A TOUCH OF THE BUG

Last night before bed, Tony finished yet another puzzle!

This is the 8th in the box of ten puzzles and he has already started on the 9th! This is a pretty one. But they all have been.

Today, we got up at 7 and ate a quick bite and then went to pick up Mom and Deb. We took Debbie to the airport to catch a plane home. We then took mom home and we went to the gym, met Pat and walked our 4 miles. I had a wee bit of a problem at the gym and had to keep stopping at the restroom. Tony wanted to go to the store afterwards but I wasn't feeling up to it. My stomach kept cramping and I knew I needed to be home. He dropped me off and I decided I needed some cheese to help my situation.

I made a pan of Mac & Cheese with some Jarlsberg, cheddar and parmesan. It was waaay good, if I do say so myself. After we ate, Tony needed to go to Lynn's and do a few things, so I put some in a container for her and then I stayed home and read my book. I'm almost done so I'll be ready for book club on Tuesday. 

We were invited to David Boyer's surprise birthday tonight and since the Meridian Temple is closed for cleaning, we were able to go. I was a bit queasy but we decided we'd just say a quick "Happy Birthday" and not stay long. Alissa had us all come in and she had him on her GPS on her phone and said he'd be home soon.

His son had taken him to do something while people showed up. He had to have known something was up when he saw all the cars at their house and in the neighborhood, but she had the lights out and we all yelled "SURPRISE" when he came in! 

Alissa turned on the lights and David waved Hello!!

She gave him a kiss and the party started!!

They came from Nyssa before they moved into our ward. They were in our ward for a few years and then built this beautiful home in Southwest Nampa. David is an artist and he and Alissa are starting their mission after Thanksgiving. Most everyone there were friends they knew in Nyssa. I talked to their daughter in law who moved to Parma. She and her husband, (David the 3rd) used to be in our ward for a while too. They had two girls when they were here and now they have four. A little boy and another baby girl. I recognized a couple of faces that I knew from the temple, but not many!! And there were a lot of people there!!

We know Rick Chandler who is speaking to Alissa. He and Lynn are cousins. He's the sweetest man! He also works at the temple.

The party was based on the Beatles music and so we has Submarine sandwiches, salad, chips, relishes, tarts and English truffle. When everyone had eaten, we sang Beatles songs. They had the words and music on their TV screen and we sang, Yellow Submarine, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band and I Want to Hold Your Hand.  It was a pretty fun evening but we left after an hour and a half.  I hadn't planned to stay that long. As we were leaving, Alissa gave me this picture of Christ that David painted. His son David the 3rd was the model for the painting. A few months ago (when I was still working on the Saturday shift) Alissa invited me and Pat to their Women's Conference. Her husband had painted a huge picture of the Savior and then they had a small one copied and framed for all the sister's that attended. I wasn't able to go because I served at the temple that day, so she gave a copy for me, Pat and Lynn! 

HOW SWEET!~

I't a 5 X7 and so beautiful. The huge one is hanging in the entry way to their home. I am so excited to be able to give one to Pat tomorrow when we walk. We are going to the Boise Temple in the morning, since ours is closed for cleaning and we will be taking Mom and the Browns. I'll see Pat in the afternoon when we get home. She is also going to the Senior Thanksgiving with us on Saturday. I love her, she's such a great friend.

GOD IS GOOD!~

NOVEMBER !!!

Four days into November already!!

It's gone and is going fast! Sunday was nice and Tony and I had a good day together. We picked up Robin for church. I told her she'd have to go an hour early because we are practicing for the Christmas program. She said that was OK and then after Sacrament meeting, she said she was dizzy and sick to her stomach and needed to go home. I had Primary and Tony had to go to Priesthood so Brother Law took her home. We came home and I made a Bean soup that Deedra told me about (and it was good) and cornbread muffins. I also made cinnamon rolls which were delicious! We watched several church programs and relaxed. It was heaven!

Trying to have a better attitude about everything.

This is a perfect reminder!

Monday, we went to the gym. This little man has started coming to the gym with his little dog. He's a cute little fella until he crapped on the floor beside the entrance to the track. Someone had to tell the owner or it would still be there. lol  But, he stays with his owner without a leash and doesn't bother anyone.

We came home and I did some laundry and we went to Costco for some groceries. Debbie and Lynn were driving home and would be home late. I planned to feed them on Tuesday because Lynn wouldn't have a lot of necessities when they got home. They arrived back in Nampa around 8:30 at night. 

Tuesday, we went to the gym early and afterwards, we picked up Lynn and went to the library to vote. After taking Lynn home, I went home and cleaned up the house and set the table for lupper.

