Sunday, March 11, 2007
Sunday
Today was nice. The weather was a little cloudy, but nice. It was time change, and we didn't get up quite as good as we intended, but it was still okay. We had a simple breakfast -- sourdough bread with apricot preserves and fruit, and got ready for church. Today was our first Sunday in months we didn't have a Sunday school lesson to print, grab supplies, etc. That was a nice break. We were in the mood to wear spring clothes but I figured we better wear our more wintery things a few more weeks, while we still can.
Heath taught the Sunday school lesson on worship. It was a good reminder about focusing on Who God is and focusing on Him, and not depending on our own strength. Then for church, I couldn't get my synthesizer to play right in the sound system, so I went on over to chapel -- it was my week to have the lesson. I got to teach on The Last Supper, which went well. The kids listened really well, even though it was a long story. I really enjoy getting to teach the story. It's my turn every 8 weeks. Then I went over to the 1st-2nd grade chapel to make an announcement about GEMS for the girls and Pioneer clubs for the boys. That was a lot of fun. The kids were really cute. Saturday we're taking both groups to Jackson to the natural science museum. I think that will be fun. David will drive the bus. I think we're planning on taking the kids. I don't know why we wouldn't.
We ate our lunch (sweet potatoes, mustard greens, and cornbread, yum) out on our patio, which was really nice. Then we had a nice, relaxing afternoon. I did go to Super 1 and Brookshire's to get some things for David; in Pioneers tonight they were learning about Bible Times foods and Bible Times games. For their food, they ended up doing lentils (the boys turned up their noses and wouldn't even try them -- but it's okay, I got to eat them for supper with leftover cornbread!), flatbread (we just used one of the ready-made pizza crusts), and grapes. David said they did eat some of the bread and grapes. (They were supposed to dip their bread in the lentils. We tried it; it was good.) Oh, and through this, I learned that Progresso sells a can of lentils (lentil stew); that's what I bought tonight that was offered to the boys. But it was almost $2 at Super 1. Although it tasted fine, and the ingredients were okay (the last thing was "Natural Flavors," but the label did say No MSG), it's not very cost efficient. You can buy a whole bag of lentils for less than $2 -- less than $1, I think. (I'll find out soon, when I buy more lentils. I had stocked up so I haven't bought any in a while.) These had a little bit of celery, and maybe carrots, and I know a little bit of spinach (but hardly any -- unless you read the ingredients, you wouldn't know it had spinach). Still, that gives me another idea for leftover greens.
Speaking of, in this issue of Prevention magazine, they have a feature on greens (Swiss chard); they say first to make the greens, then make an Asian soup (chicken broth with leftover greens) and then a flatbread Greek pizza (greens, tomatoes, feta cheese, etc.) I think that's definitely worth trying!
I had three girls tonight in GEMS, and they were good and it was fun. We did our Creation lesson tonight. We went for a "nature walk" around the church and talked about things God created. Then we came back inside and made a Creation Collage. They did really well. I don't know why my group has been so low lately. It has been a different 2 and 3 each week, so if they would all come -- I have about 15, I think, on my roll, most of whom come at least occasionally. I'll have a big group of new 1st graders coming up in the fall, too.
Everyone else is already in bed. I think I'll go there now, too. I plan on getting up early in the morning. I didn't run at all this past week; I've got to do better about that this week. I've got a week full of grading ahead of me; I give tests in all 3 classes, one tomorrow night, one Tuesday, and one Thursday. Grading is not my favorite thing! But it will be alright. I'll survive.
Heath taught the Sunday school lesson on worship. It was a good reminder about focusing on Who God is and focusing on Him, and not depending on our own strength. Then for church, I couldn't get my synthesizer to play right in the sound system, so I went on over to chapel -- it was my week to have the lesson. I got to teach on The Last Supper, which went well. The kids listened really well, even though it was a long story. I really enjoy getting to teach the story. It's my turn every 8 weeks. Then I went over to the 1st-2nd grade chapel to make an announcement about GEMS for the girls and Pioneer clubs for the boys. That was a lot of fun. The kids were really cute. Saturday we're taking both groups to Jackson to the natural science museum. I think that will be fun. David will drive the bus. I think we're planning on taking the kids. I don't know why we wouldn't.
We ate our lunch (sweet potatoes, mustard greens, and cornbread, yum) out on our patio, which was really nice. Then we had a nice, relaxing afternoon. I did go to Super 1 and Brookshire's to get some things for David; in Pioneers tonight they were learning about Bible Times foods and Bible Times games. For their food, they ended up doing lentils (the boys turned up their noses and wouldn't even try them -- but it's okay, I got to eat them for supper with leftover cornbread!), flatbread (we just used one of the ready-made pizza crusts), and grapes. David said they did eat some of the bread and grapes. (They were supposed to dip their bread in the lentils. We tried it; it was good.) Oh, and through this, I learned that Progresso sells a can of lentils (lentil stew); that's what I bought tonight that was offered to the boys. But it was almost $2 at Super 1. Although it tasted fine, and the ingredients were okay (the last thing was "Natural Flavors," but the label did say No MSG), it's not very cost efficient. You can buy a whole bag of lentils for less than $2 -- less than $1, I think. (I'll find out soon, when I buy more lentils. I had stocked up so I haven't bought any in a while.) These had a little bit of celery, and maybe carrots, and I know a little bit of spinach (but hardly any -- unless you read the ingredients, you wouldn't know it had spinach). Still, that gives me another idea for leftover greens.
Speaking of, in this issue of Prevention magazine, they have a feature on greens (Swiss chard); they say first to make the greens, then make an Asian soup (chicken broth with leftover greens) and then a flatbread Greek pizza (greens, tomatoes, feta cheese, etc.) I think that's definitely worth trying!
I had three girls tonight in GEMS, and they were good and it was fun. We did our Creation lesson tonight. We went for a "nature walk" around the church and talked about things God created. Then we came back inside and made a Creation Collage. They did really well. I don't know why my group has been so low lately. It has been a different 2 and 3 each week, so if they would all come -- I have about 15, I think, on my roll, most of whom come at least occasionally. I'll have a big group of new 1st graders coming up in the fall, too.
Everyone else is already in bed. I think I'll go there now, too. I plan on getting up early in the morning. I didn't run at all this past week; I've got to do better about that this week. I've got a week full of grading ahead of me; I give tests in all 3 classes, one tomorrow night, one Tuesday, and one Thursday. Grading is not my favorite thing! But it will be alright. I'll survive.
# posted by David and Aleecia @ 10:49 PM 
