I am really impressed with the new YouTube site, Mormon Messages. Each week they share new videos about the basic beliefs of my church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). Some of them have focused on temples, the Savior, New Era Messages, Mormon Ads, and wonderful videos from conference talks. One video that I really enjoy is by Elder Holland entitled "How Do I Love Thee?". Check the site out, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
More trouble than it's worth...
When I first bought the car that I currently have, back in August, I was hoping I would have it for a good while, despite the fact that it's a 20 year old car. I'm tending to rethink that hope. Since living in Lexington, I have had to put about $300 worth of repairs on it. Which brings me to yesterday.
As I was pulling up to make a left hand turn onto my street my car made this startling clanking/grinding sound. My first thought was that the person behind me had hit my car. My second thought was a flat tire. I made the turn, stopped the car, and got out to look at it. No flat tire, no hit from behind. Geez. So I put my warning/emergency lights on and slowly made my way to the apartment. When I pulled into my spot, I got out and looked underneath the car, thinking that something was scraping underneath. I couldn't see anything. Remembering the problems that my mom and sister had with my sister's car, Himbert, I decided to check the oil. The oil was a tad low but not below the mark. I had my roommate come out and look under the hood as I started the car and tried to drive it. We couldn't see anything loose or any thing that would be making such a loud noise. I was supposed to work today, but had to cancel since I didn't think it would be safe to drive it.
Last night I called a friend who repairs cars and asked if he could look at it. He said he would be able to come, but not until today (Friday). Well, he just finished looking at it and it's the front axle that exploded (I'm pretty sure that's the word he used). The thing is, I just had new front axles put on in November. We drove over to the place where I purchased the axels to begin with and thankfully they are still under warranty. Phew! Right now, I'm very grateful for a friend who can repair cars!
This is not a picture of my car, but looks very similar to it.
As I was pulling up to make a left hand turn onto my street my car made this startling clanking/grinding sound. My first thought was that the person behind me had hit my car. My second thought was a flat tire. I made the turn, stopped the car, and got out to look at it. No flat tire, no hit from behind. Geez. So I put my warning/emergency lights on and slowly made my way to the apartment. When I pulled into my spot, I got out and looked underneath the car, thinking that something was scraping underneath. I couldn't see anything. Remembering the problems that my mom and sister had with my sister's car, Himbert, I decided to check the oil. The oil was a tad low but not below the mark. I had my roommate come out and look under the hood as I started the car and tried to drive it. We couldn't see anything loose or any thing that would be making such a loud noise. I was supposed to work today, but had to cancel since I didn't think it would be safe to drive it.
Last night I called a friend who repairs cars and asked if he could look at it. He said he would be able to come, but not until today (Friday). Well, he just finished looking at it and it's the front axle that exploded (I'm pretty sure that's the word he used). The thing is, I just had new front axles put on in November. We drove over to the place where I purchased the axels to begin with and thankfully they are still under warranty. Phew! Right now, I'm very grateful for a friend who can repair cars!
This is not a picture of my car, but looks very similar to it.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Wonderful counsel
I love this video by Elder F. Enzio Busche of the Seventy. He gives such good wisdom. Sometimes we, or at least I know I do, get very caught up in our day to day lives that we forget what we are really here to be doing and learning. I also posted this video on Facebook - sorry to the three of you who read my blog, if you've already seen it on there, but I think it's good enough to watch several times. :)
Friday, February 27, 2009
A Giveaway...
If you go to this website: http://thecreativemama.com/?p=322 she is giving away cute bags and you will be entered to win if you leave a comment with your best move-in tip. It ends on Saturday, February 28th though. Hope you win!
Sunday, February 15, 2009
The Bathtub Test
It doesn't hurt to take a good hard look at yourself from time to time, and this should help get you started.
During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what the criterion was which defined whether or not a patient should be institutionalized.
"Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub."
"Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup."
"No." said the Director, "A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?"
