SNOW!

On my way home from work last night I encountered a freak hail and snow storm on the freeway. Visibility dropped to about the hood of my car. When I finally inched off the freeway I could see that the ground was covered in ice and snow. Once I got home I grabbed my camera and the battery was dead! I charged it for a few min. then ran outside to take these pictures.

This is my cars back window. I drove a different car to work that day so my car was in the driveway.

This is some ice around the planter in my front yard. By the time my camera was ready to go it was melting

This last photo Jake took in the backyard of his skateboard ramp. This was at least 30 min after it fell. Crazy weather. I love it! I heard on the news that Long Beach had a twister touch down and damaged the roof of a storage shed at the airport. So Ventura's snow shower didn't make the news. I was so excited that I called my kids immediately just to freak out about it. Jake was up at the college he said the parking lot was frozen and that he and his friends were ice skating.

Weekend Project

This weekend I purchased a 2 drawer filing cabinet. I seem to be a bit of a paper stacker. With the new year and wanting to be more organized, I thought I needed a filing cabinet. So off I went to Office Depot to make my purchase.


After I got home and carried into into the house, I opened the box and pulled out all the pieces.

Lots of pieces, lots of screws and dowels, and cams, wood glue!? ...and a 14 page instruction booklet!! YIKES
So I read each instruction slowly and carefully, sometimes several times. I notice that I'm talking to myself or maybe to Duncan, he liked helping or at least he felt the need to check it out.

Duncan making sure I'm doing it right

It took me the better part of my Friday evening, but I put it together and placed it in my room. I've started filing my stacks of paper into the cabinet. So the process of becoming more organized has started. Now if I could just get the junk mail to stop showing up every day...

Political Quiz

Here is a political quiz that will match you with your top candidates. Be brave! Take the quiz and post your results. My top 3 are:
1) Tom Tancredo - dropped out
2) John McCain - still running
3) Fred Thompson - dropped out

Match Your Candidate

Politics

I guess I have been a little bit of a pot stirrer this week. I seem to be pushing all the right buttons. At both my church meetings I got people's views and opinions on the primary candidates, mainly Mitt Romney since these were LDS meetings I suppose. But once you open the door... My Goodness. I did get a lot of interesting info and even a few articles e-mailed to me. One article About Ken Jennings the Jeopardy winner and his thoughts on Romney running for office.
Some people think Mitt Romney is the answer to everything Republican. Asking me what is there not to like about him? And others saw this as a prime time to be able to discuss our beliefs with others. Stating that the church is on a "front stage" or "center of focus". Probably the most fun political dialogue I have had has been on Bethany's blog. (Sorry Bethany) She posted a link to an article that I found thought provoking. Another commenter took some statements in the article quite personal. Saying that if the American public did not vote for Mitt Romney because he is Mormon she would take it as personal blow and it would lower her faith in the American people.
I don't think if Mitt Romney wins the Republican nomination or not that I will take it that personally, but I don't think any primary elections have ever had this much interest for me. I seem to be watching the Glen Beck show and Headline News. Looking things up on the Internet and comparing candidates. Today on one of these shows they had an interesting way of classifying the candidates that they consider leading at this point. It was Gender, Race, Religion, Age. Now doesn't our Constitution protect all of these things? But that's politics, I guess nothing is off limits.

Back to the schedule

Well I guess the Holidays are really over. Morgan flew back up to school this afternoon. (We had a great 2 wks with her being home.) I received an e-mail for a presidency meeting for Wednesday. Then today I got a phone call for enrichment committee meeting on Tuesday. Then another phone call from our Stake YW camp leader wanting to have a meeting. And the worst thing about the holidays being over is seminary starts again. :( So here we go running into January 2008.

Happy Birthday Elaine

Today is Elaine's Birthday and I am sending out my Birthday wishes to Elaine. I looked up some people who share their Birthday with Elaine today.
Michael Stipe (lead singer for REM) is 48 today
Matt Frewer (Max Headroom 80's icon) is 50 today
Dyan Cannon (actress) is 71 today
Jesse White (actor who played the Maytag repair man)
Jane Wyman ( actress and first wife of Ronald Reagan)
Sterling Holloway (original Disney voice for Winnie the pooh)
Charles "Tom Thumb" Stratton (dwarf)
Luis Braille (invented the braille system for the blind)
For pictures of these people or to look up your birthday you can visit www.famousbirthdays.com

I hope I have this memory right. One thing I remember about Elaine's birthdays when we all lived at home together, is that she wanted to keep the Christmas tree up until after her birthday. She liked to have her presents put under the tree. This would have drove me crazy if I were mom. I take down my tree New Years day and it is so dry and ready to go outside. But I think we kept our tree up for Elaine's birthday.

Happy Birthday! Enjoy your special day