Hello all,
This month seems to have not been quite so busy as last. Sadly I think I got less done personally than I got done in October when I was so busy. It seems funny that the busier we are with other things the more we get done with what we need to do. I find this true in many instances. It’s almost like we feel a greater need to accomplish our own agenda when we are busy working on other agendas. The month began with a bang if you will. Andrew came home and announced his manager had been fired. In the automotive industry this is always a scary thing because generally speaking they eventually lay off about half of the current staff as well. I’m not really sure why that is, but that’s the way it goes. We were on pins and needles for a few weeks, but now we are starting to relax. We still don’t know if his job is safe, but we are doing all we can for him to find a new job. We are leaving the rest in the Lord’s hands. For now things are still the same as they were on that particular front.
We had a leadership training meeting the next weekend and I was released from Activities Committee Chair. The Church has ended that part of the administration effort. The Ward or Branch Council will essentially decide what activities to hold. The actual committee for each of the activities will change. Since I had already planning the Christmas party I will be finishing that effort up. That will be on December 18th at 6pm. As always, I’d love to see you there. There were lots of other changes that were announced in that training session. It will be very interesting to see how they all play out.
The same weekend was also Stake Conference. Elder Dallin H. Oaks from the Quorum of the Twelve came and spoke to us. I guess it has never happened in the history of the stake to have a member of the Twelve come and speak to us. It was really inspiring. He had come to a Stake Conference we had back in AZ not too long before we moved here, maybe a year or so. I think it’s very interesting that he was at both of these conferences and I can’t help but think that maybe there was something I should have taken away. I tried to figure that out and am hoping I got it right, but boy am I curious to know if I really did so or not.
We had a youth service project and also had YW in Excellence this month. The service project was done to help a couple get their property ready to be foster parents for some horses. I don’t know if they have the horses yet or not, but I think we got them ready for it. At YW in Excellence we had a royal theme. We talked about how life is like a fairy tale and in between Once Upon a Time and Happily Ever After every princess has her share of trials, heartaches and disappointment. It all turned out in the end for each of them and it will for us too if we hold onto our faith in Jesus Christ. This went quite well with a talk by Brother Young today. He said that whoever accepts the Son (of God) get it all. We get everything when we choose our Savior. We simply have to make that choice to put Him first and all else will follow.
Thanksgiving was interesting at our house this year. It was just the three of us. We had wanted the Elder’s to come over, but they had already been invited by another family. We had a smaller than usual turkey and didn’t end up eating until around 7pm because it took so long for the thing to cook! Next year we will go with a regular sized turkey and cook the way we usually do. I didn’t like having dinner so late. I like it around 2pm or so, then we can play games and eat again around 7pm when we are ready to. We started off the day as always watching the Macy’s parade. I have always watched it. I’m not sure why I like it so much, but I really enjoy it. This year Megan took a great interest in watching the bands. She loves to see a flute being played during anything. She has a great love for the flute.
Now that Thanksgiving has passed Christmas season is upon us. We put up some of our Christmas decorations, but not all. We were sad to see that one of our blow-up characters, Frosty the Snowman, will no longer blow up all the way. We took him back down. We have really scaled back from what we normally do for decoration. I think I prefer it this way. I was so excited to put out all my nativities. I have eleven and then I bought another. I have twelve now. I had to buy the one I saw this year, it was Charlie Brown and simply too cute to pass up. Plus it was on a pretty big sale. Normally $25, I paid $15. It was good. I guess I’m somewhat a collector of them. It’s what the season is really all about anyway. I’m hoping that eventually I will be able to put a nice one out in the front yard, but for now all we have is the Peanuts gang and the Pooh gang. Sadly, Snoopy, Woodstock and Marci all missing from the Peanuts group because they were stolen a few years ago. We bought some wood to make new ones, but they haven’t been made yet. They are quite an undertaking. I think this year we will get them made and painted, but I also need to repaint all the ones I have already made. They are starting to show their age. I’m nearly done with the Christmas cards. I like to get them off early.
