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!!!!!

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?

Happy Valentine's Day!

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.

Lindsey- You'll be proud

I went to the beach twice yesterday. Once at midnight (we had to wait until it wasn't Sunday anymore) to catch crabs and then again in the afternoon. Aren't you proud? Swimming in the ocean in Malibu doesn't even compare to the ocean here. Malibu is pathetic after this!

However, I'm definitely not addicted. I'm still just as dedicated to straight "A"s as I was before. But it was fun. I might decide to go again sometime.

Just Because. . .

Since Beverly has been neglected in the recent posts about female black labs, and just because I wanted to, here is a picture of Beverly (now known as Brodie) in her career change home. This picture is kind of old, but I think she has an ageless quality anyways! She is pretty much the sweetest dog ever. I have never seen, nor seen since a dog with such awesome eye contact. It was amazing. And out of all my PITs, she was the only one that ever liked to cuddle. Unless you want her on your lap, you might as well stay off the floor.

Woot!

I heard from Phantom's career change adopter today. I had never had the chance to email them before because of the timing of the career change, so I wrote him a Chrismtas letter and had GDB forward it.

This is the email I got back, along with pictures. Isn't he gorgeous?


Lacey,

I just received your letter and wanted to thank you for taking the time to write. It’s nice to hear a little more about Phantoms life before he became my dog.

As far as Phanotm, he has been an absolute love. We have gotten to know each other the past year and half and are still figuring each other out as he grows up. He loves to swim, hike, fetch, play with other dogs, bark, talk, cuddle and sometimes just be a big ole goofball. People will always say one of three things when they meet him 1) Wow, that’s a big dog…. 2) What a sweetheart…..3) He’s very well behaved….. I am not sure about the well behaved part, sometimes he seems to have a mind of his own but it seems more just out of being curious or strong willed. He doesn’t have a malicious bone in his body. He is very vocal and loves to talk or complain about things when he feels he is getting the short end of the stick. Another of Phantoms favorite things is to go into the woods and come out with the largest fallen tree he can find. You would not believe the size of some of the sticks he has retrieved. He almost drowned himself onetime while we were fishing together. He swam across the river and without getting out on the other side pulled this tree off the bank and tried bringing it back across the river. It was probably over 20 feet long and 3 inches thick at the base. I watched the whole thing in fascination until he started sinking about halfway back, damned if he wasn’t going to the bottom with his stick!!!! He did not want to let go, but did. Things like that just make me love him to death.

I have a number of friends who have dogs and Phantom is now good friends with them all, including my sister and her very large Doberman. We have been to and completed an obedience class together, come to find out I needed more help than my dog!! My parents have adopted him despite my mother’s fear of large dogs. She watches him when I go out of town; Phantom seems to enjoy watching over the old folks at their home. Other than that I feel so fortunate to have been able to adopt him. He makes my home complete and comfortable.

I have included some pictures for your review. Thank you again for getting in touch and your efforts in raising Phantom.

Warmest regards,
Todd