October is Hear

It was an excellent day. As October is upon us we enjoyed participating in the General Conference proceedings of the church. Today was the last day of September but as tomorrow is the 1st of October it is conference weekend. Love it. Looking forward to the Sunday sessions tomorrow.

Test Passed

I entered the day with a goal to take my final assessment for my elementary science instruction course. It was a big test and the allotted time was 2 hours. I managed to finish the test with 13 minutes to spare. It was pretty challenging and threw a lot of teaching scenarios my way and I had to determine best strategies to follow. Sometimes that can be a challenge because there are what appear to be multiple right answers. Just give it your best shot.

R ball

Had some fun tonight with My friend Kaden playing racquetball. He is quite experienced and can easily whoop my trash. Tonight he did. It was a good time.  He did whoop up me but I had a good time. I am exhausted and am heading to bed.

Need Test

So tired this evening. Struggling to keep the eyes open.  Man, I just want to sleep and so that is what I am going to do. Good night.

Lights

Today I was able to get the lights installed at the brick house. The lights and ceiling problems have made for a fun project. It was more than I thought it would be but it is done. Tomorrow will be a day without that hanging over my head. Hopefully I can get schooling back on the move.

Moving Forward

Still pressing forward. It has been a tough couple of weeks and I've got lots of work to do. I need to get my school moving and I need to crank out some credits. I am trying to knock out some stuff at the restaurant as well and that has occupied my time for the most part. Hoping to have that done tomorrow, well the lights done, I've still got a lot of pricing work to do. I'll just keep moving forward as best I can.

Rest

After a great day at church that included watching Andy and the other children in the primary program I was able to come home and enjoy a Sunday afternoon nap. My goodness that was much needed rest.

Back to the program, thought it was a good program. Andy did well. He was a little short and was behind some tall girls. I thought it was pretty funny. He nailed his part and sang well. Grandma came to watch. It was a good day.

Out.

The day is over. I stayed busy all day. I done. All day is a long  time. I'm asleep.

Busy

Things have just been busy for the last week. I have spent hours at the Brick House this week. All day, every day and I will be back again tomorrow. Hopefully I can finish the ceiling patches in the morning and get things ready to paint and hang up lights again. Working in the shadows. Well, I am beat. Must find me a shadow. 

Storm Coming

Looks like we've got a storm coming in. Winds blowing, rains coming down. Some hail every now and again. It is supposed to get quite cool tomorrow. We will see how things feel in the morning.  In the meantime I am trying to catch up on projects at the brick house. Right now I've got to sleep.

So Tired

Went back in to the brick house this morning to tape and mud my ceiling repair.  It went okay but then I had to start messing around with the back lights and the damage there.  I ended up having to remove the fixtures and then I was trying to cut out rotted drywall so I can replace it.  It was a little work... blah blah blah.  I am exhausted.  I am tired.  I am going to bed. 

Short

This is just a short review for today.  Full day at the Brick House with ceiling repairs and what not.  I am exhausted.  Trying to get the menu updated in the computer and what not.  It was a long day with a lot of stuff to do.  I am ready to crash. 

Let Your Light So Shine

Oh my goodness I am tired and need to get to bed. Tonight after FHE we made a run to the Wal-Mart. Following our trip there Natty asked if we could drive by the temple.

We drove by the temple and enjoyed seeing it all lit up. I am so excited for this building to open. What a blessing it is.

Tired

I am feeling tired tonight. By tired I mean I am feeling run down, low. I think there are moments when I have a lot going on and I get

.. Can't keep my eyes open. Must sleep.
.

Hometown Football Game

After a long day trying to figure out a problem with our POS system and a lot of frustration to with it, I left the Brick House, got home and got dressed in my chain crew uniform. I was off to the hometown football game and worked on the chain crew as SUU beat #18 NIU. It was a good game and SUU almost gave it away put managed to win by a field goal. I enjoy doing this.

The Lights of Friday

Tonight was the homecoming football game for cedar high. I was at my assigned post with the chain crew. I was on the first down marker on the Cedar sideline. It was a good game. I am passing out so I am heading to be.

