Beneath the Wraps

           For a week now we have been touching up our house.   The deck REALLY needed a make- over.   I don’t think it’s been painted/stained for two or three years.   It NEEDED a fresh coat of something.   And Richard was concerned about the trim facing west as it also needed a fresh coat of paint in his opinion.   Honestly no one is going to notice.   Nobody ever goes back there – especially to look at the shutters.   But whatever.   So here are some things we have done.   we painted the chairs after this photo was taken clean up             I thought I had posted about our make-shift shed that we made from the tarp of a greenhouse kit.    Richard built the frame to last – but the tarp did not.    It started out with good intentions but became more of an eye sore each time it was moved.    And so much junk accumulated over the years...

 Jesus,  Others,  Yourself          -         in that order

  Last night watched the most beautiful service spotlighting Palm Sunday.   An integration of faiths.   I remember having gone to the tabernacle on Temple Square.  I didn’t visualize that I would have ever witnessed anything like this .  Pretty cool.

                 I think before the last two conferences (at least the October ones) Jaime has created Bingo cards that we might pay closer attention.  One year she picked a specific General Authority would wear a red tie.  I just had “red tie” on my Bingo card – no one specific.  I would not have even thought about the Bingo card except Dieter Uchtdorf was wearing a bright green tie which I liked.  I would have never guessed that a green tie would be worn.  Nor a lilac/orchid colored one with a circle/sun type pattern (that was worn by Gary E. Stevenson) followed by Amy Wright wearing a colorful orange suit.  I actually lost track after that – not that it’s important.  I didn’t lose sight of the message each had to convey.  It has been a really good conference thus far.             Dale G. Renlund talked about being prepared and how the topic of ...

  Richard signed up for cookies for a refreshment after our Easter service.   Of course we had to trial run:

            Before Richard and I went on our Las Vegas/Gilbert excursion, his brother had mentioned that a package was on its way.   It hadn’t occurred to me what he was sending.   Richard had asked for the return of a doll that he had sent his mom.   We didn’t know that Robert was going to send half of her doll collection.    We did find homes for the first two, possibly the one in the middle.   Richard wanted just one specific doll – but all of these came in addition to a boxed set of Lucy and Desi dolls as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo (which Richard had also sent his mom – in addition to a Raggedy Ann doll that did not find its way back to us.   Shame.   It is the only doll that I liked.            Actually I do like the Ricky and Lucy dolls as they remind me of Richard and me.   She is pregnant with Little Ricky.   I was once pregnant with Jaime.   Ric...

               Not only was yesterday St. Patrick’s Day but the 183 rd anniversary of the Relief Society.   Leaders received notification of this event as early as January.     On Sunday we were supposed to congregate together and watch the broadcast. At first it was going to be on a stake level and then it was changed to wards.   So in addition to the broadcast meeting, Diane had called a last minute meeting for the presidency as there were some things that couldn’t wait for our next scheduled meeting (which honestly I don’t believe was scheduled with a specific date).             Diane and Angie had each brought their lunch as it didn’t seem convenient for each of them to drive all the way back to their homes and back again.   Melanie had made a large pan of brownies (which could be cut into 48 if we had the turnout) and we had started presidency meeting 20 – 30 minutes after chu...