The latch on the hatch (I'm a poet)  of our car has not been working for a long time. It won't open. Well once in a while but not always. It's been a pain in the neck. The Ford dealership was going to charge us around $500 to fix it. So, Tony was talking to Stillman and he said he had just fixed the same thing on Michelle's truck. He googled it and told Tony to do the same. So we ordered the part and it came on Tuesday morning. 

Tony watched the video and then got busy. It took him about an hour and it works beautifully.  He paid $40 bucks for the part so it saved us a ton! Thank you Stillman for the advise. 

I worked on cards I had been making over the past few days.  Mostly done but some need some more embellismnets.

Lynn and Debbie came over about 4PM. I made a Swiss and bacon quiche. I cut up some banana, apple and grapes to go with it. When we finished eating, Lynn wanted to play games!! SHOCK!!  

I loaded the dishwasher and cleaned the table and Tony got out the cards. We played GOLF for quite a while and then had a cinnamon roll. I asked Deb if she had ever seen

YOUNG GEORGE WASHINGTON. 

She hadn't, so we moved to the living room and watched it. She thoroughly enjoyed it. After it was over, it was time for them to leave. We went to bed and today, (Wednesday) Tony and I went to the gym early! Got there at 7am and Pat wasn't able to come because of a doctor appointment. I walked 2 miles and rode the elliptical for 5. When we got home, we cleaned up and got to Lynn's at 10:15. Deb was still in her PJ's but they were eating breakfast. I sat in the living room and read my book till they were ready to go to Nyssa.

Debbie and Lynn wanted to go see Ada and Mel. Ada is Lynn's sister. It takes about 45 minutes to get there and we left around 11:30.

We visited in the living room for a while and Mel was proud to talk about his yard and garden. He has two walnut trees and he went down to his freezer and brought up 2 big gallon bags of walnuts he had shelled and froze. Then he took us out to the garage and showed us his project for winter!! 

LOOK AT ALL THOSE NUTS!!

Mel had 4 cute little kittens in the garage. 

They were crawling around our feet and so cute. I picked up two and Lynn had one and Mel had one. They were adorable.

We put them in a box Mel had for them and they have such sharp claws that they climbed up the box and out again. lol

Mel gathered them up and then put a couple of wire covers over the top of the box. They were fun to play with. We went in, washed our hands and then sat down for lunch. Ada made a salad with chicken and homemade croutons and a delicious homemade dressing. Mel made 3 different kinds of ice-cream. It was a lovely lunch and a nice visit. They had a granddaughter who lives in Caldwell come to visit after we'd eaten. We had been there for quite a while so we said our goodbyes and headed back to Nampa. Tony wanted to stop at Tammy's so Lynn and Debbie could see her. She just had a surgery on her parathyroid so we didn't stay long. I was ready to call it a day. We dropped them off and came home. We have to take Deb to the airport in the morning so until then.

GOD IS GOOD!~ 

HALLOWEEN 2026

Halloween was an interesting day!  Tony and I went to the gym and walked with Pat. We walked and visited and then after leaving, we went to Costco and got some groceries. We came home and had a good relaxing day planned. I got some paper and such, &  brought it down to the living room and Tony worked on a puzzle. We watched the BYU game at 1 o'clock. It was a close one!!  We went to the new POLO LOCO fast food place at half time and got a chicken salad. We brought it home and ate it while finishing the rest of the game.  BYU did win by a touchdown against Arizona State but it was not lookin good for a while!!  lol So much for relaxing!

We continued to watch TV and work on puzzle and cards UNTIL evening. I had Halloween candy but not much. lol However, No door bells ringing at all. I didn't really expect a lot of Trick or Treaters because I never get very many. At 7:30, I got a call from Katelynn and she asked if we were home. I said we were so she said she and Anna would be at my door in a minute. I went to the door and it was pouring rain! I had no idea it was raining!! 

They were out by themselves and Katie drives so they weren't wet. They came in and I got a picture of them in their costumes. Katie did the artwork with bleach and water.

A couple of skeletons. 

Katie is a very good artist. She had some other things painted on the back . A skeleton on a skeleton horse and a dragon.  They stayed for about 1/2 hour  and Anna helped Tony for a while on his puzzle. Katie told me about the guy she is dating and then they decided they were going to IN & OUT to eat. They left and it was still raining pretty good. I could see why I didn't have trick or treaters.

We watched the BSU/TEXAS game. There were posts on Facebook of Kellan Moore back on the blue turf during the day and then he was being honored at half time with a 9 foot statue of him that is being placed on campus. SO COOL!~

The game at half time was BSU 28 and Texas 3. 

