As the year closes out, I am reflecting on the things that happened in this year. I lost my job at Convergys, Chris returned to work with Godfathers, we got a van, I went to jail, I got back to a career that I love but can't any more due to carpal tunnel. I had my church membership restored. I wrote a letter to the 1st Presidency to have my blessings restored. I saw a couple(My Home Teacher) and his family be sealed in the temple. A missionary returned, another went out. The Prophet dies, an apostle passes too. Big deal with the financial companies, a recession, loss of jobs, laws being changed and challenged. Signs of the times.
I wonder what the next year will hold for 2009. But one thing is for sure, in fact several things will be for sure. My blessings will be restored, I will be able to take Chris and Ben to the temple to be sealed too. I will be able to GO to the temple and DO those things I have been missing for so many years. I will be able to serve fully in the church once again and develop more of my testimony. My wife's and I goal for 09 is to visit and go to every temple in Utah. That includes the new ones being built in Draper and Oquirrh Mountain. I am hoping to be able to go down and go through for the open house, then once all the blessings are restored and we are endowed, we can go through for sessions. So that's going to be neat. Also as said in previous blog, I plan to go back to school. So we are going to see what 09 will bring us. More happiness, more love, more being who we'd like to be. And we hope to move to Ogden and be closer to Weber State, so I can be closer to the campus and do what I need to there. I'll just find a job on campus or around there. I know Chris will be staying with Godfathers, so at least we'll be OK there. so we shall see.
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Monday, December 29, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Christmas
I would be doing this at work, but I have a few minutes this morning to sit, while Chris is sleeping and Ben is just being Ben with all his new toys he has all over the living room floor. To be honest, I think the best Christmas I ever had, was a few years ago, finishing up a divorce, just getting home from work from Dennys, and spending the entire day, enjoying the quiet of my own place. Sure I called Chris and my parents and wished them all a Merry Christmas, and such. But I didn't go out to the crazy places to spend any money. I think I sent off a few cards to family and friends that I loved, but I got to spend that time contemplating on the true meaning of Christmas. It was not going out and getting the best gift for anyone, it was not maxing out my credit card to get the one gift that will out shine them all, but it was the simple stopping to remember what this was all about. I think President Uchdorf said it best in his talk for the First Presidency Devotional, when he said, "The economic challenges of this year may cause some to scale back their gift giving, but I wonder if this may be a blessing in disguise." I believe that statement. After hearing my MIL say she spent $4000 on her Discover card for Christmas I don't have to worry about why she complains that she never has any money. She spends so much on her credit cards that she never has any money to do anything else. Its all on credit. So all her $300 a month from working goes to pay the damned credit cards. Thank the Lord we don't have to worry about that. We just have a bank card, and if there is money there, we will use it. If not, oh well. I would rather teach my son the true meaning of Christmas, away from the influence of his Grandma. That will upset a lot of people, but in this world of buying on credit, it would be better to just go find a place and hide till the Savior comes again.
On a much crazier note, we had to have the van towed into the shop on Friday. It has been over heating for a few days. We were lucky to get it home Christmas night after our family dinner. It was a mix of rain and snow that iced the entire road all the way home. Plus the wind blowing the snow/rain mix sideways it was hard to see. They were supposed to call Friday night after they took a look at it. They didn't call until Saturday. Broken hose and all the coolant is out. So I called back our car dealer and the person who deals with repairs and such is out of hte office until Monday. So no vehicle the entire weekend. Just great. So Chris called her mom to come get her and go return a gift that we hoped to get exchanged. That was a mistake. Because of the holidays and the vehicle I was not able to make it in to work on Friday. So my MIL got all butt hurt that I didn;t call her to ask for a ride in to work. Yet she spent the entire night in SL picking up her sister and family from the airport, which had their luggage in a diff terminal, until 4am. Then she and Ricky go shopping at Wal-Mart til 6am. And I go to work at 7:30am. Hmmm, am I the type of person who calls someone after they get an hour of sleep to ask to help me go to work, or am I nice guy and let them get sleep, and not worry about work, since they aren't worried about me, and just blow another day? So she yells at Chris for nearly 4 hours about it. Chris tries to get some sleep this morning, and guess what? Her mom calls just 30 mins after I leave the bedroom to let Chris gets sleep, to ask about pants. There goes my MIL again spending more on teh credit card. Then complaining that she has no money again. Its just a vicious cycle that I hope one day to get out of. Maybe if I can find a job far away, then maybe we can have the family I would love to have. Just us. An eternal family. Still no word yet from the 1st Presidency. Maybe it was not meant to be. Maybe I need to ask the Lord what the problem is. We'll see. More to come.
