August in Salt Lake City disappeared clean off our calendars but to where I do not know. My trip to AZ at the beginning of the month was a great time and despite everyone's warnings about the heat I loved being toasty. (Excellent pick for a hike too Meg!)
Chan spent the month enrolling dealers in their 2011 commitments. During the course of those efforts he sold the heck out of some bikes and was pleased with his final numbers for the month. If you've never lived in a house where at least one income is based on sales you have no idea what a nail-biter the last week can be.
I am busy at work with some pretty large projects - one of which is a complete reorg of my department and more of an enmeshment with two others. The end goal is to hopefully build departments and groups that are more quickly scaleable as the company grows. It is exciting for me to be included in something like this as it will be great on a resume. I'm also working on deployment of a new software tool that will be used by a large segment of the company. I was part of the original dreaming and designing when we started working on it a year ago. Finally we are seeing the fruits of the efforts put forth and it's exciting.
We've seen some great live music this month: Yonder Mountain String Band (Bluegrass/New Grass), John Prine (an old country-ish folk singer) and in a few days we'll see The Avett Brothers (genre-less but one of my all time faves).
We have more traveling to do and concerts to attend in September.
As my PSA this month I want to remind everyone to please be aware of cyclists and pedestrians on the roads. I just attended a viewing for the father of a friend who was killed while riding his bicycle. He had the right-of-way in that the semi-truck turned right (directionally speaking) in front of him. No matter how fast you need to get somewhere and how annoying it is to be stuck behind a rider, remember they have family and friends that would rather see them come home at the end of the day than hear some sad apology about how you didn't see them. Love to all.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
August with the Good's
Well it sounds like Beth had a funner month than we did. I thought I was done with school only to be suprised that while my overall GPA is 3.45, I only have B's in my science classes and took a too advanced humanities/art class and will have to retake one Science and take an basic humanities class like art or music appreciation, world religions or philosophy. Aren't we all glad we are so educated when we get out of school??? Won't you all be glad I took intro to cinema when I am cleaning your teeth? So screwed up. So I lost my free time and am back to school retaking those so pray I can make it through the last half of A&P with an A this time (and that my family survives my neglect). I could care less about my grade in the other one but at least I get to watch some movies with Charlie and call it "homework".
It was fun to have Vici come down though at the beginning of the month and go on one of my favorite hikes up North where it is so much nicer to be outdoors. Another month or so and evening walks will be nice again (hopefully). I can't wait for Miss Beth and Troy's visit, we haven't seen her in FOREVER it seems.
Emily AND Max started school and are loving it. The first day was fun, Max was so timid and shy, but just wanted to wait by his class even though there was 15-20 min. before school started, I was very worried about how it would all turn out. But by the time I picked him up he said, "Mom, school was a lot funner than I thought!". He has finally remembered his new friends names and even decided to go play on the playground instead of just waiting by the door in the morning, too bad it took him 2 weeks to figure out that would be funner for him. Emily is growing up to fast, and turning into a teenager, bad attitude and sleepy girl at times. The other day on the way to school I asked her if she was ready for the day and she said, "I need a 5 Hour Energy, I think." She pays way too much attention to commercials and things on the radio! She keeps me on my toes, she remembers everything that is ever said (except when it is a chore of course). We did start doing achievement days for the girls in our ward at our house and she is loving that. It is sometimes chaos but fun for her and the girls so that makes it worth the late nights planning and getting it all together.
Well
that is about it for us, hope you are 
all doing well too.
It was fun to have Vici come down though at the beginning of the month and go on one of my favorite hikes up North where it is so much nicer to be outdoors. Another month or so and evening walks will be nice again (hopefully). I can't wait for Miss Beth and Troy's visit, we haven't seen her in FOREVER it seems.
