I Have Concern About Julie

OK, you Factor IV kids. Julie has arrhythmia and has had for years. This a.m., at 9:15, she called and said that she has a heaviness in her chest behind her sternum. I sent her to the local doctor because I was worried. She did not have tingling in her arm. I understand that there is often no tingling with a stroke. Jim is in CA with the bees. I sent Dad to watch the kids. I think I just need to quit writing for the newspaper because the only reason I am still here is that I have missed four weeks of meetings and have one at 10 a.m. However, I am really concerned about her. I only pray that you read this now and can tell me, from your experience, if I should panic and head out.

Todd wrote: Doesn't have anything to do with factor V. Let us know what the doctor says. 

Melanie wrote: I have an irregular heartbeat. Nothing to do with factor V. When I am anxious my heart beat is really off. Sometimes it feels like it is coming out of my chest. The doctors will probably do a stress test and have her wear a monitor. It is common among women in their early forties.  

Myrna wrote: Sometimes I do not think about the power of the priesthood that Dad holds being able to mend things that have gone awry. However, the priesthood worked yet again. In fact, Julie said it was more the blessing Dad gave her than the doctor that provided the cure. The Mt. Pleasant doctor told her that many people in the world have arrhythmia and that as long as she can sleep through the night and as long as she can breathe through an episode, she will likely be OK. Of course, she could do neither this time. He did do an MRI and it was OK. He told her that her cholesterol was high and that the bad cholesterol was higher than it should be. Her sugar was OK. He told her to take a baby aspirin once each day. She is already supposed to see an Internist in Provo about the Factor V at the suggestion of her OB who found that she was Factor V when he did the testing after she lost the baby. So she will do that next month. So, Mom, breathe in, breathe out and relax.

Melanie wrote: Those are the same things I was told in 1998 when they discovered my arythmia. Also the change in hormones in women over 40 can be a factor as well. Sleep is essential. ..something mothers never can get enough of. Breathing exercises and walking also helps.

I love Julie!

Mel

Todd wrote: And getting the cholesterol under control will help as well. 

Come for a Bike Ride Invitation from Ursula

Ursula Ann Schroeder invited you to her event: CycloFemme 2013 Bicycle Ride

Myrna Trauntvein: Envy, envy, envy! I didn't ever learn how to ride a bike. That's why I walk/run. I am stuck with walking and slow running (slower than jogging). I had rheumatic fever when all my friends were learning how to ride a bike. Then I had rapid heart syndrome, and was also not allowed to ride. Then I could finally have learned to ride, but I was a teenager and I learned how to drive instead. When my kids were learning to ride bikes, I wanted to learn also but then I had bad veins and bouts of DVT and the doctor did not think it was a good idea. It's still on my bucket list but my list is long and it is at the bottom of said list. I am also getting older by the day and so, I think, I will just have to not learn. I love you and hope you have a great time.


Ursula Ann Schroeder wrote: Thanks Aunt Myrna. I love you tool. Let all the cousins know that live around here or will be visiting. It will be a fun ride. If you decide you want to learn, I would be happy to teach you.  It would be great to see any of you. Have a super week. Stay warm. (Silly iPad/auto correct.)



Myrna Trauntvein: I will let them know. They are all bike riders and would probably love it. However, the auto correct does make for some interesting sentences.

Ursala wrote: Yes, it does make for interesting reads.

Letter from Myrna

We are back in Nephi and spent our first time in three weeks at the temple serving in our calling. We had our two-year interview with the temple president and renewed our commitment for another two years. Every two years, we have an interview with the president and we agree to a contract to serve for another two years as long as we remain physically and mentally able. So we have another two glorious years to look forward to. The president said that the Payson Temple will likely not be ready for dedication until late in 2014 or early 2015 so we do have some time left in the Manti Temple serving surrounded by the labor of pioneer craftsmen who did the work of temple building with hand tools and great skill. Today there are many ways to achieve what those workers did with foot-powered lathes and wood-workers hand tools.