On a much crazier note, we had to have the van towed into the shop on Friday. It has been over heating for a few days. We were lucky to get it home Christmas night after our family dinner. It was a mix of rain and snow that iced the entire road all the way home. Plus the wind blowing the snow/rain mix sideways it was hard to see. They were supposed to call Friday night after they took a look at it. They didn't call until Saturday. Broken hose and all the coolant is out. So I called back our car dealer and the person who deals with repairs and such is out of hte office until Monday. So no vehicle the entire weekend. Just great. So Chris called her mom to come get her and go return a gift that we hoped to get exchanged. That was a mistake. Because of the holidays and the vehicle I was not able to make it in to work on Friday. So my MIL got all butt hurt that I didn;t call her to ask for a ride in to work. Yet she spent the entire night in SL picking up her sister and family from the airport, which had their luggage in a diff terminal, until 4am. Then she and Ricky go shopping at Wal-Mart til 6am. And I go to work at 7:30am. Hmmm, am I the type of person who calls someone after they get an hour of sleep to ask to help me go to work, or am I nice guy and let them get sleep, and not worry about work, since they aren't worried about me, and just blow another day? So she yells at Chris for nearly 4 hours about it. Chris tries to get some sleep this morning, and guess what? Her mom calls just 30 mins after I leave the bedroom to let Chris gets sleep, to ask about pants. There goes my MIL again spending more on teh credit card. Then complaining that she has no money again. Its just a vicious cycle that I hope one day to get out of. Maybe if I can find a job far away, then maybe we can have the family I would love to have. Just us. An eternal family. Still no word yet from the 1st Presidency. Maybe it was not meant to be. Maybe I need to ask the Lord what the problem is. We'll see. More to come.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Christmas Family Pics
We had these photos done the week my parents were here in Utah. Hope you like them.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
A new day dawns
How do I begin? Life has been life. It has its ups and downs, twist and turns, good and bad. It was nice to have my parents here for a while but sure glad they are home safe. Wasn't sure how they would get through the storm that came in Saturday. They got stopped in Snowville for about 3-4 hours while the plows were working on the Interstate cleaning it up. Then they were able to get back on the road and the fastest they went was about 35mph. So they left here around 6am and got to home around 10:30pm their time. That's a long time to drive and travel, but they are safe and sound. This week i was hoping to just get right to work and work a little extra just to make up for the days I have missed due to Thanksgiving holiday and my parents being here. Nah, life has a way of sticking the mercury filled thermometer and breaking it off in my backside.(Yes I am very graphic) Tuesday morn I get to work and my ankle hurts some but not that bad. So i come home and we do normal stuff, but that night I iced it and then could not find a comfortable position to sleep in. Then the throbbing began. At 5am, i had Chris take me to the ER. I was their last and the first for the day. So they took X-rays and touched it. And determined I had not broken it, just sprained it, but if it gets worse, call this orthopedic surgeon. I said OK. They fitted me with a boot and crutches and away we went. I called in from work and took care of stuff at home, yet loaded up on Lortab and IBU 800's.
I have also decided to get my butt in gear and decide what degree I want to get. I have made the choice to go back and get my Music Degree. It may take me 6-7 years to complete, I am planning on taking a few classes at a time, so I can work and keep money coming in. And pay for school myself instead of taking out more loans and going deeper in debt. I plan on getting my B Music Ed in Instrumental education. With a possible minor in vocal ed too. I will be taking the elementary, secondary and high school classes to be able to work in any place. The reason I am getting back to this, was due to our wards Christmas party. They had a choir from the new HS come in and perform for us. Here it was, a new HS with students with this much talent. They were amazing. It just got me thinking, that music was all I wanted to do growing up, I disappointed myself by not going forward with my dream. Always taking the easy road and not finishing what I had planned to do. So now, I am going forward and getting it done. So with that going on, I am also going to get my playing back up to where it needs to be. So I am going to go back to the community band and see what musicals I can get into for playing. So it'll be fun for 09.
