The "Twin Towers"

Not those Twin Towers, "our" Twin Towers!

Do "you" have a church? "We" have a church! --Is it weird how we all take possession of "our" churches? We say things to our friends like, "hey, you should come to "my" church?" Or, "My" church is in Spokane." --You get it!

Well, "I" have a church! And, at "my" church, we sing old hymns. Leading us in those old hymns are 3 very dear ladies...2 of which are a mere 80 years young, or so. These 2 wonderful women are our equivalent of today's church bands! Stop laughing, I'm serious! One plays the organ and the other plays the piano. Also, both of these young ladies stand only about 4'6" tall, if, so my hubby refers to them lovingly as "our Twin Towers", aka "the band"! The 3rd is a young lady, and she leads us in singing...if that's what you can call the noise that the rest of us make! Some times, more often than not, the "Twin Towers" band loose their place! Sometimes just one or the other, often both at the same time! The song leader is very professional and is usually pretty good about keeping her composure...unless, she and my hubby meet eyes! You see, my hubby finds it rather comical that our little church of 20 or less sing so totally out of sync. He has actually shed tears from quietly laughing so hard!

The last few Sundays we have had a guest minister and his family sit in the pews with us during the first part of the church service. This last Sunday, it seemed extremely hard for our "Twin Towers" to get the timing, the key or the page number together! I, like most of the other parishioners, try to ignore the bumblings and play along...but not my hubby! He can't take it, it's like someone is tickling the bottom of his feet!! And then, the guest minister, who is sitting directly in front of my hubby, turns to look at my hubby...ok, that's all she wrote! The lead singing lady now looses it also, as do the other 5 people sitting in front of me and then my 17 year old brother in law sitting next to me...me, I'm silently saying a prayer that we can all recover and get this song done! And we do!

GOD bless our "Twin Towers"...as the one tiny little lady steps off the stage and goes to the other tiny little lady sitting at the piano, pats her on the back and hugs her as though they, together, just won the Super Bowl!

There will never be another church like "my" church!

The Chase!

I originally posted this in November, 2007. Seems mornings never change. Things are still the same...except...a few of the critters has changed. "Issac" the sheep found a new home with a vet assistant, "Snoop Dog" and "Little Kim" the 2 black "quiet" ducks found a new home with a family that deals with just fowls...that is a strange word! We have a bunch of new chickens, of unintended sorts...that is another post in it's self! And, of course, we now have "Noodle" the poodle! Anyway...let me tell you how my day starts!

Mornings! I drag myself out of bed…down the stairs…all I want to do is throw myself on the chair and sip coffee…but noooo! I have animals! The “mouse” (Mickey the wiener dog) is scratching at his bedroom door to go out. I open his door and he does about 20 3-foot verticals while waiting for me to get my shoes and coat on--now Noodle joins in...she can get some air! I take a deep breath and giggle out loud as I open the door. I take off running and scream as I look behind me…pretending to be in a horror movie. I am being chased by 24 chickens 2 ducks 4 dogs and 3 cats, at the same time the horses are running, bucking, snorting and farting in the pasture. Sometimes I intentionally fall on the ground…they all stop…stare at me, except those who pounce on me…I get up, start running again and they all chase me! I feed them, they forget I exist. I go back inside to drink my coffee. Now I’m awake!

Oh, I've gotta get this on film!