Update...

It's been a weird, rough month.  It's been extremely busy, extremely! 
We did get to participate in an amazing show!  We were part of Savior of the World.  I have to admit that the time commitment about killed me.  It kept getting bigger and longer daily.  I had a bad attitude for some of the rehearsals.  However, as the dress rehearsals and performances came, I loved it!  There was the greatest spirit there.  It was such a blessing to be touched by the spirit every time we sang the songs.  It was amazing to see how people in the audience were affected by it.
Grandma Mamie was kicked out of Apple Village, because she has become a two man transfer.  As we were looking for places to move her, we happened in at the new Legacy Village retirement center in Layton.  It was the same distance away as Apple Village.  It would be perfect!  We went in and talked to the director, after we explained the two man transfer thing, he said it sounded like it would work, and he'd send someone out to evaluate her.  This Tiffany, who is the marketing manager, came out and evaluated her.  After talking to Mom and the CNAs, she said there would be no problem.  She called the next day to say that she'd been approved by the directors of the facility.  So, we stopped looking.  Then they had their nurse, Kelly, come out and evaluate her and interview me and the CNAs.  She approved her.  That was on October 21st.  We moved her in on October 25th.  We got her there about 1:00 p.m., and by 7:00 p.m. they were saying "this is just not going to work.  we'll give it a few days, but she'll have to go."  Fan-freakin-tastic!  After Darlene spoke to her attorney, and then brought that up, they said they would give her a 30 day notice, which is the law.  They kept saying, "we're just concerned about what is best for Mamie."  Mom said, "No, you're not.  You were only concerned about having enough people here (they had to have 3 people before the health dept. will come out and evaluate them, before they can open.  Grandma was #2.)  This hasn't been about Mamie, it's been a business deal."  So, that's where we're at.  The one person there, that I actually can stand, but still don't know what part he had to play in this, has been "trying" to help us find somewhere to go.  All of his options were extremely pricey! 
Oh, Mom's car blew up while we were driving in it over UEA.  That was thrilling! 
Anyways, there's an update.  Busy and tramatic and annoying as it is!

Agency

Just a thought...


Today in a meeting an interesting topic was brought up.  We were discussing different talks at General Conference that stuck out to us.  Of course, someone was going to bring up President Packer (check it out here:  http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1298-23,00.html).  We were sent here with our own agency.  We can make any and all choices we want to, because of the gift of agency.  Say, I was born to be a murderer.  Would I or could I NOT be a murderer?  Would I have a choice or would I be out murdering people, since I was born that way?  Our Heavenly Father would not take away our agency, so using this example, because Heavenly Father gave us our agency, I could decide whether or not I was going to be a murderer.  It would be my choice.  I'd never thought of it that way!

I love this!!!

During conference, Elder Lawrence of the Seventy talked about our youth theme for the year:  Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest."  I love this verse!  It's one of my most favorite ones.  It's such a wonderful promise, that He is here, no matter where and when.  I loved how he applied it to the parents of the youth right now.  I think it is so important that the parents are strong and have good courage, to stand up for what needs to be done.  I liked how he talked about how if you saw your daughter sitting on the train tracks and heard the train horn honking, would you run and get her off the track or be worried about offending her and let her make her own decision about getting off.  The train is a physical threat, but there are so many other threats that aren't, that parents need to step up and take care of.  I loved it!

In other news... ReAL is in 1st place for the first time ever!!!  (Except of course, winning the actual MLS championship last year).  Of course, this will be ending in about 20 minutes, when the LA Galaxy vs. Chivas is over.