Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016 – Cleanup after Rain, P’day, Temple Session, Shopping

We had another storm roll through during the night that dumped another inch of rain on us. That’s a good thing for the grass and flowerbeds. Unfortunately the aftermath meant a lot of cleanup for Sis. Johnson, especially around the rotunda outside of the Jail. There is a spot that floods and covers the sidewalk with mud every time there is a heavy rain.  Sis. Johnson uses her leaf blower to clean away the water and mud but it still requires some mopping to make the sidewalk look good again.

Since today is our P-day, we decided to take in a temple session. Saturdays at the temple are very busy. I found out that there were five weddings this morning plus an additions three or four couples going through the temple for their own endowments prior to their temple sealing later. Today was busy but all summer it’s been even busier with weddings. The Nauvoo temple; a very popular place to be sealed for time and all eternity to your spouse. 

After our temple session we headed south and across the Mississippi to Keokuk, Iowa to do our weekly shopping at Wal-Mart. We have a small “County Market” in Carthage that we love to shop at. Unfortunately they don’t have a very large selection and they can’t carry everything we need. So, occasionally we have to go to the closest Wal-Mart. Actually it’s quite close to Carthage, only 15 miles west from where we live.