Tomorrow is the Christmas parade here in town and I look forward to that. I guess it’s supposed to rain, so we’ll take our umbrellas, dress warmly and take something warm to drink as well. I think we’ll need it. Next Sunday, the 5th is the First Presidency Christmas devotional. I love to listen to that and watch it of course. It will be at 8pm local time. You can come to the building and watch it or if you prefer, you can watch it online at either the Church’s website or BYU will also carry it I’m sure. They will have video archive within a week on the Church’s website if you want to watch it later when it’s more convenient for you.
I guess that’s it. I’m always surprised by how much I have to say. I really enjoy sharing this with you each month and I hope that you enjoy hearing from me as well.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
October 2010 update
Dear Lisa,
This month hasn’t been much of anything, yet still busy in its own way. The last Saturday of September was the General Relief Society meeting. I enjoyed it very much. I was surprised to see President Monson tear up and have to actually wipe away a few tears. It was very touching. He talked about judging other when we have no right to. He told the story of a young couple who moved into a new house and every week for a few weeks she kept complaining to her husband about how the woman next door couldn’t get her laundry cleaned, which was hanging up where the couple could see. After several weeks, she remarked how the woman must have learned how to finally clean her laundry. Her husband spoke up and said he knew what had happened. He had gotten up earlier that day and washed their windows. I couldn’t help but think about how we can each be that way so often in our lives. I know I am guilty of it. I am amazed at how when I get to know someone better, they are much smarter than I thought they were initially. I hope you know what I mean. It’s very sad to think that we are so mean to one another and yet all we want from others in their compassion and understanding.
The beginning of the month we had General Conference. We went to most of the sessions at the Chapel, but Sunday afternoon I gave up and decided to sit on my soft couch at home and watch it on the Internet. Those chairs are not the most comfortable chairs to sit on. I think the talk that most affected me was Elder Holland. He spoke about gratitude. He did so in such a way that I felt he was talking to me personally and thanking me for every effort I have ever made in the Church. I’ve never felt so appreciated from someone I have never met.
October also brought the Road show. We have been practicing for what seems like an eternity, on the 16th we finally performed. We went to the Vicksburg auditorium. It was so fun to watch what everyone had come up with. Although I know that I’m quite biased of course, I think ours was one of the two best. The one by Kalamazoo (all three wards) had some amazing dances, but there was no story line, so I didn’t like it as well as the other one. I can’t remember who did the other good one though. Sorry about that. Anyway, the kids had lots of fun. I was quite happy with the way it all turned out, but I’m also glad to moving past that and onto something else.
On the 23rd, just a week after Road show was finished, we had a huge garage sale at our house as a fundraiser for the Scouts and Young Women for camp for next year. We did pretty good. I think we made about $550. We probably would have made more, but the weather wasn’t getting along with us too well. We gave the rest of the stuff to Goodwill. They were pretty overwhelmed with all we had to give them. We probably could have done a 2nd yard sale and raised just as much money again, but I was so tired of the stuff being here and taking up my garage space that I wasn’t about to put it all away again. Still, if I had realized in advance how much there was I would have planned on two garage sales. Most of the kids came to help at one point or another and we enjoyed being together.
I finished my math class finally and ended with a B. It’s not what I had hoped for, but I’m glad it’s over with anyway. I also finished my creative writing class. I got an A in that one and I was happy to see that. Now I’m taking another creative writing class for fun and a Humanities course. I also went and enrolled at Baker College in Jackson. I will start there on January 10th. I go in for orientation in November. I am excited to be getting on with obtaining a degree, but I can’t believe all the schooling I will need to get my degree. I will need 239 quarter hours to finish the degree up and that seems like an awful lot. I don’t know how that works from semester hours, so right now I’m just in the dark as to what that really means. I am in high hopes that I will be able to transfer a lot of my classes over and not have too many to take once they are transferred over. I haven’t heard yet about that. I am planning to really get in and take a huge load of classes so that I can finish as soon as possible and get into a school and finally be able to teach. I want to try and take as many classes as I can on just two days of the week so that I can substitute teach on the other three days if anyone needs me for whatever reason.
