Dave's Visit

Dave (Joel's brother from California) came to town for a visit.  His daughter Audrey had a new baby boy named Nox, who was born premature and he came to help with the grandkids.  We meet at the Orem Park for a dinner and get together.    We are always so glad to see him whenever!!!!!!

Jenny, Dave, Stacey, and Ashleigh

Jayda, Sailor, Phil

Halee, Phil ,Dave

JENNY AND THE DIRTY DASH

Last Saturday our daughter Jenny and her neighborhood friends ran The Dirty Dash at Soldier Hollow.  What an event to watch.  Participants were dressed in all kind of crazy outfits for the occasion.  What a great spectator sport for all to watch.  Granddaughters Chloee and Olivia did the mud part just for fun.  Here is some of the fun:

REMEMBERING 9/11

This Sunday Natalie, Joel, Jayda and I went to the Sandy City Healing Fields to view the flags and the new statue. The magnitude of the thousands of flags representing the dead is overwhelming to say the very least. The Wimmers came up later and we got to see them touring the flags. Here are some pictures and memories of that day of remembrance.

What I have been doing.....................

I know, I have not blogged for a long time.  I WAS a phone agent for Provo Craft and their infomercial.  That job was hell and it finally got to me and everyone on our team.  The customers were terrible, mean and we were sworn at everyday and the the things that were said to us was unbelievable.  Many times some of us were in tears, etc.  PC got rid of their infomercials, so our team was dissolved.  THANK GOODNESS.  I was on the the verge of quitting, it was so unbearable.  Things are looking up and I am on another team, APPLE computers.  I process rebates for Back to School and other rebates that they offer.  I sit at a desk and listen to music, eat and eat some more.  LIfe is great.  I can get up in the morning and can actually face the day and work.

If you ever thought that women that craft don't have potty mouths, you can think again.  They do and they can be foul.  I don't want to hear the word "infomercial" again.

Another Crazy day at work

Ok, here is another strange phone call at work.  This lady was calling about a  product that was shipped to her that she wanted to return.  Well, she can't do that because she has had the machine for over a year now.  She has not been charged on her credit card but she has a negative report on her credit.  The conversation went like this:  I am (so and so) and I can a born again Christian and I have the Holy Ghost  I am a minister and I am blessed there are families that have good people and there are families that have bad people and my family has good  people  and I pray to the Lord that none of my family would do something to someone else that has been done to me I called and ordered this machine and I told the ordering girl not to send the order through unless I called her back and I called back and found out that the ordering girl pushed my order through and now I have this problem but you see the machine was delivered when I was not home and I did not see it for months and then one day when I was outside with the neighbors we found this box in the bushes and that box had my name on it and it was the machine that I had told the ordering girl not to order and now I want to remind you that I am true and I do not lie and the water tank broke in my apartment and the water went everywhere and right now I am living with my wonderful sister who took me in and the other people in the building do not have anywhere to go and they are hurting and the fireman said that the water heater was too heavy for the floor and that it had too much water and he could see how this whole thing happened and also I have a broken foot right now and I want to be in my home but it is flooded and this ordering girl gave me her word that she would not turn this order in and now I am in this flood mess and I have had problems before because I was in the earthquake in Los Angeles in 1993 and that was terrifying and the Lord will straighten this out because I should not have to pay for something that I do not want  and  this  should be a mercy bill because the ordering girl did not keep her word but the Lord  will deal with her and the people in her company will take the heat for that one and I am one of a kind and I will not cover for her and I have two storage sheds and  I need more for all the stuff that was damaged in the flood and I am insured with Allstate and that ordering people should know that I don't keep stuff that is not mine and this machine is not mine because I have not paid for it and  the Lord deals in rhythm and he will deal with this problem  ( I still have not said a word because I can't --she is still talking away and  the phone call has been going on for 15 minutes now) and by the way:  "Are you Christian?" and I said "Yes, I am a Mormon girl in Utah" and she said  "Oh you are not a Christian though and you should know that and you don't celebrate Lent but I will see you when the Lord comes again and I will see you in the Rapture......................  I guess she was tired because she told me to have a blessed day and hung up.  Just like that.  Never did get her name.  Never did figure out what she really was calling for.

LENT

Lent is a forty-day period before Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday. We skip Sundays when we count the forty days, because Sundays commemorate the Resurrection. Lent begins on 9 March 2011 and ends on 23 April 2011, which is the day before Easter.  Lent is a season of soul-searching and repentance. It is a season for reflection and taking stock.  Because Sunday is the day of the Resurrection, we skip over Sundays when we calculate the length of Lent. Therefore, in the Western Church, Lent always begins on Ash Wednesday, the seventh Wednesday before Easter. 

Lent in 2011 will start on Wednesday, the 9th of March and will continue for 46 days until Saturday, the 23rd of April.  It starts the day after Marti Gras.

I have a Mormon friend who observes Lent.  She gives up something she really, really loves, or has a nasty craving for.  Chocolate, sugar, swearing, whatever.

We were talking about observing Lent at work.  I think I might observe it this year, and give up something that I really, really love, that is bad for me:

 

No cheating, no sneaking, just give it and be truthful about it.  Tell me what you think.

GETTING SERIOUS PART 2

Ya know, sometimes I really can't spell or pronounce people's name when they call in for customer support.  For some reason, they think I should be able to spell their names right off the top of  my head.  Here are some examples of  some of the names I should be able to spell and pronounce correctly:

Nyshonn
Juvonya
Jonetia
Lashon
Chaquita--like the banana???????????  Really.
Kiwana
Tamkea
Towanda

But this is the best one ever:

Minnie Tittsworth.

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day to all

IS IT JUST ME? OR IS IT CRAZY OUT THERE?

Have you noticed that things aren’t as civil as they once were? Or that rudeness is no longer an exception but a lifestyle? Sure you have. All you need to do is set foot outside your door to see that bad manners are taking over everywhere. People are yakking on cell phones in restaurants, even at church. Folks in carpools wear enough cologne to make our eyes bleed. Complete strangers think it’s OK to rub a pregnant lady’s belly. Passengers abuse flight attendants, family outings to the ball park are ruined by rowdy drunks . . . a congressman heckled the President of the United States. 

So goes the comments from Whoopi Goldberg's new book about manners.  Joel gave me the book for Christmas, it looked like a great short read.  She leaves nothing to the imagination.  She tells it like it is.

Just because I attend the same meeting house as you, and we shop at the same stores, and hang with the same people does not mean that my opinions matches yours.  Actually I am entitled to my own opinion, which is my opinion and no one elses.  Don't assume that I think like you.  I may not agree with you, but  I think you have a right to your own opinion.  There are some people who think that I do not deserve to have an opinion unless it is the opinion of the "majority".    After reading this book, I now think I can have my own opinion whether someone likes it or not.    Just because you worship the ground Glenn Beck walks on, don't try and make me love him too.  It will not happen.  And guess what?  He is not the voice for the LDS Church.