Snow again? I love the snow before Christmas, but after Christmas is over and the new year has begun I just wish that the snow would go away and it would be warm enough to play outside. Every time I go into the garage I see our bikes and get really excited to ride them, but it's definitely too cold now.
Today we are driving back up to Mantua (for about the 5th time in a couple weeks). Parker is being baptized today and John is baptizing and confirming him while I am speaking. Kristy was too nervous to speak so she asked me. Tomorrow we are going to a little bit of our sacrament meeting just so I can see who is put into the new Primary presidency and then we are sneaking out a little early so that we can drive up to South Weber for a baby blessing. After tomorrow I am hoping that we don't have to drive up north for awhile. It's too expensive for one thing and just a long drive.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
January 3, 2008
It's strange, and great, to think that today is already Thursday. I woke up yesterday and thought it was Monday most of the day. It's a pleasant surprise to realize the week is already half way over and the weekend is so near! I love weekends!
I am happy to announce that I have been officially released from the scouting program. I am so relieved and know that they will find somebody who can do a better job at it than I was. My new calling is more than I had wanted, but anything is better than what I had. I am the new first counselor in the Young Women program! It will be fun because I will be working with the MiaMaids, which is what Heidi's new calling is! When Brother Elkins asked me if I would take the 'job' I happily exclaimed, "Oh yes!" Then he asked about scouts and I was free with my complaints and felt bad afterwards. I told him that I had never served in the YW before and never attended as a teenager so I'm very unfamiliar with the program. I went a little as a Beehive and went to activities on Wednesdays sometimes and I went every year to Girl's camp, but that's about it. I laughed when talking to Heidi earlier today as she told me that she's had the same amount, or less experience in the YW as I. We'll learn together!
We were busy last night and unable to drive to South Salt Lake to pick up John's car again. So, I am homebound again. It's nice for me because I don't always have places I 'have' to go to, but always feel the need to leave the house so I spend too much money. John and I set a New Year's Resolution (one of many it seems) to make a monthly budget and STICK to it! We used to be so good with our money and had a good savings account, but have slacked the last while and sadly, have forgotten what it's like to save our money. That's our goal this year!
While the boys were napping this afternoon I had a loud knock on the door followed by a couple rings of the doorbell. I ran up the stairs to see a scroungy looking man walking away from the door (could it really have taken me that long to run upstairs?). He said that he noticed our dead pinetree in the back yard and wondered if we wanted it chopped down. After replying, "Yes! Someday!" He said he would do it right then for $300. The tree is huge (or should I say was) so $300 sounded pretty good, but I didn't really know. I told him I'd prefer to talk to my husband in 45 minutes to get his permission. He thought for a second and said he would do it for $250. I got the impression they were very poor (his wife was with him) judging by their clothing and truck, etc. I agreed and then watched him quickly climb the tree with a chainsaw. His wife got to work shoveling a path through the snow while he started up the chainsaw. After thinking about them for a minute I got the feeling that I should pay them the full $300. I was so excited to see them loading up their truck with all the limbs that I was happy to pay them them the original price! They were quick and efficient! Yipee!
Later we all went to pick up John's car from his work and came home to chicken salad! Yummy! Later John has a basketball game and I have my ER to watch!
I am happy to announce that I have been officially released from the scouting program. I am so relieved and know that they will find somebody who can do a better job at it than I was. My new calling is more than I had wanted, but anything is better than what I had. I am the new first counselor in the Young Women program! It will be fun because I will be working with the MiaMaids, which is what Heidi's new calling is! When Brother Elkins asked me if I would take the 'job' I happily exclaimed, "Oh yes!" Then he asked about scouts and I was free with my complaints and felt bad afterwards. I told him that I had never served in the YW before and never attended as a teenager so I'm very unfamiliar with the program. I went a little as a Beehive and went to activities on Wednesdays sometimes and I went every year to Girl's camp, but that's about it. I laughed when talking to Heidi earlier today as she told me that she's had the same amount, or less experience in the YW as I. We'll learn together!
