with thunder and lightening this morning and the temperature dropped almost 20 degrees. It is supposed to rain most of the day today so I imagine Fortune will not be happy as he will not go out if the rain is coming down, but then who blames him? So it is puppy pads for sure today.Some idgit called here at midnight last night waking me from a dead sleep. I fumbled around but dropped the phone so had to turn on lights and such which caused Fortune to then want to go outside, so I never went back to sleep until around 4am. I am a bit dopey this morning, but will grab a nap later.
We had a great meal at Red Lobster. I enjoyed the salad and cold shrimp. Do love the cold shrimp. There were three black ladies, at least in their 40's next to us as we were sitting in one of those table/booth/chair combos so they were fairly close. The one closest to me was total trash. She was at least my size, had fake blond hair to her waist, skin tight clothing on and what I always heard called a man's "driver" style hat. She sat the whole time discussing her sex life and what std's and such her man friends gave her. It was disgusting and filthy and her friend apologized to us when they left. She kept trying to get her to talk quietly, but even if you could, we were so close we would have continued to hear her. The problem was, there wasn't somewhere else I could sit so we were stuck. I kept trying to discuss vacation plans, etc anything with Jack to keep up a conversation on our end so we blocked out her mouth.
Susan: Have fun at your lock in. I think it is a great idea to take a big salad. I would thoroughly enjoy the salad. I like pizza but the sauce usually gives me heart burn so I don't eat it much so a salad would have been really nice to have as an alternative. I imagine since today is tax day, you will be really busy. I see that a lot of the post offices are not going to be open late this year because of budget cuts and such. I don't know why anyone mails the things in anymore since you can do them free online with turbo tax or go to a tax place and have them done for you.
Jean: I think your parishners will understand a day late newsletter for heaven's sake. The poor woman! When I was a kid, we used to go to Lake Michigan on weekends and you would always find dead fish in the sand either whole or parts. It was just one of those things. I miss the lake beach as it was really beautiful, but sitting in the sand looking out at the ocean was something you never get used to. For me, it always reminded me of the true majesty of God. You are away from home now more it seems than when you worked full time at the school!!!
Maggie: I was never a sun baby because my skin is so very fair I always, always got a sunburn and those were the days before sunscreens and such and you lathered on suntan lotion and cooked yourself. The smell of Hawaiian Tropic or even plain ole Coppertone makes me think of summer.
Well gals, I am going to get out of here and catch a couple more winks of sleep. Have a wonderful weekend. We get to fight the commissary crowds this weekend as it is military payday today. What fun!!!
Faye
The weatherman said there is a chance of snow tonight. 
I'm getting my nails done in a few minutes and then going to work in the church office. It shouldn't be too busy because usually everyone takes Friday off. I will need to get the Sat./Sun. bulletin ready but that doesn't take long.
It sounds like we are having the same kind of weather today. No biscuit at RL? I'm sorry the gal sitting close to you was so rude, as there are some people have no clue at all! The senior pastor wants to hire a part-time office worker that would know how to do everything that the secretary does. I personally don't see that happening, but maybe someone would be willing to be responsible for the newsletter. There again, if only one person knows how to do the mailing part and happens to be gone or sick, that leaves the rest of us in the dark. It boggles my mind to think that one pastor will be expected to do what two are now doing. We haven't had much luck getting volunteers to step up in any area. 
Hope you get a nap in today!
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OH the wind is sure blowing hard out there. Makes me want to put on a sweater.
Hope you get in a power nap this day. Didn't you eat one of their yummy biscuits at RL? OH those are so good. I have the lightened recipe and am so thankful for it for they are good. I am not going to go to RL until I have lost 100 pounds. I know you aren't supposed to use food as a reward but I can order a good OP meal there even if I just have one of the biscuits. But since we have to go way far away to find a RL I have decided to wait. I was going to go on our way to Texas but it would have taken us way far out of the way so I opted to just wait and savor the thought. That is too bad your outing was highlighted by a rude person yacking. She needs to get a grip and a life both. Unfortunate you couldn't move to another table.
There is nothing like homemade bread imo! The pastor would like someone reliable to volunteer for different jobs in the office but that doesn't seem to be happening. At our Admn. Council last night someone suggested hiring a part-time person to learn everything that the secretary does. Well, that would be fine except if they are both gone we're still in a mess. Today I mentioned that I could certainly learn the job duties but when one doesn't do something for a long period of time, one forgets all the steps in the process. I couldn't eat at RL and pass up a biscuit. 
This volunteering every day makes me tired!
Iowa!
I am so happy the wind quit. Surely I would have been one of the ones that went crazy during the dust bowl days.
I do use cold water, boil them for 10 minutes, let them sit in the hot water another 10 minutes, then run cold water over them for a few seconds. I just tap the shell with a knife and they peel easily. Our church secretary has quite a few stress challenges that she is dealing with right now: recently her parents unexpectedly died within 6 months of each other, her brother lives on the family farm and demanded that all the ground be sold immediately as well as the house in town where the parents had lived for several years, her daughter is engaged but the SO works on windmills anywhere between Maine and Hawaii so the daughter (and baby) have moved back here, she has a nephew living with them while he goes to the junior college here in town, as well as her full time job which is not a piece of cake on any given day. We have a fairly large church where the members are getting older and some need more attention; we used to have two "almost" full time office volunteers who have both died but not been replaced. Since we are losing the associate pastor position, they are hoping to hire a part-time retired minister, who can also help with the office duties as needed.
We have rented rooms at the water park hotel for the kids next weekend. Kolby's birthday is the 19th and Beth's is on Easter so thought that would be fun for them. They will be here Saturday night for Kolby's birthday and Sunday for the Easter Bunny doings. I'm not sure if I will cook on Sunday or we may do the brunch at the hotel, before or after church.
from Iowa!
makes if feel like planting. But still a bit early. We had pot-luck today at church and I ate sensible. 
There is a young man that is a sophomore in high school that is taking “home ec” and has learned to make pies. Excellent pies in fact. His crust is melt in the mouth kind. He made a cherry pie to bring and I had a sliver of it and am quite impressed in his ability. I think I will encourage him to become a chef 
. I still have enough points+ to have a good WW friendly meal at Applebees this evening after services. I am so thankful for their marking the menus there with the WW logo and tell the points+ value of the dish. There is a big space between the window in my office and the one in Wills office when you look at the house from outside front yard facing the street. We have decided to put a large decorative trellises’ out there and plant a climbing rose to fill the area somewhat and make it better to look at. That is a plan and we are going to do it soon. My eggs were too fresh to peel easy but they were sure tasty. There was only one half left and one of the guys scooped it up quickly.
