A Belated October

Wow! It's been forever since I posted to this blog...so sorry. Our October was very busy so here's a recap to catch up. We finished moving INto South Towne Ranch early in the month, then spent the rest of the month moving OUT of our apartment. Since Don's hand has not made much improvement, I was pretty much on my own with the boxing things up and moving them to the D.I. or the storage unit so things went pretty slow. Friday is the day our lease is up so I'm spending a day or two cleaning the apartment; then the move out inspection is Friday and I'll no longer have the keys, so that will be history. Whew! We will be so glad to feel like we can spend time participating fully in the activities, etc. at "the Ranch". I have already taught one Relief Society lesson in our Branch, and I am running the little Country Store that we have for an hour every Thursday. We sell items the residents might need (or like), I buy what I think will sell at the Dollar Store and we resell them for $1.25 to cover tax and provide a little fund for something special. It's fun for me and I get to meet all the residents and get to know them better. Don is making a cart for the Country Store and is loving having a project to do with tools. I am also teaching (leading) a group every Monday after the noon meal...we are calling it Memory Time Writing and Sharing...just a time to discuss memories and write them to share with family and friends. I choose a topic for the week; then we discuss it and share our stories; then write the stories down and share those with the group the following week. This week we had fun exploring our names (who named us, why, would we like to have been able to choose a different one and why, etc.) ....it was fun and we really got to know each other better.