This morning was an early morning because of running sound, which I think was good because I slept in way too much last week. I got to church a little before 7:15, moved a few things around on stage and then rehearsal started. Things went pretty well today...the only frustration was that the bass guitar stopped working in the third service. There's nothing like playing air guitar behind the mixer and then having the bottom drop out on you. The solo I was doing was crazy too, you should've seen it. I wasn't really getting any signal at all, which made the music sound empty without a foundation. The drums also sounded way out in front without anything to ride on. I don't think many people noticed though, and after talking to Jesse afterwards I think his battery just died for his active pickups. Not a big deal overall.
After church we went to the Corleys for lunch. There was a large group there, and it was a good time. Kristi and I left around 3 and came home.
I regularly keep track of listings on http://www.craigslist.org/. Kristi and I have rooms in need of furniture, but unfortunately we haven't won the lottery yet so funds remain few. Maybe we should actually start buying tickets. 95% of the stuff on craigslist is terrible, but every now and then something really nice pops up for a good value. For instance, our vacuum is pretty solid and I think I paid $10 for it. Anyways, last night I saw a very nice Cherry entertainment center for a low price in Spartanburg. Kristi and I have wanted a very large entertainment center because we have a huge wall that our TV is on that needs something wide and tall. Most things that look nice that are that large are completely out of our price range, but this particular one was very large, very nice, and very cheap. It consists of a large center pieces and two shelve pieces on either end.
I had the woman measure the largest piece and determined that it would not fit in my dad's Explorer. Instead we measured the back of the Boyd's van, and sure enough it was big enough. They removed the seats for us and we borrowed it to go look at the piece, which was in Spartanburg.
The couple was very nice, and we found out that we had a few connections. They knew of Kristi's dad and the husband even listens to him through Southside's podcast. Several of Southside's people have worked for the guy, including Dave Rushing, Justin Degarmo, and John Johnson just to name a few. They also have taken all three of their kids to my dad as their pediatrician. When I asked my dad about them later, he easily remembered who they were. It only took us a few minutes to determine we wanted the piece of furniture, as it was nicer in person than in the picture. The center piece was extremely heavy, but we got it in the van only to find out that we couldn't fit the other two pieces in at the same time. Kristi and I ended up having to drive home and unload, and then go back for the two shelves. Getting the big piece out of the van by ourselves was rough, but we got laying down in the garage where it will stay until Chad comes over to help move it tomorrow. He's been working out, so I expect he'll just throw it on his shoulder and I'll tell him where to put it. Don't let me down Chad.
Going back and forth wasn't too bad as it only too a little more than 30 minutes. After getting back the second time we took the van back to the Boyds and then went to my parents' house. My dad needed help moving their leather chair back into the house. The Christmas tree replaces it during the holiday season, but today they took the decorations down. It's always nice to visit my parents and Lucy loves playing with Molly, so we stayed and talked for a little bit. I also showed them my new amp since they hadn't heard much about it.
We came home a little around 10, and have been watching a TLC special about Dede, who has a virus which causes some weird warts so bad that his hands and feet look like tree roots. It is one of the most fascinating things I have ever seen on TV, and he is in a group of people with unbelievable diseases/disorders which does a freak show to make money. It seems like they could do a TV special on any one of the people in the group. It is kind of sad, but truly fascinating.
Tomorrow I think Kristi and I are going to work on some stuff in the house and run some errands. I have some great pictures to post, but I think I will wait until tomorrow night when we have our new piece of furniture set up. Stay tuned!
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