Thoughts From a Frazzled Mind

Wicked Wicked, what more can I say.  One of the very best productions I have ever seen.  This was my third time seeing it, and I was not disappointed.  The incredible talent of the performers never ceases to amaze me.  I could listen to them sing all day long!  Tammy and I went down together and met up with Cyn, her sister April, and mother, Shearer at Cheesecake Factory for a great brunch.  Fun, fun, fun day! After dealing with all of the craziness lately, we sisters were more than ready for a Sister's Retreat.  There were no condos available at Wolf Creek, so we drove up to Bear Lake.  Roxane and I drove up together.  The weather was cold but absolutely beautiful as we drove through the canyon.  It had been storming most of the week before but the sun was shining as we drove.  I really dislike winter, but this drive almost made me like winter. We decided that we would take ourselves out for dinner.  Since it was win...

This year many changes are taking place in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  President Russell M. Nelson is very in tune with what the Lord has in store for His saint and has indicated that there will be more changes to come. Starting this year, President Nelson with the First Presidency and other leaders of the Church have made the following changes.  Sunday church will only be two hours long.  There will be Sunday School two weeks of the month and Relief Society/Priesthood/Young Men & Women's the other two weeks.  We are instructed to use the extra hour to improve our study time individually and as families.  There is a new curriculum for the home called, "Come Follow Me" that aligns with Sunday School and Primary so that we are all studying about the same thing.  I believe that we are being prepared for the last days when we must have a strong testimony in order to survive the trials which will be coming. Another change is that we...

The Olsen Family Christmas party is always tons of fun.  The Woodlands were in charge this year and it was a craft party.  They had several fun Christmas crafts like painting and assembling snowman ornaments, rock nativity sets, and Christmas eye-spy bottles.  For the little ones there was coloring pages and pipe cleaner activities. The California Olsens were able to attend for the first time in many years.  A great time was had by all.  Since all of the brothers and sisters were here, we got some great family pictures.  The first one is a common sight in the Olsen home - Kim and Douglas comparing their "pregnant" bellies.  We all agreed that they are both measuring about eight months!  Each year we thrilled that Joan is able to make it to the party, she surprises us all with her endurance! My dad never truly recovered from his pneumonia months ago.  He was pretty much bound to a wheelchair because he didn't have t...

Tasha and Zane got to take a fun trip to New Orleans because Zane was presenting at a conference there.  They spent several days there and then going to their house for only two days and then Zane was flying to Las Vegas to present at another conference.  When we discovered that they had a layover in Salt Lake and that Tasha and Ish would be home alone while Zane was gone, Kim and I decided to "kidnap" them when they stopped in Salt Lake.  It was a great surprise visit!  I was even able to take a few days off work to spend with them. Poor Tasha, she hit her arm on the oven door while baking cookies and got a 2nd-degree burn.  It was awfully sore and took several weeks to heal.   My maternal/newborn class needed to practice pediatric assessments so Tasha brought Ish and Shandra brought Kalel and Kiaya down to be assessed.  They were good sports and participated perfectly.  The students all performed their assessments...

This has been a crazy month!  It started while I was at work with a phone call from the aide at Gables who said that Dad had a fever and had fallen, she then casually mentioned that his O2 stats were in the low 80's.  She also mentioned that they had called the nurse to come in and check on him.  I wasn't too worried until she mentioned his low oxygen, but was anxious to hear from the nurse.  A few minutes later the nurse called and said that his O2 sats were at 78 and she couldn't get them higher.  He was also acting very tired.  She recommended that we take him to the hospital.  I jumped in my car and called Robin to tell her that I would meet her at Gables.  When I got there 40 minutes later I found Dad laying on the sofa, he was acting totally lethargic and his O2 was at 68.  We maneuvered him into a wheelchair with the help of the aide and got him into the car.  He could not help at all.  He was extremely confuse...