A Just-What-I-Needed Type of Day

 Yes, it was.

I was up early and came downstairs to post in the devotional page I share with Rhonda, then post in the DWLZ daily forum.  By the time I did that it was time for the YouTube presentation of the church service from FCC.  

I could hear Gary making noises upstairs, and sure enough, when he came downstairs, he was in the beginning stages of getting ready to go to church with Hilary and Blaine.  I had decided, but hadn't told him yet, that I really didn't want to go to Delphi UMC this morning. Not because I didn't want to go to church, but because I was still uneasy about attending a church service IN a building with other people I didn't really know, wearing a mask for over an hour.  He agreed, and soon I found that Hilary and Blaine were not going either.

We continued to watch the FCC service until William Butler was speaking.  Sorry...but I don't really enjoy his messages and today's was no exception to that.  It was easy to switch over to listening to the Ball Brothers songs.

After breakfast I put together the crockpot for our planned evening meal.  A beef roast with chopped onions and celery, seasoned with salt and pepper, and beef broth poured over, then cooked on low for 7-8 hours.

After my shower I sat in the dining room with the laptop and sent an email to Karen and Paul in Whidby Island, WA.  She has been gone from WC for nearly 20 years now (WOW!) and we still email each other frequently, catching up on daily lives and what is happening with family.  I try to fill her in on people she knows from WC also.

It was time to do something that I really enjoy.  I grabbed my book, my iPad, and a drink (iced tea in a WDW cup) and walked out to the gazebo. It was good to just sit there, enjoy the breeze, and listen to the sounds of the goats and the trains.  I read several chapters in the book Megan had loaned to me several months ago, then checked my iPad for messages because I was hearing several dings.

When I returned to the house, I returned to the hand-stitching on the first Packers quilt.  Then we heard cars and saw that Hilary and Blaine and the kids, plus Jan and Don were here.  Hilary brought one of their boots for Gary to wear around the house so he can wear his other one outside and when we go shopping or to a restaurant.  Then we decided to go out and visit. 

While the kids were jumping on the trampoline, we chatted, then moved into the gazebo.  Now this is what I really liked.  Don and Jan, Gary and I , plus Blaine and Hilary all sat in the gazebo and chatted about various things.  I loved it---it is why the gazebo was put together as it was, with the chairs and benches, comfort, able to see the kids in the trampoline, and just comfortable.

Later when everyone left, I spent more time on the deck, just basking in the good feelings of the day. 

Dinner was great - shredded beef, noodles, and mashed potatoes.

More time spent looking for my The Message Bible so I can start a new plan tomorrow morning.   I never did find it, but I know it is somewhere in this house.

And the first Packers quilt is finished!  Hand-stitching is done!  Now I need to decide if I want to add a label to the back bottom corner.  I do, but after I attach it with the Heat N Bond, I always zigzag around the edges.  That shouldn't be a problem usually, but the print for the quilting is football helmets, footballs, and stars, and I am afraid the extra stitching will detract from that.  I will have to think about this for a while.

So it was a good day. 

Church service.  Ball Brothers music.  Good food from the crockpot.  Reading in the gazebo.  Finished  a quilt.  Gary has a new boot.  Sitting in the gazebo and chatting with family.  

It was a good day.  Just what I needed.