Has it really been a week!

Has it really been a week since I last wrote to all of you? WOW! Where do I begin? I guess I will begin with the real shocker, although then it will all be downhill from here. You may find this shocking....but we sighted Elvis last night. Really! OK - maybe he wasn't the REAL Elvis...but just tell my kids that! We celebrated Kyle's brother's (Dustin's) birthday at Texas Pride bbq "joint" and "Elvis" was there providing live entertainment. Kyla loved it so much that she has since insisted that she have her birthday on a Wednesday night at Texas Pride...."because Elvis is there EVERY Wednesday for classic car night....really, MOM, that is what the sign says." Can't you just hear her. I think her favorite thing was that "Elvis" walked out into the crowd and sang to the members of the audience. She kept positioning herself in places where it would be easy for him to get to her. While most people were shying away...or changing their seats...she would seek him out so that he could sing to her. It is a wonder she didn't take over the microphone. She might have had she known the songs! ha!


Now to the thing that has consumed my daily life - home decorating. I completed the painting in my living room/kitchen area - mangrove yellow is definitely sunny and YELLOW...but I do LOVE it! We got the burgundy (technically chianti...what kind of color description is that? sort of like all of those Creative Memories album color names) couch today and it looks great with the yellow walls...at least I think it does. I am trying to settle on a color for the game room. I picked out a denim sofa, loveseat, and striped accent chair last weekend, however, they won't be in until early August. I decided I should go ahead and paint and get the room ready for the furniture's arrival. I grabbed several green paint chips from the store and headed across town to the furniture store to compare them to the accent chair and I have narrowed it down a little...but I am still undecided. I currently have 4 green paint chips, in various shades and hues, tapped to one of my denim shirts that is a close match to the sofa. I know....I'm derranged! There should be help for people like me - but hopefully, you all love me anyway.


I watch the videos of Friendship's services each week. I find myself singing along - and crying! Maybe one day it won't be so hard - maybe! We may try out Journey Fellowship church this weekend...if we can sell the kids on skipping CrossPoint this weekend. I want to just see it for myself. It is maybe 5 minutes down the road and meets in an old dance hall, the Blue Bonnet Palace. They are a plant of Oak Hills which is Max Lucado's church here in San Antonio. Max is going to be there this Sunday so it would be a special treat to hear him. I'll have to let y'all know if we do go...how it was. The people that I have met who go there....love it!


I took some time for MYSELF on Monday of this week. My mother-in-law came over and watched the kids while I went to a Stampin' Up demonstration. I found this demonstrator on the internet and contacted her because there was a stamp set going out with the old catalog and I NEEDED it. :-D She has many classes throughout the month and is sooo creative - I had a BALL. Plus, she is a believer and is one of the people that I know who goes to Journey Fellowship and who can't say enough good things about it! Back to that second sentence in this paragraph - can I tell you how nice it was to be able to go somewhere and have a family member watch the kids!?! It was awesome - I am very thankful to Granny Gerry for making that possible!

Well, I can tell from the length of this post that it really has been a week since I posted last. I will have to be more timely so that it won't take so long to write....and READ! However, as long as there is painting to do...and boy is there painting to do...you can bet that most of my spare time will be spent with a paint roller in my hand! ha!