From The Past: February 29, 2004

Friday night my sister, her husband, and my aunt went to see The Passion of The Christ leaving my parents to babysit their twins. Since they babysit literally every night, I thought it would be nice if we went over to their house to help. We ended up staying there until the movie was over and they had come home. By then it was going on 10:00, so we came home and watched TV shows as a family that we had recorded.

Saturday, my parents took us to a salvage warehouse where everything is incredibly cheap. We bought new handles, still in the package, for the kitchen doors and drawers (currently we have none) for only $1 each. Normally these would sell for $3 at a regular home improvement store. We only spent just over $25 for all the handles we need.

When we got back home, we had to do the grocery shopping. Luckily, I had made out a list Friday afternoon, so I knew exactly what we needed. Once we got home, after rushing to put everything away, we quickly dressed to go see the musical Oklahoma! at Leeds Center for the Arts here in Winchester. Never having seen the movie, I had no idea what to even expect. The play started at 8:00, so we decided that we would go out to eat afterwards. Boy, were we wrong! Little did we know that this was a three- hour play!!! We came straight home right afterwards and it was almost 11:30. Ashley had a bowl of Fruit Loops for dinner!

I have to say though, the play was wonderful. The singers/actors have amazing talent and should definitely pursue careers, not just locally, but on a bigger scale. The scenery was remarkable as were the costumes. Plus, it’s a great story! Now, I’ll have to rent the movie.

Today was my dad’s 52nd birthday, so after church we invited the family over to celebrate by having a cookout. We had hamburgers, hotdogs, potato salad, deviled eggs, baked beans, and potato chips. The weather was perfect and climbed over 60 degrees; almost unheard of considering it is the end of February! We had cake and ice cream and then it was time to go back to church. Ashley sang in front of the church with the praise group. There were about ten of them altogether and they did an impressive job. They sang two upbeat songs to start off the service and get us in the mood. It was a fun time!

Currently (2020): My dad is 68 today! It’s always neat when he gets to celebrate on the actual day he was born.