December 4, 2022
Dear Family:
No birthdays this week (that I’m aware of). Marissa is Dec. 20, Tanner is Dec 27, Brian
and Megan’s anniversary is Dec 29. Haley
had her second knee replacement surgery last week. I’m sure she is suffering right now.
Side note: The book I
was referring to in my letter/blog last week, is a movie. (I’m only 10 years
behind the times- it was released in 2013).
I was scrolling through Amazon
Prime, there it was ‘WISH YOU WELL.” The
movie was pretty true to the book. I’d
highly recommend it.
Amy is recovered from Covid and tested negative in record
time. So far, Mike and I don’t have
it. I hope no one else at the Brad/Sheri
Schnell Thanksgiving gathering got it.
Today was our first snow of the winter. It isn’t supposed to stick and it’s supposed
to be over by late afternoon. I hope so
because I have a piano recital tonight in Beaverton at Creekside Retirement
Village. Anyway it reminded me of this
Carpenter song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ChayT4uNLM (First Snowfall of the Winter)
Last Tuesday, I got up thinking, “I need Thanksgiving
leftovers” I happened to have a Turkey
tenderloin in my freezer. I had a box of
Winco “stuffing” in my cupboard. So I
started. I had two Granny smith apples
so I made a little “apple pie in a paper bag”, I made a half batch of monkey
bread. And I shared with Mike, Amy and
Conner. Amy was still down with Covid,
so she ate in bed. Now I have to share
my big discovery. I got on line and
found out how to dress up boxed stuffing.
I’m sharing the recipe (I did make a half batch with only one box of
stuffing.) I’m never going to worry
about stuffing again. It turned out
great. (I did make sure to mince (very finely
chop) the onions and celery.) I loved it
and you couldn’t tell it wasn’t the old fashioned stuff. (RECIPE IS ATTACHED TO THE EMAIL)
Last week I visited a couple hours with my old friend
Dorothy Nielson. She is going to be 97
soon. I also spent time with Norma, a
sister in the ward that I visit teach-minister to). She is in a lot of pain, and I’ve taken her to
Physical Therapy several times, to the doctor several times, got her
prescriptions from Safeway a couple time. Their lives are hard, they are
wondering why they are still here. My
message is: I’m getting very familiar
with those who lives are nearing the end.
I will miss them. I feel for
their suffering. I wish I could do
something other than just be helpful. I’m
78 ½. That’s not old, is it? I am aware that I can’t run, I have a hard
time getting up if I get down on my knees, I don’t have the endurance I used to
so that I can work in the yard longer than 1 hour, etc. But I’m so fortunate that I still teach
piano, still have my band that has 6 gigs this December. I’m healthy mostly; I can still walk unassisted,
unless Mike is nearby; I can see, talk, hear, enjoy people and look forward to
seeing my family soon. I’m blessed. Most of all, I’m blessed to have all of you
in my life.
If Glennda and I had our granddaughters and granddaughters-in-law around close, we might be convinced to do our “Christmas Baking Day” again. But without Judy, we don’t feel up to it without her. Besides, we decided that if we make all those goodies, we’ll just eat them and I sure don’t need more sweets. I hope you enjoy these photos from our "Christmas Baking Day".
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By the way, at 7pm tonight they are re-aligning the ward
boundaries of 4 of the Tigard wards and the Spanish Branch. So, we’ll see what happens. I have thoughts about it that I’ll keep to
myself. I won’t be going to the meeting
because that’s when I have my recital.
Have a wonderful week.
Remember that “Family is Everything”. We are all so grateful that Emery is better and that all the great-grandchildren are doing well. Being with part of the family last weekend in Spokane was a dream come
true and made my heart sing.
Love Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma, Sister and Aunt Suzanne
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