So, in keeping tabs on plane tickets to New Orleans for Mardis Gras (surprisingly, they've went down a bit, though are staying firm), I decided to just poke around at plane ticket prices home for Christmas ( Read more... )

When I was growing up - especially in my tween and teen years - my dad teased me about my moustache. I hated it and really believed it all.

Just recently I finished laser hair removal treatments.

(Granted dad's a joker, and I knew he was giving me a hard time in good fun, and my moustache wasn't that bad even though I constantly puckered to see ( Read more... )

Well, I'm officially leaving the U.P. in about fifteen minutes and heading down to Grand Rapids for Grand Session for Job's Daughters...I'll be flying back to Salt Lake out of Detroit on Monday ( Read more... )

At 3am Thursday Liz and I finally got to Michigan, after seeing a Kangaroo on the side of the road and almost hitting a very angry monster looking porcupine. We crashed and I slept the latest I've ever slept (by a long shot!) until 12:10pm ( Read more... )

"This life on earth is short. Say you live to 70, the first 10 years are unproductive childhood years, the last 10 are spent being sick from old age, cancer or a million other age related diseases. That basically leaves 50 summers and 50 winters to experience joy, sorrow, love, hate, and all the feelings of human existence. That's not much time in ( Read more... )

This past weekend at the Michigan Grand Lodge (Blue Lodge) for the Free and Accepted Masons of Michigan, my father was elected (off the floor) to the office of Most Worshipful Grand Marshal.

This means he'll be Most Worshipful Grand Master for the State of Michigan in seven years!

Yeah, he's pretty much a big deal. :)

(And might I add that I ( Read more... )

On another note, I bought my tickets home for July! I'm flying into Omaha, Nebraska on July 1, driving up to Sioux City to stay with Liz (my first roommie out here in Salt Lake - she moved back home) for a night, and then we're driving up to Michigan the next day! She gets to see my homeland! :) She will stay until after the 4th and then head ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I met Elim!!! She is a wonderful, wonderful lady. Her English is actually very decent [conversational and slow] considering some of the people that come to be taught. We're going to work most on conversation first, and then more reading and writing. She's retired so I was really challenged in thinking of what to work on first since ( Read more... )

It's good to be back in Utah, though I miss my parents of course. I can't wait to go back to school in the fall, finish my degree, and be free to move about the globe ( Read more... )

It's been great being home for Thanksgiving, and I'm sad I have to go back to Salt Lake tomorrow, though that's where my life is now. It's snowing and blowing so hard right now...perhaps it will tomorrow so my flight gets cancelled until Thursday ( Read more... )