The statue was unveiled and Kellan gave a short speech. Very short. It was kinda funny. But, he a humble guy. Basically said it was good to be back on the blue and GO BRONCOS'!  

The 2nd half started and Texas came out ON FIRE!~

Before long we were behind and it was seriously

NOT LOOKING GOOD!  We were both getting worried and then Maddox got sacked and hyper extended his leg and he was out!!  They sent in our 2nd QB and he took care of business and we miraculously won by ONE STINKIN POINT!! 

But it was a win, so we'll take it! lolIt was midnight and luckily, we were able to turn back the clock by an hour. So, off to bed we went.

Oh, and Tony finished his puzzle. lol

GOD IS GOOD!~

A VERY BUSY HALLOWEEN WEEKEND!

Pat bought me and herself, matching sweatshirts. We wore them on Friday. Mine was too big and I need to shorten the sleeves. But it was so kind of her and we had fun matching as we walked our 4 miles. 

I had signed up to make cornbread muffins for our Ward Trunk or Treat. I hurried home and made the ones on the right before Joe brought Evie over. LOL  The ones on the left were done after I got her. I got so busy with her and left them in the oven too long.

Joe dropped off Evie a little after 10 am. He brought pumpkin/chocolate chip muffins for her and she ate a whole one. 

She played in the living room and I had to clear the tops of every end table in the room as she would throw everything she could reach onto the floor. She is active!! 

Tony rigged up a stick system to keep her out of the entertainment center. She likes all the knobs on the receivers etc. 

I loved this picture of her in the garbage can. I sent it to Joe and he sent it to Ellie (who was at work) and they loved it.  I also sent them a video of her on our foot vibrator. It was so hilarious.  I laid her down for a nap at 2 in the afternoon but she wasn't having it. She didn't cry but she kept making noise, letting me know she WAS NOT going to sleep. So Joe came and picked her up at 3 and I'm sure she was asleep before her got out of the driveway! lol 

We went to the Ward party at 5:30 so Tony could help set up tables and chairs with some other brethren. The dinner was at 6. The kids started showing up. The Preece's little grandson was the 1st to show up. His parents and grandparents used to be in our ward, but moved. They came back for the party. Fun to see them.

Zoey and Lauren ( from our Primary)

The Bishops wife (Heather) and her new baby. 

Sister Johnson and her baby. He was dressed as an owl. They are new in our ward. 

Jenni used to be our RS President . She and her family came back for the party. So good to see her. Great hippie!!

The little kids were having a blast running and playing before dinner.

Hyrum Stukki was Grogu. So cute!

Sister Koudelka came as a piñata. She had a plastic bat and she was going to have the kids hit her with the bat and then she'd throw candy. lol

Chabuka and Stan Bishop and her daughter Daniella came as "Tangled"  They looked so good!

Shanny was a skeleton/ghost! lol

Brother Law made a great COWBOY IN BLACK!

His daughter Maureen (known as Mo)  was all dressed up with her children. She used to be one of my Young Women when I was the Young Women's President. She said, (to her kids) "This is Sister Norton, I love her!!"  That made me feel so good! 

This is Leo Taylor. He is new in our ward and he has 2 other brothers in our Primary, as well as a little baby brother. Awesome boys!

We ate chili and other soups and cornbread before the Trunk or Treating began. 

Sydney Poulson and her fiance. She is such a wonderful girl. She is going to be a lawyer. Smart as she can be!!

Shelly Lamb was all dressed up. Not sure who she was but supposed to be but she had a cauldron. lol 

We went outside and started the activities outdoors.

It got dark quickly, and there were several families there who were from around the neighborhood close to the church. It was great to have so many people there and I was so many people who had their trunks ready to go. Since our trunk won't open, I sat with Shelly Hughes at her car. 

Feliz and his brother were Men In Black. 

The new family, The Johnson's.  They had the car right next to us and wanted me to take a picture of them. 

Your guess is as good as mine. lol

The Stukki baby. 

Grogu (Hyrum) and one of his sisters.

Brother Davis and his two children.

Sophi

Sophi (also new in our ward) and she and little Lauren have become "BESTIES"

Brittany (my dental hygienist)  and also sister to Sydney Poulson. Brittany has lost a lot of weight and attributes it to GLP1. I've got to talk to her about it. She looks great! She is with Oliver and his daddy who is married to Gentry who is a twin to Sydney!!  Too much TMI. 

It was a great busy day!

GOD IS GOOD!~