Happy Sunday!

Today I attended my parents' church. This was a pleasant, yet depressing experience. I really missed my own church today and wished that I could be there, but people at Mom & Dad's church were very friendly. I had several people express to me that they are praying for me and one lady who stated that she would like to visit me. I've also received cards from some of these people, so it was nice to be able to put a few faces with some names. I heard my dad preach for the first time in a few years today as well.

I found it interesting that my brother walked into the sanctuary accompanied by an entourage of six girls and one guy... He certainly makes the rounds very efficiently... I wanted to take a picture of this, but I think Mom would've confiscated my camera phone in the event that I'd done so during the service... Maybe next time.

If I could peddle, I would probably spend some time this afternoon playing the piano. This Yamaha Grand belonged to my maternal grandmother. When she passed away, my great uncles (my grandfather came from a family of seven children), my dad and my mom's brother disassembled the piano and loaded it into a U-Haul. My dad and my uncle then drove the truck from California to Michigan in order to bring the piano home. It has sentimental value, of course, but we've always wanted a Yamaha Grand piano and so it's kind of neat that this ended up coming from my grandmother.

Sunday afternoons tend to be lazy, relaxing afternoons in the Graham household (most of the time). Napping usually commences shortly after lunchtime, however, there is one member of the family who has never quite known how to relax. Maggie is a very high strung, active English Setter who MUST have at least one walk a day or she goes berserk. It is difficult to tell that she is ten years old as she still acts very much like a one-year-old puppy! She will usually vent her frustration by digging through purses for gum or candy, eating someone's socks or underwear, pulling the toilet paper off the roll in the bathroom or rearranging pillows, blankets and her dog bed into an appropriate "nest". If this does not warrant your attention, she finds it necesary to resort to the stomping of the foot. She will pace around the house a few times and then park herself in front of you in a standing position while stomping her foot and barking. This is her way of demanding your instant attention. Your attention, however, must be accompanied by an afternoon walk. This is Mom and Maggie after their walk. You would think that Maggs would settle down for the rest of the day after such vigorous exercise.....WRONG! Give her about an hour and she'll be back to her usual routine.

My plan is to spend some time this afternoon reading a book that my sister got me for Christmas: "Home to Holly Springs" by Jan Karon. This is somewhat of a continuation of "The Mitford Series" also by Jan Karon, yet it is more of a character sketch of one of the main characters from that original series. She is a good author in that her books are very light-hearted and easy to read and enjoy. They do, however, have strong principles behind some of their plots. No nap for me today!