REDnesday Travels

Time for REDnesday. Again I am posting at the end of the day.

I was just too tired to do it yesterday.

Again, thank you to Sue at

It's A Very Cherry World for hosting.

We were at our Synod Assembly this past weekend.

I have some REDs to share with you on that.

But first I wanted to tell you about an allergic reaction I had on

May 2.

We were at my mother's house eating Domino's Pizza.

As I was eating I started getting this itching on my face.

I ate my usual 3 slices of pizza which is what I do whenever

we order pizza.

I kept going to bathroom to check the mirror

and was in disbelief that I was reacting to the pizza.

I mean I never reacted to pizza before!!

I told my mother I was reacting to something.

She asked me what I ate and I said

"The Pizza!"

My father and B-Daddy both said it seemed

to taste a little hotter than before.

My mother called Domino's to ask what was different.

They said they have a new sauce and new seasonings, but

the spices they used was not listed separately.

Here are pictures of how I looked on that Monday morning.

RED blotches and lots of swelling around the eyes.

The swelling continued down to my neck as well and

later in the day I was feeling it in my back and chest.

Got itching attacks so bad it drove me crazy.

Even felt internal pain from front to back.

After doing more research we found out it the new sauce

includes red pepper and cumin.

Gives me a place to start when I see the allergist

tomorrow(Thursday).

I am going to print out these pictures to take with me to the allergist.

So, no more Domino's Pizza for me.

I will probably have to check ingredients lists a lot more carefully

as well.

So now some RED from this past weekend!

Remember Helmi?

She never changes her dress!

Always in RED!

Anyway, she did not want to get left behind

and jumped in the suitcase while I was packing.

Then the first morning I could not find her.

Know where she was?

In my stitchery bag!

I guess she decided to sleep there for the night.

All cozy inside the bag.

(Has the technique changed for loading pictures on to a post? It keeps putting them at the top and I have to drag them down to where I want it. Wasn't like that last time I did a post!)

Come on Helmi, time to get out of my bag!

(I hope someone can tell me what I am doing one in posting pictures here.

This dragging business is annoying.)

Here she is looking out of our 11th floor window at the

Silver Legacy.

Strange place to have a convention, but

the do have a large room for holding many people

and seat a large group for a banquet too.

Plus breakout rooms for smaller meetings and workshops.

The theme banners this year had lots of RED.

A RED chair in the lobby area where we had cookie/coffee area. Also the displays were set up in this lobby area too.

Helmi jumped on the table to check things out.

My coffee mug has RED.

RED candy bags.

And our pastor had his agenda and notes in a

RED binder. My notes were in a green one.

Those sunbursts were candy coated sunflower seeds.

Pretty tasty!

There were large screens so everyone could see what was going on.

Here you see the hands of our Bishop with the communion bread.

He has on RED on his stole.

People are waiting to receive communion.

Over 400 people there at least.

There are several places around the room to receive communion which helps to keep it from taking too long.

Long halls in the Silver Legacy.

And lots of RED on the carpet!

The casino area.

Actually, we had to go down the escalator on the right,

then walk around to the left side, and go down again under that

RED car.

And, no, we did not try out the slot machines.

Too busy with the convention.

There was a bowler's event going on there too!

This was the dessert at the assembly banquet.

Yummy!

RED sauce and RED strawberry!

It was a celebration of anniversaries.

Two pastors were honored for their 50 years since

they were ordained.

My parents happen to know both of them AND

both were ordained on the exact same day!

We went last year when it was in Fresno.

Our congregation nominated us to go again this year.

Next year it will be in Burlingame.

Perhaps we will be nominated again!

Hope you all had a great Wednesday!

~Linnea~