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ACU lectureship

We got home from Abilene Friday afternoon, went to a wedding that night, which was beautiful - outdoors wtih twinkly lights - and cleaned up the van from the Texas bugs on Saturday. Actually the people at the car wash cleaned it up. I had a mini-detail with the carpets shampooed. We stopped on our way home from Abilene at Apple Annie's Orchard/Produce in Willcox, AZ. So Saturday night we had fried green tomatoes, fresh corn on the cob, fresh green beans cooked with salt pork and a Pork Roast. Tonight I will make fried okra and some more corn on the cob along with the left overs. YUM YUM.

Now about the lectureship. Of course the highlight was the blog party at Cole's on Wed. night. Thanks, Cole for hosting the party. Tom and I were a little late because we actually went to the lecture on Wed. night. We met Cole, Beverly, Candy, and Tracy. We had already met Scott when we went to Hawaii in May, but it was great to see him again. We missed Katie and Jeremiah - they had already left when we got there, but we had seen them at Highland on Sunday as well as at the lectureship.

All the speakers at ACU were good but my favorite was Don McLaughlin. We went to all three of his morning classes at 8:30 - very early for us - and heard him on Tuesday night. His main emphasis is on multi-cultural churches and what they should look like. He is very energetic and easy to listen to. We went to our first ACU lectureship in Feb and we definitely prefer September. It rained on Sunday but the rest of the week was beautiful.

Did you see Desperate Housewifes last night? It is going to be an interesting season.

Good Movies

Over the last week I saw two really good movies. The first one is R rated for language and it is Little Miss Sunshine. If you can stand listening to a lot of vulgarity, the movie itself is excellent. A really great story. Alan Arkin plays the grandfather in a rather unusual family and he is hilarious. Of course he is the one who uses all the bad language.The other movie is Akeelah and the Bee - it is out on video now. I am probably one of the last to see it It is a family film - and what a story. You've got to see this one. I love movies! Oh, I almost forgot I saw The Mermaid Chair on Lifetime. I had not read the book but it had been recommended to me a couple of years ago. I liked this one also.

From Food to Texas

Surprize! I actually cooked lunch. We had hamburger patties - cooked in the George Foreman grill, mashed potatoes and gravy, blackeyed peas, and some green peas. Oh yeah and some fried onions. Now I am resting up from all that work - before I clean up the kitchen. We eat out nearly every day - so any time I cook at home is a treat - for Tom anyway, even if it is just hamburger. I don't know why I don't like to cook, besides the obvious - cleaning up. I grew up with my grandmother making homemade biscuits every morning. My mother worked so she only cooked on Sundays. She used to stay home from church and her excuse was that she had to make lunch for my grandparents and me, while we went to church. I hated that she didn't go to church with us -sometimes it was just my grandfather and I, when my grandmother was sick. I remember walking to church with my grandpa and talking about Texas and living on the farm. My grandparents moved to Los Angeles when my mother was a senior in high school, so I wasn't lucky enough to be born in the great state. I always felt like a Texan though, since I grew up on red beans and cornbread. I have one first cousin in San Antonio. She was born in CA also, but stayed in Texas after graduating from ACU. I know I still have some more distant relatives still living there, but we don't keep in touch. Well, this was a rambling post. I guess I better quit procrastinating (another great trait) and go clean up the kitchen.

LABOR DAY

I am getting lazy about posting. I have always wanted to read rather than write, but for my loyal readers I guess I better do some writing. I titled this Labor Day because it IS Labor Day, but that is all I am going to say about that. Holidays don't mean much to me since I have been retired. Every day is a holiday. We went to the Y this morning to walk and do our weight circuit. After coming home and cleaning up we went to Little Anthony's Diner (a local 50's diner) with our Monday afternoon LIFE group. Our Sunday night LIFE group had gotten down to two couples so we decided we would go to another LIFE group on Sunday nights. We went last night and the group has been going through Jeff Walling's book, Daring to Dance with God. I had read the book quite a while ago - bought it from Jeff BTW, when he was our preacher in Mission Viejo. Anyway we read the wrong chapter, but we were able to participate just fine. It was a good group and we are planning to go back. We have a preacher who is coming to try out on the 23rd. His name is Tom Washburn from Enid, Oklahoma. Do any of you know him? OK, I've done my posting now I can go and read -much more fun!