Beating

Got back out and played some racquetball this evening with my buddy Kaden. He is quite good and I am still in my rookie season. It had been 4 weeks since we last played as I was with Jack at civil air patrol. Anyway, it was great to get back out there and I was actually feeling pretty good. Oh, I lost both games but it wasn't because I didn't put it all on the court. There were dives, there was chasing down the ball,there were some serious rally's. It was great and infect much more competitive. Hopefully I won't be begging for the chiropractor in the morning. My lower back is hurting a bit but that may just need some stretching. Great times.

Lightening Ride

Back out on the bike tonight. Pushed another quick 6 miles at about 14 miles per hour. Probably not a great time but not bad for an old dude on a mountain bike. Just trying to get the weight moving in the right direction again. Had been down to 235 a few months ago and have slowly gone back up to 242. My goal is still 200 so I had to get back to being serious. I have begun counting calories and am paying closer attention to what I'm eating. Crazy how fast eating the wrong things can pack on the calories. The good thing is that I have things I like that aren't bad in calories and still can satisfy.

As I got out on the ride there was suddenly a flash of lightening. It was pretty far out but lit up the sky nicely. I just continued riding as the storm came our way. As the time passed it became apparent that the storm was coming right towards us. I got in my 6 and then headed home. The rain hit right after I got home. Pretty good timing. 

Pedal Pushing

I am trying to mix up my workouts a bit. Last night I walked 4 miles, tonight I biked 6 miles. It was at a pretty good clip. Anyhow, I wasn't going for a leisurely ride around the block. I was pushing it and trying to sweat a bit. Tomorrow I will be back to walking. Fun times.

On the move

I am trying to track calorie intake and burning right now. I got a few miles in on the elliptical this morning and tonight after I got the kids down for bed I went for an hour stroll. I managed 4 miles in just over an hour. It felt really good. Whether any of this is going to amount to much weight loss I have no idea. It was a good walk

Names

I was sitting in the Stake Conference broadcast today and while listening to the talks I was also attaching records in Family Search. Sister Arnold is our ward family history consultant and she encouraged us to do this. It is count in the ancestors with tasks list. Some are fairly easy to do while others may take a little more effort. While I was going through records I was wondering about how effective this record attaching really was. I wasn't exactly lining up people for ordinance work. Anyway I carried on. It kept me alert through the meeting. I stopped after a while and hadn't really thought much more about it. Well, some time this evening I received two emails from family search saying I had ancestors that needed work done. The first email had a name that matched the records I had worked on earlier. That was way cool. Though I didn't see the other name in my efforts today, I do know that these connections are making a difference and that is pretty exciting. 

Fire Cracker Shrimp

In our meeting yesterday as we talked about the bang bang shrimp from bonefish. Chef Tom had never had said he would look into making a firecracker shrimp dish. Got the message earlier today that he had it for us to try, well he had the firecracker and a grilled coconut shrimp as well. The folks were coming at 7 and the boys and I came as well. We got to sample both and both were excellent. Then we got to try the special that chef was running tonight that included the firecracker shrimp in a cream sauce over rice. It was fantastic. So flavorful and nice. I told the folks and chef that I could easily see myself getting that dish 50% of the time if it was on the menu. I loved it. I think it would be one that would end up being a top seller if it were to stay on the menu. Maybe it will or maybe it will end up on the specials rotation. Doo good.

Meeting and Game

Today we had a meeting at the Depot where we went through the menu and several items that we need to look at. We had the powers that be from here; pops, Darin, Chef Tom, Dustyn (cpa), Dan (our head server) and myself. We also had Dan Martinez up from Vegas. We are making some adjustments that are needed and the meeting was productive. We need to be proactive in bringing about these adjustments. It will be good for the business.

Tonight was the football game between Cedar and Canyon View. It was a good game. Canyon View lead at the end of the first half. And into the 4th quarter it was 10 to 0 and then Cedar had a beautiful touchdown throw which started the come back. They ended up winning 19 to 10. Always enjoy a good football game.

