Vinton, Louisiana and other Tidbits

 That’s where we worked this morning, in a town called Vinton, Louisiana right across the Texas state line. We do this trip every three months. I’m glad I can have a really busy sport at work again, because at home with not much to do hasn’t been fun. I did a lot of side jobs, but eventually got tired of them. In a previous post, I mentioned that one of the apps asks for landscaping pictures around Mormon churches every month. Well they also occasionally want Dollar General and Family Dollar landscaping pictures. Those posted about three days ago, and I’ve been non stop with them. They aren’t as beautiful and scenic as the Mormon churches. They’re mostly all trashed. I’m required to walk around the entire building and take pics on all four sides, and backs of Dollar Generals and Family Dollars have never been pretty. Twice, I’ve seen (harmless) snakes. Twice I have been yelled at by management members that had the stereotypical “meth face”(but not recently). I can generally tolerate, get on the level of, and befriend any drug user except meth users. When people say meth is a hell of a drug, they mean it. Meth makes normal people stab others to death and cut their bodies up into little pieces. True crime binging is a hell of a hobby/habit too.  Luckily these jobs are easy and the employees mostly don’t even see me. But by yesterday, I was sick of doing them. And that’s ok since I made pretty good money. Kevin and I have not had a Wednesday off in weeks and weeks- so I got to go to 25 cent day at the thrift store!  I’m still working on a denim chenille quilt Etsy shop that’s likely to have other things as well. I stocked up on jeans and other items I can cut up for the fronts of these projects. There were several denim shirts with Prairie View A&M University dorm supervisor printed in the front. They were all very large and had a lot of buttons to save. It’s thinner fabric that I can alternate on the fronts (the non chenille side). In total, I spent $12.75, which means I got 51 items. Then I stopped at a convenient store and spent $25 on items for the Louisiana trip. The. I had wicked insomnia!  Hopefully I’ll fall asleep as soon as I hit publish. 

I wondered.  Is there anyone else that loves just a part of certain songs, but dislikes the rest of the song?  Two famous worship songs come to mind. The first is “He’s in the Room” by Tasha Cobbs and Maverick City Music. I do not like the majority of the song, but I like the part that starts at 2:37. 

“If I search the heavens high, he’s there. If I search the earth below, he’s there. If I make my bed in hell, he’s there.  No matter where I go, he’s there.”  It’s beautiful and catchy. 

The other Christian worship songs that I dislike but only like one part of is simply called Lion by Elevation Worship featuring Brandon Lake. I love the part that starts at the 3:13 mark. It simply repeats over and over, “Oh Valley, be raised up; Oh Mountain, be made low.”  It could be a mantra if Christian’s believed in mantras. Is that expression “Oh valley be raised up, oh mountain be made low” in the Bible? It must be, or they’d  not be singing it.