i am such a poor blogger. i mean really, who can call themselves a blogger if they allow six months to pass between blog posts. i'll admit, i suck at blogging. but today, being easter sunday and all, and new life has sprung, maybe it's an opportunity for me to get back into some blog habits.
in my defense, i have been more consistent on twitter updates, facebook updates, etc. and, i do read other people's blogs quite regularly. i guess it's because they have more fun, lead interesting lives, have more talent and can show it, etc. poor excuses i know but mostly true.
one thing is for sure, there is no possible way or necessary reason to even attempt to catch you up on the past six months. so, if we're turning over a new leaf, being today, then focusing on today seems the only real and honest thing to do.
easter sunday typically begins with a 6:20am wake-up knock on the door from my mom asking "do you want to go to sunrise service?" today was one of those "i don't think so, mom." i just wasn't feeling it today - not that it was chilly out, or that i had a slight sore throat. i think moreover it was the lack of motivation to join the methodist-baptist combined service & breakfast event. since i've joined my own church in boone, it's less appealing to me to be a "visitor" at my home-church. i know i shouldn't really feel this way, but, heck i even snatched one of the visitors parking spaces at the church in order to rush in just before the 11:00 service and chancel choir's procession down the isle! plus, my mom told me that the hometown baptist church has had one of those membership splits and that apparently it's been pretty ugly. fortunately my parents don't go to that church, they're still at the methodist church, in the same pew, connecting with the same church families that we have known my entire life. that's not a bad thing, just a routine and i guess that is okay for them. which, in the end, makes me happy. i did enjoy the service, however, and it was nice seeing some old friends. and, they didn't tow my car from the visitors parking space so i suppose i am welcome there nonetheless.
after church we started what i feel like has been a marathon of nourishment since the noon hour. our "family" easter meal wasn't scheduled until suppertime, so mom, dad, and i hit up the local chili's for lunch. it was actually a decent meal - but of course no where near the quality of my mother's full course easter dinner extravaganza. she is simply too much when it comes to the holiday meals. heck, make that any meal at 3018 oak street. if i want to gain a few pounds in a few days, i know when i make it to oak street i'm pretty much toast. some would tell me i need it, but dang i feel like "full as a tick"...as my mammaw clay used to say...gosh i miss her.
the afternoon was spent watching the master's - or i should say i was napping, dad was watching, and mom was cooking. the rest of the crew showed up at 5:00 on the dot for dinner. this made my mother very proud of my brothers as she is a stickler for being on time and being somewhere when you say you're going to be. too bad i didn't get the former of those two traits but i know i got a lot of her goodness ;) our easter dinner was just good fun. my twin nieces kept me in stitches with their chatter, non-stop chatter i'll add. and their use of the word "touche" which i desperately tried to figure out why they were so inclined to drop it in conversation every couple of minutes! oh the minds and mouths of middle-schoolers!
the house finally settled and the quietness returned after the last of "the locals" left for home around 9:00. see, two of my brothers live locally near our parents, while me and the fourth are "out of towners" so i guess we're basically the visitors. come to think of it, i am parked in "visitors" parking spot in the driveway and they haven't towed me yet. i guess i have an un-timed parking meter on 3018 oak street...this makes me happy.
