Not low enough

So Mom sent an e-mail out a few weeks ago saying to lay low since our stake RS president was getting released. Well, I guess I didn't lay low enough. No, I'm not the president (phew!), but I was called this morning as the 2nd counselor in the stake RS presidency. I said to Pres. Spitzer "That's what I get for cooking for Girls' Camp" and he replied, "Oh, this won't get you out of Girls Camp." The president is Becky Anderson from Mansfield whose husband was just released as Bishop--she also works for MISD as a special ed teacher. The other counselor is Janelle Jones, who I don't know, but I met her this morning and she seems very nice. I have no idea what to do and have only attended RS for about 6 months out of the last 12 years. Will be interesting!

Wow! What a crater!

Construction is continuing on the Baxter Junior High at Forest Hill Drive and Shelby. At the dedication of another Everman school last week, I met the architect, Bob King, who explained what they are doing. There is a HUGE retention pond being built required by Fort Worth. He started trying to explain to me about the drainage and I told him I knew about retention ponds, so I was his instant friend. They have removed $250,000 worth of dirt which would have had to be bought to build up the other end of the property. That property was sort of a bog like the lot down the street we looked at. King said the big hangup in construction is getting the permits from the City of Fort Worth. It seems that they are even slower than Arlington. Anyway, it is fun to watch the construction. This hole just gets wider and deeper every day.

Lights, Curtains, Action...

Anna, Tommy and Eddie spent the morning at “the farm” recently while Danny and Melinda worked at his new school on organizing the music. Anna set up the new puppet theater and made a cute puppet from a paper sack to entertain us. The theater is for rent - cheap - for anyone who has a brainstorm.