This is an awesome article that Andy wrote in the ISU bengal about our Bachelor pad. Funny stuff
http://media.www.isubengal.com/media/storage/paper275/news/2003/01/29/Opinion/Humor.A.Guide.To.Bachelor.Pad.Living-354704.shtml
Monday, July 30, 2007
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Bengal articles
I found some of Andy Jorgensens funny articles from when he wrote the humor column in the bengal. This one is of Valentines issue that I get setup on a blind date with a girl on the basketball team. Andy did well and it was all paid for http://media.www.isubengal.com/media/storage/paper275/news/2003/02/12/Life/Bengal.Tags.Along.On.Blind.Date-367170.shtml
Rainy Season
Monsoon season has started and we recieved our first few rain storms. It is a nice changeup to the heat of 110 degrees everyday. I think you appreciate the sun more if you don't have it all the time. I know I appreciated it in Finland when it was the dead of winter and I didn't see the sun for 2 months. There I also saw 22 hours of sunlight in the summer and 23 hours of darkness for a few days in the winter. I am definitely glad I live somewhere that is light for most of the year however I would like to have some seasons also. I miss the crisp cold air of winter and the first few snowstorms and I think fall is a beautiful time of year with the trees changing color. In Arizona the cactus don't turn different shades as it drops from 110 degrees to 70 degrees in the fall. I think it would be nice to be a snow bird someday and have the best of both worlds.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Writer's Block
Ok. I would love to write in this blog every week but I haven't been to disciplined yet. Maybe some magical day. Life has definitely changed even more since last time I wrote. We are starting to get Tyler in a sleeping routine and he has a couple naps a day and goes to bed around 10pm usually and wakes up twice a night and gets up at 5:30 ish. Lindsay does an awesome job of waking up with him at night and feeding him and I get up with him at 5:30 and entertain him until he is hungry. We are trying to avoid the pacifier as much as possible because we don't want him to get hooked on it but sometimes when he is fussy in the morning he uses my pinky as a pacifier.
Everyone tells us that he is mild mannered and that he is mellow but I am not convinced because he is really the first baby I have been around for a lot of time. I think he has been pretty easy to take care of but Lindsay does all the hard work. We still haven't succeeded in teaching him how to not pee when his diaper comes off. We are also waiting for his first smile and catch ourselves making weird faces at him. He also is a big fan of the car. He rarely stays awake in the car and loves the ride of his car seat.
We finally had an offer on our home in Boise and it is supposed to close in 2 weeks. We are excited because that will free up a lot of our cash flow and stress. We lost some money on the house but it was bad luck because the market dropped soon after we bought the place. Our realtor Diane McDonald has been great and a go getter to sell the place.
Our business has been going well. We didn't land the Roadys' account because of a bid from a brother of a guy within the company. We had better price and service but didn't get the deal simply because he had a brother that worked at Roadys that was part of the decision maker. If he messes up however we have the next in with these Truck Stops. I guess I can't totally blame them because I am sure that I have picked my friends and family before without it being the best business decision because they are friends and family. Sometimes it works out but alot of times it doesn't because friends and family feel that they don't have to work as hard.
Church was good today and we learned about Family Home Evening in sacrament. Lindsay and I were re-motivated to start having FHE on Monday nights. I think it is a great thing that we can set aside for our family to be together. We then had a great lesson in Sunday school about the resurrection of the Savior and how everyone will be resurrected someday. Matt. 28, Alma 11:42+. We had an awesome lesson in Elder's Quorum on forgiveness and how we should forgive everyone because we aren't perfect. Some Elders gave some emotional stories of how they had to forgive someone to overcome bitterness they had. I can't remember if I had mentioned but I am the new EQ secretary and we are no longer the 12-13 year old teachers. I am going to miss those kids.
Everyone tells us that he is mild mannered and that he is mellow but I am not convinced because he is really the first baby I have been around for a lot of time. I think he has been pretty easy to take care of but Lindsay does all the hard work. We still haven't succeeded in teaching him how to not pee when his diaper comes off. We are also waiting for his first smile and catch ourselves making weird faces at him. He also is a big fan of the car. He rarely stays awake in the car and loves the ride of his car seat.
We finally had an offer on our home in Boise and it is supposed to close in 2 weeks. We are excited because that will free up a lot of our cash flow and stress. We lost some money on the house but it was bad luck because the market dropped soon after we bought the place. Our realtor Diane McDonald has been great and a go getter to sell the place.
Our business has been going well. We didn't land the Roadys' account because of a bid from a brother of a guy within the company. We had better price and service but didn't get the deal simply because he had a brother that worked at Roadys that was part of the decision maker. If he messes up however we have the next in with these Truck Stops. I guess I can't totally blame them because I am sure that I have picked my friends and family before without it being the best business decision because they are friends and family. Sometimes it works out but alot of times it doesn't because friends and family feel that they don't have to work as hard.
Church was good today and we learned about Family Home Evening in sacrament. Lindsay and I were re-motivated to start having FHE on Monday nights. I think it is a great thing that we can set aside for our family to be together. We then had a great lesson in Sunday school about the resurrection of the Savior and how everyone will be resurrected someday. Matt. 28, Alma 11:42+. We had an awesome lesson in Elder's Quorum on forgiveness and how we should forgive everyone because we aren't perfect. Some Elders gave some emotional stories of how they had to forgive someone to overcome bitterness they had. I can't remember if I had mentioned but I am the new EQ secretary and we are no longer the 12-13 year old teachers. I am going to miss those kids.
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