Mitch's little brother, Jeremy, leaves for the MTC today. Well looking at the clock, I suppose now he has arrived. 2 long years! It is hard to think that when he gets back I will have a near 5 year old...for the LDS church I would have never moved to Utah, gone to university, met my husband, had 2 beautiful children with my husband, etc. So again, thankfulness for that. hahaha! Good Luck Jeremy

They say that when you marry a man, you also marry his family. What I didn't realize, and what has become such a great delight to me, is the extent of family that you marry! When I married Herb, I inherited...I am worthy. And after all, whom and what you love pretty much sums up your character. So our choice to love the same people creates a pretty solid common ground. What more do you need than that?

Getting along with my in-laws is very easy. Well for starters they are very nice people! So I just have to be nice to them and they are always nice to me.

My husband's nephew, who is 15 years old is living with us. He arrived in the end of July and he'll leave in January. We thought that this might be a wonderful opportunity for him to spend six months in...he's gone. I might deeply regret that I didn't make a better use of the time he was here, that I didn't make the effort. But for now, I count the days for his departure, 3 months and 8 days to go

My MIL and I have very different interests. Shopping for her has always been a challenge. Last year I discovered the following websites and have gotten some great gift ideas from them! www.signals.com...& David. www.wolfermans.com - their English muffins are TO DIE FOR. www.harryanddavid.com - the Royal Riveria pears are worth every penny...seriously, for pears. edited to fix the Wolferman's link

Well not all of it but some of it! The packing and unpacking and the loading and unloading totally sucks. It causes a HUGE mess... tire's you out really badly and it literally can be a pain in the neck...heart and spirit. He's got a great personality... very caring, loyal, honest, and funny... I fear because of them that will all change and he will lose that. I pray to God that it doesnt happen.....

Over the weekend, my husband, the girls and I took my in-laws to the Cardinal game.  My in-laws consisted of my sister-in-law, my niece, my brother-in law and my mother-in-law.  Now, don't get me wrong...happens, do I have any right to say something to her myself?  Or do I just hope it only happens once in a blue moon?  I don't want to cause any problems here, but my children's health is as stake.

 It's the weekend.  But it's also football season, so the quality time factor has been greatly compromised. It's been a recurring theme thus far in our marriage.  He's tired after work, doesn't like his...than helpful.  I don't feel the freedom that I felt when we were just dating.  I have a constant fear of him leaving.  I struggle with trust.   And that makes this harder than it has to be.

Dad's cousin died friday, and he's kinda bummed about it. His favorite (and last remaining) aunt died in april, but he couldnt go to her funeral because its a 3 hour drive, and he still had his catheter...and typed in color (research effect of color on problem solving), all it would come up with was stuff about black (ie, colorED) people. annoying. trying to see if I can get some of those point back

These past few weeks have sucked at work, and they don't look to be getting easier anytime soon. Patricia has been gone since March and they still haven't hired anyone for her position, although they are...by the end of the day tomorrow that I just found out about on midday Friday! In short, I'm over it. I don't want to see anybody, I don't want to talk to anybody, I don't want to be bothered.