Sorry I haven't done any posting this week, but it's been a busy one. We had Day Camp going on all week at church and I'm the official Spotlight Drama photographer, editor, put 'er togetherer, etc. So, I was there from 9:00 till about 10:30 taking pictures, gathering up attendance sheets, etc., then came home and checked out the pictures, edited them a bit, inserted them into the day's slide show presentation, and then went back over to take pictures of some of the other activities that were going on during the day.
The Spotlight Drama was shown during the closing time, with a different crew of kids starring each day. It was a lot of fun. We did the same basic program last year during Day Camp and the kids had such a good time. This year was great as well.
So, that kept me going during the day.
I had rescheduled all my piano lessons to fall after I got home from camp, so that took up the rest of the afternoons. By the time it was time to fix supper, Bill was lucky that he got ANY.
I had a really rude revelation on Thursday. I was sitting in the sanctuary looking around at all the kids and crew leaders and other workers that were in there, and I realized that I WAS THE OLDEST PERSON IN THERE!!!!! I couldn't believe it!! But it was true. There was one other lady helping in the nursery who is maybe a year or two older than me, but she wasn't in there, so I was it. I really never gave that a thought before. Actually, in my warped, little old forgetful mind, I still see myself as the same age as all those other workers. Other than our pastor, I'm probably old enough to be any of their mothers.
Well, such is life!!!!!! I'm sure Ma would have loved to have been over there as the oldest person at the camp, so maybe I should be proud that I can still do it.
So, that was Day Camp - 2008.
Then, on Wednesday, shortly after my last piano student left, our neighbor came flying in our driveway and told us that she thought that our two horses were out and on the highway. Luckily, Bill was here, so we hopped in the buggy and raced down the driveway to check it out. Sure enough!! There they were in the church yard just enjoying all the beautiful green grass. He dropped me off with the "treat" bucket and went on down to the barn to get lead ropes and halters. I walked across the grass toward them hoping they wouldn't decide to take off before I got up there to them.
About half way, I stepped on something that kinda felt like a piece of rubber or something. I kinda wondered what was there in the pasture like that, and when I looked down a BLACK SNAKE WAS SLITHERING AWAY FROM MY FOOT!!! In fact, he was kind of curled around my foot a bit on his getaway path. I was so SHOCKED that I didn't even scream or jump and run, or anything. It was like, "Oh, I just stepped on a snake. My, oh my. That was scary."
I suppose if I'd have screamed and taken off running, the horses would have as well, and then we'd have had a real picnic. But, I managed to get up to them, and ply them with treats until Bill got there with the tack. He was going to be "Cowboy Bill" and ride Big Guy bareback back to the barn and lead Blaze, but in getting up on Big Guy he hurt his shoulder REALLY BAD and had to get back off. So we ended up riding the buggy to the barn and leading the horses.
We found the gate standing wide open so actually thought someone had been down there looking for Bill and left it open. But, it turned out that when Bill hooked the gate back the last time he was there, he put the snap in the unlocked lock, and it just slid down the lock and came loose, and the wind did the rest.
So fortunate that the horses didn't get hit on the highway and perhaps someone get badly hurt or killed in the accident. Because, there WAS traffic while they were on the road. Our neighbors said the people and big trucks were having to slow way down to get around them. They really have NO road since whatsoever.
So, as you can see, this has been quite a week. Bill has been pretty busy, too, but that's his story, so he'll have to tell it if he wants to.
Well, my accordion student will be here this afternoon, so I guess I have to get busy and decide what we should learn this lesson. I'm fixing to post another episode in Mom's Story in the following post so hope you enjoy that as well.
JB
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