July 4th

I hope you all had an excellent holiday! I had to work July 4th:( I don't get off on holidays so it was kind of annoying. We were not busy and I was so bored I was silly. My cousin Karena was with me all week so she was at work too and she was bored as could be. We had a good Friday but I guess everyone was doing anything BUT shopping at King's. After working we went to my Grandma Weaver for the celebration. It's an annual thing, she always has us for a cookout. I had a good time. I was glad my cousin Angie was there. She has only 3 more weeks to go if her baby arrives on schedule. Angie goes to the same church I do and she talks. I have another cousin that does not talk much. She sits there and smiles pretty. I thought it was going to be maybe only her there and I was dreading it but then Angie did come.

After that, I went to see some fireworks at the Lititz Park. I met Michelle and we walked the railroad tracks til we had a good view. It was a Mennonite hangout. The fireworks were good but I would have been just as happy to have a little more light so I could see what all aquaintances of mine might be there. I was no more than sitting down when my phone rang and it was Karena's brothers. They live in Berks county but came all the way to Lititz to watch. I thought it was funny that Karena got to see them! So she sat with them then. I was glad she did because Michelle had a heavy heart and Karena would not have had any fun sitting with us. I thought the fireworks weren't too bad.......but now since I saw Sunday's display, I changed my mind!

Sunday I was back to my regular church. I really liked the Grace church I was at two Sundays out of June but there's something that feels really good when you go back to the church you're a part of. It feels like home, oh, so good. The pastor was going to preach but he had a......I forget what it's called but something like a mini stroke on Thursday so he chose not to preach this Sunday. He was there though. Duane preached instead and I always get fed from him sermons. He preached on bearing one another's burdens.....and showed how the Bible is interesting in that if you were trying to be a pain you could try to say it contradicts itself. It says not to take thought what you are going to eat or drink but to just trust the Lord. In other verses it talks about going to the ant and working like her and how only those who work shall eat!!!!!! What's up with that???? And how...shoot I forget the passage.....but it says to bear one another's burdens and like 3 verses later it says that each shall bear his own burden!!!!!! Excuse me???????????? LOL! He was explaining how it's kinda like moderation in all things..........and when you bear someone's burdens you are not making it go away, they are still bearing it themselves, only you're helping them to get through it!!!!

Ah, Sunday afternoon and evening were so lovely I don't even feel like writing about it because that would take away from the loveliness! Karena, Jeremy, and I went to Long's Park with the Brills. Got there around 3pm and we picked our spot and then walked around. They had a wonderful concert there. They had an army band there. They had some dancing. We ate a picnic lunch and just had a good time visiting. Oh, the cannons were awesome! Loud, but awesome! I wonder why I never went to Long's Park before. It was so neat and the best part is that it was all free! The fireworks were MUUUUUUUUUUUUCH better than Lititz park. And they played music, like march stuff the whole time the fireworks were going off. Totally cool! Jeremy and Yitzhak were off by themselves alot and I was a bit annoyed that Jeremy did not tell us what they were doing so we wouldn't worry but it was alright, they came by the time the fireworks were almost over. There's something special about sharing something fun with friends. I would not have had near the fun if I wasn't with some of my most precious friends.

And, today is a lovely day. I get to have off. It is so rare I get to sleep in on a Monday morning. Never mind the fact that I have to go to work 5 solid days in a row. Yuck! I'll worry about that then, not gonna let it ruin my day off! It was fun having Karena at my house. She did an excellent job at work and I'll miss her. She helped me clean my house. On Wednesday I took her over to the Hursts and we went swimming to some folks down the road. We ate pizza and hung out til bedtime. Ah, that's the life!

This week I am going to church Wednesday night. They have a music topic that night. I will eat anything up like a starved puppydog when it comes to music. I cannot ever get enough teaching on music. Thursday I sing with Steve's at the home. So my two nights are packed for this week.

Well, I think that is enough of jabber for now.