This weekend is the annual Back to School Blast at Metropolitan Church of God. Several hundred of people from the church will be volunteering, including Jeremy and myself. Last year they gave out more than 2,000 backpacks filled with school supplies, several eye exams, hearing tests, haircuts, etc. This year 4,000 backpacks have been stuff and ready to go. We find out our assignments tonight at church and the event will be tomorrow from 8 am - 1 pm.
There is some fun with the inflatable games and skits. I do know that the gospel will be presented several times during skits. There will also be an evangelical team that will be walking around praying for and with those who show up.
July 28, 2006
July 19, 2006
Pirates
This past weekend we went to the movies to see "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest". I like the movie a lot. In my opinion the first was better because it had more of a plot. Jeremy liked this one simply for the fact that it had a lot more action. All in all it was set up as a bridge between the first and third ones. I can't wait for the third one to come out.
Here are some pictures taken off of msn movies website of scenes from the movie:
July 7, 2006
Finally SOLD!
After Jeremy's parents finalized their divorce, the house went up for sale last September. Earlier this week they finally had an offer on the table that was reasonable. So the people want to move in the house asap, which means Lynette has less than 2 weeks to move out. They actually close on the house on July 14th and the new owners want possession immediately. I am helping Lynette this weekend to pack up and get ready for the movers to take her to her apartment. She will be in the apartment until her house is ready, which hopefully will be by Christmas this year. It will be fun for her to pick out new stuff for the house. I wish I had a new house to decorate (and the money to do so).
July 5, 2006
All in Days of Fun
Is it Wednesday already? Where does the time go? I know that I sure could use another weekend to catch up on some much needed sleep.
Last Friday, Jeremy & I met up with some friends, Caleb & Maria, at Cocina Superior. It is a great TexMex restaurant for the under 40 crowd.
Afterwards we went to see the movie, Click, starring Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsdale and Christopher Walken. It was definitely a good movie, but could be viewed as a rental-type. Most of the critics didn’t like it because it is typical of a Sandler movie. But it did have a great message running in the story line that is prevalent to most of us who have a fast-paced life.
The rest of the weekend was a blur of us doing house work and yard work. It did finally rain on Monday, which we are thrilled about. We had been 3+ weeks without any rain. (Sure it had rained in downtown B’ham, but not so much as a drop at our house.) But with the rain came horrible wind. I had just gotten home on Monday and emptied the car of the groceries when the rain came down. Then came the wind which was worse than any hurricane winds we have ever had. I heard a loud thud hit the house. I scrambled to put some old clothes on and flip-flops to see what had happened. The rain was pounding on the front door and I really didn’t want to get wet, but I did. The thud was the teak wood chairs on our front porch hitting the house. One chair had already made it across the street and the other was in the yard. I scrambled to get them back on the porch and against the wall, when I saw the break. The side that holds up the back of one chair was completely broken. I was not happy since this was my birthday present last year. It hadn’t made it a whole year before being broken!
Last night we ate dinner with Caleb & Maria again and then went to see the Birmingham’s annual “Thunder on the Mountain” fireworks show launched from Vulcan Park. I have only been once before but this year was kind of crappy. The music was very hick-ish and the fireworks lasted under 20 minutes. Then it took us forever to get home since there was a huge turn out. It was like leaving an Auburn football game. I think next year we will try to go back to Lake Martin if at all possible.
Last Friday, Jeremy & I met up with some friends, Caleb & Maria, at Cocina Superior. It is a great TexMex restaurant for the under 40 crowd.
Afterwards we went to see the movie, Click, starring Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsdale and Christopher Walken. It was definitely a good movie, but could be viewed as a rental-type. Most of the critics didn’t like it because it is typical of a Sandler movie. But it did have a great message running in the story line that is prevalent to most of us who have a fast-paced life.
The rest of the weekend was a blur of us doing house work and yard work. It did finally rain on Monday, which we are thrilled about. We had been 3+ weeks without any rain. (Sure it had rained in downtown B’ham, but not so much as a drop at our house.) But with the rain came horrible wind. I had just gotten home on Monday and emptied the car of the groceries when the rain came down. Then came the wind which was worse than any hurricane winds we have ever had. I heard a loud thud hit the house. I scrambled to put some old clothes on and flip-flops to see what had happened. The rain was pounding on the front door and I really didn’t want to get wet, but I did. The thud was the teak wood chairs on our front porch hitting the house. One chair had already made it across the street and the other was in the yard. I scrambled to get them back on the porch and against the wall, when I saw the break. The side that holds up the back of one chair was completely broken. I was not happy since this was my birthday present last year. It hadn’t made it a whole year before being broken!
Last night we ate dinner with Caleb & Maria again and then went to see the Birmingham’s annual “Thunder on the Mountain” fireworks show launched from Vulcan Park. I have only been once before but this year was kind of crappy. The music was very hick-ish and the fireworks lasted under 20 minutes. Then it took us forever to get home since there was a huge turn out. It was like leaving an Auburn football game. I think next year we will try to go back to Lake Martin if at all possible.
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