This past weekend I went to D.C. with my niece, Amber. The weather was horrendous! (Rain, wind gust and cold!) On the up side we had time to drop by Ikea and I was able to spurge and get some long loved kitchen organization pieces.
Have I mentioned before that I think I may have a possible tupperware/rubbermaid obsession. I love to have containers for my kitchen stuff.
All the cereals are in plastic containers. Chips, oatmeal, flour, pretty much everything I have as a staple in my pantry has a plastic container. I don't know why I like it so much but I do. I think it may be a bit abnormal.
Anyway, sadly Amber wasn't quite as in love with Ikea as I am. When I asked her why she said "well I don't have a house" I guess that's a OK answer. Still, I am suspicious. Have aliens abducted my sweet niece?
We arrived at the hotel at about 9pm on Friday. They had booked a block of rooms for the girls and their leaders and we were in a suite with girls from Nags Head and Ahoskie. They had activities planned for us until 1am!
I am way too old to be staying up that late. I could not stop yawning! It was fun though. The next morning we were up at 8 and to the temple by 9:30. They had reserved a room for us and we got to hear from our Stake Young Women's Presidency as well as the Sister Tingey, the Temple President's wife and The Turleys, a young couple that live in DC.
They all talked about the importance of the Temple both in being worthy to attend by being morally and spiritually clean and pure and how it can help us in our lives after we have gone through for the first time. It was a very spiritual weekend and I'm glad I got to do that with Amber.
Did I mention that I saw Geraldine Weeks there? She was one of the speakers on Chastity on Friday night. She was so cute. We did all of our activities that night in our PJ's since it was a slumber party and when I got there she came up to me and said Hi. She had a cute pair of green PJ's, pearls and gold earrings on and proceeded to tell me that her PJ's and robe were wet since they had been on a carrier on top of their car and it had leaked. She just laughed. She is such a good sport and the consummate Southern gal.
Mom I told her I'd send this picture of us to you. She always asks how you're doing.
Well that's it for now. I'd better run I'm meeting with a friend today to do some lettering for her walls. Have a great day!
3 comments:
Don't you worry, this niece will go to Ikea with you!!! I also have a special Tupperware for everything from cereal to all baking items (sugar, powdered sugar, brown sugar, etc).
I especially love Ikea's 360 Tupperware (freezer and microwave proof)! I love having the kitchen organized, and know if we drop the frozen leftovers the container won't shatter.
Sounds like a fun temple trip for you guys!
I NEED an IKEA down here. I have never been--I am so jealous. I would totally buy those containers.
Your hair is getting long!
I am so glad you have this blog so I can keep up with you...glad spring weather is finally here so we can catch up! It looks like you had a great time in DC with your niece, her picture was in the Daily Advance yesterday, I will bring it home from school if you want a copy!
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