Dinner and TSO

Two weekends ago, we hosted Zach's family at our house for a belated birthday celebration for my mother-in-law. As usual, Zach cooked and I baked. The menu consisted of salmon, Potatoes Au Gratin, asparagus and French bread. Everything was delicious, especially the potato dish. For dessert, we had Lemon Anise Biscotti and a Chocolate Pinwheel Cake. The cake had some issues with it, but apparently none that detracted it from the taste. Yeah!

The following day, we met up with Zach's family (again!) and my parents to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Hershey's Giant Center. Wow! What an event that was! The music was great (a little loud), and the lighting and special effects were amazing. I've never seen anything quite like it. The concert included both a Christmas story and new music from their most recent album, Night Castle. If I had a preference, I'd say the second half which included their new music was my favorite part. Here are some pictures from the show.

She's all mine!

Yeah! I made my last payment on my car! This car was my first purchase ever. I remember being so stressed over deciding what car to choose. Dad helped me out a lot as we shopped around, but ultimately it was my decision and a huge financial burden that I would take on by myself! I finally just threw in the towel and decided to work with Saturn, where haggling of prices was not an option. My car before this was also a Saturn and it served me well for ten years. And so far, I've had no issues with this one. I'm afraid with my next purchase I'll have to change my allegiance since that division of GM has been discontinued. (But hopefully that won't happen for many more years!)

Next goal...pay off student loans in the next three years. I think I can do it!

In Memory

Today I attended and participated in a memorial service for one of the members of our congregation. Harry passed away on Tuesday, just two days after his 86th birthday. As a new member to the church, I only knew Harry as another member of our church choir and that he had quite a determined spirit! Just two weeks prior to his passing, he was sitting across the choir room from me, singing with his nicely in-tune tenor voice. At his memorial service today, I learned more of his life, his beliefs, and his purpose in life. It was quite a powerful time of remembrance that brought me to tears as the church choir sang "Give Me Jesus." He is now at home with our Lord. Peace to him and his family.

In Memory of Harry H. Rohrer.