TRACES OF TIME . . .
THIS WEEK NOVEMBER 23, 2017
TONOVEMBER 29, 2017
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MONDAY,NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Family is Everything... 
Natalie drove me.
Thanks, Natalie.
Can barely see the mountains, today.
Gathering for supper...
...Hay Stacks--especially goodwith chopped celery.
Worked on Mom's life story this evening.I've got about 8 decades of herlife copied into familysearch.org"Memories."Verna Beth Huffaker Albertson1920-2013
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2020
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2020
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2020
Family is Everything... 
Max is looking out the window,watching for Julie to come backfrom Idaho.
Here is our Thanksgiving Daywith the Brewers . . .
Today
Today
Jerry said they only have these specialbuttermilk waffles two times a year:for breakfast on Thanksgiving morning,and then on New Year's morning.It takes two days to prepare thedelicate batter.
So fun to have the familyall together!
And I only make rolls once a year now:For Thanksgiving dinner.
Anna is such a good helper...
...mixing a double batch of rolls.
Hors d'ourves from this table...
...were moved over to this table.Jen had made delicious fudge. Jerrymade the Texas chocolate sheet cake.
We could snack all day.
Anna liked the chips 'n bean dip.
Jen's Utah friend sent her thesefun turkey stickers. Here's myplace card . . .
I couldn't believe that Ben is taller than his Dad.Jerry said Seth is also taller than his Dad.
Turkey's done . . .
...and dinner is served.
All too soon, it's time to put theleftovers away.
Anna told me that the wish boneis huge!
After a couple of hours,Gary gets the pies ready.
Today is a taste-test of five differentpumpkin pies...from Costco, Smith's,Macys, Walmart, Walmart sugar free.
The winners--from liked the best to least:Walmart sugar-freeWalmart regularSmith'sCostcoMacy's
Great food and even better company!
We feel blessed to be together.
Sarah took a fun selfie of us all.
Today has been a greatT H A N K S G I V I N GD A Y !
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2020
Family is Everything... Enjoying the left overs . . .
Today--in the theater room . . .
I was introduced to" M A N D A L O R I A N "Season 2, Episode 5: ‘The Jedi’
Baby Yoda has a name!
In “The Jedi,” the latest chapter of “The Mandalorian,” Din Djarin finally makes it to the desolate forest planet of Corvus, where he intends to leave the Child with Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson), a Jedi who might be able to train the little guy. First though, Ahsoka taps into the Force to communicate telepathically with her potential student. She learns about how he was taken from the Jedi temple on Coruscant, and how he spent many dark, lonely years living in fear. And she learns his name, which is … Grogu.
I confess to having some mixed feelings about this revelation. There’s nothing wrong with Grogu, which is no more or less silly than any other “Star Wars” name. (Honestly, any name was bound to seem relatively plain after 12 episodes of mystery.) But it’s going to be hard from now on to justify calling the kid “Baby Yoda.” That’s a bit of a bummer.
On the other hand, whenever Mando says, “Grogu,” the Child looks right at him and makes a little gurgling noise, as if to say, “Yes?” This is a delightful thing to see and hear. And so, “The Mandalorian” giveth, just as it taketh away.
Because this week’s episode was the fifth of an eight-episode season — and since Disney has already ordered a Season 3 — there was little chance Din was actually going to bid farewell to Grogu this week. Instead, not long after Ahsoka’s initial mind-meld conversation, she tells the Mandalorian it’s a terrible idea for her to train the child. For one thing, she fears his immense power, which he has learned to hide ever since he left the temple. She worries that the lingering anger over how he has been treated will tip him over to the Dark Side, if he ever unlocks the Force’s full potential. Ahsoka, who was a Padawan learner under the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, knows well how the powerful can be corrupted.
other reason Ahsoka may not want to become Grogu’s mentor is that she’s pretty busy right now. She’s been trying to free the long-suffering citizens of the city of Calodan from the tyrannical rule of the magistrate Morgan Elsbeth (Diana Lee Inosanto). The two have been locking horns for a while, each using maximum pressure to demand the other’s surrender — with Ahsoka regularly killing Elsbeth’s creepy masked goons and Elsbeth imprisoning and torturing any Calodanian who helps Ahsoka.Although this episode adds significant new pieces to the show’s larger story, it almost plays like a backdoor pilot for a new live-action “Star Wars” series starring Ahsoka. (The character has been well-represented in the animated “Star Wars” shows, appearing in both “The Clone Wars” and “Rebels.”) After she meets Mando — and after they have a brief but exciting fight — she helps him to understand only a little bit more about Grogu before she gets right back to her day job, fighting evil. The Mandalorian plays a minor role in this chapter’s climactic action sequence. He aids in Calodan’s liberation and then gets stuck in an old-fashioned gunfighters’ standoff with Morgan Elsbeth’s right-hand man, Lang (Michael Biehn).♫♫♪♪The more we get together ...the happier we'll be.♫♫♪♪
Today
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So fun to see the deer outside...
