Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Monday, November 26, 2012
New background
As usual, it took several tries to find a background image I liked. But here it is:
from the Cutest Blog on the Block. My go-to site for blog backgrounds.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Scriptural 12 days of Christmas
I was going to read the Gospels every day of December. But, I didn't. So, then I decided I'd do a scriptural 12 days of Christmas. I found one on Sugardoodle. It wasn't quite what I wanted. But already, the "1st" day of Christmas has gone & it is now 11 days til Christmas.
I'm still not ready for Christmas, but got through Daughters of Utah Pioneers today. Mother went. It was a luncheon at Thedora Petterborg's. She served stuffed lasagna, salad with spinach, pomegranates & bleu cheese, (mmm, it was so good), hot, fresh rolls with real butter & strawberry jam. Dessert was peppermint ice cream with Pepperidge Farm cookies. We exchanged Christmas gifts. Mother took a blanket & a box of eggnog tea in a re-usable Christmas bag. I took a bar of Serenity bath soap from doTerra. The bar of soap itself cost more than the $7 limit, but like I told Mother, no one is going to believe I spent $8 on a bar of bath soap. I bought a bath sponge to go with it.
We also brought a can or some non-perishable food item to donate to the SouthEast Idaho Community Action Agency (SEICAA). I was in charge of taking them to the SEICAA office. We filled a plastic grocery bag full of cans, boxes & bags. I put it in a gift bag & took it over to the SEICAA office.. Kandi wasn't there, but the SEICAA office is right across the hall from ISU Outreach, so I went into ISU & talked to Sonya. I left the bag of food with her to give to Kandi.
I used to work for ISU Outreach before I had breast cancer (almost 5 years ago) & had never returned my keys. In fact, I had forgotten I even had them. I found the keys a few weeks ago in the console of my car & put them on the outside of my purse so I'd remember to return them. Sonya said she'd forgotten I had them also. I had 5 keys & 4 of them were still good. She has a new desk, so the desk key was the only one that wasn't.
I'm still not ready for Christmas, but got through Daughters of Utah Pioneers today. Mother went. It was a luncheon at Thedora Petterborg's. She served stuffed lasagna, salad with spinach, pomegranates & bleu cheese, (mmm, it was so good), hot, fresh rolls with real butter & strawberry jam. Dessert was peppermint ice cream with Pepperidge Farm cookies. We exchanged Christmas gifts. Mother took a blanket & a box of eggnog tea in a re-usable Christmas bag. I took a bar of Serenity bath soap from doTerra. The bar of soap itself cost more than the $7 limit, but like I told Mother, no one is going to believe I spent $8 on a bar of bath soap. I bought a bath sponge to go with it.
We also brought a can or some non-perishable food item to donate to the SouthEast Idaho Community Action Agency (SEICAA). I was in charge of taking them to the SEICAA office. We filled a plastic grocery bag full of cans, boxes & bags. I put it in a gift bag & took it over to the SEICAA office.. Kandi wasn't there, but the SEICAA office is right across the hall from ISU Outreach, so I went into ISU & talked to Sonya. I left the bag of food with her to give to Kandi.
I used to work for ISU Outreach before I had breast cancer (almost 5 years ago) & had never returned my keys. In fact, I had forgotten I even had them. I found the keys a few weeks ago in the console of my car & put them on the outside of my purse so I'd remember to return them. Sonya said she'd forgotten I had them also. I had 5 keys & 4 of them were still good. She has a new desk, so the desk key was the only one that wasn't.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Money tree
Don's money tree didn't look at all like the tree I posted. I took a scrapbooked Christmas card, really cute, framed it & stuck the money behind it. I thought of another way I could have made the tree. Taken the money, folded it so that it made the branches of the tree. Then he would have had to take the tree apart to spend his money. Oh, well, maybe another year. Maybe I can scan the card tomorrow at work. It's too late to get the scanner here hooked up. The scanner at work is always ready to go
Don's been sick since last week, his cold has lasted the 7 days, now Nick has it & I'm getting it. Just so Mother doesn't get it. Don-Mike got a FOUR-day weekend. Wow! That doesn't happen very often.
Christmas was fun. Never did really feel like Christmas though.
Don's been sick since last week, his cold has lasted the 7 days, now Nick has it & I'm getting it. Just so Mother doesn't get it. Don-Mike got a FOUR-day weekend. Wow! That doesn't happen very often.
Christmas was fun. Never did really feel like Christmas though.
Monday, November 29, 2010
End of November?
It's the end of November already. I've kind of fallen behind on the Attitude of Gratitude. I've got today & tomorrow before Mother's open enrollment on her insurance closes. I'm not quite sure what to do. She also needs to have her meds ordered. I'm feeling quite overwhelmed. It doesn't seem like the foreclosure is going anywhere fast. The sale date is the first part of January. And Christmas ... Ack!
