* Last Sunday was our church's last Sunday to have only an online service. We have so enjoyed these last few weeks of slow, truly restful Sundays, and we enjoyed this one just as much! I had to crack up at this picture of Ryan, too. He stretched out on the couch, and I asked if he was going to take a nap. He said no. He wasn't sleepy. ;) We did take a walk that afternoon and the rain that was about five hours out on the radar made a surprise early appearance! (No photos of that.)
* Monday was a productive office day for me, including some writing that led to double-stacked Bibles. Study is getting serious! One of our neighbors was gone for several days while his wife was hospitalized out of town, so that evening, Ryan mowed his yard as well as ours. Meanwhile, I had an evening of Facebook Live and Zoom meetings for the big Fresh Grounded Faith conference coming to our church this fall.
* We had so much hard rain over the weekend that we'd pulled our freshly planted tomatoes back inside so they wouldn't drown. Braeya deemed herself their guard and sat between them every chance she got. When I closed up the sun room to go to work at the church that day, she sat at the window, still watching. I spent some time at the church for staff meeting that day - which included Jimmy Johns for lunch! After a full day of work, Ryan treated me to a dinner of fabulous grilled chicken!
* I wasn't able to go along, but Ryan spent a little bit of time at my parents' house on Wednesday, beginning a painting project for them. They wanted their living room and hallway repainted. He documented his time well. :) Also on Wednesday? The last of my birthday cake. A sad day, indeed.
* Thursday night I went with Ryan to my parents, and we knocked out the bulk of the painting. It looks so fresh and nice in there! Mom and Dad got carry out from their favorite little local restaurant, and we had dinner with them, too!
* After work on Friday, we went to Lowe's to help Mom and Dad pick out new blinds for their living room, and then we went grocery shopping. My first time in a grocery store in over two months. It was not that crowded, and we found every single thing on our list. That may be a record! We went for a sunset walk when we got home, and then we camped out on our sun porch! The weather was perfect for it!
* Waking up to a beautiful sunrise was so much fun! Ryan had his breakfast on the porch before work, and Braeya tried to help with quality control. She regularly shows up when food is involved! Last night we went back to my parents' house to put their living room back together for them. I thought it turned out so nice!
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So great you can get back to in-person church. Our governor has allowed houses of worship to open, but most in MA vow to stay closed since cases are still too high (Jews especially are refusing to open yet bc heaven forbid someone get sick). I do miss services with friends!!!
I am so envious of all the things you can do -- go back to in-person church, go in your parents' house, grocery shop as a couple -- we still can't do any of that here... The kids miss going anywhere but outside or being in the house and I miss (in person) church soooooo much.
Enjoy!
Tamar - Many churches here have not gone back yet, even though we can. Some are choosing to wait to see how things go for the places that do return and others don't have a large enough space to accommodate a distanced return. Our church was one of the first big ones in our area to go back, and we actually didn't have very many people show up. Ryan and I couldn't go because of his work.
Natasha - I'm so sorry you can't go out! That's so frustrating!! When we went grocery shopping, I only went into one of the three stores we went to. I went into the first one, but we only needed 3 things from the second and third ones, so I stayed in the car. No need to create extra people for just a couple of things. We haven't been to a restaurant yet, nor have I gone to do any just for fun shopping (like Hobby Lobby).
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