Philippians 2:5-11 (NIRV)

"As you deal with one another, you should think and act as Jesus did.
In his very nature he was God. Jesus was equal with God. But Jesus didn’t take advantage of that fact. Instead, he made himself nothing. He did this by taking on the nature of a servant. He was made just like human beings. He appeared as a man. He was humble and obeyed God completely. He did this even though it led to his death. Even worse, he died on a cross!
So God lifted him up to the highest place. God gave him the name that is above every name. When the name of Jesus is spoken, everyone will kneel down to worship him. Everyone in heaven and on earth and under the earth will kneel down to worship him. Everyone’s mouth will say that Jesus Christ is Lord. And God the Father will receive the glory." Philippians 2:5-11 (NIRV)

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

4th of July Weekend Was Too Expensive!

I got off a bit early on Friday, July 1, and went home to vegetate for a bit before leaving for an errand and then Craft Night. I ended up leaving early in hopes of missing a huge storm headed for St. Cloud and, instead, ended up driving through torrential downpours! I ended up sitting in the parking lot of ShopKo for about 15 minutes waiting for the rain to let up a bit, and when it did, I ran inside. I picked up a few things I needed, and went to the cash registers to pay…the cashiers turned off their lights, locked us all inside, and all the customers were herded to the back room. We were in a tornado warning! I hung out in the stock room with about 50 other people for about a half hour, and then we were released! I went back to the checkout lines to purchase my items, and headed outside. The parking lot was flooded! The front half near the store was okay, but the back half toward Park Avenue (Cash Wise) was filled with water, and I couldn’t get onto the street. I drove around onto Second Street, and turned onto Park Avenue…that street was flooded too, and I had to turn back around! I ended up going all the way to 10th Avenue in Waite Park because all the other streets heading to Division Street were flooded. There went Taco John’s for dinner!

I decided since I was all the way down in Waite Park, I’d just go to Culvers for dinner instead. I pulled into the drive-thru and stopped at the order menu. The attendant asked what I wanted, and I pushed down on my breaks to turn in my seat…and my foot went to the floor! I said “My breaks just went out, I’ll be back” and then I coasted around Culvers (to a very strange look from the drive-through girl) and into Gateway Tire and Auto’s parking area. With a little jump of the curb, I stopped using the parking brake. It was open!!! Mom came and got me and we hauled my crafting stuff into her van, and left my car at Gateway.

The huge storm had flooded a lot of streets, as well as downed tons of trees, all over St. Cloud. My mom dropped me off from Craft Night somewhere after midnight. The next day, I got a call from Gateway, and my brake cables were rusted through…some $400 later, I picked up my car on Saturday, and headed over to my friend’s for a BBQ and movie, and had a great time as we were re-watching the Harry Potter movies to get ready for Deathly Hallows Part 2.

Well, I woke up at 7:40 a.m. on Sunday morning to a series of beeping alarms…the power was out! I had known that several areas in St. Cloud were without power due to the storm on Friday (and were still out on Sunday), but we hadn’t gone out until Sunday. All I could think is what did the cut while trying to fix everyone else??? 24-hours later, and my power was STILL out…happy 4th of July? I was lucky I hadn’t already picked up my ingredients to make my pretzel dessert for the BBQ I was going to that night, because everything in my fridge was SPOILED! The power finally came back on at 10:20 a.m. on Monday, July 4. Some $70 later, I restocked my fridge with the essentials (eggs, butter, cheese, milk, and condiments).

The fun part of the weekend? BBQs galore (three) and fireworks (two sets)! Happy, fun pics below!



























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