Year-End Recap 2010: May

Mother's Day card I paited for my MIL (Mother-In-Love)

My apartment after a "Marathon Cleaning," as FlyLady puts it

The first "real" crochet project I ever finished

We celebrated Naomi's birthday with a visit from her fiance, David

In May I took another step forward toward responsible living by actually subscribing to emails from the FlyLady. She’s really good at encouraging her FlyBabies to take the leap and do the things they want or need to do… so when I heard that Glee (a musical TV show) was holding open auditions, I went for it! The videos may still be posted on MySpace, for those who want to see them.   

I wanted to sign up for a voiceover class offered at the community college, but ended up missing the opportunity. Another anticipated-but-missed event this month was Open Cockpit Day at the Castle Air Force Base Air Museum. They have one every year, and we’d love to go! 

A couple of events I did get to attend were the Creekside Ladies’ Spring Luncheon (“Spring Forth into Hope!”) and a local fashion show put together by my boss’ daughter and modeled by my the little sister of my high school best friend, Ashley McComb – the best part is that Ashley and I got to sit together, and afterwards I got to dine with the whole family. It felt just like old times! Plus I really like supporting local artistic endeavors like that fashion show.   

An art show featuring the work of local high school students

And while we’re on the subject of art and support, I’d like to say I’m extremely grateful for my artistic and supportive husband! Daniel and I got to work together on a personalized melamine plate for his family. It featured a hand-drawn comic-book-style image of the two of us as super heroes, complete with masks, and a city skyline at sunset.  Later, Daniel acted as my real-life hero by taking care of a fix-it ticket I got when a patrolman noticed my windshield was cracked. May was very busy for me, so it was nice to have him handle the details. 

May was graduation month, so Downtown Merced hosted an event called Cap & Town to celebrate. Daniel was the on-site photographer at our friend’s shop, which was also celebrating its first anniversary.

Everything was great until a thirty-person-fight broke out a block away, and somebody got shot! No one died, but it helped remind us we need to keep in prayer those in our town whose lives are held in the vise-grip of the gang activity so prevalent in this area. 

On a brighter note, this was the month we got to host members of the Azusa Pacific chorale during their post-semester tour. It was only overnight, but we all had a blast! Now we’re friends on facebook. I love that we get to keep in touch!