Bright's thoughts

Today in our 5th Sunday meeting our bishop mentioned he had watched a video of Elder Neal A. Maxwell. He gave this talk in 1978 at a BYU address...pretty prophetic really.

A few years ago, while living in Washington I came across a listing in our phone book for a very unusual last name. It happened to be the same last name as one of the sister missionaries that taught my brother and I. I will talk to anyone, so I thought I had nothing to lose so I gave the number a call. I asked them if they had a sister or daughter that served a mission in Milipitas /San Jose area in 1982. To my delight I got a resounding, "why yes, I do have a daughter who served there at that time". I spoke with him for a while. I never heard from his daughter, I'm not sure if he lost my number or not. While in Idaho over Thanksgiving I decided to give it another shot. I was hoping she would be there for the holiday. In my internet search I found his wife had died in October. I realized that more than likely I would not catch my missionary at home for the holidays. I left a message and asked him to contact her and ask her to contact me. I had been contiplating...

Hard to believe! Another birthday! Hehehe....another next week too. Then we get a break for a while. I don't have pictures of Dejah as a little baby on my computer and my scanner doesn't work. SIGH! So no baby pictures of her. I was looking for pictures and it appears her camera shyness isn't a new thing. It it is kinda funny since she took only 4 hours to be born. Since Lindsey was a BIG baby (9lb 5oz) we decided to induce Dejah early (38wks). The fact I could hardly walk due to sciatica too, helped the doctor in his okaying of it. I went in in the morning with Dejah (like Lindsey). It took forever to get me hooked up to the pitocin. Her labor was SO different from Lindsey's. Since I decided to get an epidural with Dejah, Scott, I guess didn't think his role as support was really needed. I sat in a rocking chair for a while and rocked and during a contraction my fluid jsut gushed. It was rather comical. Then the epidural came. THAT was a STRANGE fee...

               

          Three years ago I was in labor today. I have not experienced it since then. It is a bit bitter sweet. When I think of my "last baby" and realize he is getting so big I notice tears welling up. My period is on it's way and I am feeling a bit crampy...ironic isn't it. I have been so busy this week I forgot I wanted to post pictures of Bry like I did for Journey. Oh well. Lindsey was my longest pregnancy (41wks). My other girls were all planned inductions, 38wks, 37 and 36 wks. Bryan was different. I was in a different state and with a different practice. So the last little bit was WAY different. I remember going to the doctor that last day (39wk appointment I think). I don't remember what his due date was....funny how I remember how OVER due I was with Lindsey. I know KAtie's EDD, because it was Christmas. After thinking on this I think he was due on the 28th, two days after Dejah's. I had been feeling HORRIBLE that day. I had been h...

Three years ago I was in labor today. I have not experienced it since then. It is a bit bitter sweet. When I think of my "last baby" and realize he is getting so big I notice tears welling up. My period is on it's way and I am feeling a bit crampy...ironic isn't it. I have been so busy this week I forgot I wanted to post pictures of Bry like I did for Journey. Oh well. Lindsey was my longest pregnancy (41wks). My other girls were all planned inductions, 38wks, 37 and 36 wks. Bryan was different. I was in a different state and with a different practice. So the last little bit was WAY different. I remember going to the doctor that last day (39wk appointment I think). I don't remember what his due date was....funny how I remember how OVER due I was with Lindsey. I know KAtie's EDD, because it was Christmas. I had been feeling HORRIBLE that day. I had been having contractions on and off for the last two months or so. I guess I should have known the...

He is home! About 1Am I woke up to Scott coming home. YEAH! My partner in all is home! The weight has lifted! He doesn't do much around the house but just having him home is fabulous! He is my emotional support, my rock. I have missed him! I am so glad he only goes on a few trips a year and always comes back! Knowing he is coming back makes it easier. I feel for the mothers who are single either by divorce or death. I know I draw so much strength from Scott. Just knowing he is here helps me mentally. I guess that goes with the eternal bond I have with him. I am so thankful for a loving Father in Heaven that has led us together, who makes all things possible. I need a date night now. It is a good thing my kids sleep. I got an hour break from them this week other than sleeping time. Oh how I loved sleep, what I got anyway. Pictures coming of the paint job. Scott likes it...he didn't notice right away, only that the furniture was moved. He was going on about 5hr...

It has finally come....I have one more day and night of playing single mom. UGH! I had grand plans of what I was going to do. That changed when my friend Heather volunteered to help me paint. With my bummed wrist, she was going to paint and I was going to watch the kids. My wrist was feeling better and I wanted to help/ She did all the cutting in and did an amazing job. She also did about 2/3 of the rolling. Thank you Heather! My wrist didn't hurt hardly at all after my PT appointment on Tuesday. Yeah so I tackeld the rest....touch up of the living room. You know paint should coat easily! It should just go into the groves with ease! LOL! Too bad you have to do the work to get it there. Last night I was ready to cry! I was stressed and so tired. When Scott is gone I sleep poorly! I hear everything and then cant' get back to sleep. Yesterday my day began at 5am trying to go back to sleep. This morning I woke to the water (which is on my side of the house) kicki...

