Thursday, October 30, 2008

A Bit of History for Today...

I've attached a picture of Junie in the fridge, Neffie holding a cup and I am the one in the ponytail with my back to the camera. There are a lot of memories stirred by this pictures. I'll tell you about this home in which we spent most of our growing up years. The address was 120 East Herndon, Shreveport, LA. The house was a long, white, frame home that stood maybe a foot high in places on brick footings in several places under the home so that the air could get completely under the house. You don't find many basements in Louisiana because of the water table being sooooo high. The house could have been divided in half from front to back to determine living areas. This half in the picture started in the front with a brick front porch that was completely covered. There were cement steps going to the front door. I remember my mom keeping a fresh coat of paint on those steps. You entered a big living room from the front door. It has a fireplace in it that was a gas one with pretend logs. Mom taught us girls to stand in front of it and hike our skirts up in the back to keep our legs warm. I have a cute picture of Andie doing after mom taught her the concept. From the living room you went through a set of french doors into the dining room. The upright piano was in here that each of us learned to play the piano on. Junie etched Rocky Chalmiers name in it also. There was an old round table for dining and a long hutch on one wall for storage. When Papa drove long-haul truck, we kept a map of the United States on one wall of this room. We had string and pins with big heads on them. We put a pin in the city he was in and wrapped string around it to connect it to the city he had come from. This helped us to feel closer to him as he traveled over the United States. The you went thru a swinging door into a breakfast room. This room had windows on one side and the little table was there. The other side had 2 corner cabinets. In the bottom of one of those was my Girl Scout manual and I can remember using it to learn to set a table properly. The counter top on the other corner cabinet had a pink depression glass cookie jar. Mimi won this at a fair as a child. She always kept it full of fudge or divinity or something sweet. Hence the sweet tooth we all have. Next came the kitchen with the fridge you see pictured. There was also a stove that had a griddle in the center and 2 gas burners on either side of the griddle. There was not dishwasher, that's what the girls were for. The shelves in this kitchen went almost to the ceilings which were very high. When we would misbehave (which was not often...), our favorite toys would go on top of these shelves. Then you would go to the little screened in back porch. This was were the washer was and eventually the fridge you see pictured went there after a newer one was purchased. The other side of the house started in the front with a big screened in front porch. It has a swing on it that now hangs from my deck on my patio. Mimi also made sure the floor and swing were painted regularly. This porch was great to play school in during the hot summer days. There was a door from the porch into the front bedroom which was my parents bedroom. Then you went into a little hallway with an alcove on one side for the telephone. This alcove had a shelf in the bottom to place the phone book. The other side of the hallway opened into the only bathroom. This bathroom had a built-in dirty clothes hamper in it's closet. The bottom half of the closet had a wooden counter with a door that you could lift up and drop your dirty clothes in. The front of the hamper was a gate-like door that you opened to take the dirty clothes out when it was time to do laundry. This was a great hiding place when playing hide-and-seek. From the little hallway you went into the last 2 bedrooms in the house. The first of these bedrooms had a closet in which hung a razor strap. This was made of leather and used to sharpen straight razors years ago. It was also the source of threatened discipline if we misbehaved (which I have already stated we didn't do...). I never remember that razor strap being taken from that closet. When we were cleaning our my parents home to move them to Kentucky, I asked Neffie if she wanted it. She assured me she did not. I brought it home and it now hangs on the hall tree in my basement bathroom. The back bedroom had a huge window fan to draw the air through the house in the summer. My parents let us paint it a great blue color and the blades we painted gold. The house had gas heaters. One in the living room in the fireplace, one in the back bedroom and one in the bathroom. There were probably others but those are the ones that stick out in my mind. The one in the back bedroom had a little shelf on it. We used to cut apples in half in the winter, core them, add sugar, butter and cinnamon in the hollow middle and put them in dishes on the shelf in the front of this little heater. It made great baked apples that way. When the old fridge in the picture was moved to the back porch, my mother stored some chicken in it. We went on a trip and when we came home there had been a power-outage on the back porch and the fridge was not working. Those chickens had little worms crawling all over them and they smelled sooooooo bad. I don't know how my poor mom cleaned that out but she did. When the fridge was in the kitchen, it always had a quart jar of tuna fish and a quart jar of pimento cheese in it for a quick snack after school or for lunch in the summer. Another thing Mimi would keep in there was any juice left over from anything that had juice in it. When she had collected enough, she would come home with a bit of dry ice and drop it in the mixture. It would bubble and the color would usually be dark from mixing so many things. We called this 'stump water' and it was always good.
Last night we attended the annual Trunk-or-Treat at church. Claude entered the chili cookoff. He did not win but made a great pot of chili none-the-less. He and Bart Barber from church have a friendly rivalry going when it comes to this chili cookoff. Yesterday Claude got an eMail on his blackberry and he looked at me and said, "Bart is talkin' trash." It seems Bart eMailed him with pictures of cats attached and indicated that Claude was preparing chili using cat meat. Claude returned the reply that in Sadieville we use 'possums because they have less fat. I also think mention was made of Bart using horse flesh since he is a veteranarian by profession. Incidentally, Bart did not win either. There was an interesting chili there made with pumpkin and cinnamon. One of the highlights of the evening was a dance number performed by 6 young married types. They performed in great costumes to 'Thriller'. We were very glad they did an encore performance at the end of the evening.

