I have felt that something was not being completed all week and finally realized that I had not written Jack or done my blog, so the letter is now written and I am here with the blog.
It was a memorable week throughout the church as a new Temple presentation was introduced on February 6th. New schedules were being put into place by February 6th and some physical changes were needing to be made in the Temple by February 6th and I even questioned the office as to what the importance of February 6th was. I went to the first session on Tuesday morning, February 6th and I was thrilled to be there as almost the whole morning shift attended the session. The presentation is lovely and meant to help increase understanding and help members see that the Temple is all about the Savior and his atonement. I knew Tom was there and I knew he was excited about what was happening.
It has been a busy week with my Temple callings and my Stake YW calling. We have our meetings in the evening, often on zoom, and I am tired by that time of day. I am trying hard to keep up. We had a TriStake Valentine Dance on Friday that our Stake hosted and that we had been planning for. It was held at our chapel. I picked up food for it and found that I had accidentally ordered 4 Costco platters of shrimp instead of meat and cheese platters. I felt so badly that I took 2 shrimp platters and then bought sliced meat and cheese to make the other platters. Aaron Christensen, who is over the Stake YM, said no one under 70 eats shrimp but we proved him wrong as the youth dove into the shrimp platter. We had lots of food leftover again. Poor Sam is attending dances now with his Grandmother there as a leader. He liked the dance but not the music. It seemed fine to me but what do I know.
I had been invited to dinner on Friday too at Joanna and Chen Hao’s. I bought flowers and arrived at their door to find that they were not expecting me. They had thought I was going to email if I was planning on coming and I had misunderstood. They invited me in and Chen Hao quickly completed the meal he was already cooking and served me some beautiful Chinese food. I felt badly but they sincerely seemed happy to have me and Chen Hao told me today at church that Joanna needs me. I think she needs a church mother. I hope I can help.
Virginia Towers and her husband Alan lost their emotionally handicapped son to a drug poisoning. So sad. I attended a reception for them at Laurel and Aaron’s which was lovely, after my Temple shift on February 4th. Virginia is ready to help me work on the improvements needed at the Fort Langley cemetery as their son is now buried there in their plot. There is much to be done and I need to put a group together and get organized to move forward on that project. I want to get our headstone in place. It is taking so long.
Cindy and I ended up at the animal emergency last Saturday/Sunday for hours with Kona as she had been trying to poop and just couldn’t get it out. She tried for an hour as we were preparing to go to bed and I knew I couldn’t leave her that way. We were at the emergency for hours because they were busy and when they finally dealt with Kona, they told us that her fur and accumulated poop were holding her movement in so they shaved her bottom and helped her get cleaned out. We were all done in, the dog included. She had a sore looking bottom and has been hesitant to poop this week. They told me that I need to keep her bottom trimmed. The groomer can help me with that. She has just completed a week of probiotics. Poor little pumpkin. What else can happen?
We have a number big YMYW events coming up and I have assignments to fulfill. My Temple LOW calling is keeping me busy too. Ted Streibel and I had a meeting at the Temple this week to chart our course as we move forward with living ordinances. I am charting courses in every area of my life.
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