During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what the criterion was which defined whether or not a patient should be institutionalized.
"Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub."
"Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup."
"No." said the Director, "A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?"
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Choosy
As I was washing dishes, I looked over and saw my roommate's jar of Jif peanut butter sitting on the counter. Then I saw the little label which read "#1 choice of choosy moms." Hmm, I wonder what criteria Jif uses to define choosy? Is it only moms who choose Jif that are choosy? Or maybe it's a certain number of moms out of so many who choose Jif. Maybe some moms are choosy in some things but they don't care what type of peanut butter they buy for their family, are they still considered choosy? Probably not, since they didn't buy Jif. Maybe Jif is bought more often than other brands and that's why they consider themselves more chosen. Any thoughts?
Then I kept on thinking, how choosy am I? Should I be choosier? (is that a word?) Are some of the things I watch, listen to, read, or spend my time doing not quite appropriate? Are they uplifting and a good use of time and helping me to progress toward my goal of being more like Heavenly Father? Not that the things are really bad, but if they are not uplifting, maybe I'm not choosy enough and could be making better choices. All this from one little statement. Thanks Jif, for helping me to be more choosy.
Then I kept on thinking, how choosy am I? Should I be choosier? (is that a word?) Are some of the things I watch, listen to, read, or spend my time doing not quite appropriate? Are they uplifting and a good use of time and helping me to progress toward my goal of being more like Heavenly Father? Not that the things are really bad, but if they are not uplifting, maybe I'm not choosy enough and could be making better choices. All this from one little statement. Thanks Jif, for helping me to be more choosy.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Ice, ice baby
Since I don't have a digital camera here in KY you won't be getting any pictures, but I think you'll get the idea anyway.
Over the weekend I went home for my mom's birthday and had trouble deciding whether to drive back to Lexington on Monday or Tuesday. I checked my email and had received one from my roommate saying that Lexington was supposed to get a big snow/ice storm starting on Monday night and going into Tuesday. I still wasn't sure what to do so I hemmed and hawed and finally decided to drive back on Monday. Well, sure enough we did get a big snow storm. It was big enough that school was cancelled Monday through Friday! I'm currently working as a substitute teacher, so I haven't been at work at all this week. I could have stayed in Columbus, if only I had known.
I decided to stray out today and try to scrape off my car. It didn't work out so well. On Monday I had thought about bringing my ice scraper into the apartment, but decided to leave it in the car. That was not such a good decision on my part. I wasn't able to get my car unlocked (or get the ice scraper out) because there was an inch worth of ice surrounding the car. Poor Elzbeth. Hopefully tomorrow I can borrow one of my roommate's scrapers and get the ice off. Plus, the driver's side door handle is broken. I have to open the door on the passenger's side, climb over and unlock the driver's side, open the driver's side door, crawl back out, shut the passenger door and walk around to get in on the driver's side. Such is the joy of having an older car! I have a friend who said he could repair it this week, but with all the ice, I don't really know if that's going to happen. I guess if I don't get the ice off, at least on Sunday we are supposed to have a high of 40 degrees, and it will melt off. A wonderful heat wave!
Another reason to be grateful is our still working electricity. 607,000 homes and businesses here in KY are without power. Ours has stayed on the whole time. The news said it could be at least another week until it's all working again. There was even another bright side to all this: on Wednesday we ate snow cream for dessert, and it was so tasty. I sure do love winter! Jeanette, you really should invent those heated sidewalks!
Over the weekend I went home for my mom's birthday and had trouble deciding whether to drive back to Lexington on Monday or Tuesday. I checked my email and had received one from my roommate saying that Lexington was supposed to get a big snow/ice storm starting on Monday night and going into Tuesday. I still wasn't sure what to do so I hemmed and hawed and finally decided to drive back on Monday. Well, sure enough we did get a big snow storm. It was big enough that school was cancelled Monday through Friday! I'm currently working as a substitute teacher, so I haven't been at work at all this week. I could have stayed in Columbus, if only I had known.