And Now We Present...

If you look closely, you will notice a new blog listed on the left of my blog. I'll give you a hint...it has to do with Kentucky...Okay...It is the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. That is right. My hubby is not Colonel Claude Christensen. He received his commission certificate this weekend. He eMailed all of his children. Nissa's response was...Why do you make coleslaw the way you do? and, What is the secret ingredient? Andie's response was...well, look at the attached picture and you'll see. Jake's response was...Congratulations and you now have my permission to get the 'Red Hat Ladies'. These are not exact words but close enough for this post's purposes. Way to go Big Guy!!

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Today was a good day. I had the morning to accomplish stuff. I walked my full 30 minutes on my treadmill for the first time in 2 months. With colds and a bruise foot I haven't been able to do that. It felt great! Then I got lots of stuff ticked off lists. Made a trip into Georgetown and took care of some medical business with Papa. Then he and I practiced music for singing tomorrow at the nursing home. I got a chance to visit Mimi and she is so much more healthy and talkative than even Sunday when I saw her last. I was there to start her eating her dinner and she was going great guns when I left. She fell last night but didn't hurt herself. Then I hurried to Steak 'n Shake for dinner with the hubster. He got a chocolate shake with his meal and didn't want it so I quickly drove it to Valorie. She and Spencer had a great time sharing their shake. The I visited our new neighbors for a while. Her mother passed away this weekend and the funeral was today. Her mom had Alzheimer's and she was caring for her at home. It as a sweet visit. Now I'm home playing computer again. Great day. Last night I determined I would be happier with this as a journal if I included pictures and rememberances of my life. Tonight I'm going to post a few pictures of me as a baby. The are from 1951. I was born, July 30, 1950. That was a Sunday. The old poem states 'A child that is born on the Sabbath Day is fair and wise and good and gay'. From what my unbiased parents have told me in the distant past...I was a happy baby. I remember my mom telling me that they didn't have a crib for me at first so I slept in a dresser drawer. I have most certainly outgrown that phase of my life! I do remember early being sick with a cold or something and my mom boiling a whole onion in a cloth and squeezing the juice to give me. I believe she put sugar or something in it to make it taste a little better. I was born at the Baptist Hospital in DeRidder, Louisiana. My parents lived in what I believe was originally an old barracks building. It had been made into 2 apartments. I remember us living in one and storing things in the other. I remember a front room and a back bedroom and a kitchen with a door to the back yard. There were stairs from the kitchen to the ground. Papa made us a huge swing set in the back yard out of telephone poles he sunk in the ground. I had a recurring nightmare as a child that I was playing in that swing and Satan would come driving up the side road in a red car (Yes, I dreamed in color!!). I would run to that back kitchen door and as I was opening it and trying to get in, Satan had one of my arms trying to pull me out and put me in his car, my parents had a firm grip of my other hand and pulled me into our home to safety. Okay, go ahead a dissect that dream and tell me what it means?? We had a little dog that would run away to the neighbors up the street. He was an old man and I can't remember his name now. He made things out of wood. We had 2 little bitty rocking chairs and a rocking horse made by this man. I remember us girls loving these toys for many years. That's enough for tonight.

