These past two weeks have just whizzed by! When I last wrote on a Saturday, I was preparing to play for a church service. It had been a whole year since I touched an organ. My friend Jan gave me a key to her church (which we formerly attended) so that I could practice on the organ there.
I was surprised to find a new (hand-me-down) organ there, much nicer and bigger than what they had before. That was a treat! Then I had a second, nice surprise: my feet still knew where to find the pedals! I thoroughly enjoyed that practice time, even though I had decided to simply play hymns for prelude, offertory and postlude, as I hadn't had time to prepare more complicated music.
Tomorrow will be the third Sunday that Jim and I go to Rocky Mountain House, he to preach and I to play organ for the morning service there. We are usually invited for those three Sundays when their regular pastor is on holidays. Last year we still did both the morning and evening service, but we both found that was a little too much effort for these senior citizens! They agreed this year to have us come for just the morning service. We always enjoy that congregation, and I especially enjoy playing organ for a group that sings so heartily!
Then on Monday, August 25, Dear Son #2, his wife and two daughters arrived for a visit. We love having kids and grandkids over, but it does make it busy! We had a really good visit with them, including attending the RCMP Musical Ride here in our little town. Quite an event! Even the girls (somewhat blasé teens) enjoyed it. They visited Bow Valley Museum in Calgary one day, and also spent a day at Heritage Park. Both are very worthwhile to take in.
And on Saturday DDIL, I and the DGDS went to Cross Iron Mills to do some pre-school clothes shopping. To say the mall was crowded is an understatement! So many people! So many sales! It was very noticeable to me that Caucasians were in the minority. There were shoppers there from every corner of the globe, it seemed. Perhaps the Inuit were the only group not represented.
What was very noticeable also was that, though the mall was crowded, there didn't seem to be any cross, angry people. Everyone was pleasant and courteous. It was a good time!
We got home a little too late to make our usual Saturday hamburgers, so we called ahead and the DS ordered pizza, which we all enjoyed.
The next morning we left for Rocky Mountain House at 7:15 a.m. and they left for B.C. at 8:30.
It has been a wonderful year for visit with the family. I've seen everyone except #1 grandson, who is teaching in Japan. Next year we hope to have everyone here at once around Thanksgiving, to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary, which happens in June.
This past week I concentrated on the machine quilting I had started before all that.
This quilt is having the binding hand
stitched to the back:
The two folded quilts on the dresser are completely finished. The quilt on the ironing board has been machine quilted and needs the binding sewed on.
Underneath it are three more lap quilts that need to be machine quilted.
On the design wall is a lap quilt that has all the blocks made but not sewed together.
I wonder how much of this I will be able to finish this month!
I was surprised to find a new (hand-me-down) organ there, much nicer and bigger than what they had before. That was a treat! Then I had a second, nice surprise: my feet still knew where to find the pedals! I thoroughly enjoyed that practice time, even though I had decided to simply play hymns for prelude, offertory and postlude, as I hadn't had time to prepare more complicated music.
Tomorrow will be the third Sunday that Jim and I go to Rocky Mountain House, he to preach and I to play organ for the morning service there. We are usually invited for those three Sundays when their regular pastor is on holidays. Last year we still did both the morning and evening service, but we both found that was a little too much effort for these senior citizens! They agreed this year to have us come for just the morning service. We always enjoy that congregation, and I especially enjoy playing organ for a group that sings so heartily!
Then on Monday, August 25, Dear Son #2, his wife and two daughters arrived for a visit. We love having kids and grandkids over, but it does make it busy! We had a really good visit with them, including attending the RCMP Musical Ride here in our little town. Quite an event! Even the girls (somewhat blasé teens) enjoyed it. They visited Bow Valley Museum in Calgary one day, and also spent a day at Heritage Park. Both are very worthwhile to take in.
And on Saturday DDIL, I and the DGDS went to Cross Iron Mills to do some pre-school clothes shopping. To say the mall was crowded is an understatement! So many people! So many sales! It was very noticeable to me that Caucasians were in the minority. There were shoppers there from every corner of the globe, it seemed. Perhaps the Inuit were the only group not represented.
What was very noticeable also was that, though the mall was crowded, there didn't seem to be any cross, angry people. Everyone was pleasant and courteous. It was a good time!
We got home a little too late to make our usual Saturday hamburgers, so we called ahead and the DS ordered pizza, which we all enjoyed.
The next morning we left for Rocky Mountain House at 7:15 a.m. and they left for B.C. at 8:30.
It has been a wonderful year for visit with the family. I've seen everyone except #1 grandson, who is teaching in Japan. Next year we hope to have everyone here at once around Thanksgiving, to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary, which happens in June.
This past week I concentrated on the machine quilting I had started before all that.
This quilt is having the binding hand
stitched to the back:
Underneath it are three more lap quilts that need to be machine quilted.
On the design wall is a lap quilt that has all the blocks made but not sewed together.
I wonder how much of this I will be able to finish this month!
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