Aloha 11/25/12

Aloha,

Had a great Sunday.  We worked in the nursery again and Sister McGiven gave the lesson on "Gratitude."  We had a table w/puzzles and play dough to get the little ones settled down before the lesson.  We played games, sang and they had a snack.

Monday, P-Day.  The regular...clean the apartment, laundry, shopping, studying, and preparing for the week.  Got a call about 8:30 PM from the Zone leaders to let us know we were meeting to go to the temple Tuesday morning at 6:30 am AND again they apologized because they didn't let us know that it was District Meeting today!!! We just aren't on their radar.

Aloha 11/19/12

Another great week in the Islands.  Last Sunday we helped (took over!) the nursery because the sister that usually is there was ill.  We only had three, but they still wear you out.  We will go in this week more prepared!!!

Monday, we had almost a bar-be-que!!!  It was transfer week for the Elders and it was their get together.  Scheduled for 2:00 and they finally got the grill started at 3:15, but we had to leave!   So another miss!  We suggested doing a breakfast next time!  We'll see.  It was a HOOT to see how inventive they were...they didn't have lighter fluid until 3:15...so, they put all the briquets on top of the bag and then an Elder went and got HAND SANITIZER and squirted it on.  It tried to take off, but not when you only have  2 oz. of fluid!  They are soooo fun to watch.

Aloha 11/11/12

I will try to keep my emails shorter!  Sorry about last weeks.  I don't need to give every detail.

Utah has finally been hammered w/cold weather.  We are still in the 80's and sunshine.  Lovely.

The cat scan never happened as of yet because I need pre-authorization.  I have a re-check w/the Dr. on Wednesday because I still cannot shake this cough.  The work suffers because it makes me exhausted.  We will get to the bottom of it one way or another!

Aloha 11/4/12

Last week, I was certainly in a fog.  The big thing that happened AND I forgot to tell you about it.   My sister, Karen, called me last Saturday night about 7:30 pm and said, "Are you all right?"  Of course, my answer was "Yes", what's up?  She said, "Haven't you seen the news??? "   What a ?  When one does not have TV or radio, it's easy to miss BIG news.  She said,  "There had been an earthquake off Western Canada and there was a tsunami warning for all the Hawaiian Islands."  I assured we were in our apartment on high ground.  Got off the phone with Karen and checked out the internet!  Sure enough...those on the leeward side needed to head for higher ground.  Right after her call, the Zone leaders called and we were suppose to check in at the Stake Center.  Of course, we went 1/2 mile to the Stake Center, checked in with the Elders and took them our homemade ghost and pumpkin cutout cookies for sustenance and came back home and to bed.  The next morning brought no tsunami.  A few high waves on Maui.   Best to give heed to any kind of weather warning.

I missed the wonderful Primary program, because I still felt horrible.  Sister McGiven said they did a wonderful job with their parts and music.  She took them the cookies too.