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Show At least the weekend will be memorable p.g. blab the dishwasher and a bucket were able to empty the water k the dishwasher. The water had not been atl; drain down the sink so il ; backing up into the built-in washer and out onto the floor. The auger could not read clog. At 12:30 a.m. we finally : bed, leaving the clog for mon On Monday, the rooter F came out and unclogged tie -mess and now everything fine. Mopping dirty dishwater frr floor is not the way I dreai-ending dreai-ending Mother's Day nor tb citing weekend, but that is Ik goes sometimes. All in all it was a very thday and an enjoyable ;j Day. It is like I told my & "We need a little adventure!' then or we would have t memories at all." By MARCELLA WALKER This past weekend was a memorable one because of the events and disasters that took place. It all started Friday with my 29th birthday. My dear husband did not want me to spend the evening of my birthday all alone, as everyone had somewhere they had to be, so he took me with him to the Fathers and Sons outing for our ward where he was to be a speaker. He said we would stop along the way for a bite to eat. There are not a lot of places to stop and eat since we were headed for the west desert out on the other side of Cedar Fort. I ordered a pastrami sandwich at a nice place but it was the hottest pastrami I had ever tasted in all my life. It was not possible for me to eat it. Even my husband, who loves hot stuff, could not tolerate it. He had a pastrama sandwich, too, but his was alright. I think mine was cut from the outside of a new section of pastrami. Wow! So, still feeling a little hungry, we went on to the outing. We drove up to the site where many men and boys were at work setting up tents, fixing dinner, or just having fun. I got out of the car and no one even said, "What is a woman doing here?" or anything. They just accepted me as if I was one of the guys. I really appreciated that. I had been worried that they would have a fit when I arrived but they didn't. They acted as if it happened every day and I enjoyed the program as well as the hotdog they offered. party on Saturday night and we tended the children. Sunday went along really well and we all went to church before we came home and had the yummy dinner. Then, later in the afternoon, I went into the kitchen to try and organize some of the clutter, and the little girls were playing. I didn't pay too close attention until there was a series of quick bumping sounds on the steps. The 11-month-old had taken the short route to the bottom of the stairs, rolling all the way. I didn't even know she had gone up the stairs. I about had a heart attack and everyone came running, but, although she hollered for a minute or two, she was alright (thank goodness for carpeted stairs! ) and nothing was broken. It took an hour for rny heart to settle down to normal. Little children can about do you in. My great-nephew fell down the same stairs last August. He was about the same age as my granddaughter. He didn't get hurt, either. Later, all was going quite well. My daughter finally got around to getting the dishes in the dishwasher at about 10 p.m. A short time later I went into the kitchen for a drink of water and saw a big dark spot on the floor. As I got closer I could see that it was standing water and the spot was getting larger. I called for help and soon we females were mopping up water while Dad tried to find where the problem was. He quickly found that the drain pipe from the kitchen sink was plugged. By using the pump on To make up for not having cake and ice cream on my birthday, my mother had us over on Saturday. I really enjoyed that. Sunday was Mother's Day. The family fixed a lovely dinner and I just sat back and enjoyed all of it. I have always made a big deal out of having my birthday so close to Mother's Day because it is like having your birthday close to Christmas, gift-wise. I don't really mind that much but it is fun to make a big deal out of it. We had had our two granddaughters grand-daughters and their mom over all night. We always enjoy tending the babies and their mom had to go to a |