Posts Tagged ‘confirmation class’

This is #4.. He was a cute baby huh?

Thursday's To Do…

• School the monkey's
• work on confirmation class
• work on Stuff with #1
• exercise
• dinner= Chicken Pot Pie Soup
• Plan Youth Group for next week.. get it out to interns
• Finance report

This weekend I was not very productive when it comes to my “to do list”… I worked a little here.. and there.. but didn’t get everything done that I needed to.

Some peony’s from my garden…

Tuesday’s To-Do List

1.  Write up a few things.

2. update blogs

3. Clean Basement

4. Sew Sequins ** But first I have to go buy more beads..

5. Write up church eBay stuff.

6. Dinner= Silver Dollar City Special.. aka Sausage and potatoes

7. check on photos.. (I’m moving my hosting)

8. Make WordPress Template for eBay Customer

9. Work on confirmation curriculum

10. Send out YG plans for June

11. Send article in

12. Take #2 to rehearsal

13. Write up VBS needs

14. Write up YG stuff

Here’s the background story on my issue with Fedex… I purchased a case of Bibles from www.biblesatcost.com They were shipped out from Kansas on Monday (to come to me here in Kansas)… The lady I ordered the Bibles from thought the Bibles would arrive by Wednesday because there was only about a 70 mile difference between where the Bibles are, and where I live.  I didn’t get nervous about the Bibles not arriving until Thursday.  I called Fedex, and they had traveled a whole 20 miles from the point of orgin to the Fedex Terminal, and I was assured they were out for delivery on Friday.  I waited.. and waited.. all day Friday. NOTHING..

I called at around 6:45PM and they told me it was still out for delivery.

I was on Danna’s Powerselling Mom Radio Show between 7:00 and 8:00PM (to listen go here: www.blogtalkradio.com/search/suzie-eads/) so I couldn’t call and ask what was going on.. until after the show.

After the radio show I called and they said the driver missed the delivery, and it would be delivered on Monday.  I needed the bibles to hand out at confirmation graduation on Sunday; So I talked to several people until I got a hold of one guy.. who understood how important it was to me to have those Bibles,.

If you look close you can see the outline of my house under the full moon.

So under the cover of darkness and a full moon, the Man and I  set off for Topeka’s Fed Ex Terminal. Topeka is about 60 miles from our humble abode..

No Trespassing.. I guess they knew I was coming..

Just like the sign said.. I reported to the office to pick up my box.

I didn’t have the guts to take my camera in the building.. but the dudes in there were looking at me like I my mother’s new lung was in there or something… They could not imagine why I would need these Bibles before Monday.

#3 is totally confident that I got the Bibles.. #2 looks concerned

I got them!

We arrived home.. safe but I made the dog guard the Bibles.. Just in case.

Here’s 10 of the 11 reasons I had to get those Bibles.  The 2008-2009 Confirmation class.. I just love these kids..

When I say someone stole my MoJo.. I don’t mean beer.. I don’t even drink the stuff (beer or mojo beer).  I am exhausted.. you know the kind of exhausted like you’ve spent 48 hours with children that never sleep?  Oh wait.. maybe that’s what happened to my MoJo..

They look sweet and innocent eating pizza don’t they?

Maybe that’s it.  Back in July when I volunteered to “help” with the Confirmation Class.  I thought it would be a good way to spend my Sunday mornings.  I had no idea I would grow to love each one of these kids for all of their special-ness. (is that a word? Don’t tell me I don’t want to know.)

Here’s the man and child #2 setting up the projector at the OU Lodge.

Friday evening I set off with 11 of my closest 7th and 8th graders to the Ottawa University Lodge at Pomona Lake. The OU lodge is an interesting place.  It reminds me of the Brady Bunch house (far out man).

We had a schedule:

Kids Setting Up their stuff.

Buzzard’s Pizza.. yum..

We were sitting around Friday night watching “Austin Powers”.  When we heard a strange sound…

This doesn’t look like much.. but it was an ARMY Helicopter.

We had a Army helicopter land about 200 feet from our lodge.  It was pretty cool, and freaked us out at first.  It stayed there for about 30 minutes, then flew off.

Without this guy.. this retreat would not have happened… He’s awesome

There’s a lot of purple going on here. (girls are pink boys are blue.. mix them together they make purple)

One thing about boys.. they love fire (see the lighter in his hand?) I had to hide that like 10 times.

I think they are looking at a wasp

Who knew you could play Twister alone?

The Session (our church’s governing body) ate lunch with us.

We spent September through May learning more about our faith, and about each other. These kids have taught me a lot about myself, and my own belief system.  I am a little really sad the class is over.  I love each one of them, and will miss spending Sunday Mornings with them.