Black Rifle Coffee

Maddie was off to school this morning again, and it's calculus - meaning, it's challenging, but Maddie's enjoying it.  She stayed around campus for a bit afterwards, hanging out with friends at the student center I think.  Meanwhile I was at meetings today, and moving forward with our booklet again.  One thing we finally got to try was some of that Black Rifle Coffee that I picked up in Pigeon Forge.  Joey, who works at the church with us, is a big fan of that brand of coffee, so I got some for him and myself, and we were able to enjoy that while working on these messages for October.  

Tonight's movie was "Monsters University," in honor of Maddie's recent college experience.  Still a great movie, and our first of the season really.  We're starting a bit early!

We read tonight from "Soul Music," and then it was time for prayers, and some sleep.

Crash Test Dummy Bible

 

Well, it's Tuesday.  You can see a bit of the artwork I had created for our booklet in October, a series we're calling "Drive."  It'll have a bit of an automotive theme to it, a racing car theme.  But I always go back to those Crash Test Dummies because they're lots of fun.  Hopefully we'll get to wear those costumes again!  Today we were writing the messages, and there's a pretty interesting one tied to Psalm 23 and racing - and another where tied that same theme to King Josiah.  Should be fun.

Tonight we went to Dairy Queen, still using our little BOGO card, and certainly getting our money's worth out of it.  Maddie always gets a Cotton Candy Blizzard these days, but I try different ones - this time I got a Biscotti Blizzard.  

We read tonight after the Braves game, moving forward in our Discworld story.  Something odd is going on with this new musical band that is appearing at the Mended Drum in Ankh-Morpork.  We'll find out more as the book goes on.

Maddie spent a good bit of time doing homework today, and Mom spent a good bit of time cleaning up.  We ended our day as always with prayers.

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...new coffees, back on the road again, insurance company call, back to school, puzzles and games, thunderstorm... updates coming soon...

Belt Consultant

We had a really fun morning this morning with a bit of a martial arts-themed skit at KidPak.  It's our "Path of the Warrior" series, pretty much the same thing as our "Kung Pow" series we did some time ago.  In the spirit of things, we watched a few episodes of "Kickin' It," and we got all the cast members their gi uniforms (with white belts).  Maddie, our BELT CONSULTANT, was on hand to make sure that everyone's martial arts belt was tied correctly.  As for the skit, it was super fun.  Maddie got some good pictures this morning not only for that, but also the worship and the message today about obedience.  She also got some great pictures from KP Discovery too, with the little ones down there.  

We went home after this, although we did a little bit of grocery shopping as well.  We picked up some taco shells, some milk, and went ahead and got these amazing seasonal friends!

The Monster Cereals are back!  And it's super cool that they are back as Muppets again, and this time with a cut-out design so that you can create your very own Count Chocula, Frankenberry and Booberry puppets.  Yes, this is what I'll be doing this season.  Absolutely.  And have I already eaten a bowl of Count Chocula?  Absolutely!

We got home and watched the Braves win a game with Matt Olson's ridiculous home run towards the end.  I got my walking in, more along the virtual path in Yellowstone.  There are so many POV hiking trail videos from that park, and I'm getting them all in as I walk - along with this one Disney special from a long time ago about a mother bear and her two cubs, who get separated and get into a bit of mischief at the park.  It's so dated, and I couldn't believe some of the stuff that was going on with people feeding the bears.  But it's been fun.

 Tonight's movie was "Interstellar," a super long movie, and one of those raises all kinds of questions - we hadn't seen it yet, and it's a long one.  We got upstairs pretty quick afterwards, said our prayers, and got some sleep.

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It was a quiet Saturday today - we didn't go anywhere except for taekwondo this morning.

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 .... another day of classes, boring lab, Braves get shut out, Nana's birthday at the Iowa State Fair, Christmas in Narnia, ... updates coming soon...

Camille's Last Day

Today was Camille's last day with us as an employee at the church, and of course she'll be greatly missed.  And of course, we made a huge deal of her last day, pretty much celebrating her the last half of the day or so.  We had fun songs on AI, Ansley made a really nice velvet cake, and we gave that Build-a-Bear we had made last week, while other gifts were given too.  

It was just a nice last day, hopefully, but certainly a bittersweet one.  Maddie and Mom were with me at the office today to enjoy the festivities. Again, she's going to be with us from time to time from this moment on, just not as an employee - she "retired" so she could be a mom, which is certainly one of the more noble reasons to leave the workforce.  It helps that her husband has finished his schooling and got a nice job down in Alpharetta.

  

Maddie had taekwondo tonight, and we were over there - I was getting a few things done, including our next "Spy Games" booklet, plus a new skit for this weekend.  I was doing that from my little perch while watching everyone practice their taekwondo.  My hobby of putting all the Psalms to music is really moving on, as I'm at Psalm 109 now.  There were a few recent ones that were more challenging due to their length of words, but I got through those.  The biggest challenge is of course Psalm 119, a super long chapter of the Bible.   Eventually those will get shared here, I think, but they're turning out well.

 

Tonight was the Field of Dreams game, played on location in Iowa.  Mom and I watched that in its entirety, including all the ceremony at the beginning, Hall of Fame players emerging from the corn field just like in the movie.  The game wasn't terribly close, as the Phillies hit quite a few home runs into the corn fields.  Still, the whole event is just amazing to watch.  There's a wonderful nostalgia  about the whole thing, and I'm glad they do it once a year - the only official MLB game in Iowa each year. 

We went to bed early today, this after reading and after saying our prayers.  It was a bittersweet day.