I'm thankful Christmas only comes once a year.
I'm thankful Christmas only comes once a year.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
The day before Christmas Eve
And I'm still not ready. Oh well, the time trudges on & there's no way to slow it down, so I have to make decisions as to what I'll do. One day to do it in too.
I'm grateful Don & I have employment, even if I could use more hours.
I'm grateful Don & I have employment, even if I could use more hours.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Listening
The ward choir sang today. Two-thirds of the choir were members of two families. There were only 18, 16 actual choir members, plus the chorister & the pianist, but still .... They sounded wonderful. Don-Mike sings in the ward choir. I wish his dad would also sing in the choir. He has a wonderful voice, but ... he doesn't sing in church.
Don & I went to church this morning. We don't usually go to Sacrament meeting but Don-Mike sings in the ward choir. Don-Mike had taken Mother to church. She sat with our neighbors, Balzers, Paula & Amber. Don noticed a lady with no hair & asked me if I knew of anyone in the ward going through chemo & pointed her out to me. I said I didn't know of anyone. Mother was sitting on the back row, then there is an aisle & another bench. This couple sat on the very back row of the chapel, right behind Mother. About half an hour into the meeting, Mother started coughing & got up & went out. So, I got up & went out into the foyer to see if Mother was ok. I noticed a very strong tobacco odor as I walked out. The lady with no hair was looking intently at me. I smiled & kept on walking. I think she was coveting my pretty pink hat. It's crocheted & very soft. It was made for me when I was having chemo & had no hair.
In the foyer, Mother was still coughing & couldn't seem to get her breath. Paula was sitting there with her 5-year-old grandson Javen. She told me to go back in & ask Adrian, her daughter & Javen's mother, for some hard candy.
I went back in & again noticed the strong odor of tobacco. I got the candy & took it back to Mother. It seemed to help. I went back in to the chapel for the choir's next number & then after they sang, I got up & left. Last week the Gospel Doctrine teacher had wanted a copy of the Proclamation on the family for her Sunday School class this week. I know they are free at the Distribution Center, but I didn't know if I would get down to pick any up. I took a copy & copied them on parchment paper at The Citizen. I had forgotten to take them to church this morning. I was on my way back into town to pick up those copies. I asked Mother if she wanted to go home with me. She said she did. She hadn't taken her morning meds & the coughing spell had tired her out. She had started wheezing too. I took her home, gave her an inhaler treatment, she took her meds & I turned her oxygen concentrator on for her.
I grabbed the copies of the Proclamation & went back to church. I took them up to the Sunday School class. They had just started class when I delivered them. I noticed the Relief Society presidency in the hall setting out next year's lesson manuals. One manual seemed to leap out at me. I looked at the name & it said "Carol Hill." The RS always gives each sister a manual & they put our names on stickers on the manuals. I asked Shannon Knapp, one of the counselors, who Carol Hill was. She didn't know, so she asked Angie, the president. Angie didn't know, so she asked me. I laughed & said I had asked Shannon. No one knew who she was.
I laughingly told Don about it when I went back to the library. A little while later, I walked back up to the foyer & picked up my manual & Mother's. I noticed Carol Hill's manual was still there.
This afternoon Don-Mike, Mother, Don & I had tithing settlement. Don & I had the first appointment, but we let Mother & Don-Mike go first. While we were waiting, I noticed the bald lady standing at the top of the stairs. I took that opportunity to go up & talk to her. I asked her if she was going through chemo. She said no, she has alopecia & a lung disease. The smell of tobacco clung to her. I thought that if she had a lung disease, someone in her home had better stop smoking. But I didn't say so. I asked her if she were visiting, but then the bishop came out & handed something to her. She said no, she lived over on South State. That is part of our ward, so I asked where on South State. She said she lived in the trailer court but she doesn't get out to church very often. I had neglected to introduce myself, so I did & asked her name, "Carol Hill." I was both elated & astounded. I had never even heard the name Carol Hill, until I saw it on that manual. I had wanted to talk to her at church, but knew I wouldn't get a chance. They must have had an appointment a bit earlier. If Don & I had taken the time allotted to us, I would have missed the chance to talk to her.
I think the reason Mother had the choking spell at church is because of the cigarette odor. Tobacco smoke brings on her spells.
I called Angie & left a message on their answering machine to call me. She called me back & I told her I had found out who Carol Hill is. I told her & she said she thought they were visiting. I passed on the information I had learned from talking to Carol. Angie said she had never heard the name before. She felt bad that she hadn't talked to her. She thanked me & said she & her counselors would go visit her. I wonder how long they've lived here. Obviously long enough to have their records here.
