Where is January going? The month of January used to drag by for me but the last few years it has gone by very quickly. It is already over half over! I don't mind, because we are that much closer to spring. You all know how much I *love* cold weather!
This week was a lot like last week...full, but not overwhelmingly busy. I have a feeling that is going to change soon, but in the meantime I'm enjoying it. Last Friday evening I even watched a movie! (I never have time to watch movies.) Ok, well actually I didn't finish it that night because it was getting late but I watched the rest on Saturday morning. The movie was Amazing Grace...we've actually owned it for years (thanks, Tim & Rachelle!) but I had never managed to find the time to watch it until now even though I knew I'd like it. And I did...it was really great! Whenever I watch a movie like that, which is based on true events, I have to do some research afterwards to find out how much of it is really true. So that took some time on Saturday morning too. Luckily, I didn't have a lot to do that day so it all worked out. It's unusual to have a Saturday that I'm not trying to get a million things done, so it was nice for a change. I probably should have done something constructive like paint the bathroom we've been trying to find the time to paint for 3 years, but whenever I get free time these days all I want to do is relax.
One of the reasons we had less to do is that it was "family weekend"--once a month, our stake has a weekend where no one is allowed to schedule any meetings (besides the regular Sunday meeting block) so there were no basketball games or anything like that. Sunday was nice too because after our regular meetings we could just come home. I did a lot of reading and got almost all the way through the book for book chat. (I finished it up on Monday.) The book was Monuments Men...about a group of men during WWII who were assigned to help preserve monuments, archives, and artwork. One of the big things they did was to track down all the artwork that the Nazis stole from other countries and individuals so that it could be returned. I knew there had been artwork looted by the Nazis during the war, but I had no idea how much...as in hundreds of thousands of paintings, statues, documents, and artifacts. They hid them all kinds of places...a big castle and a couple of salt mines, for example. Crazy! The story was pretty amazing although I didn't enjoy the author's writing style very much. The first 200 pages of the book went very, very slowly! But then the last 200 pages went by fast, because they were finally starting to find things. Overall, it was worth reading because of the story. I also realized that I am very uneducated when it comes to art. I could work on that!
We took Wanda to church on Sunday, which made the day a little crazy and hectic, but I always enjoy her. I'm working on trying to find more people to help with her, though...with all my RS responsibilities, it can get a little hairy trying to meet her needs also.
The kids didn't have school on Monday but I was pretty busy. Jared had an orthodontist appointment and I had several other errands to run. I can't remember everything I did now, but I know I was on the go all day and that lots of extra RS things kept coming up.
Book chat was on Tuesday and I made a bunch of phone calls for RS. It was Frank's birthday too! When he got home from work he opened his presents:
I was up really late that night, though. Tanner is having more girl drama and we ended up talking for a really long time. I am glad he is willing to talk to me about things like that. But he is really unhappy right now so that makes me sad too. I really wish he would just forget about girls until after his mission--it would make his life a lot easier--but I know that is not easy to do. He's just had rotten luck with girls and I don't get it. They always tell him they don't want to date him because he's like a brother to them. I suppose I'm biased, but I think he's really handsome! Plus, he is funny and righteous and very kind and sweet besides. Dumb girls!
Wednesday evening was crazy...Frank had basketball practice before YM, Jared had it afterwards, I was invited to attend Activity Days because they had some ladies from the library coming in to talk about good books, there was a Scout Committee meeting after that, and Tanner was working a show at the school. Not sure how we managed to get everyone where they needed to be at the right time, but we did.
Yesterday I was going to try to get some of today's chores done in the evening but I ended up reading to Seth instead. I don't regret it because I don't get to do that as much as I'd like anymore. I didn't have an overwhelming amount of things to do during the day but there are always tons of little RS things that I need to do, so I got some of those done. I also took a short nap because when I was driving Seth to school I could barely keep my eyes open. Too many late nights and early mornings! Actually, Jared was tired that day too--he didn't go to Seminary, which is a rare thing. Today Tanner didn't go. He actually skipped his first block class also so that he could get some sleep. He seems to be more rested now.
My days have been filled with household chores and RS tasks. Today I had a presidency meeting and that ended up taking all morning...both of my counselors got messed up on the time so we started late. We had a good meeting, though. Frank was working from home so we had a "date" and got some Chinese food for lunch. Now the kids are home and it's already dinner time and I haven't even started on updating the budget. But that's just how it goes sometimes.
Frank is busy doing maintenance for his clients this week and getting ready for a big project for a client (they are moving their location so they are going to need all new network cables set up). Scott didn't write until Tuesday (I have no idea why...I assume his P-day was different this week) but he is feeling better now which is good news. He says he can really feel all the prayers, so thank you for praying for him! I guess most of you get his letters, but in case you don't, I thought I'd mention it. He's been gone for almost 10 months which is somewhat unbelievable. Sometimes it seems like he's been gone forever, but in most ways his mission seems to be going by pretty fast. He'll be at his half way point before we know it!
Well, as you can tell we didn't do a lot this week that is worth reading about, even though we kept pretty busy. So that's all I've got for this week.
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