Saturday, February 7, 2015

 

"Home should be an anchor, a port in a storm, a refuge, a

happy place in which to dwell, a place where we are loved and

where we can love.  Home should be where life's greatest lessons are taught and learned."

-Elder Marvin J. Ashton

 

The boys had a soccer game this morning.  Trina, Lola, Addy, Ruby, Stacy, Paul, Michael, and Bob & Suzy Case along with Kreed and Kayla were all there to watch.  

 

Evan going after the ball.

Rowan on the run.

Joshua kicks the ball.

 

Joshua was a little sad because he missed two goals when he was playing goalie.  I think he is doing great for this being his first year of playing

 

On the way home from the game I stopped at Deseret Book to do a little shopping.  I bought a book for Stacy for her birthday by John Bytheway called: "Lifestyles of the Great and Spacious Building."  I also bought a book for Karen Schneider's birthday: "The Miracles of Jesus."  I also went to Costco which is right next door to Deseret Book.  I got lemon bites and brownie bites for the Robo bake sale today.  I also got some Honey Crisp apples, pork chops, toilet paper, and brownie mixes. 

 

It was 84 degrees this afternoon during the Robo bake sale.

Robo is Evan's company.  Rowan, Joshua,

and Max all work for him.

Sheri made chocolate chip cookies,

chocolate peanut butter cookies, and

snickerdoodles.  They were all delicious!

Making a sale to Joe's friend Amanda.

Ruby and Sheri having a little fun.

Trina brought cookies and goodies from Paradise Bakery.  The sale was a huge success.  The boys took in $60.  When Evan asked whe they could do it again Sheri said: "In November, for your birthday."

I think it was a little stressful for her.

After the sale was over Rowan stayed to play with Evan and Joshua.  Trina came back later this evening to get him. 

 

James and I watched a good Hallmark movie this evening starring Jason Priestly and Teri Polo called "Expect a Miracle."

 

We had stew for dinner and then James painted while I read to him.

 



 







Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Cathi is in Los Angeles this week and last week she was in Dallas.  I guess she really was serious when she said she wouldn't be available for lunch until February.  Laura and I went to lunch though.  We were going to go to Kneader's but it was too crowded so we went across the street to Which Wich.  It's like a little Subway restaurant but the set up is so different and they have so many options to choose from.  I had a warm turkey sandwich with stuffing, cranberries and carmelized onions.  It was delicious.  Laura had the pulled pork with coleslaw and she said it was delicious too.  We both agreed that James and Dave would like it too.  Laura was so nice to buy my lunch for me.  We had a nice visit.  It was so great to re-connect with my sister-in-law and dear friend!

Painted a while with James in the living room.  Will we ever finish?  There is so much more we need to be doing.  I worked until about 5:30 and then I had to stop to get ready to go to Trina's Norwex party.  Kim picked me up at 6:15.  I enjoyed visiting with her on the ride over and back. 

Trina had quite a spread of food for this little party.  I especially loved her tortellini.  She also had chips, fresh fruit, mini lemon cakes and cookies.  I just had the tortellini and one cookie.  Kim had nothing.  She says she only eats carbs on Friday or Saturday.  Good for her.  I wish I had that kind of self-control. 

Wow! These Norwex rags sound amazing!  They have silver in them and you need nothing but water to make them work.  Suzy Case could not say enough good things about them.  She even uses the towel to dry her hair instead of blow drying and her hair was so silky and shiny.  Kim and I bought the basic cleaning kit and a cloth to wash our faces.  It cost $70.00.  Hopefully they will be worth it.  Trina needs to sell $500 worth and then she will get the mop.  I want to save for the mop and the towel. 

I love to see the temple.

How true.

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

James typed and sent in his bid.  I wonder how long it will take for him to know if he got the job.  I went to the bank and Walmart and mailed our bond renewal for the state of Arizona.

Sheri stopped on the way to school this morning to let me take a picture of the Egyptian pyramid.

 This picture doesn't do it justice.  It's made out

of brown sugar and looks very authentic.

James went to see Rick at Chandler Auto Body about doing a job for him.  One the way home he picked up some machaca burros from Elmer's.  I wasn't going to eat before my dentist appointment but that's just too much temptation. 

My appointment with Dr. Douglas was at 1pm.  She is preparing me for a crown.  She did so much grinding and drilling I thought for such there could be nothing left to grind or drill.  Today they just put on the temporary crown.  It was a two hour appointment and boy was I glad when it was over.  I went to CVS to get a drink and saw a former member of our ward in Chandler, Janet Fezzey. 

James and I went to dinner at Red Lobster with the gift card we got from Dawn for Christmas.  I had Walt's shrimp and garlic shrimp scampi.  James had the crab stuffed flounder with scallops. 

We got to see Adam just for a minute today.  Just enough time for me to give him a hug and for him to confirm that he could come to the cabin the end of February with a few friends.

I helpoed James with touchup painting in the living room this evening.  I also made a trip to Walmart for lightbulbs only to discover there was an entire bag full on the living room floor.

Two of my dearest friends had pictures on Facebook today:

 Ralph and Jean Lamoreaux

Jean was my counselor when I was the stake

Relief Society President.

Karen and Lance Schneider in Paris.

Karen is my very dear friend from Chandler.

Saturday, November 17, 2012

I got up early this morning to work on cleaning the wood floors before anyone else got up.  I cleaned up the drywall dust and then did a light waxing.  After the floor was finished I began dusting and cleaning and packing things off the fireplace.   My last project was to work on prime painting in the hallway.  James got home from his mom's around 1pm.  I didn't finish priming the hallway. 

James left for home before I did.  I went the Payson way and ran off the road a couple of times, once I almost hit a sign.  I finally stopped at the Dollar Store in Overgaard and took a 20 minute nap.  What a relief when I finally got home. I don't think I will make it church tomorrow because I am quite sick.

Something cute happened today while we were still in Chandler.  Evan went past the house and saw my car parked there.  He said to Sheri:  "I see grandmas car. Ask her why old people have to live in Vernon.  Why can't they live here by me?"  Oh, Evan I love you!