What a nice letter and thanks for sharing it. Too bad about your mad cow disease though. Stay away from that herd of milk cows near your house-- or did they move it?
We will be seeing Sam on his way to the MTC on Wed. We wonder if he and Camilla will ever see each other? She will only be there one more week. No language to learn! Sam will be going into summer in Aus. Camilla into winter in Va. She is so tall and skinny that I hope she can keep warm and well there. She is used to cold but not damp. Did you hear that she got to visit Doug before she left? She went alone but Janet guided her through the maze of doing it. She was brave and kind to do it too. It really did make him happy! Janet was here last evening and brought me a bouquet of mums and played the piano for us. She played a beautiful arrg of The Lord's Prayer by Mallotte, one of our favorites. She is very good. She gave us the whole rundown on the visit with Doug and said it really was a miracle that they worked it out!! He has two more years to go! Unbelievable!! Unfair and unjust as well.
I am working on finally getting rid of my cold. It has hung on. Elissa is doing the same. They could move in as early as a couple of days before TG to their new house. Very exciting.
We did something exciting today as well. We prepaid all of our funeral costs inc the headstone. Actually we will pay the money on Tues. after we decide the stone engraving. We are going through Bergs and Walker stone. Both have been around forever! Grandpa Engh worked for them awhile after he arrived in Utah from Norway as a young man. Ole was his uncle, his mom's brother. They started out making simple coffins and the women in the family made linings for them, and the dad used his carriage to pick up the bodies and all. That was the beginning. Ole was a master builder and worked on the St Geo Temple and the Provo Tabernacle. I should check it out on Google! I used to work for them as an organist when they needed me. I earned about 35$ each time. It was fun actually. Now at least the family wont need to worry about it and it will make it all smoother when we go. We are going-- but not sure when! Not in any hurry!
I hate this Vesicare I am taking as it makes me sick to my stomach and I may give it up. Yuk! Dry mouth too. Every pill has side effects and most are worse than the problem.
Thanks for all the latest Az news. Hold on tight for the next news headlines. I tried to call you after the Ft Hood shooting. I think it was ideology, and he wanted 72 Virgins-- now! He knew very well what he was doing which makes him a domestic Terrorist and there are more like him out there. You would never know it from the MSM news! They want to say he was misunderstood and had PWDS although he had never been in a war!! We are under attack, and very blessed that all terrorists are not successful!! We are asleep and a war is on. Love, Mom
We will be seeing Sam on his way to the MTC on Wed. We wonder if he and Camilla will ever see each other? She will only be there one more week. No language to learn! Sam will be going into summer in Aus. Camilla into winter in Va. She is so tall and skinny that I hope she can keep warm and well there. She is used to cold but not damp. Did you hear that she got to visit Doug before she left? She went alone but Janet guided her through the maze of doing it. She was brave and kind to do it too. It really did make him happy! Janet was here last evening and brought me a bouquet of mums and played the piano for us. She played a beautiful arrg of The Lord's Prayer by Mallotte, one of our favorites. She is very good. She gave us the whole rundown on the visit with Doug and said it really was a miracle that they worked it out!! He has two more years to go! Unbelievable!! Unfair and unjust as well.
I am working on finally getting rid of my cold. It has hung on. Elissa is doing the same. They could move in as early as a couple of days before TG to their new house. Very exciting.
We did something exciting today as well. We prepaid all of our funeral costs inc the headstone. Actually we will pay the money on Tues. after we decide the stone engraving. We are going through Bergs and Walker stone. Both have been around forever! Grandpa Engh worked for them awhile after he arrived in Utah from Norway as a young man. Ole was his uncle, his mom's brother. They started out making simple coffins and the women in the family made linings for them, and the dad used his carriage to pick up the bodies and all. That was the beginning. Ole was a master builder and worked on the St Geo Temple and the Provo Tabernacle. I should check it out on Google! I used to work for them as an organist when they needed me. I earned about 35$ each time. It was fun actually. Now at least the family wont need to worry about it and it will make it all smoother when we go. We are going-- but not sure when! Not in any hurry!
