Little Drummer Boy

The Christmas season is coming to an end and I could not help putting up more Christmas pictures. Here is my brother David one Christmas morning holding his stocking.

I assume it is Christmas day because of the "Christmas mess" that is all over the floor. If I am right, then when this picture was taken, David will be celebrating his birthday in 5 days.

December 30th (today) is David's birthday.

This picture is prophetic, because David (in the center) grew up a drummer. Glory and Mom were clarinetist and I a flutist. None of us are practicing musicians, but with David I ALWAYS think of him as a drummer.

Drumming WIPE OUT in the garage on 11th street until the police (prompted by the neighbors) told him to stop. Drumming in the living room on his trap set. Drumming on glasses, chair arms, me, or anything that made a noise. His favorite noise is the sound cymbals make.

Later (much later) he was a drummer in church (I played the flute). That's when he became the founding member of The David Hanna Band (think Spinal Tap). The David Hanna band has never cut an album, or even made demo for that matter, but it is my favorite band because of David.

Happy Birthday Baby David.

The Power of the Poinsettia

Shane, Julie, Lesa and I delivered poinsettias to all those people (25) who hosted tables at our Young Life fish fry (remember that?).

People would light up like we where walking in with roses or diamonds. Poinsettias are pretty and they have the power to make people happy; or more accurately I should say showing gratitude has the power to make people happy. So show some.

Extreme Dog Make-Over

About two weeks ago we had a cold morning so I put on brown tights and a skirt and went out into the world. Later that morning I looked down at my legs and realized with tights on I had become a human lint brush. I have a great dog, however she has a lot of fur and during the course of the morning I had picked up a lot of fur on my legs.

ENOUGH ALREADY!

I took her in for a new furdoo. We were both scared. I told the groomer that I wanted all that mess gone, but I still wanted Cookie to look like Cookie. Not sure I was doing the right thing, I left the kennel, thinking "it can grow out." After all was said and done, I think Cookie likes her new look. She seems sassier. It took me a little while to adapt to the new dog....she looked younger, so I just pretended I got a new puppy. She is so cute.

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Deacon of the Week

I have been a member of First Baptist Church of Rockport for a couple of years. Since I didn’t grow up in the Baptist church, I sometimes feel like an observer of Baptist culture.

One thing that I like about the church is Baptist have men who serve as deacons. I googled deacon and found that the word can be translated servant, or waiter. The office of deacon was established by the Apostles. For historical reference please read the following scriptures:

Acts 6:1-4 in those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Grecian Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, it would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. Brothers, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.

Every week at First Baptist Rockport they have a Deacon of the Week and his name and phone number is published in the weekly bulletin. We are instructed to call on them if we have a need. I am not a widow, but I am not married. I don’t have a tool box or a ladder or many fix-it skills. So I save up odd jobs around my house that I really need help with and when one of my friends is Deacon of the Week I call them. They always come through like champs. I love deacons and their Acts of Service (there that phrase is again).

Here's Deacon Barney fixing the flag on my mail box. He also added a handle to the door so I could open it easily without scruffing up my fingernails. Aren't deacons a great idea?

How Long Will It Last?

Well, December 1st is here and thanks to Anne, my tree is up. This tree was purchased by one of my coop classes at RFHS. They collected money from everyone in the room ($3 and some change) and then sent a representative to Castaways for the sole purpose of getting us a tree. As you can see it is delightful.

If you recall, last year the tree was toppled and shattered by Buttons and Bo, then only being kittens, on the 23rd. I feel they have matured and believe we can make it until the 25th without any tree disasters. For added insurance, there are very few breakable ornaments on this season's tree. I will now suggest that someone start a pool to see how long before this becomes a tumbling tannenbaum. The count down begins.

Also, on a completely different note, I would like to make mention that tonight I went out for coffee with friends and the City of Rockport put on a fire works show. I've heard of Christmas in July, but not the other way around. It was fun.

Bo starts his investigation.....the clock is ticking.