We’ve had two days that have presented their own problems. Yesterday, Saturday, the weather forecast was for snow. Yep, they were using that swear word again SNOW. We went down to the church for the World Wide Leadership Training broadcast at 8am and at that time we were having what looked like ‘dandruff’ coming down from the sky. It kept up until about 3pm and then it quit and then it got really really cold.
At the Broadcast there was an example of a young deacon, who at age 12, was asked to be the president of the Deacon’s quorum and he was interviewed and he said that the calling to be the president of the Deacon’s quorum weighed heavily on him and he decided that all the deacons in his quorum were his responsibility. A young deacon with a debilitating disease could not participate in life like the rest of the boys and this young president tried to think of ways to involve the deacon. He asked him if he would like to participate in the Triathalon with him. The ill boy made it known that he did and so they fixed things up for him to participate. The Deacon’s Quorum President whose name was Spencer, arranged to have his quorum member ride in an inflated raft pulled along by Spencer when the swimming portion of the race was run. Then for the bike ride, Spencer pulled his quorum member along behind the bike in a specially built wheeled carrier and for the running section, the quorum member was put in a wheeled buggy and was pushed around the course. This was a magnificent example of doing for your fellow man and I was impressed. To pass the sacrament, they had the ill deacon in his wheel chair and the sacrament trays were set on the back of the wheelchair as he tended to each row with a Deacon standing behind and pushing the wheelchair and handing the sacrament to the members. As I watched this process I began to wonder how different life could have been for David if his quorum president had seen to it that David could participate rather than preventing him from functioning by telling him to go sit with his family.
After the broadcast we went to the State Library where Bill went in and sat with the Pharmacy Continuing Education broadcast over the internet at 10am. I took some photo’s of the metal Tiger sculpture they have there. I left Bill at the Library and went over to the craft show at the Armory. I was happy to see that it was happening because on Friday there was no mention of the craft show but a marquee that announced “Dancing with the Realtors”. That sends chills up and down my spine, because next to Car salesmen, I think that Realtors are next on the list of most dishonest persons. That has been our experience with buying three houses and selling two houses over our married life. You just cannot trust car salesmen or realtors to give you a straight story about what you are buying. So it goes without saying, I will not be going out to the event of Dancing with the Realtors.
The craft show was a small one and they did not charge admission. I walked around all the booths. Found a Beader who was doing wonderful stuff. She was expensive too. She said her crystal beads came from China and were not Swarovski Crystals. Her work was exquisite none the less and I stood there and admired her work. A Tupperware lady was there as well and I am amazed at the new things they have for Tupperware. Many more than when I went to my last Tupperware party quite a few years ago. There was a man there who made quilts. He was charging $50 for a lap quilt that was made of fabric from JoAnns. These were just squares sewn together in no particular order and the quilt was tied with embroidery floss. He also had made some biscuit quilts and they sold for $60. That was a steal because those things are hard to make. The only problem was that they also were made from fabric that came from JoAnns. It goes without saying that if he had used fabric that I recognized as coming from a quilt shop, $60 would be a real steal. Have I become a fabric snob or what? There was a man who had done scroll saw work but it was not as fine as the work I saw at the Waterville show. Another man had done some original paintings that were really quite good. He had two Lobster Buoys that he had painted up. One looked like a fisherman in a yellow slicker and the other looked like a Santa Claus. They were $35 each. There were many beaders, quite a few Home Party people and some knitters and makers of recycled winter clothing that were turned into mittens and hats. One lone jam person rounded out the crew. At other craft shows there have been lots of candle people, and jam and jelly makers with taste stations. Apparently in this area they have many craft shows all year round. I guess the next ones will feature items for Easter. That should be fun to go to if they have it.
Today is Sunday and it was 9 degrees above freezing. That’s becoming pretty cool and even some Mainers wore coats to church today. I just cannot understand how women can wear patent leather strap sandals with no nylons on such a day as today. Many more came to church wearing a coat, but with short sleeves and summery type clothing. I, on the other hand, could have qualified to trek to the North Pole I wore so many clothes.
Today was Scouting Sunday and the boys and their leaders wore Scout shirts and all their banelaus and patches etc.etc. One boy who gave a talk on scouting was using his smart phone to give his talk. He had his notes on the smart phone. I guess paper will soon be disappearing from the face of the earth as the smart phones and computers take over. As this boy was talking I remembered all the problems we had when David was going for his Eagle Scout award. There were leaders who did not work with him and were little or no help to him but David kept plugging away by himself, and achieved Eagle Rank. That is a real feather in his hat.
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