It's time for catching up on accomplishments

Goal #39:  Clean my jewelry

You wouldn't thing it would take very long to clean jewelry,

but I had to work on it for two days to get them all

 clean and shiny.  Does that mean I need to get rid of some?  Probably

It is very hard and tedious to clean ear rings, especially

studs. That was the hardest part of the whole thing. You can't

tell by the pictures, but everything was really shiny when I finished.

Part of my cleaned jewelry.

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 Goal #58  Read "The Fire of the Covenant"

I have always had a great respect for our ancestry and after reading

this book I can't even imagine how horrible the ordeal would

have been. They suffered persecution in thier home-lands so

they came to america where they were still persecuted in the
Eastern states. It was about the handcart companies of Willie
and Martin. What they had to endure was horrendous-so
extremely cold and hungry, living on 6 oz of flour per adult and
4 oz for the children,  water, and whatever meat they could find.
 Pulling the minimum it took to live-leaving piles of thier
belongings when they  started out and getting rid of more on the
way. I  am so glad I didn't live to  have to endure what they did. 
I asked Mom and Dad if we had relatives  that pulled handcarts.
We did on mom's side but none suffered with the

 Willie and Martin companies. Still it was a huge hardship. 
I really enjoyed reading this  book a lot.  Thank you Tish and Aaron
for the  Mother's Day present numerous years ago.

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Goal # 60:  Go shopping again and again

I have to admit I love this goal.  This shopping trip was for my birthday

present.  I have a few jackets that Lorin doesn't like the looks of so he

wanted to buy me a new coat. I dragged him all over Rexburg, which

doesn't take long considering we are limited on stores. Then we

checked out all the stores we could think of in Idaho Falls. There are a

lot of places there to check, but it was spring and all the winter

coats were sold out-except at Sears. They had a huge selection and there were

a lot that were regular $189.00 on sale for $20.00 and $25.00. That was such

a good buy that we bought two. At that price I should have

 bought a couple of short ones too I suppose.

We were talking to the Kinghorns about it and Donna Jean decided it was

such a good buy that she went there a couple of days

later and bought two for her.  Hopefully they aren't the same ones

I bought. What are the odds of that though.

I am ready for winter now, but I hope it takes it's time.

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Goal # 15:  Make a quilt to give away

This goal worked out very well since Misti got was going to have

a baby this year, although I had no idea she would work with

my goals so well.  Yea!!!   Another grandchild.  I couldn't decide

what material so when I got to the store I texted Misti some pictures

of different material to choose from. I love technology. 

Good choice Misti!!!  Perfect for a beautiful baby girl.

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Goal # 84:  Re-read "When I Say No I Feel Guilty

I read this book about 15 years ago. There are some very good points

and suggestions to help be a bit more assertive.  I think what I got

from it is to be gently assertive. It is basically teaching you how to

deal with people that are trying to manipulate you.  One chapter teaches

how to deal with criticism- how to not let it make you feel upset or bad

about yourself. How not to be embarrased by compliments-how

 to accept them graciously. I can always use a review of this chapter.

 Also a chapter on conversing with people you don't know very

well. How to keep the conversation going.  There are things that aren't

 relevent and a few points that I couldn't do, so I kick them out of my

 brain and use the things that are helpful for my life.

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Goal # 96:  Help Lorin fix the trailer to sell

We won't be fixing this up to sell because we are giving it

to Lorin's daughter Tawna.  She will be replacing the lights

and what ever else needs to be done.

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