Last week

"C"--this updated blog is for you.

I got to go to church last week. Between Stake Conference, General Conference, and work it has been a while since I got to hear a Sunday School and Relief Society lesson.

This week, of course, was General Conference. As usual there were wonderful talks aimed especially at me. President Uchtdorf's talk on how over-scheduling our lives prevents us from focusing on what is most important particularly hit home. I have been feeling very stressed lately by how busy things seem to be and how no matter what I do, there are always other things I didn't do that cause stress or guilt. And yet the things that I do and that I have scheduled are not bad things. Its hard to know what to cut out. I have been wanting to make some applesauce this year because our golden delicious apples make such good applesauce. However, I'm not sure if that will come about. All the apples tend to just fall to the ground and ROT. Sad--I'd love to be able to give them to Timber (who just said she was canning applesauce) or anyone else. But Timber is too far away and they are organic (translated as: full of worm holes) and some people just don't want them.

I had a couple of days with nothing outside of the house scheduled, so I was able to start deciding what I want on the shelves in the storage room. However, there is still a long way to go. "A" walked into the storage room today when she was here to visit and basically said "Whoa". The canned storage shelf makes quite a difference.

I took advantage of a free blood draw test from H2U a week or so ago. Disappointing results. For the first time, my cholesterol and triglycerides were high. About the only risk factor that is bad is that I am overweight. It never matters if I lose 25 or 30 pounds or more than 10% of my weight (this is often cited as a recommendation) --when a health screen is done, I am still overweight. I wonder if menopause is contributing to the raise in Chol and trigl. On the bright side, my Hct and Hgb are well within normal range (they used to be low but with no more monthly blood loss they are better).

Ken and I are taking a CERT class (Community Emergency Response Team) through the Clinton City fire department. Last week we learned how to do triage and help sort the degree of seriousness of injuries in a disaster situation. We also got our fingerprints taken for a criminal background check. Apparently they don't want to give criminals a chance to take advantage of people in the event of an emergency.

I am back with the Wasatch Master Chorale. Last week we practiced "Its Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, Shepherd's Pipe Carol, Carols of Germany, and the Amen Chorus from Messiah". Of course that is only one week's practice. There are a number of other songs we will sing in our program.

I got to work at ORMC on Friday, but fortunately it was not as busy as the day before. Susan ended up working until 8 p.m. on Thurs. I went home by 4:30 or 5. Of course my day was easier because she spent so much time working with those that were having problems the day before.

TTFN