It's WHAT time?

Ola peeps,
Well this stupid time change has totally confused my alarm cat. He woke me up at 3:47 this morning.

I tried to fend him off and go back to sleep but he was having none of that. It was morning as far as he was concerned and I WAS getting up.

Ack!


Yesterdays church was actually the best one we've been to yet! they were also the rockinest church ever. Apparently it was their 10th anniversary ,so it was a longer service than usual. The teenagers did a skit (thing) sort of like the video below. (only even better)
It was awesome .






Lyrics to "Set me Free" by Casting Crowns





It hasn't always been this way
I remember brighter days
Before the dark ones came
Stole my mind
Wrapped my soul in chains

Now I live among the dead
Fighting voices in my head
Hoping someone hears me crying in the night
And carries me away

Chorus:
Set me free of the chains holding me
Is anybody out there hearing me?
Set me free

Morning breaks another day
Finds me crying in the rain
All alone with my demons I am
Who is this man that comes my way?
The dark ones shriek
They scream His name
Is this the One they say will set the captives free?
Jesus, rescue me

Chorus

As the God man passes by
He looks straight through my eyes
The darkness cannot hide

Do you want to be free?
Lift your chains
I hold the key
All Power on Heaven and earth belong to me
(Repeat)

You are free
You are free
You are free

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I love that song!

Naturally I am nearly out of cigarettes.....the one morning I get up in the middle of the night. Who is open at this hour ? What time is daylight?
Gah!

Happy Monday !

What these whitey's do'in here?

Happy Monday Peeps,





I thought I had seen it all.......but nooooo.

This is a purse made out of an actual Razorback football.

Who'd a thunk it?





Floozie1 and I finally found us a real black church yesterday.
It was an African methodist church. We had no idea what to expect.

"are they going to throw us out?"

"will they be mean to us?"

We got there pretty early . Sat in the back. Everyone was very friendly and nice to us. they came up and shook our hands and introduced themselves.

A lot of the women were wearing big beautiful hats.All of them were wearing beautiful shoes.

Here's some things I did not expect. The pastor was a woman and so were all of the ushers.Methodist church does infant baptism. Well we got to see 4 kids get baptized. They were probably aged from 3 to 12.But still ,it was the same process as infant baptism.....with the sprinkling of water. Not the full dunk ,like the Baptist church.

The music was pretty lively ,but not as lively as I expected. The preacher did get to "yelling" from the pulpit. It just took her a while to get warmed up.

The church itself was 138 years old. Absolutely beautiful . But in sad need of restoration and repair.




(click on the pics to make them full size)


Look at those pipes. The built in organ in front of them apparently does not work. Those things are probably worth a fortune.

Tin ceiling, antique pews, gorgeous woodwork . Then add pealing paint, woodwork pulling away from the walls. A shame.

Something quite common in the south though.





The ceiling. This is a big dome with windows. I forgot to take a picture of the outside of it. dang it.













(click the pic)

This is all the historical info I was able to find about the building.

All in all, we enjoyed our trip to the African church.




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Monday = chore day.

Bleah.....


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Oh yeah......go to the bathroom ,get a beverage and get comfortable . Here are Weis's pictures from the big apple. Hopefully ,he will hurry up and give us the finale of the trip:)


http://theweisel.com/photography/2008-09-19/
There are a few more that I still need to copy to computer.
My captions suck, but you already read the story.

(there's a really tiny arrow at the bottom of the pics to fast forward to the next one)


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I DO too fit in this bed.




Have a great day ya'll, Luv me

Hey, you're not black......

Happy Monday Peeps,


Well if you know me , this will come as no surprise.
I picked the blackest church I could find. It was in an all black neighborhood , right across the street from the projects.


We were expecting a "boogie in the aisle's " FUN church experience.




We expected ladies giving us chills with their awesome singing ,a preacher yelling from the pulpit , big beautiful hats, loud and fun.







Imagine my shock when we got THIS instead.....







A plain ole boring white milk toast Baptist church.

WTH? How could this be? Where were the black people?

If not in this neighborhood, then where?





I guess I will have to do better research next time. Damn it.

It's the curse ,I say!

Have a great day!
Luv me

I curled my hair...for THIS?

Happy Sunday ya'll,


Last night Floozie2 and I were supposed to go out to dinner, at night time, like grown ups.


A neighbor of ours had invited us ,the night before while we were sitting here watching chick flicks.


WE were told it would be "pretty late" as this neighbor has a hellish work schedule.


So, Floozie 2 comes over at about 6:30 , we sit around yacking and starving and waiting . Finally we gave up around 8 p.m.
(We had been stood up)
and she drove the 2 of us to dinner at this fish place.


I was too cheap to get the Mahi Mahi for 17 bucks. It really makes no sense , because the money comes from the same account. It just seems more justifiable when my hubby is the one paying.
Go figure.


We were home by 9:30 and I was in my p.j.s the minute I got home.
Damn we're exciting.

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I do have an adventure planned for today though. My friend Floozie1 is ready to try and start living again. As you know ,her husband recently died.


Before he got so sick that she was unable to really go anywhere, her and I had been "church hopping". You know, trying a different church every week.
Well, today ,we're back in the saddle. We're going to an African American church.


I have not been to one since boot camp, back in the day. I do remember loving the energy and the passion though. So, I think it's gonna be fun!


I'll be back later to let ya'll know how it goes.

Have a great day in your worlds!

Luv me