Weekly Report April 22, 2001
Dearest Family,
CONGRATULATIONS TO STEVE THIS WEEK - I BELIEVE HE
WILL GRADUATE FROM BYU THIS WEEKEND. I AM PROUD OF YOU STEVE AND I HOPE
THE WOOLLEYS WILL TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES TO SHARE WITH YOUR FAMILY - I KNOW THEY
WILL MISS BEING HERE WITH YOU.
I have had a fun week and I hope all of you have had
one too. I still haven't heard from my Thai friends and I don't know why -
this has been a frustrating month and I hope it won't happen like this every
year. I don't know how to get in touch with them so I just have to hope
I'll be home when and if they call. I have had quite a few phone calls
with no one answering on the other end and I'm wondering if maybe they have tried
to call and didn't do it right. I REALLY expected them to call today and I
have stayed home except for my church meetings.
One of our new temples at Winter Quarters, Nebraska
was dedicated today by President Hinckley and it was televised. This is
the second one in the history of the church that has been televised and you
could only attend at the Stake Centers if you had a ticket from your Bishop.
It was SO funny - this morning at Relief Society my Bishop came in and
handed me a ticket. I was SO happy thinking it was such a nice thing for
him to do because you were supposed to go to his office to get one. WELL -
when I looked at the name on it, it wasn't even for me - it was for
"Ruth" and evidently she had gone to his office to get it and
something happened and he had to bring it to her. I found her and gave it
to her. It's a change for me for my Bishop to not even know who I am -
Ha!!! I hadn't planned to go anyway so it was okay.
I went to the condo board meeting this week and that
is an "eye opener"!!! Two couples who live in the condos came to
the meeting with a "landscaping plan" - they live on the East side and
want more money and time spent on beautifying their backyards so they can be
"up to standard" with the ones on the West side that have the golf
course in their back yards. Everyone on the board serves without any
compensation and they are expected to "please everyone". Most of
the people in the condos are very nice and cooperative but with 36 condos I
guess there will always be problems. They want to take my little
"rock garden" down because Jack didn't ask permission to build it.
It is SO pretty right now with a lot of tulips in full bloom and the rose
bushes are so healthy and it will be pretty all Summer - I hope they change
their minds!!!
I went to my DUP meeting on Wednesday and I had the
best dessert I have had for a long time. It was a strawberry trifle but it
wasn't served from a trifle bowl - it was served on individual dessert dishes.
The hostess said she put strawberries on the bottom then layered it
alternately with a mixture of creamed cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream
and powdered sugar with more strawberries. GOOD!!!
I have thought about Annie a lot lately and her
experience on the Provo School Board. There was a big article in the paper
about a "school gun hoax" at Timpview High School where all my Provo
grandchildren go (Jimmy will start there in the Fall). Evidently it was
rumored that some students had plans to start shooting other students so they
had to investigate. I'm sure that school safety is a big issue throughout
the United States and the school boards will be involved in all of it.
I had a funny experience yesterday. I told
Margaret I would take care of her dog, "Rerun", while she went to New
York with some people from Utah State to attend some kind of a concert. I
took him out to do "his business" about 4 o'clock yesterday morning
before I went to the temple and then I put him in her garage. When I came
home about noon I put him outside on his leash - it was raining just a little
bit but I didn't want him to mess up the garage and he had been in there for 7
hours. WELL - Margaret's daughter Peg and her granddaughter came by to
check up on him and found him outside and thought he had been out there since 5
o'clock in the morning when I went to the temple so they took him inside
Margaret's home and put him in his bed in the bathroom. They came over to
my condo but I can't hear the doorbell ring when I am upstairs so they didn't
think I was home. After about ten minutes I went to put him back in the
garage and saw that he was "unhooked" from his leash and I thought he
had run away. I just panicked because Margaret loves that dog more than
anything else in the world. I got in my car and drove all around this area
and then came home and searched by foot all over the condo area. I decided
the best thing to do would be to call all the church people and ask them to look
for him around their homes but I thought it would be best to call her daughter
first. Her phone number is unlisted so I went into Margaret's home to see
if her number was on her desk by the telephone. As I went in I noticed the
bathroom door was closed and I make a point of keeping it open to air it out -
when I opened it there was Rerun!!! A little while later Peg called
me and said she had just realized what she had done and she felt TERRIBLE!!!
