"Winter Wonderland"

Where did January go? Time is flying past so quickly it takes my breath away. We hardly start a month and it is gone. Snowstorms and indoor days characterized January, and that was much to my liking, since I love the beauty of the snow and "winter wonderland" was everywhere! I also like staying home more than anything else, and it was a very good thing I could stay home
more, as I was so depleted from our overly busy schedule during December that I have barely been able to function. The times I did have to go somewhere I had to force myself to get ready and then take a rest after I got home. I guess I just have to concede "the old grey mare ain't what she used to be!" (For you youngsters, that was a song we used to sing ages ago.)

I spent a lot of time working on the family newsletter, and decided to try sending it e-mail, since our mailing list has grown to 19 with all the young adult and married grandchildren! The frustrating thing was that I spent so much time putting pictures in it, positioning them just right with the text etc. , and then when I sent the newsletter, they didn't transfer so no-one even knew the pictures were there. Not only that, the pictures in my original computer hard drive copy disappeared. Even the computer gurus can't figure out why that happened. Dave told me about a program I could install to make sure the next one gets to everyone properly, so that is my next project.

Now, it is a new month and a new adventure is beginning! Gary and I just accepted a new calling as Stake "Daily Dose" Coordinators. The Daily Dose is a program to teach English to Spanish members and non-members, and it is an excellent missionary tool, so we are back in the missionary loop and glad to be in it! It is an exciting loop to be in, but will mean some other things will have to be let go. This is our biggest challenge--to fit our obligations to the time and energy we have available. Since our family is a high priority to us, we don't want to neglect those opportunities, therefore , it is a constant juggling act to fit everything into our lives that are the most important things, and I imagine that is something that will only end with the end of our mortal lives. Somehow I believe that is one of the tests of mortality because what you give your time to is what you give your life to! Perhaps that is something I should ask myself as I make my plans each week--what am I willing to give my life to? Is this activity helping me to reach my goals? Is it on my priority list?
I need to do that every DAY, because at my age who knows? I may not have much more of that precious commodity of time. Many of my friends and our associates have not lived to see 76, which I will reach this June.