Last week Bob was out of town on a business trip to New Jersey. It seems he has been traveling quite a bit since we moved to Tennessee. We've decided I can't go somewhere every time he leaves town, and I have plenty of things to do around here to keep me busy, so I stayed home by myself. I know there are many of you who would love to have some alone time....but trust me....it does get old. Bob checks on me quite a bit to make sure I'm ok and is a bit like a "mother hen" at times asking me if I've locked the doors and turned on the alarm. I told him it would scare me to death if that thing went off in the middle of the night! Kimberly had a solution for me. She said that if the alarm went off, I could just hurry and lock my bedroom door...run in the bathroom...lock the bathroom door...then run in the closet and lock the door and wait for help. I'm thinking maybe I should just start the night in the closet! It turned out ok...I lived through the week! I kept myself pretty busy. Being in Young Women's always provides lots of opportunities to keep busy. We made laundry bags for all the graduating seniors in the ward. I took a picture them so you could see what they look like. My friend Michelle is the one holding the bags in the pictures. (She refused to show her face.) They turned out cuter (is that a word?) than they look in the picture. Each one had their name embroidered on the front of it with ribbon in blue and green for the boys and pink and green for the girls. We had a combined youth meeting yesterday where the parents of the graduating seniors spotlighted their son or daughter. At the conclusion of the meeting the bishop spoke to the youth and the presidency handed out the laundry bags that were wrapped up in clear plastic with a cute bow tied at the top. Looks like this will be a new tradition!
For mutual last week we had a combined young women's personal progress night. We were afraid we wouldn't have a very good turnout because when you say "personal progress" their eyes seem to glaze over. We didn't have very many girls show up, but it was a fun night. We all dressed in something that begins with a "P". We actually passed off one of the goals in the PP book and then had a relay race of homemaking skills (sorting clothes, sewing on a button, and folding towels). My part of the night was teaching the girls to make Aebleskivers. I don't have any pictures because I was busy trying to avoid any hot oil incidents. The girls actually caught on quite well and had fun making them. We survived without any casualties...thank goodness! We had enough to share with all the scouts and the bishopric. A few Excedrins and I felt like a new woman!
We also had an Open House for our new church building this week. We have been meeting in it for several months now and were beginning to think they were never going to have it dedicated. (You learn not to question anything when you move somewhere new.) You all know the saying...When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Well....When in Tennessee.....(you get the drift). I had signed up to bring two loaves of sweet bread for the Thursday night open house. Since it is quite a drive to get to the church, (about 30 min) I thought I'd be really smart and take my bread there in the morning, since I had to be there anyway to sit in the foyer while our LDS family services counselor met with someone. Several things happened that morning and by the time I needed to leave the house to be at the church on time, my bread was not baked. My friend Sheri had her bread baked and at my house by 9:30. I delivered her bread to the church and then sat with the counselor waiting for her appointment to arrive. After waiting for an hour, we decided he was not going to show up. So I left there and went to help make the laundry bags for the youth. By this time I had decided maybe I'd just forget about the bread. I thought to myself that they'd probably have plenty and wouldn't miss mine. Then when I got home, I had a message from our Relief Society President reminding me to have my bread there by 4:00. So I baked bread! Then I decided I'd see if there were others who needed their bread delivered thinking I might as well save someone else from the drive. As it turns out...a girl who lives nearby was actually going to the open house and offered to take my bread with her. It all turned out! You know, I never realized how lucky we've always been to live so near to the church. When you get to the church and realize you've forgotten something....you just do without it! I remember when we lived in Utah and could walk to church by going across the street and through our neighbors backyard. When we moved to California, we thought a 5 minute drive was far!
4 comments:
Those bags are cute! I want an embroidery/sewing machine that can do that. That would be so much fun to fool around with. By the way, I've never had your thingys you made at mutual (I don't know how you spell it). We should make them for the kids the next time we're in town. Love ya!
While I was reading your blog, I thought of something funny to comment on. I don't remember now! By the way...every time you've gone somewhere when dad's out of town, it's been Kimberly's house. Maybe you should have decided to stay home AFTER making a trip to my house...just kidding! Actually, I would rather come to YOUR house...you have air conditioning. The past few days have made me realize that we're in for a LONG HOT summer in our house! I think we'll all need to sleep in the basement! Love you!
I know exactly what you mean about living near the church. I have always lived across the street from the building that I attended. Until we moved to California. Now we have a 10-15 min. drive depending on the time of day. I can't imagine 30 min. I've been spoiled! :)
Hi, what in the heck is the thing ae?????? that you made. I certainly am behind time with things. Planning ahead for all of your trips to the church is being truly organized. I love the laundry bags and I think that would be a great item to do. I really love the pictures that you post.
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