Saturday Events

With a bright sky Saturday morning instead of the forecasted rain, we hid our eyes under the covers and avoided getting out of bed to around 10 with the exception of getting coffee and the papers. It was great!

Then we felt we should join the day and bring a little more organization to the house. Carolyn made WW pancakes and I took out trash and put away the dishes. I then headed out to buy a new finishing sander while Carolyn headed off to purchase more yarn for her various projects (ponchos, baby booties, etc.). I had been unhappy with my previous efforts to re-finish the boat galley door and so I put the sander to the test. This time I went through three grits to get a good overall finish and I think I succeeded. Today, I'll begin re-staining and varnishing.

The afternoon began clouding up, but rain didn't seem likely then, so we motored down to SJC for a gathering at Saddleback Valley Christian School where our previous pastor, Mike, was going to talk. Several hundred former congregants were there to greet and encourage him. I was struck about how he really wanted to look forward, not concentrating on the past, as he laid out his vision for a new church that would center on strong Bible exegesis with current day applications and a commitment to expand that focus on new church plants within the larger Southern California area to start.

Afterwards we drove over to Wanda's to give her a brightly colored poncho Carolyn had made and then after a time of socializing, we all went out to dinner at Hennesy's in Dana Point. We sat outside near a patio heater and enjoyed burgers and pulled pork sandwiches while watching the full moon dance behind an increasingly cloudy sky. We even had a local who stopped by to comment on the coming storm - a 'meteorologist' he claimed who worked in a local surf shop and acquired one-of-a-kind Hawaiian shirts (this one silk). Wanda thought he was a little crazy, Carolyn thought he was just friendly, I thought he was trying to pick Wanda up! Just kidding. Anyway we had a good dinner and two desserts because yours truly was a klutz and spilled water on our first chocolate decadence when we were only about two thirds through. That justified a good tip.