Beneath the Wraps

                I think there are gremlins bugging the social media right now – or some aspects of it anyway.   I have noticed it on facebook and YouTube, but I don’t know which order – probably facebook.   Each time they try to improve the site, there are millions of bugs that cause havoc for the user.             Lately facebook has ignored my requests of who I would like notifications from and have been throwing in notifications at random.   Just the other day I received a notification for someone I wasn’t even aware I was facebook friends with (which goes to show how close we are) and so I have been typing in the names of family members just so I am updated about their latest thoughts.             As I have mentioned in at least two other posts, I created a Relief Society pa...

            On Thursday someone had called Roland’s phone to see if I would offer the closing prayer at the end of today’s sacrament meeting.   I didn’t know how my throat what be, but as it has started healing, I decided I would go to Church and stay for at least sacrament meeting but might not stay for Relief Society.   Jenna made other arrangements for getting a ride home.             Sacrement meting was really good!   The first speaker expanded on Elder Uchtdorf’s talk “Our Great Adventure”( here ) in which he compares the hobbit creatures to each of us.   For those who have seen or read “The Hobbit” the parallels may have been easily understood.   I’m not really big fan of fantasy and felt somewhat lost with Elder Uchtdorf’s talk which evidently our sacrament speaker had also and provided some more in depth detail to make more sense out of ...

            In May my teeth hurt along with the rest of my body.   I have made a conscience effort to brush them between medicine doses and always hope my teeth don’t rot as a result of my being sick.                          I do feel better today than yesterday.   My throat still hurts, but the swollen gland is a smaller size than what it was yesterday.             I prefer drinking cold to room temperature liquids.   I enjoy gulping water.   I have never been a big fan of warm to hot drinks.   Once in a while, but certainly not on a daily basis.             Roland, on the other hand, prefers hot drinks to cold (one of our many many oppositions) and will drink a hot chocolat...

  In this post I mention A.L. Herbert’s book “Murder with Fried Chicken”.    I am now reading “Murder with Macaroni and Cheese” and am laughing at the crazy characters who get involved with yet another murder.   They have just discovered the body in a house where they didn’t belong and have returned to the scene of the crime.   I am just shaking my head about the choices they seem to be making because they are not wise choices, but because it is fiction, it is funny.   Halia had been asked to cater her own class reunion.   There are quite a few chapters that introduce us to various characters and relationships. I had not figured out the victim of the last book, but had guessed who the victim was long before the murder – which they only suspect is a murder at this point.   But then they go and blab it to those who could very well be suspects. This is what I am reading when I am not sleeping or fighting the infection that has been ...

I did not sleep well Tuesday Night/Wednesday morning Amazingly I got cold and Roland woke up hot Yesterday I woke up with a dry cough Gradually it turned into a sore throat. I have been sleeping with the windows open even just a crack except for the last two nights. Yesterday after school I loaded myself with  Musinex, Flonaze, Vitamin D3 and Chamomile Tea.    I also  broke out the humidifier. I slept great Up until 4:00 in the morning. I took more Musinex I tried closing my eyes but wasn’t sleeping. Now I’m writing this post. I hope I can stay awake for the next eight hours.   I have to leave for work just under three. This week I’ve been working with the middle schoolers. Both schools. Yesterday I was sore.   So sore. My soreness grew throughout the day. I don’t want to be sick!!!! If I don't post for the next three days  I'll be in bed trying to fight this.

Roland turned up the heat as he was cold yesterday morning.   The fog was thick and did not seem to start lifting until after 9:00.   It started. It was still foggy.   I did not choose to leave the house until almost 11:00.   It appeared the fog had lifted quicker in Myrtle Creek than in Tri City. Still the hills were hidden.   I couldn’t see the towers until 11:30.   It was 47 degrees just before the fog lifted.   Of course I was already hot and had the windows open, fan running and   told Roland that he should shut   his door and plugged in the small space heater that is probably the perfect size for his office.   I think his office is plenty hot without the space heater.   The longer it takes the fog to lift in the morning, the hotter it gets during the day.   It got up to 75. Fortunately we have not removed the air conditioners (as of yet) Th...

