This blog gives me a space to record my adventures, my successes and failures, my thoughts, and all things pertaining to my family and my extended family.
First off, my time of quietly hiding in the background is over, I'm sad to say. It was a wonderful month. RIP The young single soldiers figured out that I can make food that is a little better than something out of a box or the stuff that shows up all too frequently in their chow hall line . . . At our Ward BBQ on Tuesday evening, they were very skilled (Morgan, mostly) in asking all the right questions in rapid succession so that I found myself inviting them over for dinner on Friday night. And then it turned into, "Can we invite the elders?" "Can the sister missionaries come, too?" "And how about Elder and Sister Sim?" (the senior missionary couple serving here now) So . . . Friday night, we ended up hosting 9 guests + Scott and me = 11!! We did purposely buy a dining table from IKEA that could extend and seat lots of guests, so I'm glad the seating arrangement all worked out. We extended the table a little further by setting up my sewing table d...
I stayed behind for an extra week instead of flying back to Italy with Scott so that I could attend my Grandma Lillian's Celebration of Life up in Portland first. I'm so glad I did! Seeing the world from several thousand feet up never gets old. The Columbia River coming into Portland . . . I drove myself over to Amber's house in my 2025 Toyota Rav 4 rental car. It was past 9:00 p.m. so it was dark and the city looked so magical as I drove across bridges and past skyscrapers. Even though it was late when I arrived, at least it was a Friday night so the girls didn't get in trouble when they snuck out of bed to give me a giant hug. Abby announced that she would be providing all of my meals during the weekend, and then she showed me a handwritten menu that she made just for me!! You can click on the photo below to see all the adorable options she created. Before I tucked myself into bed, I let Abby know that I would absolutely love to have some avocado toast the followin...
Buon giorno! Ciao! I landed in Italy yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon, after being up for more than 24 hours straight. The travels all went great and I had no issues or delayed flights. Everything went as planned, thank goodness. I'm so grateful for a horizontal bed that I could sleep in last night and for a no-rush morning today. :) I'll recap the past week really quick, and then I have some photos to share of our new house that we'll be moving into very soon. Last Wednesday, I took my niece, Mari, and her dog, Ducky Momo, to a grooming appointment. Ducky is 13+ years old now, and was in dire need of some pampering. His fur was pretty matted, unfortunately, so the groomer warned us that she would probably need to shave him down. The alternative would have been an extraordinary amount of combing through all the tangles with a small pick, which would have been very stressful for him. Ducky Momo before . . . And Ducky Momo after . . . Because of the frigid temperatures in E...
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