Tag: church
Save the Date! October 20th, 2011
Peter Krasinski is at it again- Silent Movie with LIVE Organ Accompaniment!
A well churched weekend
Geoff and I spent a lot of time this weekend in houses of worship. On Saturday our friends Paul and Laura baptized their adorable daughter, Susannah, at St. Paul Parish in Harvard Sq. Apparently the theme of the day, other than joy and music, was fuchsia. I don’t know how I figured this out but I decided at the last minute to wear this excellent pink top I have that has pretty satin piping. Turns out Laura was wearing this outstanding pink lace dress and had taken the time to hand stamp a pink chrysanthemum on the front of each of the bulletins.
Apparently it’s an epidemic
Tomorrow is the day we had set as the RSVP no later than date, and so naturally something like half of the people we invited have not yet responded. No, that’s not an exaggeration. Half. Including half of the choir.
Kelly’s shower is over and it went well
We had a long but productive weekend. Of course Kelly and her mom were busy with all of the bridal shower stuff, but they also managed to get a lot of other things done, like reorganizing the guest room so we would have more storage space for wedding stuff. I helped out where I could, and I also managed to complete a little kitchen project I had wanted to do that will give us a little more storage space. All in all, it was a pretty good weekend. I was only there for the early part when things were being set up, and then I left after I made sure they did not need me to run any more errands. So I did not get any pictures or anything, obviously, but it is my understanding that a lot of pictures were taken by Liza and so hopefully at some point we will be able to see some of those.
-Geoff
All wedding stuff all the time!!! And squirrels.
At least, that’s what my life feels like right now. (Ok, the wedding part, not the squirrel part, more on that later.) Anyway, I just wanted to let folks who might be in the shopping frame of mind know a couple of things.
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Ditch digging for the Lord
Yesterday Kelly and I stayed late after our church service in order to help out with some of the yard work. I guess we needed the distraction and it was nice to do something constructive rather than something meaningless. The toughest part (and the part we were specifically asked to do) was preparing an area where a new row of hedges will soon be planted. The head of the property committee (I am a member) asked me to use the rotor tiller we keep at the church to help break up the dry, packed soil. So I did, and Kelly assisted me by raking and shoveling out all of the loose soil.
If only this was more common
Geoff here – obviously there are a lot of problems with the Catholic Church these days, and it is because of many of these problems that I left the church and became Episcopalian. That being said, I think it is highly encouraging that not all Catholics agree with the rampant homophobic prejudice that is running throughout the Church. An article today on Boston.com talks about one priest who is taking a stand for inclusion, and good for him. Remember, the arguments made against integrating the races in Catholic churches were just as flawed. History was not kind to the racial bigots in the Catholic ranks, and it is not going to be kind to the homophobic bigots.
Recent event roundup
I’ve had some interesting things happen lately and I’ve meant to blog them but I haven’t. So I thought I’d just write everything up in one fell swoop. Lucky you, readers.
1) I have been a shopping NINJA. I’ve been questing for some summer suit jackets or suits to wear to interviews. Up to this point all of my jackets or suits except for one and possibly two were decidedly winter affairs and some were actually velvet and 100% wool. So, for interviewing in the summer I needed something less heavy. Last week I hit Filene’s Basement and got a Marina Rinaldi white cotton sateen blazer, a cranberry linen Marina Rinaldi shell/tank, a sapphire blue Calvin Klein satin cocktail dress, black-brown SPANX tights/pantyhose, and 7 hand painted greeting cards with various letters of the alphabet on them that are so beautiful they could be framed. Every single item I bought was marked down either 50% or 75%. For all that stuff I paid $88.88. Filene’s puts a little line on your receipt telling you how much you saved which always sort of amuses me. Basically, they list as a total how much all of your discounts and their markdowns saved you from the original price. My line, which nearly made me fall out of my seat on the T, said I’d saved over $1,200.00. Seriously, I have a black belt in shopping, people.
2) Last week I was running some errands in Central Square when I noticed that a great thrift shop from JP had opened a new store in Cambridge. Boomerang’s is an excellent shop and because I’m almost never in JP anymore, I hardly ever get there. Also, all proceeds go to AIDS research. I had to go to Radio Shack to look for a watch battery, but as soon as I was done I went into the new Central Square Boomerang’s. I totally scored. I discovered a cache of American Brilliant Period cut glass and a Towle Sterling Silver tray. I got 4 highball glasses, a port glass, a toothpick basket, and a gorgeous candy bowl. The tray is solid sterling silver and is about 10 inches in diameter. The tray and the bowl were $4 each and everything else was $2 each. Including tax I spent $20 and change.
3) All of this Rockstar Shopping led up to last Thursday’s interview. I interviewed with a music related company. The woman I met with would be my boss. She was great. The salary would be good, the commute would be fine, there is an on-site gym, and this company is big on work/life balance. The only snag, which they didn’t mention in the ad, is that the job requires someone who can drive. As I can’t do that, not now, not ever, she’s going to check and see if that is something that can be worked around. The fact that she’s willing to actually do that is a good thing, I think. Hopefully I’ll hear something this coming week.
4) Our friends from church choir, Tessa and Brian, got engaged this weekend. Yay!
I have more great jobs to apply to, so I’m back to application land tomorrow. I hope you all are well and have a restful and quiet Memorial Day tomorrow.
~Kelly
So, no boat
The Rapture didn’t happen, so I did not get to assume ownership of any gorgeous new Boston Whaler cuddy cruisers that previously belonged to wealthy Raptured fishermen. Oh, well.
One interesting side note: around the time that the Rapture was supposed to have taken place, I couldn’t find Scratch. In fact, I could not find him for a while. Later on he appeared in the hallway, meowing to be let back inside. My theory is that he was the only being raptured, but then after he spent a few hours running amok in Heaven breaking things, God changed His mind and sent him back.
-Geoff
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