Blessed Sabbaths

Blessed Sabbaths. I love Sundays. I love that it is just a day to relax. I'm thinking about going to the gardens and taking pictures. Not sure that it will actually happen, but I have good intentions.
I feel I need to put in a picture, I haven't done that for awhile. So here ya go. This is a picture of my niece, Kimberly. The last time I went over to my sister's house to visit, she kept wanting to sit on my lap. It's nice to be loved.
So I have nothing really to say. Sorry this so short, next time I will make it longer. Sorry about before, now the picture is uploaded. She has a pop tart in her hand and is just chilling in her "Mike" slippers. She's just so cute. I can't lie, she is my favorite. I love hanging out with her!!

I'm Back!!

I made it to Rexburg in one piece. My dad and I made the 1,279 mile trip in 19 1/2 hours. Google map says it's supposed to take 21 hours and 9 minutes. Don't worry, we didn't speed. I think the fastest we ever went was 80. The secret? We took a shortcut through some back roads. I'm glad my dad helped me drive. I was tired, but then all the things I do to help me stay awake, I really couldn't do with another passenger. I blast my music and sing along at the top of my lungs. A little slapping of the face too helps. And last but not least place face against window for a chilling shock effect. (It works, trust me.) It's nice to be back here. Although I have been a bit bored. At home we had a routine and it was nice. Here, I sit on my butt and think of something to do that won't take all $.

So far, all the roommates are ones I can get along with. This is good. Maybe I'll luck out and it will stay that way.
Classes are going well. I've only gone to one and that was for 15 minutes... but it's great. Tomorrow is the real test. I have all my "hard" classes MWF. But even then I finish at 11am. So I really can't complain.

This whole time zone change is catching up to me. It's not even 10 yet and I'm ready to go to sleep. I'm tired. Dang it.

Sorry, this is all old news. But there really isn't much to say. Oh, I did finish a whole large pizza from Cragios. It was really good. I had pizza for breakfast, lunch and dinner today! Now that's the life. I didn't have to cook a thing. Oh, that just reminded me of our dinners each night, sad. I miss those. Rachel, you need to come out here...

Emotional people... beware the "welp"

15 days. That has to be some sort of record for not writing in my blog. It's actually 12 days too long. I should have written long ago.

I am now offically free. I have earned my freedom from Nations Holding Company. I loved working there. That's the first place I can say that about. Really the thing that tops it all is that I could sit all day long. They led to the fact that I was welcome back, but I don't know if I will. We'll see when the time comes.

Thursday is going to be a busy relaxed day, if that exsists. I am loading up my truck and doing last minute packing, but then I am sleeping in, going out with my mom and I doing a couple or errands. I like days like that. Busy, but not stressed.

It was good talking to you tonight, Rachel. I hadn't laughed that much in awhile. It felt good. I will text you tomorrow night when I leave and will call you when I get to Rexburg. It'll be a long trip, but Dad is good company so it will be a pleasant trip. We are going to watch movies on my laptop! I'm excited.

Something interesting happened Monday. The RS pres and I were going to go out for lunch, but ended up going for frozen custard (yummy). You have to understand that she is like me in regards to being shy and reserved. So this calling has been stressful on her. We sat and talked for sometime and I couldn't believe she asked me how I deal with my Mom when she is stressed. I never thought about it. Cause honestly, she's been stressed my whole life, I haven't known my mom any different. So instead I ended up giving her advice on how to deal with stress. I reminded me of my good old mission days when I was told I was worth $100 an hour for all the things I did. Giving good wholesome advice, listening, stuff like that. What I don't get is, why do they ask me. I'm half their age, never married, no kids, hardly any world experience. What do I have to offer. HF has an interesting way of working cause what came out of my mouth was what she needed to hear. I love to be a witness of things like that. How I love the gospel.

Sorry, I didn't mean to go into all that. So, my family was getting all sappy today. I don't like that. I'd rather just say, "welp, see ya later". This illistrates why I want to elope to the temple. There's no build up of all these emotions from other people and I stay out of the spot light. So Rachel, or anyone else reading this, if you get a postcard in the mail saying either I'm getting married in a week, or saying FYI I got married, don't be surprised. In fact, expect it. So far my plan is to get married in the Nauvoo Temple. We'll see if it really happens though.

I think I'm going to get in another episode of 24 before I call it a night.

Dub a Dub Dub

Well today was a forever long day at work. I finished a project that I had been working for two days. And now that I'm leaving shortly, everyone is piling projects on me. Going from bored to tears to don't even know where to begin. I put in my two week notice today. I went online to see how people suggest doing it. What caught me off gaurd was that you really don't have to give a two week notice. I knew it was a nice thing to do, but is not required, at least so says the internet. But it's been wrong before. So I gave it to my boss in an email. That was a hard email to write. My boss who is a lawyer (which scares me right there) also majored in English. Everytime I am around that man or have to write an email to him, I spend 15 minutes just writing a short paragraph. But I got through it. Phew.
Then after work, we had a sister from the ward and the Missionaries over for dinner. It was fun. It was one of the missionaries last night before he goes home. Since they didn't have any appointments we play Jotts and Tittles. We played on teams and I was with Jenny, needless to say, we lost badly. I haven't lost that game that badly in a long time. We kept getting hard question after hard question. Oh well, I guess I can lose once and awhile. Otherwise it's not fun. Our family decided to take pictures of all the missionaries that come into our home from now on. So we took their pictures. I think it would be neat to have. Too bad we hadn't been doing it before. We have them over all the time since Dad is the Bishop. We tell them to always come over when they don't have a dinner appointment. Anyway, here's their picture. Elders Coffinfield (I think that's his name) and Liniquist.
After they left I was talking to my Dad about movies and I asked him where all our vhs tapes were. Then got to thinking, I wonder if I can hook a vcr up to a computer and capture the movie and burn it to a dvd? We have that vcr/dvd combo thing that will do it for you, but I've never had much sucess with it. The movie also seems to be too long for the dvd and doesn't finish recording it. So I will try to "dub" it on my computer sometime this week (if I feel up to it) I'd like to get it to work cause we have some really good movies on vhs. I'll keep you all posted on my progress.
I finished my book today. It's the 5th book this summer. I have two more on my "to read" list, but won't have enough summer left to accomplish it. I wonder how many pages I've read this summer. The book I just finished was almost 800. I bet it's around 3000 pages. Well, I'm off to study the dubbing process. Cheers.

