Beneath the Wraps

           I have posted only two of six thoughts on the personality quiz that I took.  Thus I have four to go but will wait before posting the next as today is Jai ’ s birthday.  We had her spring break.  It was good to have her home.  We played a few games with one another.  Sadly not with the entire family as our house is in disarray and has been for the entire year due to water damage and contractor delays (which really is another post within itself) and thus lack of room.  Jaime had actually had to resort to sleeping in a bed rather than on the floor which she seems to prefer. No floor space in the room that started out as the office but houses Ally ’ s possessions.   Jaime will need her own room come summer and it doesn ’ t appear that the others will be leaving anytime soon. Jaime spent her last weekend with some friends at a lake house near Reedsport.   She did not return until after three.   Richard ...

Ten days have pass since I have last written lots of driving  in the car a lot of miles a lot of time. Spring Break in the car 10 days to visit three sons and three sibs in the car Lots of driving We'd gone north  to drop off Bonnie  and then the high school for parent teacher conference  and then our way  out of town First to Layton to see Biff and his wife and daughter We ask Tony to bring his family as well   They drive up from Salt Lake and we eat breakfast 11 in all   And then we go to Rush – a family fun center with overpowering loud music and neon lights   bowling, bouncy houses, lazer tag, arcades, rides, did I mention LOUD   I think it is called RUSH because you are getting the same kind of rush that you might get from drugs – or so I assume.   I have never done drugs.   No desire. I was already disoriented from being in the car.   I don ’ t nee...

            Bill and Kayla had planned on spending spring break with Bill's parents who live in St. George.   Their house gets quite packed with visitors when the entire family comes to visit.   They have five children and I think at least 5X that amount in grandchildren.   Bill had planned on getting the family a trailer tent to add to their comfort of an overly squished house.   But, evidently, Bill's parents either forgot or found another opportunity and booked for a cruise - that same weekend!           I don't know how long before spring break Kayla had contacted me to see if they could make their spring break getaway with us in Oregon.   What a fantastic birthday gift for Jenna!   I decided to keep it a secret - knowing they would have to leave before her actual birthday but would be spending time with us close enough (Jenna turns 14 today; the fam...

          There is no topic for discussion this week.   No assignment to turn in.   It is the final week and all I have to do is one assessment.   Worked out great as Jenna is off school this week for spring break.   Her spring break is twice as long as any of her friends in Utah. Yesterday, Jenna helped set up for my primary class.   Roland came in and insisted the temperature felt nice.   Nice?   It was too warm.   I could not open the window and so covered the vent with hymn books (as they were   all I could find) Later the primary president nearly praised me for my clever act. I went to the instructors' class.   I don't remember ever having laughed so much in that class before.   It felt nice to share that laughter with those others who attended. I haven't been sleeping well.   I look like a football player w...

     There are some months when I seem to be full of ideas and others when my mind is a blank - or I'm just not motivated.  My blog posts become feast or famine (at least in my mind) but unfortunately some of my ideas don't get written out - or they just don't seem so important once I see them on screen.  Or else I just haven't come up with the right words STILL             I often experience times of frustration - like when I hit a key that somehow changes the placement - and I feel helpless at not being able to change it back. On January 21, I posted an entry called "Judge not " I don't know what buttons I pushed to bring it to March 13 - but there you have it . . . again.  And yet, maybe somebody needed that post to land at the top because perhaps there is some hidden message that might speak to them that maybe they wouldn't have waded through otherwise.  I'm rationalizing . . . ...