I guess that’s about it for now. I hope you are all doing well. I’d love to hear back from any of you anytime!
This month hasn’t been much of anything, yet still busy in its own way. The last Saturday of September was the General Relief Society meeting. I enjoyed it very much. I was surprised to see President Monson tear up and have to actually wipe away a few tears. It was very touching. He talked about judging other when we have no right to. He told the story of a young couple who moved into a new house and every week for a few weeks she kept complaining to her husband about how the woman next door couldn’t get her laundry cleaned, which was hanging up where the couple could see. After several weeks, she remarked how the woman must have learned how to finally clean her laundry. Her husband spoke up and said he knew what had happened. He had gotten up earlier that day and washed their windows. I couldn’t help but think about how we can each be that way so often in our lives. I know I am guilty of it. I am amazed at how when I get to know someone better, they are much smarter than I thought they were initially. I hope you know what I mean. It’s very sad to think that we are so mean to one another and yet all we want from others in their compassion and understanding.
The beginning of the month we had General Conference. We went to most of the sessions at the Chapel, but Sunday afternoon I gave up and decided to sit on my soft couch at home and watch it on the Internet. Those chairs are not the most comfortable chairs to sit on. I think the talk that most affected me was Elder Holland. He spoke about gratitude. He did so in such a way that I felt he was talking to me personally and thanking me for every effort I have ever made in the Church. I’ve never felt so appreciated from someone I have never met.
October also brought the Road show. We have been practicing for what seems like an eternity, on the 16th we finally performed. We went to the Vicksburg auditorium. It was so fun to watch what everyone had come up with. Although I know that I’m quite biased of course, I think ours was one of the two best. The one by Kalamazoo (all three wards) had some amazing dances, but there was no story line, so I didn’t like it as well as the other one. I can’t remember who did the other good one though. Sorry about that. Anyway, the kids had lots of fun. I was quite happy with the way it all turned out, but I’m also glad to moving past that and onto something else.
On the 23rd, just a week after Road show was finished, we had a huge garage sale at our house as a fundraiser for the Scouts and Young Women for camp for next year. We did pretty good. I think we made about $550. We probably would have made more, but the weather wasn’t getting along with us too well. We gave the rest of the stuff to Goodwill. They were pretty overwhelmed with all we had to give them. We probably could have done a 2nd yard sale and raised just as much money again, but I was so tired of the stuff being here and taking up my garage space that I wasn’t about to put it all away again. Still, if I had realized in advance how much there was I would have planned on two garage sales. Most of the kids came to help at one point or another and we enjoyed being together.
I finished my math class finally and ended with a B. It’s not what I had hoped for, but I’m glad it’s over with anyway. I also finished my creative writing class. I got an A in that one and I was happy to see that. Now I’m taking another creative writing class for fun and a Humanities course. I also went and enrolled at Baker College in Jackson. I will start there on January 10th. I go in for orientation in November. I am excited to be getting on with obtaining a degree, but I can’t believe all the schooling I will need to get my degree. I will need 239 quarter hours to finish the degree up and that seems like an awful lot. I don’t know how that works from semester hours, so right now I’m just in the dark as to what that really means. I am in high hopes that I will be able to transfer a lot of my classes over and not have too many to take once they are transferred over. I haven’t heard yet about that. I am planning to really get in and take a huge load of classes so that I can finish as soon as possible and get into a school and finally be able to teach. I want to try and take as many classes as I can on just two days of the week so that I can substitute teach on the other three days if anyone needs me for whatever reason.
I guess that’s about it for now. I hope you are all doing well. I’d love to hear back from any of you anytime!
Monday, September 27, 2010
September 2010
Hi everyone,
What chilly weather we have been having! It’s nice, but reminds me a little too much of the winter that I fear is going to be a rather cold one. I sure hope I’m wrong!
We had RS craft day. I am used to a lot more stuff being offered back home, but by the time I would get home I was exhausted, so this was really nice to do a few things and then go home. I learned how to make knit a hat, make a button headband, bought some magnets to make later on, and got to chat with a couple of sisters.