My mom and I were going to make an hour trip in my van. My "check engine" light came on. Now, my van is 13yrs old it is bound to have issues, right? The onter night my oil light came on. Not a good sign. It took it to get an oil change and the oil was FULL. So yes, my van has issues. I didn't have any promptings that I shouldn't make the trip or there really was anything wrong with the van. I did however have lots of "what if" thoughts. What if the van did die and we were stuck an hour away. I thought "who would I call?" My mom was with me, Scott is in Austin. So It hought I would call my friend Heather. Then I thought, how would I get the van back home? So I figured I would get the suburban and the trailer and get the van on the trailer. Hmmm, how long is my van? Okay, so I ran all this through my head in about 3 mintues then related it to my mom. She was shocked. A few minutes later she paid me a great compliment. She said ...

Today we had the opportunity to go to another ward and give a presentation. Scott gives a monthly preparedness class and a gal comes from Payson. She was impressed by Scott's Emergency Heating and Cooking one and asked him to give the presentation to her ward. She asked me to give a presentation on the apple box ovens . We were delighted! If we can help one person get moving on emergency prep stuff our time is well worth spent. I asked my SIL to babysit and my mom to help with the apple box direction and food prep. Thank you! We couldn't have done it without you! We showed up at the church at 8:30 and got the charcoal started and ready for the food. Kathleen, prepared a pizza(her stone was too big for the oven, so she improvised!), two loaves of bread and cinnamon rolls. YUM! Carb heaven! My mom and I had never tried cooking in an apple box oven in November. It was 29* when we got there...brrr! Luckily it warmed up to almost 50* before noon! (today * means degr...

Wohoo! I have made it to work out three days this week! I am hopeing ot get back to my 5 days a week routine from last year. I have decided I will use my treadmill here instead of going to the gym. This way, my kids avoid the bugs in the childcare there. I have done a 10 minute all over workout 3 days and walked on the treadmill for about25 mintues. The ten minute workouts focus on the core and I am tryign to fucus on the core while walking. Today I tried to do a bit more interval training on the treadmill....walk...jog...run...walk...jog...run. My goal is to build up to jogging full time. I used to run distance in highschool and I loved the feeling. Why did I stop? Wohooo! Now I need to work on my diet. I have some friends doing Weight Watchers, maybe I should get my books back out. How many points do I get?

BREAKING NEWS! http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=4787495 FBI, USPS to investigate suspicious envelope at Temple Square November 13th, 2008 @ 5:03pm (KSL News) The FBI and US Postal Service inspectors are now investigating the suspicious envelope found at Temple Square containing an unknown white powder. The letter was mailed to the temple and was opened inside an office in the entrance area to the Salt Lake Temple. That is in an area open to the public. They have since placed the letter into a black plastic bag. Both Salt Lake City police and fire departments are on the scene and have closed off the area, including eastbound lanes of North Temple between State Street and Main Street. They did not take this incident to an elevated threat level because they feel they had the situation contained. They did not evacuate the temple, but are not allowing anybody inside. Scott Freitag of the Salt Lake City Fire Department says someone in the office opened the envelope, saw the powder and imm...

I belong to a message board group, I have been with this group for about 7 1/2yrs. I know these ladies well. I felt the need to leave the group once and did, for about 5-6 months or so. It was hard to "Stay away". One day I jsut left, deleted my bookmarks and left. It is a private board so I couldn't go back without the link. I guess I aways had it in my email somewhere, but chose not to look for it. About two months ago, I decided to return. Today, I knwo why I left. I am the only LDS lady, the most conservative on the board. There are some pretty conservative, but most are pretty liberal. They made some changes to the board setup while I was gone which I appreciate, very much. They created a seperate political/hot topic board and set up somesort of way to ensure posts that were racey could be recognized. I had told a few on the board (via email) what made me leave, I think they shared that with the rest. Some spoke up and agreed they felt similar and changes...

Democrat's Redistribution Plan may take a while "Yesterday on my way to lunch I passed one of the homeless guys in that area, with a sign that read "Vote Obama, I need the money." My waiter had on a "Obama 08" tee shirt. When the bill came, I decided not to tip the waiter and explained to him while he had given me exceptional service, that his tee shirt made me feel he obviously believes in Senator Obama's plan to redistribute the wealth. I told him I was going to redistribute his tip to someone that I deemed more in need--the homeless guy outside. He stood there in disbelief and angrily stormed away. I went outside, gave the homeless guy $3 and told him to thank the waiter inside, as I had decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy looked at me in disbelief but seemed grateful. As I got in my truck, I realized this rather unscientific redistribution experiment had left the homeless guy quite happy for the money he did not earn, but the waite...

