The last few days have passed in a blur... here's what I want to record for posterity... ha ha....
Last Thursday evening: Megan had a piano recital. She played Winnie the Pooh and Ode to Joy. Her next recital this fall will be a "High School Musical" recital. Each kid in her group is going to play a different song from High School Musical. This will be quite an event because most the songs, though simplified, still need to be simplified even more. Megan wants to play, You Are the Music in Me. I like that song too... it's pretty much the only song from the second movie that I really liked.
So the Office finally has returned to Primetime... I kept seeing commercials and ads making me so excited... and then what??? Two hours of reruns! Unbelievable... the new episode airs this coming Thursday night.... I guess it's good since Lost is off air for a couple more weeks!
Friday: I did Meals on Wheels for our local hospital. I confess that I dislike doing it. I know that for many of the people it's a big help, but come on... some of the people we delivered meals to, clearly don't need it. And the food can't be that great... it always stinks like nobody's business. One house we delivered to, the guy was standing out front watering his plants and washing off the sidewalk. It seems to me if you can manage a task like this, you could make your self a ham and cheese sandwich for lunch. Who is really that desperate for a nasty hospital meal? Are people so acustomed to taking advantage of government programs that they don't realize that it's not worth it?
After finishing Meals on Wheels, I grabbed lunch for Brayden and I and headed for Joann's. They had a paper sale this weekend... five sheets for a dollar. I had a scrapbooking marathon planned for conference weekend and needed some more paper, so the timing worked out perfect. Then I went to the bank and deposited money into our boat fund... the boat is in the shop right now and it's sucking $$ like crazy!
Nothing like a little Rock Band on Friday night... 
Saturday: Got up and made breakfast for everyone. Took all my allergy meds and settled down the couch to watch conference. Within 15 minutes, I was laying on the couch with a sinus headache that was worse than anything I've had in a long time. I remember listening to Elder Worthlin's talk and crying the whole time because my head hurt so bad. In between sessions, I tried to sleep, but even with 3 advil, I never really got a good nap. It hurt too much to sleep. I laid on the couch for the second session and felt a little better, but man this headache was bad. By dinner, I was able to function, but not enough to make dinner or anything. Luckily, my kids are pros at sandwiches and top ramen. It was so bad, I never took a shower and didn't even brush my teeth until bedtime (this was because it would take too much effort to climb the stairs and access the bathroom with my toothbrush in it.... pathetic, I know....)
I did sit outside in a lawn chair and supervise yard clean up - after we were done, Ian decided to be the first brave soul to jump in the pool (currently sitting at a balmy 72 degrees....) I've tried twice to upload a video of him jumping into the pool, but my computer (or blogger... not sure which) just won't cooperate!
Sunday: Woke up sinus pressure free! Hallelujah! I took a nice, long hot shower and helped Eric with breakfast. Once breakfast was cleaned up, I got out the scrapbooking stuff and got to work. I find that if I have a project to work on during conference I can concentrate on the speakers much better than if I just sit on the couch and try to listen. Sounds weird, but it's true! I enjoyed all the speakers, but I think I really appreciated Elder Ballard's talk the best. He talked about how much more he appreciates his wife since she has had back surgery. He talked about the need to cut back on scheduled commitments for the whole family, having time to recharge and for husbands to give mom's a break every once in a while. I can't imagine a mother of small kids anywhere who wasn't thinking, "Amen, brother...." during his talk. He did warn of wasting time on internet and soap operas/TV. I'm glad that just last week, I cut back on my blog reading list. I know a thing or two about wasting time online! I also really enjoyed President Monson's final remarks. What a touching story he told about his wife and their recent hospital ordeal. After hearing him speak this weekend, there is no doubt that the Lord wants him in charge of our church. I'm grateful that we have such wonderful men leading our church who continue to uplift my spirit and inspire me to always be doing better than I am today.
