Sunday

Today was the nicest day. The weather right now is the nicest it ever gets in Florida. We woke up to a calm breeze, no humidity, the perfect temperature, blue skies and lots of sunshine. Church was great. I attended first service and worked second in the nursery. We had 13 kids! But luckily, we also had four workers, even though two volunteers could not show up. God worked it all out for us. And having 11 toddlers in a fairly small room went amazingly smooth and the rooms were both peaceful.
Then we got to go out with some friends (Dave's coworker from Harris, and his wife and 2 kids)for lunch (Harbor City Diner: More than just a diner!) and all 4 kids were very well behaved, and the adults could just socialize. Normally I just refuse to take the kids anywhere because we spend the whole meal trying to contain them and pacify them and we can't talk to each other or enjoy our food. My food was good, and I was pretty hungry since I forgot to eat breakfast (which is very odd, am I getting sick? I also did not want dinner tonight.) Then their family came back to our house and we had a nice long visit. I really enjoy their company so much. I want to adopt them. All four of them. It's a rare thing for me to find a friend I can just be myself with and be totally relaxed and just have fun. Normally I am always worried about what I said or did or how my house looked.... But I just feel at ease with them. I am really happy they started coming to our church so we can see more and more of them. And their kids! They are just the cutest and most well-behaved little ones ever! Seriously, this is one gorgeous family.
And Louise, the mommy counterpart of the group, gave me the best tip about this NYC lipstick she uses. It is really, really good lipstick. And get this: it's only 99 cents! It's not AVON. Whoops. But I have no standards when it comes to a good lipstick find. I wanted a deep red for fall, and this is the perfect one. I will probably almost never wear it (I'm more of a pink or mauve lipgloss kind of girl), so I am very happy it was only a buck.
Also, yesterday, my Mom gave me a little cash, and a great coupon and let me escape to Beall's. Normally, Dave never has to worry about me overspending on clothes. Because I can try on 42 things and walk out without one purchase. But not yesterday! I went a little bananas! I found a pair of dress pants, four shirts, a pair of REALLY cute high heels, and a pretty beaded necklace. Then Dave and I had a date night. So the weekend started out to be kind of a bummer, and then it got better. Now we just have to put the kids to bed and the whole week can start all over again. Jonathan's in school 5 mornings a week and it is just causing time to fly by. I can't believe it's almost Halloween, and then our anniversary, and then Thanksgiving, and then Anna's birthday, and then Christmas, and then it will be 2009. Can you believe how close we are to the year 2010? Doesn't that sound wierd to anyone else?