In general blogging isn't hard for me, but lately I've been feeling like time is slipping past me too quickly and like I haven't gotten around to blogging about certain little things that I'll end up missing if I don't figure out a way to catch up. My memory is so bad that I am highly motivated to blog regularly so that I don't forget everything! Aargh, Ginkgo Biloba where are you?
Rewinding to Saturday July 23rd, Michelle and I were able to meet up with our sweet blogging friend Amanda L. (from Connecticut) at Goodwood for a long lunch. Michelle, Kristi and I were in the dorms at BYU with her husband Terry (isn't that funny) but Amanda is several years younger than us. I actually found her blog by clicking a link on Chanel's blog and immediately recognized Terry. It's a small world really.
Landon left for a 6-day Scout Camp/50-Miler (which ended up being more of a 70 miler) with the Young Men and leaders from our ward, this was his to-do list for the morning.
The boys had to carry a third of their body weight in their packs, and his was so heavy I thought he would tip over, but he did it!
Of course there were dinosaurs eating spaghetti at our house during the week. These squishy dinosaurs have been well worth their $3 cost.
Randy's parents wanted to buy us something for our house to thank us for letting them stay here (thus saving them a lot of money) while they were in town. I had been wanting a nice picture of the Savior, but knew that wasn't going to be in our budget any time soon. We found this one at Seagull Book on sale for $100! We love it, it is so peaceful! We put it over the mantle where our big clock has hung for 7 years, and it looks like it has always been there. We moved the clock to the opposite side of the room over to the backside of the kitchen cupboards...it will take some getting used to, but it's a good alternative.
My old friend Alissa (from my ward in Michigan while I was in high school) came to town last week and we got to meet up for a 3.5 hour lunch at The Cheesecake Factory. We only see each other every 5 years or so and through Christmas cards so it was good to catch up in real life.
After I dropped off Alissa, I went to the D.I. on 45th South in Salt Lake (I'd never been there before) to search for books. Obviously I hit the jackpot! I was originally searching only for church books (and scored 6 of them) but then looked for other books and found so many that I just kept loading my arms until I literally couldn't carry anymore (I never let myself get a cart there or I'd be in big trouble). The books at this D.I. were about a dollar cheaper than the D.I. near me, so I got all of these for $21! Also, I totally scored because one of the books I bought had a partially filled sheet of .80 cent postage stamps inside it! It was meant to be!
This photo is scary (I was so very sweaty) but I went to Camp Jeremiah Johnson with the Activity Day girls last week (remember I went last year too?). It was mighty hot there, but the girls had a great time shooting a bow and arrow, paddling a boat, tying knots (Whitney was less than thrilled about that), making a bracelet, visiting the trading post, and shooting BB guns.
My wonderful headlight, given to me by Betsy over 8 years ago, finally died last week. Technically the headlight still worked, but the battery cartridge was broken and could no longer be held in place. I suppose I could have duct taped it, but I thought that would just be inviting a bunch of new issues with the light. I replaced this light with a much simpler (and cheaper) version (no more night vision for me) and am still able to read in bed without disturbing Randy too much. I really don't know how I functioned before headlight technology!
**What's your miscellany?
Can you believe I found stamps in that book?
Have you embraced headlight technology yet?**
Comment Window Tidbit: The school doesn't have funding for the teacher assistant job I did last year, so they offered me a job in the front office. But I found out yesterday that I have to go in to work tomorrow to be trained on a copier and then will probably have to go in several more mornings this week, then possibly start next week! I am super sad that I won't be working in the classrooms with the teachers and the kids anymore and I am really bummed out that my last 3 weeks of summer just got cut down to almost nothing! But I'm grateful to still have a job there.
