Christmas 2019

This year, KC received a trash can. Yes, a trash can. Why, do you ask? He wants to start smeltering metals and needs a container to place them. In addition, he received a toy truck. It is approximately 7 inches long and 4 inches wide. It is red and does, "Vrrrrrrmmmmm," when you click on its hood. You can imagine how he loves it. Actually, his gift is a remote starter for his truck, but he has to take his truck to Salt Lake to the mechanic in order to install it, and he hasn't done it yet. So, I gave him a toy. I found it funny. I don't know if he thought so.

KC gave me a microscope that I can connect to the computer or Smartboard. He also gave me a steam cleaner. In the afternoon of Christmas, I went around our home, in my pajamas, cleaning several places like the corners of the laundry room and the ceiling of the "cave." This is the TV room.  There is the fireplace, and it is painted browns.  It is KC's room; however, the family spends a lot of time in there, especially during the winter.  We all LOVE to sit by the fireplace.  Anyway, I cleaned the white spots that have remained on the ceiling of the cave since KC sprayed the textured ceiling many years ago. Now, they are not there.  The steamer removed them easily!

Emma loves her purple chair and her Lego set called, "The Rescue Mission." It is composed of a yacht and several other things to save aquatic animals. Of course the colors are pink, purple, light blue and white.

Tyler received three Transformers and 30-40 pairs of boxer briefs from Grandma Thacker. He does not like them, because he didn't think he was needing boxer briefs-especially so many. But, now, he has a plethura of boxer briefs.

Julia received materials to paint- paints, brushes, canvases, easels. She loves art and painting. In her home, she does not have these things, because her mother does not share the same love of creating as I do. For years, she has not encouraged Julia to follow her desire to paint. But you know me. Creating is very important to me. So, I have encouraged her to create and paint ... and she loves it.

The day after Christmas, I had feelings that I needed to write my great grandmother's story. I have been gathering information about her life for many years. For 6 hours, I outlined her life. The next day, I spent 14 hours writing her story. Finally, I finished it at seven at night. It is currently 25 pages.

Today, I asked KC to listen to it and give me feedback.  He told me, "It's not long enough. You have to write her biography ... no! a novel. Her story needs to be written." Then, he started telling me how I needed to do it. So, I will probably write more about my great-grandmother's life, Flora Eva Perry.

Here is an entry from my scriptural diary:

Dec. 27, 2019

"Amulek spoke of the Lord's 'furious anger' in Alma 10:23. This caused me to stop and think. Emotions are normal and essential for our existence. Emotions themselves are usually not bad. It is how we act, or more often, react to them.

"If Christ can have 'furious anger' and still be perfect, it means our challenge isn't to rid ourselves of emotions. Our challenge is learning to control ourselves when feeling those emotions.

"This is true with all emotions A person can be so giddy with happiness that they act out of sorts just as much as a person who is angry or depressed."