Another Day

I made 4 loaves of sourdough yesterday, and 4 more today. Lily told me to not wear myself out! I'm saving some to bake in the morning and I'll deliver them to some sisters in the ward when Kathy O and I go visiting. So other than baking, what have I been doing... I went to visit my parents yesterday. Did the usual and cleaned out their fridge. I also went to Costco, yay, Corey got a check Sunday. He's still working toward that big break through, and we have thankfully survived another day. I haven't taken pictures, except for a sunset yesterday - 

The weather was warm yesterday, but felt a bit chilly-er today. I have been a bit sick with a stupid persistent cough at night time. It seems to be worse when I lay down, so I've moved to the loveseat in our room to try and be a bit elevated, plus it helps to have a drink of water close by in the window. Since I was a bit tired from not sleeping well, I didn't go to the temple early. Plus I didn't want to have a coughing fit there. I thought I'd wait until later this week, but then Corey said I could go, so I went around 10 am and he stayed home with Katharine. I did have a coughing fit fighting to happen, but I kept it in control and hope the ladies around me don't get sick. 

On my weekly drive to the temple, that's when I try to catch up on Marco Polo's that my family sends. My sister Patrice pointed out that this upcoming General Conference will fall on Easter Sunday, and it will also be solemn assembly because that is when we will sustain President Dallin H. Oaks at prophet, seer and revelator. She is also planning to fast, even though our fast and testimony meeting with our congregations will be on March 22 (March 29 is a special Easter Palm Sunday service). So yeah, I think I'll made General Conference a fast weekend too. Patrice did some study of what a solemn assembly is and found this quote by Joseph Smith:

"We must have all things prepared... and call our solemn assembly as the Lord has commanded us... [all] who are prepared, and are sufficiently pure to abide the presence of the Savior, will see Him in the solemn assembly." 

See this article about the Kirtland Temple dedication and also Doctrine and Covenants 88:69, 75. Fun fact - I had a long wait before intitatories, so I didn't go to the celestial room after, but as I was waiting for initiatories, I opened to D&C 88 and read that section! Came home, Corey left, I made a grape chicken salad tonight for dinner, so it was sourdough with the chicken grape salad, and it was a hit. My life seems to only be able to handle one mode: Reading, Cleaning, Baking, Blogging, or something else random (like caterpillars, violin, legos, puzzles, or memorizing something). Hopefully I can get a little better at being balanced and doing a little bit everyday, or atleast I hope to manage the kids and have them help do some stuff everyday. I'm consistent at Laundry and making the bed, and that's it for chores. I'm pretty consistent at exercising, though I haven't done intense cardio lately since the Gooseberry ride with friends. Temps have been to warm to do the trial, and I don't like the road, so I've just been going on walks. I'm hoping taking a rest break will help my left hip and left shoulder, which started having pain issues this past fall (frozen shoulder?). They feel ok when I climb and stuff, but my left shoulder hurts if I try to do push ups. I'm gonna be 50 years old this year, so I guess this is when pains of aging start to sneak into life.