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 Rosh Hashanna, 25 years... updates coming soon...

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Ghostbusters II, KidPak meetings, Chapel for three weekends, taekwondo, updates coming soon...

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Count Chocula Puppet

Puppet Count Chocula has entered the chat!  We finished the Count Chocula cereal last night, and so today at the office we had fun making the next one.  I use the color copier to give everyone their own puppet to make, and there you go.  Two down, one to go!

Quiet day today.  Maddie was back at classes this morning, given that she had the day off on Labor Day Monday.  She also was over at taekwondo as well tonight, and she's going to be sore - at least that's what Mrs. Edge promised!  I know how it is over there with the working out and cardio exercises, and it can be pretty rough.  Certainly good for you, but Maddie will feel it in the morning!

We watched the game tonight, and it didn't go so well for the Braves, but we're trying out some pitching and the real games to look for are this weekend as they once again battle the Phillies.  

Tonight, we finished reading "Soul Music," which was a decent adventure within the Discworld.  There's been some great moments in this one, and somewhat of a time travel .  We'll pick up with these two again in the next book, "The Thief of Time."  Should be fun.  After reading, time for prayers - and some sleep!

...Frankenberry Puppet

 

... work, Rays, random screams outside, Frankenberry Puppet, Maddie's day off, hummingbirds filling up, cooler weather, balloons... updates coming soon...

Labor Day

We didn't do much today - I power washed a good bit of the driveway and all of the sidewalk, and Mom was busy inside battling the washing machine.  That's been an ongoing struggle - we just replaced a large part inside the washing machine, as before it was stomping, thrashing and whomping around the room on it's own, off balance and having a little washing machine party in there.  We replaced the part, and now the party is more subdued, but clearly we need a new washing machine.  They don't grow on trees though!

We had plans to do things this weekend, and in fact there was an invitation or two, but we needed rest today, and opted to stay home and get some decorations out and get things cleaned up.  The weather was wonderfully pleasant outside all day.  Maddie and I played a few rounds of Luigi's Mansion, and I remembered how I'm not good at video games anymore (let alone anything else!).  After that, we watched a seasonal movie, Maddie's choice:  "Ghostbusters."  Now we'll be watching the other Ghostbusters movies, at least most of them.  I remember the first time I saw Ghostbusters - it was in New Jersey, actually. 

Here we are as Ghostbusters, because AI is in the early stages here and it's still fun to use for things like this.  I remember playing the Ghostbusters game on the Commodore 64...

This image brings back so many memories.  It's not my Commodore 64, but it is all the same stuff I had when I was younger.  Basically it was this computer, but I don't remember using it for anything but video games.  Super limited programming practice - I remember creating a few programs on it that were very elementary, some involving created sprites and everything.  But mostly it was for games like this one.

Anyway, back to Ghostbusting.  Hopefully this year I'll be able to have time to do that unofficial "Ghostbusters III," the video game that features the last appearance - on this side - of Egon Spengler.  It's the last time we hear all four voices of the team together, and it's an older game that I never got around to - but I've always wanted to, and we're big Ghostbusting fans of course.  We've got two other Ghostbuster games that are multi-layer types and are pretty fun too, so that just might be a little fun this season.

Okay, moving on!  We had a decent day today, relaxing and quiet.  Cool weather out there.  The Braves lost, but it was a close game against the Phillies and our pitcher did a really great job.  So did theirs, of course.

We read from "Soul Music" tonight, and DEATH is now riding a motorcycle, a clear reference to an old Meat Loaf album cover, or perhaps Ghost Rider, but it's fun nonetheless.  He's got some catching up to do in order to save the day, but there aren't many pages left, so I suspect he'll get there soon.  It's been fun.

After reading, we said our prayers, and tucked in the Plush Entourage for a good night's rest.  It was a nice holiday.

Sunday at the Chapel

We had a great morning at KidPak, right there back at the Chapel where we'll be for a while now, maybe the next three weeks because of the flood damage.  But we're making the best of it, and this morning was a really solid service.  And on top of all that, it was up to me to bring the sermon this morning.  I used the natural acoustics of the place to get everyone to quiet down as we told the story of Samuel, and hidden up there in the balcony was someone calling out, "Samuel!"  That was a pretty fun way of telling the story - it was pretty neat for the kids.  Maddie got some good pictures too!

Today was a quiet day afterwards, as we're in the midst of Labor Day weekend.  The big moment this afternoon came with a huge clutch three-run home run by Acuña to start a massive comeback win against the Phillies.  The Braves won, and it was a colossal moment against our division rivals.

We had plans today to go to the rodeo, but the weather outside was pretty hot, and also kind of pricy.  We opted to stay home this year.  Nate came over, and along with Maddie, the two watched "Hail Mary" for the first time.  Mom and I saw that earlier, but we were happy to see it again.

We read tonight, and after that it was time for prayers, and time for sleep.  Tomorrow is Labor Day and everyone gets to sleep in!

National Cheese Pizza Day

It's National Cheese Pizza Day!  We celebrated this afternoon by heading out to the grocery store and ... wait, Publix doesn't have cauliflower pizza anymore?  Hold on.  Maddie and I then drove over to Kroger for some gluten-free pizza and then... hold on.  What?  They don't have anything like that either?  What is going on?  Is there some sort of cauliflower shortage or something?  Fortunately, Maddie and I found our gluten-free pizza at Ingles, the third grocery store on our journey.  We picked up a few other items, and went back to Mom for some pizza!

We're big celebrators here.  It was a good day today, a quiet prep day as we get ready for tomorrow's big service.  Most of our staff and volunteers will be up at Camp FCY, something that Maddie went to for the last few years - but not this time around.  We'll have a good day, but like so many episodes of Star Trek, we have somewhat of a skeleton crew left behind to manage things under unusual circumstances at the Chapel, instead of at KidPak's usual location.

The Braves lost today, but they won yesterday and they're doing well over all against their division rivals, the Phillies.  But we watched the game all the way through and despite the rough start, it actually turned out a bit closer thanks to a few home runs from Riley and Acuna.  

While watching though, look what I finished - the final part of the LEGO tryptic of the story of Jesus:  the baptism, crucifixion, and the last part is now done, the resurrection.

This was a very nice little project, and I'm glad to support this guy's different assemblies.  He's a fun master builder, and in fact Mom has signed me up to get the next one in a little bit.  It features the story of Daniel, and looks to be a bit bigger than this one.

Tonight we got to bed earlier of course.  We read though, getting a few more pages of Soul Music under our belts.  Then Mom and I did our puzzles - and then it was time for prayers and a good night's rest.