Monday, October 27, 2008

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Blogger: Sandi's Journey - Manage Posts: "Monday, October 27, 2008 I spent time today making a 'montage' of our trip to Alaska. In May of this year Claude and I had our dream Alaska vacation with a cruise north from Vancouver, British Columbia to Whittier, Alaska. Then we road the Alaska Railroad from Anchorage to Fairbanks. I had an eMail from Andie with a link to a site on which her friend had a wonderful slide show of the kids in their Mom's Club thru the summer. I decided to open me an account and give it a try. Well, I got the 'montage'-slide show all done and was going to attach it to this posting. I can't quite figure how to do it. Sooo...I'll send that slide show out via eMail and you'll just have to look at it from there."

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Today I visited Winchester Ward with Laura Carter. I just visiting these wards and seeing how they are doing. And I really enjoy the opportunity to travel and visit with my presidency. After the visits I went to see Mimi for a few minutes. Her eyes looked a lot better and she was very talkative. Then I headed to Papa's to get some papers signed. Then it was out to Sadieville to my honey's welcoming arms. He's making soups again. Last winter Claude tried his hand and different kinds of soups. We both totally enjoyed his cuisine and are looking forward to another winter of soups. He must get this from Bonnie!

Saturday, October 25, 2008

I'm sick...taking cold medicine...sleeping...finished reading a book...watched a session of conference and crocheted on baby blanket for David & Katherine...played a few computer games...watched TV with the big guy. Whew...what a day!

Friday, October 24, 2008

Okay...I put Thursday, October 24th on my last post. Should have been Thursday, October 23rd. I'll get this sooner or later. Friday the Marx's visited until after naptime. Then they headed back to LaGrange. Friday evening I went to the meetinghouse for a Relief Society enrichment activity. I painted block cut-out Christmas decorations. It was great fun. I was supposed to make ModPodge plates but I took my plates and ModPodge and forgot to take the fabric to adhere to the plates. So I'll complete that project at home.

Thursday, October 24, 2008

We started our day with Grampa fixing french toast and bacon for breakfast. Yum... We enjoyed a morning of play, cutting Andie's hair to donate for cancer patient wigs, cutting Bailey's bangs and attempting to cut Hayden's hair. This was the worst haircut I ever gave the little lad and he is going to have school pictures to prove it!! Yike!! The afternoon was spent heading to the nursing home where we donned Halloween costumes and went in to see Mimi & Papa. Everyone loves it when kids come into the nursing home and these kids were sooo cute. Andie has pictures on her camera to prove it. Bailey marched herself around the table where Papa was sitting and put her arms up to be picked up. This delights him no end. He sat her on the table in front of him and she reached out to Mimi, who was sitting beside, him and patted Mimi on the shoulder. The she looked at her and said, "Mimi!" This produces a grin from Mimi each time Bailey continues to do that. Hayden meanwhile is opening the little packages of goldfish cookies they brought to share with her. He would pop them in her mouth and then in Papa's mouth. Mimi really enjoyed that flavor and sharing with the mini-Marx's. Then we got burgers from Whopper Burger and took them to Papa's house to have lunch and play with Tiny for a bit. We went home very tired and managed to get all kids and adults down for naps. That my friends is an accomplishment!

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Today I had to go back to the dentist. I'm having a crown replaced and the first impressions the dentist took needed to be redone. So I started my morning at Dr. Clay's office. Claude dropped me off and headed to the Church to catch up on computer input for his home teaching lists. After the dentist, he picked me up and we had a great lunch at O'Charlie's. Claude then took me on a quest to find Pack 'n Play sheets. We didn't find them at Walmart or Kohl's. Then we dropped Claude off at the Scott County Republican Headquarters to man their desk from 1:30 to 5:30pm. I stopped at KMart and found the Pack 'n Play sheets. Yeah Gramma! I was able to run some errands and this week I did NOT loose my keys!! I'm improving! Then it was off to the nursing home to sing with Papa and visit Mimi. My poor mom had a cold and her eyes were swollen and red. She enjoyed us being with her. Dr. Weckman saw her and said it was just a cold and not to worry. Andie and kidlings met us at the Scott County Republican Headquarters and grampa took us to Cici's for a pizza dinner on the way home. The mini-Marx's ran us through our paces until time to get them to bed. Then Andie, Claude and I headed settled in for 'adult swim' by watching Criminal Minds & CSI: NY.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Monday, October 20, 2008