She was so sweet and brought me a beautiful plant and LOTS of apologies!!!
Do you all remember the wrestler from Wyoming who
won the Olympic gold? One of his best friends who lives in Star Valley
Wyoming has cancer and has had one of his legs amputated. He has had many
operations at Mayo Clinic and I believe he also went to Mexico for treatment he
hopes will help him. He makes fishing fly rods and Margaret bought one
from him and also one to be auctioned off at the golf tournament she sponsors
each year at Oakridge to benefit Utah State. WELL - he was to deliver them
to her today because he was going to the airport to fly to Minnesota to go to
the Mayo Clinic for more treatment. She asked me to meet him at the K-Mart
by our condos because she didn't think he would be able to find her place.
I met them after church and what a sweet couple - they are probably in
their 20's and SO optimistic about his chances to be cured. Their names
are Carol and David Draney and Carol told me they stay with members of the
church while they are at Mayo Clinic.
John - I watched Good Morning America one day last
week when they had an opera singer who was singing out in the crowd at Times
Square and it looked SO exciting!!! I'm SO glad you are doing good. I
had Kinkos copy Daddy's journal from the disc you gave me and I will be
eternally grateful that you had that done - it saved me hours and hours of time
and LOTS of work. Jeannie came over one night to visit for a few minutes
and as soon as she came the phone rang and it was Chris and Wayne calling from
Gulf Shores - she knew I would talk for a long time so she left. The
Weinerts are doing fine and they are VERY busy!!! Chris and Wayne called
to tell me how much they enjoyed Roy & Patrice, Emily, Timothy and Jesse
while they were in Gulf Shores. Wayne said, "Roy is such a GOOD
fishing buddy" and Chris said, "they have a WONDERFUL
family". I was SO happy to learn they had been together. I
hope Chris and Wayne will come stay with me sometime this Summer - they said it
would probably be in August. The Woolleys are doing good too and Ron
is once again "running interference" for me with the problems with the
Lehi property - I just hate to have him spending his time with that. I had
no idea it would be such a BIG DEAL!!!
I was THRILLED to have Bob come over for a visit
last night and was SO surprised to have him bring a "scanner" for my
computer so I can send pictures on e-mail. He spent about three hours
working with it and in my mind I kept thinking, "There is no way I will
ever be able to learn how to do that". He was SO patient and wouldn't
leave until I did it by myself. I am going to send this letter and then
send a "genealogy picture" that was taken when Annie and Jeannie came
home from college - I chose this one because I have a waist in it - Ha!!! I
will send pictures later when I have more time to find some that I think will
interest you. I am SO happy because I will be able to send some pictures
to my Thai friends too.
When I tried to persuade Bob to not do this for me
he said it is my "Mother's Day" gift and this gives me an opportunity
to tell all of you to PLEASE not give me anything for Mother's Day. I have
millions of flowers in my yard (my tulips are prettier than they are at Temple
Square and so are my pansies) - I am on a perpetual diet so I don't need candy -
what I really would like is a card and if you have a snapshot I would also love
that. At this point I don't know what I am going to do about Bob!!!
Michael - your folks kinda' thought you might be
transferred soon. I hope your bike is in good working order now. There
was a missionary who was hit by a car in West Jordan last week as he was riding
his bike. I believe he has recovered now and is doing good. PLEASE
be sure to wear your helmet and be careful. My friend who sends me his
reports from Russia always includes some quotes from his missionaries and they
remind me of you - they're SO excited about their work and love teaching the
people - many are teaching English.
I LOVE YOU ALL SO VERY, VERY MUCH. PLEASE BE
SO VERY, VERY CAREFUL IN EVERYTHING YOU DO. Grandma B
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