When we got home, the girls were packing all of their clothes to ship home FedEx. They have some sort of plane trip on two different carriers, not enough time to claim and recheck baggage, so they shipped it coming and will also going!! Crazy for sure!!
We headed into Fiddlesticks (corner of 16th and Summitview). They had never been there and were so enthralled that we will go each year. The store has a huge inventory of all sorts of lovely things that look gorgeous and lots of lotions and potions. Each got a couple of little items. I was impressed when I saw Goat Milk Hand Cream. They only had the display sampler on hand so they were going to restock and call me when it comes in. I thought Celise (I VT her) would get a huge amount of enjoyment out of such a thing! She raises goats. She is a little Earth Mother. For all I know she makes handcream. She does lots of things. All natural. These young Mom's in our Ward are incredible women!!
Then we went to Cookie Cutter, Etc. Tori ended up with Silicon cupcake holders. Cassie chose a Moose and a Poodle cookie cutter. We will go there again also. Oodles of things to look at and enjoy!
On to our annual lunch date at The White House Cafe (up on Kearn). We like to sit in the back porch area. They have fixed the pergola in the back and we could have eaten out there but weren't aware it was available. The setting was gorgeous and food carefully prepared and served with lots of little details that make it so special.
Then on to Fred Meyers (off of 40th and near Kearn) Finishing up the school shopping and shopping for jeans. success in that area. we checked out and then the girls start questioning their decisions, the size, the style and I decide... I will wait in the car!!! Sitting down and a nice breeze blowing sounds good to me!
I look across to the GNC advertising it's General Nutrition Company. Out pops a store clerk in need of Weight Watchers, name tag on, digging for his cigarettes. I'm up in a parking lot with him in full view of me. He lights up and then he starts gesticulating and talking loud. I think he's practicing his sales pitch then realize he's arguing with someone on an invisible phone. In between his rants I watch him French Inhale his ciggy smoke. (The French inhale is a trick one can perform while smoking. One takes a deep drag, then while the mouth is open and the jaw is slowly closed to force the smoke out, one inhales through the nose, thus inhaling the smoke drifting from the mouth.) I was watching him and thinking of how that feat used to be considered quite glamorous if a woman did it or a real manly accomplishment by a male. I'd not seen a smoker up close and personal in many years. And couldn't remember when I'd last seen someone French Inhale. How great to have the Word of Wisdom in my life, in the Gospel. It was a bit of a stretch to accept that abstaining from smoking, drinking, tea, coffee etc. were a part of a religion but eventually it did make sense, a confirmation came and I'm truly thankful for that doctrine.
Well, I'm off course here. They eventually got all the purchases sorted out, exchanged or whatever and we headed home. I was really tired.
Jeanee cooked a dinner, we ate, tidied up and headed to Sunnyside to The Dollar Store. We filled a basket with the rest of the Christmas exchange drawing gifts and then got all sorts of things. Including birthday hats etc. We are going to have a birthday night with cake etc. and sing Happy Birthday with name after name from oldest to youngest. Poppa to Sullivan. Tori wants to use her new cupcake holders and make her special vegan Red Velvet cupcakes. (we will most likely do a cake to help her out a bit!) we have birthday candles and all sorts of party things. We had fun shopping and got enough things to entertain the entire family for the full week!!! Lots of blue ribbons for winners!
Then we swung over to Wal-Mart! Jeanee wanted Borax for some Christmas star project she is having us do for the Christmas dinner. Not sure what it is but she always has great crafts/games/activities and things for kids to adults. including an Olympics that teams up adults and children to do remarkable physical accomplishments like a 3 legged race etc. I sat in the car and Cassie and I visited.
Got a wonderful love-filled letter from my youngest DIL, Maureen, and she is so looking forward to McCall and visiting. It is so heartwarming to have DIL's that fully engage in our family reunion. It melts my heart.
Good night!
Now the Day Is Over
Hymn #159
(sung calmly)
1. Now the day is over;
Night is drawing nigh;
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
Night is drawing nigh;
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
2. Jesus, give the weary
Calm and sweet repose;
With thy tend’rest blessing
May our eyelids close.
Calm and sweet repose;
With thy tend’rest blessing
May our eyelids close.
Text: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834–1924
Music: Joseph Barnby, 1838–1896
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