I just looked out the window and what did I see? No not popcorn on the apricot tree. That fluffy white stuff that has been melting away all week is now falling out of the sky again!!! Big white fluffy stuff! A week ago last Friday we had such a blizzard that even the President and the assistants couldn't get to Montpelier for Zone Conference. The conference has been rescheduled for this Wednesday, but it looks like we could have snow off and on until then. That probably means seniors won't be going. I am sad about that.
Primary went well today. Sister Elliott taught the lesson. She and her husband and of course Baby Rosie are coming to have dinner with me. It seemed more like a Sunday Morning to get up and put a roast in the crockpot. It also seemed more like Sunday to come home to the smell of roast beef and onions.
Last Wednesday, I had dinner again with David Linford's niece and family. I get such a kick out of seeing their four little girls, it reminds me so much of my own little family years ago. The next night was my Relief Society Birthday dinner. You may remember last year when I was so distraught that my committee wanted to put on a murder mystery for our Birthday Dinner. I wish that committee could have been with me Thursday night. This Ward put on what I called a "perfect" R.S. Birthday Dinner. The invitations invited us to "Dinner with Extraordinary Women-Italian Style." The round tables had black tablecloths with red and white checked squares on top. When we arrived there were already basket's of Italian Bread covered by red and white checked napkins, plates of Balsamic Vinegar with shredded Parmesan cheese to dip our bread in, a salad like at Olive Garden, and fresh flowers on the tables. After the R.S. President told us that we were all extraordinary women she introduced us to our speaker. She thanked her for being willing to come because she knows how difficult her life has become since she acquired a disease that causes uncontrollable movements of her arms and legs. When the speaker stood up she seemed just fine, she told us she had prayed hard to stay in control to give the lesson, but she knew that since we were all in her Ward, we would be understanding if she had problems. She had power point pictures beginning with Emma Smith. She enumerated the jobs given Emma in Section 24 of the D&C; as she named each job she put a very large pasta shell into an empty bottle. The three shells took up most of the bottle. Then as she said that Emma also had many other chores, she sprinkled tiny pasta shells around the big ones. She then showed us a picture of her great-grandparents that joined the church and came west, next she showed her grandparents and talked about their accomplishments both great and small. When she talked about her mother she recalled a day that she went down in the potato cellar where her mother was cutting up potatoes for seed. ( I have no idea how many potatoes you have to cut to seed an acre or more.) The amazing thing to her as a child was the fact that her mother was creating a new dress for her in her mind as she worked. Our Speaker showed us a picture of her as a child in the dress her mother made after she finished the potatoes. She summed up her talk by trying to put the large shells into the jar that had the tiny shell but it didn't work. She concluded that it is important for us to take care of the important things first and the little things can be worked in after. She had no problems with spasms as she gave her presentation, her prayers were answered. The Relief Society President then paid tribute to her by telling us that during the depression she only had 2 dresses, but when another woman in the ward only had a dress in rags she gave her one of hers. We then went to get our pasta (they had asked before hand how many wanted gluten free). There was a choice of Marinara or Alfredo sauce and chicken covered in some kind of yummy cheese. It wasn't long before our speaker's spasms began to return and her husband and one of the sisters helped her out to her car. We realized the miracle that she was able to give us such a beautiful message spasm free.
The Elliotts came to dinner and were so appreciative of having a roast beef dinner. It's been a while for them. They went to Utah State in Logan. She did her post-graduate degree at Idaho State here in Pocatello. She is now a speech therapist in the schools. He looks like Paul Bunyan, super tall and big with a wide black beard. A gentle giant. He stays home with Rosie while she goes to the schools. She finishes at 3:00 and he goes to work at the Youth Correction facility.
I've been invited to the Empty Nest Fireside again this week so more to tell coming up.
I am so grateful to be here on this mission, the gospel is true!!! I love you all!!!
Love and hugs,
Grammie
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