Weekly Report February 25, 2001
Dearest Family,
CONGRATULATIONS TO RUSSELL!!! I'm sure you
have all heard by now that he is going to Madagascar and I am SO excited for him
and for all of us!!! When he called me and told me I didn't even know
where it was but it is off the coast of Africa and he will have to learn French.
I want to know more about it and will go to the library and get some books
to help me. I imagine he will be working with many black people won't he?
We are all SO lucky to be able to learn about this part of our country.
I thought it must be a very small Island since I didn't know where it was
but after looking at the map it is quite large. HOW EXCITING RUSSELL - WE
ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!!!
Michael and Ricky have been SO good to help us learn
about Italy and El Salvador. I loved Ricky's letters when he was in El
Salvador and now I am loving Michael's letters from Italy. I feel like I
know Enrico in Italy and I'm hoping he will be able to give up his smoking habit
soon. The picture Claire copied and sent is just fabulous - what a
beautiful Italian family Michael is working with. Enrico is a handsome
young man.
Timothy and Jesse - thank you SO much for your
letters!!! I just LOVE them and have put them on your boards. I have
worried about you all day after learning about the tornadoes in Arkansas - the
news says that power has been off in the South part of the State - I hope that
hasn't affected you. Did you get the trees from your backyard picked up
and hauled off yet? Nature plays dirty tricks on us at times, doesn't it?
Jeannie and Rick have been in Phoenix since Thursday
- they're due back home tonight. I have called Mary Ann and Sarah several
times but I get the feeling they think I don't believe they are competent to be
home alone and I know they are. Our weather turned SO bad on Friday night
and I worried about them driving to Salt Lake early Saturday morning for their
violin federation - they assured me they would take Rick's truck that has
4-wheel drive. I went to Mary Ann's recital at the University of Utah on
Monday night and she did such a good job and she was still getting ready for the
judging on Saturday morning. We went to "Teriyaki Sticks"
after the recital and I had a Thai dish that was good. Sarah came over on
Wednesday night and played her violin pieces for me and I LOVED that - she does
such a good job too. She practiced and studied and then I took her to a
D'Ette party and I went to our Relief Society Enrichment meeting - I listened to
a talk about estate planning and I'm glad I have one.
I have communicated with John during the week and he
is doing good. He was in Tampa, Florida and Atlanta part of the week and
I'm sure it was quite a change for him to go back to New York because the
weather news is that they have had LOTS of snow and COLD weather. He keeps
telling me that he NEVER gets bored - that is a good sign he is happy!!! I
miss having him close but I'm glad he is doing the things he REALLY wants to do.
I know a doctor who makes house calls and I
appreciate him SO much!!! I went to the temple on Saturday morning and all
the time I was there I kept thinking "I should have stayed home".
I have had a bad cough for several days but I kept thinking it would go
away and it just didn't. Bob and Claire came over on Saturday night and I
was REALLY sick. It is the same thing I have had for the last three years
and the next time I get a cough I am going to bed. Bob went to get me some
anti-biotics and LOTS of food (that delicious roasted chicken, potato salad,
etc.) I couldn't eat anything until just a few minutes ago and now that I
am hungry I am sure I am "on the mend".
Claire's father has made a fabulous genealogy book
for each one of their children and Claire loaned me hers. I have wanted to
make a book like that for each of you but I didn't know where to start. SO
I have spent a lot of time this past week typing up Lynn's journal and trying to
get started. It will probably take me a long, long time to get it finished
but at least I am started!!!
Margaret and I decided to go on a diet - she is
going in for a medical checkup-her doctor put her on this diet for three days:
1/2 cup maple syrup ( it has to be the kind you get from a nutrition
store) to 1/2 gallon of distilled water - and then you drink a gallon of
distilled water during the day. I had just barely started it when I came
home from the temple but then I got sick so I haven't done it since. I'm
not sure I will do it - she doesn't need to lose weight but I do.
I think that's all the news. I LOVE YOU ALL SO
VERY, VERY MUCH. PLEASE BE SO VERY, VERY CAREFUL IN EVERYTHING YOU. Grandma
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