While my parents were hear, we had a holiday dinner that Chris put together, pretty much by herself. She did a great job and it tasted wonderful. When we cut the turkey we saved the wish bone and let it sit on the stove for about a week to dry out. Last night we went with tradition and broke it. I got the wish. Chris has been hounding me all night and morning about it. When she reads this I hope she understands why I wanted to wait to tell her. My wish is to have another child. Whether it be a boy or girl. I was an only child growing up and i want Ben to know he has a full brother or sister instead of having 2 half brothers and 2 half sisters. It may not happen any time soon, I may not always be in the ready mode to work on it. Sitting on my duff all day is a pain, and I do get tired of sitting here and yes doing nothing but answer phones and tell people what to do. It gets stressful, it has it's ups and downs, and then I go home and feel I am expected to perform, I wonder how much I can keep up. When I worked for a physical job, I was able to keep up. So we will work on it and see what happens. I am going to try and live up to my part of the deal. I did hear one bit of good news, and i hope she doesn't get angry with me for sharing. My friend Sarah is expecting again. She is about 5 weeks along and she has 3 girls at home. She is hoping for a boy. She first had a boy many years ago and put him up for adoption. So we both feel that we made the right choice in the beginning, but we also know that we are missing out on everything they get to go through, as our first born. Who knows, what the future may hold for them or us? So we will see what happens. Anyway, that's all for today. The IBU is working on me and I feel a little woozy. Good stuff.
I have also decided to get my butt in gear and decide what degree I want to get. I have made the choice to go back and get my Music Degree. It may take me 6-7 years to complete, I am planning on taking a few classes at a time, so I can work and keep money coming in. And pay for school myself instead of taking out more loans and going deeper in debt. I plan on getting my B Music Ed in Instrumental education. With a possible minor in vocal ed too. I will be taking the elementary, secondary and high school classes to be able to work in any place. The reason I am getting back to this, was due to our wards Christmas party. They had a choir from the new HS come in and perform for us. Here it was, a new HS with students with this much talent. They were amazing. It just got me thinking, that music was all I wanted to do growing up, I disappointed myself by not going forward with my dream. Always taking the easy road and not finishing what I had planned to do. So now, I am going forward and getting it done. So with that going on, I am also going to get my playing back up to where it needs to be. So I am going to go back to the community band and see what musicals I can get into for playing. So it'll be fun for 09.
While my parents were hear, we had a holiday dinner that Chris put together, pretty much by herself. She did a great job and it tasted wonderful. When we cut the turkey we saved the wish bone and let it sit on the stove for about a week to dry out. Last night we went with tradition and broke it. I got the wish. Chris has been hounding me all night and morning about it. When she reads this I hope she understands why I wanted to wait to tell her. My wish is to have another child. Whether it be a boy or girl. I was an only child growing up and i want Ben to know he has a full brother or sister instead of having 2 half brothers and 2 half sisters. It may not happen any time soon, I may not always be in the ready mode to work on it. Sitting on my duff all day is a pain, and I do get tired of sitting here and yes doing nothing but answer phones and tell people what to do. It gets stressful, it has it's ups and downs, and then I go home and feel I am expected to perform, I wonder how much I can keep up. When I worked for a physical job, I was able to keep up. So we will work on it and see what happens. I am going to try and live up to my part of the deal. I did hear one bit of good news, and i hope she doesn't get angry with me for sharing. My friend Sarah is expecting again. She is about 5 weeks along and she has 3 girls at home. She is hoping for a boy. She first had a boy many years ago and put him up for adoption. So we both feel that we made the right choice in the beginning, but we also know that we are missing out on everything they get to go through, as our first born. Who knows, what the future may hold for them or us? So we will see what happens. Anyway, that's all for today. The IBU is working on me and I feel a little woozy. Good stuff.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
What a week
I see it has been some time since I last posted. Life has been busy, work has been steady, and home life is what it is. My parents were able to make it here just fine with the help of a sister in their ward whow as also heading to SL this week. So she offered them a ride. After a long 11 1/2 drive, they got here safely and we went out to dinner at Dennys. That was fun, then we dropped the kids off at my Brother in laws house and then we came home and went to bed. Sunday was great to have my parents there at church and meet our ward members. Afterward we went out to eat at Cracker Barrel, since dad loves that place. Then we went to Walmart and got our family photo done. we got some very cute pics and they will be posted later on here when we get them.
