Busy Sunday!

 It was Relief Society week, so we had

a typically busy Sunday.

They decided NOT to have Ward Council,

so instead we had it via text Saturday evening...

But that meant we didn't have to be to

church until 12 noon.

That's kind of nice...

Once there I did the rounds and tried to visit

with or at least say Hello to as many sisters

as I possibly could.

Then we had a good meeting, with talks from

a new couple who moved into the ward

a couple of months ago.

The EQ Pres and I went to their house a few

weeks ago and met with them.

Nice newly empty-nesters.

Then came Relief Society.

We called a new teacher, so now we have 2,

they will switch off weeks.

It was an interesting class.

More of a lesson than the newer "discussion"

format, but she'll settle in.

It was Elder Uchtdorf's talk about Parenting,

so a little hard for some who aren't 

married / parents, but she did a good job.

And then we had the ward Linger Longer.

I missed it.

Spent 20 minutes chatting with an investigator

and then a few minutes with a sister who needs assistance,

and then a few minutes with the Young Women Pres,

and then a few minutes with the Bishop.

And by then they were cleaning up.

But that's ok, it was mostly cookies.

Home for a quick nap and then to my 1st Counselor's

(Val) house to have dinner (Hawaiian Haystacks) with 

her family, her in-laws (the EQ Pres & his wife),

and the couple who spoke in church.

It was a nice evening!

But BOY was I tired when we were finished!!!!

Then today I met Val again this morning at 9:00

(after working out) to use her husband's

"magic" key (he's 1st C in the Stake Presidency

so his key opens EVERYTHING) to go through

all the cupboards and closets and try to find

one that wasn't being used so WE can use it.

It's been more than a year and I still don't 

have a closet or cabinet for our stuff.

We are sharing with another ward.

Anyhow. She brought the wrong key.

The right key is on his keyring and their son

had that keyring and truck down in Vero.

So... instead we tidied the shelves etc in the

RS room, figured out a way to MAKE a closet

out of some unused space at the back of the room,

and then to the kitchen to pick a color to re-paint

the cabinets.

They are a really dark brown stain and it just

looks old, dirty and dated.

The building is getting a re-fresh in October,

so we are getting our requests in early.

Then to WalMart,

then home to make a big bowl of macaroni salad.

That's my FAVORITE thing to eat in the summer.

Then a quick nap and to the town for an hour.

Denine is sick, again. So I needed to go get

stuff ready for the inspector tomorrow.

Meanwhile we have a hurricane heading our way

(not OUR way... but to Florida - it should hit

Linda's ranch in north FL)

so our town manager who is a mucky muck in 

the National Guard got called out to head up

there and help out.

Which means we are down to 2.5 people

working at the town this week.

(I'm the .5.... lol)

I'll go in at 8:30 tomorrow instead of my

usual 10:-ish... and see what I can do to take

some of the load off.

Anyhow.

And of course, I taught tonight until 10.

Another BUSY week.

Rod took today off as well.

He needed to make a bunch of phone calls.

Kyle is trying to sell his mulcher head in preparation

for heading to Kansas and Rod has been 

trying to talk to all the land clearing companies

locally to see if anybody wants it.

He'll go back to work tomorrow, but he's on

restricted (light) duty for the next 2 weeks,

so no overtime for him.

Which means he goes in at noon and gets off at 8.

That will be nice.

Except I won't be here.

Town on Tuesday.

Bishop's Storehouse on Wed.

Town of Thursday.

Meet Val to try again on Friday.

Oh well.