food, crochet, merriment
“You can be excellent in every way. You can be first class. There is no need for you to be a scrub. Respect yourself. Do not feel sorry for yourself. Do not dwell on unkind things others may say about you. Polish and refine whatever talents the Lord has given you. Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great and strong purpose in your heart. Love life and look for its opportunities.”
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
On the way back from Provo with April and Jacob I tried valiantly to snatch a couple of pictures of the Provo Rock Canyon Temple construction site. You need to be impressed with these photos because I totally took them over my own head and behind my back as we drove past. Quite a feat, I’ll tell you.
I remember back when I was about 10 years old, living in Los Angeles and my mom read in the Church News that they had just finished building the Provo temple, in Utah. She was really happy because now when we came to visit my grandma and grandpa in the summertime we could go see the temple any time we wanted. Before, the closest temple was in Salt Lake City–about 50 miles away.
Well, that was 57 years ago and it was apparently about time to renovate the old, outdated temple and make it new and beautiful. I wish that would work with people. Haha. It surprised me that it was grey and rather dull, but April said that it would be white and gorgeous when they were finished.
We’ll probably be able to see it from the freeway, all shiny and lit up at night. It’s going to be positively majestic.
I can easily see why we call it the House of the Lord.
We are so blessed.
…right this minute.
Grapefruit flavored…anything. I LOVE grapefruit!!!
This little kitty who just sits and watches me work at my computer…sweet little thing.
The beautiful flags that were giving out freely at the Summerfest parade.
Ridiculous stickers that honestly belong on my water bottle.
Super lame earrings that can easily and quickly be turned into a perfect, patriotic necklace. So there.
Finding a hidden note in my sewing bag from a sneaky, adorable granddaugher.
Watching Project Hail Mary for the 2nd time and crying even harder than the first time. Oh, my gosh–I love this movie!
Finding mountains of yarn –one of my favorite things to sort.
Finding an actual shoebox full of embroidery floss–another one of my favorite things to sort. More on that later.
Having a no-time-frame crochet project in my To-Go bag, at all times.
What about you? What are you loving right this minute?
right this minute.
When my windows look just like this.
Having hot dogs and “hobo buns” for lunch.
A very polite kitty that asks kindly–with his dirty little paw–if I will please pet him.
Prettying up the porch with pink flowers.
French onion dip and stick pretzels.
Getting this hard but really beautiful puzzle done ahead of schedule.
Switching my house lights from pink to red, white and blue…with my PHONE! Eeeek!! Hee, hee!
Having all my oils right where I want them, labled and in alphabetical order too.
A little kitty that doesn’t ask for anything…except to be close.
Anytime the street looks just like this.
This amazing, lovely, ridiculous Mother’s day gift that was bestowed on me by one of my kids. Ten points to Gryfindor if you can guess which one. Haha.
A sweet, shy, tender little kitty that runs ahead of me to make sure the porch is completely safe before we venture out.
An open-faced egg salad sandwich…or two in the afternoon. Yum.
A rousing game of 5 Crowns with the family. It’s one of the few games they play that I actually…you know…get without too much hand holding.
A pretty little sign that gets to the point quite nicely. I mean…if you’re going to tell someone to scram, how cool is it if you can be polite about it?
A big sister and her baby brother.
Just the right card from one of my other kids. “Believe me.” Haha.
Family vollyball. Watching it…not playing it..as the sun goes down.
A whole website full of beautiful family friendly music that I can just leave on loop all day long.