Just things I want to remember. It makes me so sad that I have to set this blog to private. It somehow (illogically) makes it less fun for me.
Last week The Husband mowed the lawn. I remember saying that perhaps that would be the last one for the season. Yesterday it was rain all day long, with a skiff of snow on roofs when we woke this morning. I'm hoping that'll be the signal to the grass to have a long winter's nap. The mums, of course, are looking bedraggled this morning. We had several lovely days, they made me so happy every time I saw them.
We've had quite a few discussions about Christmas and Thanksgiving. We are finally doing pretty much what we'd like to do this year. We'll also be paring w-a-y back on the gifting. It's such a financial "thing" to us. And our financial picture has been grim and getting grimmer. The small investments we had are dropping on a daily basis. It's kind of scary to me. We have an appointment tomorrow to meet with one of our financial guys but I'm pretty sure it's not going to be very pleasant. The last three times we've met with him about our concerns haven't resulted in anything positive. Last time he wanted us to bring him more money to take care of (like we have any more to give him). My logic sense says if he's not doing so great with what he has, why would we want to throw more money at the already bad situation. I'm dreading it.
But...we managed to get the refrigerator fixed. I so dislike it when someone takes one look at an aging appliance and says, "it's too old, you have to replace it." Ultimately it cost us $300 to repair. About 1/10 of what it would have been to replace. And while I don't love our fridge, I simply cannot justify a new one. Nor do I really want a new one. I'll just live with this annoying one. Fixing the fridge means that the reverse osmosis unit (that we also paid to have looked at) works well again. I didn't mind buying the water from the RO unit at the grocery too much, but the convenience of being able to fill a glass from the fridge water dispenser is heavenly.
While the repair guys were here looking at the fridge, we had them take a gander at the washing machine. It was misbehaving. But all checked out and it was worth it to me, I like being reassured.
The Husband is being released as assistant ward clerk / membership. He's wanted this for quite some time. His memory is a frustration to him. And getting the prayers for Sacrament meeting every single Sunday has been a burden that he hasn't enjoyed. While our testimonies will ever be strong, the actual busy-ness of callings at church become less important. Sunday is Stake Conference, the following week it will be taken care of in our ward. I think he's quite relieved. And while he's relieved at that, I think / hope he's enjoying our time at the Bishop's Storehouse. Saturday there was quite busy. I have good shoes. But by the time we got home, I couldn't wait to get out of them. We come home pretty tired and then it feels good to just sit for a while.
We've finally turned on the furnaces. I didn't want to. But it was cold in the house. The gas fireplaces in the family room and our bedroom just aren't quite up to the task. And since we are at home most of the time, we might as well be as comfortable as we can be. (I'll still be very frugal with the heat.) It seems like everyone we know is off on a trip, just returning from a trip or planning a trip. Sigh. Although, we did put a deposit on a week at our favorite beach house back east for next year. Hopefully there won't be any hurricanes to mess things up. I'm just ready to have something to look forward to.
And Thanksgiving? We're having a mostly traditional (I say mostly because I'm still not sure what we'll have (my jaw dropped at the price of a turkey) but we're not doing breakfast this year) dinner. Just the thought of doing two big meals in one day has me all exhausted. Not everyone will come, I'm sure. But I'm good with that. We had everyone last year - all four of our children and spouses, all of our grandchildren except one and it was just what my heart needed. I so wanted them all here just once. Now if we only have some for dinner, that's fine. My wish was fulfilled. 😍
I'm working really hard at being kind. I think the adversary is working really hard on me to not be that way. I dislike that. And I want, truly, to be a good disciple of our Savior. I hope He doesn't give up on me.
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