The Dallas Mavs sent a very cool giveaway with our season ticket renewal paperwork last year. I was more than a little impressed. (Don’t remember what they sent? See it here.) This year, they did it again. Accompanying our season ticket renewal paperwork was a personalized laser-engraved metal plaque. After we renewed, they sent us […]
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Brightening Up My Week
I went to a charity luncheon on Monday. As charity luncheons often do these days, the table centerpieces were for sale as a fund-raising effort. I’m a sucker for the particular combination of the luncheon’s centerpieces: A Mason jar-like vase, roses, hydrangeas…reds, yellows and happy greens. Sold. The fact that I’m able to enjoy them […]
Top(Golf) of the Morning to You
Last week my guy sent me a mid-afternoon text and said he’d had a great time hitting golf balls that morning. It took me a few minutes to realize that this meant he’d been hitting golf balls on a work day – not normal behavior. It turns out that his boss had taken him to […]
Cuba: Saying Goodbye and Final Reflections
All too soon, we were saying goodbye. Up early, onto our tourist bus for a 5:15 am journey to the airport. And miracle of miracles, our flight left close to on-time. We were just 30 minutes late leaving! Goodbye (for now), Cuba! Now here’s the big question: So what? We had a great trip. […]
Cuba: Random Images
I felt guilty about the number of photos I posted yesterday. So this is a bleed-over of photos I wanted to include but didn’t. Crumbling buildings…this is a common site everywhere in the city country. Old cars. Everywhere. EVERYWHERE. Street signs are located at ground level. Ok – you’ll never guess what this […]
Cuba: Day Six
Warning: This post has a ton of photos. More photos than text, actually. If you can handle that, scroll on. Day Six was our free day. After a more leisurely start to the day, Kelly and I headed to Old Havana (La Habana Vieja) to explore the city. Havana was founded in the 1500s by the Spanish. […]
Cuba: Day Five
We woke up on our last day of work in Havana feeling surprised that it had arrived so soon. Because we’d “worked out” the earlier neighborhood, we headed to two other neighborhoods for work. I joined a team working in a neighborhood called “Sports Casino” to help launch a church plant that was starting […]
Cuba: Day Four
Day four started like every other day – up early, rushing through breakfast, off to pick up interpreters and on to the church. Then we had a bit of fun. It’s always great to surprise team members with a rousing rendition of Happy Birthday – particularly when it’s truly a surprise. Yet […]
Cuba: Day Three
Another early morning. And unfortunately very early for the Hayleys due to another “who knew” moment. Case in point: Who knew your cell phone would automatically adjust to Daylight Savings Time even when you’re 1) in Cuba and 2) have the phone in airplane mode? We didn’t know – that’s why we had adjusted our […]
Cuba: Day Two
We had an early morning Saturday – up, breakfast eaten and on the road by 8:15. We met our interpreters at Calvary Baptist then headed to our work site. Our four days of work were supporting a church in the Tamarindo neighborhood. The church, approximately 70 members, meets in a home. The owner of the home (standing […]