Not much here tonight…

Sunday is always a blast! I cannot believe that at age 41 I am like a little kid going to an amusement park. Chris Stevens leads the class and she has become one of my all-time favorite people in such a short time. The others in the class are quickly becoming the immediate relatives in my church family, and I am so excited to see them each week. But still, Chris is one of the reasons I enjoy the class as much as I do. This week was really grueling as I began my new position with the Muse Machine, and the minute Chris walked into the room I could feel the stress begin to disappear. She has such a calming effect, and I always leave her presence with tons more energy and tons more joy! Everyone should have a Chris Stevens in their life!

Chris Stevens
I hope none of my pre-teen Sunday school teachers never scour this blog as they will be disappointed to not see their photograph here.

This morning I rose a little earlier than usual to fix a recipe by Katharine Wright, the younger sister of Wilbur and Orville for a dinner after church. This has become a favorite recipe for get-to-gethers as the Wright’s ‘macaroni with cheese’ has a different taste than to what we are accustomed from Kraft.

Boil macaroni for 15 minutes in water,
Drain water,
Boil in milk until milk is absorbed (or burnt),
Add a layer of macaroni to the bottom of a buttered baking dish,
Add pepper, a little mustard and grated cheddar cheese,
Repeat until filled,
Add a layer of bread crust to the top,
Bake until crust is browned.

After the lunch at church, the congregation had its annual meeting with a semi-state of the union address.

Before heading to Kettering, I traveled through the neighborhood to which I moved in 1990 and took some photos, and then some photos of where I work, and the Wright gravesite at Woodland Cemetery. We arrived home and I immediately downloaded all the photos off my camera, took a two hour nap and then worked a little from the desk. The boys were engrossed in video games, and though the dad side of me wanted to be down there – even reading a book while they played games – the other side of me was reminded that I needed some down time.

Now, I am off to bed to read for 30 minutes. I checked out Grapes of Wrath from the library, as well as the 1939 DVD starring Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell. I also have a book to read, If Grace Be True, loaded to me from a lady in my Sunday school class. I should probably start with her book so that I can return it to her next week. The other novel looks like a long process!

To see more photos of today’s dinner and congregational meeting at church, please visit: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dljh_dayton/album?.dir=e74b&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dljh_dayton/my_photos