First Week of December

So a few musings:

Hmmm?? Well it's my parents' anniversary today and Pearl Harbor Day. Who gets married on Pearl Harbor Day? My parents were married in the Salt Lake Temple. They tell me that it was a frigidly cold day and because of a huge snowstorm many of the invited guests could not get over Soldier Summit to attend. That's kind of sad. Actually, that's really sad, but you move on, right? None of my father's family could attend the actual wedding ceremony. They had to stay in the foyer of the temple and I can just see my Grandmother Nelson in tears. She went through the temple many years later, actually a couple decades, when the policy was such that women could go solo while still married.

Last Tuesday was the RS Christmas dinner/program. Really good. Very elegant. Sister Janice Nielsen and her married three daughters came and sang songs and talked about tradition. Oh yes, as RS Prez I closed the evening. Not my favorite thing to do, but it turned out just fine. We as a presidency hustled and got our sisters' Christmas done and passed out at the end of the program. Whew. Now, just have to get it out to those sisters who didn't show and those sisters who didn't pick up for their VTees. But in all, it was very well attended.

Thursday I had a stake RS Presidency Forum. Heard about how some of the other wards already have their assigned 2010 humanitarian projects outlined and have gathered monetary donations. We're having a switch at the first of the year w/our committee, so have put this on hold. Now I'm thinking we're going to be playing catch up. I need a vacation.

Friday was our ward Christmas party. Poor Chandra, our activities chair, has three on her committee and not one made it to the party. She had beautiful deco (hanging winter blue and white Chinese lanterns) which she had her HTers put up the night before. Really gorgeous. And she had her VTers help her w/the food. When I realized her plight, I volunteered, so did a turkey, baked a bag of potatoes and made a side dish. Well worth the work, as it was so nice not to be in charge but to simply show up and enjoy. Helped w/cleanup and gathered leftovers to take to a couple families later that night.

Again, the weekend highlights are listed on separate posts.

I need to run errands today to various parts of the valley. We got snow over the night, several inches, so I think I'll give it a few more hours for the roads to clear, although it's supposed to snow off and on today. Better drive slowly. There was a huge accident Friday night, actually accidents all over the place, but this particular accident was closer to Tooele on I-80. Involved several semis and 30 other vehicles, lots of people w/injuries, but a hard time getting emergency crews in and out because of the horrendous ice conditions. Not good.