Great Meeting!!
Posted by Robyn Nelson on Wednesday, March 5, 2014
What a great meeting last night. And I'm not just saying that, because of the suggestion to post that, but it really was. the part on "meeting attendance", when I heard what the brother said about the "chaos", I burst down crying. I know I get the phone hook up, so I wasn't even there for that, but this is still my cong, and it hurt. I have to examine what I do as well. I don't always follow along, sometimes my head hurts to much to be reading and I just listen. but I could try harder.
the other thing is, sometimes I start to freak out a little when I am home alone, not always, just on my roughest days, so i will have the TV on in the other room, on low, just so I can hear noise in the house, as it helps me to feel like I'm not alone in the house. On those days I also run around and make sure everything is locked up tight, and the curtains are closed. I kind of figure if there was someone outside snooping around, if they hear the TV they will think others are in the house too.
So, this morning I was able to listen to the meeting. it was actually loud and clear. I have never had to turn the volume down to hear it. the volume is always maxed and I have to concentrate to hear it. So that was pretty awesome.
Steph was so hopping she would be able to get home in time for the meeting. Between opening week and training in, she is working 11+ hours a day. she never even got to take a lunch break yesterday. she said the only time she got to sit down the whole day at work was when she ran to take a bathroom break. so her and the other baker, worked 11 hours without a single bite of food. That doesn't include driving time. But she is hopeful things will settle down next week. She still really enjoys the job and Panera really takes care of their bakers.
Oh, Panera... they brought home some stuff from Panera, and late last night I shared a spinach and artichoke souffle.. it was so FABULOUS!! she said they are even better when they are fresh. I also had some cinnamon crunch bagel with hazelnut cream cheese.... whoa, LOVEEEEEE!!!!!!
Lauren and ma found an apartment. They looked at number of them yesterday. Anyway, they don't have the official thumbs up, but the gal assured them there shouldn't be any problems. They should be able to move in April 1st. Which is sooner than we expected. Both my mom and her have a lot of sorting to do. My mom isn't taking everything. Once they pack up what they are taking, she wants us to go through it and pick and choose what we want, then the rest will go up to the auction barn.
sometime this spring/summer, EO and I are going to go through major cleaning here too. we think we will sell this house and be moving into a smaller house. we just don't need this big of a house. Then we could get out of a lot of debt and seriously simplify our lives. We would have a mostly finished basement, so that if we had kids that came back home, they would have a place to go. But mainly we would just pay off bills and keep things simple for the end of this system and not be tied down to a big house with a big mortgage. Ok, so I clear things up. yes Lauren is leaving. but, as for Colton and Steph, they to will leave someday, not right away, but we are trying to prepare so that when they do move, when ever that will be, we will already be simplified or simplifying. I'm not even sure if we will be able to sell and move this year or not. But we will be working on it. So no real big deal or anything.
With all this stuff going on, we are going to try to have a luncheon, maybe one Sunday after the meeting at the town hall or something like that. Just a show of support for Lauren taking on this huge responsibility and Christian obligation we have towards our parents and grand parents.
EO said he was going to try and round a few brothers up to help us load up the truck for Lauren and ma. Then he was going to see about getting a few brothers from Superior to help us to unload the truck in Superior. I pray pray pray pray that we will be able to have things go well.
Well, EO is tending to stuff at home today. Well, he had to tend to some stuff for his Aunt this morning. And then he and Colton are going over to Bill's to shovel the snow off the roof of his garage. But then he will be able to come home and do some stuff around here. yeah, so he gets a day off, and he is still running for everyone else. I kind of think we won't be able to get away for our anniversary. too many people need him. he never gets a day off.
the other thing is, sometimes I start to freak out a little when I am home alone, not always, just on my roughest days, so i will have the TV on in the other room, on low, just so I can hear noise in the house, as it helps me to feel like I'm not alone in the house. On those days I also run around and make sure everything is locked up tight, and the curtains are closed. I kind of figure if there was someone outside snooping around, if they hear the TV they will think others are in the house too.
So, this morning I was able to listen to the meeting. it was actually loud and clear. I have never had to turn the volume down to hear it. the volume is always maxed and I have to concentrate to hear it. So that was pretty awesome.
Steph was so hopping she would be able to get home in time for the meeting. Between opening week and training in, she is working 11+ hours a day. she never even got to take a lunch break yesterday. she said the only time she got to sit down the whole day at work was when she ran to take a bathroom break. so her and the other baker, worked 11 hours without a single bite of food. That doesn't include driving time. But she is hopeful things will settle down next week. She still really enjoys the job and Panera really takes care of their bakers.
Oh, Panera... they brought home some stuff from Panera, and late last night I shared a spinach and artichoke souffle.. it was so FABULOUS!! she said they are even better when they are fresh. I also had some cinnamon crunch bagel with hazelnut cream cheese.... whoa, LOVEEEEEE!!!!!!
Lauren and ma found an apartment. They looked at number of them yesterday. Anyway, they don't have the official thumbs up, but the gal assured them there shouldn't be any problems. They should be able to move in April 1st. Which is sooner than we expected. Both my mom and her have a lot of sorting to do. My mom isn't taking everything. Once they pack up what they are taking, she wants us to go through it and pick and choose what we want, then the rest will go up to the auction barn.
sometime this spring/summer, EO and I are going to go through major cleaning here too. we think we will sell this house and be moving into a smaller house. we just don't need this big of a house. Then we could get out of a lot of debt and seriously simplify our lives. We would have a mostly finished basement, so that if we had kids that came back home, they would have a place to go. But mainly we would just pay off bills and keep things simple for the end of this system and not be tied down to a big house with a big mortgage. Ok, so I clear things up. yes Lauren is leaving. but, as for Colton and Steph, they to will leave someday, not right away, but we are trying to prepare so that when they do move, when ever that will be, we will already be simplified or simplifying. I'm not even sure if we will be able to sell and move this year or not. But we will be working on it. So no real big deal or anything.
With all this stuff going on, we are going to try to have a luncheon, maybe one Sunday after the meeting at the town hall or something like that. Just a show of support for Lauren taking on this huge responsibility and Christian obligation we have towards our parents and grand parents.
EO said he was going to try and round a few brothers up to help us load up the truck for Lauren and ma. Then he was going to see about getting a few brothers from Superior to help us to unload the truck in Superior. I pray pray pray pray that we will be able to have things go well.
Well, EO is tending to stuff at home today. Well, he had to tend to some stuff for his Aunt this morning. And then he and Colton are going over to Bill's to shovel the snow off the roof of his garage. But then he will be able to come home and do some stuff around here. yeah, so he gets a day off, and he is still running for everyone else. I kind of think we won't be able to get away for our anniversary. too many people need him. he never gets a day off.
