January 1, 2012

Here is it the beginning of another new year.  There are so many things to do and look forward to.  This year is going to be quite an adventure going on our mission to the Tuba City area.  I have heard that President Justice is looking into getting a 5th wheel.  I hope it is a bigger 5th wheel with side extensions or we will be spending a lot of time at the church. 

My new keyboard

I spent last week working on Summer's Baby blanket and then I cataloged all of my church piano solo music.  I got five pages.  I didn't realize that I had so many.  But it is enough to keep me going for a while.

Thursday I got the sustaining pedal and Friday I got my keyboard.  I spent all day making a bag for it and a plastic dust cover for the keyboard.  It is really nice but really big because it has 76 keys. Ben would love it.  I know he could do so much with it and you can record songs and put them on a smart card.  I haven't figured it all out.  But I am glad I got it because all they have are 41 keys keyboards. 

I few goals that I would like to accomplish this year are to complete the Book of Mormon again.  I heard a neat suggestion is to mark a brand new Book of Mormon and write in it your impressions and thoughts and then give it to one of your posterity.  I found the Book of Mormon I gave Merle that is the oversize addition and so it has plenty of room in it.  

My goal is to be under 150 lbs by the end of the year.  I have 15 more lbs to loose.  So I haven't set my goal to high. 

Also, I want to learn a new piano solo once a month so I have some to draw from and keep them up.  I played today for the ward and Meadow Lake and it didn't go to badly. I got a lot of compliments.

One of my goals is to write down what I am thankful for each day.  I think it will be a treasure to me at the end of the year.

I also want to put more effort in making contact with the children and  grand kids. How to do that is something I haven't figured out.   I just don't know when they are not busy and want to be bothered.  Maybe I should schedule it?  I don't know.  I don't want to offend anyone.

I am sure that I will have more goals when we get to Tuba City.  But right now I just want to keep it simple so I can at least remember them.  I wish I could remember more but age is not something I have control of. My brain is like an old computer, it's hard drive is getting filled up and it a little slow to respond. Hopefully, I will qualify for resurrected body with a bigger hard drive and a much improved body.  I just have to endure the end with what I got and pray that others will be patient with me in my diminished capacity.