I go walking each morning with my girlfriends and we go up hills and down hills and talk all the time. In a "how to book" some time ago it was referred to as "women's work" - a time when women talk to women and help each other sort out the problems that face us. I really missed this when I was on the mission.
I got home in time on Wednesday to take Bill to Dr. Ham to have his eyes checked. He has the beginnings of cataracts and needs new glasses. I wonder how long it will take him to get the glasses prescription filled? He complains about his glasses but balks at the cost of a new pair..........and so it goes.
we got home in time for me to leave to go to lunch with my church friends to celebrate my return home from the mission . One friend is in Michigan doing some family research while another is out of town in California visiting family but the saddest one is the friend who had a chemo treatment that morning and so her day was not one to go out to lunch. Cancer is a sobering influence in our lives.
Thursday evening we had Relief Society. I received the assignment to go to visit some ladies in the rest home. we had to be there very early in the evening because by 7pm many of them are already in bed for the night. Nurses seem to get them in bed early so that the rest of their shift is easier. We went back to the church to find the rest of the women gathered to do the small craft thing they had put together. As I sat there it occurred to me that I am now in the Older Generation. I was surrounded by young marrieds - around 21-23 yr olds with little babies. when I joined the church in 1964 I was the youngest person there (21) and there were these OLDER women all around me...........now I have come full circle and I am those OLDER women. Nothing ages me faster than to hold a new baby.
On Friday morning I ran over to the Las Fuentes craft show and it was a dismal disappointment. I went to one some years ago to see exquisite knitting and needlework and jewelry. This time it was filled with glue gun queen stuff and cheater cloth quilts.
At 10am we went to the opening of the Juvenile Justice building. What a wonderful facility. I hope that they are able to attain the goals that have driven the construction of this building - namely ultimate rehabilitation of the young people who are incarcerated there. Determinism drives the philosophies that fuel these goals.
At night we went to the church for an adult Fall Gathering. David lost his debit card there but someone found it and will return it to him tonight.
Today is Saturday and we went to the Pumpkin festival at the old Youngs farm in Dewey. It was a lot of fun. I think the greatest attraction there was the air filled balls that the children were inside and bouncing around on an over sized inflated swimming pool . the little ones then tried to keep their feet as the balloon bobbed up and down in the water. They had a grand time. This attraction had the longest line of all the attractions there. I watched as the unzipped the balloon and the child got out and the next child got in and then they inserted a leaf blower and inflated the balloon and zipped it up completely and sent the child tumbling into the water. Great fun for the kids and great fun to watch.
tonight is trunk or treat down at church and I have made white chili with chipotle seasoning. Well, it is part of the chili cook off.......................pass the ice water please.
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