1. It's 9:30 AM (Sunday) and I'm still in my jammies. Love, love, love that 1PM Sac Mtg slot.
2. Break-the-fast I don't have to cook on Fast Sundays
3. Monday night home evenings---way more fun than we Nelson were having on our own. I believe Kevin & I are tired after 32 years of Monday nights to plan. Nowdays we simply show up, whack golf balls, volleyballs, softballs or whatever other ball game they're playing and eat. Clarification: I do the above. Kevin gets waylaid to his office to accept confessions.
4. No church calling for me. The kids run the show and some have been adamant about NOT wanting the adult women's input or expertise. I'm all over that. Miriam Adamson, the former Bp's wife, described her job as the biggest church vacation ever.
5. My former 8th Ward members heaped loads of sympathy and condolences upon me. At first I thought I was entitled to such, but now I see I should be deflecting it back to them. 8th warders have all the work and I have all the fun.
6. My little black book--slowly but surely filling up with the names & interesting details of ward members. I study it before each Sac Mtg and thus walk in prepared to be friendly on a first name basis. Because of the constant turnover, some of the girls (and the counselors wives) have told me they simply can't keep up with new names and faces. Well hey, I tell them to get a black book. It's reputation proceedeth me. The kids say, "Here she comes with that book. Sis Nelson, what have you got written about me in there?" I declare--THIS shall be my church calling: Black Book Specialist
7. Kevin is focused. He juggles one ball now instead of a dozen. And he can't be grumpy at home anymore, because guess what? Inspiration does not flow when you bark at your wife. tee hee hee hee hee This is me doing a happy dance.
8. Just once in awhile, now and then, only sporadically we Bishoprickers get to plan a Monday Night Bishopric Special. First turn is coming up in 2 weeks. It's gonna be Nelson family games. i.e. the flour & marble game, pig out on cake game, and
thimble-of-water-in -your-face game. or some such hilarity
9. My friends at work, who don't really understand Mormon church structure, occasionally ask, "So how is Kevin's ......um....
uh..... um..... pastoring going?"
10. I'm pretty happy. My life has always been good. Now it's better.
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I'm glad that you're enjoying it so much. Is Arielle having as much fun with the FHE's as you are? Lot's of boys... :)
I spent soo many years in the singles wards that I would it would be a curse to me to go back. I am so happy you are enjoying it. There is so much fun to be had. You and Kevin are the perfect couple to be sizing up the singles scene.
I can't wait to hear more about the new adventures!
How do I sign up? Did you have to pay someone? Perhaps I could invent a new calling - attend all church activities. I could be the official attender! I think it would be a great calling for me! I could grow as a person since I'd really rather be at home with a book. The only thing that worries me more than "how long am I going to be RS President" is "what calling are they going to replace it with?" I love you! Tree
Who knew????? My neighbor and her husband are a bishop/wife in our stake singles ward, no longer do I feel sorry for her!!!!
You make it sound like so much fun. That's the calling I want when I grow up. :o)
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Can I change wards? My ward is a loser.
Your description is a riot.
I love your dedication to your black-booking.
So if you introduce a guy in your book to a girl in your book, is that considered dealing in the black market? ha
introducing people in black book, that's called matchmaking
Angela
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