Yesterday was back-to-back events and activities:
- 9:30-10:30 a.m. Library. Worked with my daughter on the book
catalogue data entry at the
All Saints’ Episcopal Church Library. We spent most of the
$1000- we earned during our annual used book sale on buying 32
more Anchor Bibles from
amazon.com and
Christian Book Distributors. Before we unpack all the new
books, we have been putting the rest of the almost-2000 book collection in order.
This includes shifting books around to make room and getting
lots of books off the book cart and back onto the shelves.
Jessica is our fastest at data entry so she is working on that
while I go through adding spine tags, re-attaching card pockets,
putting the fiction collection back in alphabetical order, etc. - 10:30-11:45 a.m. Church service. We sadly said goodbye
to Rev. Kathy McAdams who has been with us for four years as
both Assisting and then Acting Rector. We are very pleased to
have Rev. Ian Montgomery is our new Rector. - 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Hospitality. It was my family’s turn
to provide drinks and snacks after church. John baked two
Bundt
cakes (one in the shape of a rose and the other a Gothic cathedral)
and we also provided carrots, cookies, and other munchies along
with coffee, tea, and pink lemonade. - 1-4: p.m. Crafts Fair. While John stayed at church to
help our friend Laura Biche (the Hospitality Diva) prepare for the
afternoon Christmas Tea, the kids and I went to the
annual Peninsula School
Craft Fair. My daughter and son both attended the school and Jessica
has sold her beadwork at the Craft Fair in prior years. We saw lots
of old friends, had homemade soup for lunch, and did some shopping. - 4-6 p.m. Lessons and Carols, then Christmas Tea. We attended
the afternoon Lessons and Carols service with amazing music by the
Al Campbell and the choir plus Bible readings. Afterwards, everyone
went into the parish hall for Christmas Tea. John and Laura had baked
scones and everyone had brought cookies and little sandwiches and an
amazing Princess Cake (green marzipan with a lovely pink frosting rose
on top). - 6-7:30 p.m. Cleanup. John and Laura and her son J.R. and I
washed and polished and scoured and swept and folded until everything was
tidy and sweet. Laura took home two huge armfulls of table linens and
kitchen towels and stuff to wash. J.R. put away all the chairs and tables
and swept the hall. John was, as usual, master of the commercial dishwasher
which is so big it has its own room off the kitchen. When All Saints’ rebuilt
its parish hall ten years ago, we put in a huge industrial kitchen. This
is used partly to support the
Urban Ministry’s Downtown Food Closet and partly to serve the parish
itself.
I washed and cleaned so much yesterday that my hands sting today. But I am
wearing my new labradorite ear rings and pendant from the Crafts Fair and
yesterday was a lovely day all in all.
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