After tithing settlement, I went to The Citizen to work on my Christmas project. About 6 p.m., I was at the counter writing down the copies that I had made so I can pay for them this week, when I had the distinct feeling I needed to check the front door to see if it was locked. I thought that was odd. I started back to my desk to leave & it was like someone said to me, "I thought you were going to check the front door." I immediately turned & walked to the front door, all the time thinking it was my OCD kicking in. I have worked there for 12 years & been in & out of that building at all times of the day & night & NEVER had the thought that I needed to check to see if that door was locked. I walked up, pushed on the front door & it swung open. I almost fell on my face. Not from shock but because the door swung open so easily. I locked it & walked back to my desk.
The janitor had just left & she had turned out all the lights. It was dark outside & I needed to see to get out of the building. I walked back & turned on the mail room light & then there is one light that you have to pull a string to turn it on & off. The string popped off in my hand. Crud. There was no way I was getting on a chair & tying that string back on. I left it. Made sure the back door was locked & went to dinner.
Tithing settlement happens each December. Faithful members are supposed to go to their bishop & declare whether or not they have paid a full tithe that year.
Don & I went to church this morning. We don't usually go to Sacrament meeting but Don-Mike sings in the ward choir. Don-Mike had taken Mother to church. She sat with our neighbors, Balzers, Paula & Amber. Don noticed a lady with no hair & asked me if I knew of anyone in the ward going through chemo & pointed her out to me. I said I didn't know of anyone. Mother was sitting on the back row, then there is an aisle & another bench. This couple sat on the very back row of the chapel, right behind Mother. About half an hour into the meeting, Mother started coughing & got up & went out. So, I got up & went out into the foyer to see if Mother was ok. I noticed a very strong tobacco odor as I walked out. The lady with no hair was looking intently at me. I smiled & kept on walking. I think she was coveting my pretty pink hat. It's crocheted & very soft. It was made for me when I was having chemo & had no hair.
In the foyer, Mother was still coughing & couldn't seem to get her breath. Paula was sitting there with her 5-year-old grandson Javen. She told me to go back in & ask Adrian, her daughter & Javen's mother, for some hard candy.
I went back in & again noticed the strong odor of tobacco. I got the candy & took it back to Mother. It seemed to help. I went back in to the chapel for the choir's next number & then after they sang, I got up & left. Last week the Gospel Doctrine teacher had wanted a copy of the Proclamation on the family for her Sunday School class this week. I know they are free at the Distribution Center, but I didn't know if I would get down to pick any up. I took a copy & copied them on parchment paper at The Citizen. I had forgotten to take them to church this morning. I was on my way back into town to pick up those copies. I asked Mother if she wanted to go home with me. She said she did. She hadn't taken her morning meds & the coughing spell had tired her out. She had started wheezing too. I took her home, gave her an inhaler treatment, she took her meds & I turned her oxygen concentrator on for her.
I grabbed the copies of the Proclamation & went back to church. I took them up to the Sunday School class. They had just started class when I delivered them. I noticed the Relief Society presidency in the hall setting out next year's lesson manuals. One manual seemed to leap out at me. I looked at the name & it said "Carol Hill." The RS always gives each sister a manual & they put our names on stickers on the manuals. I asked Shannon Knapp, one of the counselors, who Carol Hill was. She didn't know, so she asked Angie, the president. Angie didn't know, so she asked me. I laughed & said I had asked Shannon. No one knew who she was.
I laughingly told Don about it when I went back to the library. A little while later, I walked back up to the foyer & picked up my manual & Mother's. I noticed Carol Hill's manual was still there.
This afternoon Don-Mike, Mother, Don & I had tithing settlement. Don & I had the first appointment, but we let Mother & Don-Mike go first. While we were waiting, I noticed the bald lady standing at the top of the stairs. I took that opportunity to go up & talk to her. I asked her if she was going through chemo. She said no, she has alopecia & a lung disease. The smell of tobacco clung to her. I thought that if she had a lung disease, someone in her home had better stop smoking. But I didn't say so. I asked her if she were visiting, but then the bishop came out & handed something to her. She said no, she lived over on South State. That is part of our ward, so I asked where on South State. She said she lived in the trailer court but she doesn't get out to church very often. I had neglected to introduce myself, so I did & asked her name, "Carol Hill." I was both elated & astounded. I had never even heard the name Carol Hill, until I saw it on that manual. I had wanted to talk to her at church, but knew I wouldn't get a chance. They must have had an appointment a bit earlier. If Don & I had taken the time allotted to us, I would have missed the chance to talk to her.
I think the reason Mother had the choking spell at church is because of the cigarette odor. Tobacco smoke brings on her spells.
