Ever notice how, when it comes to delaying bedtime, a determined kid can out-match an exhausted parent (or two) quite easily? No? Not at your house? Well, maybe its only Jacob, then.

Tuesday night he was at his endlessly-stalling-best during Family Bedtime Reading, specifically the part of the ritual after scripture reading, when Jacob picks out ( Read more... )

Wednesday was my birthday (I'm 23 or don't ask) and yesterday I got the BEST PRESENT EVER in the form of a new job. I've been unemployed since November and really too stressed out about the financial situation to want to discuss it here, or really, anywhere. I have a fantastically wonderful, caring church, and they took very good care of us while ( Read more... )

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlcUwUwjLrs

I’d read a lot about this song, “Prelude to War.” It was thrilling. It was legendary. It was, if you believed the reports, nothing less than a feat of modern musical genius. Everyone said so, so I downloaded it. The first time I listened to it, I was just like, “Meh. This is it? This is what everyone was ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, Ryan. :)

<3

Last week I had my bridal shower at Rebecca’s house. It was supposed to go from 7-9. I didn’t want to stay too much longer than that because I still had some things to do at home that evening before I could go to bed. And a lot of people left around 8:30 when we had pretty much wrapped everything up, so I thought my odds were good of getting home ( Read more... )

Ryan got his temple recommend today so we can in fact get sealed in the temple. It was pretty dicey there for awhile, and right up until the moment the "ok" came out of the bishop's mouth this afternoon I was more than 50% certain we weren't going to get in ( Read more... )

So, there *is* a date, and it's Friday, October 3. Yay ( Read more... )

I've been doing this temp project downtown since the beginning of the month, and now they are offering me a full-time position. I am really, really thrilled about this and more than a little relieved.

So now to learn how to actually use public transportation...after all, I do live in Portland, for crying out loud. This is the city that got me ok ( Read more... )

So this is the way it went down. Though my memory has been known to spring leaks, so I will need Ryan to clear things up if I get something wrong ( Read more... )