OK - starting from earlier in the week:
Wednesday - Tonight we watched the debate tonight between Mitt Romney and Obama; I thought it went well. I felt like Mitt Romney was very clear in what he said and the the differences between the two were very apparent. I hope that it does well for Romney and that lots of people will understand what he is saying.
Terrible morning at the office today after staying there until nearly 8 p.m. last night so that a person who is good with computers could “re-image” my computer - which meant essentially wipe it out and start it all over again as a new one. I had been having lots of trouble with it freezing up numerous times each day and after several conferences with the technical people in Salt Lake City, they sent us a disc to have the re-imaging done. Of course I had to call them earlier for help in saving everything from the old one on to an external hard drive which we purchased for that purpose. So - when I arrived this morning, I started up the computer and began the task of moving things from the hard drive to the “new” computer. I was able to find lots of things that looked like what I wanted, but when I opened them up they were from 2009 to 2011 and after 30 or 40 minutes of trying and a phone call to the person who helped last night I was facing the reality of having lost everything that I had worked on over the past six months. Since I was able to get the web address for the referral site I decided (after spending some time in the back room crying) to check on referrals; I did, and then went to print one out to send to the missionaries - only to find out I could no longer print from my computer. Jim spent some time trying to put a new driver in - but could not get it to accept it. That made a call to Salt Lake necessary again. After getting help from them to get my printer working I ventured to ask if there was any possibility they might be able to find my lost files - and about fifteen or twenty minutes later I had all my stuff back. Oh my goodness, how grateful can a person be???!!! That made the rest of the day WONDERFUL.
My leg was bothering me a lot as we drove home, so when we got here I made for the LaZy Boy and Jim worked on making dinner. He did a great job, even though the debate was on. I have such a good husband:)!
Friday - Home again after a seemingly very long week. Yea! We stopped at Wal Mart and picked up a number of things needed for an apartment we are making ready for a Senior Couple arriving this next week. That went well (I'm good on the little mobile shopping carts!). Dad is tired now, so we are not doing anything yet towards dinnier; watching the Deadliest Catch (he is) and resting. Tomorrow and Sunday are General Conference. Not feeling much like going the wheel chair and crutches route, I think we will be watching it on my laptop. I am grateful to be able to do it:). It was good to hear good news from Christine, that Ammon is doing much better and they are looking forward to being at Conference and visiting with family and friends.
I am putting a couple of pictures here taken by Sister Wels today - pics of me arriving at work in the “elevator” (really a cargo lift) and one of me in the wheelchair near my desk. The lift is incredibly slow and noisy as the gears, chains or whatever grind as it is working its way down or up. I have to say the smiles were forced - but the pictures will be a good reminder of these difficult weeks. And they have been difficult....but I take hope in the words of President Monson at the close of conference today (Sunday) when he said, “during the difficult times we learn the most.” Oh my - if only I can figure out what it is I am learning!
Saturday - Watching General Conference this morning I could not help but think back to our earliest days in the church, particularly to my first times of attending such conferences, and through the years, my efforts to make it a family affair - sometimes struggling to juggle kids, babies, etc. and still hear the words and feel the Spirit. Now I find myself wishing, to some degree, that I could go back and somehow “do it better” - somehow make sure that each of my children understood (understands) the immense value of attending Conference, of listening carefully to the words of our Prophet, the Apostles, the Seventy... the blessings that can come into our lives from doing so. Then I found myself wondering how many of my children & grandchildren were listening today... what kind of a “report card” I would get for my teaching efforts of the past; did I pass that test of mortality? Did I do all that I could, all that Heavenly Father expected me to do? It is hard to know. ..... I was very happy to know that one of my children (Christine) and one of my grandchildren (Ammon) were actually in the congregation at the conference center.
Sunday - Well, I have gone back and made a few additions to the notes above. Being able to watch conference with my foot up in the Lazy Boy has been a huge blessing, for which I will be forever grateful. Grateful again to know Christi and Ammon were in attendance this morning and happy to receive her phone call after the first session that they had met with her New Zealand host mom, Barbara Clark and Rima - a New Zealander who joined the church, then served a mission during which he met the Clarks (and maybe lived with a while?) and now rents a home from them. Rima is to do a concert (organ I think) on Tuesday evening, which was to have been in the Tabernacle, but has been moved to the conference center because of some renovating (?). President Monson (and I think some other General Authorities - if I have the story right) are supposed to be in attendance at the concert. As Ammon was asking Rima some questions about the organ, and Rima found out that Ammon has been taking piano, he invited him to come early (5:30) on Tuesday and will let him play the organ. What an opportunity! They are so excited!!! Now I am thinking back to our trip following the Mormon Trail and the piano, or was it an organ?), in the church building in Independence, Missouri (I think) where at least one of our kids got to actually play the old instrument. If someone remembers more exactly, please remind me!
My resolves from Conference: Count my blessings, large and small (Thomas S. Monson); in my morning prayer ask the Lord to show me someone to serve or to help each day (M. Russell Ballard) ; set aside the things in my life that don’t really matter & spend time on my genealogy (Richard G Scott); stop expecting immediate answers to my prayers (Henry B. Eyring); and from Thomas S. Monson’s closing: study the conference talks, pray for inspiration to know of the needs of those around me, and be of good cheer! I would love to hear from my beloved children and grandchildren what resolves you have from Conference. Much love to all....
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