This month has been quite long it seems. I started off with helping to cut and stack wood with my husband and daughter on Labor Day and found out that I’m allergic to trees. I have never heard anything like that before, but apparently I do have the problem whether I like it or not. I was pretty much flat in bed on Tuesday and sounded terrible for a few days after that. I told my husband I won’t be helping him anymore with anything like that without some kind of medication. I can’t afford to not feel good for a week over something so silly.
We are in the process of fixing a mini-van to drive around. Some friends of ours gave it to us. As you may or may not know, our truck was repossessed. There was a big mix-up with our creditor, but since it had happened anyway, we decided to just let them have it. The mini-van has some major repairs that need to be done, but soon they will be complete. It’s nice to not have a car payment, but I do miss the truck. Oh well.
It’s been a rather quiet month for me. Road Show practice each Wednesday and doing a few things related to it during the week. Also math, math, math and wishing I would do better in my math. My creative writing class is going much better, but I’m glad I’ll finish both this week or next. Then I’ll begin some new classes. After two more classes are completed (besides the ones I’m nearly done with) I’ll finally have enough credit hours to substitute teach. I’m looking forward to this quite a bit. I have been looking for a job with no luck and I’m hoping that once I can substitute I’ll be able to work at least a couple times a week and that will help out a lot financially. I’m also looking into skipping the rest of my AA degree and going straight to a university. I’m considering one in Jackson and another in Kalamazoo. They are about the same distance, so it’ll be more about which program is better and which is cheaper, mostly the cheaper thing for now. I’m a penny-pincher. I’m hoping to start at one of them in the Spring.
Andrew is looking for a better job too, but he’s been unsuccessful with that just as I’ve been. I know that soon the clouds will part and we’ll see the sun, but when it’s dark out it can get discouraging at times.
I have had a little girl over several times this month and that has been nice too. I’m sure getting tired of watching Barbie movies, but I enjoy having her around.
This past weekend was the General Relief Society meeting. It was wonderful. I have never seen President Monson get that emotional, ever. I was surprised at how strong his message was. He spoke of the need to be more charitable. Whether you are in RS or not, you should definitely read what he had to say when the Ensign comes. If you can get it via internet, it’s already on the Church’s website in both video and sound. This coming week is General Conference. The sessions begin at noon and four pm for the general sessions here. The Priesthood will be holding a tailgate party at the Branch building at 6:30pm and then will watch that session at 8pm inside via satellite. It’s kind of sad to have it so late at night, but at least we can sleep in I guess. Hahaha I can’t wait to hear what everyone has to say. It will be good to feel their spirit too. I don’t know if I’ll ever get to meet most of them, but I have been able to get to know the apostles better through reading about them. I’m so grateful for living prophets.
Oh, if you haven't heard, I changed both mine and Megan's cell. Email if you need the new number or if you want it. Andrew's is the same for now.
What chilly weather we have been having! It’s nice, but reminds me a little too much of the winter that I fear is going to be a rather cold one. I sure hope I’m wrong!
We had RS craft day. I am used to a lot more stuff being offered back home, but by the time I would get home I was exhausted, so this was really nice to do a few things and then go home. I learned how to make knit a hat, make a button headband, bought some magnets to make later on, and got to chat with a couple of sisters.
This month has been quite long it seems. I started off with helping to cut and stack wood with my husband and daughter on Labor Day and found out that I’m allergic to trees. I have never heard anything like that before, but apparently I do have the problem whether I like it or not. I was pretty much flat in bed on Tuesday and sounded terrible for a few days after that. I told my husband I won’t be helping him anymore with anything like that without some kind of medication. I can’t afford to not feel good for a week over something so silly.
We are in the process of fixing a mini-van to drive around. Some friends of ours gave it to us. As you may or may not know, our truck was repossessed. There was a big mix-up with our creditor, but since it had happened anyway, we decided to just let them have it. The mini-van has some major repairs that need to be done, but soon they will be complete. It’s nice to not have a car payment, but I do miss the truck. Oh well.
