Just call us "Daddy & Mama"

Ok........now I know we are just "slightly" older than most of our friends, but this weekend showed that we must be aging......and not gracefully I might add!!!!! Let me tell you my "pitiful" story....grab your tissues.....it will break your heart or at least bring tears to your eyes from the hysterical laughter!!!! So.......we got to Nashville for the retreat and we were to early to check into our rooms so we decided to go get a bite to eat. We went into one of the quaint little restaurants and as Pastor Jeff(from Portage Missionary) always does, he introduced himself as "Jeff" to the waitress and then introduced my husband as "Jeff" to which the waitress replied, "Oh, is he your dad?" All of us nearly fell out of the booth laughing. Well, the poor waitress felt so bad she just kept coming back and apologizing. We finished eating lunch and decided to stop by an ice cream shop and the guys were telling the lady behind the counter what happened and as we were walking out the door she looked at me and said: "Is this your daughter?" pointing to my friend Shannon(Pastor Jeff's wife)...who I might add is "only" 10 years younger than me....she looks really young though.........really........she does!!!!!!!! I just laughed and said, "yeah" and went on out the door! So, we went on and that was the joke of the day......we called my husband "daddy" for the rest of the day and referred to me as "Mama!!" It was time for us to go to the first session that they had planned for us in the evening and as we were standing around talking, we made some new friends and here it came again........one of the other Pastor's wives looked at Shannon and said: "Is this your mom?" (once again pointing to me!!!!!!) Well, talk about the straw that broke the camels back!!!!!!!!!!! I nearly came unglued (not really.........) Wanda (the other Pastor's wife).......spent the next 20 minutes trying to explain how she didn't really see Shannon well and how the lighting in the place was dim and so on and so forth.......it was to funny to watch her squirm and try to work her way out of the predicament she got herself into!!!!! (Wanda, I still love you!!!!)

Ok, ok.................I told you the tissues would be for the incredible laughter that would come!!!!!

That's it..........Maybeline has lost out........obviously it's not doing the trick!!!!! Then again, how many coats of paint can an old barn take before you can't cover the flaws anymore!!!!!!!! Oh, the pain, the pain...............Botoxing here I come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)

In the car

I know I am so far behind the times it's not funny.........but you could never guess where I am as I type this!!!!! I am in the car!!!!! We are driving down I-65 on our way to the Pastor/Wives Retreat in Nashville, IN. I am sooooooo excited! I may have to get in the back seat though.....this may be a huge distraction for Pastor. Whatever way he looks while he's driving is the way the car goes!! If he's looking over at my lap, it could be very dangerous. ha!! I know other people probably do this all the time, but it's new to me and I think it's the greatest thing in the world. I can do some of my work while we're in the car now!! How convenient! Maybe my Sunday School lessons will be better ladies!!!! :-) We spend a lot of time in the car going from here to there and everywhere. AND............I could get emails while we're driving!! WOW!!!

Well, I'll keep updating as we go and we'll see how many miles we get before I post again!!!

"Casting all your cares on Him for He cares for you"
1 Peter 5:7

Jesus is coming soon!!!!!!!!!!

Oh my goodness...............I wonder if anyone else got as excited as I did this morning at 4:39 a.m. He(my husband) thought it was the wind and I knew that I knew it was an earthquake!!! Many, many years ago.....no I'm not tellin' how "many" years ago.....I was in Euclid, OH and there was an earthquake there...........it was much worse then, but I still remember the eerie feeling and it was the same feeling this morning. We were discussing it and all I could think of was......wow....."signs of the times are everywhere!!!!!" Then my suspicions were affirmed as we turned on the radio to hear all the news of it!!! I truly began to get excited as I thought about it. This surely must mean His return is not far off!! Everyone who knows me knows I pray for it almost every single day!!! No more one at a time.........just get us all at once!! "Beam us up, Jesus!!!!" I'm sure this morning shook (no pun intended!!!) some people........I was listening to the radio accounts and I was shouting "hallelujah!!!!" I'm just glad I had dozed back off after the alarm and was easily wakened to feel it. I know......I know.......there's issues there, but all of you know it if you know me!!! Gotta love me!!!! Well........off to the day and all that it holds!!!

"For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the archangel's voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are still alive will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will always be with the Lord. "

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

"Learning"

Well, I'm still in the learning process. Give me another 12 months and I might get it the way I want it to look!!! Thanks can be given to my hubby for making it what it is right now. I don't do computers to well......I know how to bring up the internet to check my mail, send email and a Word document to type my newsletters each Tuesday!! Speaking of........I'm off to write it right now!!

Have a blessed day!! Remember........Jesus loves you!!!

I'm "under construction"......be patient and keep checking back for new updates!!!

Have a most wonderful and blessed day!!!

"This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!!"

Psalm 118:24

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