Great adult social

Last night we went to a great adult potluck / bring your own meat to BBQ at the park by our church. It was nice getting to know different people. Someone had this cool game to play where you sling 2 balls on a rope about 20 feet, and they hopefully catch on a ladder structure for points. Someone made ice cream for it too !
We rearranged our bedroom so now we look at the window instead of being under the window..I like the arrangement better..we are hoping it improves sleep.
I had 7 busy little Sunbeams today at church, so the secretary came in to help me. We have one special little non conformer type A personality !!! She needs more attention !!! Having a GREAT time here !!!
We forgot the funeral yesterday of our 92 year old matriarch in the ward..feisty and brilliant to the end.!! Just the body gave out !! Edith Snapp..great lady !!

FAMILY REUNION

I got home from my mom's family reunion that was Saturday in Utah on Monday evening. Isaac drove and took me with him. It was fun and it was awesome that my mom and all my siblings were there except one. He doesn't really claim us anyway. Isaac dropped me off at Ontario Mills Mall at 10 a.m. That is the freeway junction he takes to get to UCLA. I hung out there and the stores around it until 6 p.m. when Bill came and picked me up after work . Isaac and I had spent the night in St. George to cut the trip in half. He had to be somewhere with Amy Monday afternoon at UCLA.
Yesterday I started working in the temple 11 to 5. Temple WORK is the correct name for it !!
Today I cleaned and washed and sewed and read.

our youngest son and wife are moving on

Today the Uhaul truck in the driveway says it all...our son and his wife get their apartment at UCLA tomorrow. We will miss them !!!
We had an enjoyable dinner at a mansion in the ward tonight..It is the home of a counselor in the bishopric.........VERY NICE IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. I told them they could come to our cottage sometime. She said she would rather clean the cottage !! We had flank steak grilled each side 6 minutes then sliced thin and re grilled till done...the rest was potluck stuff...they invited 7 people over. It was real nice and fun !!

today I painted my fireplace.

The white is the before photo and the tan is the after photo.....there will be a final photo after I build a mantle to go over those 10 bricks sticking out above the rectangle that are pretending to be a mantle.

fireplace

Today I decided my ugly fireplace needs fixing. I primed where I patched it previously. I vacuumed it,washed it down, and rinsed it. I used black flat spray paint inside it until the paint ran out. [My brother says that is what you do to solve the inside.] I will buy more black spray paint and finish spraying it tomorrow when I am home alone...I don't want anyone else to loose that many brain cells in 10 minutes. [yes I ventilated and had a fan going] I picked up a quart and three sample size oops paints that I am going to mix together and paint it with.{$2.50} It is currently poorly sprayed white...it will be a tan with black inside. I will make a mantle, this mantle is 10 bricks turned sideways. The bricks on this fireplace are very crumbly so I can not strip them like I did in my previous house.[I have been storing a TV inside this fireplace,it is not like we use it . This a big section of wall that really cannot be ignored successfully.] I just love a project !