Beneath the Wraps

             Shortly after we had moved to Oregon I remember a Book of Mormon class having been offered on a Tuesday night of each week.  The missionaries would teach the class which seemed well attended. I became familiar with the class when I would go to the Relief Society activity meeting which was held once a month – also on a Tuesday. There were some sisters who chose to attend the Book of Mormon class rather than support the sisterhood of the Relief Society.  I remember being annoyed that they were on the same night usually at the same time.              It must have been in 2019 when the Book of Mormon class was changed to the Come Follow Me class.   In addition to Sunday school there were members of the ward who would meet once a week with the missionaries – but the time was changed to 4:00 on Wednesdays.   During nice weather we would meet outside.   It was a nic...

                I have boxes of tax files and insurance policies, receipts, warranties and so forth.   I have memorabilia, started scrapbooks, sooooo many photos.   Lesson outlines and lesson ideas.   And I’ve gotten rid of a lot.   So why does it feel like all the paperwork keep growing?           I don’t have to save any of it right?   Aside from all the tax detail, insurance policies and so forth, most of this could just be obtained from online, right? So why the heck am I saving it?   As Jaime has never been as sentimental as I am, I am certain that she would not care if I threw out all that I’ve been saving instead of having her go through it and throw it away.             And the pictures.   Oh my gosh.   There are so many pictures.   I have scanned all of the pictures – I think.   So why am I h...

                 We learned that Ryan and his family would be doing a tour of the main post office where he works.   We asked if we could join them.   On Saturday morning Richard drove Jaime and me downtown as she was still set on finding souvenirs bearing Utah’s name.   We also went to Trolley Square before driving to the post office to meet Ryan’s family. It was a nice experience learning more about the structure of the post office.   Here is a more detailed example of what we saw.  Of course not exact.  We were not allowed to take pictures except in certain designated spots. Our tour guide spoke in a very soft voice.  He asked questions and gave out tee shirts for correct answers.  We walked away with two T-shirts and two string backpacks. Afterward we asked if they would like to have lunch together and ended up going to the Old Spaghetti Factory (putting ourselves at Trolley Square once agai...

            As it has been over 50 days since our journey begin I don’t recall all the details.   Jaime took these pictures on the way to Modesto – or at our lodging.   We past lots of olive groves.

          I don ’ t know how old my kindle is.  I am certain a relic according to Kindle standards.  A while back I would not be able to finish playing games as they would freeze up until I finally deleted them because really . . . what was the point of having a game take up space if I wasn ’ t able to play it?  It ’ s not as if I was all full up and lacking for space.  Turns out the games I ’ m playing are also relics – thought it is hard to label them as such because I feel that I am at least 4-6 times older than they are and I don ’ t consider myself a relic.         Anyway there was a while there in which I had only six games to play and was getting bored as only three were word related.   The last couple of months have given me other game options – recycled games.   I know they are recycled as I continue receiving messages that this game will expire at the end of October (or some other mon...

  In 1974 Chiffon aired a commercial with the caption “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature” – but isn’t it really the other way around?   The sun shining to make us think it’s warm when it is less than 50 degrees outside.   Last week we had one day when the temperature rose to over 80! Over 80 degrees when every other day had a high of 59 or less.   Give me a break! I see the wind is blowing.   I don’t actually see the wind, but rather the movement.   I know it is cold because I’ve been outside.   I took the pictures less than two hours ago.   One can no longer tell that snow had fallen in the yard – but it is still evident in the hills.   It’s Mother Nature who is fooling us!

          There have been multiple posts in which I have referred to treasures of the past.   I had six boxes of memorabilia which I had left behind in West Valley.   I really thought that we would have returned to Utah long before we did.   I thought we would return in a large rental car and I’d be able to retrieve my boxes.   I wasn’t thinking logically.        Meanwhile my sister had gone to the West Valley house to retrieve my six boxes – which she kept in her house for at least a couple of years.   When we finally returned to Utah it was for Jen’s funeral.   We had reserved a rental car, but it wasn’t available when we went in to pick it up.   Five other customers were also waiting.   I didn’t even know what position we were in.   We ended up driving back in the Saturn.   We barely had room for a luggage – no room for boxes or souvenirs.        ...