Do you have a final that you took in school that haunts you? I do, yet I don't know which one it was. I was on my way to my last final before Christmas break. Someone had told me that it was the worst winter in 50yrs. Being from Texas, I believed them. I had no clue that my nose hairs could literally freeze, or the cold could make my eyes water, then freeze on my face. No clue! I lived on the hill in Rexburg at Somerset and was walking through the parkinglot of the physical plant building (winter of 92) focused on whatever final I was headed to. I was alone in the parkinglot, I guess everyone else had finished their finals. I slipped on a patch of ice, like I had done a million times. This time I could NOT compensate for the slip. Down I went. Luckily I caught myself before I got hurt. I landed on my hand, palm down. Not bad, I caught myself! I got up, blushing, I'm sure and brushed myself off and went off to my final. Sure my hand hurt, but I was almost done! ...

My friend Heather bought a table and chairs for $60 on KSL and redid them. She left the top, wood grain and the seat of the chairs wood grain. She chose to do the rest a sage-ish green. It turned out BEAUTIFUL! I thought, hmph, my table is white and natural wood, I can paint mine too! Thank you Heather for the inspiration!! This is what I did. In the picture it actually looks more orangy red than it is. It is red with a black/dark grey glaze over it. So it is a dark red, basically the same as my curtains. I'm not sure why the camera made it look so orangy red.   My curtains look like this (that is an apple that I painted)  

Vice is a monster of so frightful a mien, As to be hated needs but to be seen, Yet seen to oft - familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace. Alexander Pope We see it all around us right now.

Scott picked me up late morning to go to lunch. We made a pit stop off the road to go down by Town Lake. I knew the area well, I used to run through there a few days a week. I wondered, kinda, what was going on. Why was he going down by Austin High school? He came around and helped me out of the Jeep (which he still does today in any car) and walked me to a clearing by the lake and jogging path. It was a secluded area. He held my hand and got down on his knee and asked me to marry him and be his queen. I remember dropping to my knees too, crying. He told me I had to stand. I was down with him anyway. Of course I said yes. We had met two months and one day prior and I KNEW he as the man I was to spend eternity with. As promised, he took me to lunch. We went to Red Lobster. Yum! He had not picked out my ring and wanted me to help him so off we went to the mall to ring shop. I went home and had a ring on my finger. OOPS we had done things backwards. Scott asked permissi...

Okay, Scott will kill me with this post. Okay, not really, but he will not be ahppy about spilling his laundry on the internet. So I won't, atleast not in detail. It is no secret I can stand to lose a few pounds (more each day). It is also no secret that I'm married to a guy who is THIN! He has seriously NOT gained a pound in the 14yrs we have been together. The real kicker is, he is loosing! I am wanting to lose weight and I need to get him to gain. This is no longer a thing about maintaining his weight, it is about putting poundage on him! He stepped on the scale this morning, luckily someone had moved it around to ZERO, but the scale is off by 7 pounds. SO he was really 7 pounds heavier, still it is VERY disheartening to see him losing weight. He is not at a healthy weight and NEEDS to gain. I personally have no problem gaining, he does. So my quest right now is to help my husband atleast get his 8 pounds back that he used to have. I hadn't even noticed the w...

Halloween! Finally I got some pictures up. This first picture is of us all at Scott's office. I was talking so I look goofy! Oh well, I talk a lot so I look like that a lot!   Scott in his office   My cute puppy, Journey   My stinky skunk Dejah   Lindsey my turtle! Slow and steady wins the race!   My cute little bunny, Katie!   And the BEST costume for a pregnant woman.... THis gal was at Scott's office. I don't know if she works there or not.  

my vote was NOT a wasted vote. People kept telling me, voting for a third party is a vote for Obama. I am happy to be able to say no it wasn't unless math is different. there were 1,528,726 people who voted third party and that still made McCain short by 5.5+ million votes. My state still took McCain, not Obama. I am happy to say all the marriage ammendments passed! Florida, Arizona and California way to go! "This is still God's world. The forces of evil, working through some mortals, have made a mess of a good part of it. But it is still God's world. In due time, when each of us has had a chance to prove ourselves--including whether or not we are going to stand up for freedom--God will interject himself, and the final and eternal victory shall be for free agency. And then shall those complacent people on the sidelines, and those who took the wrong but temporarily popular course, lament their decisions. To the patriots I say this: Take that long eternal look. Stan...

Hey guys this type of persecution is only a type and shadow of what is to come. Because we believe we should be able to teach our children what we want. We get persecuted. Personally having same sex marriage and relationships taught in public schools as RIGHT when at home we teach it as a sin, I can't handle. They talk about bigotry and hate. It is about protecting traditional family and our children from what God has said is wrong. The Church has only encouraged us to take a stand, donate money and time because it is a MORAL issue. It is not as much politics as a moral issue. Either way it goes today, we are in for more hate towards us. This is ONE reason, I believe our past confrences have been on building our Spiritual strength and testimonies, we WILL need them. We live in the last days and we are in for some presecution. It is coming either way. After viewing this video I became sick to my stomach. The "Courage Campagin" is not about courage, it is out to ...

I laughed till I cried! So funny~ I love my husband and sometime wish I had a male brain.

Listen to what she is saying. It is only about 30 seconds..... She is hoping for socialism. Then comes communism. OYE! I will be fasting tomorrow to know how I should vote. I hope else will do the same. I wanted to vote early, yet have not had that opportunity rise this past week.