It is easy to look around and say, "I have got to get rid of this clutter!" But when it comes to individual items, it gets hard. very, very hard
Andrew and I sorted games - keep, maybe keep (lol), give away,
trash (after possible salvaging). Some games require brief testing
before we futher decide. I am shocked at how many variations of Monopoly we
have - especially as I personally don't much care for the game.
Classic, Millennium Edition, UBuild Monopoly (put together a 30, 60, or
90 minute track), Monopoly Deal Card Game. And yet, when Andrew
volunteered that we could give up the Millennium Edition, I said no,
it's such a nice game set - metal box, nice metal pieces, transparent
house and money - pretty ritzy. Even so, we slightly reduced our
game collection and are renewing our acquaintance with the ones that we are
keeping so maybe we will play more.
It took some doing, but we did get some games, cookbooks, and a small amount of never used kitchen tools to the DI trailer. At first the trailer was not at the church as the Stake Calendar said it would be. A few emails and phone calls resulted in the trailer being put in place on Friday the 28th instead of the previous Tuesday. I took another small stack of games to the home of a single mother. Leaving us with keeps and maybe keeps. Actually, even the keeps are maybes, but more likely the maybes are keeps. We can always decide to pass them on later.
Sunday, the 30th. David, Teresa, Joseph, Andrew, and I tested "The Survival Game" and "Global Pursuit". Both games were voted keep. Odd survival questions and one might despute some of the "correct" answers. Global Pursuit has 4 five piece globe puzzles - People and Places, People and Products, Historical, and Geographic. They can be played building the individual world maps or mixing them which is what we did. Friday we tested UBuild It Monopoly playing the "30 minute game". It took almost 30 minutes setting up the starter track and we played for over an hour. Which, admittedly is still shorter than a regular Monopoly game. Teresa, who like me is not a Monopoly fan, laughed and laughed throughout the game. (although much of the time she was laughing at me and my game grumblings) I think we are keeping it as well. I am looking forward to more game testing. : )
Saturday the 29 was a Family Picnic Day all the better because it was Aurora's last day here in California. We had reserved the Group Picnic area at Shasta Park because it is a nice picnic area right next to a cool playground and close to a library with real restrooms. However when I arrived by 11 as required by our reservation contract, I found the playground closed and fenced. The playground next to our picnic area and the one on the other side of the other picnic area - both closed and fenced! There followed a lot of texting between the various households as we decided what to do and where to go. Every time someone suggested a place, I asked for someone to go see if there were picnic tables available. I was not leaving until I knew where we would be able to gather. We ended up at Tahoe Park. A great park and where we usually seem to go. We actually saw very little of Aurora. She and the other kids spent most of the time enjoying the park and playground.
I complained to the parks department and got a free replacement reservation for Tahoe Park on August 10, one of the few days that Debi might be able to join us and there was park availability. (Shasta was already fully booked pretty much every Saturday)
I feel like I have been plenty busy (at a slow Grandma pace with occasional naps) but I have pretty much nothing else to report. One day Andrew and I did another "Ministering Bike Ride" - we each write letters to our people and then bike together delivering them. Exercise and ministering. It's about a 9 mile ride or so.
A Flag Raising and Pancake Breakfast on the Fourth of July. Dinner that day was a red, white, and blue salad - greens buried under red strawberries, white chicken meat and feta cheese, and blueberries served with raspberry vinaigrette. Also blueberry muffins. We have yet to get to the watermelon and blue tortilla chips. On the West Sacramento River Walk we enjoyed the fireworks display for Raleys Field Fourth on the Field.
Our Come, Follow Me lesson this week followed the apostles when they were first on their own after Christ's ascension. They were ready. Ready to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost and lead the church by inspiration and revelation. Ready to spread the Word. Ready to stand before judges and even to rejoice in suffering for Christ's sake as He suffered for ours. Personally, I need to learn to be more receptive to the Holy Ghost - to learn to recognize promptings and to act more promptly. And while I want to have strong testimony like theirs, I am considerably less eager to face the tests they faced. I hope I don't have to, but if I do, I pray that my faith will be strong. As I have been reading in an addiction recovery book, we cannot wait for the battle to become battle ready. We must prepare and train, train constantly. We need to study and practice.
I thought we should lie down if caught out in a lightening storm and I was not alone, but I was wrong. Get down on your hands and knees with your head down. Really? That was the game answer if I remember right.
Actually, I think we are supposed to crouch. Although getting down on one's knees would serve a dual purpose!
How to Survive Lightening
How to Survive Lightening
I am glad you came by to visit. I would enjoy hearing from you.
"Guardian of the Sea" by Nicky Boehme
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