After rereading my last blog posting, I realized that I made several mistakes, so I'll probably try to correct them when I figure out how to do that. I just want to clarify the most glaring of those mistakes.....my parents had previously had four grandsons before Christina was born. Those grandsons included Darren, Shawn, Dustin and Evan. What was I thinking? In addition to their one granddaughter, they eventually got their fifth grandson, Ryan. Yes, believe it or not, my mom and dad, Roy D. and Betty Six have six grandchildren, how appropriate! So, now that I have cleared that up, I will continue.
Yesterday was a pretty typical Monday for me. I routinely go to the Amen House to help with the sorting and distribution at our multi-church and community supported food and clothing bank. I really enjoy this volunteer job and work with some of the most awesome people I've ever met. I usually do some grocery shopping, but decided to skip that because Mark is on vacation this week due to hunting season. When I arrived home, he was beside himself as he pointed out the large buck hanging from the rafters in our garage. I'm thankful to have the prospect of meat in the freezer for the winter, but I don't share in the enthusiasm regarding the kill. We actually have some very different views concerning this, but I won't go into that now.
I usually meet with some of my high school former classmates and lifelong friends the first Monday of each month, but we didn't meet the actual first Monday of the month due to a well known health screening I had scheduled for the first Tuesday of the month. I'll not go into that either. Anyway, we were going to meet for our monthly get together, but first, we had plans to check out a facility for our upcoming 40th year class reunion for our PHS Class of 1974. It was fun to check out the Barr House in Paris for this upcoming special event. The Barr family had three sons and lived in an exquisite mansion not far from downtown Paris. The youngest, Robbie, is a couple years older than my classmates and I. He actually graduated from high school with my older sister, Kathy. Because we are from a small town and an even smaller school, I knew this family pretty well.
We met Robbie at his now beautifully restored house, which his mom did begin catering and entertaining in some years ago. The tour and discussion went well and we'll probably be having our reunion there. Afterwards, my friends, Marti, Janice and I met up at Perico's for our monthly meeting. We always have a great time getting together and getting caught up on what's been going on the past month in our lives. In addition to that, we are now firming up the plans for the reunion. I usually get some sort of Mexican seafood dish, but decided to try something different when I read about a particular dish that contained oranges with a marinated pork loin. It wasn't exactly what I expected, but I enjoyed it, none the less.
Everything was fine, til I got home and decided to finish up some of the ice cream that I had bought for Christina's birthday. I should have known better, because I've already had two episodes that my doctor thinks may be esophageal spasms, from eating something fatty followed by something really cold. Long story, short, I had one of those extremely painful spasms and I now know that I have to be more careful about my eating habits, and it's also time to resume my walking. I got the message.
I also want to try to blog more often as there are some issues that I want to discuss. One of them concerns my church, the United Methodist Church. They are needing to make some decisions concerning gay marriage and I know it is going to really shake up my local congregation, as well as the entire Methodist membership. I have very strong views on this subject, as I know many in my congregation have the complete opposite view. I pray that God protects our love and respect for one another during what might be a difficult period of time ahead. But, for now, I want to wish my Dad and Dad-in-law a belated Happy Veterans Day yesterday. I love you both!
Take care and stay safe. luv, Susan
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