sadly, both of these women were women we did not enjoy working with or for and quite thankfully, we are glad that we will no longer be working with them.