MaeLyn's Musings

Two weeks ago, a member of our stake presidency stood in sacrament meeting and announced that they were changing the ward boundaries in our stake. Our ward would retain all the members that it had previously, but it would gain about half of the ward to the south of us, and we would change buildings that we meet in. My first thoughts were of excitement. The last time the ward boundaries changed, about ten years ago, the area to the south had been part of our ward. We were getting our old friends back again! One of my counselors mentioned to me that the closets for storage were bigger there. We would get a full walk in closet for our Relief Society stuff, and not just the half length cupboard we'd had. I cleared out our cupboard that Tuesday after institute, and piled the stuff in the back of my van for the interim. I gathered up keys to the building and turned them in to the bishop to pass on. I met with my visiting teaching coordinator to make sure that was in order before we n...

I didn't decorate for Halloween. I kind of decorated for fall by making this wreath, which hung on the front door to greet Trick-or-Treaters... ...along with the jack-o-lantern which we carved on Saturday afternoon, between a funeral and Hannah's last night of the play. Steven wasn't there; he was at a scout thing all day Saturday. During the month of  October, I got a bit crafty making little crochet dolls for Halloween. I thought I'd give them out to Trick-or-Treaters as they came to the door. ghost clown Medusa witch grim reaper zombie Frankenstein Dracula mummy skeleton invisible man werewolf devil Hannah got crafty with her own and Peter's Halloween costumes. (What will I do without her next year?) Hannah was a clockwork droid from Doctor Who. She made her own mask and it turned out awesome! Peter was a five headed dragon named Hirum McDaniels, which is from a podcast called, " Welc...