Visitation

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Brad

Yesterday was a full day. I spent a lot if time watching classes. The kids were fun to watch. I also saw some co-curriculars. The choir was amazing. They sang in the sanctuary. It was beautiful. There are three giant stained glass windows. Each represents a Person of the Trinity. The behind the altar represents Jesus:

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In the evening, I went to the annual fundraising auction. It was fun! I had delicious food and a silky-smooth glass of tasty red wine. It was a great end to my visit.

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I fly back to Baltimore today. I go through Chicago. Hopefully I won’t encounter any delays.

Karla, here is my flight info:
United 472
Depart Sacramento 6:10 Arrive Chicago 12:07
United 4715
Depart Chicago 1:00 Arrive Baltimore 3:49

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3 Responses to Visitation

  1. Carol says:
    March 8, 2014 at 6:33 am

    Lovely sanctuary! Huge fellowship hall! This place has a lot going for it in the obvious – and, it sounds, on levels that should count more as well. (Any school with a good choir must be good all over, right?) Still lifting all this in prayer – God knows where you should be…

    Just had a flashback to a visitation I once made to a Lutheran school in North Carolina – was there over the week-end of their annual PTL spaghetti dinner and sat across from the then-pastor, where I learned how he was going to pick up his new Glock soon that he had won in a contest at the lock gun shop. While I understand that might have been a feather in the cap for some folks (ahem), it caused me to include this phrase in my phone conversation home that night “…so far I don’t think this is such a good fit for me”. (Different protective weapons* of choice for different folks, I guess.) * = knitting/sewing needles, scissors, crochet hooks…

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  2. Lauren says:
    March 8, 2014 at 7:47 am

    What a lovely trip! I hope you had an enjoyable visit, and safe travels back to Baltimore.

    Good thing Karla is on the case!

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  3. Peggy says:
    March 8, 2014 at 10:28 am

    Sounds like you had a great trip! That church window is just beautiful!

    Enjoy the airports & here’s to no delays!

    :)

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Around Lodi

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Brad

My plane trip was fairly uneventful. In the part of the trip from Atlanta to Sacramento, I sat in a window seat kind if far back. It felt a little claustrophobic, but it was a full flight, so there wasn’t much I could do about it.

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The Sacramento airport was nice. Its baggage claim area had interesting decorations:

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Yesterday was spent looking around Lodi. I had lunch with the couple who picked me up at the airport. We ate in downtown Lodi. I had some delicious squash soup. After lunch, I went with a school dad on a driving tour of Lodi. If there is one word to sum up what I saw it would be grape vines. Wait… that’s two words. There are a LOT of grapes being grown around Lodi. One of my tour guides said there were over sixty wineries in the area!

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Today I’m hanging out with my new friends at their workplace.

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Commercial

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Brad

The owner of my work place thinks Gus is so cute, he wanted to make a commercial with him in it. Yesterday, Roy, the commercial guy, came to my house. Roy was really nice. He put me at ease. He’s done all kinds of filming. He even did a commercial for the NFL during the Superbowl.

Roy didn’t bring a crew or anything. It was just him and his camera. He asked me some questions while the camera was running, then he had me do some beginning and ending lines. After that part was over, he just played with Gus while he ran his camera. He laughed a lot.

Roy said he would send me a link when he got everything edited together. He also said he would like to come back just to photograph Gus. He said he wanted to set up lights and a backdrop and do it all professional-like. I look forward to it.

The scene of some of the filming.

The scene of some of the filming.


I’m flying to California today. I’m visiting with some potential new friends who Called me and asked if I would come see them.

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Remembering

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Brad

Wednesday morning is Trash Pickup Day. I used to be up so early I could take trash out in the mornings, but now I have to remember to do it at night. Sometimes I don’t get it done, and I can only grimace while I listen to the trash truck driving by. Last night, I remembered. I could rest comfortably this morning as I heard the sounds of my trash being taken away to the magical land of trash disposal.

An attached lid is a must. Otherwise, you will never see your lid again.

An attached lid is a must. Otherwise, you will never see your lid again.

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One Dollar at a Time

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Brad

Well, we narrowly averted another snow apocalypse yesterday. The weather forecasters have really over estimated the snow by a lot the last couple of times. I’m beginning to doubt their powers.

It was still a busy day at work. I find that when I’m busy, I crave candy. I also crave candy when I’m not busy. Unfortunately, there is a machine at work that is full of candy. I visit it often, dang it. I keep telling myself I shouldn’t eat candy, but if I’m going to eat candy, I should at least go to a bulk store and buy a giant box of it so it would be cheaper than the machine stuff. But I keep not listening to myself.

There is no Twix in it because I had just bought the last one.

There is no Twix in it because I had just bought the last one.

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