Today was Ashley & Kyle Terry's wedding at the Old Rock Church in Providence. The venue is lovely & the wedding was beautiful.
They couldn't get the bishop or stake president to marry them & I found out why today. They had written their own vows. Kyle's dad, Ronnie, officiated. He had done what he needed to so he could marry them. He did a wonderful job. Wow!!
They also lit candles. Kyle lit the memorial candle for those who have died & knelt & prayed. Then Kyle's mother, Melva, lit a candle & then Ashley's mom. After the ceremony or maybe as part of it, Kyle & Ashley lit a candle. I remember when Pam, my boss at Hillhaven got married, their candle kept going out. Ronnie said the candle is supposed to be lit first & then extinguished so that when the bride & groom light the candle it will stay lit. He forgot to do it. However, the candle lit & stayed lit. Hmmm, lighting candles is not part of an LDS service either.
Eddie went, but Nick didn't. Nick got pulled over for speeding yesterday on the way to Hyrum for the rehearsal dinner, sigh. This makes his third speeding ticket. He was angry & worried about the insurance going up. I'm sure the insurance will go up. How many tickets do you get before they pull your license? Anyone know? I guess I could go online & check.
The Terrys, Mel, Ronnie, Kyle & Ashley, leave for Mississippi tomorrow. Ronnie's mom (Trish), grandma (Wilma) & brother (Matt) are leaving for Cortez, Colo., in the Four Corners area. Matt said he lives 10 miles inside the Utah state line. Mel's mom, sister & brother came by car, I think. I'm not sure, but I think they still live in Cortez also. Mel's sister Linda said she was going to drive into Idaho, just so she could say she's been here, LOL. I told Don that is exactly what I did when I accompanied an older sister missionary to the Tennessee Nashville Mission. We drove over the state line just so I could say I had been in Mississippi.
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Monday, September 7, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
The Lenten season
One of my favorite sites is FlyLady.net I have subscribed to her emails for years. Before FlyLady I tried the Sidetracked Home Executive (SHE) card file system. Some of the things make sense. I've used the menu system for almost 20 years. But we still live in CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome).
FlyLady seldom sends out anything Christian in nature. Last year she sent out an email about Lent & she did again this year. As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we do not celebrate the Lenten season.
I have always thought Easter was way overdone. We, our family, haven't celebrated Easter for years as the rest of the world does. We don't do the Easter eggs or the fancy Easter dinner. I did not want to lie to my children about the so-called Easter bunny like we did for Santa Claus. I figured one stressful holiday was enough.
I've always liked the Advent calendar & the 12 days of Christmas. Maybe it fits in with my OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). I can do things for a certain amount of time, but to do it for any length of time is just incomprehensible to me.
I'm doing pretty good on my morning routine. I get up, make my side of the bed (Don's already made his side of the bed), fill my CPAP humidifier with water so I don't have to do it just before I go to bed, get dressed to my shoes, comb my hair, feed & water the cats & take my meds.
Bedtime is another story, sigh.
Anyway, I digress, as usual. She sent out an email from a lady that had just come from church & was thanking FlyLady & saying she was going to declutter for Lent. FlyLady emailed her back & said she had written a book about decluttering. The FlyBaby replied:
So, FlyLady sent out a request for FlyBabies to send their ideas for things to give up for Lent. She's not saying you have to give up anything for Lent, but she planted a seed.
Instead of giving UP something for Lent, one lady said:
Again, I digress. I've decided I'm going to add something to my life for the next 46 days & I'm going to sacrifice something for the traditional 40 days of Lent.
I'm going to set a bedtime & stick to it. Now, that's a novel idea, go to bed at the same time. Me, go to bed at the same time? I haven't decided when I'm going to bed, after all, I've still got 2-3 days to think about it. But it should be at a decent hour & before midnight.
Now, the sacrifice. I liked this:
Stay tuned ..........
FlyLady seldom sends out anything Christian in nature. Last year she sent out an email about Lent & she did again this year. As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we do not celebrate the Lenten season.
I have always thought Easter was way overdone. We, our family, haven't celebrated Easter for years as the rest of the world does. We don't do the Easter eggs or the fancy Easter dinner. I did not want to lie to my children about the so-called Easter bunny like we did for Santa Claus. I figured one stressful holiday was enough.
