Book Clubs

This morning my mom told me that one of her fellow book club members just died. (The deceased member isn't the first in Mom's club to pass on to the Big Book Club in the Sky.) This bit of information made me think about the book club to which I belong. It's quite different than Mom's club. No one has died in my club; but that isn't the only difference. Shall I list more? Okay.

*Mom is one of the youngest members of her club; I'm the oldest in mine. (I must act younger than my age.)
*Mom's club has to "vote in" new members; we are non-exclusive. (Hey, they took me!)
*One member of Mom's club reads a book and reports on it each month--kind of like a book report. We all (or mostly all) read the same book.
*Mom's club spends most of their meeting learning and asking questions about the book. We spend a few minutes talking about the book, but the discussion always involves other subjects (i.e. husbands, children, diets, etc.)
*The non-widows in Mom's club invite their husbands to a summer book club social. Our husbands are busy taking care of our children while we're occupied in club meetings.
*The members of Mom's book club are all empty-nesters. Excepting the single lady members, the rest of us still have growing children living under our roofs.
*Mom's book club probably would never choose to read "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" and "100 Years of Solitude." Unfortunately, ours did.
*Mom doesn't particularly enjoy attending her book club meetings. Book club is a monthly highlight for me.

Recent Photos

Lane, Cindy, Noah and Makenzie with us at the Idaho Falls Temple.

Josh, Annica and Bonnie with Lance and me at the IF Temple. (A & J received their temple endowments and were sealed Saturday, April 17.)

Nephews Tanner and Brennen with their new chicks.
Tanner with Arthur.
Feeding frenzy.
Brother Blake with Tanner and Brennen at the new chicken coop Blake built.
Lanette and Cleo.

Everyone who traveled to Idaho Falls to help Josh and Annica celebrate.

Sara's 20th birthday lunch at Rainforest Cafe.

A Little Mix-up

I'm a member of the committee that provides refreshments for the monthly ICS PTSA meetings. After last month's meeting, the committee chair asked that more food be provided for April's meeting. I decided to make some sandwiches using Costco rolls and homemade curried chicken salad. I made 27.

I delivered the sandwiches to the school district headquarters where the meetings are usually held; however, the meeting room was dark and unoccupied. The receptionist directed me to another room. Turns out, it was the ICS finance committee meeting and there were 2 attendees. (The committee chair told me that the regular PTSA meeting had been postponed one week.) They expected a few (like 3) more people to show up. I couldn't take the sandwiches home, because I was heading to south Bellevue to take Sara to institute and wouldn't return for over 2 hours. I didn't think the sandwiches would be fit to eat after that, and besides, we don't eat bread (at least the kind that contains gluten). So, I left the sandwiches with the finance committee. 27 divided by 5 equals 5.4. I have a feeling each attendee did not eat 5.4 sandwiches.

The finance committee didn't seemed to mind, as the chair said, "Gee, this is the first time we've ever had refreshments at our meeting!" I told her to let me know when their next meeting would be held and I would deliver refreshments again. Not!

Sew What?

Here's a little peek at two projects that have occupied my time most of the week: a quilt top and kitchen curtains. I enjoy sewing, but if you really must know, I'm not that good at it. I enjoy being creative and making things; however, they're never quite "perfect" according to my standards. I guess I'll have to keep trying.

Oh, by the way, HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY!!! (I'm not fooling when I say that I really made these items.)