At around 2:30 today we got a call letting us know that someone wanted to come look at the house between 4:00 – 5:00. I was supposed to be on a support call with a client, so I just went in to work. Rachel packed up the kids and went to visit her grandparents. Later as we were just finishing dinner, we got a knock at the door. It was the agent that had come by earlier. The person who came through wanted to see it again, but with her...

For family night we had a budget meeting. Since we are looking at new home and figuring we may be adding another $500 to our monthly mortgage payment, we ought to see what needs to be adjusted now to prepare for it, because it sure doesn’t feel like we would be able to afford it. After going over all our budget items, and adding $500 to our mortgage, we still had $400 left over! That begged the question, “where is it all going...

I had an interview with President Snelgrove (first counselor in stake presidency) this morning. I have to admit that I get a little nervous when I have formal interviews with my leaders. There was nothing to nervous about though. He wanted to meet with all the elders quorum presidents in the stake just because they haven’t done it it a while (I don’t think they have ever done it in the past 3 years to my recollection). It was good....

We made plans to go look at some of the areas of houses that we found on the internet. Our first priority was to clean the house. Rachel said, “I just keep thinking that if I keep this house clean, someone will come look at it.” All day she kept saying, “Why isn’t Emily (Rachel’s sister – our real estate agent) calling?” She was really expecting someone to go through today while we were gone. As we were...

The past couple of mornings I’ve woken up feeling sick. This morning I had a sore throat. I’ve heard people recommend Zycam if you feel you are starting to get sick. Rush Limbaugh swears by it. Rachel asked me to get some a couple weeks ago. I’ve tried it out. I don’t know if that was it, but after about an hour I feel fine. So if it is modern medicine, I’m grateful. If it is something else, I’m still grateful

For our Elders Quorum activity tonight we set up the projector in the gym and watched The Testaments: Of One Fold and One Shepherd. I rented a popcorn machine and got some ice cream sandwiches and orange dream-cicles. It was an OK turnout. The problem was that there was a youth activity at the conference center tonight, and the U of U was playing one of its biggest games of the season. It was fun though. Gracie and Gehrig had a good time....

I was a bit surprised to see how bummed out and depressed people were. I guess I expected “bummed out”, but not utterly depressed. I was reading friends’ statuses on facebook this morning and seeing a common theme. I wondered why I was not so down like everyone else. I then remembered my favorite scripture, Helaman 5:12:   And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son...