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Poo Head--The Game
2-3 decks of cards
deal everyone 9 cards
put 3 face down without looking
put "best" 3 cards on top of face down ones (2, 10, Ace, King, etc)
2 plays on anything
7 reverses
8 skips
9 the next person plays a card under 9
10 "blows up" the pile. Then the cards are out of play. Can't play on a 2
4 of a kind also blow up the pile (can use 5, 6 etc if want)
If you can't play on card, you have to pick up the pile
The last one with cards is the Poo Head.
deal everyone 9 cards
put 3 face down without looking
put "best" 3 cards on top of face down ones (2, 10, Ace, King, etc)
2 plays on anything
7 reverses
8 skips
9 the next person plays a card under 9
10 "blows up" the pile. Then the cards are out of play. Can't play on a 2
4 of a kind also blow up the pile (can use 5, 6 etc if want)
If you can't play on card, you have to pick up the pile
The last one with cards is the Poo Head.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
And My Prayer Was Answered, Too!
Yes! I found the receipt! I am sure it is all due to the prayers of others, especially the dear, sweet lady that I found the key for. I called her tonight and thanked her. I really do feel blessed.
I could have very easily overlooked it. I have over 100 pillowcases here that the YW have made and they are going to be donated to Harbour House. There was one that was just folded funny, so tonight, I unfolded it and the receipt fell out! How did it get in there? I don't know. And I don't care. I just know that it is found. I checked and my passport stuff has arrived in Quebec so my citizenship card is safe. Whew! Tender mercies. I love them.
I could have very easily overlooked it. I have over 100 pillowcases here that the YW have made and they are going to be donated to Harbour House. There was one that was just folded funny, so tonight, I unfolded it and the receipt fell out! How did it get in there? I don't know. And I don't care. I just know that it is found. I checked and my passport stuff has arrived in Quebec so my citizenship card is safe. Whew! Tender mercies. I love them.
Friday, November 12, 2010
An Answer to Someone's Prayer
I was an answer to someone's prayer today! It was a tender mercy. An elderly lady in our town lost her key to the family history center a few weeks ago. She has called Reed several times, called me at work, and every time we saw her she would ask if we had found her key. Since we don't travel in the same circles, (as in I never go to the FHC!), I thought, why is she asking me?
Now for the rest of the story. Today I worked at the Seminary and there were lots of pop bottles piling up so I decided to take them to the bottle depot. I do this maybe once a year. I got my little slip of paper from the bottle depot and then took it in to the gas station to get the money for it. While I was waiting, I happened to notice a key just sitting on the counter. It had the same kind of key ring the lady had described. I asked whose it was. They said they didn't know. Someone found it on the floor a few weeks ago and it had been sitting there ever since. I told them I thought I knew whose it was and could I take it. Sure, they said, so off I went to the lady's house.
She was so happy! It was her long lost key. She has no idea how it got to the gas station. It is across the street from the FHC, so maybe she dropped it outside and a kid found it on his way from the school to the gas station. Anyway, it felt good to be the answer to someone's prayer. She had been praying, and fasting, and confessing (! her words, not mine). She was so grateful. I asked her to pray for me now. I have been searching for 2 weeks for the tracking number for the passport info I sent in. I sure would like to know if it got there! It contained my original copy of my CDN citizenship and it is irreplaceable! Maybe if we all pray it will show up!
Now for the rest of the story. Today I worked at the Seminary and there were lots of pop bottles piling up so I decided to take them to the bottle depot. I do this maybe once a year. I got my little slip of paper from the bottle depot and then took it in to the gas station to get the money for it. While I was waiting, I happened to notice a key just sitting on the counter. It had the same kind of key ring the lady had described. I asked whose it was. They said they didn't know. Someone found it on the floor a few weeks ago and it had been sitting there ever since. I told them I thought I knew whose it was and could I take it. Sure, they said, so off I went to the lady's house.
