Working Weekend

The weekend of April 4-6 has been a busy one. Seems like we worked all weekend. Friday afternoon, Stewart did not have to work at his part-time job. That was a blessing because he and I were to be at his high school (Arlington High) by 5pm to help sort and price ALOT of stuff for the Orchestra's annual Parking Lot Sale which was held on Saturday. One could hardly walk in the orchestra hall that evening. We had sections marked office, electronics, housewares, toys, babies, furniture,clothes,and seasonal. Many volunteers like Stewart and I showed up to help perform this monumental task of getting all the "merchandise" ready for sale. Tom stayed at home because we had a special donation from our garage that we were giving up in addition to all the items I had already gathered. For a couple of years now, we have had Mommie and Daddy Mac's organ stored in our garage for lack of a place indoors since redoing our living room several years ago. We have not had much luck finding a new home in which for it to live. So, there in our garage, it stayed. Tom stayed home to help the boys load it in their truck. Well, it is gone now, and hopefully, Stewart will discover who took on that project as it needed some work for it to play again. If he finds out where it went to live, I'll include that information on a future blogspot entry. So, maybe NOW, we can get our garage cleaned out again and GET OUR VEHICLES IN OUR GARAGE before they get SMASHED with hail this spring!! We McGregors seem to have a very hard time keeping our garage clean and organized!! By the way, the parking lot sale was for 3 scholarships to be awarded to deserving senior orchestra students at their yearly banquet to take place in mid May. So, that was Friday night.
Saturday, we slept in, and then Stewart had a chance to work at a childrens' consignment sale at our church building and make money that would be put in his summer activity youth account. So, Tom gladly drove Stewart to the church to work so we would not have to foot some of the expense of summer activities such as ACU Kadesh camp, Work Camp, etc. He ended up working 6 and a 1/2 hours. Way to go, Stewart...WooHoo!!! Tom was finishing up a car that he had been working on for a lady in our Bible Class at church and I was cleaning inside the house as we had our Bible study group at our house tonight (Sunday). We did take time out to go eat pizza at a place called the "Mellow Mushroom" over by TCU; they have the MOST EXCELLENT pizza.
Sunday morning, we were up early as it was our turn to sing on Praise Team. We meet at 8:15 to warm up and rehearse the program of music before class begins at 9am. This afternoon, it was back to tying up loose ends regarding cooking dinner for our group, and finishing up house chores to make things presentable for our guests. Stewart went to his high school Bible study group. Thankfully, God provided one of the senior girls to come by and give him a ride. It was a great evening for both him and Tom and me.