Tired Tonight

Full day. Very tired. Ran to St George tonight for Jack and civil air patrol. Ready for bed.

Problems

For some reason the last two nights have not been good for posting.  My millions of peaches post was actually from the day before but failed to post.  I was able to repost it yesterday and then went on to write a post last night. That post however did not post either and the text was completely gone.  I am not sure if I messed something up myself or if I am experiencing some challenges with blogger.  If you read my post from a few days ago you might think that it could very well be user error as I was seriously asleep when I was attempting to write my daily entry.  That, however, posted successfully. So if I can manage to post something when I am pretty much in a comatose state why would I not be able to do so when I am somewhat alert? It could have very well been user error and I just bombed last night.  I had written about the previous nights entry not posting and then discussed a few other items.  Alas, it is lost for the ages and here I am writing once again about my posting failures.

I did visit the folks yesterday and mom shared a story about making oatmeal cookies the day before, setting one on her night stand and thinking it might make a nice snack in the middle of the night.  She did wake up at some point in the night and she remembered the cookie. She picked it up in the dark and had a bite of it.  Something began to flow down her chin and neck but she didn't know what it was. Certainly she didn't have anything in the cookie that would do that.  She then realized it was ants. There was an extreme infestation that came up the night stand and found that cookie.  In the dark she didn't see any ants and had no clue they were there or that anything was wrong.  It is kind of a freaky story. Of course she told me this while I was eating one of the oatmeal cookies she had made.  I didn't go back for more.

As for today, we participated in a job fair at SUU.  This was for both the Depot Grill and the Brick House.  I went in to get a table and get us set up for the event.  In doing so I had a table cloth I had brought that we didn't need so I was returning it to the car and was also bringing in some additional supplies.  I went out a door and had 5 or so stairs to go up. I missed the first step, ended up tripping over it and totally biffed it right there on the stairs. Went down hard and was rolling around all dramatically on the stairs.  I don't know that anyone actually witnessed the spill which is fine with me.  I did laugh at myself though and shared it with some friends so they could enjoy a laugh. I imagine I looked pretty funny there.  Scraped myself up a bit but I lived.  What a dork.

It has been a fine day. I need to get buckled down and working on my school stuff.  Don't have time to waste and need to get it done.  We'll get there.  Tomorrow I should have some time to sit down and move on it.  I had two weeks of a break at the end of August and it was very much welcome. I know I need to get cranking this semester but it has been difficult to get jump started again.

Well, life is good. It is not without its challenges. The businesses are doing okay but are also struggling as there are a lot of expenses and keeping up on them is not easy.  I can't believe how much it costs just to operate.  It gets to be a pretty stressful thing.  We continue to press forward and do out best. 

Millions of Peaches

Last night my friend Annie D dropped off a box of peaches from off her tree. It was very nice of her to do. I've looked at a handful of recipes for peach chutney and believe I will give it a shot. I loved the chutney whilst serving in Cape Town. It is so good. I have wanted to make it for some time so this will be exciting. I also decided to make a fresh peach cobbler tonight and that turned out rather well. My kids are very picky sometimes and Jack refused to eat it, and had a bite and was done, Natty had a few bites and then was done.

Oh my

Retire for that

I am asleep. It has been a good day with church and birthday . I am featured at the moment.  I don't know what to ssy. Just exhausted. Had a fine dinner with Andy. I can't keep my eyes open.  Must rest.

Good Times

Had a fine day filled with service and friends and house work and flying drones and playing with battle bots and flying drones again and going shopping at three different stores and checking in on restaurants and mowing the lawn and moving a fridge and flying a drone again and fixing a drone and watering the lawn and reading scriptures with the fam and getting dinner prepped for tomorrow and sitting down to write this. I am ready for bed.

New Semester

Today was the start of a new semester for me at the wgu. I had two weeks of no school and I absolutely loved it. That two weeks came after 50 weeks. The good part is that I earned over 50 credits in that 50 week time period. 

Well my goodness, I am complmerely exhausted. Time to call it a night.