Working for a living

This little guy (My nephew) just landed his first job. He has a modeling shoot with Target tomorrow. You better believe that I am going to be scouring the Target ads in the near future. I swear this kid is going to be the next Ricky Schroder. I guess it runs in the family. His father was in a Best Buy add a few years ago, but that was a bit of a fluke, Oh yea and he was on the cover of Wired magazine as a member of the Geek Squad.

Get a Nissan Pick-up

My friend Cyndi has the greatest truck in the world. I really have to hand it to her for keeping this one alive for so long. She got the truck for free and she has certainly made use of it. There are many things in this car that don't work, but it gets great mileage and she is keeping another car from going to the car graveyard. She thinks that I am making fun of her but in all reality I LOVE the fact that she keeps this vehicle alive. Heck I would do it if I knew anything about automobile mechanics. Let me give you some stats. This baby is a 1991 Nissan Pick-up. It has 300,000 miles on it. It is a 4 cylinder with a 5 speed manual transmission. It was a farm truck that her parents bought from the church and she believes that is the reason it still runs. The speedometer and the gas gage stopped working a while back so she has put some pictures of her nieces in front of them so she has something to look at. Let me just vouch for the sound system in this baby because it rocks! Don't worry about the fact that the muffler is tied on with a wire and that your seatbelt may just mysteriously unclick while you are riding with her. She swears that it is going to work when it needs to. If you want to know how this baby passed imissions testing you are going to have to ask Cyni directly about that. She is always prepared for what might happen. She has two spare tires in the back along with jumper cables and a gas can. Another testament to Nissan trucks is that her friend Anna Jo drives one too. Here is a picture of the "Yellow Banana". That baby is a 1986. The odometer stopped working at 170,000 but there is an estimated 200,000 miles on that baby. Notice Cyndi's truck in the back-ground. The last thing to mention is that the passenger door handle doesn't work. It now only opens from the inside but it used to only open from the outside. I loved hearing about when she would give her guy friends a ride and then she would need to walk around the truck to let the guy out. As you can see the window knob falls off so it is neatly tucked into the duck tapped handle. Cyndi you are my HERO!!!

Happiness

Yesterday I went to the baptism of three kids. They are the children of my sister’s good friend Jessica. Jessica has decided to start going back to church and she took her three kids with her. When I think of events worthy of celebration this is right up there on top of the list. It is one thing to celebrate the passing of another year, but it is quite another to see three individuals turning their lives over to the Lord, by seeking his will and guidance. I was grateful to be in attendance. It made my day.

Tragic day for Ian...

Although he seems to be taking it very well. He is going to have this for 6 weeks. How the heck did he do this?

I fell in Love

With the library that is. We have so many resources that are great and free. I would have to kick myself if I didn't take advantage of them. My weekend was really relaxing and I am glad I didn't go anywhere because I have homework and I got to see two great films from, you guessed it, library. The first was a documentary on Pete Segar. He was an interesting fellow, who clung fast to his principals and didn’t get caught up in the commercialism of music. I also watched a movie called Bella. If you like movies that expose deep emotions then you really need to see this. The producers of this movie made this because they wanted to make a movie that meant something and that broke down stereotypes against Latinos. Here is a trailer for you to watch.

Proposition 8

My Roommate is planning a fundraiser dinner to help our brothers & sisters in CA. This has to do with the passing of Propisition 8--marriage is between a man & a woman. President Monson wrote a letter to all of the church leaders in CA to get involved in this moral issue.

We're looking for those who'd like to help us with the dinner, getting contacts with people who have had experience with fundraisers & those who know people who could donate. We're trying to raise money so the protect marriage campaign can buy as much air time at the beginning of Sept. for commercials. So far, the opposing side has been airing several commercials that are extremely deceptive. It's now to the point where religious rights are being taken away. Recently a pastor got sued for refusing to marry a gay couple in his own church. What happens in CA will affect us in UT in the near future.

If you have any ideas for fundraising, resources, or just want to donate money let me know and I will get you intouch with my roommate. You can also go directly to the website for news and updates http://protectmarriage.com/

My Deposit is Down

I have just made my down payment for the cruise. Looks like I may actually go this time. I have also just sent off my passport for renewal so I will be all set with that. Here are some more photos of Croatia so you can be completely jealous if you haven’t decided to get on board yet. These are some of the places I want to see. This is Zagreb... This is Split... and this is Plitvice... I have been to the first two photos I have yet to see the third.