Hi all. . . . Here we are at Camp Bloomfield . . . just kidding (for anyone who might possibly know the song).
I’ve been here for a week now. We are on break between staff training and family camp #1. Staff training has been crazy. We have staff this year that aren’t’ content just letting things stay the same- they are committed to improving camp so this last week has been extremely busy and tiring cleaning out areas that haven’t been cleaned in years and years. But we’ve had a lot of fun. The staff seems to get along really well for the most part; we seem a little less clique-y than last year.
Last night we went Ventura to do some camp shopping. The life guards needed matching suits, I needed arts and crafts supplies for the first session (we’ll order the rest online), and we all needed some food that wasn’t made at camp, so we took a trip to CPK and Cold Stone (pretty much my two favorite places to eat).
We started the summer off with six dogs. Last year we only had two in the beginning and it took like eight weeks before we got to six. We have FBL Miata, MBL Spanky, MBL Sherwood, MYL Frisco, MBL Daughtry (I don't know how to spell his name), and MGLD Godfrey. They are all very good dogs. They'll be good for the campers.
It has been amazingly hot this year (as those of you who keep up with the news might know) and that has made the bug problem worse. Both major inconveniences, but we are still enjoying ourselves. This really is a fun group of people. We’re making plans for our summer trips: Sea World, Wicked, Disneyland, Fun Day, and Magic Mountain. Fun stuff.
I know this isn’t very long, but to give you all the details might start to get annoying and I’ve been on the comp for awhile (I had 136 new emails to read and our internet is super, super slow).
I’ll update later.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
Going ons
I'm home from school now. And I wish I wasn't. It only takes about two days for my family to drive me crazy!!!
I'm trying to get a job but it’s a little challenging because I'll only be here for six weeks or so before I head off to Camp Bloomfield again. So, I'm spending my time planning arts and crafts activities for camp and hoping that I'll get a guide pup to take. I'm also spending a lot of time taking care of my dogs (bathing, cleaning ears, brushing teeth, etc. and I bought a furminator). Jacoba drives me crazy. I'm taking her back to GDB. Speaking of which, I think I might go to the graduation tomorrow and to the Portland Temple while I'm there. It's kind of weird being three hours away when at school I'm only a five minute walk from the Laie Temple.
I went to a GDB meeting on Monday at the Redmond airport. No one was there. So I called the leader. She forgot to tell me it was canceled. Sad.
So, mostly I'm just kind of bored a lot. I'm really hoping someone will decide to hire me. But if not, I got some information for my family history and will start working on that soon.
Hope everyone is well!
P.S.- I'm not really getting rid of Jacoba. She's my girly. And my Mom would kill me. She loves that dog. I think she's annoying though.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Happy Easter
I can't believe its been nearly a month since I posted. I thought I had better add something so you don't all think I'm dead. But since I don't have much to say, I thought I'd remind you all about Easter. (I wanted to include a picture of Jesus speaking to Mary at the empty tomb but I'm using my friend’s computer. She is from Hong Kong so almost everything is in Cantonese. When I go to save a picture to upload it, I can't tell where it is saved is at!)
Although I am a Christmas-a-holic, Easter really is the more important holiday when you think about it. As our late prophet, Gordon B. Hinckley taught, we wouldn't celebrate Christmas if there hadn't been an Easter. If the Savior hadn't atoned for our sins and been resurrected so that we could all have eternal life, we wouldn't care that He had been born. He would have been the same as any other person. But He wasn't. He came to the earth to fulfill the will of His Father and to save all mankind from death. In the Garden of Gethsemane, He bore all our sins, sorrows, temptations, sadness’s, and all other "unhappy things" so that He could fully understand us. On Calvary, He was crucified for our sins so that we wouldn't have to pay the debt that they require. But most importantly, on Sunday, He was resurrected. While it is important that He died (just as it is important that He was born) that is not the real miracle. Jesus didn't save us from death by His death. The hope of a glorious resurrection came when he became "the firstfruits of them that slept" (1 Corinthians 15:20). Because Jesus Christ was resurrected, we will be too. As President Hinckley also taught, the reason we don't use the cross as a symbol in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is because our message is a message of the living Christ, not the dying one. We rejoice in His resurrection.
"And if Christ had not risen from the dead, or have broken the bands of death that the grave should have no victory, and that death should have no sting, there could have been no resurrection. But there is a resurrection, therefore the grave hath no victory, and the sting of death is swallowed up in Christ" (Mosiah 16:7-8).
So, while you are all out having a good time finding eggs, opening baskets, and eating ham (all appropriate Easter activities just like gifts at Christmas) remember that Jesus is the reason for this season as well and take some time to thank your Heavenly Father for His matchless love and the gift of His son.
Happy Easter!
Although I am a Christmas-a-holic, Easter really is the more important holiday when you think about it. As our late prophet, Gordon B. Hinckley taught, we wouldn't celebrate Christmas if there hadn't been an Easter. If the Savior hadn't atoned for our sins and been resurrected so that we could all have eternal life, we wouldn't care that He had been born. He would have been the same as any other person. But He wasn't. He came to the earth to fulfill the will of His Father and to save all mankind from death. In the Garden of Gethsemane, He bore all our sins, sorrows, temptations, sadness’s, and all other "unhappy things" so that He could fully understand us. On Calvary, He was crucified for our sins so that we wouldn't have to pay the debt that they require. But most importantly, on Sunday, He was resurrected. While it is important that He died (just as it is important that He was born) that is not the real miracle. Jesus didn't save us from death by His death. The hope of a glorious resurrection came when he became "the firstfruits of them that slept" (1 Corinthians 15:20). Because Jesus Christ was resurrected, we will be too. As President Hinckley also taught, the reason we don't use the cross as a symbol in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is because our message is a message of the living Christ, not the dying one. We rejoice in His resurrection.