She was so happy! It was her long lost key. She has no idea how it got to the gas station. It is across the street from the FHC, so maybe she dropped it outside and a kid found it on his way from the school to the gas station. Anyway, it felt good to be the answer to someone's prayer. She had been praying, and fasting, and confessing (! her words, not mine). She was so grateful. I asked her to pray for me now. I have been searching for 2 weeks for the tracking number for the passport info I sent in. I sure would like to know if it got there! It contained my original copy of my CDN citizenship and it is irreplaceable! Maybe if we all pray it will show up!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
A Good Story
A young couple, Lisa and John, moved into a new neighborhood. One morning while they were eating breakfast, Lisa looked out the window and watched her next-door neighbor hanging out her wash.
“That laundry’s not clean!” Lisa exclaimed. “Our neighbor doesn’t know how to get clothes clean!”
John looked on but remained silent.
Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, Lisa would make the same comments.
A few weeks later Lisa was surprised to glance out her window and see a nice, clean wash hanging in her neighbor’s yard. She said to her husband, “Look, John—she’s finally learned how to wash correctly! I wonder how she did it.”
John replied, “Well, dear, I have the answer for you. You’ll be interested to know that I got up early this morning and washed our windows!”
Monday, September 27, 2010
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Saturday, July 31, 2010
Perhaps!!!!
Last night, I woke up at 4:00 am teetering on the edge of the bed. Reed had just about scooched me out! So, I quietly got up for a little while. I silently came to the edge of the bed hoping not to wake Reed up and wishfully thinking that he had moved over a bit so I would have some room. I was carefully lifting the covers when he said in an extremely loud voice, "PERHAPS YOU COULD CLOSE A WINDOW BECAUSE I AM FREEZING!" It scared the bejeebers out of me! Which made me laugh. Which made him laugh. Which stopped both of us from getting any more sleep! "Perhaps" we will not leave so many windows open tonight!
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Kung Fu Man and Robin
Gremma bought these costumes for Isaac and Kade at a thrift store in Aberdeen. It was sooooo hot, yet they insisted on wearing them in the "bouncy thing", on the merry go round, at the parade...
They had a lot of fun in them.
Monday, July 12, 2010
No Empty Chairs
Sarah worked her magic on the pictures. Here are two of them. I will email you one of each family and the group pictures. That sure was a fun time. Thanks to all of you for coming. Can't wait to do it again!
Monday, July 05, 2010
"Live to Maturity"
On Fast Sunday, I (Emma) got up to bear my testimony with Ridge in my arms. I just didn't want to let him go for a second! Not long after that, Bishop Greg Peterson got up and said he was touched to see me with the baby. He looked out at Doug and Steve and said something like, "I was their Young Men's president and I wasn't sure they would live to maturity". We were not sure if he meant they would die young or just never mature! The boys went up to talk to him after the meeting to see what he was referring to. He said, "Well, one of you was always playing with gasoline and the other was always playing with fire, so I wasn't sure you would make it to adulthood!" Pretty funny and oh, so true. Can you guess which played with gas and which played with fire?
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Favorite quote of the week
On Saturday, I got to go to my 40th class reunion. It was SO fun! It was great to get to see everyone! Earlier in the day, Reed and I took Kade and Isaac around Aberdeen. In a thrift shop they had costumes for sale. We bought Isaac a Ninja costume and Kade was Robin (of Batman and Robin). They wore them all day, even tho it was terribly hot. They l♥ved them!
Fast forward to Sunday when we were staying with Doug and Sarah. I had done something to make Kade mad. He stormed out of the room went to his bedroom and came out with his costume in hand. He held it up and shook it at me and said, (in a very stern voice), "Do you see this costume Grandma?!!? When you got if for me you were nice. You aren't nice today!!!!" (Chuckles and guffaws followed!)
Fast forward to Sunday when we were staying with Doug and Sarah. I had done something to make Kade mad. He stormed out of the room went to his bedroom and came out with his costume in hand. He held it up and shook it at me and said, (in a very stern voice), "Do you see this costume Grandma?!!? When you got if for me you were nice. You aren't nice today!!!!" (Chuckles and guffaws followed!)
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