Random Thoughts @ MindSay

As most of you know, I have lived in Utah just over a year. We moved into our apartment around February 11th last year, and have since gotten settled into a great home missionary church, situated thirty minutes away, in Ogden.  Our town is Brigham City, and is beautiful, surrounded by mountains.

Although our church is still small in attendance, my husband has been named the Associate pastor, since our pastor says he has too much wisdom and experience to just be the assistant.  It is not a paid job, but we are paid more by the satisfaction of doing the Lord's work.  I am the music director, and am happy to do what I can, as well. I don't want to be like the man with the one man who buried his talent in the ground and got thrown into darkness for not at least trying to use it!

Our three children still live in Kentucky and of course we miss them like crazy, although we do hear from them, and see them from time to time. My son, Royden, who just got married in October is the only one who has not been able to visit us since we moved here...you know how it is, taking on a new wife, and she does not work outside the home.

But Bobbie, my eldest, came last summer, and we had a great time. Liza-Anne, the middle child, came to visit us in December, and as well as having a great visit with us, went out on a date with our pastor's son, Robert, thinking that he would be boring and too shy to be interesting, but when out of the company of others, he ended up having a lot to say, and needless to say, they hit it off.  They kept up (seemingly endless) contact by phone and texting, and he flew out to see her over Valentine's.  Then he sent her a ticket to visit him during her spring break (she is a middle school teacher) and proposed to her, and she accepted.  So she is moving out here in  June and they are getting married on July 11th!

Whew! Talk about a whirlwind romance! But when God is in something, there is no need to wait, and it will solve her housing situation as well, with her going straight from our place to her husband's apartment.  Please pray that she will get a great job that she will be very happy in, in Ogden, where they will be living and going to church.  She has a great singing voice, is starting to play the piano, and a great many talents to bring to the church, and we are excited to be having one of our children living close by, and in the future, our grandchildren!

We are going to try and fly our son and daughter out for the wedding, which will be simple ceremony in the Botanical Gardens.  I hope their spouses and my parents get to come, but we will understand if they don't make it.  He is inviting his biological family (he is an adopted son of our pastor's family) from far and wide, too, even if they don't make it.  I am very excited but nervous as well, since there will be a lot of prep involved.

I ask that you all say a prayer for me in this regard as well.  When my daughter got married, I just put money into the hands of capable,  willing people who did everything, including the food for us, and this time, I will have to do most of the work myself. I pray for the help of the Lord and perhaps a good friend who knows how to decorate, to lend me a hand.

Anyway, as you see, I am attaching a photo of her beautiful ring, and of the newly engaged couple. I had to edit this to say, so sorry that her ring did not turn out clearly.  It is beautiful marquis shaped champagne diamond with smaller diamonds all around it.

Love you all; will try to update more often.

I couldnt get on at all yesterday. It wouldnt let me log in til late last night and by that time i really didnt have a lot to say. even now....... i sit here and draw a blank. everything that i wanted to share yesterday is a blur right now. i tried jogging this morning, but the cough from my sinus dripping would not allow me to go farther than a mile.

anyways, 5 quick facts about me:

1. Last week i nearly shattered the shower doors trying to get out of the shower because there was a mean vicious spider in there with me, and it wasnt his turn dammit! lets forget the fact that i did a homerun slide to the door leading off to my bedroom.

 

2. i can touch the tip of my nose with my tounge.

 

3. most people think it is cool, but i hate being tall. i was 5'11" in the fifth grade, class pictures awkward much?

i stood a good foot above all the other kids in group pictures for years!

 

4. cappu...frappu nonsense is a waste, it degrades the morals of a good cup of coffee. I am a coffee fanatic. i would not survive a day without a the very least, 2 BIG cups:D

 

5. and last but not least....... in 2009 i am going back to work as a teacher, administration is worst than a class room full of hollering 1 year olds!

 

 

5 random facts or mishaps... hope you enjoy them!

im going for more coffee:D

Yay! My first blog post!
Shouldn't I be glad?
Eh...
...Maybe...
I guess I'll write...

Today I was walking past the lower school playground, and a little girl was swinging. Figuring I had plenty of time, I walked in front of her and pretended to be hit. She smiled slightly as I got "Hit" again, then as I was walking away, I heard her point out to her friend, "I have no idea who she is."
But, all is well, I can freak out first graders if I want. :)

I'm preparing for an interesting party coming up. It'll be fun and exciting. Oh, speaking of which, I still need to look up bouncy castles. Where's my damn phone?

On the bus today, a man was walking toward the doorway, and I could barely catch the "Church of Jesus Christ" nametag on him.
By accident, I tripped him. My foot happened to be in the aisle, and he tripped on it. I wonder if he thought I intended to do so.

Yesterday I (potentially) saved a life. A dog was walking down the street, and he had no human. It was like one of those funny invisible dogs, only without a leash... or a friend... :/
Anyway... I beckoned to him, and he came happily. After catching ahold of his collar, I called his owner and left them a message, explaining where I was and who I had.
A few minutes later, after asking people on the street where the listed address on the tag was (I knew I could walk it, we drove by it earlier that day), a woman approached me and took her dog back, thanking me.
It felt real good.

I guess... that's all.
Well, no! I plan on making a movie about a story we read in class.
And I wanna make another movie. A sequel to an original.

I hate having to pay so much for car insurance. If we move across the bridge, then it will be very cheap, especially as it is compared to now.

I am so glad that Greasemonkey is now compatible with my Firefox 3. The actual final release of FF3 is coming out next Wednesday, but I still have release candidate one. So far, so good.

I wish my husband would wake up and go to jiu jitsu. He needs to release work tension.

I love Plurk. I could Plurk all day. I think you all should Plurk with me.

Cherry Pepsi rox my sox.

Just a little rambling on this rainy afternoon.

 

Assuming I'm as good a writer as I tell myself (or at least as good as some people tell me, which is almost as good,) I think I'm probably a much better writer than student.  I can't deny that I'm putting up a slight resistance to the entire idea of University education.  I did this when I started at Sheridan too, but then eventually I started learning things I knew I did not already know and I was able to shut my mouth.  But now here I am wondering if the reason I did not do very well on my last english essay was that I'm so much more interested in writng than reading or in any case writing about what I've read.  And the reason I did as well as I did is that I'm such a good writer that I can get a B simply by letting whatever comes out onto the page be.  It's not an A, but I'm not going to get an A with my attitude.  It's not a C either and isn't that what I can hope for?

 

So I've found myself wondering what next.  It's not that I'm considering dropping out, although that idea has buzzed in my mind since September.  I'm just wondering how miserable it would be to continue.  Can I put up with my own bullshit and that of the rest of the academic world?  How bad could it be now that I have accepted the level of bullshit out there?

 

I've been very self-obsessed this week.  It's been a weird one.  I started a bomb scare at school by leaving my backpack unattended.  It was funny.

 

I've fuckin earned this summer, man.  To hell with essays and readings and lectures and tutorials, at least for now.  If I can earn a couple bucks that'd be awesome, but I'd be happiest just to write.

 

Keep on rockin', if you will.

-Scott