February 4, 2006
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Pleasant Times
What
a lovely evening I had last night. It was one of those nights where so much goes
right! I’m glad, too, as I wasn’t the paragon of patience during school
yesterday. It seemed as if everyone wanted my attention at the same time and
immediately. When I couldn’t be in three (or more) places at once, the “waiters”
wandered off, not buckling down and finishing what they were supposed to be
doing, which they really couldn’t without my help over a sticky spot.
“What would a servant do? What would a servant do?” I kept chanting
in my head. But, the afternoon and evening were good.First, I had a relaxing shower and prayed and listened to my Bible on CD.
A time of refreshing from the Lord! I’m finding that I crave that time with Him
every day. And, it doesn’t grow old! I’m
so pleased. After the alone time, the
McKinstrys (N’s trumpet teacher and his children). The older kids made commercials which had to
have something to do with Christopher Columbus (which we videoed), and Rachel
played with the McKinstry kids. The
girls did a commercial of
the announcer came on and said, “
They had a little, green, plastic dinosaur represent the gecko. The boys built
a ship out of a 12-pack Pepsi box and paper and set it on fire. When it was
good and burning, the announcer appeared and said, “If you need money because
your ship has burned up, then come with
they were fun!After
our visitors left, we rushed around and got Rachel ready to go to the Dora the
Explorer show, Live on Stage, which our kind and generous neighbors took her to
see. We weren’t sure how she’d feel a day after surgery, but she felt just
fine. Once she was gone, the other kids
were fed so that James and I could go out to dinner at The Tavern, one of my
most favorite restaurants. I always feel like a real part of State College/Penn
State when I eat there. We got a parking
space right in front of the restaurant, they were serving the yummy veal I
like, and when we ordered the dessert du jour, a white chocolate raspberry
cheesecake, the waitress brought it and said, “This was the last piece and it’s
small, so we won’t charge you for it.”
What a night!
shirts on clearance and
Vanilla Sugar plug-in air freshener
stuff. Then, we came home and watched
Batman Begins, which was certainly geared for teen boys, but wasn’t too bad.Today,
I have a lot of AP work to do, but hot tea and chocolate chip cookies will see
me through. But, first, I have to stop writing this entry!
Comments (8)
We watched Batman Begins last night too. Very weird cooincidence.
I’m SOOOOOOOOOOO jealous….THE TAVERN is my favorite resturant in the WORLD. Blackened Chicken and unlimted sides are mmm-mmm good!
We enjoyed THE TAVERN while we were there too… although we got the filet……..very tasty. Glad to hear you had such a pleasant evening last night…. and cookies and hot chocolate sound yummy for this evening. Maybe I’ll make some for myself seeing as I have lots of AWANA work to do…. *sigh*
The Doctor must be very good indeed if he went shopping with you.
What can’t chocolate chip cookies see you through?! Hope they helped you work through all that was ahead of you.
Just remember as you face that AP work : you are my hero.
Howdy–you’ll have to tell me about this book–it sounds good. I bought as many Pepper books as I could lay my hands on (at a reasonable price–no I’m not going to pay $170 for The Stories Polly Pepper Told in the Little Brown House!–but I will pay $20!). ANyway, I have purchased probably 8 of the 12 or so Pepper books and we have enjoyed them immensely. Also got Heidi Grows Up and Heidi’s Children–already read, but always wanted to have at my fingertips. I got a book from the Library about a man who lives alone in Scotland on the seashore and about how he lives his solitary life–the animals he befriends and the neighbors (few) that he has. (nonfiction) should be interesting. Ring of Bright Water is the title, author: Gavin Maxwell. Once we’ve read it, I’ll let you know how it went (or if I don’t, email me and nag me–or rather enag me<g>).
Christopher is gone for 2 weeks starting this morning–so we’re on our own for a bit. I am looking forward to staying home a lot the next week–we’ve been running around so much I am going crazy.
I guess I’m going to sign off–I’m so glad you had a nice evening:). Corrine
I love batman begins! It’s funny you say that about the orange juice and icecream (in a mug if you please), me and a friend had been joking about oj/icecream in a mug, and my very favorite teacher happened to enjoy that very dessert! Thank you for the birthday email by the way, it is nice to know I am remembered!