Vacuuming on a Rainy Day

An early lesson of living in the damp Pacific Northwest is the carpet standing on end after vacuuming. The justenoughmoisture does this to carpet. My vacuum is out and ready to go. After a visit to school and a dinner date with Michele. The sunflower? My son John's gift to me after my first onery week of school. The kids aren't onery - no not at all. Just the same day rising, the routine of being depended upon to leave footprints in the lives of thirty kids. The sunflowers are delightful. Oh, John vacuumed the whole house, too. 

Will We Ever Laugh Together Again?

My friend, Michele, called me early Saturday morning. "Margo, I have some very sad news to tell you." I thought it must be one of her eight children or one of her grandchildren. "My brother Lansing and his son, Dallin, were killed in a plane crash in Moab last night." Michele shared with me what she knew of the accident. I thought of her parents who are in their eighties. How horribly sad for them to lose a son and a grandson. I thought of Lansing's wife and remaining three children. How sad. My faith comforts me that the ten people who lost their lives are just fine. My head tells  me this is a tragedy I cannot understand. Michele flew to Arizona to be with her parents. I felt numb going through my Saturday. I called Gavin who is visiting Sesame Place with Jamie and their three children. I told him I loved him. I told my daughters how much I loved them. Ivy and Eliza were hugged so tightly today. I am thinking of what Apostle Dallin Oaks taught us in conference long ago, "Christ lived to die  so we could die to live." 

Pray, Please.

This is a blog author I love to read - http://nieniedialogues.blogspot.com/ - please pray for Stephanie, Christian, and their four small children. 

Worried.

I  googled signs of Alzheimers. So far, I fit sign #7.

7. Misplacing things. A person with Alzheimer’s disease may put things in unusual places: an iron in the freezer or a wristwatch in the sugar bowl.

What's normal? Misplacing keys or a wallet temporarily.

Well, what about placing the tv control in the telephone holder? Should I worry? 

Also, I do think Michael Phelps is cool but his mom is cooler - she's a little chunky like me. There.

I said it. 

30. And Holding.

A student is moving. Thirty is a nice number I told my principal. I hope she agrees with me. Her eye brows went up. I wonder what it means when a person's eyebrows are raised?

         

Okay. Please forgive me, but . . .

A  Happy Laugh. This Beautiful Sabbath.