Bath Night

First of all, happy birthday to my Mom today! It's fun to have a group text going with my mom and siblings and to see that most of us all wished her happy birthday already. It's great to be able to communicate with our phones in this way and it's fun.

Now back it up to Monday morning. I did some ministering visits with my new companion, Sister Smith. She's a go getter and seems to be really good about ministering. She made all of the appointments and even gave gifts and a message. I was just there to get to know the sisters and offer a prayer at the end. I can't remember the last time I actually did an in home visit for ministering. I felt like I was visiting teaching again and it was a good feeling. I think I needed that little boost from Sister Smith.

The very next morning I had scheduled to go to the Columbia River Temple in Richland to do initiatory by myself. It was the first time attending this temple for me. I have to say, the drive over there was beautiful and it only takes about 14 minutes to get there. It was such a pleasant surprise when I walked through the front doors of the temple and there was Sister Smith working in the temple! It was nice to see a familiar face. After I went back to get changed, Sister Smith ended up coming back to work in initiatory. She didn't know that's what I was doing today either. It helped me to feel less nervous about being there by myself. The temple is right down the road from Costco, so I made a trip over there after the session to gas up and get some food items. 

I don't know why, but I have been experiencing knee pain in both knees and pain in my left shoulder since last weekend. I don't know what I did but my knees hurt the most when I go up and down the stairs. I finally started taking some Ibuprofen and I think it's helping. My left knee isn't hurting as much today nor my shoulder, but my right knee still hurts quite a bit. I feel like I haven't been able to do much because of it. 

Curtis has been working on attaching sheet rock to our walls in the bathroom each night this week. He still has a few small areas to fill but he's got most of it done now.

The hallway.

Looking in through the hall doorway. This green sheet rock is mold resistant.

Looking from the other direction.

We cut out a hole in the wall over top of the shower so that steam can vent through and get to the fan easier.

Now you can see the little light on the ceiling that's next to the tub. That's the light Curtis was having trouble figuring out the wiring, but thankfully he got it.

Wednesday is usually bath night for our girls, so last night they got in the tub after dinner. The girls had been talking about wanting to give the cats a bath with them. I finally let them try to give Sage a bath after they had already cleaned themselves and changed into their swim suits. Sage did amazingly well for not being used to baths. She did try to jump out a few times but we were able to clean her. There was a lot of cat hair in the tub afterwards, so it must have helped. She won't get as many hairballs now, lol. We only did Sage tonight. I told them we can do Cocoa next time since we didn't know where he was.

The girls enjoyed getting in there with her. We were able to hold her in that position most of the time.

All done and in the towel to dry off now.

It wasn't her favorite thing but she was a good sport.

Well, I haven't been successful getting much more written on my talk. I guess I'm having writer's block. I only have about 1 page worth and I need probably at least 4 pages to make it long enough. I thought if I did a blog post that would help get my writing juices flowing again, so I'm going to try again now. Tonight Curtis and I are going to the temple for the first time together here and we'll finally get to see the new changes that everyone keeps talking about. Can't wait!