Weekend Update

Got home yesterday around 2:00 after driving from Nashville all morning. It rained most of the way till Louisville, which slowed me down a little, especially driving in the unfamiliar, rental car.
Made a salad for a late lunch and went to the grocery store for Evelyn. Checked e-mail, read the mail, changed clothes, and joined Evelyn and a houseful of folks at Dan and Cindi Cooper's place for a baby shower for Jeremy and Cara Lawson. They're expecting a boy, just a couple of days after Cara finishes teaching this school year.
We enjoyed visiting with Tom and Joyce Lawson and three of their kids, plus Ryan and Andrea White (Dan and Cindi's daughter) and JP and Chloe Glenn and a gaggle of preschoolers on the floor and on laps and between legs. Like I said, it was a houseful!
Cindi made wonderful lasagna. Evelyn made her favorite romaine and mandarin orange salad. And Cindi and Joyce made desserts.
It was a pleasant evening--lots of laughter and catching up with each other as well as all the good eating.

Jessica Lyons rehearsed with the
worship team before
the 9:00 service.

This morning I hosted in the 9:00 service; we grabbed breakfast at Frisch's, and I ran by Lowe's to gawk at their flowers and plants and buy a big jug of Roundup. It started sprinkling as I was leaving, and it rained off and on the whole afternoon. Evelyn and I sat in the kitchen and dining room and did work. She graded term papers and finished 'em--the last research papers of her college teaching career! She's very happy about that. I wrote a draft of an editorial, rewrote some marketing copy for our website, sent some e-mails, brought the checkbook up-to-date, and made some phone calls.
At about 5:00 we drove over to Ferrari's Little Italy Bakery and Restaurant where I'm hosting a small retirement celebration for Evelyn and some of her CCU colleagues May 18. We had pizza and salads there (wonderful pizza on homemade focaccia-like crust) and met the manager, Sandy. We enjoyed visiting with her and choosing the menu for our dinner, which will be just a little under two weeks from now.

After Thanksgiving, Christmas

Back to work after most of last week out of the office. Sorted through a pile of e-mails. Waded through my envelopes full of receipts to complete my November expenses. Handled some other correspondence. And began editing material for the February issue.

I arrived at work Monday morning to find decorations in the office.

 

Everybody's thinking Christmas these days. Made reservations for our staff Christmas lunch. We're going to Ferrari's Little Italy next Wednesday. We're having our all-office Christmas party December 12. Sorted through Cyber Monday offers on the Internet to see if there are any I may want to take advantage of.
We're having overnight company at home tomorrow and Wednesday night, and I did a little to help  Evelyn get ready for them after supper. Also sorted through a mountain of direct mail, catalogs, magazines, and newspapers to throw out most of it in anticipation of trash day tomorrow.
Then I spent the rest of the evening uploading wedding pictures to Shutterfly, hoping to take advantage of their Cyber Monday discount offer for Christmas cards.