Weekend

Yum.

 I received a gift card for a local restaurant for my birthday.  We decided to go for brunch on Saturday.  The food was absolutely wonderful - but quite pricey.  Maybe we'll try it again some time.  We like to share a meal, but they charge $2 extra for entree sharing and they are a "cash free" business, which irks me to no end.  So, maybe yes, maybe no.  The biscuit there on my plate was hands down the best biscuit I've ever ever eaten.  The Husband thoroughly enjoyed the creme brulee french toast.  Really good food if I can manage to get past the cost and the card only way of doing business.

Thursday's play at Hale was wonderful.  The set, costumes and yes, the people were all in shades of gray and black - sort of a nod to the film noir style of the 1940's.  That was the setting of this play.  It was well done, those people had a lot of lines to memorize and I thoroughly enjoyed it.  

Yesterday's church was what I like to call the "music testimony" meeting.  The podium is open to anyone who wishes to come up, speak in the microphone to tell us of their favorite hymn (and why) then we all sing one verse of that hymn.  We've done it before, but it's been a number of years, during the previous bishop for sure.  One of the other organists was on the schedule for that day and he had said earlier he was ok with the format.  Last Monday I received an email - would I be willing to switch organ weeks, he was a bit uncomfortable about playing whatever hymn was tossed out.  I don't really tell people no.  So I practiced the three basic hymns:  opening, sacrament and closing and did a lot of praying that I would be up to the task, painful hand/wrist and all.  It was a stressful meeting for me for sure.  But frankly, I think it was good for the ward.  I don't think our current Bishop has ever had a meeting like that and I think he was surprised and pleased at how it all turned out. There were so many people waiting their turn that they had to cut it off, just do the ones still sitting on the stand and end the meeting. My general sense was that the ward congregation really enjoyed it.  Me? I was shaking so hard a few times that it was difficult to play.  But I plugged along and did my best.  Mistakes for sure were made but hopefully not too intrusive and obvious.   I actually had a couple (surprise) texts from people saying they enjoyed it and thanks for working so hard.

This will be a busy week.  Appointments for several days.  Just this morning was invited to walk around Mirror Lake with our friends on Saturday.  Yay for something to look forward to that doesn't involve doctors, bills or stress.

I'm grateful today, again and always, for repentance. I need it so much.  I am constantly asking Heavenly Father to forgive me for yet again another mis-step. I fail so much at so much.  It's been chore-filled morning, and I'm grateful for completed laundry and vacuuming, bill paying, milk buying, floor swiffing and a hug from The Husband even though I don't really deserve one.