On Saturday evening, we were driving to the store after church and Sable (our ’84 Volvo 240 GL) started sputtering. We made it about another 50 feet before she died… in the middle of the street in heavy traffic. As soon as traffic cleared, I jumped out and ran down the street trying to find somoene who was home. A couple was and they stopped traffic in the lane closest to the curb and helped us coast into their driveway. We called AAA and were able to get a tow truck. They towed us to our mechanic and I dropped the keys off there this morning. (It’s a block and a half from where we live.) We’re hoping to have Sable back by Friday — otherwise, we’ll have to rent a car or something because Jon’s in charge at church next week and we have to be able to get around. I’m not incredibly worried but I’d like reliable transportation again.<\/p>\n
\nMass in Nature’s Cathedral<\/b>
\nOn Sunday morning, Bill picked us up and I did my morning surfing and devotions during the 8:00 service. After the service, we packed up everything we’d need to celebrate Communion and have the church service at Flory Park and went over there. I’d written out the prayers the night before and Jon had used them in the 8:00 service, so all I really had to do for prep was print out the readings. We went through the skit for the Gospel with the kids and got the mics adjusted and started the service. It went well other than Jon’s guitar continually going out of tune. Afterward, we had our church picnic and I saw the nice rock on the finger of one of our college people. (She and her fianc\u00e9 got engaged on the 4th of July.) They’re pretty much the only people in the church my age and it was fun hanging out with them. I also got to know one of the teenagers in the congregation and her mom and I have a feeling that our stock just went up because R is the kind of person that I would have hung out with in college and it was probably good to have people who understood as pastors for her.<\/p>\n
I got bills paid (without crying or having to dip into savings) today and I also got the lawn mowed. Right now, my office assistant is demanding attention, so off I go to scratch a kitty belly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Saturday evening, we were driving to the store after church and Sable (our ’84 Volvo 240 GL) started sputtering. We made it about another 50 feet before she died… in the middle of the street in heavy traffic. As … Continue reading