"And if Christ had not risen from the dead, or have broken the bands of death that the grave should have no victory, and that death should have no sting, there could have been no resurrection. But there is a resurrection, therefore the grave hath no victory, and the sting of death is swallowed up in Christ" (Mosiah 16:7-8).
So, while you are all out having a good time finding eggs, opening baskets, and eating ham (all appropriate Easter activities just like gifts at Christmas) remember that Jesus is the reason for this season as well and take some time to thank your Heavenly Father for His matchless love and the gift of His son.
Happy Easter!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Thought this was awesome- better when read out loud though
I hadn't heard this one before. Elder Tingey shared this joke at Sunday's Fireside. It was pretty funny because he didn't read it like a joke and it just kept getting better and better with every line. Hope you enjoy it.
A Minneapolis couple decided to go to Florida to thaw out during a particularly icy winter. They planned on staying in the same motel where they had spent their honeymoon 30 years before. Because of hectic schedules, it was difficult to coordinate their travel plans. So, the husband left Minnesota and flew to Florida on Thursday, with his wife flying down the following day. The husband checked into the hotel. There was a computer in his room, so he decided to send an email to his wife. However, he accidentally left out one letter in her email address, and without realizing his error, sent the email. Meanwhile, somewhere in Houston, a widow had just returned home from her husband's funeral. He was a minister who suffered a heart attack.The widow decided to check her email expecting messages from relatives and friends. After reading the first message, she screamed and fainted. The widow's son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor, and saw the computer screen which read:
To: My loving wife
Subject: I've arrived
I know you're surprised to hear from me. They have computers here now and you are allowed to send emails to family. I've just arrived and have been checked in. I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then.Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was.
P.S. sure is hot down here!!!!!
A Minneapolis couple decided to go to Florida to thaw out during a particularly icy winter. They planned on staying in the same motel where they had spent their honeymoon 30 years before. Because of hectic schedules, it was difficult to coordinate their travel plans. So, the husband left Minnesota and flew to Florida on Thursday, with his wife flying down the following day. The husband checked into the hotel. There was a computer in his room, so he decided to send an email to his wife. However, he accidentally left out one letter in her email address, and without realizing his error, sent the email. Meanwhile, somewhere in Houston, a widow had just returned home from her husband's funeral. He was a minister who suffered a heart attack.The widow decided to check her email expecting messages from relatives and friends. After reading the first message, she screamed and fainted. The widow's son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor, and saw the computer screen which read:
To: My loving wife
Subject: I've arrived
I know you're surprised to hear from me. They have computers here now and you are allowed to send emails to family. I've just arrived and have been checked in. I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then.Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was.
P.S. sure is hot down here!!!!!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Funny Thing I Just Discovered
When I was puppy sitting Galvin over Christmas break, I knew I knew of him since he was started in the Roseburg club and I was there about the time he arrived. But I didn't think I had ever met him. Just now I was looking through old posts and apparently in June I threatened to steal him because he was so cute.
LOL. I am such a space cadet sometimes.
So, for Valentine's Day, I served the food at a wedding. How's that for lame?
LOL. I am such a space cadet sometimes.
So, for Valentine's Day, I served the food at a wedding. How's that for lame?
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Poor Me
My blog is proof that I have an incredibly boring life. I always think about posting and then I'm like "what will I say?"
I have a statistics test I have to take by tomorrow (yikes!). I'm worried . . .
As soon as I'm done I'm celebrating. I don't know how, but I'll figure it out. Then I have a Book of Mormon midterm, but umm, it's the Book of Mormon; pretty sure I can handle it. And then no more tests for like three weeks. I don't know how that worked out but I'm not complaining.
Other than that, not much is happening. I've made the decision that when I come back in the Fall I plan on staying until December of next year (including taking classes spring and summer of 2009) so I can graduate when I had planned on (since I'm not staying this summer like I had originally thought, it set me back a bit). I should be able to do it if I carefully watch what I spend and save all the extra to pay for myself those two terms (since financial aid only covers two semesters).
About the only thing in my life that ever changes is the novels I read for fun when I finish one every two or three days.
That seriously is the update on my super exciting life. Pathetic I realize, but I take some hope in the fact that many college students have supremely monotonous lives.
I have a statistics test I have to take by tomorrow (yikes!). I'm worried . . .
As soon as I'm done I'm celebrating. I don't know how, but I'll figure it out. Then I have a Book of Mormon midterm, but umm, it's the Book of Mormon; pretty sure I can handle it. And then no more tests for like three weeks. I don't know how that worked out but I'm not complaining.
Other than that, not much is happening. I've made the decision that when I come back in the Fall I plan on staying until December of next year (including taking classes spring and summer of 2009) so I can graduate when I had planned on (since I'm not staying this summer like I had originally thought, it set me back a bit). I should be able to do it if I carefully watch what I spend and save all the extra to pay for myself those two terms (since financial aid only covers two semesters).
About the only thing in my life that ever changes is the novels I read for fun when I finish one every two or three days.
That seriously is the update on my super exciting life. Pathetic I realize, but I take some hope in the fact that many college students have supremely monotonous lives.
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