Bits & tidbits
Our life, a puzzle,
And how it all fits...sometimes
This is mostly a catch up on the past few weeks-
Work:
- We've been working 12 hours in the office every day (usually 6am-6 pm) then going home and getting projects done around the farm...we are TIRED.
- The Center is empty- but we do have two groups coming in October- one in trade for some website work and we're donating a night for some Celtic dancers doing a benefit concert at Snow college.
- Tom's been putting his resume' out for any Knowledge management director positions- He made it to the final 2 for the walmart postition-but no dice.
Projects on the farm:
- We strung up some hotwire around the pasture's south and west side to enclose it so the horses could be turned out to eat all the pasture (and weeds) out there. This included post pounding, stringing wire, cleaning up junk in the way of the fence, and generally in the pasture- there were several piles of old wood something-er-others.
- We fixed the garage door on the barn
- We started putting up the rough-cut lumber planks to enclose the rest of the barn where ther was rotten fiber board
- Loaded the trailer with junk
- Scraped up the burn pile with the tractor and loaded it on trailer
- Tacked down tar paper and replaced rotten wood on cottage and barn roofs to get ready for metal roofing
Church:
- We had Stake conference 2 weekends ago- it was very good- and very nice for Tom to have a break from Sunday finances and Bishopric meetings... We invited several friends over after the sat. night session for ice cream sundaes and had a great time.
- Gospel Doctrine (what I currently teach) is now held in the Chapel- which is good and bad- everyone's more spread out, but more people attend- On the Stake level- I'm involved with the activities committe's production of a pageant of sorts in November on Christ, to sort of kick off the Christmas season on the right foot.
Personal:
- I'm just finishing my 2nd round of antibiotics for my UTI- I've had to watch my sun exposure while on the meds- last Saturday I was out in the sun giving pony rides to a neighbor's grandkids and got a bit of heat stroke- believe it or not-
- Oh- and wonderful menopause- I get hotflashes all night and all day- which makes it hard to sleep longer than 1/2 hour at a time before waking up either hot or cold. And at the office I can be seen suddenly ripping off my sweater and frantically fanning myself- so much fun! (sarcasm)
- Tom has been fighting off a cold and then, last night, Derek, Elli, and her Mom visiting from Mexico, came over for dinner. After which, Derek proceeded to show Tom some of his new Jujitsu moves- which resulted in a "crack" - which was the sound of Tom's rib breaking- Good move Derek! Tom- you're not as young as you used to be! Now we're wondering how we'll ever get the roofing done-
- Tyler is heading back to the MTC on Oct 13th! We're so proud of him for sticking to his commitment to serve a mission. He has the same call as before- Portland Oregon, Spanish Speaking. We will miss him a bunch!
- Cari is blessing Kynlee on Oct 10th- so the family is all invited for dinner and it will also be a last family dinner for Tyler.
We were planning to go to Boise this weekend but the car has over 200,000 miles and has been acting up-so we decided to not to go.
So anyway- there's an update