I hate this Vesicare I am taking as it makes me sick to my stomach and I may give it up. Yuk! Dry mouth too. Every pill has side effects and most are worse than the problem.
Thanks for all the latest Az news. Hold on tight for the next news headlines. I tried to call you after the Ft Hood shooting. I think it was ideology, and he wanted 72 Virgins-- now! He knew very well what he was doing which makes him a domestic Terrorist and there are more like him out there. You would never know it from the MSM news! They want to say he was misunderstood and had PWDS although he had never been in a war!! We are under attack, and very blessed that all terrorists are not successful!! We are asleep and a war is on. Love, Mom
On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Jayne Macpherson <Jaynemacpherson@live.com> wrote:
My letter to Shauna~ I thought the part about the blood drive would be sorta interesting to you. I'll bet you didn't know I had mad cow!Ooohh Shauna that was a sad picture. Bitter sweet but it is so sad they have all left and you are alone.... with 500 other people and Steve.... Oh it is still so sad how can he be grown up so fast and off to see the world. He is such a good looking young man and what a wonderful person he is! You should be so proud of the amazing Mother you are well the most amazing parents you both are. You have done a fantastic job! You are really going to miss him. Now you need Ben to come stay for a year and go to school in SC. It may be good for Ben too. Sam had a "pre mission" and now Ben could have a post mission "mission" he would be wonderful for the missionaries too! I am sure you have been running around at mach 5 with your hair on fire getting him ready with all the another things you have done in such a short time. Had knee surgery, toured the mission with a general auth and his wife, Went to a mission Presidents conference in Florida, Making wonderful food and doing all sorts of other things! That is just the part that I have heard. How is your knee? Are you rubbing Maderma into the scar 2 times a day? It is very important to do it now while it is still fresh. How long is the scar? My physical therapist showed me how to rub in small hard circular motions in each area of the scar as you rub the scar med or Vit E oil into the scar. I really love Vit E oil I wish I had discovered it years ago. I use it on my scar and as a makeup remover and as an eye cream at night. I rub it on my elbows or anywhere else it is dry. (we live in a very dry area in the winter is is worse!) The vit E has really helped my scar!Did I tell you I have have been cane free for 3 weeks now! I am doing much better even better than when Spencer was here. Yesterday I had a great day walking. I went to help with a blood drive at our ward. Brother Turley's family put it on. I think I told you about Celia Turley. She was a good friend of ours. She was 38 and taught kindergarten and has 5 kids from 17 to 7 years old. She was feeling tired and bruised easily so she went to the Dr. That night they called her in the middle of the night to tell her to come in. She had Leukemia. She never left the hospital. they started her on Chemo her body had a bad reaction to it and started shutting down. She died that next day! It has been so hard for her husband he is the nicest guy and such a sweet person. He was released from the bishopric and he also quit his job. He stays home with the kids and does it all himself. So~~ for this blood drive he asked for help. I made cookies as a lot of the sisters did. I was the reception person to help everyone as they came in. We had way too many people come it was overwhelming! I started at 4 and brought Anna and her kids, Sarah and Allison. Sarah and Anna were able to donate. (Allison is too young 14) They waited from 4 to 7:30! Afterwards I took them and Edgar joined us and 4 of the girls friends out to dinner. Sarah's boyfriend, Brad works at Fudruckers so we all went there and he joined us.I can never donate blood because I had Hepatitis when I was 14 and I had mad cow disease! Well Dale and I lived in Germany between 1977 to 1980 so they say we had mad cow. We will never be able to be a organ donor either.SSSOOO tell me all that you did to get Sam ready and out the door? I knew last night he was leaving soon as there was something about it on Facebook asking Sam is Mom is way sad already. The picture of him is so darling! He will be a FANTASTIC AMAZING AWESOME missionary - look at all the training he has had and all of the experienced brothers and sister who have helped him. His mom is THE mission mom!Take care and don't be too sad That is what motherhood is all about working yourself out of a job! Love Jayne
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