Junior Worship Leader and Worship Leaderette joined me tonight as we vandalized the church. It was fun! We tried giving the platform an urban/city look, so we pulled back the curtains in the choir loft, and drew some graffiti on the walls.
I see why people paint on walls. Even though it was planned, it still felt naughty. 
Before a new set is installed, the old set must be removed. It was 10 glorious minutes of ripping down the old thing. It had been overused. I was sick of it. It was falling apart. It was a blast to wreck it. 
Here is how I spent my day. I have decided that I would like to be awarded four boys to do my bidding at all times. It was pretty great. If I have to work in the church all day, sweating, with the air conditioning turned off, I might as well have four sweaty boys doing the work, right?
I spent the night hanging out in Kellogg Park, or what is the start of Kellogg Park. It needs more trees, and maybe the fountain needs some glitter. When the board is done, it will be 12 feet tall by 24 feet wide. That is almost the real life size of Kellogg Park. OK, not really, but it is kind of feeling like it right now. Stay tuned.
This is the neighborhood in which I have been hanging out all week. Some of my friends have been there with me. VoteMom was there several hours today. Not only that, she brought me chocolate cake (see last post). I could not get back far enough to photograph the whole thing, it is 8' tall and 16' wide. Now......how to hang that thing on the wall...........
Introducing the #1 Outfielder in the State of Michigan....as awarded by the Michigan High School Athletic Association...aka Nephew 3. He has always been the long ball hitter. Even when he could barely stand, he could hit the plastic ball out of the yard with the plastic bat. 
He and his team played the State Championship game this afternoon and lost. It was heartbreaking. But did I mention that Nephew 3 had a great year and was named the #1 Outfielder in the State of Michigan?
We are back from the Worship Arts Conference. I can't say enough about the experience. The classes I took in set building were interesting and inspiring. We learned how to get our ideas across, and that we need to express ourselves artistically even if other people hate it. And we praised God.
We attended a couple sessions with the Willow Creek band and one with Hillsong United. My favorite thing about the week was being in a room with 8000 other people who love to sing to Jesus. Being mostly worship leaders, the singing was amazing. It made me think that it might be a little like it will be in Heaven when we are all there singing loudly in worship of our God. It is a feeling I cannot describe but really love.
Hillsong United gave a worship concert Thursday night. Wow. I love it when the music is loud, I can feel the beat in my chest, and I can sing as loudly as I want and can't hear myself sing. LOVE it.
I am going on the road for a couple days and I have packed this for a project to work on. I don't want to have homework as my only option! Do you think I can bead in a moving car? Maybe I will have time in the evenings, so I am ready! 
Every year, the Bead & Button show for me is fun with a little work thrown in. This year, it was work with a little fun thrown in. The Diplomat was there with me. She brought me a present from her trip to Paris. Cute earrings, right? The Diplomat is the coolest.
I did not buy much at the show, which was the plan. Believe me, it was not because there was nothing I wanted. I did buy three vintage enamel buttons, kind of art deco looking. I will use them for jewelry clasps.
Vintage everything is the trend in jewelry these days. I found these little bead caps at a booth with the coolest vintage stuff. 
Keeping with the vintage theme, these are vintage lucite, 2 hole beads. I am not sure what I will do with them yet, but they caught my eye and when I saw the 70% off sign, they were mine. Stay tuned to see what happens with them.
And I bought some new glass colors. I want to lick those blue ones, they look so good to me.
Since posting this morning about calling the number to keep telemarketers from calling your cell phone, making you pay for the call (scroll back to read it), I found some other numbers you might want.
Brought to us by The Diplomat, who is on top of everything:
Cell Phone Numbers Go Public this month.
REMINDER.... all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales calls....YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS.
To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: 888-382-1222.
It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of your time. It blocks your number for five (5) years. You must call from the cell phone number you want to have blocked. You cannot call from a different phone number.
You should do it!
The Diplomat and Normal Girl
I don't know if this is new because nobody has any money for eating out anymore, or if this was always happening and I just didn't know. Restaurants seem to be giving away free things with membership in their clubs. You just have to go to their website and check out the offer.
If you join the club at Blizzard Fan Club at Dairy Queen, you get a free blizzard. http://www.dairyqueen.com/us-en/
I have never been to Qdoba, but I love mexican food, so I went to their site and of course, they have a club to join. I get free chips and salsa. http://www.qdoba.com/Email.aspx
Then I went to Fridays because my friend The Lunchlady already has a card there and gets great discounts and free stuff: http://fridays.com/gmms/GiveMeMoreStripes.aspx
