First post of August, and other stuff

Well, I always have something to blog about the first of each month, even if it’s just family birthdays and Magnaclams.

I missed posting in time to catch Lucile’s birthday – in fact, I kinda forgot it until Kathryn brought it up on her blog.

Well, anyway, here are the August birthdays, as far as I know. Once again, any of my family members, if you can help me out, I’d like to get a list of all of them – both day & year, although I won’t be posting ages – except occasionally, perhaps, for the very young.

August 1 – my sister-in-law, Lucile
August 16 – my half-brother Paul (Lucile’s husband)
August 18 – my niece Melody
August 25 - my great-grandson Gavin
August 31 – my great-niece Kitiara (Melody’s daughter)

And here is the link to the August Magnacalendar:
Magnacalendar images: August

Our church was robbed a couple of weeks ago. Whoever did it broke into the window of the pastor’s study, but they knew where to find the keys to the church office. They took the safe. Everyone who frequents the church office – or even goes in there at all – was asked to go to the police station to be finger printed, so they would be able to eliminate as many as possible of the many finger prints they had collected from the site. I went down last Thursday and was fingerprinted. The really funny thing (I thought) about the fingerprinting was that one gentleman who was fingerprinted is retired FBI.

The following two Sundays, they have taken the offering at the beginning of the service, had it counted immediately, so it could be dropped in the night depository at the bank immediately after the service, and would not stay overnight in the building.