"but i've turned over a new leaf!" protests a twin or two.
i napped for an hour and then it was time to drive elicia to the airport. actually it was half an hour past the time we were supposed to go but that was only expected. "you'll never be ready by 5." i had declared the night before. "yes i will!" was her return declaration. well no wonder it took her longer than expected. when she got into the car i realized that she was taking what must of been a weeks worth of groceries with her to calgary. i personally saw a whole bag of organic brown rice and that caused me to raise an eyebrow or two, let me tell you. this was just after she told me that she had packed light. haha. oh that girl.
heather and i went to a night at the movies which was rather decietfully named by the stake relief society presidency since it had nothing at all to do with movies but was actually a night of workshops and activities. starting at five there was a choice of around five classes to take each hour. and dinner was whenever you wanted to go into the 'cultural hall' (where did that name come from?) and eat it. heather and i arrived at six thirty and opted to eat first of all. just when i was thinking it heather burst out "they better have good food, that's all i can say." it turned out to be a baked potato bar and a green salad. and lots of yummy dessert including but not limited to ice cream with home made caramel and chocolate sauces. and it was basically the desserts that put me over the edge but that did not stop me from licking every last drop of ice cream from my bowl.
we sat with vera and shauna. you know the shawn and shauna, shauna. rachel's sister chrystal was also sitting at the table but soon left. a new christel joined us and so did randy's sister danielle. shauna and danielle's babies were around the same size but danielle's was five months older. she's so tiny. it was nice to sit with these bunch of ladies and talk and laugh.
we went to a workshop about sisterhood and friendship. it was held in the rs room and it was packed and super hot but the workshop was really good. i was sitting next to a lady who knows mom and asked me how she was doing. she was an older lady with a german accent or something like that anyways. i liked her. i got a lot of good thoughts from that class. things i want to change about myself and how i care (or don't care) for the people in my life.
our next class was put on by our friend meghan. it was about achieving your dreams and she kind of used the principles in the secret but added the atonement. she did a beautiful job and i really felt the spirit. at one part she asked us to share our dreams and no one was putting up their hand and so i did and said i wanted to get my masters and become a counsellor and then i felt a little dumb because no one else ended up telling their dreams and mine was the lonely bare one spoken. but it is my dream and it's ok to say it. jackie roman was sitting in front of us and we talked to her for a while after. she looks great and seems to be really great.
those two workshops made me think a lot and feel a lot and i knew i had some things to ponder and pray about when i got home.
we went to a make up class then held by this girl who manages a mac store in surrey. she was really cute and i liked her but heather and i only stayed for an hour because there's only so long you want to watch people put on make up. then we talked to gab for a while, and wendy and i finally gave gab back the temple recomend holders she left in my car in the fall and she gave me one and heather one. i also talked to sister grieves who has a fractured foot and linda rogers who was sweeping with this tiny beat up straw broom. everywhere i turned there she was sweeping. and i saw tammy kennedy and debby brown. tammy told me that wyatt graduated. that's so great. i liked that kid.
heather and i helped with some minimal clean up stuff like taking out the garbage and moving chalkboards etc and we left around 11. when i got home i felt so full of the need to change to live a new way somehow. and i had a good prayer about it and just said exactly how i was feeling and what i wanted. (meanwhile archie was vigorously trying to get into my shoe box.) and then i just so happened to be reading alma 32. a good read. an uplifting read.
heather and i went on a run this morning, in the rain again. we headed towards the park but it was a short run and we didn't even make it that far before we had to turn around. i noticed that there was a help wanted sign on my donair place. i hope smokie hasn't moved on. i hope i can still count on him to smoke my meats if you know what i mean.
and since then i've been doing important things. good things. i hope to be turning over a whole leaf pile of my own.
heather and i went to a night at the movies which was rather decietfully named by the stake relief society presidency since it had nothing at all to do with movies but was actually a night of workshops and activities. starting at five there was a choice of around five classes to take each hour. and dinner was whenever you wanted to go into the 'cultural hall' (where did that name come from?) and eat it. heather and i arrived at six thirty and opted to eat first of all. just when i was thinking it heather burst out "they better have good food, that's all i can say." it turned out to be a baked potato bar and a green salad. and lots of yummy dessert including but not limited to ice cream with home made caramel and chocolate sauces. and it was basically the desserts that put me over the edge but that did not stop me from licking every last drop of ice cream from my bowl.
we sat with vera and shauna. you know the shawn and shauna, shauna. rachel's sister chrystal was also sitting at the table but soon left. a new christel joined us and so did randy's sister danielle. shauna and danielle's babies were around the same size but danielle's was five months older. she's so tiny. it was nice to sit with these bunch of ladies and talk and laugh.
we went to a workshop about sisterhood and friendship. it was held in the rs room and it was packed and super hot but the workshop was really good. i was sitting next to a lady who knows mom and asked me how she was doing. she was an older lady with a german accent or something like that anyways. i liked her. i got a lot of good thoughts from that class. things i want to change about myself and how i care (or don't care) for the people in my life.
our next class was put on by our friend meghan. it was about achieving your dreams and she kind of used the principles in the secret but added the atonement. she did a beautiful job and i really felt the spirit. at one part she asked us to share our dreams and no one was putting up their hand and so i did and said i wanted to get my masters and become a counsellor and then i felt a little dumb because no one else ended up telling their dreams and mine was the lonely bare one spoken. but it is my dream and it's ok to say it. jackie roman was sitting in front of us and we talked to her for a while after. she looks great and seems to be really great.
those two workshops made me think a lot and feel a lot and i knew i had some things to ponder and pray about when i got home.
we went to a make up class then held by this girl who manages a mac store in surrey. she was really cute and i liked her but heather and i only stayed for an hour because there's only so long you want to watch people put on make up. then we talked to gab for a while, and wendy and i finally gave gab back the temple recomend holders she left in my car in the fall and she gave me one and heather one. i also talked to sister grieves who has a fractured foot and linda rogers who was sweeping with this tiny beat up straw broom. everywhere i turned there she was sweeping. and i saw tammy kennedy and debby brown. tammy told me that wyatt graduated. that's so great. i liked that kid.
heather and i helped with some minimal clean up stuff like taking out the garbage and moving chalkboards etc and we left around 11. when i got home i felt so full of the need to change to live a new way somehow. and i had a good prayer about it and just said exactly how i was feeling and what i wanted. (meanwhile archie was vigorously trying to get into my shoe box.) and then i just so happened to be reading alma 32. a good read. an uplifting read.
heather and i went on a run this morning, in the rain again. we headed towards the park but it was a short run and we didn't even make it that far before we had to turn around. i noticed that there was a help wanted sign on my donair place. i hope smokie hasn't moved on. i hope i can still count on him to smoke my meats if you know what i mean.
and since then i've been doing important things. good things. i hope to be turning over a whole leaf pile of my own.
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