Much Ado about Clooney

Well, our little Greer is in the big time now. Our small town had such an upheaval that last few days I am not sure if it will recover. A couple of months ago it came out in the news that George Clooney and Renee Zellweger would be coming to South Carolina and shooting a film. Last Thursday they were filming in downtown. (I wanted to take my class on a walking field trip-tee hee) By the time I was able to get down there they were no longer filming. I found out that they would be filming on Sunday as well, so I went after the morning service and drug Matthew with me. We saw them setting up and a purple haired man carrying a couple of shotguns that were props. A young officer told me the action would heat up from 2-4pm. So I went back at a little after two. Basically all I saw was them setting up the huge lights on a big boom and water blasting the lines off the street. I ran into a coworker and her Mom and after an hour or so we had worked our way to the front of the police tape. We then got a tip that Clooney would be coming to his makeup trailer and so we went to stand over there. Finally I left for the evening service at 4:30. Not a half and hour after I left Clooney came out and shook hands with the people standing right where we had been at the police tape! After church I went back to try and get more pictures of the set (they didn't even have the cars on the streets when I left.) I had Matthew with me again, so as there was nothing going on we just took pictures of the cars and left. My coworker Charlotte and her Mom stayed until 11:00pm and got to meet Clooney, shake his hand, get an autograph and have their picture taken with him. So needless to say there has been a lot of hubbub around this town. The movie is called Leatherheads and is about early football players in the 1920s. I hope it is a decent movie after we have made such a big deal over it!

These picture are of store fronts they converted for the movie. One is a variety store (mercantile) and the other a barber shop. I know they filmed inside the barber shop but am not sure about the other. I think they must have just been outside because I peeked behind the curtains on the store doors today and it just looked like a warehouse with props and junk inside. The following pictures are thanks to Belinda, Charlotte's Mom. THANKS!

Extras in costume

Body Doubles for Clooney and Zellweger

and

what you have been waiting for...

George Clooney and Body Guard

It's a Heart Thing

This past Friday my cousin Jamie spoke to our 4-6th graders in chapel. For those of you who do not know him, he is a missionary in Panama and had been one of my parents coworkers for many years before they retired. He spoke about Josiah, the boy king (I Kings 34). One thing that he said that really impressed me was that Josiah continued to follow God all through out his reign. It mentions the 8th year as well as the 18th year. He continued to follow God, to have his heart right before him. Verse two says And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. That is such a testimony for a child! It was a rebuke to me. I have been saved since I was four and yet I still need to continue do what is right in the sight of the Lord and not to turn to the right or the left. It was a real blessing.

Whew! Life Is on Its Way Back to Normal

Boy has it ever been a week! Matthew was sick, home from school for three days. I did a lot of house work while home. I got caught up on laundry, did some major work in the kitchen -Did you know we have about 16 feet of counter top in our kitchen? Me neither!=) I went back in to work today to barely controlled chaos. The kids did really well with me being gone for so long but you should have seen all the papers I had to deal with today. Sometimes I hate paper!=) Other than having to get everything back on track it was a fairly good day. I have one student out who has been out all week. They think he may have pneumonia. Poor kid. This year sure has has a whopper of a virus season. Anyway I have nothing of importance to say other than it sure is nice to have spoons in the drawer, several outfits to choose from in the closet and students who say "we missed you!"

Thou Shalt Not

Wouldn't you have loved to hear the teacher's response to this one?

A Sunday school class was studying the Ten Commandments. They were ready to discuss the last one. The teacher asked if anyone could tell her what it was. Susie raised her hand, stood tall, and quoted, "Thou shall not take the covers off the neighbor's wife."

New Hair Do

I recently (in January) got my hair cut into a new style. Both my sister Vickie and our friend Sarah were trying to get me to go for layers last summer. But I have always known that layers = work, so I never wanted to do it. Well I found a picture I really liked (incidentally it was Martha Stewart!) and I went for it.I was right. Layers do equal work but I really like it, and so does my husband and everyone else. Sorry the picture is light but my camera is not working too well. It seems to be overexposing everything. Which is weird with it being a digital camera. Any way I hope you can still see it.