New Carpet and Old Friends

After searching for about a week, I finally found a fly swatter. You wouldn't think they'd be so hard to find. I have no idea what happened to the one we had before we moved. I got the one out of our trailer, and promptly broke it. I actually had to borrow my mom's! But, now, fortunately, I have acquired a lime green fly swatter of my very own, which is a good thing. I've swatted to death several flies and hornets that have made their way into my home. The front door to our home was open all day yesterday because we were having carpet installed. I'm really not sure why, but both the carpet layers and the laminate floor folks like to leave the front door and the garage door WIDE OPEN all the time they are working.

Anyway, we love our new carpet and flooring! It looks fabulous. Now we just have to put the furniture back and fix the platform in the theater room.

Yesterday I touched bases with a friend I met when we first moved into our Tooele ward. Her name is Michelle Johnston. I'll never forget how she and her family walked over with a plate of cookies, 11 years ago, and welcomed us into the ward. I got an email yesterday from her, which reminded me that she and her family had moved to somewhere around here. I was delighted to discover she lives only about 3 miles away, in Highland. She and her family stopped by last evening as a surprise; again bearing a plate of cookies! The kids have all grown so much! Amazingly, Michelle and Mike look exactly as they always have. Makes me wonder how they do it. We showed them the house and got caught up on news. It was great to see them.

Today I have been trying to decorate. I have a pile of pictures and quilts, and it's both fun and challenging to find places for everything. I wish I had the money to buy coordinating frames for a bunch of old family pictures and create a family history wall of sorts. I have some really cute family pictures of when our kids were little.