I've always liked the Advent calendar & the 12 days of Christmas. Maybe it fits in with my OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). I can do things for a certain amount of time, but to do it for any length of time is just incomprehensible to me.
I'm doing pretty good on my morning routine. I get up, make my side of the bed (Don's already made his side of the bed), fill my CPAP humidifier with water so I don't have to do it just before I go to bed, get dressed to my shoes, comb my hair, feed & water the cats & take my meds.
Bedtime is another story, sigh.
Anyway, I digress, as usual. She sent out an email from a lady that had just come from church & was thanking FlyLady & saying she was going to declutter for Lent. FlyLady emailed her back & said she had written a book about decluttering. The FlyBaby replied:
I have it and have partly read it .. its lost in my clutter LoLShe could be describing me. I have it, have partly read it & it is lost in my clutter, or my storage unit, or Mother's storage unit, or maybe it is in Don-Mike's storage unit, or did I mention it might just be lost in my clutter??
So, FlyLady sent out a request for FlyBabies to send their ideas for things to give up for Lent. She's not saying you have to give up anything for Lent, but she planted a seed.
Instead of giving UP something for Lent, one lady said:
I decided that instead of giving up something for Lent, I would ADD something healthy to my life.Ok, the Lenten season is to commemorate the time Christ spent in the wilderness & was tempted by Satan, I thought. Another interesting thing that I just found out as I searched the Internet for Lent is that it depends on where you live & what denomination you belong to as to how Lent is calculated!! Western Christianity calculates Lent as starting on Ash Wednesday & goes to Holy Saturday (btw, I've never even heard of Holy Saturday), leaving Sunday out! So, Lent is actually 46 days, not just 40.
Again, I digress. I've decided I'm going to add something to my life for the next 46 days & I'm going to sacrifice something for the traditional 40 days of Lent.
I'm going to set a bedtime & stick to it. Now, that's a novel idea, go to bed at the same time. Me, go to bed at the same time? I haven't decided when I'm going to bed, after all, I've still got 2-3 days to think about it. But it should be at a decent hour & before midnight.
Now, the sacrifice. I liked this:
Dear FlyLady,So, I am publicly posting this on my blog so that I will be accountable. I will make an entry each day to report my success and/or my failure on my endeavor(s).
I picked up this handout at church recently: The Forty Trash Bag Challenge. It looked like a great idea, and it fit right in with the Decluttering for Lent email I just got in my inbox. Here is the Forty Trash Bag Challenge:
Every day during Lent this year, empty one bag of 'stuff' that is no longer needed from your house, totaling a loss of forty bags of stuff!
Then there were 5 ideas & it ended with this paragraph:
As the family accepts this challenge together, bonds will be created that will last a lifetime. Lessons are also learned not just by saying, but by putting it into practice. Here, the simple lesson will last throughout life that having fewer things can lead to a greater contentment in life.
(Credit due to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati for this handout on vocations and family faith formation)
Stay tuned ..........
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Nick says it's Saturday
Tonight when Nick went to bed he told me he needed some meds. I fill our med boxes every Saturday morning without fail. I was reading a new blog I found. I got up from the computer & was saying how odd that he didn't have any Friday meds. He said it was Saturday. I said, "Saturday? Are you sure?" Don got in on the conversation & said, "I sure don't want to work another Saturday tomorrow." I work on Friday & I worked yesterday, so I don't know why I thought it was Friday again tonight, but I did.
This morning Nick woke me up, like he does lots of mornings. This morning he was telling me that the cats were almost out of cat food & I needed to get some today. I told him that there was a brand new box of cat food in the furnace room that Lynnette had ordered for us. Remember the 2 big boxes he'd brought in from the front porch? He could only find the box of dog food for Mufasa. I got up, showed him where it was & asked him to move it out into the laundry room for me.
From there I took my meds & then proceeded to spend almost the entire day on the computer. I didn't even think of filling med boxes. I certainly hope no one needs any meds for tomorrow. Since it is Sunday, there will not be a pharmacy open. We should be able to get by unless Nick needs topamax or I need some femara. I don't know of anyone we can borrow those 2 meds from.
