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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Life is Good... For Now

Well, to start were I left off in the last post... The bishopric made a bit of a blunder. For some reason the sister who was suppose to be the new secretary was announced as one of the counselors and I was sustained as a secretary. The sister who was suppose to be the new counselor wasn't even mentioned. We got a call Sunday morning (same day as our talks) to come in early and visit with a member of the bishopric. So, finally I got released as secretary and the next moment I am asked to do another calling. I now teach CTR 6, which consists of mostly 5 year olds going on 6 who aren't even in school yet. For future reference, the CTR 6 lesson manual is not geared for 5-6 year olds! On my first day I realized I was losing interest fast, so I cut my lesson short and we worked on a drawing that was related to the lesson. Now I start by reviewing what we learned last week, give a 10 minute lesson, then do some kind of coloring activity pertaining to the lesson for the last 15 minutes. I still don't get why they keep asking if I brought any treats. I know the previous teacher didn't give any, and I haven't given any for the past 3 weeks... hmmm.

I am enjoying my new calling. I have 4 girls and one lonely boy ( who ignores me and colors... as long as he's not disrupting the class...) and I have another boy who's mom is recovering from cancer surgery (normally this family is pretty active, but family is supporting mom now), and another girl who is semi-active (haven't seen her yet) and at least another 1-2 who are completely inactive... Generally I will have about 5 kids. I am surprise how fast church goes by now that I am in Primary.

Our new fence is slowly but surely going up. It's hard to work on too much because we've had a lot of rainy weather lately. The dogs love the wide open space... one comes back, the other comes back reluctantly... after she tours the neighboring houses and chases all the birds away! I might post some pics of our progress.

Our recovery and wt. loss are going well. Pics are coming shortly. Theron has lost 90lbs. and has gone from a pant size of 46-48 to 40. WooHoo. I noticed this morning that I can give him a hug and I can wrap my arms all the way around him! I have lost 60lbs. I have gone from a size 24 to an 18! We are going on a cruise in May, and my personal goal is to be at or under 200lbs. Which means I need to loose another 17lbs. in 33 days... I may actually make it!

Well, wish me luck as I try to explain the Gift of the Holy Ghost in class tomorrow!

Thursday, March 5, 2009

A bit stressfull of a week

For the first time in like 8 or 9 years I have to give a talk in church. Gross. I dislike being the center of attention and I dislike even more speaking in front of large groups of people. I hate even answering the phones at work (and my cell for that matter!) It has been a real struggle for me to prepare my talk this week. I just want Sunday to come and go. The other thing that is stressing me out is my calling. I know it's not official, but I really don't care!! My calling is sort of in limbo right now. I love my calling and I am going to miss it (RS Secretary). Last week the presidency got an overhaul. New pres. and counselors. I haven't been released yet, but was told by the new pres. that she had picked out a new secretary. For some reason they haven't called her. Actually, they have called her and they made a mistake and called her for the wrong position... They might fix it this week, but I still haven't been released... Sunday is going to be awkward... I am hoping the new secretary will be able to continue with everything I have established. I do a monthly newsletter, every quarter I mail out the monthly newsletter to less-actives (gives us 100% on VT), I made up a binder for both RS and Primary to pass around that includes the newsletter, announcements, various sign up sheets, VT message, and the birthday list. I also have compiled a new sister welcome packet. I just hope the new secretary can keep up with it all. I guess we'll see how it goes!


Other than that we are doing great! Theron is down 80# and I am down 50#. I am hoping to lose another 20# in May for our cruise. Can't wait till then!! Most of the fallen limbs have been picked up. It looks strange now, I got used to seeing very large piles of branches piled up curbside waiting to be picked up. Everything looks so.... empty now. We had a few days of cold weather with a little bit of snow, but from today through the weekend we should be getting spring like weather with temps in the mid 70's. How am suppose to concentrate on my talk with this beautiful weather going on??