I’m hunting wabbits

So, I went to see Rush this past weekend with my brother. A good concert (not as good as the last time I saw them, but good all the same) and I told my brother that as payment, I would mow his lawn 4 times. Today was the second of 4 mows. Everything was normal. As usual, I edged and weed-whacked first. Then I started up the mower.

Now before I go on, the last few times I went to my brother’s house, I’ve seen rabbits bouncing around. My brother lives in a new development area and as they expand, the rabbits scramble (that’s to be expected). What I didn’t expect was what happened when I came around on my first round. A rabbit hole with about 6 baby rabbits inside squirming around right under where the mower was sitting. I immediately got my brother’s wife and showed her the critters. They were all squirming around and looked like big worms.

So, then I called my brother. He told me to finish mowing and he’d take care of it. So, gingerly, I continued to mow, making sure there was nothing under the blades as I went through the back yard. Then as I got to the other side of the house, I turned a corner and 3 other baby rabbits (a bit older this time) jumped out of yet another hole and started bouncing all over the place. I told my brother’s wife about the new holes and finished. They’re going to have to call a trapper to get them cleared out, so that’s no fun. It made for an interesting morning though.

The Cure for the common Dancing With the Stars

It's called:

The Twilight Series. Um... no, it's not because I like the series, because I have no idea whether I do or not. It's because I don't have to watch dancing with the stars because Alex is now distracted. YAY!!!!!!

Reminiscing

I was just thinking about this picture for some strange reason that's found at BYU. Those of you who went prior to the canning of the Smith Family Living Center knew it to be in the pathway going towards the Benson building (at least, I think that's the local). That whole walkway was destroyed and the statue was moved to another area of the campus on the Southeast side as found in this picture (I don't know if there are any pictures showing it where it used to be). Anyways, this reminds me of a really funny story about the BYU newspaper. There was apparently an editorial about how the woman in the statue doesn't have a ring on her finger *gasp*. This editorial sparked an outrage and soonafter, you would see twisty ties put on the ring finger of the woman to make up for the "missing ring". People are shallow and silly sometimes.

Life in Life out

Clark and Shannon are saying hello to their new baby who was born today. Everything seems to be going really well for them. My wife and I are really happy for them. Congratulations Clark and Shannon!

On a sad note, my cousin, Matthew Tyler, just lost his baby girl today who was just 3 months old. I'm so separated from my family that I don't even know her name. I got my Aunt's telephone number and called and told her that I loved her and let her know that I was sorry. It is a terrible loss to her, my cousin and his wife.

I know, I probably shouldn't complain about this, but...

I was reading this new blog Mormon Matters and saw this:

I’ve long thought the best talks are “front-loaded” into the Saturday session to reward those dedicated souls who are willing to give up both their Saturday as well as their Sunday to participate in eight to ten hour hours of conference over the weekend. emphasis added.

Now. I think that I know what they're trying to say here when they say "dedicated souls," but here's my beef. I have to work on Saturdays and don't have a choice in the matter. Does that make me less of a good person? This is exactly what I have a problem with when people who are presumptuous that they think they know what it's like to live in reality. Okay, it's out and now I can go on living my life.

Time

Time is something I seem to have less and less of. I've taken on two major projects and have to teach a training class on Wednesday next week. The projects will probably take me, if not the rest of the month, the majority of it. I'm also on a new shift right now (12:30 to 9) and I've been trying to get as much done as possible. I do have good news. I've moved up to the rank of level 1 underwriter at my job which is a pretty big deal. I'm also starting a mentorship with a project manager in Connecticut at the home office. He was recommended to me by one of my college buddies who works at the Hartford. I'm looking forward to getting everything done so that I have more time.

"The Field"

I once had a friend that I grew up with in Oklahoma who had since moved to Orem, Utah who said that she missed OK. She then said that she missed “living in the field”. It took me a second to understand what she meant by that. When I did, it was almost insulting, if not presumptuous, to insinuate that there is no missionary work in UT to be done. I guess that’s what was meant by “Carnal Security” in the Book of Mormon.

READY... SET...

HIT YOURSELF!!!!