Sleepwalker

So here it is... the update. My weekend is long gone and I am yet again sad over my loss. But you are correct in that I only have a couple more "Mondays", at least until classes start again. I am ready to leave!! Sorry for the brevity, but it is late already and I must arise with the sun. Enjoy the changes to the sidebar. I will think at work what my new poll question shall be. So look for that. Be excited, I sure am. Oh, side note, I may have found a new group that is worthy of a listening ear; JamisonParker. Check them out and let me know what you think. Their cd Sleepwalker will be coming your way if you're interested.

Jolly Roger

This is for you Rachel. Like I said, I was at Target and was just wondering around and found this shirt and I had to have it. We both know it has hidden meanings for me. Hahahahahaha. And an extra bonus, it's really soft. I love my new shirt. I should have bought more just to put aside and wear after this one gets retired. Anyway, it was good to talk to you earlier tonight. Well, I'm off to bed early tonight so I don't fall asleep in my chair at work tomorrow.

Blah

I had an ah ha moment on Friday. As you may or may not know, I left work at noon and enjoyed a slightly enlongated weekend. I realized that I would still be at work for another 5 hours!! That killed me. That's a long time. So today all I could think about when I got to work was how long I'd be there. Ah, I can't wait to have a job I love and that's fun. At least this will look good on my pittiful reasume.

So I finally finished the first season of Lost. I liked it. I will have to get the second season DVD somehow and start watching the third season that starts this October. I also got the first disc of Smallville's first season. I liked it. I may pick that show up too. I'm going to be glued to the tv come this fall. I don't know that that's a good thing.

My Dad is out of town for the week on the high adventure with the Scotts. They are going canoeing up in Iowa. My Dad was really excited about the trip. (I realized I hadn't finished my thoughts.) Oh well, the jist of the story is my Dad is gone for the week. Enough said.

Mission: Impossible

So I'm so excited it's almost Friday. My sleep sucking job is almost over for the week! :) So I've decided to write another entry and yet I have nothing to speak of. I updated the poll. This one may prove to be difficult. At least if someone asked me this question. I've only looked people in the eye on rare occasions so I couldn't tell you what your eye color is. I can't even tell you what color my parents' are. Oh well... good luck to all who endeavor to accomplish the impossible task in my book.

Clockwise Consistancy

Saturday I babysat a little girl under a year old and had the best time. She was easy to watch. She just wanted to play with one of those plastic eggs at Easter time. She loved that thing. Anyway, I got bored just watching her play with the egg, so I pulled out my camera and took some pictures of just stuff. I've come to really enjoy taking pictures. So I fear for all you faithful readers out there that my blog is going to be full of them. I may even one day put in a link to a web photo album. We'll see how bored I get another time. Anyway. I hope you all don't find it boring to look at them. I'll try to keep it interesting. So Enjoy. As you look at these pictures I will update you all on my life. I'm 24 still and still respond with 23 when asked how old I am, not because I am trying to hide how old I am, but because 24 just doesn't seem to roll off my tounge. I think this is how the whole "lie about your age" thing happened, pure innocence. :) I'm still working the same old job. I like my job, but just wish I was more busy. I am reading a new author and really enjoying her. Robin Hobb is her name and for those who read Sci-fi/Fantasy she's a good one to pick up. Hmmm, I spoke to the YW last Wednesday about my mission. This is another reason I don't tell the world I served a mission. Don't get me wrong, I loved every bit of it, but sometimes, I don't want to talk about it, and even more don't want to talk about it in front of a group of people. I must have put on three coats of deodorant. :) Not really, but I felt like I needed that much. My sister has made me watch her first season of LOST. So far I've watched 5 episodes. Its good, and intense. I was just thinking that I don't have a show to call my own. All the shows I watch are because of someone else. Hmmm, I need to work on that. (Actually, no, I don't like spending a bunch of time in front of the tv, so nevermind) What else can I blab about? I watched Extreme Makeover: House Edition on Sunday and got misty eyed. I felt stupid for that one. I'm going to blame it on the every blamable girl things, cause I can. :) July is half over. The toilet water still spins the sameway everytime I flush. Thank goodness for consistancy.

Happy 4th of July

I took these pictures at the Royals' game tonight. That's a huge flag. I don't know what got into me either, cause when they started to sing the national anthem, I got misty eyes. I love this country, but never got misty eyed before. Hmmm, I think it must be horpmones.








Some fireworks over the stadium.












The Royals played The Minnesota Twins and kicked their butts'. Royals 7 Twins 2. Go Royals.



Well, I hope everyone had a great vaction, it's back to our life suckers tomorrow. Oh well. Happy 4th everyone!!!!!!!!!