-Jay McArthur wheeled Ann's trash cart home then McArthur's then Mine! I was out squishing the spoiled spherical portions of my second cantaloupe out onto a stretch of cardboard so it would dry and not breed in my garbage can. The third rumble of a trash cart began and I knew he had taken his two in. A first! He brought mine in as well.
I don't know if he figured out the gold giant J on the back means Jensen. A couple of months ago he said, if I knew which one was yours I would bring it back too. As I watched him today, me ever trying to be efficient, I thought why does he have their white poodle on a leash and only use one hand to wheel back the trash can? But he probably figures it is just more of a fun walk for George, the dog.
I over-sprayed some blue onto the lid and decided I would use the overs-pray line as background color for writing Jensen, Jensen, Je ns en, Jensen, Jensen across the top in black permanent marker. So there is an addition unmistakable clue as to whom it belongs.
-I lay in the hammock in the dark last night and prayed in gratitude. There were such an assortment of things I was grateful for I decided I would innumerate them for myself, up to 10. I did a few more because I couldn't stop but this text from Bonnie Carter was one or more of the 10:
"Ok. I read to Quinn the whole talk. We both really enjoyed it and appreciate that you shared. I'm going to make a copy of the last page if that is OK. WE also did the riddles. That was fun. He asked me some tough questions that were yes and no that I didn't know the answer to :). I am not as smart as him when it comes to scripture. Thanks again."
Last month gave them a 10 riddle game to play since they couldn't fit me in. I had called with my new Hometeaching list from Derek Larson last night because I was hoping to get that talk back since I have two more bishops I want to add to the list. Vaughn Bethers and Larry Higgins.
- I called Eric Yunker and told him he is my HT companion now. He will have a new hometeacher. I guess Alan Averett's tears at parting were well times afterall. I called my new family: Bruce Randall and I got a particular wicked glee from hearing that Hal Stead, at his wife's insistence, would only phone call on the last day of the month and say, well this is good enough to get credit isn't it?
I am OCD sometimes and Hal Stead is so OCD when it comes to mistakes. WE are getting to be better and better friends. His organ mistakes are so much more obvious than my directing mistakes. He has stopped twice in the last couple of months thinking the song was over one verse early!
-So here it is the first week of the month and my HT families know I care and know who I am. It is so much easier being a hometeacher with the diligence and commitment part already habitual and now the time constriction being gone. Of course I often feel depression and just don't feel like going. Perhaps that is why when I do feel motivated I contact them like last night. Plus, I share things/gospel centered that are fun and fascinating or intriguing at the time. Riddles, a missed sacrament meeting talk, a treatise I wrote on pornography to the Carter's last year. Church history stories, original book of mormon print, Lectures on Faith, geography of the book of Mormon (only 2 months)!
-I am getting the strangest considerations about how much longer I could live and produce. Perhaps because of listening to General Conference I keep considering that I may have 1/3 of my life left. 30 years. That could be a second career like 33 teaching years was my first one.
-Camille is going backwards on listening to conference talks. She is listening to 3-4 a day. She is back to 2005! I am in shock! Just what I would have always wished for her!! That is where my confidence, security and foundation strengthening are coming from. So wonderful. I can't believe it. I am having a good influence on others. Even my sister.
-She asked Brian Cooper if he would like to listen to a conference talk before prayers at the end of the day the other night. He said no thank you. She looked up my Monson scout camp fishing story and shared it with him, and he told her which two flies he would want to take with him if that were his assignment. So rich. So funny. So affirming. She said if I find any others like that to be sure to send them along! I replied that I thought that one was a one and only! : )
The Upward Reach
-Camille is unusually happy and blessed right now and she doesn't want it to end. The 4th of July is difficult for her because she lost a baby boy. She has never been up to praying about him. It has always been a shameful thing to her. But she has been able to talk about him to Mark. And this last week she was able to ask HF to tell him that it wasn't her choice and she hopes he is well and blessed."Would you permit me to relate just one personal experience. When I was fourteen years old, our troop went to Big Cottonwood Canyon on a Scout outing. After setting up camp, our leader said to me, “Monson, you like to fish. I’m giving you two fishing flies—a black gnat and a white miller. Now you catch enough fish to feed this troop for the next three days, and I’ll pick all of you up on Saturday.” He departed. I never questioned his charge. I knew if I did my part I’d catch the fish and feed the troop. And I did. I was a man before I realized it just isn’t proper for the Scoutmaster to bail out on the boys. But what a learning experience it was for us."
