This summer has gone by so fast...I can't believe it's August already! Well, we've been busy the last 2 months. This past week was the only week we spent entirely at home since school got out, with the exception of the week that we all had Covid. It's no wonder it feels like it's gone by so fast.
This week we were mostly trying to get back into our normal not-on-vacation routine. I had a couple of extra things going on too. On Saturday Frank and I went to the temple to do some initiatories. It was kind of a last minute decision when we realized that the temple was closing for maintenance for the next couple of weeks. There was only one time slot with open appointments available, so we grabbed that time slot which was 1:00 pm. We ate lunch before we left and on the way home we stopped to get some ice cream. We're really glad we got to go.
That evening I went to the fabric store to get fabric for pillow covers. I found fabric I liked for the pillow covers I plan to make for September, October, and June. I still have to get fabric for 4 other months, but I didn't have time to do it all in one trip. I washed all the new fabric on Monday and I've been working on cutting out pieces whenever I get a few minutes. I've cut out all the pieces for September and I've cut out most of the pieces for October also but I've decided I need a little bit more of one of the fabrics so I'm going to have to go buy more before I can finish cutting out.
Jared & Jessie came to church with us on Sunday because they had plans later and couldn't come for dinner. They came back to our house with us after church and ate some lunch, then went back to the church for their own ward meetings.
On Monday morning I met with my Seminary team teacher, Tammy, so we could begin planning for this coming year. We talked for about 3 hours and could have talked longer! There is a lot to consider. We made a list of tasks that need to be done and divided them up between us. I have spent some time working on my tasks this week and have most of them done. (There will be plenty more to do, though!) We are setting up visits to meet the new youth coming in, preparing for the beginning of the year information meeting, planning the bulletin board, and lots of other things. Another project I wanted to get done this summer is creating a file of ideas for Seminary lessons. I haven't even started on that yet and probably won't get much done on it now, but I do want to get the things I have better organized at least.
Seth had a presidency meeting on Wednesday before the youth activity. For the activity they had a mini Olympic games with javelin throwing, bocce ball, corn hole, etc. At the end they had food from different countries. He seems to have had a good time.
Last night I went to a "Summer Birthday Bash" with a group of friends. One friend who used to live here was visiting so we all got to see her and get caught up and at the same time we celebrated all the summer birthdays...there were 3 other women besides me who had a birthday in July. We had taco salad for dinner (each of us brought one or two ingredients) and we had cake, brownies, and ice cream for dessert. One of my friends turned 60 and her kids sent a video with clips of them (and some of her grandkids) telling favorite memories and things they learned from her and that was really cute and sweet.
Jared has come over a few times this week just to hang out. He and Jessie are moving on Tuesday, so he is trying to spend as much time with us as possible before they move. We will really miss them when they go! Today is Jared's last day of work. His workplace has a Facebook page and they put up a really nice post about Jared last week and some nice comments were added:
Besides all the things I've already mentioned, I have been busy with all the usual household tasks plus trying to take Seth driving most days and also working on some more house cleaning / organizing. I've been focusing on my room this week and so far I've gone through my nightstand and part of our large bookcase. I have thrown out or donated quite a few things already so I feel like I'm making some progress. I've also been watching some of the Olympics throughout the week...mostly while I'm jogging in the mornings but at a few other times as well. I enjoyed watching Team USA win the women's gymnastics team competition. I've also seen some biking, basketball, and a lot of swimming events. The last couple of days I've been waking up earlier which is good because I need to get back into an early to bed, early to rise routine. This morning I was rewarded for my early rising by getting to see deer grazing in the common area behind our house:
To finish up, here are a few photos of shells and rocks that we have picked up at several beaches over the years (most recently in Florida and Ocean City). We've been keeping them in an old empty peanut butter jar but this week I decided to get something new that will display them better and that will have more room for us to add shells in the future.
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