Today was supposed the be the day we finalized a little more on the funeral arrangements for Mimi and Papa. We had an 11am appointment. Papa called and said Elizabeth Johnson had called him and had some people setting up a funeral and would need to meet at 11:30am instead. When we got there, Elizabeth was still sitting with these people and wouldn't be available until 2pm. We changed our meeting time until 2pm on Wednesday. Then we headed to Walmart for yarn to make a pink blanket for David & Katherine's soon-to-be-born little Norah. Then back to the nursing home to feed lunch to Mimi. She is always soooo happy to see Papa. She loved the hugs and kisses he generously bestows on her. She ate everything and we left a very happy Mimi. Back at Papa's apartment we practiced and lined out the program for Wednesday's singing at the nursing home. Then the missionaries came to his home to play guitars and sing on their P-day. I headed back to Sadieville where Claude was finishing up cutting the acreage. We had a quiet evening at home.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Today, Laura Carter and Jessica, her daughter, and I headed to Owingsville for a visit. It was fun to ride and visit with Laura. I headed for home right after because I was very tired. Claude was still in Louisville and then he went to LaGrange to be grampa again. I curled up on the sofa in the basement and read my book and took a short nap. GREAT DAY!! It was a good think Claude was in LaGrange. They mini-Marx's had their flu shots the day before and were in need of some serious snuggling. That is right up Pa's alley. Andie was a little under-the-weather. So having the extra pair of hands to hold and play with the kids was great. Andie told he dad she was going to remember and have him over next year after the kids had their flu shots. Claude attended general priesthood meeting before coming home. It was great to finally be home together again.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Today was the annual LDS Family Services training in Indianapolis. The plan was to have Lynn, Larry, John and myself meet at the Louisville stake center right off I-64 and drive together in John's car. I got there first and had a biscuit and Dr. Pepper from McDonald's across the street for breakfast. I felt safer sitting there at 6am instead of the dark parking lot across the street. I moved my car over at 6:30. Lynn came and joined me in my car. They a HUGE SUV drove up behind us. Larry popped out and John. Turns out Kristy wanted to ride also and she has this HUGE SUV. As I tried to hoist my gross tunnage into her back seat, she said to me, "Now, I need to be sure you know we are leaving at 1 or 2pm." The conference was not to be over until 4pm. I turned to Lynn and said, "Did you want to stay for all the conference, they are leaving at 1 or 2pm?" Lynn wanted to be there for the entire thing. I agreed. So she and I drove in my car and the others drove in Kristy's HUGE SUV. They rolled out some new things at this conference so the end result was that only Kristy returned to Lexington at 1:30pm. The remainder of us rode home in my car. The conference was great and I learned a lot. They served Hawaiian Haystacks for lunch and that was just wonderful. We did have a nice ride home and it was great to visit with these people.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Was up at 8:30am. And into get things done mode. I got Papa's laundry finished. The remainder of my apple drying and freezing finished, and the final things in my car for delivery from Humanitarian Service Day. I was out-the-door by 11:30am. I dropped Tiny and Papa's laundry off first. Then I headed to UK Hospital. This didn't work out and cost me many hours of valuable time. After many calls to find my location, I called Cardinal Hill and they said they would take the blankets I had to deliver to UK. So after 2 more U-turns on the way there, I found Cardinal Hill Pediatric Rehabilitation. They were so happy to get the books recorded on CD. And they cheerfully took the tied blankets to deliver to another portion of this hospital. I'm off to LaGrange to see the grandmonsters. They were having quiet time when I arrived. Now Hayden's version of quiet time is, "Mom, is quiet time over yet?" or singing at the top of his little lungs the theme song to The Polar Express. Both are quite delightful over the monitor. After the kids got up, Claude came out from his conference in Louisville and we had a fun evening feeding them pumpkin pizzas from a recipe Claude found in the paper and playing until time for bed. Andie and Michael got a much deserved date night. Claude headed back to the hotel and I headed to bed for the 5:30am wake-up call the next morning. While trying to teach me to sing the Polar Express theme song, Hayden made sure I knew I needed to put my hand by my mouth to say "All aboard" 2 times before you sing. Bailey can now say "All aboard!"