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2020
Baby Yoda has a name!
In “The Jedi,” the latest chapter of “The Mandalorian,” Din Djarin finally makes it to the desolate forest planet of Corvus, where he intends to leave the Child with Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson), a Jedi who might be able to train the little guy. First though, Ahsoka taps into the Force to communicate telepathically with her potential student. She learns about how he was taken from the Jedi temple on Coruscant, and how he spent many dark, lonely years living in fear. And she learns his name, which is … Grogu.
I confess to having some mixed feelings about this revelation. There’s nothing wrong with Grogu, which is no more or less silly than any other “Star Wars” name. (Honestly, any name was bound to seem relatively plain after 12 episodes of mystery.) But it’s going to be hard from now on to justify calling the kid “Baby Yoda.” That’s a bit of a bummer.
On the other hand, whenever Mando says, “Grogu,” the Child looks right at him and makes a little gurgling noise, as if to say, “Yes?” This is a delightful thing to see and hear. And so, “The Mandalorian” giveth, just as it taketh away.
Because this week’s episode was the fifth of an eight-episode season — and since Disney has already ordered a Season 3 — there was little chance Din was actually going to bid farewell to Grogu this week. Instead, not long after Ahsoka’s initial mind-meld conversation, she tells the Mandalorian it’s a terrible idea for her to train the child. For one thing, she fears his immense power, which he has learned to hide ever since he left the temple. She worries that the lingering anger over how he has been treated will tip him over to the Dark Side, if he ever unlocks the Force’s full potential. Ahsoka, who was a Padawan learner under the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, knows well how the powerful can be corrupted.
♫♫♪♪The more we get together ...the happier we'll be.♫♫♪♪
Today
Family is Everything... 
We played a fun familycard game with Adam readingthe questions about familysituations to discuss...
Thanks, Gary, for driving me overand back. He has just two more daysof "No-shave November."
Thanksgiving-dinner-leftoversfor lunch . . .
...about sunset on Saturday.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2020
Family is Everything...
Weaving through the
Salt Lake Airport...
flew out at 8:30 a.m.
...landed Noon Minnesota time.
A fun "Welcome Grandma" sign at Brewer's home
After a delicious sphagetti Sundaydinner, and home Sacrament meeting,Anna conducted family home evening..."Weaknesses becoming strengths"
...Then we watched part of...from 2003
It was very successful...as these I guess we'll watch the rest of it later... *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *I am so thankful for The Plan of Salvation and the Atonement of Jesus Christ that makes this Great Plan operational.At the end of this November 29th,I pray you have had arestful , peaceful, and spiritualSabbath Day...
I share these truths as my testimony to you...Heavenly Father lives and knows us each by name. He loves us and wants us to return to Him and Heavenly Mother when we leave this mortal existence. He loves us just as we are at this very moment.*** *** ***Jesus Christ came to earth as The Only Begotten of the Father and fulfilled the Atonement. He is the Redeemer of all. *** *** ***Joseph Smith was foreordained to be the Prophet of the Restoration. He is the Restorer of all things.*** *** ***
President Russell M. Nelson is the Living Prophet today for all the world. *** *** ***The Bible is "the Word of God as far as it is translated correctly" and is a Testament of the Divinity of Jesus Christ.*** *** ***
The Book of Mormon is the Word of God and is Another Testament of Jesus Christ. It is the most correct book of any book on earth.*** *** ***The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the True Church on the earth today. *** *** ***Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.Eileen PetersenSaratoga Springs, Utah, U.S.A.November 29, 2020
Age 5 -- when I believed in Santa and his Elves . . . My Dad built ships at the Long Beach Shipyards during World War II.
...but I believed in Santa until I was age ten in 5th grade.
Above: With Huffaker cousins at Grampa 'n Grama Huffaker's home 1949 Christmas Eve, Wendell, Idaho. Eileen, Lucy, Linda, Louise, Lenore, Rodney.
