Power and Camping

We had a massive storm race through our town on Saturday. We also had visitors over--they were from the Utah Valley Children's Choir. Really cool awesome strangers we were hosting because they were singing for our stake. Lots of fun. We put the Friendly Hero to bed--he also had just come down with a fever--and were eating dinner and getting ready to play games when *CRASH* the power goes out about 7:30pm. So we stay up and watch lightening and thunder and enjoy the storm and the guests.

All through the night we wake up a few times with the Friendly Hero and the penguin keeps me up a lot too. Strange having no AC and a heater in your belly makes for an uncomfortable, hot night.

Sunday Morning--still no power, but also the fever is gone. We all take really short showers, and go to church. Friendly Hero and I leave after the sacrament so we can take naps. Still no power, so we're starting to get worried that we will have sandwiches and chips for lunch and dinner. Everyone comes home and the Friendly Hero and I play with our guests. He is much happier to be healthy and rested. (Odd, I know) and at 3:30ish pm our power returns! YIPPEE!

We love having power. Our guests didn't mind camping out in an apartment with tons of boxes around. We are moving on Wednesday and so have been slowly packing our apartment. I felt a little bit bad that I had planned for a great dinner, but had it canceled because we had no power. But Pancakes are an acceptable substitute.

We went to the fireside the choir put on and it was AWESOME! The spirit was strong and the choir was amazing. I am really glad we were able to go. During the last song--the power went out. Flickered at Church and returned within two minutes. Not at our house. We were without power for three or four hours, but we now have power again and are grateful for AC and for friends willing to laugh at their experience.

Our guests are gone, and we move on Wednesday! Bring on this week!

Monday Business

For most of first part of the month of July I went on a kick of I don't want to do anything. And so I didn't. It was really bad. I mean, a list of accomplishments for a whole day would be, "I made the bed and got dressed." And that was a good day.

But I have kicked the habit of laziness-mostly. I am still in my pajamas, but hey, I've made a few worksheets, wrote a letter, did the dishes, and organized the year on Excell for Algebra 2.

Yesterday I worked on my cross-stitch and I am going to make a quilt! I am really excited to do stuff again! It was good for me to be lazy for a week or so, but then it's good to do things again. I love life!

Summer is very nice. I have really enjoyed not doing a whole lot of stuff. My biggest accomplishments are that I am almost caught up on sleep--I know this because I can actually start doing something now without a strong desire to take a nap, and I wake up everymorning before 8:00--and I finished typing up my Grandma's personal memoir of her experience in World War II in Berlin. It was amazing! As I worked on it I am so astounded by her faith and the love that Heavenly Father has for everyone of his children. I also reinforced in my stubborn head that if you look for Heavenly Father, He is there. He is in the little details of our lives and it is our responsibility to find Him and thank Him for all He does for us.

Today I am packing because I get to go and visit Maria for a week! I am sooo excited to go and play and recouperate from the end of school! I'm giddy with excitement! School is out and vacations here I come!!!

The last three days of school seemed to take an eternity to finish, and now that they're done and have been done for five days, it seems like an eternity since I went to school. Time is really crazy like that.

My Hero and I went to see a play, "The Curious Savage" and died laughing. We thoughly enjoyed the production and recomend it to anyone and everyone. The plot line is that Mrs. Savage is interned at an insane assylum because her step-children don't like the way she is handling the Savage fortune. Consequently, over half of the cast play insane characters, for instance, one character refuses to talk and will only recite a list of things she hates. This character also gave up electricity for lent, and you know when this character enters because the lights go off for a short period of time until the other characters can find the light switch. The whole play is loads of fun and makes everyone really laugh hard. If the opportunity presents itself, you should go. You won't regret it.

I also did something else due to my Hero. He has some Star Wars video games that he likes to play and I've been interested by one of them because there's lots of puzzles to solve and I like that sort of thing. I tried playing it and now I hate it. I will watch him play and help him through the puzzles, but I dislike the controls and I hate dying. (That's all I do when I play.)

I am unable to find a job for this summer so now I will be looking for projects to occupy my time, so if you think that I need to try something I will be game. I love to cook, and I enjoy sewing, scrapbooking, making cards, reading, and doing all sorts of things. I don't hold still very well, and my attention span is short, but I will pick something back up after I've put it down when my attention is back. Let me know via email or this blog if you have ideas for me. That's all.