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Today I started this blog. My beginning entries are out-of-order but they should be better once I get into the hang of this blog stuff. I took Tiny back to Papa. Then headed to Lexington to the Salvation Army to deliver painted blocks. They were very happy to get these blocks. Then I purchased some fabric for a Christmas present and went to Walmart to pick up supplies for Georgetown Ward's enrichment night on Friday the 24th. The remainder of the evening was spent at the stake council meeting and stake welfare meeting. I tried to come home and get the computer stuff done from these meetings. However, my computer was saying CPU usage 3%. This is not much of a percentage for this type of action. So I spent a lot of time cleaning up and making my computer more servicable. I managed to get most of the computer work done and my thank-you notes written for Humanitarian Service Day and went to be at 1:30am.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Claude left at 1pm to go to the Scott County Republican office for his 4 hours stint. I completed my preparations to go into Georgetown to play the piano for an hour in place of Papa's singing. I left home at about 2:30pm. As I got onto I-75 from Route 32 at Exit 136, I started to accelerate and pressed the little button to tell the car I wanted to set the cruise control when I reached the right speed. My car suddenly went to half power. I moved to the outside lane and then to the shoulder. When my car stopped on the shoulder, so did the power in my car. Completely. Not even a click, click, click when I tried to turn it on again. I called Claude an explained what had happened and that I thought I should call a tow. I asked if he had any other suggestions. He assured me a tow sounded in order. While I had him on the phone, I pulled out the handbook and read what the little lights that came on said. I had received a written message that said "check your throttle". I didn't know I had a throttle!! After a few minutes, Claude suggested I try turning the car on again. I came on. I told him I was headed for Frank Shoop (our car dealer in Georgetown). I drove there and when I pulled into the bay area the car stopped again. I told Kim that I didn't have an appointment and what my car was doing and not doing. She said she would get me right in. I called Claude and told him I made it to Frank Shoop. Then I called the nursing home and told them my situation and that I would be late or not at all. Kim came back to talk with me around 3:30. She said my main computer was not working. She ordered another and it was being over nighted. The little guy standing next to her was going to take me for a rental car. I asked Kim how much this was going to cost. She said, "It's under warranty!!!" I couldn't believe it. Even the rental car was covered. As the little guy drove me to Enterprise rentals he told me of his wreck while going to work that morning. This does not inspire confidence in the person driving you around but when I heard he was rear ended while sitting at a traffic light, I felt somewhat better. The car they gave me was a little Pontiac with a spoiler on the trunk. The back window in this car was soooooo tiny and with the spoiler taking 1/2 of that view, you really couldn't see much outside of the window. I made it to the nursing home by 4pm and played for 1/2 hour. Papa surprised us by getting back early and he brought his mandolin and played some for Geraldine. She just loves the mandolin. I then met my hubby and we tried out the Plum Tree restaurant for dinner. Very good Chinese food. Claude left for Louisville for the remainder of the week. He is attending the Kentucky League of Cities annual conference.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Today I picked up and put my house in order after the mini-Marx's visit. Andie had put a lot of it away but I always sort and get stuff back some. Did my laundry and got things in order so I would be able to devote most of my time to the upcoming Humanitarian Service Day. I was walking down the stairs with Hayden's pod bed being drug behind me and some items in my hand. I made the landing just fine. I started down the last 3 steps into the basement and some how I tripped or slid or something. It happened so fast I don't know how it even happened. All I knew was I was on the floor with my right leg bent at the knee and my foot was screaming in pain. As tears filled my eyes, I slowly turned my leg so my foot was out in front of me and watched a lump swell on the top and side. I waited for a while and then decided to see if I could stand. I could but not put much weight on the foot. I had a brush burn on the top near the ankle. So I must have turned in backwards somehow. Fortunately the house was in order and I could limit my walking. I did not break it but the timing was just great!!!

