2/16/04

This past week has been fairly uneventful. We had fun on Saturday when Dan decided that it would be easier to make something special for dinner rather than try and fight crowds at any restaurants. He went pretty full out too. Shrimp alfredo over noodles, grilled shrimp ka-bobs, and grilled steaks were obviously a lot to take in one sitting and we ended up with dinner for Sunday as well.

On more personal notes, Dan's been really frustrated with his work in regards to Sundays. Since it ends up being left up to what's best for everyone and Dan is only one of a couple who would rather work Saturday than Sunday so he's stuck working Sunday's until everything is caught up. This wouldn't be much of a problem as he's typically home soon enough to make it to sacrament, but he's left on call for the rest of the day in case anything else goes wrong. The past three weeks, however, he hasn't even had to go in because they haven't called, but he can't go anywhere else either.

Karen has been enjoying the rest. Not having to constantly worry about other people not showing up, among other things, has been really nice. It has also given her a chance to get some things caught up at home and finalize things from the sale of the Ogden house.

Love to you all.

Favorite Wedding Memories

Sheri's Wedding

Two things I remember most about Sheri's wedding were the fancy dresses that we used for dress up forever after and the present train we made to get the gifts to Sheri and Randy to open.

Karma's Wedding

Mom and I used to go clothes shopping now and then. We'd see something cute or pretty and we'd examine it to see if it was something we'd like. Inevitably we'd encounter the price. The price always determined if it would remain cute or pretty or if it would be religated to the "that's nice" category (meaning it was still cute or pretty but much too expensive to be worth it). We encountered one such dress while shopping for Mom's dress for Karma's wedding. We'd been looking for a while when we spotted one that was really pretty. It was the right size and fit mom great. Then we looked at the price and decided it was "nice". Mom started changing back into her clothes while I took the dress back to the rack. As I was hanging it up I noticed a sign saying 25% off. The dress became wonderful again :). Another favorite memory was sitting in the room with the family getting ready for the session and having one of the workers say I could sit next to my mom... Karma :).

Karen's Wedding

My fondest memory was sitting in the Celestial room waiting for Dan to come in. Between my fancy frilly dress and the elegant surroundings I truely felt like a princess. And Dan looked like a prince when he arrived. Another happy memory was Sandy taking the time and care to curl my hair just right. And then there was the dinner at Donovan's where Dad parked his own car in the valet lot.

I don't know why I wanted to share these with you, but I did. Please, post your memories too.

2/10/04

I wanted to make it easier for anyone to view this at their leisure and refer back to it without having to save our emails on their computers.

So far this week has been pretty uneventful. Dan's been having problems with diarrhea and headaches lately so he went to the doctor yesterday. Already he has appointments to see a specialist and a follow up with our family doctor. I'll keep you updated as time goes on.

I've been using time at home to work on laundry and clean up around the house. Back before the monsoon season started we discovered our roof leaked. We got it fixed in time to not be flooded by the monsoons, but some of our clothes that got wet haven't been properly washed since (I've been busy okay). I've been working on getting all that done, plus picking up and going through boxes of stuff we really don't need. I've also been trying to get everything in order since the house sold to get a fairly accurate budget laid down. I fear that until we no longer have those utility bills from Ogden (we're still getting "final bills") I won't have an accurate assessment.

Love to you all.