thursday ~ 10

I had the whole post ready to publish and it disappeared when I tried to put the photo in.  Grrr!  I hate it when that happens!  A few quick ramblings and I've got to get some sleep!  Tomorrow is a busy day!

Ten things I need to do tomorrow:

1. Welcome my new Visiting teachers
2. Make chicken salad
3. Pick up the croissants
4. Make the lemon cheeseball
5. Make pizelles
6. Finish setting the tablescape
7. Finish the favors
8. Gather a few last minute things for the games
9. Help Doug set up the chairs
10. Pick up the ice at Sonic

Nine things I did today:

1. Tied ribbons for jars
2. Set most of tablescape
3. Picked up
4. Went to lunch at Chili's with Denise and the kids
5. Went to dinner at Olive Garden with Doug and business friends
6. Took kids to Logan Aquatic Center
7. Laundry
8. Went to Kitchen Kneads for a shower gift
9. Made about ten different to-do lists!

Eight things I'm missing already about Liza:

1. She won't be here to help prepare and host the shower.
2. She's one of the few people who beat me at cards often.
3. Her smile.
4. Her hugs.
5. Her husband's teasing, technical support and grilling skills!!
6. Who'll clean my fridge when they need a little extra cash?
7. Sunday dinners together.
8. Saturday afternoon drop ins for cards!

Seven things left 0n the calendar before school begins in two weeks!!!

1. My new niece-in-law's bridal shower
2. the wedding and reception
3. A girls night out
4. 2 more summer piano lessons
5. One camp-out, we hope!
6. My brother is supposed to be coming to town.
7. A summer neighborhood party

Six things I'll be serving at the shower:

1. Chicken Salad on Croissants
2. Barbie's Lemon Pound Cake
3. Fruit Kabobs
4. Lemon Cheeseball
5. Pizelles
6. Pink Lemonade Punch

Five things I can eat without fear these days:

1. Wheat Thins
2. Ice Water
3. Baby Carrots
4. Rice
5. Bananas

Four things I'm missing but not enough to eat at the risk of getting sick:

1. Pop
2. Butter (on popcorn, potatoes and bread)
3. Cookies
4. Olive Garden Salad

Three things that I wanted to share about today:

1. Liza and Buddy arrived safely and have already unloaded their things, set up their bedroom, found the local grocery store, signed up for emails from it, gone out to dinner at Chili's, found their new church for Sunday and plan on job hunting on Friday.  They are so happy! 
2. We texted and talked a few times today.  Liza made some comment about their next move to Florida.  I said, "Whoa?  WHAT?"  She said, "Well, Buddy will be getting his Masters in Florida, so we'll be there for that."  I said, "Wait a minute.  You said three years in Phoenix.  No one ever said a thing about Florida."  Buddy teased, "Well, you don't think we'd tell you anything like that before we got out of the state, do you?"  I won't think about that today.  I'll think about that in three years.
3. Denise, Wendy and I went to see "The Help" today.  Lovely story.  The movie has "Oscar" written all over it.  AMAZING performances.  The movie is long.  It's clean.  It's a bit hard to watch because it's so not how we should treat people.  It hit a little too close to home for me in a few spots because of my childhood.  Being raised in the south, I related a lot.  LOVED it.  It's done with very few liberties away from the book, but it's very serious.  I remember laughing out loud lots during the book.  Not too many laughs in the movie.  Again, it's a beautiful story, but take tissues and don't expect it to be a "feel good" movie, because it's really not.  A definite "Must See" movie.  Love it.

Two tender mercies that I'm appreciating:

1. Melanie's sign for Liza and Buddy.  I shared the story 20 times today and it's really been a happy moment/memory in Liza and Buddy's move.  Melanie's gift was truly a tender mercy/gift to me.
2. Dad was sleeping in the night and woke up from a dream at3:30 in the morning.  He felt like he needed to go through a stack of papers that he's not paid attention to in years.  In the paper, he found some names and dates for family history dating back to 1838 in the family line that I've hit a dead end!  I'm so excited to work on this a bit more before seeing him next month!  He mailed the papers to me today!

One other thing I'm focusing on right now:

1. My Relief Society lesson this morning is on being like little children in our lives.  I'm pondering lots of things that I've learned from my children. 

Life is good.

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. 

Comments

[Maria]

I saw The Help today too with a girlfriend. I absolutely LOVED it.

[Holly F.]

I THOUGHT that was you walking out of the theater from the early matinee. I was dying to hear your assessment of The Help, knowing you'd kind of lived it. I totally agree with you. Bottom line I enjoyed it, but I also expected to laugh more and cry less.