Daily Tender Mercies

Family Night

Dustin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:20:57 +0000

I played Ultimate Frisbee for the first time this year. The weather was perfect, and yes, I still got it

For family home eventing tonight I suggested that Rachel just give her sharing time lesson since the kids missed it on Sunday. It took a while to get the kids settled down. They are all so wild and I’m not sure what to do about it. It turned out good and we realized we need to do a better job teaching our children about the prophets. We asked Gehrig who the current prophet was and he said “George B. Lincoln”

Quiet Study Time

Dustin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:16:41 +0000

This morning I got up at 5:45 to get ready for church meetings. I forgot that our meeting on Fast Sunday was at 10:00. It was OK though because I needed to get stuff done. But the doors were locked and I lost my key to the building. So I came back home and had a chance to read some ensign articles. It was nice to take some time to do so. It had been a while.

Lazy Saturday

Dustin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:19:00 +0000

Today is what I would call a lazy Saturday. We didn’t plan on going out because all our kids are sick again. We watched movies and played games all day. We have a light fixture in the basement that keeps falling out and hanging by the electrical wires. I’ve tried several times to fix it. It has the wrong kind of electrical box to attache the fixture to in the first place. I’ve bought new screws that fit it correctly. That didn’t working. I’ve tried super glue and another kind of glue to hold the screws in, still, it keeps falling out. So today I installed a recessed light. I was a little nervous because I have never attempted it. On top of that, it takes a leap of faith to cut a big hole in your ceiling not knowing what’s up there and how much clearance you have. It worked out well though and was actually pretty simple. I have to do a little painting touch-up then it will be complete.

Snow Day

Dustin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:56:49 +0000

I had the day off today. I think it was a good thing. We woke up to a foot of snow. It had pretty much all melted so it was rather surprising. It took me over an hour to shovel it all, and I had to do it twice. It would probably all melt in two or three days so it may have been a waste of time. So it was pretty much an indoor day. We watched a movie and played some games.

Coupon Shopping

Dustin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:35:36 +0000

Rachel went to her friend’s house tonight to learn about grocery shopping with coupons. She ordered 5 copies of the Sunday paper to be delivered to get 5 coupon books. I’m excited about it. I have read and hear about this type of system and I think we could really save a lot of money.

Gehrig Is the Hero

Dustin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:22:09 +0000

There is something wrong with the doorknob on Gehrig’s door. If you shut it from the inside can can log yourself in. There is no lock on the door, its just that the inside know doesn’t quite work. This morning as Rachel as helping Gehrig make his bed, she was worried as Nolan came in that he would shut the door. In the process of her “freak out” moment she accidentally shut the door. So there they were – all freaking out, locked in Gehrig’s room. They didn’t have a phone to call anyone either. So after about a half hour, Rachel convinced Gehrig to tie his bed sheet around him and she lowered him down to the fence. She gave him the garage keypad code and instructions so he could get in the house. He made it and had to jump off the top of the 6 foot fence. He was the hero for the day!

Star Trek

Dustin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:22:52 +0000

We watched the new Star Trek movie tonight. We really enjoyed it. Rachel has seen more of the old Star Trek movies than I have so she could relate with the characters better. In any case we both liked it a lot.

Best Company I’ve Worked For

Dustin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:24:11 +0000

I had lunch today with the COO of the company. He is doing this all week and inviting different groups from various departments just to talk candidly and get our feedback on how the company can improve. I really do work for a good company. I couldn’t think of much as far as improvements. Sure there would be some things that would be nice to have, but overall SendOutCards is already the best company I have ever worked for.

Kudos & Praise

Dustin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:41:54 +0000

Today I got a lot of kudos and praise for the work I did the past few days to get the event registration completed. It is not fully complete, but it showed well. I will spend the next couple of days polishing it and hopefully release it Friday.

Day off & Lunch date

Dustin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:05:37 +0000

I took a much need day off today. I was supposed to have last Friday off, but I had to stay and work to get a project done. Even yesterday after working on it all day I still didn’t have it completed. It was a co-worker that dropped the ball and didn’t get his assignment done, then went out of town. He was supposed to be back today so I figured he could finish it up. Rachel and I went on a date during lunch while Gracie & Gehrig were in school. We took Nolan with us. He behaved very well. It was a fun and relaxing afternoon.