Phone Time and Shopping and I am Happy a Dear Granddaughter went to the Temple. 8 December 2016

I am delighted that my Virginia granddaughter went with her youth group to the Washington DC Temple for the first time this evening.  I am glad she and her friends were able to do the baptisms for several of our relatives.  It is so nice that these are recorded and posted in real time.  I just looked and found them--I now have other work to do for these relatives as well.  What a joy it is to participate in this work! It was also nice that today was my father-in-law's birthday. He and my mother-in-lase helped to teach me the importance of family.

At a meeting on Wednesday a journal entry written by one of the men who worked on painting the Salt Lake Temple, and I shared that with my Sweetheart this morning [we got to talk twice today--one of the joys of P day].  That sparked a memory in him of the story of one of the stone masons who worked on the Salt Lake Temple.  He related that story to me, and later in the day sent me the video, which I got to enjoy while I ate lunch.

Early this morning I did two loads of laundry, so I am pretty well caught up on that chore.  I also made flax seed crackers and peanut butter cookies. This afternoon I went out shopping, since snow is predicted for the next two days, and I just do not want to drive in snow if I do not have to.  I first went to the post office, and mailed one package, but not another item, a book, which will go less expensively if I use my own wrapping.

I enjoyed samples at two stores, and picked up my cholesterol-lowering supplement which was on sale this month.  I had thought I brought enough with me, but was one bottle short. I also got a chicken to serve on Sunday for supper.  I also went to a couple of  dollar stores, and a couple of regular grocery stores.

My youngest daughter called while I was out shopping, and we caught up on each other's news.  She had just finished a final in one of her courses.  She has done well in that class, and hopes the mistakes she knows she made will not mess up her record too much! I was glad to have her to confirm that it was OK to buy a Peruvian cap instead of a stocking cap, and a fun tie with a snowman that lights up instead of a more conventional tie to put into a stocking for one of the young elders.

Once back at the apartment I prepared more for Sunday's meal, talked again with my Sweetheart, and now am finishing this blog post!