We will still not be cooking a meal throughout the month, and I know it sounds crazy, but I miss it. I don't miss the cooking and the worrying, but I do miss having a warm meal to serve these guys. I love them. And it is just a grandmother thing to do....when your grandkids come to see you, you feed them something good.
So I made some white-chocolate almond cookies and they disappeared pretty quickly. I brought all the ingredients with me and mixed them up here, and baked them. Fortunately the day was night as hot as preceeding days have been and having the oven on didn't throw too much heat into the room.
I gave the lesson in English tonight to anyone interested in or needing it in English. We had a German girl here who will be working as an au pair for several months so we will see her again. There was also a young friend of mine from America who is studying and teaching here at the university. She is wise and contributes good things. The other four were Danes. I was so grateful for two of them who made some very insightful comments and contributed to the discussion greatly.
Two of the young people sat texting each other the entire lesson!!!! It was a young man and a young woman and frankly I was disappointed that they would be so rude in such a small setting. They were clearly texting each other since they would giggle and look across at each other. Well...I don't like to get in the way of young love. I didn't say anything. I wouldn't want to embarrass them. But it was distracting to say the least.
As I type there is a very loud game of CRUD going on and I so enjoy the happy sounds. There is much laughter and good-natured yelling. They love that game. We had a good sized group here tonight...probably 30 or so.
We have a young woman here tonight who hasn't been here for some time and I am so grateful to see her. I miss them when they leave....and we have several of my very good young friends who will be leaving for other parts of the world this month. Some will leave on missions, others to school, and others for work. It doesn't seem fair that they steal my heart and then leave!
It is nearly dark! And it is not quite 10. The days are getting shorter, and the nights a touch cooler this week.
I think I'll go see if there are any cookies left. :-)
Good luck on finding cookies with young people around. As for the texting - my hoof in mouth disease would not be contained! Something would have popped out - with a smile - of course - but that kind of behavior is very rude.
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You would have been more effective in getting it to stop I am sure. I never think of the right thing to say until much later.
ReplyDeleteThe cookies were long gone.
Doris is on vacation until mid-August. She is in contact with the Sister Missionaries, so that is a good thing. L&P
I had a family history committee meeting last Sunday. A few of the youth were talking several times during the meeting. When I complained to Ethan about it afterwards he pointed out "Hey at least they came to the meeting." And I saw his point. Baby steps. At least they were there when they didn't have to be! I'm sure it was a wonderful lesson!
ReplyDeleteThat is a great thought to hold on to. You were a wife, mother and young women's president at that age. I also remind myself of that....in other circumstances many of these wonderful young people would be in leadership positions.
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