          Somewhere in my memoirs is a Beetle Bailey comic strip printed in September 1999 – maybe 2000.   Of course, I can’t locate it and thus I will describe what happens (although it will take more time).           For those not familiar with Col. Hathaway (or General – whatever he is) he is bald – which I had never thought about one way or the other as his head is always covered with his army cap.   The only hair that is visible on his face are two little white eyebrows and a small white mustache (about the same size as his nose).   In this strip, Hathaway has his hat off and placed on his desk.   He announces that he has heard that hair can be grown through meditation and so he wants to try it.           For the next four frames we see Hathaway deep in meditation trying so hard to get his hair to grow while his staff p...

I once had an institute instructor who, after every conference, would ask the class members what we thought the theme of conference is/was.   I think this year’s theme is on listening to the guidance of the Holy Ghost and finding the light to overcome darkness – or help others to find light. Light has so many meanings.   It is symbolic for overcoming a bad experience or finally understanding something that wasn’t understood before. Light is illustrated through light bulbs, candles, lamps, Christmas lights, lighthouses.   Those kinds of lights are artificial.   The sun is a source of natural light.   The Son is a representation of light for us to follow. Other than leading us out of darkness, He can also lighten our burdens.   Light can mean the opposite of dark. It can also mean the opposite of heavy. I wear lighter clothes in the summer than in the winter. The snow in the dessert is lighter than the snow on the coast (when there is snow...

Yesterday my eldest great nephew had his first shot of chemo.   He is five. Today my only grandson (so far) turns one Yesterday the book we sent was delivered but the family says they are waiting for today to open it. Yesterday Roland turned 66 Our plans for Tomorrow are to make jam out of the last two gallons of juice. It has been raining while we sleep I sleep heavy.   Roland does not sleep well.   He likes the heat on. I don’t. I don’t like being hot. He doesn’t like being cold. Often my hands and feet will get cold but the rest of me does not. Sometimes I think the elements often interfere with my ability to get Internet. That's frustrating but small in comparrison to many other things and situations.

          Garden Valley Blvd runs northeast to the north. It loses the name “boulevard” and becomes just “road” somewhere before the Riverdale Grange and winds and turns along with Umpqua River.   I don’t know if where Umpqua starts and Roseburg ends.   The Lighthouse Center Café and Bakery is on Fort McKay at the end of Garden Valley.   According to Google, it takes only 20 minutes to get from one end of the street to the other.   It is more like 25 – 30 minutes.           In this post I mentioned having a winning ticket at the drawing that is held before the Wednesday movie starts.    We had driven out there at the end of August during Roland’s staycation.   We did not have the coupon, but we had driven so far out of the city and into the country and outskirts of civilization that we had to order something.       ...

My brother had posted 30 day gratitude list for the month of September.   He said he got it through our sister-in-law.   Each day he would provide details to go with the word or phrase.   This list will contain the first thing that had come to mind.   Perhaps I will use future dash posts to elaborate more in which case I will call it dash #gl . . . 1.        What is your favorite smell?        I have pretty much lost my sense of smell, but I would say cinnamon 2.        What is your favorite form of technology? Camera and evolution of the camera (see here )   3 .          What is your favorite color?                   Emerald Green 4 .          What is your favorite food?     ...

                We must have stopped for gas in Central Point on our way home from Salt Lake last Christmas.   I remember stopping in a used book store.   I found a keepsake journal called “The Grandparent Book”.   Amy Brouse Rosenthal had created a book with a giant upper case “G” on both front and back covers.    The purpose is for a grandparent to journalize his/her life and allow the grandchild to make comparisons of their life to the grand.   None of the pages were marked.   It was in excellent condition and inexpensive.   Thus we purchased it and I planned to fill it out.           The book is designed for one grandparent or the other.   And as all the grandkids have biological ties to Roland, I thought he should be the one to fill out the pages.   I decided we should give it to our only grandson w...