Halloween

When I look over my calendar for the past two weeks, I see nothing but ink. And, oddly enough, since I'm not spending every waking moment working on a lesson plan now, I've had oodles of time with the kids. More than I would like on some days, but that's another story.

The preacher has been busy working on the building project. When he's not working, eating or sleeping, he's in the new sanctuary building the reredos with another trustee. The woodworking is coming along beautifully after several hours and weeks and months of work. It's been fun for him, as he doesn't have a lot in the way of hobbies at the moment. They hope to finish it later this week. Me too.

The new sanctuary dedication is set for the end of November, so, soon, it will all be over. It's a very exciting time in the life of the congregation. This is actually their 3rd sanctuary on the same plot of land, which I find unusual, but interesting, none-the-less. Every church is full of history if you do some digging and talking to the folks who've been around the longest.

As for myself, I've spent a lot of time the last couple weeks on the phone, making appointments for everything you can think of. Our new car, a 2000 Buick Century, needed a few things worked on before winter came, so we've gotten half of it done and are waiting on the other parts. The camper is finished in SB and we need to get over and get that. Pastor had LWML fall rally last Saturday and the nursing home servie last Sunday. We hosted a Circuit Social yesterday afternoon & evening at the parsonage. The hymn sing was great, with another pastor on the cello and me on the piano. Amazing how a few pastors and their wives can sing so loudly and sound so great!

Eden hasn't had much in the way of preschool lately, b/c of construction on the street of the preschool one week, and two snow days the next. Her Halloween party was a bust, but she didn't seem to notice all that much. She made up for it on Halloween night dressed as the cowardly lion along with her Tucan brother. They cleaned up the neighborhood, and it was a lovely 45 degree night, despite the snow piles yet on the grass.

I loved that the extra hour of sleep came on Halloween. Since the kids were out late, they went to bed late and, subsequently, slept late. Bonus to me.

We have been extremely busy on the ambulance the past couple weeks. I love the job and some of the new folks who have joined up with our department, still don't love the paperwork afterward. Nothing new, I suppose, in any line of work.

It's worked out that most of the calls have come in the night or early morning, before Allen has left for church, so I've been able to go help right away. Thankfully for the EMT in me, they have been a variety of calls with a slew of different challenges in each one. Who says small towns don't offer much?

Well, it's Monday morning and back to the grind. My list grew over the weekend somehow. I hope I get as many naps with the kids as I did last week. That was unusual, but a welcome change!

Enjoy the Halloween pics.