Just a quick note-I know, it's been a couple of weeks since I've written on my blog.
Since last time, I've done family movie night ( we showed Kung Fu Panda) and I had an early Thanksgiving dinner with the McLeans. We also had our Primary Program last week and the kids did pretty well. Wed. I did my last computer class at Jeanerette and now I get a month off (I'm not doing the classes over the holidays). Then, on Thursday night we had our Secret Sister Reveal Party. We took a last gift for our secret sisters and made their favorites treat to snack on. Finally, Saturday I babysat Rosie while the Davis' went to the Cannery. They had to be there at 8 o'clock in the morning, and it's a 4 hour drive, so they left at 4 am.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! It's a good time to reflect on that I've been blessed with-the gospel, my family and friends that love and support me, a wonderful job, and gas prices falling below $2!
Lonnie
Monday, November 24, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
My Day Off
Another week has come and gone…We witnessed history in the making when Barrack Obama was elected as our next President last Tuesday…the first black man to become President of the United States!
This month I'm teaching computer classes at our Jeanerette Branch. The first one was on Wednesday. I hadn't been to the Jeanerette Branch before, so it was nice to get a chance to drive out there. There are two people who work there and it's smaller-It reminds me of the old Hyrum Library in a way.
There's a lady in my Branch who has wanted me to help her get started on her genealogy. She works on the weekends when I'm normally off, so we haven't been able to find time to get together. Well, I had some comp time accumulated, so I decided to take Thursday off and help her. I also went and got new tires put on my car and went to the fitness center to work out (I'm usually not home when it's open, so this is the first time I had an opportunity to use it!) I ended the day relaxing with a good book.
Saturday, I went to Baton Rouge with Tina and Natalie, for a Stake Auxiliary Training Meeting. I got to meet the Stake Primary presidency and learn more about how to do my calling. They fed us lunch and then we headed back home. Leaving Baton Rouge, the traffic coming into the city was backed up all the way to the bridge-There was an LSU game and people around here are die-hard fans…its crazy!
The Good: This week I finally got to eat all the southern foods I learned to love while growing up in Arkansas: fried okra, hush puppies, jalapeño cornbread, and sweet potatoes!
The Bad: I had another cockroach in my apartment on Sat.
This month I'm teaching computer classes at our Jeanerette Branch. The first one was on Wednesday. I hadn't been to the Jeanerette Branch before, so it was nice to get a chance to drive out there. There are two people who work there and it's smaller-It reminds me of the old Hyrum Library in a way.
There's a lady in my Branch who has wanted me to help her get started on her genealogy. She works on the weekends when I'm normally off, so we haven't been able to find time to get together. Well, I had some comp time accumulated, so I decided to take Thursday off and help her. I also went and got new tires put on my car and went to the fitness center to work out (I'm usually not home when it's open, so this is the first time I had an opportunity to use it!) I ended the day relaxing with a good book.
Saturday, I went to Baton Rouge with Tina and Natalie, for a Stake Auxiliary Training Meeting. I got to meet the Stake Primary presidency and learn more about how to do my calling. They fed us lunch and then we headed back home. Leaving Baton Rouge, the traffic coming into the city was backed up all the way to the bridge-There was an LSU game and people around here are die-hard fans…its crazy!
The Good: This week I finally got to eat all the southern foods I learned to love while growing up in Arkansas: fried okra, hush puppies, jalapeño cornbread, and sweet potatoes!
The Bad: I had another cockroach in my apartment on Sat.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Air Festival
I can't believe it's already November! We had a little cold snap last week, but its back in the 80's again. Halloween was fun…To celebrate, I made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. Around here people sit out in their driveways and hand out candy. However, I didn't get to see any trick or treaters, because a friend invited me to dinner. We drove to Lafayette, and on the way we saw a beautiful sight: A sliver of a moon, with a planet hanging above it, and the sun setting below it. We stopped and tried to get a picture, but it was too dark. We had just continued on, when I saw these colorful lights swirling around above the trees. At first, I that it was just a light tower, then I thought it was fireworks, but as we got closer I noticed the lights were in formation. It was until the next day that I found out that they had been doing a Twilight Show at the airport and those were planes all lit up in colored lights!
The library was closed Saturday, for All Saints Days, but we had our annual Friends of the Library Book Sale at the Community Center. I went in the morning and got a couple of Dan Brown books. Then, I went with Stephanie and Rosie to PHI's Company Bar-B-Q. PHI is the helicopter company that Jared works for and it's right next to the Lafayette Airport. I feasted on red beans and rice and spicy Cajun burgers. After lunch, Stephanie and I walked over to the airport for the 2008 Sertoma Cajun Air Festival. It was so much fun. They had simulator rides and demonstrations and you could tour the big military planes. Do you know how much I love planes? I just get a thrill watching them fly! I got to watch a F15 take off right in front of me-it was so cool! I puttered around in a helicopter and then checked out the old cars. Finally, we went back to PHI and watched the Thunderbirds formations from there…
The library was closed Saturday, for All Saints Days, but we had our annual Friends of the Library Book Sale at the Community Center. I went in the morning and got a couple of Dan Brown books. Then, I went with Stephanie and Rosie to PHI's Company Bar-B-Q. PHI is the helicopter company that Jared works for and it's right next to the Lafayette Airport. I feasted on red beans and rice and spicy Cajun burgers. After lunch, Stephanie and I walked over to the airport for the 2008 Sertoma Cajun Air Festival. It was so much fun. They had simulator rides and demonstrations and you could tour the big military planes. Do you know how much I love planes? I just get a thrill watching them fly! I got to watch a F15 take off right in front of me-it was so cool! I puttered around in a helicopter and then checked out the old cars. Finally, we went back to PHI and watched the Thunderbirds formations from there…
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