Our week started with the second day of General Conference. Since the morning session didn't start until 11:00, I tried my hand at two recipes for gluten-free donuts. I made half batches of both and I was quite happy with the results. We watched the morning session here in Saint Louis and then hopped in the car and drove to Columbia to catch the final session at Steven and Tamara's. Beckie stayed with the doggies here. Bacon loved hanging out with Steve and here is a photo of the Steves after a yummy supper of pupusas (kind of like a tamale only without the corn husk and the steaming) that Tamara fixed.
We then said our goodbyes, picked up Melanie, and we three attended the Memorial Baptist Choir fall concert that Elise was singing in. It was a wonderful concert. Joel Schilb, the newish choir director, has really done a marvelous job with this group of all-volunteer singers. He chooses challenging enough repertoire that it kind of weeds out the singers that are not great. And, they sounded so good. I particularly enjoyed the John Rutter pieces.
We managed to cram into the week a trip to the Goodwill Outlet and Covid booster shots. We bought some native fall-blooming plants at a local nursery and more blocks for our firepit (to make a third level). We toured another care facility and I hope I NEVER have to live there. Ugh, it was quite depressing. It was stake conference this weekend and I was involved with the choir that sang today. So, we had a rehearsal last night after the evening session and a run-through this morning before the Sunday session. It went very well but I am glad to have that in my rear-view mirror.
And, just to make the week even more crazy, we went BACK to Columbia on Thursday for Steve's kidney doctor appointment. We had planned to go back in August but then we both got Covid so this was when it was rescheduled - and he had to be there at 9:00 am so that meant leaving Saint Louis at 6:30. His doctor was happy with everything and said he didn't have to come back for a year! Woo hoo. While he was at the appointment, I visited a good friend, Laura Jost. I have helped her do humanitarian projects for many years and, true to form, when I walked in her front door, she had a table set up in her living room full of her picture book projects (gluing pictures cut out from magazines onto cardstock to share with daycares, etc. Pictures of animals, flowers, birds, children, pretty scenes). She is almost 90 and has macular degeneration but she still does all she can to help others. She had just delivered about 40 small quilts to a children's charity before starting up the picture books. We had a nice visit.
After I picked up Steve from the doctor, we drove up to shop at the Amish. We had Sally and Linus with us since we were going to be gone all day and Sally felt it necessary to bark at the Amish horses! We then hung out at Elise's place until it was time for me to go and give two hour-long cello lessons with my two Columbia students. I returned to get Steve and the dogs around 6:00 and we were back home around 8:30. It was a LONG day! It has been a LONG week.
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