Friday, November 10, 2017

The daughter of one of the missionaries flew here from Mesa to give haircuts to all the sister missionaries who need a professional trim.  She cut my hair this morning and it was wonderful!!!  I was looking pretty shaggy. 

As I was leaving after my haircut, I saw a Crystal Springs delivery man leaving 5-gallon blue water bottles for one of the apartments.  I asked for his business card and took it right home to Glade who tracked the man down and had him set up a system in our apartment.  We have tried to drink the tap water, but it is so not good and we gave up.  Lugging cases of bottled water home from the grocery store is okay, but it will be much better to be on a regular delivery system and I know we’ll drink more water.  A nice little perk for us.  😊    

It was a typical fall day with very cool temperatures driven even cooler by light winds that sent the leaves to the ground in big bunches.  A grounds keeper outside our glass door did his clean-up work with a big loud leaf blower pushing the leaves across the lawns in rows like we rake the leaves in rows at home.  After he cleaned up all the leaves, he mowed the grass.  I think the leaf blower method is much more efficient at removing the leaves, although the leaf rake we pull behind the four-wheeler is probably the best.  When the breeze let up a little, the leaves were allowed to drift like snowflakes and I loved the ambiance it created.  Glade even made hot chocolate this morning. 

It was 32 degrees when we got in the car after our shift tonight about 10:00 p.m. and there was ice on the inside of the windshield.  It just felt so cold and I was happy for my winter coat and a fleece blanket in the car.