12/11
Today i was hoping to get VTO this morning due to the fact I got barley any sleep last night. For some reason Ben just isn't sleeping at night and I have no idea what to do for him. Plus last night I didn't get off work until after 5pm. I was on a call that lasted forever. I am not sure how much longer I can handle this job. On my way home last night I got called on the cell to go pick the kids up and bring them home. I asked Chris to get the dinner started for me so that I could finish it when I got home. Got there, and nothing had been done. I sent her the recipe to print out and work on it, but nothing got done. I pretty much flipped a lid and just started to dump stuff off my desk, to get to the printer to print the damned thing. Then I got to work. I realised that after I got the stuff in the pan that there wasn't going to be enough for everyone. So I get out the other pan and make tacos. Shred cheese, chop lettace and tomatoes, all while Chris is working with the kids to get their homework done. Got that done and everyone fed, then got to cleaning and the gifts my parents brought everyone. then went back to the kitchen, cleaned it and went to work on the fudge and peanut brittle for work today. Got that done and went a laid down to rest for a few. You know it was so much easier when my parents and the kids are away to come home and get dinner done. But to have them all there, the noise and whatnot and the fact I had a crappy day at work, all just made last night the worst night ever. I know I am going to be bitched out for not spending time with Ben, but when i am the only one who has to cook and clean, after working all day. "Oh yeah work is so hard for you cause you sit on your ass all day and answer calls. Oh yeah hard work." Thats Chris' bitch out on me. I never spend anytime with Ben and I am always on teh computer, blah blah this and blah blah that. I never get a few minutes to rest when I get home. I have to make dinner, I have to spend time with Ben, I have to go here, I have to go there. Chris says she wants to be a house wife and do all those things, one of those responsibilities is to make or at least start dinner. Its always saved for me to do, after I have had a stressful day at work, i don't want to do anything when I get home. Yet I am made to do so. One day i just may not come home.
12/11
Today i was hoping to get VTO this morning due to the fact I got barley any sleep last night. For some reason Ben just isn't sleeping at night and I have no idea what to do for him. Plus last night I didn't get off work until after 5pm. I was on a call that lasted forever. I am not sure how much longer I can handle this job. On my way home last night I got called on the cell to go pick the kids up and bring them home. I asked Chris to get the dinner started for me so that I could finish it when I got home. Got there, and nothing had been done. I sent her the recipe to print out and work on it, but nothing got done. I pretty much flipped a lid and just started to dump stuff off my desk, to get to the printer to print the damned thing. Then I got to work. I realised that after I got the stuff in the pan that there wasn't going to be enough for everyone. So I get out the other pan and make tacos. Shred cheese, chop lettace and tomatoes, all while Chris is working with the kids to get their homework done. Got that done and everyone fed, then got to cleaning and the gifts my parents brought everyone. then went back to the kitchen, cleaned it and went to work on the fudge and peanut brittle for work today. Got that done and went a laid down to rest for a few. You know it was so much easier when my parents and the kids are away to come home and get dinner done. But to have them all there, the noise and whatnot and the fact I had a crappy day at work, all just made last night the worst night ever. I know I am going to be bitched out for not spending time with Ben, but when i am the only one who has to cook and clean, after working all day. "Oh yeah work is so hard for you cause you sit on your ass all day and answer calls. Oh yeah hard work." Thats Chris' bitch out on me. I never spend anytime with Ben and I am always on teh computer, blah blah this and blah blah that. I never get a few minutes to rest when I get home. I have to make dinner, I have to spend time with Ben, I have to go here, I have to go there. Chris says she wants to be a house wife and do all those things, one of those responsibilities is to make or at least start dinner. Its always saved for me to do, after I have had a stressful day at work, i don't want to do anything when I get home. Yet I am made to do so. One day i just may not come home.
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