Woah! Big Stuff! She says she does not have to flashback his life anymore. She has relived it so many times it is more like a DVD/movie and she can watch it from a distance and not feel as much. She said this 4th was the best she has ever had. She just stayed home and did not have to fake or gear up to keep others happy around her.
-Bill Young is in California for a class reunion and his barbershop friends. Jim Young sort of gave me the cold shoulder when the school year ended and he had been kicked out and was supposed to start at Millcreek. I would text him and he would say, I'm busy, I'm working. I wanted to know all about his first job but I had to get info from Bill. Bill has not been very sharing either. It is like he is keeping most of his life apart from me whereas before most of his life was being shared. This weekend I texted Jim and asked him to share 5 things about his life with me when he had the time. Yesterday, I shared 5+ things with him about my life and then he did not ignore me on this second try! He wrote 5 things about his.
7/7/14 9:43p V-
I am sorry. But the person you have called has a vmailbox that has not been set up yet. Jim, no vmail. I don't like typing so I called.
Izy is back from the pound $65
If she would stop roaming!
I :had two frozen beetles in my icecream last night.
They drown while I am reading and then get frozen. Gross. What is this crunchy thing in my mouth.
Went to a funeral today.
Molly has been sick for 2 weeks.
Niki's mom brought slushies today.
I watered both front and back lawns this weekend.
Did not use air conditioning today.
Tell me 5 things about you. Vern
7/ 7/14 9:48p J-
Been working a lot lately.
Been really sick today.
Have a lot of homework to catch up on.
Fed Libby twice today. I like her nice and fat.
And I took a shower in the middle of the day today. Kinda weird.
7/8/14 12:54a
Me and khalani are on the hunt.
-Ta DA! I got responses! I feel like the pied piper. I finally suckered him into responding. Yay! Now if I could only do the same thing for MichaelJ'92
-The red collared black dog mated ahead of me with Izy near the tennis courts last night. He tried to withdraw but was too engorged and Izy was crying and whimpering as he pulled her around behind him. I was talking with Camille on the phone at the time. I said, see you in a minute. There is something I need to take care of. I thought I had hung up but I hadn't. About 5 minutes later I hear Camille's voice coming from my backpack saying: What are you doing? By then I had sat at the toy near the courts, chased the red collared dog twice, crossed Fort Pierce and avoided the first set of sprinklers. Boy was I surprised she was still on the phone. She had put me on speaker phone and had just continued working.
-I dropped off CC at the Alvarez' house and wondered if I would have to worry about the red collar again. Sure enough. Within 5 minutes I hear Izy crying again and chasing noises out front. Jimmy said we were trying to help you out Vern. We were throwing rocks at that dog but they looked like they were stuck together. V-Yep, that's the same thing that happened to me on my walk and I threw rocks too. I explained why they were stuck. Jim said, put her in the back yard. Today I have the front door open but the baby fence across it. These were huge episodes for me. Still trying to make peace with it. I keep asking myself, Izy, you just get hurt, why do you keep following him? I believe she loves to socialize so it is automatic plus she has the wander lust hormones going. One of the reasons I counted the nights she was gone was because I was hoping she would be out of heat when I got her back. Nope. She is not swollen and bleeding/leaking but evidently she still smells good to the males. I sure hope they have safe aborting drugs for dogs, if I need them. And I hope they are not taxed like alcohol to make it cost 4 times as much.
-I was motivated enough to drive to Walmart last night for tortillas and ad match isopropyl alcohol. $1
-An hour ago I was motivated enough to ride my bike for distilled white vinegar and sardines picante and a brown tax envelope.
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