Tuesday
Errands: 12-6
Vaccuming: 8-12

Wednesday
Cleaning: 11-12:30
Therapy/Errands: 12:30-4
Cleaning: 4-5
Parsonage Walkthrough: 5-5:30
Healthy Walk: 5:30-6:30
Cooking: 7-8:30

The WELCA at Church #2 went pontooning this morning for our meeting and it was a blast. Technically, the pontoon ride was for people 65 and older, but some people lent R and I some of their years to even out the ages. 🙂 We visited, had the business meeting, did Bible study, drank homemade lemonade, and ate muffins. It was awesome to be out on the water (for the first time in 4 years!) and it was a beautiful morning.

I tried to explain the Blogathon to them but I wasn’t successful. I did, however, get $70 in pledges. 🙂

To the nice sheriff’s deputy who flashed your lights at me while pointing downward:
Thank you for having mercy on me and not giving me a ticket. I did not realize I was going 70 in a 55 zone. Uff da! I hope that you get some very good coffee and doughnuts in Dawson or wherever you were heading.
Love,
jen

I have introspective schtuff on my mind but I’m saving it for the Blogathon so that I have something to write about.

The weather has muchly cooled down here. It’s about 77F now which is a pretty comfy temp. Jon and I walked last night and I was actually chilly! That’s kind of strange for July…

It’s kind of a quiet time in the church because it’s summer, VBS has already happened, and people are at the lake. I’ve been working on my mom’s birthday present (a baby blanket that will be donated to Project Linus) and tweaking random things on my Blogathon page. I’m finding that I’m listening to a lot of NPR, CBC, and BBC radio while I crochet — NPR is always interesting and it’s kind of fun to hear the news from Canada and the UK.

It’s raining here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *does Happy Jen dance*

After weeks of icky heat, it’s so nice to get some rain to cool everything off!!!!!!!

We had some really intense storms last night that spawned tornadoes in South Dakota before crossing the border into Minnesota and hitting us. I ended up with all four kitties under the covers with me.

Freya: nestled into my left armpit
Edda: nestled into my right armpit
Cullen: at my feet
Finian: on my belly with his elephant paws pressing on my gallbladder(!!!!!)

Jon slept through it (as Ambien is a VERY cool thing) but I was awake as it started just as I was falling asleep. It’s one of the worst storms I’ve been through in my life — I fully expected tornado sirens to go off. Freya was actually in my study on the filing cabinet when it started and I think she actually saw the evergreen tree snap because she started freaking out and running all over the house. I caught her and stuffed her under the covers (thus beginning my undercover cat collection) and she shivered until it was over (as did the others). Our power was out for awhile and I had to light candles in several rooms to be able to see enough to get to the bathroom. (Not that the lightning flashes weren’t bright enough…)

The evergreen in our front yard

A branch dangling in the backyard

Our neighbor’s tree

A tree in town