What a wonderful thing! Here are some things I have used it for:
Christmas gifts for family members (wish list, where it can be purchased, prices, what I've paid per child etc.)
Organizing an 11 year old scout camp for about 80 kids
Organizing a music theory test day for about 500 students
Planning menus with Jeff for extended campouts
Organizing church music (Sacrament meeting, church organists, and choir music)
Volunteers for elementary school for yearly fundraising auction
Planning vacations
Coordinating cub scout lists between packs
Sunday, January 22, 2012
22 January 2012
I had a very unique experience today. I visited a children's group at a church. For singing time, the leader donned a belly dancer's apron over her modest dress and wiggled her hips (lightly) while the children sang, louder as they sang louder and softer as they sang softer. The children also rolled a dice to come up with a number that corresponded to an action they would do while they sang the song. The actions included singing with their backs to the front of the room, hopping, swirling around, and singing while they stood on their chairs.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Cleaning the temple
Today, I helped clean our Washington D.C. Temple.
I wiped down the covers of scriptures and hymn books, wiped down each black and white key on the organ and dusted the entire organ, climbed up on scaffolding and gently wiped each glass piece on 1/2 of a chandelier (while talking with a retired BYU English composition professor--and organist-- who had just spent about a year teaching English in China), buffed the benches in the chapel until they shone then wiped them with pledge, replaced hymnbooks in the racks, dusted all ledges, tops of doors, picture frames on the 2nd floor hallways and foyer, used Murphy's oil to rub down the wood walls in both ends of that main hallway leading to the stairwells, chatted (in spanish) with a missionary from Mexico whose husband had been a diplomat and had lived in France, China, and Switzerland, moved all the furniture in the walkway to the center in preparation for carpet cleaning. The building is SO clean. . . every part of it. Even the cleaning rags weren't so dirty. Cleanliness is next to Godliness. The missionaries there take it seriously.
This is the second year I have been able to help. It really is an honor and I always feel like I learn things (even if I come home feeling more than a little discouraged about the cleanliness of my own house). The cleaning supplies were so well organized on the shelves. There were products for everything and procedures. The woodwork is well-cared for. There was joy in working and serving together.
One product that fascinated me was Butcher's Bowling Alley wax. I googled it and learned that it's good on floors but shouldn't be used if the floor has been sealed with polyurethane rather than wax. In any case, it really made the wood shine! Pledge was also a good product for the wood, and I guess Murphy's oil as well.
I wiped down the covers of scriptures and hymn books, wiped down each black and white key on the organ and dusted the entire organ, climbed up on scaffolding and gently wiped each glass piece on 1/2 of a chandelier (while talking with a retired BYU English composition professor--and organist-- who had just spent about a year teaching English in China), buffed the benches in the chapel until they shone then wiped them with pledge, replaced hymnbooks in the racks, dusted all ledges, tops of doors, picture frames on the 2nd floor hallways and foyer, used Murphy's oil to rub down the wood walls in both ends of that main hallway leading to the stairwells, chatted (in spanish) with a missionary from Mexico whose husband had been a diplomat and had lived in France, China, and Switzerland, moved all the furniture in the walkway to the center in preparation for carpet cleaning. The building is SO clean. . . every part of it. Even the cleaning rags weren't so dirty. Cleanliness is next to Godliness. The missionaries there take it seriously.
This is the second year I have been able to help. It really is an honor and I always feel like I learn things (even if I come home feeling more than a little discouraged about the cleanliness of my own house). The cleaning supplies were so well organized on the shelves. There were products for everything and procedures. The woodwork is well-cared for. There was joy in working and serving together.
One product that fascinated me was Butcher's Bowling Alley wax. I googled it and learned that it's good on floors but shouldn't be used if the floor has been sealed with polyurethane rather than wax. In any case, it really made the wood shine! Pledge was also a good product for the wood, and I guess Murphy's oil as well.
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