As our first assignment on Saturday, we were able to do the part of Adam and Eve. One thing that you never get in the film is the very human side of the presentation. For example, on film you never see an older woman playing Eve and getting tears in her eyes because she suddenly realizes that, without the price paid by the Savior, all would be lost. None of us would ever again be allowed in the presence of our Father in Heaven. I have done the Eve part for 14 years now and, each time, it seems that something new in some new section or area will touch my heart deeply. How privileged I am to have this opportunity. How I love the temple.

When we got home, Shawn and family, Julie and AnnMarie had cleaned up all of the water from our basement flood. Shawn had replaced the valve with a new one so all is functioning as it should. I am going to put silicone around the baseboards so that the water does not ever again fill the basement by running from the laundry room under the wall into the family/television room. Well, I suppose that it can still creep under the door but I only hope it does not.

Kirsten is healing still. The poor girl has had more than her share of pain and grief. After three trips to the ER for her allergies to narcotics, the doctors gave her only Tylenol. It will be eight-weeks before she can open her jaw. The orthodontist will then do a bit more tweaking but by next fall she should be able to eat more than liquids, open her jaw, and use it the way most people do. This could have been avoided if the orthodontist we consulted in her youth had done the work as he should have done. It still makes me upset that he did not. She is having problems now with one of her sinus passages because it keeps bleeding. They have considered giving her an antibiotic but hardly dare.

We have the weirdest things happen. When we did the curbside passenger check-in as we were leaving Denver, the guy (nice and we tipped him well enough) printed two tickets for me and none for LHT. We didn't find this out until we got to security and then we had to go all the way back to have it fixed. We did make the plane in time. Then, when we got home, we found out that they had taken the plastic zip lock off to check Grandpa's luggage for security reasons. Instead of cutting the plastic, which we simply use to keep the case from coming open and not to keep anyone out, they cut the zipper pulls off. Weird?

AnnMarie and family are at Disneyland in California. Megan and Kyle are there with the band and AnnMarie and Brandon decided to go as well and take the rest of the family. Julie and Jim and family are going this next week.

In the a.m. we have a funeral in Layton to attend. Gramp's cousin, Bert Pay, lost his wife Ila. She was only 69. She died the very day her one sister had her funeral. We are leaving early so I should hurry to bed. The funeral is at 11 a.m. but we are picking up Auntie Helen and Auntie Eva on the way.

To Ben: We treasure your emails. I am printing them off and saving them. Gramps likes me to print them for him to read and I decided that I would put them in plastic sheets and save them. So thank you for keeping us up-to-date. We so enjoy your spiritual experiences which you share with us.

To Michael: Thank you so much for your hand-written letter. We will treasure it just as we do your emails. I am printing them off and saving them. Gramps likes me to print them for him to read and I decided that I would put them in plastic sheets and save them. So thank you for keeping us up-to-date. We so enjoy your spiritual experiences which you share with us.


To both: We love you. We pray for you and we keep your name on the prayer roll at the temple.

Lots of love, Grammy and Gramps

Please Respond. Thanks.

Which ones of you now have your photo, both the 5X7 and the 8X10, of our family (just the original eight) at the 50th anniversary? 

I know that I have missed someone because I have two left. DRATS! And do you think I can remember who I sent them to and who I did not? I can't.

Shawn wrote: We got the pictures thank you.

Kimberly wrote: We do.

Melanie wrote: I don't think I have them. I will check and see. When was I supposed to have received them? Mel

Myrna wrote: I sent them just after Christmas. I think you are probably right. Good! Now just one more to figure out.One of them who did not get the photos is Melanie. I have no idea who the other is. Thanks for your help.

AnnMarie wrote: Got mine

From Maxine Gordon About Our Pay Cousin

Maxine Gordon wrote: "This is my nephew's sister-in-law. Marion Everett is my nephew'a wife. Ila Zell died the night of her sister's funeral. Marion talked at her funeral."

