On a 9/80 Friday we got together with Catheys to try and do something. Went to a hill by their house to sled.
Mid January Jacob had the opportunity to speak in Sacrament meeting. He spoke about how we can can take care of our bodies and the importance of doing so. He put in his experience of playing too much on a video game and hurting his wrist. He did a great job and was very composed.
Donna Call, Donae Virtel, Sharon Beukers 1987
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| Jacob snow boarding |
We purchased a new washing machine in February 2019. The past year I have noticed that the wash tub has begun to discolor and flake into the laundry. Have no idea why. I use a biodegradable detergent, do approximately 5 loads a week and do a load of jeans every other week. So it is not seeing a ton of wear and tear.
I emailed Speed Queen, with pictures, to find out what the problem may be. They asked for all of my information....where I bought it, when I bought it, who installed it. Luckily I had all of that information and was able to send it. They said they didn't know why that was occurring, but would send to their team. About 2 weeks later we got a big box delivered and there was a new wash tub! The only problem was it did not come with installation instructions.
I called the place where we purchased the machine and explained what I had done and asked if they would install the tub and how much would that cost. He looked up my information--it is under the 3 year warranty so they will come out and install the new tub without charge. I am so glad I emailed in the first place. Our warranty runs out on February 15th!
Another weekend Cathey's came over for a potato bar and then we visited. Jason and Tom worked on exercise form while the kids stared at screens. 
Donna Call, Donae Virtel, Sharon Beukers 1987
On January 6th one of my childhood friends, Donna Call Holtum, passed away. She and her husband had not been vaccinated (didn't believe in the vaccine or masks) and they went to see their son, daughter-in-law, and grandson at Christmas. They all had Covid so they visited out in the garage with masks. They live in Arizona so celebrating in the garage, while not ideal, worked weather wise.
After the visit Donna developed double pneumonia with Covid on top of it. They were able to medicate the pneumonia, but after a few days she was admitted to the hospital because of the Covid. A few days later they had to intubate her, and 4 days later she passed away. Her sister, Jennifer, and brother, Kevin, both had power of attorney in case anything happened. Donna's husband Michael had Covid also and was in no position to make decisions. It is so sad! Donna was so much fun and would do anything for anyone.
Her funeral was here in Utah a few weeks later. It was good to see her brother Brent and sister Jennifer. Kevin couldn't come because he had Covid. Donna is buried at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park in Mill Creek. I still can't believe she is gone. Her family was a big part of my life growing up in California.
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| Linde, Donna, Joy, Kevin, Chris, Kristina Thanksgiving 1974? |
Shopping! I don't really like to shop for clothes. The last Saturday of the month I was headed to Costco and heard that Old Navy had a one day sale on selected jeans. I thought if I got around to it I would go. Later that day I went in and looked for jeans for Jacob, for next year. I found the size and couldn't tell from these tables if they would be on sale or not. For all I knew someone could have just dumped jeans, from another part of the store, on these tables. I found a very nice sales clerk and asked her to scan the tags for me. One pair was $10! The other 2 were $27. They looked identical to me, but their sku numbers were different. I went back to the tables, put the $27 jeans back and started to look for the size I needed with the same sku number as the $10 pair. It took me 45 minutes of kneeling down and digging underneath, but I found 2 more. Yea! So, unless Jacob grows 6 inches, he should have jeans for next school year.
On to February!!
