Monday was a busy day. It started with going to the doctors to have blood drawn for a lab work up prior to next week's doctor's appointment. There was another grief support group to attend (again nothing exciting to report); a quick run; green bean casserole to make for that night's empty nester activity and house cleaning to accomplish. Scott Kelley, a long time friend, drove in from Ohio and was able to join us for our empty nester's dinner and gift exchange.
During the week, Scott was a big help in many ways. We cut down a dead fir tree at one of the rentals, put it on the burn pile and proceeded to burn the pile. He helped rake leaves on two separate occasions and burn them. He was able to communicate with this computer and restore the settings that had disappeared. He helped get some things on my phone straightened out as well. It was nice to have another adult in the house to talk with; he was a good emotional support. Unfortunately, he had to leave early Friday morning to return home for a church activity that night.
On Friday, I ran and tackled more of the leaves.The wind graciously blew the majority of them to the eastern half of the yard, so I concentrate my efforts where the leaf population is denser.
This past June we had 7 chicken eggs hatch; five of them are roosters and they are terrorizing the other 7 hens to the point that they stay on the roosting bars so the roosters can't get to them. That means they don't come out much to eat or drink. And it means no eggs. I don't want to go through the effort of killing, de-feathering, etc these chickens. so I am looking at other options to rid myself of these roosters and possibly all the chickens.
Saturday I was up early (0345) to ride to the temple; it was our stake temple day and we had many from our ward there. I have come to appreciate my visits to the temple more these past few months.
Today two of our sacrament meeting speakers addressed the new children and youth program; we heard both a youth and adult leader perspective. The emphasis is on the youth leading and working with their family to devise their own plan; and there are no set rules. In elder's quorum we addressed how as ministers we can relieve much of the burden of the bishop as we establish relationships with our families and then do those things necessary to assist them instead of them going directly to the bishop. This will be a paradigm shift for many.
Quote of the week on a Christmas card I received: "Joy is the serious business of heaven", C. S. Lewis. I suspect that Sandy is heavily involved in that process and that I should be practicing for when I get there too.
Have a great week!
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