Emily AND Max started school and are loving it. The first day was fun, Max was so timid and shy, but just wanted to wait by his class even though there was 15-20 min. before school started, I was very worried about how it would all turn out. But by the time I picked him up he said, "Mom, school was a lot funner than I thought!". He has finally remembered his new friends names and even decided to go play on the playground instead of just waiting by the door in the morning, too bad it took him 2 weeks to figure out that would be funner for him. Emily is growing up to fast, and turning into a teenager, bad attitude and sleepy girl at times. The other day on the way to school I asked her if she was ready for the day and she said, "I need a 5 Hour Energy, I think." She pays way too much attention to commercials and things on the radio! She keeps me on my toes, she remembers everything that is ever said (except when it is a chore of course). We did start doing achievement days for the girls in our ward at our house and she is loving that. It is sometimes chaos but fun for her and the girls so that makes it worth the late nights planning and getting it all together.
Well
that is about it for us, hope you are 
all doing well too.
Friday, August 27, 2010
August
August was a pretty cool month for me. It's the best month of the year. Obviously. I began working in Medical Staffing in July so I've been learning this new field and enjoyed all there is to it, quite a bit. I help staff a variety of positions, and it reaffirms that I want to work in staffing when I grow up.
Troy made me a bet at the beginning of the month that I couldn't stay awake for 7 evenings in a row, and if I did, he would take me ring shopping. Despite his failed attempts to get me to fall asleep, I did it, and we have shopped at 6 or so different stores. I liked several rings, so I suppose it's just a waiting game, and meeting the family now. Oy vey.
We went to a Jack Johnson concert in Salt Lake. It was really good. Then we hiked to Elephant Rock near Bountiful. We accidentally used the wrong entrance and the first quarter of the hike was vertical. It was rugged. We went with his brother and set him up with my friend Alycia. It was pretty fun.
For my birthday, Troy surprised me with breakfast. He made Norwegian Pancakes for me, and ended up setting off all of the alarms in the house. It was pretty exciting. After work, he picked me up and took me to The Cellar where he had taken me on our first date. He had called ahead and asked for a nice table, expecting something next to the window or fireplace. We ended up having a private room in the cellar (as in the Wine Cellar, not the restaurant) and it was candle lit all around. It was pretty much out of a movie.
After dinner, my friend Sheeba had made me a birthday cake. It was Triple Chocolate Raspberry. Very Yum. We did presents and whatnot and then went home. It was a great birthday.
I was contacted today about helping a homeschool group put on a play this fall, so that should be fun. I'm thinking of doing A Christmas Carol, since the play will be in December probably. Fun, fun!
Well, that's about it! Next month I'll shoot for putting up pictures, too.
Troy made me a bet at the beginning of the month that I couldn't stay awake for 7 evenings in a row, and if I did, he would take me ring shopping. Despite his failed attempts to get me to fall asleep, I did it, and we have shopped at 6 or so different stores. I liked several rings, so I suppose it's just a waiting game, and meeting the family now. Oy vey.
We went to a Jack Johnson concert in Salt Lake. It was really good. Then we hiked to Elephant Rock near Bountiful. We accidentally used the wrong entrance and the first quarter of the hike was vertical. It was rugged. We went with his brother and set him up with my friend Alycia. It was pretty fun.
For my birthday, Troy surprised me with breakfast. He made Norwegian Pancakes for me, and ended up setting off all of the alarms in the house. It was pretty exciting. After work, he picked me up and took me to The Cellar where he had taken me on our first date. He had called ahead and asked for a nice table, expecting something next to the window or fireplace. We ended up having a private room in the cellar (as in the Wine Cellar, not the restaurant) and it was candle lit all around. It was pretty much out of a movie.
After dinner, my friend Sheeba had made me a birthday cake. It was Triple Chocolate Raspberry. Very Yum. We did presents and whatnot and then went home. It was a great birthday.
I was contacted today about helping a homeschool group put on a play this fall, so that should be fun. I'm thinking of doing A Christmas Carol, since the play will be in December probably. Fun, fun!
Well, that's about it! Next month I'll shoot for putting up pictures, too.
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