NOVEMBER 15, 2008

IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THANKSGIVING IS ALMOST HERE. WHERE DID THIS YEAR GO. WITH ALL THE POLITICAL STUFF THAT HAS GONE ON FOR SO LONG THAT MAKES IT SEEM LIKE THE YEAR WOULD NEVER END. ON THE OTHER HAND WITH THE MOVING OF SCOTT AND DENISSE WHICH SEEMS LIKE FOR EVER ALREADY AND LIFE IN GENERAL IT HAS HURRIED BY.

TOMORROW WILL BE QUITE AN EVENTFUL DAY IN OUR CHURCH AREA. THE STORY I HEARD THURSDAY SAYS TWO STAKES WILL BE MADE INTO FOUR. OUR STAKE AND THE FOOTHILLS STAKE. ZION IS GROWING OR AS WHEN WE WERE LITTLE {CY YOUNG IS GROWING}. LAST WEEK PRES. NELSON WAS AT OUR MEETING AND SAID TO MAKE THINGS WORK NEXT WEEK WE ARE MAKING CHANGES IN THE WARD BOUNDRIES TODAY. THEN HE WENT ON TO HAVE APPROVED THAT THE HENRIANNA CONDO'S WILL BE MOVED TO THE WOODRUFF THIRD WARD. TO ME THAT MAKES SENSE SINCE FROM ALL I CAN TELL THAT STREET IS ALL THAT IS LEFT NOT IN AMMON AREA. WILL BE VERY INTERESTING TO HEAR WHO ALL GETS CALLS TO BE STAKE PRESIDNECY'S AND HIGH COUNCLORS. HOW MANY OF THE MANY WHO HAVE SPENT TIME IN REXBURG IN BISHOPRICS AND STAKE CALLINGS ETC. WILL BE CALLED TO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. IT IS EXCITING ANY WAY. THE ONLY DRAW BACK IS WE WON'T BE IN CLAY AND KARENS STAKE ANY MORE. LIFE DOES MOVE ON AND WE SHALL LOVE WHAT HAPPENS AND EMBRACE IT AS THE LORDS WILL.

NOW TO EXPLAIN ABOUT CY YOUNG. HE LIVED IN OUR TWIN GROVES WARD AND WAS LOVED BY ALL THE FOLKS INCLUDING KIDS. ONE DAY AFTER CHURCH AND ONE OF THE HYMNS WAS ZION IS GROWING BAKER GOT HOME AND HE ASK MOM WHY DO WE SING ABOUT CY YOUNG ALL THE TIME?? INTERESTING QUESTION!!!!! WE NEVER SING IT THAT I DON'T REMEMBER THAT QUESTION AND INWARDLY SMILE.

THIS WEEK I HAVE STAYED HOME PRETTY MUCH WAITING ON REPAIRMEN. FIRST I HAD ORDERED TWO NEW PANELS FOR MY GARAGE DOOR WHERE IT WAS FALLING APART. THE GUYS DIDN'T COME THE DAY THEY SCHEDULED AND FINALLY AT FOUR I CALLED. I DID RESCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT A,M. THAT DAY HE SHOWED UP AT ELEVEN AND DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I WENT TO OVER 60'S LUNCHEON AND GOT HOME PUT MY LEFT OVERS IN THE FRIDGE AND WAS IN WATCHING THE SIX OCLOCK NEWS WHEN ANDRA CAME AND SAID GRANDMA THE REFRIDGERATOR IS'NT WORKING THE MILK IS WARM. I CHECKED IT AND THE FREEZER WAS FINE BUT NOT THE FRIDGE. SO DOWN THE BASEMENT TO THE OLD FRIDGE WENT MOST EVERY THING FROM THE FRIDGE AND I PUT THE VEGGIES IN THE GARAGE IN A PAN. CALLED YESTERDAY AND DID FIND A GUY WHO COULD COME BEFORE TUESDAY. THEY CAME ABOUT ELEVEN THIRTY AND BINGO WAS DONE BEFORE 12:30 A FEW MIN.'S. I TOLD ANDRA I GUESS SINCE ALL THE APPIANCES ARE OVER 9 YEARS OLD THEY ARE NOT NICKEL AND DIMEING ME TO DEATH BUT HUNDRED DOLLARS AT A TIME. THAT IS BETTER THAN HAVING TO PAY FOR NEW WHICH WOULD BE MUCH MORE MONEY. NOW IF THE BLIND MAN WOULD GET HERE AND GET ME NEW BLINDS ON A COUPLE OF WINDOWS I THINK THAT WILL BE IT FOR AWHILE [I HOPE].

OH AND I DO HAVE A WINDOW REPLACEMENT COMING. ONE OF THE FRONT WINDOWS IN THE OFFICE HAS MOLD GROWING BETWEEN THE GLASS. THE FELLOW WHO CAME OUT SAID HE HAS THREE NEEDING REPLACED AND THEY HAVE AND HAVE HAD LOTS OF PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOWS MADE IN 1998 AND 1999. THIS IS MY SECOND ONE HAPPY THEY WERE GUARANTEED FOR LIFE. NO CHARGE FOR THIS ONE.