Wednesday, February 18, 2009

A Lovely Reminder

Don’t leave valuables in your car! Over the weekend someone got into my car and probably took everything out of my car that didn’t have much value. I don’t really understand what the thieves were thinking but in my mind the things that I thought they would go for remained intact. It was almost like they were trying to do me a favor and clean all the junk out of my car. Things like my stereo, new car vacuum, new air compressor and rollerblades. They seemed to browse my CDs and probably take one or two of them. They took some reusable Harmon’s grocery bags, sunglasses, sunglasses holder, some pamphlets and my sun shade. They seemed to be searching for cash because they took out my ash tray and cup holder and didn’t quite put them back right. Then they left the $2 in quarters that I had in a compartment that they must not have checked.

I should probably feel really violated but after it all I am just grateful that I don’t have to replace anything that is going to cost much to replace. Everything I need to replace is probably going to cost me $45 or so. Not bad considering the last time my car was broken into it was $300 to get the car fixed, $200 for a new stereo, and $100 in CDs. In comparison this is quite pleasant really. Tonight I will be removing those things from my car that I deem valuable.

Monday, February 9, 2009

The Good the Bad & the Funny

Should we start with the bad news? The bad news is that the cruise to the Mediterranean has been cancelled. It looks like it is going to be a while before I get back to Croatia. I had a cabin reserved with my roommate Heather and she had to cancel because she had a work conflict. Someday I am going to make it back. Hopefully before I have forgotten everything I learned over there.
The good news, or maybe I should say the GREAT news is that Cate and Tyler are going to get sealed in the St. Paul Temple at the end of this month. I am flying out there for that.
Now for the funny, for Brooke’s birthday we went cross country skiing at Wasatch Park in Heber. We decided to try and jump 180s with our skis on. I never quite made it 180 degrees, but maybe 150. You should try it sometime. Here are some pictures of Brooke and me giving it a try.
Brooke is just great at getting really goofy pictures, like shake faces.