Life from the Parsonage - A Journal of our Journey.

[Zookeeper9000]

Nice cake, glad your feeling well enough to jump the pew

I would of been more like

Still praying

 

[Parson's Wife]

Remind me to put a post it note on my forehead to never, never, never take a 5 1/2 hour trip with 11 ladies in the church van!

For one thing...that trip took 9 1/2 hours!!! I laughed till I cried, shopped till I dropped...this is literal...., stayed up till all hours of the night....about 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning....you know them women like to talk....they told story, after story, and then begged me (I mean them) to tell more!

Ok, so my life has been filled with humor...never dull...and I related a few tales...
There were over 300 women gathered for this conference...and seemed to me, most of them wound up in my motel room

Maybe I am a ham? Anyway....whoo hoo...I'm home!
I came home with many ideas....too many too list....
met a coupla fellers I liked...wanted to take them home with me...the manager said they weren't for sale...

I will put up a picture...I'm telling you he was 3-D...we all had to touch his wrinkles! Think of the messages I could write to the Reverend! ....when he gets my sign hung up (oh, I bought it on one of the shopping trips) I will take a picture and show ya'll...I love it!

Well, lots to do...tomorrow is Sunday....go visit your pastors! And think of me!

 

[debilorrah]

That sounds like what happens when we have women's retreats. It doesn't matter what the weather is like or who is going, we have so much fun I almost don't want to go home!

 

[Parson's Wife]

Ok, I'm going to post this picture...here are some of our ladies...I'm not wearing my T-shirt....

but we love the, we are asked about them constantly...which is a good thing! m...
and I will post a picture of our OctoberFest Booth...

These are salt and pepper shakers the Rev. bought me...I don't collect Coke products...but I liked them...

 

[ozark hen]

Well, Gwen, here I just pm'd you asking why I hadn't seen a posting here and here you have posted a few times. don't know why I didn't see these, sorry.
Love the pics and love your stories. so glad you survived the "serpent in the pews".

 

[Parson's Wife]

God is good, and I have been busy....anyone else?
Whew!

Our church is making peanut and pecan brittle as a fundraiser, not to mention the "Poor Boy supper", the revival...all these are coming next week!!
I'm holding supper on the Rev....and starving!
working on a pickle...oh, the sodium!
We are soon to have cooler temps...Thur and Friday our highs are to be in the middle to low 60's!! YEAH!!

Ah, I hear the truck!
Ya'll come
The Parsons Wife

 

[Henrietta23]

Glad all is good. It seems to be feast or famine here as far as work goes for me. I'm substituting in two schools I used to work in. Last week it was one day, this week 4 and both schools wanted me for today. I've been baking bread and trying to keep the freezer stock with meals I can prepare in a hurry on days I've worked. Our 6 yo started Cub Scouts so Mondays we now have to be out of the house by 6:10 for meetings. Tuesday night DH has band practice. One or two Thursdays a month I have vestry meetings at church and Fridays I try to get to knitting group once in a while. So, busy? Yes! But on purpose! So it is good here too!

 

[peapickinchicks]

Glad to hear from you Gwen and that all is good. God Bless!

 

[ozark hen]

Always look forward to weekly posts from you Gwen. We all do!

 

[Parson's Wife]

I have been accused of cheating! I was flabbergasted, floored, stunned, and then I got mad. Now, I didn't huff up and have a hissy fit....though the one in the privacy of my bedroom where I was explaining to the Rev. what happened, may have sounded like that....

We had a wonderful harvest party! Great Fun! And for the 1st time I had asked another person to be in charge of the scavenger hunt...I wanted to play this time....I WON! WHOOHOO!!
Even though I had to disqualify myself.....because....well here's the deal...
We divided up into 3 teams....all other teams were adults with one child...I was the adult with 2 children...anyway....
Our team color was orange...you were given a clue, and you had to figure out the meaning, then go to where you thought it meant, locate your color, and the object, and place them in the goody bag. We were ZOOMING! Awesome...till #7...we ran out of clues...she had messed up on our color, we were short one...we wound up at the end of the race, and she restarted us on #8....at that time we had dumped our bag, she had examined the contents, then took my bag....we were sent into the foyer to await the #8 clue, she then handed me a bag, and as she was handing me the bag, she stuck what was in her hand in there....she didn't even realize what she was doing (I think...hmmm), nor did I at the time!
We went on....raced...well, they did, I was going slower about clue # 10 she had hid these things all over these 3 acres...and we were hunting with flashlights!
Found the last clue, and took our bag to her....she reached in and pulled out a clue from the other two teams (black and yellow)
which was instant disqualification. EXCEPT, she put them in there!
IF you take the clues from the other team they won't find their next clue...it's cheating. She did it last year, and I had to disqualify her team...soooo

I, very nicely, reminded her about the foyer bag exchange...and she had no memory. So, instead of having a fit, calling her a cheat, I said, well, I guess we're disqualified. Which made me mad, and the boys I was with upset...we had won. They had worked hard. Poor kids, there was lot's of candy, and laughter, they got over it...until the next two teams came up calling us cheaters!

I said it....yes, I did! No we are not. We did not do it...and left it at that. Gosh, that rubs the wrong way though....
Oh well, onward and upward...heh?!
We had a hayride, roasted hotdogs, ate lots of sweets, and the hunt, then we settled down by the campfire and sang songs till we were hoarse! My little ones had a ball! My little ones roasted marshmellows, didn't eat a one...but liked to roast them anyway..s'more's, I was wishing I had my popcorn popper I used to have, it was old (I gave it to my brother, he loved it) it was the kind you held in the fireplace or a stove...kinda hard to describe, anyway...lots of fun. I promise, I got over it pretty quick....I dearly love to see folks enjoying theirselves!

Revival coming...starts this Wednesday...I have an English paper due....a quiz, and some discussion questions...and this Saturday is the "Poor boy Supper". Expecting around 200 folks...

Well, I've got to get myself going...I'm "company cleaning"....
Anyone do that? I mean, I like things clean...but there's just certain things I do when I've got company coming....

Ya'll come