Back At the Lake

Our lives are back and forth from our Draper home to the Lake.  As long as Craig is serving in the Bishopric we are driving back and forth.  Craig is very dedicated to his calling.  We drove down to Salt lake Sunday afternoon after church with the boys Michael and Landon.  Monday we attended the funeral of Louise.  Tuesday Craig had young men's and young women's special program for the New Year so he had to drive back to the Lake.  I thought he would stay for a few days.  I was looking forward to having a few days to myself.  Well he scared me to death at 1am in the morning he drove up to the lake and back in the same day.  The church event went well and then he was back on the road again,  It was a bad night to be driving.  Another snow storm up North.  He arrived safely.  I didn't know he was coming back, so he did scare me when he came up to me and said boo in the wee morning hours.  I thought I was going to have a heart attack it startled me soo!  My crazy husband.  He can't stand to be away from me for very long.  Snow never came to valley in Salt Lake it is all up north this last storm.  It warmed up, raining and the snow is melting,  Wednesday and Thursday I spent the two days cleaning our Draper home from our family Christmas party and from Stacy's family again staying at our Draper  home during the week after Christmas.  Wish we could have spent more time with them,  Stacy had fixed me a nice birthday dinner when we arrived on Sunday evening,  She gave some lovely flowers, gift card, candle and a healing bracelet with some bath balm.  She is always so thoughtful to her parents,  We did enjoy the short time we had with them this last visit.  I worked hard the past three days putting things back in order.  I manage to get things cleaned up.  I didn't put any of my Christmas decoration away yet.  The season is so short, I leaving it all up for awhile at our Draper home.  It feels good to get it nice and clean and orderly. It wears me out cleaning.  We went and visited Trisha and Buck Wednesday evening and returned all the folding chairs we borrowed for our family Christmas party. /Saydee goes back to College in St, George this Friday.  By Thursday afternoon Craig was ready to head back to the Lake.  I was beat from cleaning all morning.  We packed up and made the drive.  We thought it was going to be bad roads and snowing on us, but they were clear all the way.  They had gotten lots of snow on Wednesday at the lake every one was snowed in.  By the time we arrive it had warmed up enough it was raining and the road were wet not snowy which made for a safe drive back.  I started editing my blog entries for 2021 and 2019 which I have not printed yet.  I worked late last night hoping to get it down so I could catch the 45% special for printing.  But I wasn't able to make the deadline my midnight.  I like my quick entries on my phone but there are lots of typo errors that need to be fixed.  My phone is a challenge at times for some odd reason I keep miss typing the word and -to (ans.)  When I'm first typing I do make lots of errors so it is nice to have fresh eyes reviewing before printing.  It give me time to review the year activities and see the many blessing that have transpired in our lives over the year.  I'm so grateful for the time I do take to record my thoughts and feelings over the year.  Going to try to do a little better in this area,  I started a 2022 digital scrapbook.  I'm behind on 2021 and and several other years.  This is going to be my goal for the winter months to try to catch up,  I like to at least make one scrapbook and my yearly blog book.  It is an ongoing work for me.  Craig left this afternoon for a temple outing with the youth in our Ward this afternoon,  This gives me time to work on my editing projects.  The week has gone by quickly.  I also want to keep up on my Old testament study time too.  I have let this week pass me by with other chores that needed to be done.  I'm enjoying my time at the Lake to reflect about our lives this past year.  Pray for a better year of health for sure!! I'm still fighting fatigue.  My stomach is feeling better.  I can tell I'm just not there yet from recovery since I had Covid virus in July.  I've been struggling with long Covid effects.  They are saying the spike protein's from this illness can stay in our bodies up to a year.  So I'm sure this is what I'm struggling with.  These winter project will give me time to rest and still recover from the long Covid side effects.  There is lots of snow at the lake this year.  It has warmed up just enough for it to start melting.  Hope to enjoy our winter time this year.  I need to keep busy so depression doesn't set in on me.  I seem to struggle with this time of year which is not uncommon for many.  Going to California will be a nice change of scenery.  Looking forward to our time there with the Grandkids.