Small Things

Today I woke up at Nancy's house.  I had no extra clothing because I hadn't anticipated staying over night, but Annie had been using Nancy's Volvo and after an oil change she smelled something like burning oil and left the car in an Orem mall and took the bus to Salt Lake where Nancy picked her up and took her to the airport.  So Nancy needed a ride to Orem and it seemed logical that I would bring her down after visiting with her, Mary and children and Tisha and children.  I thought it seemed a better idea to wait until daylight in case there were problems with the car.  Miranda had stayed up very late to finish a homework assignment and Nancy had stayed up to keep her on task.  Neither were eager to make an early start.  We arrived in Orem around noon and quickly located the Volvo near the Michael's store.  I went in to see if I could locate a frame for Marge's copy of the portrait of her and found a 'buy one get two free' deal and purchased three frames that will accept the size of paper I use for canvas style prints.  When I returned to the car I found that Nancy felt there was no great reason to be worried.  She had checked out the car and saw some small evidence that the oil change had involved a minor spill, likely the cause of Annie's concern.  I returned to my house via Lucinda's house and gave five of her children a ride to my home to do their Saturday chores.  Jacqueline and Diana lingered and Jacqueline expressed a wish that she had been able to shop at Michael's because she wanted to purchase gifts for a couple of friends.  I offered her the contents of my recently organized jewelry cabinet and she created two pairs of earrings for her friends.  Afterwards we made a quick trip to the paper store where she and Diana purchased little jewelry boxes and I found a pack of paper I hope will be useful.  I had planned to fast until Sunday but at around 6 I decided to break a 32 hour fast.  I was so pleased by the positive reaction to the gifts I gave the children in Salt Lake.