Red Purses and Burning Bushes

Well, once again, it's been a while friends. And oh so much to fill you all (as in both readers) in on! My friend Amanda does lists a lot on her blog, so I think I'll take that approach tonight. So, here goes:
Things That Have Happened In The Past Two Weeks That Would Take All Night to Write About

1)My cousin Lori has one of the funniest blogs I've ever read. Check it out at http://blog4lola.blogspot.com/
2)Had a great weekend at the end of July with my dad's family coming up on Saturday, then my mom's family coming up on Sunday. Family is great. I'll try posting a few pictures and see how it goes!
3) My church voted a pastor in on Sunday July 30. We're still waiting to hear back from him. Pray for us! We need a pastor!
4)I bought a new cute purse from Wal Mart Monday July 31. It's red pleather and just so fun! It brings me joy to carry it. I would wish such joy on all the women I love.
5)I went to a conference in Virginia to pursue the next step in going overseas to tell people about Jesus. I will post another entry (hopefully tomorrow) about all that, because it really deserves much more than just a mention on #5...but, think Kielbasa.
6)I found out my grandma Davis was admitted to the hospital for dizziness. I got to visit with her and my mom and Aunt Barb, Uncle Bill and Aunt Jeni for a night. She's doing well now and it's nothing serious. However, they'll have to make some serious decisions in the near future about where she'll live and driving and all that. Yikes. I don't want to be around for that conversation! It should go over like a led zepplin.

And, last but not least, the coolest thing that's happend within the past two weeks....drum roll please...I saw a burning bush today. No joke. Only, this time no one spoke to me out of it (a la Moses and the burning bush), but the fire department came! I'd have to imagine that Moses' burning bush wasn't surrounded by mulch in professionally designed landscaping next to Key Bank. I know you're dying to know the story, so here goes...I was up at church picking something up and saw smoke coming from beside a nearby building. As I got closer (yes, closer to what could have been a raging fire. Good idea, huh?) , I realized that it was this little bush that was burning down at the base. So, I thought to myself "Self, this is a little bush that is burning down at the base, what should you do?" I answered myself that I should go back to the church and get a pitcher of water to put the smoldering little bush out. So, obeying my self, that's what I did. Yeah, so that pitcher of water achieved absolutely nothing. After cursing myself for telling myself to do it, I got back into my car just as a police car drove up. I asked if anyone had called about the bush and he said that the Fire Department was on its way. As I pulled away and saw the fire truck tearing down the street with its lights flashing, I felt slightly sheepish and realized that clearly my pitcher of water was no longer necessary! And then I found five dollars!

So, there you have it. The past two weeks in a nutshell. Good times.