A Week of Adventure
I’m so glad it’s Friday. Friday means I can sleep in. Friday means I can stay home all day and check Facebook write. Yesterday I was in the car for like three hours. I hate being in the car even for five minutes.
Besides the fact that no writing got done (but that’s what weekends are for, right?), I had a GREAT week. This is one of my favorite times of the year–Adventure Week!!! This is what we call VBS or vacation Bible school at my church. My church puts on a HUGE production for Adventure Week. I love being able to participate. This year my super cute nephew went!
“Jennifer is the BEST aunt in the world! She’s never mean and she knows the value of a McDonalds drive-thru eating vegetables!”
Check out this stage for Adventure Week. Our theme was Dirty Jobs, like the TV show on Discovery. (Who has yet to run a segment on teaching)
Isn’t that cool? And another cool thing is we tell our Bible stories through mini-plays or through characters. When I was in VBS as a kid we heard the stories through these archaic things called felt boards. Here’s a church that also likes to reminisce on their felt board past.
So on Wednesday I got to tell (act out) the story. It was SOOOO much fun. I was Super Sally the Stubborn Stain Solver, a little girl who was crazy about stain removal and not so crazy about her little brother. But I decided Sally needed a little speech impediment, so she became Thooper Thally the Thtubbon Thtain Tholver. (At one point I had to apologize for thpitting on the front row.) Here’s my cool set.
Now Super Sally was an expert on cleaning and stain removal, so before we started, I had to just spend some time with all those cleaning supplies and familiarize myself with them. I’m just not interested in anything cleaning related. At one point the sound and light guy saw me on stage head down, staring at all the stuff, and he said, “Are you praying?” Um, yes! Yes! That’s EXACTLY what I’m doing! Actually i was thinking Tide? What’s that? Pre-treater? You mean you don’t just throw the shirt away if you spill something on it?
Cleanliness REALLY takes a hit when I’m down to the last month of a book deadline. Like right now, I’ve GOT to tear away from the computer and clean my kitchen. There’s been a green evening bag in the floor all week. Which begs the questions: 1. Why haven’t I picked it up? 2. Why would an evening bag be in the kitchen? 3. Why do I even OWN an evening bag? I do not know the answers to those queries. I’m blaming it on the eagles.
Anyway, back to Adventure Week. We have a ministry tool EVEN BETTER than any felt board. It’s a slime machine!
Nothing says “I love Jesus” more than some purple goopy stuff! Our kids LOVE it. I don’t know why. When I was a kid I didn’t like anything that meant instant bath. But this slime machine is a huge hit.
But you know, how cool would it be to have your OWN slime machine? I know, as a teacher I would LOVE to have one. “No, Tommy there aren’t any dumb questions, but that’s the closest anyone ever gotten. Step inside my slime chamber, please.” Or when your little brother is driving you nuts? Or when your spouse ate the LAST pack of Oreos? Slime them.
This week I’m (trying) to read this book:
It’s another book about a girl who goes to a prestigious girls school. BUT no Gossip Girls here…it’s actually a secret school for spy training! Very clever premise. The book’s pretty good. But it’s kind of easy to put it down though. (Maybe I’ll find it on my kitchen floor later.) So since YA is my book choice this week, what are some great YA reads?
Have a great weekend. I’m going to try put my kitchen to rights. I think on my last walk-through I saw some skis, my nun chucks, and Osama Bin Laden.
JEN– Who should be writing. Or at least cleaning. But instead is blogging. And eating.
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That’s so cool that you could participate in the VBS at your church. And in the drama, no less. I loved reading Sally’s lisp; I could almost hear you doing it.
(And your nephew is cute!)
YA reads? Besides yours? Um…Well, there is a new novel out by Shelly Adina called All About Us. If you’re not too sick of boarding schools yet, maybe you could give it a try.
Blessings!
You should read Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. It’s an entertaining YA read.
I’m reading Romancing Hollywood Nobody by Lisa Samson right now. Before that I read a terrific novel called Feeling for Bones by Bethany Pierce. While not YA per se, the main character is a sixteen-year-old girl, and it deals with the tough subject of eating disorders. But the writing is beautiful and the story compelling. I couldn’t put it down. Really, go out and buy this novel.
I want to see a video from your performance at VBS! Please post one.
I have GOT to read those Hollywood Nobody books. I’ve heard GREAT things about them. And Feeling for Bones is a perfect title for that book. I need to get that for my classroom library.
I’ll have to check into the S. Adina series too. They sound fun.
Amy, I have had Uglies in my To Be Read pile for a YEAR. I don’t know why I haven’t picked it up. All I’ve heard are RAVES about that series. I’ve got to read it.
And Jessica…um, no.
I read the Hollywood nobody book. My library doesn’t have em so I have to buy them. I read I’d tell you that I love you, but then I’d have to kill you. The sequel is equally amazing, if not more. I heard great reviews on Uglies, but for some odd reason have yet to read one… maybe there’s a conspiracy going on involving two gorillas and bowl of guacamole that is keeping me from reading it!
Julia, I DEFINITELY need to check into the H’wood series. And even though I can’t seem to finish I’d Tell You That I Love You, if you say the sequel is better, I’ll get it. And yes, there is a conspiracy involving you, two gorillas, a bowl of guacamole, AND Sharpay from HSM. Now that you’re onto it, expect the CIA to be visiting you any moment.
i am also reading i’d tell you i love you…. i put it down to read another book that just came out in the Lauren hollbrook series .. its called matchpoint. and it is the last book. it is by erynn mangum.. It is great!! a definite one to read!
I put down ITYILY to read another book too. I hear lots of good things about the Lauren Hollbrook series. : ) Glad you like it!
For YA books the Hollywood Nobody series is fantastic! I would name the Katie Parker series too but I’m thinking you’ve already read those
If you want a book that you just can’t put down then check out Robert Liparulo’s new series for YA - House of Dark Shadows and Watcher in the Woods (those are books #1 and #2, the next two come out at the beginning of the year) and Ted Dekker’s Chosen and Infidel series. Just a suggestion…