quirks

I have been tagged about my quirks. I have so many that I'm not sure I can stop at 6. Here goes:

1. I hate to eat on a table with no cloth or placemat. I'm not sure if I hate the idea of a sticky table or if I like the color and display of the cloth or placemat. Hence, I have lots of both.

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New Career

Since the economy has slumped, Gordon and I have decided to get a new vocation. We are going to be OTR truckers. We had our first experience when we drove a sewer truck from SLC to Houston, TX this week. It was a 15,000 mile trek and it took us two-15 hour days. Actually, the city of Otovalo, Ecuador, worked with Charity Anywhere Foundation to buy the truck and we helped deliver it to the dock in Texas so it could be shipped to the port in Ecuador. What an experience. I want you to know that I can hold my road with the rest of the big rigs. We traveled about 70 mph and were in some heavy traffic in Albaquerque and Amarillo, Ft. Worth and Houston. Texas. I tried to drive a lot during the day so that Gordon could rest and drive the more difficult times at night. It was so noisy in the truck that we couldn't hear each other and I couldn't even hear my ipod either. We tried to read but it was so bumpy that it made our eyes tired. There was a "air ride" feature in the driver's seat to make it more comfortable, but as I was stretching my legs it would touch a button that would shoot me to the top of the truck cab. We couldn't get the air conditioning to work and the floor of the cab was as hot as an oven...really. We had to keep the windows open all the time or we would have been dry roasted. We had some VERY interesting experiences along the way. By the time we got the truck at the dock and scheduled on the ship, Gordon and I were exhausted. We had missed our flight home, hadn't eaten breakfast or lunch and felt like we could hardly walk because we have sat so long. Gordon is an amazing person!!! No one will ever know the hours of hard physical work, the stress, the ingenuity that he has that has made the accomplishments of Charity Anywhere happen. This was an example. What a guy!!

Just a note about Friends. They are people that know you well and like you anyway. This week my two dear friends came to visit. I have been gone from Twin Falls about 9 months now and haven't found a "bosoom" friend here. So you can imagine the excitement I felt when my great friends from Idaho came to visit for two days. I looked forward to their visit for a month. I was NOT disappointed with our time together. We talked and shopped and ate and laughed!!!!! It was wonderful. They are such dear friends. We have children about the same ages and have shared the ups and downs of motherhood. We have cried together, taken care of each others children, cleaned each others houses and bore testimonies of Christ to each other. I know that they were sent here to be part of my guardian angels and I love them dearly. I can't wait for our next f"party" together!!!

Sidney B. Sperry Symposium

This weekend Gordon and I went to the Sidney B. sperry Symposium. The theme this year was the D&C: Revelations in Context. Of the15 different presentations we had to choose just 6. They were all so good. It was interesting as they each talked about the new Joseph Smith papers and the impact that has had on the lessons of the D&C. I learned that the tune to the Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief that John Taylor sang for Joseph in the Carthage Jail was not the tune we sing. You can get a copy of the actual tune by going to mormontimes.com/APoorWayfaring Man.pdf. This is in the Church News.

Gremmert Crew in town

I got a GREAT surprise this week. Tiffany and her crew decided to visit while Ryan was in South Dakota hunting with his Grandfather. We have had soooo much fun! We spent Saturday afternoon at Gardner Village for Wee Witch Day. There were a zillion kids but we had so much fun looking at the witches and seeing all the kids in costume. In fact, there were lots of Big witches in their costumes as well. We have visited 3 different parks and played Star Wars and painted nails and put on makeup. Cookies were also included. We love hearing sweet little voices and don't mind the little fingerprints! The visits are all too short.