Then, since I was rudely reminded that it is Saturday, I was thinking that I need to be to church by noon tomorrow. In fact, when I went over to dress Mother's leg, I asked her if she felt like going to church. She said no. I stopped at the grocery store on my way home to buy some non-stick bandages. I used the last of the bandages that Instacare sent home with us. The grocery store will be closed tomorrow. In fact, the only stores that are open are the new national chain stores that have just come into town the last few years, ALCO & Family Dollar, a few service stations & Burger King. You'd think we had blue laws here. As far as I know, Idaho does not have blue laws. As members of the LDS Church, we are not prohibited, but are strongly encouraged not to shop on Sunday. Preston was founded by LDS pioneers & is still predominantly LDS.
Anyway, there are no church meetings in the wards(1) in our stake(2) because it is stake conference tomorrow. I hurried & called Don-Mike to remind him, so he wouldn't go prepared to teach his Primary class. He had remembered. I wonder why he didn't remind me? I could just see myself going to church & nobody would be there.
Mother's shin is still oozing blood & now the bruise runs from the top of her thigh, down under her instep. She was very confused tonight. I asked her if she had eaten. She said yes & so I asked her what she had eaten. She said she had eaten 2 pieces of toast. I asked her if she had eaten anything else. She said no. I went diving into the fridge to see if I could find any protein. I found a block of cheese that hadn't been opened. It had come from the Elks Lodge when they delivered some boxes of food for her at Christmas. It was clear to the back of the shelf. I could also see some OJ. So, I cut her a couple of pieces of cheese. Don-Mike heard me talking about the cheese, so he came out of his bedroom & wanted some cheese too.
I told Don-Mike that Mother was very confused tonight. He said he'd noticed that too. I told him it was from low blood sugar & we needed to get some food into her. So, she ate her little pieces of cheese & took her meds with some OJ. I'd like to get her home so I don't have to run across town to take care of her. I wish I had a plan or a way to accomplish that.
This morning Nick woke me up, like he does lots of mornings. This morning he was telling me that the cats were almost out of cat food & I needed to get some today. I told him that there was a brand new box of cat food in the furnace room that Lynnette had ordered for us. Remember the 2 big boxes he'd brought in from the front porch? He could only find the box of dog food for Mufasa. I got up, showed him where it was & asked him to move it out into the laundry room for me.
From there I took my meds & then proceeded to spend almost the entire day on the computer. I didn't even think of filling med boxes. I certainly hope no one needs any meds for tomorrow. Since it is Sunday, there will not be a pharmacy open. We should be able to get by unless Nick needs topamax or I need some femara. I don't know of anyone we can borrow those 2 meds from.
Then, since I was rudely reminded that it is Saturday, I was thinking that I need to be to church by noon tomorrow. In fact, when I went over to dress Mother's leg, I asked her if she felt like going to church. She said no. I stopped at the grocery store on my way home to buy some non-stick bandages. I used the last of the bandages that Instacare sent home with us. The grocery store will be closed tomorrow. In fact, the only stores that are open are the new national chain stores that have just come into town the last few years, ALCO & Family Dollar, a few service stations & Burger King. You'd think we had blue laws here. As far as I know, Idaho does not have blue laws. As members of the LDS Church, we are not prohibited, but are strongly encouraged not to shop on Sunday. Preston was founded by LDS pioneers & is still predominantly LDS.
Anyway, there are no church meetings in the wards(1) in our stake(2) because it is stake conference tomorrow. I hurried & called Don-Mike to remind him, so he wouldn't go prepared to teach his Primary class. He had remembered. I wonder why he didn't remind me? I could just see myself going to church & nobody would be there.
Mother's shin is still oozing blood & now the bruise runs from the top of her thigh, down under her instep. She was very confused tonight. I asked her if she had eaten. She said yes & so I asked her what she had eaten. She said she had eaten 2 pieces of toast. I asked her if she had eaten anything else. She said no. I went diving into the fridge to see if I could find any protein. I found a block of cheese that hadn't been opened. It had come from the Elks Lodge when they delivered some boxes of food for her at Christmas. It was clear to the back of the shelf. I could also see some OJ. So, I cut her a couple of pieces of cheese. Don-Mike heard me talking about the cheese, so he came out of his bedroom & wanted some cheese too.
I told Don-Mike that Mother was very confused tonight. He said he'd noticed that too. I told him it was from low blood sugar & we needed to get some food into her. So, she ate her little pieces of cheese & took her meds with some OJ. I'd like to get her home so I don't have to run across town to take care of her. I wish I had a plan or a way to accomplish that.
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