Today was another work day at church... and more. It started out around 8 am getting stuff ready - taking the ladders and a few other things next door to the pavilion/playground. It was supposed to start at 9, but there were already people there at 8 when I got there. Around 9 we gathered together to pray, and it started raining during the prayer. This didn't make for a very good work day, but it sure made the farmer among us happy. In spite of a moderate downpour for several hours we still got a lot done today. We also got soaked.
We put pea gravel in the 37'x65' play area (except the one end - we're waiting on the merry-go-round, the two spring horses, and 2 benches). That was the biggest job. It helped that someone loaned us their endloader (even though it had to be jumpstarted every time it died or was accidentally shut off).
We got the other 'corner' up on the pavilion. On opposite corners we put a permanent windbreak/backdrop. They still need to be stained.
We finished putting the white rock along the walkway to the pavilion. This was a cool part. Scott asked Matt if he would mind taking his pickup truck and getting a load of #8 rock. Matt says he actually has a whole truck load of it at his house, and his dad had just told him he should dump it in a pile because they didn't need anymore, but he said he thought he would leave it on the truck a little longer. How cool is that? So he went and got his truck and we had all the white rock we needed. It was like God knew we would be needing it. :)
The only thing we didn't get done that I wanted to get done (other than staining) was getting the tables for the basement. But there's no real hurry. I still can't decide if we should get the chairs too. They're just not in very good condition, and they're not stackable. I dunno. I also wish we could put some different lights in the basement (at least on the kitchen side). We have these brighter than bright flourescent lights everywhere. I would like something a little... less bright. I wish we could put some lights on dimmers even. And have candles on the tables. And get some thin carpet for the floor. But... yeah, there I go dreamin again. But, hey, who'da thought we'd ever be getting tables even. I just want to try to make the place a little more 'inviting', and maybe intimate at times.
Another cool thing today was receiving the color posters for Jason Ringenberg and Farmer Jason. I wish I could scan them in, but they're too big for my scanner. They got me pretty pumped for the show though. I wish it wasn't the end of July. I'm about as pumped for Sunny Taylor too - I love listening to her sing. But for some reason I have this bad feeling that something won't work out. I know, it's probably just me.
Anyway, so, I was laying in bed thinking about all of this stuff. I thought I would be dog tired tonight. And I was, until I went to bed. It's 11:05 and I'm wired for sound. So I made some hot tea with a Hall's cough drop in it. I'm thinking about wishing I could find some portable staging for the pavilion (this would be really cool. Now I WANT to find some portable staging. Do you know where I can get some?); also, how to set up the chairs (I think we should leave open space right in front of the stage/performance area - so people can sit on the floor, or dance - and then set up mostly chairs back almost all the way, with picnic tables at the way back and around the outside of the pavilion). A little riser would be really nice. Really nice. I've got a piece of 12x17 carpet. I also need to set up the lights. The track lights are mounted, but I have some spot lights I want to put in the corners. I also can't figure out how to fence things off so people can't just come in wherever they want. And how to section off the parking area in the field. And it would be awesome if we could get a trailer or nice tent to put just around the corner from the performance area, where the performers could be before and after (a place to wait for the encore, you know). Yeah... I know, I know... slow down. I've also been wondering what cd music to play during breaks. Maybe Isaac would like to be in charge of that(???). Something really good but not necessarily well-known.
Well, this is getting to be a long post. And 4:52 is going to come pretty dern early tomorrow. I haven't even looked at my sermon since Tuesday I don't think. It's crazy, but I only have to preach one time the whole month of June. And I don't know what I'm going to do in July yet. I feel pretty good about that. And... heck, I forgot... this time next week I will be rocking out at the Exit/In in Nashville, TN. Which is sold out for Jason & the Scorchers. I'm thinkin' it might just get a little crazy, folks. Good thing we're a bunch of old farts.
I need to sleep. I need to quit thinking. I need to sleep. One sheep, two sheep, three sheep...
That never works.
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