We were busy last night and unable to drive to South Salt Lake to pick up John's car again. So, I am homebound again. It's nice for me because I don't always have places I 'have' to go to, but always feel the need to leave the house so I spend too much money. John and I set a New Year's Resolution (one of many it seems) to make a monthly budget and STICK to it! We used to be so good with our money and had a good savings account, but have slacked the last while and sadly, have forgotten what it's like to save our money. That's our goal this year!
While the boys were napping this afternoon I had a loud knock on the door followed by a couple rings of the doorbell. I ran up the stairs to see a scroungy looking man walking away from the door (could it really have taken me that long to run upstairs?). He said that he noticed our dead pinetree in the back yard and wondered if we wanted it chopped down. After replying, "Yes! Someday!" He said he would do it right then for $300. The tree is huge (or should I say was) so $300 sounded pretty good, but I didn't really know. I told him I'd prefer to talk to my husband in 45 minutes to get his permission. He thought for a second and said he would do it for $250. I got the impression they were very poor (his wife was with him) judging by their clothing and truck, etc. I agreed and then watched him quickly climb the tree with a chainsaw. His wife got to work shoveling a path through the snow while he started up the chainsaw. After thinking about them for a minute I got the feeling that I should pay them the full $300. I was so excited to see them loading up their truck with all the limbs that I was happy to pay them them the original price! They were quick and efficient! Yipee!
Later we all went to pick up John's car from his work and came home to chicken salad! Yummy! Later John has a basketball game and I have my ER to watch!
January 2, 2008
New Year's Eve: My mom always hosts a party so I picked John up from work on Monday and then drove up to Mantua. We had a blast at our small little party (family and a couple of my brothers' friends). We played Rock Band a lot and rocked down the house. We also played some board games & the Fifield's Wii! We ate tons of food and still had plenty left over for the next day. The kids watched a movie with Papa in his bedroom while the rest of us enjoyed our freetime to play! A few of us played Boggle against John and never even got close to him in points. One round he ended with 20 points and the rest of us (4 others) got 7 or 8 points each. Pathetic! Or Amazing on John's part! The night went by quickly and at 11:58 we had to quickly get out our poppers to bring in the new year! The party continued until 2:00 in the morning! The Hansens sure can party! I slept downstairs with the boys, but didn't sleep because I shared the bed with a wild sleeper (Oliver). I'll have to make different arrangements for him next time because he was all over the place, bumping in to me, playing with my hair (never done that before), kicking me, hitting me, etc. Not peaceful, to say the least. I came upstairs with Lincoln at 7:00 when he woke up, but had nowhere to go with him. My parents and Randy were still sleeping their rooms, John, Parker, & Karlee were in the family room/kitchen area so I was left with the bathroom. Lincoln sat on the floor playing with some random hair items while I took my time painting my toe nails & fingernails. They haven't been painted in over a year, so it is an adjustment now. After 35 minutes of playing in the bathroom I decided to go in the kitchen and if I woke anybody up, too bad. Karlee woke up but John and Parker stayed asleep until 11:00, even with the rest of us roaming around. I learned, later, why they slept so long. They stayed up until 6:00 playing a game on the Xbox. John set a bad example for and 8 year old.
Tuesday we stayed and played some more and ate a lot until about 6:00 when we decided it was time to go. We drove home and crashed when we got here. We were all tired and slept great all night long.
Today we remembered that we had left John's car at his office on Monday so he took my car and left me home, which is great because I've gotten a lot of cleaning and laundry finished and haven't done any spending!
I have an appointment with the bishop tonight! What new calling will they give me? (Anything would be better than scouts!)
Tuesday we stayed and played some more and ate a lot until about 6:00 when we decided it was time to go. We drove home and crashed when we got here. We were all tired and slept great all night long.
Today we remembered that we had left John's car at his office on Monday so he took my car and left me home, which is great because I've gotten a lot of cleaning and laundry finished and haven't done any spending!
I have an appointment with the bishop tonight! What new calling will they give me? (Anything would be better than scouts!)
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