Beneath the Wraps

                 The year that the Church had come out with the “Come Follow Me” program is the same year that having three meetings at the church was cut back to two meetings and strongly suggested to continue study that third hour but at home with the family.  Richard’s calling kept him after church and so Jaime and I would come home and read the manual and watch videos together.  Read scriptures with discussion, but that tapered out.  We weren’t so diligent about studying together quite as often.           I continued to study the manual and watch videos though not as diligently as this year or even in 2022 with the Doctrine and Covenants.   Good until summer hits and slowly have gotten back on track during fall – except for the Old Testament which I wasn’t so diligent about.   But I have gotten much better this year.   I try to study each week as though I will be...

             For several years I have thrown a dry towel or two into the dryer along with my wet load as the water may absorb on the towel and cut down on our energy bill – which it seems to have done.   I do use dryer sheets on occasion – especially with my undergarments.   We have somehow stocked on dryer sheets and have a good supply.              It has been less than a month since Richard grabbed a package marked “dryer balls” that we might try.   According to the tag they were supposed to cut down on energy and replace dryer sheets as the static would be taken out and the need for purchasing any further fabric sheets would be nil.   The tag must have gotten thrown away or fell between the washer and dryer for I cannot find it to use as reference.              My daughter-in-law uses dryer balls and seems to find them essential.   There are many reas...

                 When I was younger I would often spin around several times until I felt dizzy and stop – either of my own will or because I had crashed into something.  The dizziness was not completely bothersome as a youth as it is as an adult – an aged one at that.              There are times I have felt dizzy due to ear or sinus infections though I don’t ever remember feeling so dizzy that I wanted to throw up.   Well, there was that time when I was pregnant with Jaime and Richard and I were at a movie theatre watching “Limitless” – the opening photography is spinning as I recall or maybe somewhere else in the movie.   I remember looking away as it was making me dizzy.           Getting into a car when I am feeling light headed is not always the best idea. The dizziness had seemingly made me naucious and when we had stopped for gas on the w...

                 This time it stuck – slushed on the roads.   Dry now. Snow’s been falling.   Finally let up.                It’s noon and picture shows signs of spring trying to poke through.  

                 As we were returning from church yesterday Richard pointed out a snowman near a senior trailor park.     The snowman looked tall against                                                            th e green grass.   As we passed the pathetic looking                          snowman it seemed to take on                                                                  the form of a skeleton.     It was quite near ...

  We finally received the promise of snow after an almost two week warning that it would come.   “Warnig” for some. “Promise” for others.   Not the same snow.   I took pictures as soon as I got out of bed.   For even as I type these words I can see the snow melting.   By this afternoon the trees won’ t show any evidence of it having snowed – at least in my part of town. There is a couple that had come for dinner and games last night.   They have snow.   Lots of snow.   The description they may use would be “victimized” as well as countless others in our ward who don’t live in the city but in non-incorporated areas where there is no speed limit and limited firefighting – if any. I wonder if it was snow or outdoor elements that started Tony and his rules about leaving shoes at the door.   I hadn’t even thought to take a picture.   There must have been more than ten pairs of shoes near the door – I had guessed so the carpet wouldn’t ...

          I remember experiencing a headache in November.   My sister gave me some Ibuprofen and my headache was gone.         After Christmas and into January I had experienced sensitive teeth.   My daughter-in-law gave me some Ibuprofen and the pain seemed to vanish.         This morning I woke up with a sore arm.   I took some Ibuprofen and it no longer hurts me.           I marvel that after the drug has entered my body it is able to travel to exactly where I need it.   I think that is genius!