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Wednesday's Claude goes into Georgetown to man the desk from 1:30pm to 4:30pm for the Scott County Republican office. I have a couple of hours to get my shopping errands done. Then I spend a couple of hours with my parents. Papa sings at the nursing home and I sing some with him and visit my mom. This Wednesday I was going to Evan's Orchard to get a bushel of apples they were donating for Humanitarian Service Day. I drove out to the orchard and moved items from my trunk to my back seat so I could load the apples in the trunk. I locked my card with the remote as I walked to the store. The store is only 1 room. I looked first for apple syrup for my hubby. They had none. So I went to the counter and explained my purpose in being there. I asked for the donated bushel of apples to be something good to munch on. I asked to purchase a bushel of apples that good for pies and drying for my storage. As I got ready to pay for my apples, I realized I did not have my car keys. Not good... The girl helped me carry a bushel to my car, I called OnStar and they opened my car, I opened the trunk from inside the car and we loaded the apples in the trunk. I checked the back seat of my car and no keys. Back to the store to check there. No keys. Walked slowly back to my car checking the grass and gravel drive and no keys. Emptied my purse on the front seat, no keys. Walked slowly back to the store and thru it and then thru my purse for the 5th time, no keys. I walked back to my car and told the couple parking by me that if they saw keys they were mine and please let me know. The man stayed with me and we went through the car again, under the car, in the grass, thru the purse and walked back to the store, no keys. I called Claude and he had his keys with him. I called Papa and asked him to bring Claude's keys to me. The manager of the store walked with me to the car and we went through the car, under the car, in the grass, no keys. I walked back to the store, thru the store and into my purse, no keys. Then I decided to check in my purse in a zip pocket that I keep a small bottle of allergy pills and a small bottle of Advil and a small bottle of Tums (can you tell I'm old!!). Sure enough, there were the keys. I called Papa, but he was gone. I called Claude and told him to tell Papa not to come. As I left the store ALL the employees were waving at the silly lady who found her keys in her purse.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Today Papa brought Tiny out for a visit. He is headed to the Blue Ridge Parkway for a drive to see the colored leaves of fall and a little break.

Saturday, Oct. 11, 2009

I'm the stake Relief Society president. This day was to be our Humanitarian Service Day, the stake Relief Society enrichment event for 2008. The major portion of our set-up was done the night before. We came early Saturday to get foods in the kitchen and set up the painting area outside under the pavilion. We were greeting and welcoming sisters by 9:30am. We had a great opening to set the tone for the day. Then we began the work on 8 service projects: painted wooden blocks (130), stuffing little animals (100+), hygiene kits (80), taggy blankets (75), Halloween gift bags (??), tied blankets (12), books read to CD's (75) and letters to military personnel (??). We received clothes a lady could work or job interview in donated. There were enough of these to fill to the top 2 cars and the bed of one pick-up truck. We also collected a huge can of pop top tabs. All these items were for organizations within our stake boundaries. We finished at 3pm and had clean-up done by 4:20pm. It was a great day and we have only heard positive comments. There were many tender moments in this experience. In 2007 I was prayerfully trying to determine what we as a presidency should do in 2008. The answer I kept receiving was a day of service. In August 2007 I attended our stake council meeting where Pres. Hymas, our stake president, indicated he felt impressed that our stake needed to more in our community, to connect with them and to serve them. I shared my promptings about a Humanitarian Service Day and he was pleased. I took the thoughts to my next presidency meeting and shared the encouragement I felt from Pres. Hymas. My initial feelings were to make things and send them to Utah. However all of my presidency felt we should do service within our stake boundaries. This is a very good presidency and I cheerfully accepted their counsel. We began preparation for this day. We searched and called possible service opportunities. In April 2008 we had our Relief Society Presidencies Retreat. This is our spring leadership training for ward Relief Society presidencies. We gave each member of the presidencies an index card and asked them to record as many or as few of the items of possible service that they felt the sisters in their ward would enjoy doing. We compiled the desires of these sisters and came up with the 8 service projects and the 2 donation items. In July and August we visited each unit and presented a DVD clip and explanation of what we planned to do in October. As we approached the day, there were things we needed to have donated to make the service projects. One was blankets to tie. A sisters donated enough to make several tied baby or lap blankets. We needed a place to donate the books recorded to CD's for children. I called Cardinal Hill Pediatric Rehabilitation Hospital in Lexington. They were to the point of tears. They are beginning a new reading program for under-privileged children. They needed books. Then Friday night when we were setting up, we still needed toothpaste for our hygiene kits. A man came into the stake center as we were setting up. Lisa, my 1st counselor, explained to him what we were doing. He said he was a consultant and one of his clients regularly sends him boxes of toothpaste. He came Saturday morning with the toothpaste we needed. This list goes on with this but many tender experiences were had in preparations for this day. As a presidency we delivered the items during the following week. The joy and happiness on each of the organizations we delivered to was just tremendous. This event was a lot of work for our presidency but it yielded such good feelings that we are looking forward to 2009 when our area of the church is going to have a day of service for all the congregations in our area, about 95 units.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

An Now It Begins...

From the hill in Sadieville, I embark on a new adventure. I'll share happenings and history and all the news that is fit to print. That which is not fit, I shall 'keep and ponder in my heart'. Sooo...I'm off on the adventure.