Celebration Sunday/Special Music

For anyone who actually reads and follows these stories of my life, our Celebration Sunday service went really well. It was exciting and energetic and exhausting, but so much fun. The praise team sang "Gloria" by Paul Colman at the end of the service, and the children joined us. The boys had shakers and sang on stage with us (which mostly meant they just sang "Whoa-oh" really loudly and slightly off-key) and the girls danced with ribbons around the front and aisles of the auditorium. It was a really great way to end the service.

In a couple weeks, I'll be singing "Reaching" by Carolyn Arends for special music. I posted the lyrics to the song over here.

New favorite dessert

I think I might have a new favorite dessert. I love chocolate chip cookies, especially fresh from the oven, and this Award-Winning Uno Deep Disp Sundae^TM (from Uno Chicago Grill) was soooo good:

Vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce and whipped cream heaped atop a giant chocolate chip cookie freshly baked in a deep dish pan.

Easter Egg Hunt

I babysat Jacob this morning, while Katie, Mike, and Mom were all at work. His daycare was hosting an Easter egg hunt as a fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish foundation, and since his daycare is right beside my condo neighborhood, we walked over to join in.

I had hoped to get some good pictures of Jacob with the Easter Bunny, but things were a bit chaotic, and Jacob wasn't cheesing as much for the camera as he usually does. I did get one really good shot, though, before he attacked me with an Easter egg (this might account for that grin on his face).

Living alone

Here's one reason why it can be a pain to live by yourself - whenever you need to move something large or heavy, like furniture, you need to ask someone to come over and help. Or figure out how to drag things around in order to do it yourself.

I did the latter this evening, moving my desk back into my office after the carpet in that room was replaced. I'd have loved to have moved all the furniture, but while I might be able to handle the file cabinet (with a lot of grunting), there's no way the bookcase is going anywhere without another body.

Hmm, Mom is coming to pick up Jacob tomorrow after I babysit - I wonder if it's too heavy for both of us? Probably. Maybe I can convince Jon to stop by briefly on Sunday afternoon?

Spring

This is my favorite time of the year - I love almost everything about it.

I like driving with the windows down and the sunroom open. I like leaving my house without wearing a jacket. I like wearing capris and sandals, and the brighter colors that are a part of my spring wardrobe. And I get incredibly excited about walk-up, ice-cream-type places, like Rita's (Jillian and I went there mid-afternoon today to get out the office a little).

This Sunday

Jeez, it sure seems like my last few posts have been filled with a lot of whining.

So, our church is launching a stewardship campaign, and this Sunday will be our Celebration Event service. It's supposed to be one of the biggest services in the history of the church, and we spent tonight rehearsing for it at praise team practice. I got to be involved in some of the planning of it, and I'm excited, because I think it's going to be a lot of fun.

Break

Ever feel like you just can't catch a break?

I finally start to feel better from the cold/sinus infection, and now I have a stomach bug.

I'm sick of being sick.

Dry cleaning

I just think this is so ridiculous that I have to post it.

So, my sister's dog decided to pee on her down comforter. (My other sister's dog decided to pee on my brother's down comforter, but that's a different story). So, she takes it to the dry cleaner to have it cleaned. The dry cleaner tells her, "This is dry clean only."

Really, why does the guy think she brought it to him in the first place?

Diagnosis

I finally went to the doctor today, after my mom scolded me for planning to wait until Monday to see a doctor. Good thing, because I have a sinus infection. But now, I have lots of medicine to take, if I can only remember when to take what, what makes me sleepy and what doesn't, and what needs to be taken with food and what doesn't.

It's a good thing I'm not one of those people who takes lots of pills on a regular basis - I think I would get confused.

Yep - still sick

That's right, I'm still sick. Most of yesterday I couldn't even talk above a whisper. I rarely lose my voice when I get sick, but when I do, it seems to take a while to get it back to normal, and even longer to get my singing voice back. And with the biggest church service in the history of the church coming a week from tomorrow, this is not a good time to not be able to sing. At least I don't have a solo or anything.

Actually, I'm worried that I've got more than just a cold now. I slept in pretty late today, so my doctor's office was closed by the time I really got moving around, but I'm going to try to get an appointment for Monday. I'm worried I might have bronchitis, or at least be moving into something that requires an antibiotic.