I decided to stray out today and try to scrape off my car. It didn't work out so well. On Monday I had thought about bringing my ice scraper into the apartment, but decided to leave it in the car. That was not such a good decision on my part. I wasn't able to get my car unlocked (or get the ice scraper out) because there was an inch worth of ice surrounding the car. Poor Elzbeth. Hopefully tomorrow I can borrow one of my roommate's scrapers and get the ice off. Plus, the driver's side door handle is broken. I have to open the door on the passenger's side, climb over and unlock the driver's side, open the driver's side door, crawl back out, shut the passenger door and walk around to get in on the driver's side. Such is the joy of having an older car! I have a friend who said he could repair it this week, but with all the ice, I don't really know if that's going to happen. I guess if I don't get the ice off, at least on Sunday we are supposed to have a high of 40 degrees, and it will melt off. A wonderful heat wave!
Another reason to be grateful is our still working electricity. 607,000 homes and businesses here in KY are without power. Ours has stayed on the whole time. The news said it could be at least another week until it's all working again. There was even another bright side to all this: on Wednesday we ate snow cream for dessert, and it was so tasty. I sure do love winter! Jeanette, you really should invent those heated sidewalks!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Brilliant Bookcases
Some day when I have more money I would like to (even though I probably won't) buy this bookshelf. Isn't it wonderful?
According to Woman's Day these are awesome bookshelves too. I especially like “Albero della Cuccagna” (Tree of Knowledge) and "Book-Lined Staircase." Too fun! And so I dream...
Sunday, January 4, 2009
2008
5 Best things that happened in 2008 (in no particular order)
- Graduated from OSU in June
- Moved to Kentucky
- Bought a car
- My father kept his job
- Hannah came to us
5 Worst things that happened in 2008
- President Hinckley passed away
- Wynnie passed away
- Brenna's car died
- Moved to Kentucky
- The whole fiasco with my dad's job
Hopefully 2009 will be a better year.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
No strings attached
The following was an ad that we saw recently. For some reason we had a really good laugh over this. Poor hamster, hermit crab, parakeet, or tropical fish to be given away free. Petland must really be hurting for business. Thank goodness it's only one per family!
Friday, January 2, 2009
Christmas
Christmas this year was different than in past years. My dad had to work the night before (from Christmas eve to Christmas morning), so we didn't open presents until about 4 pm. I came home the Saturday before Christmas and my sister came home on Dec 13th. Even though we had about 6 days, it felt like we didn't have enough time to get everything done. My mom waited until my sister and I were both home to put up decorations and make cookies, which I am really grateful for, but it was strange to have so little time in which to do everything. But, it was good to be together as a family, even though things have changed. Here are a few pictures from our Christmas this year.
Hannah is waiting for Christmas. She's ready!
Dressed up in reindeer antlers.
We made Christmas cookies to give away. We made at least three kinds, but sadly these are the only pictures I took of them.
We have a really good recipe for sugar cookies. They have just the right amount of sweetness without being too sweet. They're really good! My sister has a good glaze recipe that we used on top. And of course, we didn't forget the sprinkles.
This is the tree on Christmas morning. I love it with the lights, I think it's so beautiful.
Save the best for last...my beautiful sister just after opening her presents! (A little blurry, but still fun).
Hannah is waiting for Christmas. She's ready!
Dressed up in reindeer antlers.
We made Christmas cookies to give away. We made at least three kinds, but sadly these are the only pictures I took of them.
We have a really good recipe for sugar cookies. They have just the right amount of sweetness without being too sweet. They're really good! My sister has a good glaze recipe that we used on top. And of course, we didn't forget the sprinkles.
This is the tree on Christmas morning. I love it with the lights, I think it's so beautiful.
Save the best for last...my beautiful sister just after opening her presents! (A little blurry, but still fun).
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