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Monday, June 23, 2008

Hometeaching

I really noticed the difference between the sisters of the ward and the brethren of the ward today. Amy got a call from her home teaching companion, who wanted to pay one last visit to their families since that now the ward has been split, thats all gonna go away.

The brethren? "Sweet, Im totally off the hook for home teaching this month!"

Piece of crap, but as good as it gets.

So Im sitting on my can today mowing my lawn on the most okee mower ever. Its a mower my dad brought by from Oak City (where everything is okee) so I could mow my lawn with it. And it is the greatest thing ever. I know I've said things about its condition to my dad, I even told him he should be paying ME to mow my own lawn cause he gave me such a pile of metal mower. But in reality, its tough as nails and gets the job done quick and good. Its like Mater from the movie Cars. Piece of crap, but as good as it gets.

Also, my parents have let me and Ed keep their 4-wheelers for them. They are brand new and probably have less than 100 miles on them at this point. They are very nice. So Ed has Moms and we have Dads. For the last few nights, I have taken one or all the kids on it and just drove non-chalantly around the block. Its really very nice to live in a neighborhood where people drive their 4-wheelers around. Im generally not a talkative person, but its nice to just drive by and wave, yell comments about their nice lawns, etc. So thanks again to Mom and Dad for that.

Ward Split

They split our ward this last week. The Stake Presidency just kinda showed up and announced it. Most everyone on the west side of the railroad tracks is in the Stockton 2nd Ward. The new bishopric only found out last Thursday that the ward was being split and that they were the new leaders.

I was trying to comprehend how a bishopric puts together an entire ward in one week. They need Relief Society, Young Mens, Young Womens, Priesthood, Sunday School, Primary, Nursery, etc. Thats alot of people to call in one week! Our new church time is 11am-2pm next Sunday. So they have till then to get it all set up.

Everyone I have talked to is pretty excited about it. Change is always exciting, regardless of how messy it may be.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Not an exact science

My basement is always a mess. So long as we clean it once a week, we get 1 day out of 7 where it is clean. The kids seem to think that cereal, popcorn, string cheese, and otter pops belong IN the carpet. But with the amount of toys and blankets spread all over the place, you can't really tell.

My front lawn has holes. I thought it was a good idea to spray my crab grass with roundup. Well, it was a GREAT idea. The crab grass is gone, totally and utterly gone!!! All thats left is a blank patch of dirt. More precisely 6 blank patches of dirt.

We have chosen, of our own free will and choice, to raise 1 toddler and 3 children at the same time. The truth is, its NOT orderly, its NOT peaceful, and its NOT an exact science. I don't even think it IS a science. Bailey won't go to bed, Crystal WILL have her way, Rooker IS the Incredible Hulk, and Bridger thinks his food goes in his hair. Will someone please find me a book on that? Even with all that, we thought it would be a good idea to add a baby. So in November, we will have 1 baby, 1 toddler, and 3 kids. But there is no denying that deep down, I feel like it is SUPPOSED to be this way.

I have the most awesome 1985 dodge pickup with only 60,000 miles on it. Too bad its unregistered, uninsured, and gets horrible gas mileage. So let me rephrase, I have the most awesome driveway ornament.

My office above my garage is sweet. If only my kids didnt raid it everyday and leave food crumbs and toys everywhere. The AC doesnt quite get up there, so its a nice 85 degrees all the time. But when I put a fan on my desk and blast it in my face, and stare directly at my computer screen to zone out the mess around me, then yeah, my office is awesome.

I LOVE having a TV in my bedroom. Its so awesome, that I watch it till 1:30ish every night. Its totally worth hating myself every morning for staying up so late. I get to work tired, Im grumpy with my kids, and I want nothing more at night than to climb in bed and FREAKING SLEEP. As soon as I hit my pillow, I see the remote staring at me from my nightstand. I pick it up, and *click*.

Its sooooo nice having a fridge like ours. Its got french doors and lots of room. Its even got this great feature that if you accidentally leave the door open, it starts beeping at you. We leave it open on accident all the time. The best is when Bailey gets up at 2am to get something to eat, she has to be very sneaky about it, cause her parents don't like her doing it. She will get something, and go back to bed and fall asleep. For the next 20 minutes, we get to hear:
*beeeeep*..........*beeeeep*...........*beeeeeep*
Amy and I play the waiting game to see if the other one is awake and bothered enough to go shut the freakin door. It's ok, we only turned off the TV 30 minutes ago anyway.

My new car is awesome. It gets 30 miles to the gallon, which is 10 more than my old car got. The only difference between my old car and my new car, is in my old car I didnt have to blast the radio just to hear it over the road. I also dont remember the road having near as many bumps and holes in it. In my old car I could actually hear what people were saying through my bluetooth earpiece. And my old car actually had a CD player.

Which reminds me, Eddie called this month and said he had to be at work at 5am this whole month. So I was like "screw that!, Im not paying to drive myself into work everyday!" so I went and bought a $150 bus pass. A week later, after I rode the bus 2 times, Ed called and said his schedule was normal again and he wanted to carpool. After much contemplation and self-loathing, I decided it was a good idea. So my bus fare this month was only $75 each time I rode into town. Just slightly more expensive than it would have been if I had driven my car in at $8 each day. *sigh*

Lucky for me, I have Amy and a good job.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

New RC Plane


This past weekend we were in Idaho, and my in-law Tyler brought this exact airplane with him. Its radio control, and it is AWESOME. He actually bought it for his son's birthday, but it ended up being Tylers in the end. He let me fly it around and IT WAS AWESOME. I asked him how much it costs, and he said "$20 at Walmart". It sounded to good to be true, but today I went and picked mine up. Man is it sweet. I flew it for about 20 minutes before the wind got to be too much. Now if I can get my bros to buy some, then we could have dog fights, it would be awesome. Its sooo easy to control, and I've gotten very good at landing, although I did actually run it into the house one time and broke up the nose a little. But seriously, at $20, who cares?

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Getting Old

Amy mentioned something today about how we know we are finally getting old.

It used to be that we thought return missionaries were so old. Now, when we see them, we realize they are just kids.

Somehow, we got old.