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It has been a rough few days...from previous posts and my whining on several C-boxes, you know that first my refrigerator stopped working; 2 or 3 days later, Sunday evening, my double-oven wouldn't work. I had a repairman out Monday...it turned out to be a self-cleaning feature, the locking latch, that was unknowingly shifted enough that it wouldn't allow the circuit to connect, so the oven wouldn't ignite...that's painful when you pay $129 to have someone slide a latch on the door over 3 inches to "repair the problem."
Two hours after the oven was back up and running, right before dinnertime, my kitchen sink backed up.
At this stage, it's almost comical to me. You see, I was supposed to host 40 people here for a Reformation Day Party Saturday (Oct. 31st)! I say that I "Was supposed to" because we've gone with the backup location, a community center room that God was sooooo good to impress upon me to reserve, just in case the group got too big for my house! The group isn't really too big, but the problems going on in my kitchen ARE! We're serving dinner to the group, so the situation is just impossible.
BUT...that's not my Tightwad Tuesday post for today. (There's nothing tightwadish about the $$$ that's just flown out of my house in the form of repair costs!) That's just the background to what I have!
That evening (Monday), after the oven repairman came over and my sink backed up, my dear friend, Nan, and her 4 teenage sons came over. It was the final "rehearsal" day for what we're calling "The Band of Brothers." This group is Bryan and Nathan, plus their good buddies, these 4 awesome brothers from our church, who are doing the presentation portion of our Reformation Party. Well, the other 4 guys are doing the presentation...they've invited Bryan and Nathan to join them in singing one of the hymns of the Reformation, "Rise Up O Men of God." They thought I was just taking photos of them singing...but I was sneaky, and video'd them! Got the last two verses:
As for the camo gear...we ran into the guys recently at a Hunting and Fishing Expo (a wonderful surprise!), and they said they found a guy at a booth selling old camo wear for a couple bucks! Bryan (closest on the right) already had camo jacket and pants, but Nathan (closest on the left, with the guitar) was holding out for a sale price...well, he found it! His camo jacket that he bought had some rips in the shoulder, so the man sold it to him for $1.00!!! They all bought camo jackets that day, and they come over for hymn practice wearing them. It's so funny, if you saw them hanging out somewhere, you'd wonder "what these kids in the camo gear are up to"...and then they start to sing Reformation hymns!
OK, so this isn't technically a true Tightwad Tuesday post...but I just wanted to share the video, and Nathan did find the jacket for a buck...
Have a wonderful week, and I'll post some pics and video of the Reformation Party in my Weekly Wrap-up on Sunday!
Blessings,
Lori
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