It’s been a rather quiet month for me. Road Show practice each Wednesday and doing a few things related to it during the week. Also math, math, math and wishing I would do better in my math. My creative writing class is going much better, but I’m glad I’ll finish both this week or next. Then I’ll begin some new classes. After two more classes are completed (besides the ones I’m nearly done with) I’ll finally have enough credit hours to substitute teach. I’m looking forward to this quite a bit. I have been looking for a job with no luck and I’m hoping that once I can substitute I’ll be able to work at least a couple times a week and that will help out a lot financially. I’m also looking into skipping the rest of my AA degree and going straight to a university. I’m considering one in Jackson and another in Kalamazoo. They are about the same distance, so it’ll be more about which program is better and which is cheaper, mostly the cheaper thing for now. I’m a penny-pincher. I’m hoping to start at one of them in the Spring.
Andrew is looking for a better job too, but he’s been unsuccessful with that just as I’ve been. I know that soon the clouds will part and we’ll see the sun, but when it’s dark out it can get discouraging at times.
I have had a little girl over several times this month and that has been nice too. I’m sure getting tired of watching Barbie movies, but I enjoy having her around.
This past weekend was the General Relief Society meeting. It was wonderful. I have never seen President Monson get that emotional, ever. I was surprised at how strong his message was. He spoke of the need to be more charitable. Whether you are in RS or not, you should definitely read what he had to say when the Ensign comes. If you can get it via internet, it’s already on the Church’s website in both video and sound. This coming week is General Conference. The sessions begin at noon and four pm for the general sessions here. The Priesthood will be holding a tailgate party at the Branch building at 6:30pm and then will watch that session at 8pm inside via satellite. It’s kind of sad to have it so late at night, but at least we can sleep in I guess. Hahaha I can’t wait to hear what everyone has to say. It will be good to feel their spirit too. I don’t know if I’ll ever get to meet most of them, but I have been able to get to know the apostles better through reading about them. I’m so grateful for living prophets.
Oh, if you haven't heard, I changed both mine and Megan's cell. Email if you need the new number or if you want it. Andrew's is the same for now.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
Aug 2010 update
Hello again!
The month has gone by fast and furious as the saying goes. I always enjoy the end of the month because it’s full of fun things for me to do that keeps me up-to-date in my friends and families lives, however, it’s also full of more things to do and can be somewhat busier than the rest of the month. I don’t particularly care for that part of it. Hahaha
This past weekend the youth got the opportunity to travel to Chicago and do baptisms for the dead. I got to go and so did my husband who serves in the Young Men’s and my daughter, who is a Beehive. She rode with most of the other youth who went on the trip and she seemed to enjoy herself. I enjoyed talking with the other adults who rode with us, especially since it’s the rest of the YW presidency, except one of them just got released. Still, it was lots of fun. There is a beautiful spirit that can be felt only in the temple and I’m always grateful when I am able to attend. In the room where the ordinance is performed there is a very large mural of the Savior’s own baptism. I just kept staring at it for the couple of hours that we were there. It was very moving and I wish I could get a picture of it, though it would need to be much smaller of course and probably cutting off parts of the ends. It was probably about 25 feet long and 4 feet high or so. I would describe it better, but I would fail. It portrays many who might have watched the actual event and is absolutely stunning to look at.
I registered Megan, my daughter, for 7th grade yesterday. What a pain that was! Hahaha I am so glad I only have to do that once a year. She got her yearbook, ordered a t-shirt, bought a new flute book for band, signed up for cross country (that surprised me, but I was glad she did it) and we got her picture taken all while hearing about volunteering at the school, learning about fundraisers and the like. It took quite a bit of time to get through all the lines, but we made it through and now she is officially in 7th grade which makes me officially sad. I can’t believe how quickly she has grown up. She is going to be driving and dating before I know, in high school while I’m not looking and then out of the house, off to college and have a family of her own before I can turn around and catch my breath! Watching children growing up is an amazing process, but I’m trying to enjoy her all I can while I can. I want to have the same relationship with Megan that I have with my mom. We are best friends. Having one child makes it an all-or-nothing proposition. I sure hope I get it all. I’m sure those with more children still feel the same about each child, all-or-nothing that is. I am amazed at how different it is to parent one child vs. multiple children. There is no easy way. Both are difficult. Both have unique challenges.