I called Angie & left a message on their answering machine to call me. She called me back & I told her I had found out who Carol Hill is. I told her & she said she thought they were visiting. I passed on the information I had learned from talking to Carol. Angie said she had never heard the name before. She felt bad that she hadn't talked to her. She thanked me & said she & her counselors would go visit her. I wonder how long they've lived here. Obviously long enough to have their records here.
After tithing settlement, I went to The Citizen to work on my Christmas project. About 6 p.m., I was at the counter writing down the copies that I had made so I can pay for them this week, when I had the distinct feeling I needed to check the front door to see if it was locked. I thought that was odd. I started back to my desk to leave & it was like someone said to me, "I thought you were going to check the front door." I immediately turned & walked to the front door, all the time thinking it was my OCD kicking in. I have worked there for 12 years & been in & out of that building at all times of the day & night & NEVER had the thought that I needed to check to see if that door was locked. I walked up, pushed on the front door & it swung open. I almost fell on my face. Not from shock but because the door swung open so easily. I locked it & walked back to my desk.
The janitor had just left & she had turned out all the lights. It was dark outside & I needed to see to get out of the building. I walked back & turned on the mail room light & then there is one light that you have to pull a string to turn it on & off. The string popped off in my hand. Crud. There was no way I was getting on a chair & tying that string back on. I left it. Made sure the back door was locked & went to dinner.
Tithing settlement happens each December. Faithful members are supposed to go to their bishop & declare whether or not they have paid a full tithe that year.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Links for Disneyland
Thx for asking about our Disneyland trip Janelle. I had thought about blogging about it, but your question nudged me. I am planning to do a scrapbook album for Christmas presents this year. Since this trip was basically planned at the last minute, it cost about $2,000 to pull off. With that kind of cash outlay, Christmas will be pretty skimpy this year. The idea, of course, is that the trip is our Christmas.
I just found out we went during a peak time. I guess the week before Thanksgiving & the week after Thanksgiving are the slow times. But, we enjoyed it.
Here is a video of the fireworks I found on YouTube. Actually, I found it on a cool website called Dis. Here is a link to their page, Christmas at the Disneyland Resort.
I found The Haunted Mansion is transformed into Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" only in the fall. So, I am glad I got to see it.
I had never heard of Fantasmic! I thoroughly enjoyed it. Mother did not. Wheelchairs are on the dock, so she got the "smoke" from the fireworks.
I just found out we went during a peak time. I guess the week before Thanksgiving & the week after Thanksgiving are the slow times. But, we enjoyed it.
Here is a video of the fireworks I found on YouTube. Actually, I found it on a cool website called Dis. Here is a link to their page, Christmas at the Disneyland Resort.
I found The Haunted Mansion is transformed into Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" only in the fall. So, I am glad I got to see it.
I had never heard of Fantasmic! I thoroughly enjoyed it. Mother did not. Wheelchairs are on the dock, so she got the "smoke" from the fireworks.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Hat box
Yesterday at lunch I saw a "Vote for Pedro" t-shirt in the window of Gingerbread Shoppe & so I walked over to look at it. I was window shopping when 3 hatboxes caught my eye. I've been wanting a hatbox for the hat that Ev gave me. It's still in the car because I don't want it to get smashed & really have no place to put it.
The hatbox I REALLY want is an octagonal metal box. Gorgeous. It has a scene on both sides, but only one side opens. It is only $16.95 or something like that. If the money I had in my pocket had not been for groceries, I would have bought it. I want it that bad. I gave Don this idea for a Christmas present. I have a hard time reconciling spending money on something "frivolous" like this, when we need other things. Basic things, like heat, electricity & mortgage payments.
I'll give him a week or 2 to act on this idea & if it's still there in a couple of weeks, I'll get it for myself. It's so pretty & practical. That's what I like about it. A pretty place to store my hats, hehe AND, it's NOT round, they are so hard to store, but has edges & could be stacked with square things, if I had to stack it. I want to just put it on end & display it.
The hatbox I REALLY want is an octagonal metal box. Gorgeous. It has a scene on both sides, but only one side opens. It is only $16.95 or something like that. If the money I had in my pocket had not been for groceries, I would have bought it. I want it that bad. I gave Don this idea for a Christmas present. I have a hard time reconciling spending money on something "frivolous" like this, when we need other things. Basic things, like heat, electricity & mortgage payments.
I'll give him a week or 2 to act on this idea & if it's still there in a couple of weeks, I'll get it for myself. It's so pretty & practical. That's what I like about it. A pretty place to store my hats, hehe AND, it's NOT round, they are so hard to store, but has edges & could be stacked with square things, if I had to stack it. I want to just put it on end & display it.
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