It's Hotter Than Blazes Here!

Boy, yesterday was quite the scorcher. We had Dusty and Kasey Grochow over all day yesterday and we all took a walk down to Taco John's in the early evening about 4 blocks down and Kasey didn't have any shoes with him. It was like walking on coals. When we got back, it was 86 degrees in the shade and the "feels like" temperature was closer to 91 degrees. The central air conditioning really made a difference when we got back It was like stepping into a deep freeze from the outside.

We went to church this morning and everyone at coffee hour was comparing notes on air conditioning, who had central, who didn't, etc. Shirley Grochow was telling us they just got a box air conditioner this year, I think, and have been enjoying it immensely. Speaking of Shirley, she's excited to see her son, Kevin, and the grandkids next weekend. We'll be heading out there later today too as Daniel spent the night over there last night. They didn't make it to church, so it looks like we need to go get him. During coffee hour, Carol Delap came over to tell me the church "caring cooks" were in the process of making us another meal in the near future like the last home-cooked one they did for us last month. Apparently another lady in the church baked us a bunch of cookies as well and told Carol not to tell us who she is, just to give us the cookies "anonymously."

The service this morning was rather hot in the sanctuary, even with the windows all open. They had nice special music this time with a violin and piano duet. It would have sounded nice with the addition of a cello, I think. We sat near the back of the sanctuary this time for a change. At the end of the service, just after we finished the last hymn, this lady in her late 40s or early 50s who I didn't recognize turned around with her teenage sons and said to me, "You have a beautiful voice!" Apparently she heard my bass harmony. I suggested if she liked good voices, she should join us in the choir. She responded she had been in the choir previously, so I just welcomed her to return this fall, which she just might do. I also suggested she get her sons involved too as we could sorely use guys as well in the tenor section if not bass.