THE FRONT DOOR

I think a front door says a lot about a house and the people who live inside.  Do you ever look at front doors?  I do.  When I walk down a street or drive along in a neighborhood I look at the front doors.  The type of door and the way they are decorated gives me a glimpse into the taste of the occupant.  Do they have lights?  A wreath?  A glass door?  Old fashioned?

When we were going to replace our front door I spent lots of time looking at different stores and websites trying to find just the right one.  I wanted glass.  Joe wanted security.  We finally agreed on a fanlight.  But I didn't want just a regular fanlight because it always reminds me of half of a pizza.  I know, I'm strange.  So I found a door at Home Depot that had a fanlight window but with a leaded flower in it.  Compromise.

I guess all of this is why I enjoy decorating my front door so much.  I decorate both inside and out.  While I was at the Christmas Mouse in Virginia I found the cutest little scarecrow on a broom.  Well, OK, Joe found it.  It wasn't very expensive (about $7) so I bought it.  I hung it up the other day and I think it looks very cute when I come home from work each day.

What does your front door look like?

BACK TO WORK

Despite not wanting to go, I had to return to work today.  There weren't a lot of people, but so much work to do.  Lots of returns.  I never did get to the two reports I was supposed to do.  And I still have some library cards to mail out.

It is so different with the new guard and new librarian.  It will take time for us all to get used to each other and find our groove to work together.

I brought everybody bookmarks from Williamsburg and was surprised how much everyone liked them.

I was so tired that I took an hour and a half rest before I started dinner tonight.  Work is always hard, but I still haven't recovered from my week off.

I had another "fall" dinner tonight:  pork chops, corn on the cob, fresh green beans, a tomato out of the yard and the rest of the plum cobbler.  So good.  I do enjoy my fall dinners.  It's nice when the weather gets cooler and I feel like cooking again.

I still have so much cleaning up to do, suitcases to put away, etc.  I hope I get myself together to get things done before the weekend. 

I got a call tonight about my high school class reunion.  It's being held the Friday after Thanksgiving.  I have never been to a class reunion and would really like to go to this one.  It will be 40 years.  Shh!  Don't tell anyone I'm that old.  It seems impossible that it is that long ago.  I hope I can get the money together to go and that I have the energy to go after working all day.  I will tell my boss that I can't work that Saturday so that he schedules me for another week.

Enough rambling.  I'm going to get myself together and attack the bedroom before turning in for the night.

PASTOR WAYNE'S RETIREMENT DINNER

Yesterday was the last of a very busy week.  We were able to sleep in for awhile, but then had to get up and run some errands.

We went to the farm to pay our last installment on our CSA share.   It wasn't our week to pick up but there is a farmer's market there every week.  I got some shallots, new potatoes, vari-colored carrots, green beans and red popcorn on the cob.

Joe went and got a haircut while I ran to Rite Aid to get some batteries for my camera.  Then we went home to get ready for the dinner we had to attend.

Because we are on the social committee we had to be there early to set up.  Our church is so small that we borrowed the fellowship hall from the Grace Bible Fellowship Church in Wallingford, PA.  The people there were so nice and the facilities were huge and beautiful.  We had the dinner catered and the caterer (who is a friend of ours) showed up and helped set everything up for us. The third person on the committee, Dorothea, showed up while the caterer was still there.  The three of us got busy to get everything done before the people came.

The food was great, the guests were wonderful.  Pastor Wayne and Phyllis (his wife) were truly touched by everything that was done for them.

Several of the other Bible Fellowship pastors spoke along with Pastor Wayne and Phyllis' children and some members of the congregation.  Then there was a slide show of him as a child, a young man and all through the history of his 31 years at Wissinoming Bible Fellowship Church.  We will miss him so much.

One funny thing happened last night.  While we were cleaning up afterwards we were telling Pastor Tim of Grace BFC about our wedding and teasing Pastor Wayne about not letting us kiss.  At our wedding ceremony he clean forgot that line and so we never kissed after being pronounced husband and wife.  So I said to Pastor Wayne, "Say it now."  He said, "What?"  I said, "Tell us to kiss now."  So he said, "Joe, you may now kiss your bride."  And Joe kissed me.  Pastor Tim said, "Aww, now wasn't that worth waiting five years for?"  I said, "Finally we are married!" and laughed.  This morning in church Pastor Wayne told the congregation that after five years we were officially married because last night he told us to kiss.  Ha, ha, ha!

It took us two hours to clean up with several people helping us.  It was 10:00 p.m. when we left, but the place looked beautiful.  We were so tired and slept really well last night.


This morning Joe had the prayer and scripture reading.  I asked Pastor Justin if I could give a testimony and he said yes.  I have been felt led to tell of God's faithfulness.  It just kept being impressed on me over and over "God is faithful and someone else needs to know this."  So I was nervous, but I told of how God had been faithful to Joe and me through the five years of our marriage.  After the service one of the ladies in the church thanked me and said it was exactly what she needed to hear.  I don't know if she was the only one, but at least I know I needed to say it for her.


I am planning a great dinner tonight.  I haven't cooked all week and am itching to do so.  I'm having a salad, roasted chicken with herbs and grapes, new potatoes, carrots and broccoli.  I have tons of plums from last week so I want to make a plum cobbler for dessert.  It's getting late and I'd better get busy so that's it for today.  At least I am caught up with everything and it's back to work for me tomorrow.