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Card Table Makeover

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  The other day the missionaries came for dinner.   I had no desire for cleaning the back table and decided we would have our dinner on the deck – which probably was not a wise move on my part – for the back room would have been so much cooler.   I washed the filthy card table that we had left on the porch.   I still felt the need for a tablecloth but couldn’t find one and thought the wind might blow it around anyway.   I did not find a tablecloth – not in any size but I did find some contact paper.     Problem solved.     Cover the grime-stained table with contact paper – and the wind wouldn’t   blow it off.
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Name That Tune

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  Jaime learned about a "Name That Tune" game being held at Summerfest.  The person she had planned to go with cancelled on her - which was really not a surprise.  Though it was hot and I hadn't planned on going to the event myself, I volunteered to go with her.  I don't believe we scored any points during the first round, but were able to take 4 of 5 songs on the second round.  The other players were dismissed and we had the opportunity of playing the second round.  We got only two songs but each walked away with five dollars.  Not bad. I was planning on participating without a prize incentive.  Jaime was happy.  We might go see fireworks tonight.
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Dear Diary

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           I think someone may have been hacked on facebook who in turn tried to hack me.   I don’t know.   I was experiencing so much fatigue yesterday.   I wish I would have taken a screenshot but did not.   I saw who it was from and I think what the invitation was for and deleted automatically because of so many factors.           So in my notifications I’m told that RAM has invited me to the Relief Society Page.   The page that I created?   Or is there a new one? And why would RAM create an RS page when he is a guy?   We are not even facebook friends.   And he is currently on vacation.   Why would he create a page and invite people in during his vacation?   I thought it said Relief Society.   Maybe it said something else?   Still – why would I want to join his page?   Was I singled out or were there others in the ward who received invites? ...
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First Time for Everything

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                It’s hot.  So hot.  I asked Alexa to tell me the temperature in Las Vegas – it always makes me feel better that it’s cooler in Oregon than elsewhere.  And yet I remember being cold in Las Vegas when I was there in March this year.  COLD in LAS VEGAS.  Cold wind blowing.  I don’t even remember experiencing wind in Las Vegas before.                Today’s first was at the dentist.   Yes, I am a little plastered out of my mind.   The heat does that to me.   Under normal circumstances I cry whenever I am in the dentist chair because I’m a dweeb.   I don’t have anything against the dentist per se – I just don’t like being in a laying down position with my mouth wide open and tools in my mouth and the need to swallow but can’t.                Toda...
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When the Wind Blows

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    When the wind blows trees dance and things move – some seem to make unpleasant noises like someone is trying to break into your house.   Sometimes the wind itself makes an eerie noise as it blows. When it is just a cool breeze the wind feels nice but it still seems to send me into a coma.   Naughty wind
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Our Savior, Our Guide, Our Light

  The Church is full of imperfect people who are often called to positions they don’t want.   Some people will say “No’ when they are called to a position that they may feel inadequate to serve and some will say “No” to callings they really don’t want.   Many callings are given to the individual so that he or she may learn and grow possibly more than those they are serving.   We grow by the Spirit.   Hopefully we all may rely on the Spirit to guide us.   We are given so many opportunities to do so. Recently I gave a talk in Sacrament meeting.   I started with two hikes on which to use as outlines.   The first happened during a family trip to Arco Idaho almost 40 years ago.   On average the wind in Arco blows 8-10 miles and I would imagine mirrors the season.   It was June and the winds were warm to an already scorching temperature.   The big draw in Arco, Idaho is The Craters of the Moon Monument. There was an unguided walk tour...
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Myrtle and Creek

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             The day we cleaned the shed two black chickens appeared – as though they had been living there and we destroyed their home.   They weren’t.   I have no idea where the two birds came from.   One was pretty much smaller than the other.   Normally Jaime has given names to all the animals that have come into our yard.   But she was not yet up.   Richard named the larger of the birds Myrtle and the smaller one he named Creek.           We managed to keep Bonnie away from them during the morning.   I don’t know whose yard they had come from or why they chose to stay.   I let Bonnie out after 4:00.   I had forgotten about the chickens until I noticed her attacking Myrtle’s corpse.                Poor Creek seemed lost without her companion.   Richard would take Bonnie out and put her on a chain.   I don’t...
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