Beneath the Wraps

Disc Golf is a game in which a concave plastic disc is thrown into each of a series of metal baskets situated on an outdoor course, the object being to complete the course using the fewest possible throws.   Apparently, there is a Disc Golf Course in Myrtle Creek.   Jenna and I explored it on her day off as we grew weary of waiting on Fed Ex.   It was a beautiful day and we had to be outdoors. the entrance to the golf course under the bridge   The sign (made from mill saw) appears to have recently been repainted. I thought the entrance was too wet; Jenna's shoes seemed to work with the water better than mine did she walked around and met me at the entrance she was so excited by what she had discovered that she had to share Jenna thought this was scary;  must have happened before the mill closed Jenna is GREAT at taking selfies;  I don't take great selfies notice umpqua bridge in the back another side...

                We forgot it was Martin Luther King Day - though Jenna had mentioned it several times.   I would have just slept in had I remembered.   We have scheduled for Fed Ex to pick up Roland's broken computer (company expense)   and I was planning to send out three birthday cards - two I should have mailed on Friday.   If the schools are out, the post office is probably closed which makes me wonder if Fed Ex will reschedule also.   Currently they're supposed to be here anytime from 8-6.   There's a narrow window for you.                   In addition to MLK it is also International Hot and Spicy Food Day - or so says the calendar.   Another holiday that Jenna and I will not be celebrating as we are both actually quite wimpy with our taste buds.   But she did celebrate hat day y...

                I turned in my primary manual the week before Christmas.   It's been a while since I've taught Sunbeams though I have taught several classes in primary.   I remember having four different manuals that would rotate each year.   Apparently the sunbeam manual stays the same.   There are only three class names for the primary age children: Sunbeams, CTRs and Valiants.   The CTR classes are for 4 - 8 year olds and Valiants are from 9 until 12 when boys start attending Priesthood meetings and girls are put in Young Women.   When I had attended primary as a youth, each age group was given a separate name: Sunbeams, Stars, CTRs, Targeteers, Merrie Miss A and B, and Blazers.                      I don't know if I retrieved the sunbeam manual on Christmas Day or on New Years. ...

                I always thought I was unique about seeing faces in patterns or saying a certain vegetable or color that is not the same one that everybody else thinks of.   Jenna has watched a lot of "Brain Games" and as I have watched it with her, I have discovered that I fall into the norm.   What?!   I don't want to be normal.   I want to embrace my differentness.   What differentness?                 Last night Roland and I were watching 20/20 (found here and here ) in which Diane Sawyer interviewed a number of people and took us into a piece of their lives and I cried about the struggles of the average American working hard for so little - holding multiple jobs just to stay afloat.   And that is what most of us are doing - just staying afloat.         ...

            I don't know why, but my entire household was awake at 3:30 this morning.   Granted, there only three of us, but still . . .             After 6:00 pm last night, Roland continued nodding until he finally went to bed.   As usual, I fell asleep on the couch.   At 3:30 I got up and noticed the television light was on from the bedroom.   I got in bed with Roland and asked why he was up.   Apparently, he had been awake since 2:00.   And then I could hear Jenna stirring.             Roland went into his office while I attempted to fall back asleep.   It wasn't working and so I got up and signed in on my computer.   Roland's computer meanwhile had shut down and he hasn't been able to get it to come back up, thus he is not even at work today.   He called the sch...