Lucy wrote: "Her daughter, Tracy Lamb, is married to my son Rod's wife, Jamie's brother, and she's also my cousin, Wynn Everett's wife Marion's sister! So sorry for the double loss in your family! I didn't realize the connection before."

Alarm System Money

Kimberly wrote: We left the money for your alarm system on your fridge in and envelope.  I tried to give it to Julie, but she said to give to you.

We have appreciated the years of payments you have made, as a family, for the alarm system. We know that you are all supposed to be making payments instead of giving us gifts but we have observed that is not going well. Some of you are doing both and that is just not fair to you. No matter what you say, that makes us think that we are free-loading. Therefore, we have informed both Julie and the alarm system providers that we will be making the monthly payments.

Thank you for the years and years of payments you have all made. We do appreciate it and we do love you.

For those of you who have paid already this year, Julie has applied those payments and has told us who paid. Thank you for that.

Faye Trauntvein Andersib

I look so much like my mother. Sometimes it's haunting to see my picture and hers. My Uncle Earl (Mom's brother) once told my parents that Mom would never die with me around as I looked so much like her. But my sister, Carolyn, really has Mom's features.
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Myrna Trauntvein wrote:  She was a beautiful woman and so are you. I will need to pull out a genealogy photo and compare. I have my mother's smile but, other than that, I look like my dad. Leonard looks like a Trauntvein.

To Olena Blackham About Funeral Arrangements for Ila Pay

Helen called at said that Ila had died. She did not know when the funeral might be. She said for us to watch the paper but it was not in the Deseret News today. Do any of you know when it is? Thanks, Myrna


Olena Hunt wrote: Hi Myrna,

Talked to Neldon yesterday.  Haven't heard from him since.  They were thinking about Monday but since it is a holiday they decided not to have it then.   At this time we don't know.

Will keep you informed when we hear anything.  Neldon usually talks to Virden as it is easier for him to hear on the phone than me.

Love,
Olena

To Braden About Money

Myrna wrote:

Can we contribute next month? We just got back from Kirsten's and we are a bit short on cash. We would love to help out and wondered if that would be too late? It is two more weeks and that may be too long. You know that we could do the $10 right now but we were thinking the $50 would be nicest.

Oh, you heard about our flood? Uncle Shawn put a new release valve on the water heater and Aunties AnnMarie and Julie cleaned up all the water so that when we got back from Auntie Kirsten's the basement was dry and clean. Three cheers for all of their hard work. We are fine but poor Auntie Kirsten is not well even now.

From Braden Bolton:

Yes. You don't have to do that right now. I might close down the page if nobody donates by then. So just wait. ;-)

Myrna Trauntvein wrote:

We do love you and we do wish you success. Love, Grammy and Gramps

P.S. Did you get your Valentine on time?

Braden wrote: I did get my valentine! Thank you so much. I was able to get a lunch with the money that I received! I enjoyed it so much this week. I am trying to save money and not eat out so much, but those extra $5 really changed my mind on Thursday.

Don't worry about the money, it is more for me to gauge how much support I could receive from my network outside of my family.

I hope that you are feeling better and that the house is surviving the weather. If you need me to come down this week to help, I am able to do so. Just let me know.

Myrna wrtoe: Well, at any rate, $50 is yours from us but we will give it to you in person.

Go Fund Me!

Braden says...

Hi! I'm Braden and I'm a Linguistics student at Brigham Young University. I was just given the chance at an internship with a private university in Peru which will help me apply my passion and knowledge of linguistics and help people in the process. With this internship I'll live in Chiclayo, Peru from May to August to help improve English-language teaching programs at Juan Mejia Baca University and other schools around the city. While it's an incredible opportunity, the internship is unpaid. This is where you might be able to help. With this page I hope to raise funds to buy a plane ticket to Lima, pay for my transportation to and from Chiclayo, and pay tuition so I can earn credit for my experience. No donation is too small and I am grateful for any help you can give me to make this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity possible.