February 2,
2014
Happy
Ground Hogs day!
I
just thought I’d share a bunch of things going on around here. The temps were in the 60’s today – a far
cry from the single digit numbers that came with the snow and ice this
week! The roads were really icy –so
school was closed Tues afternoon through Friday.
I’ve
had enormous problems with my eyes being very irritated from the cat and rat
dander. I let Boo the cat stay upstairs
because of the cold. However, she’s been banished since Saturday
morning; I washed quilts and blankets and vacuumed and things are much better. We’ll see what happens at work tomorrow. My primary care doctor basically said I need
to find another job. The first
allergist opening is JUNE 10. Grrrrrr.
This
weekend I went with my recruit, Anne, and the other Pampered Chef girls to a
big regional meeting at the Charlotte Convention Center. It. IS.BIG. There was a huge volleyball tournament going
on in another part of the complex – with 16 games going on at once. The meeting was lots of fun and I’m really
excited about the new spring products!
Anne is in my ward and we got to know each other better on the way
down. Her Dad worked for United Airlines
so we had a lot of “child of airline employee” stories to share.
Every
time I’m in Charlotte I can’t get over how much downtown has changed and become
so much like a big city. So much has
been torn down to make way for apartment buildings – remember the area around
Irwin – Brett’s school? It used to be
all small homes.
I
met Emily after the meeting at her place and we went to Ikea. It was our first time, so we had meatballs
and looked all over. I had no idea
their prices were so reasonable. I
really liked the kitchens – they had drawers, like Kathy’s. Makes so much more sense than traditional
cabinets. I wish I had some of the
organization stuff when the kids were little, to organize their toys. Emily was really positive about her life and
we had a great time together!
I
watched some interesting programs this weekend. On PBS, there was “Hawking,” the story of
Stephen Hawking’s life. I had no idea
that he completely lost his speech and hand movement so long ago; he
communicates with his cheek muscle– wish Cheri could have had a set up like
that when she lost her ability to communicate.
The more he lost control of his body, the more he thought about the
universe. Did you know his book sold 10
million copies and was a New York Times best seller for 4 years?
On
Sunday after Church I always watch BYU-TV on my Roku. The Joseph Smith papers episode was
especially fascinating because they were discussing how Joseph Smith has risen
to prominence in the history and shaping of American culture (and world
influence) especially in the last 10 years.
Some non-mormon scholars especially have studied him exhaustively and
their comments are AMAZING!
Here’s some things I noted:
-
LDs people have a
responsibility to do their homework (about Joseph Smith)
-
Joseph Smith has
met the test of a prophet
-
Joseph Smith is
the most unstudied genius of American religious history.
Today
I got talking with Starr Eckholdt about the temple films. (He’s a temple worker). Raleigh hasn’t got the newest film yet. Starr said that Eloheim in the August film
is played by Wayne Bills (WS 1st
ward)!!. I knew he had a really good
speaking voice. Apparently the guy they
selected fell through and he got called at the last minute. Now Starr said that not all the actors are
LDS, but I have a hard time believing that.
For
those of you who knew Jeff and Nicole Skinner – they officially adopted 2
foster children Friday! They are soooo
excited to be parents!! They’ve waited
a LONG time. The boy and girl are around
7-10 years. Apparently there is
another older sibling who couldn’t be with them.
I’m
starting to get hooked on the group “Imagine Dragons.” I got bored with my usual playlists and
decided to check them out and created a Pandora station.
Sis
Bowman, our firecracker of a missionary , goes home this weekend. The baptisms in our ward totally
skyrocketed while she was here! It’s
interesting because she’s from Price Utah, and her dad didn’t join the Church
for a long long time, kinda like my dad.
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