HELLO

I am still here plugging away I will try to get a new more extensive and perhaps interesting blog post on here in the next few days. Don't forget to watch conference this weekend. That is why we have had such temperamental weather these last few days. Love you all.

Birthdays

Happy Birthday Wyo Sis and Happy Birthday Spring!

MISMATCHED

Dig this. At Work we have 3 different size takeout trays, Large (18"), Med(16") and Small(12"). These trays are black plastic and we send out various items to takeout on them such as fruit trays etc. They are covered with clear plastic lids that snap onto them to cover the food inside. Several weeks ago the powers that be decided to order them in in 25 count "combo packs" containing 25 tops and 25 bottoms because they were cheaper than ordering boxes of 50 count bottoms or fifty count tops separately. Well you can probably guess what happened, but I'll tell you anyway. We now have 9 cases of 16" tops and 9 cases of 18" bottoms. Now everything is coming in in combo packs, but we now have 450 18" bottoms, and 450 16" tops. It seems to me that this does not add up to "saving money " in my book. It adds up to having 500 now useless items. That's bean counters for you! This is just one of the many things I have to put up with at work. Sigh!

4 X 4

Well here is my four x four list:
4 Jobs I have had
Dishwasher in school cafeteria
Seamstress, Every thing from Stage curtains to baby clothes for preemies
Newspaper reader for a newspaper clippings retrieval company
Cook for College dorms

4 movies I would watch over and over again
Gone with the Wind
7 Brides for 7 Brothers
South Pacific
Fantasia

4 Places I have lived
Afton, Wyo.
Crow Creek, Idaho
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Provo, Utah

4 TV shows I love to watch
Old Westerns, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Little house on the Prairie
The Amazing Race
Survivor
Project Runway

4 Places I have been
Hawaii
Presque Isle, Maine
Navoo, Ill
Washington D C

4 Favorite foods
Red Meat especially, Hamburger, Rib Eye Steak, Ham, and Pork Roast
Veggies
Potatoes
Chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream Frosting

4 Places I'd rather be
Somewhere warm and snowless in the winter
At the ranch
In bed
Somewhere people are not

4 people who I get e-mail from
SPAMMERS
Spammers
Spammers
Spammers

4things I like to do for R&R
Sleep
Eat
Hot Baths
Read, Crochet, Sew, Watch TV

4 Things I try to avoid doing
House cleaning
Ironing
Yard Work
Going to the Dr or Dentist

4 Things I would like to do this year( If I actually get to do even one I'll consider myself happy)
Take a vacation
Finally get my new sewing machine set up so I can sew on it ( I've had it 3 years)
Get a new dishwasher (And maybe a house to go with it!)
Start a new hobby, Quilting

Well now you know some of my secrets!

I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE

I have been thinking about the subject of gossip lately. Just exactly what is gossip anyway? I have an acquaintance at work that is running off of the mouth constantly. She says so and so did this, and such and such did that. She says things, that are not necessarily mean or hurtful but are none of anybody else's business. I have said things to her that were only about myself and my troubles and soon I hear, that other people have been discussing my troubles with others. She tells me herself what they said about the problem, even though I was just saying how I felt about something that I was having trouble with. It kind of bothered me, it was not a big deal and didn't come to anything but it got me to thinking. There is someone else at work that also runs off of the mouth, and is always talking about someone or another. She has disrespectful nicknames for her fellow co-workers and even management and uses them often. I have always had a hard time in social situations because of my loathing of people who run on and on about people, and they problems. These seem to be the kind of people that have a good time and enjoy others. Why is it that I do not like or trust them at all. The first afore mentioned coworker said when I objected to what she leaked out of her mouth to someone else who quickly discussed it with another person, that it wasn't gossip she was "just talking". Well I wonder what gossip is. because "just talking" in my book is for the most part gossiping. How does one carry on conversations and not say either untrue or private things about others weather they are true or not. Most of the things I hear comings out of those two peoples mouthes are what I would classify as gossip. She says that she likes to keep informed about what is going on in the neighborhood, that a good citizen needs to be informed. How does one carry on conversations without offending? I guess that is why I more often than not keep quiet and think to myself the things I do . Any answers or suggestions?

ENOUGH ALREADY!!!

I am sick and tired of snow! There has been snow every day since Sunday. I grit my teeth in fear every time I get in my car. I rejoice every time I make it to my destination in one piece, and I manage to get into work, home or church in one piece!. Will write more on the weekend.

HERE WE GO AGAIN!

Well, it has been about two week into January now and I don't seem to be acting any better than last year. Right now I am having real problems getting out of bed in the mornings. I have had problems for a couple of years now, but it is getting worse. I am supposed to be at work by 8:00 but I am lucky if I make it by a quarter after. I am trying to get there by 7:30 so I can make it by 8:00 but I still can't get there. By the time I get to work I am already beating up on myself and wondering when the ball will drop and I will either be fired or demoted to part time. I am alright as long as I work 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week, but it is sooooo slooooow right now. We often don't have any orders for Mondays or Tuesdays and 3 people in the salad takeout prep area working. I help in the sandwich kitchen on Mon and Tues afternoon, because they are really busy those days. I can use vacation hours to cover the hours, that I am short, but I am in the minus hours category right now because I used hours over the Christmas break that I didn't have. There was no way I was going to come to work on days when everyone else was gone, especially since I don't have a key to the place and there was no work anyway. We are supposedly salaried according to our annual pay raises. They always refer to it as a salary but we punch the time clock and get overtime. This the first weekend without a snow storm since Nov30. I might get out and be able to actually shop for some eyeglasses and some garment bottoms, both of which I need desperately. No one has said anything about me not making hours, by the way, but I worry about it just the same. Does any body know if SV will be in the new Rexburg temple district or stay in the Idaho Falls one. Is anybody going to the open house and /or dedication? One of our workers was going to go last week, but we got a huge snowstorm on Wed. of this week and she decided to go next week. It was the biggest one this season and the first one on my weather bug that did not have a Winter or Heavy snow warning posted. It took me over 30min to drive to work, which usually takes about ten. Arrrg! How do you get into Library Ninjas blog now. Does anybody know how? Please send me the secret if you know how. I enjoy reading everyones blogs. I have to come to know whats going on in the family and oddly enough I have come to know the family as adults and who they are and not just as I remember how we were in childhood. Boy have I been out of touch! Let us all continue with this OK.