We went to Cook's and got the tomato starts. They are currently being shuttled between the back patio (during the sunshine of the day) and the garage (at night when it's cold) until it feels safe to plant them. Don't really want a repeat of last spring when we had to haul out the huge pieces of plastic to cover the starts during the storms. And even then we had to re-plant several.
Visited the dentist - had decent check-ups. I think we've switched dentists. That particular office has four or five dentists, and their approach is to schedule the appointment and then you see whichever dentist is working that day. Nope, not doing that. I want consistency. The bad news: The Husband has a cracked crown (as do I, but so far apparently it's not bad enough to replace) that has to be replaced. They checked the insurance which is supposedly covering all but $37. So we decided to go ahead and have it done. Knowing that there'll be no money left for any dental work the rest of the year. Sigh. The good news: that was all that's required. Our teeth are doing just fine overall.
A long-held desire of mine has been to attend BYU Women's Conference with my two daughters. It didn't ever happen. Was supposed to the year that they cancelled (COVID) and this year is the first year back in-person since then. I've told everyone that'll listen that this year my desire was fulfilled. It was a great day. So happy that I got to do what I'd wanted. The only thing that the three of us have done together before was go eat together at some local eatery. But this year was great. We opted to stay in the Marriott Center for the entire day. (I can manage one day, but both days would do me in, I'm so crowd averse.) Sheri Dew and Camille Johnson (the general R.S. president) opened and closed the day, and they were the ones I most wanted to hear. And they were both terrific. The other sessions only mildly interested us, but I'm here to say I think we all benefitted, there was value in every session.
Was walking around the perimeter of the Marriott Center on my way back to my seat before the final session. The organ music was being piped and was quite loud, no where to escape it. Then I walked through the portal into the center and all of a sudden could hear the women singing. The music actually stopped me in my tracks. I'm not a big fan of organ music, even the hymns. But in the run-up to the sessions there in the Marriott Center, for whatever their reason, the organist would play some hymns, the words would scroll through on the big screens and whoever wanted (which I would guess was about 75% of the women in attendance) would sing. It created the most wonderful atmosphere. I really thought I was suddenly hearing a heavenly choir. I hope to remember that small moment in time. My heart was happy.
Was treated to lunch by our daughter as she headed out of town toward home. So grateful to be able to go to Women's Conference with both my favorite daughters. Another one of those closely held desires that I wondered if I would ever achieve. And so grateful that it happened. I likely won't really ever ask for that again, but just this once: it was as lovely as I could have hoped.
And another article that I really liked: The 1, not the 99 Not a perspective I've ever thought of, but am glad I read this one. Lately I've been reading a lot of interesting articles. And thoroughly enjoyed Sheri Dew's talk yesterday where she focused on words. So glad I'm not alone in my love of them.
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