We had Branch Conference and it was wonderful. All three members of the Stake Presidency spoke as well as Pres. Montross. I was going to include some of their comments, but sadly I took notes on my phone and the phone broke later that day. I can’t retrieve my notes until after I get the broken one replaced and due to several factors that won’t be until the beginning of September. I don’t remember things like talks for very long usually so I don’t remember what they spoke about (thus I take notes) or I would at least tell you that much. Sorry about that. Perhaps I will remember in a few weeks when I get my new phone to record some of it. I’m anxious to read again what I had written.
Our chickens are getting bigger and bigger. We finally started getting eggs from the full-grown ones. We only have four of them. The smaller ones that we bought later on are probably at least half way through the growing process. They sure eat a lot! I’m hoping they’ll start producing eggs in another couple of months. Ideally before that, but definitely by the end of October. I’ll keep you posted on that one. We have several people who want to buy eggs, but as of yet we’ve not sold any. We want to make sure that we are selling a quality product, so we have been holding off to see if there is anything that we aren’t catching up-front. We also have to decide on packaging and price etc. I would like to use plastic egg cartons that are reusable, but we have to see how that goes.
I went and took my mid-term for my math class. It went as well as it could I suppose. I did well, just short of an A, but I barely got to study for it, so I’m OK with that. Now I’m trying to stay focused and motivated long enough to finish this course and begin the next one. I have three more to go and I can’t wait to be done! I am hoping that they are going to be easier since they are supposed to focus on learning math for elementary –aged students. I’m really hoping and praying for that. I could use some easy math right about now. hahaha
Road show practices have begun. The Stake asks each Branch or Ward to put together a long skit basically. It is supposed to be 9 minutes long, be about the evolution of teenagers and somehow have kittens in it. Our is about a history class student who falls asleep dreaming of three events that happened to other teenagers and works in wearing modest clothes, including others and standing up for what we know is right. It sounds boring to describe it that way, but really is very cute. The youth are learning to triple swing, Charleston, and do the Virginia Reel as part of it. The actual Road Show will be on October 16th at the Vicksburg High School. I think the performances begin at 6pm. Each Ward or Branch will do their skit and then we will be done.
Our garden is winding down; as I’m sure most are. We got lots of ugly tomatoes, some pretty ones, onions, potatoes, huge zucchini, yellow squash, a few pumpkins and some corn. We might have gotten more, but my sweet husband decided to go big or bust and it turned out closer to bust as we could not keep up with the garden that he envisioned. I asked him to please scale it back next year, but we’ll see if he does that or not. Weeding here is much different than in AZ and the whole growing process is really much different. Things grow faster here and so you must care for it all much more frequently. It’s funny how something so universal as growing food can be so different from one place to another.
The month has gone by fast and furious as the saying goes. I always enjoy the end of the month because it’s full of fun things for me to do that keeps me up-to-date in my friends and families lives, however, it’s also full of more things to do and can be somewhat busier than the rest of the month. I don’t particularly care for that part of it. Hahaha
This past weekend the youth got the opportunity to travel to Chicago and do baptisms for the dead. I got to go and so did my husband who serves in the Young Men’s and my daughter, who is a Beehive. She rode with most of the other youth who went on the trip and she seemed to enjoy herself. I enjoyed talking with the other adults who rode with us, especially since it’s the rest of the YW presidency, except one of them just got released. Still, it was lots of fun. There is a beautiful spirit that can be felt only in the temple and I’m always grateful when I am able to attend. In the room where the ordinance is performed there is a very large mural of the Savior’s own baptism. I just kept staring at it for the couple of hours that we were there. It was very moving and I wish I could get a picture of it, though it would need to be much smaller of course and probably cutting off parts of the ends. It was probably about 25 feet long and 4 feet high or so. I would describe it better, but I would fail. It portrays many who might have watched the actual event and is absolutely stunning to look at.
