Not much to report for this week.

 Elise has completely emptied her storage unit and is about 75% moved into her apartment.

Steve and I ate out two nights in a row.  On Friday it was a J.Reuben Clark Law Society gathering.  Smokin' Chicks BBQ was the feature. Yum!  On Saturday, we attended the wedding of Aaron Anderson (Steve and Terri's youngest) and had dinner at the reception.  Thankfully, the pork loin was gluten-free.  While at the reception, we had a great visit with Matt and Joanne Durkovich.  Can you believe we have known them for 33 years?!?  Lots of memories.

For the last several months (at least 6) the project at Laura Jost's house on Thursday morning humanitarian work-days as been to glue pictures from magazines and calendars onto cardstock.  Saturday morning, we finally put all those thousands of pages into booklets (comprised of 10 page protector sheets bound together with yarn). 



Below are Judy Myers and Betty McKinley.  I pick them up every Thursday and it is usually just us three working at Laura's.  On Saturday, we were at the "quality control" table making sure all the pictures were put in right-side-up and that there were not too many pictures of the same animal.  I only found one book that had about four penguin pictures.  And another book where every photo was a landscape.  Otherwise, everyone followed the instructions fairly well.  We had a decent sized crowd show up and we got it all done in a little under three hours.

Below are Laura (right) and her daughter NoNo (yellow) and Lois Graham, another regular (when she is in town)



We put together over 300 books with at least 100 more ready to be inserted in to page protector books!  They will go to daycares and refugees and alzeheimer units.  It has been really fun.  The pictures were so beautiful.  But, I am ready to move on and to get back to quilt making.

I watched "My Life" and "Charlie St. Cloud" this week.  I liked both even though both didn't have great reviews.  They both helped you realize what is most important in life.

I added a new cello student which brings my studio up to 18. 

I started to identify items throughout the house regarding where they came from / their importance, etc.  I have done three rooms so far.  So, kids, when I die, look for the colored dots underneath to know if a piece has any significance.  If it is a fabric item, look for the safety-pinned ribbon.