I registered Megan, my daughter, for 7th grade yesterday. What a pain that was! Hahaha I am so glad I only have to do that once a year. She got her yearbook, ordered a t-shirt, bought a new flute book for band, signed up for cross country (that surprised me, but I was glad she did it) and we got her picture taken all while hearing about volunteering at the school, learning about fundraisers and the like. It took quite a bit of time to get through all the lines, but we made it through and now she is officially in 7th grade which makes me officially sad. I can’t believe how quickly she has grown up. She is going to be driving and dating before I know, in high school while I’m not looking and then out of the house, off to college and have a family of her own before I can turn around and catch my breath! Watching children growing up is an amazing process, but I’m trying to enjoy her all I can while I can. I want to have the same relationship with Megan that I have with my mom. We are best friends. Having one child makes it an all-or-nothing proposition. I sure hope I get it all. I’m sure those with more children still feel the same about each child, all-or-nothing that is. I am amazed at how different it is to parent one child vs. multiple children. There is no easy way. Both are difficult. Both have unique challenges.
We had Branch Conference and it was wonderful. All three members of the Stake Presidency spoke as well as Pres. Montross. I was going to include some of their comments, but sadly I took notes on my phone and the phone broke later that day. I can’t retrieve my notes until after I get the broken one replaced and due to several factors that won’t be until the beginning of September. I don’t remember things like talks for very long usually so I don’t remember what they spoke about (thus I take notes) or I would at least tell you that much. Sorry about that. Perhaps I will remember in a few weeks when I get my new phone to record some of it. I’m anxious to read again what I had written.
Our chickens are getting bigger and bigger. We finally started getting eggs from the full-grown ones. We only have four of them. The smaller ones that we bought later on are probably at least half way through the growing process. They sure eat a lot! I’m hoping they’ll start producing eggs in another couple of months. Ideally before that, but definitely by the end of October. I’ll keep you posted on that one. We have several people who want to buy eggs, but as of yet we’ve not sold any. We want to make sure that we are selling a quality product, so we have been holding off to see if there is anything that we aren’t catching up-front. We also have to decide on packaging and price etc. I would like to use plastic egg cartons that are reusable, but we have to see how that goes.
I went and took my mid-term for my math class. It went as well as it could I suppose. I did well, just short of an A, but I barely got to study for it, so I’m OK with that. Now I’m trying to stay focused and motivated long enough to finish this course and begin the next one. I have three more to go and I can’t wait to be done! I am hoping that they are going to be easier since they are supposed to focus on learning math for elementary –aged students. I’m really hoping and praying for that. I could use some easy math right about now. hahaha
Road show practices have begun. The Stake asks each Branch or Ward to put together a long skit basically. It is supposed to be 9 minutes long, be about the evolution of teenagers and somehow have kittens in it. Our is about a history class student who falls asleep dreaming of three events that happened to other teenagers and works in wearing modest clothes, including others and standing up for what we know is right. It sounds boring to describe it that way, but really is very cute. The youth are learning to triple swing, Charleston, and do the Virginia Reel as part of it. The actual Road Show will be on October 16th at the Vicksburg High School. I think the performances begin at 6pm. Each Ward or Branch will do their skit and then we will be done.
Our garden is winding down; as I’m sure most are. We got lots of ugly tomatoes, some pretty ones, onions, potatoes, huge zucchini, yellow squash, a few pumpkins and some corn. We might have gotten more, but my sweet husband decided to go big or bust and it turned out closer to bust as we could not keep up with the garden that he envisioned. I asked him to please scale it back next year, but we’ll see if he does that or not. Weeding here is much different than in AZ and the whole growing process is really much different. Things grow faster here and so you must care for it all much more frequently. It’s funny how something so universal as growing food can be so different from one place to another.
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