Thursday, March 27, 2008

Enchanted

The morning walk we took definitely started the day off on a positive note. It just kept getting better and better. When we got back Flower watched Cinderella so I could do my bulletin. Yep, I had all the info early! Yay! A nice peaceful week on the calling department! :-)
We then had lunch, read books and then she went down for her nap/quiet time. Usually she reads until 1:30 and then I go in and tell her to close her eyes and go to sleep and she's asleep by 2:00. I checked on her at 1:15 because things were so quiet and this is what I found:
Just 15 minutes after she went to her room she was out cold! That walk really wiped her out. She slept for 2 hours too.
During that time I was at the office working. I learned how to do leases today which wasn't hard at all, just a matter of knowing where the file is and making sure you enter everything correctly. I also showed my first apartment today. The mail man happened to be there when they showed up. He saw them walking in and was not impressed. I, on the other hand, was excited. They were three college girls that had every color of hair in the rainbow between then and such colorful personalities to match! They were so much fun to talk too! They don't want to move till May and are hoping one comes open by then. I stayed there from 2:00 to 6:00 and read several chapters in my book. I am finally getting into my book to the point that I can't put it down! In case you forgot since I've been reading it forever...it's Stillwatch.
KG and Flower came to see me at 5:30 which is always a nice treat. Lynnette is letting us use yet another garage since they have some extras. KG is parking the truck in there since all his paintball crap I mean gear is in there. That made his day! :) As soon as I got home I gathered my stuff, including Flower, and headed for the church. I needed to print off the bulletin. When I told her earlier in the day that she could go with me in the evening to complete them she exclaimed: OH, I LOVE CHURCH! Gosh I hope that sticks! We had fun and as soon as they came off the printer I started folding them and then I saw it! The.stupidest.mistake.ever. I couldn't believe what I had done. Here is what the cover looked like:
Welcome to
The Church
Of Jesus Christ
Of Ladder Day Saints

Boise 13th Ward
Did you see the mistake?! Yep, I wrote ladder instead of Latter! Uggh. Of course all 50 were printed before I caught it. I was pissed. I called KG to blame him because I asked him to proof read it and he didn't! Of course it's his fault! :) Then I laughed. Here's the dumb part: when I was still at home, I looked at 'ladder day' and thought, 'oops, that should have had a hyphen, oh well.' Didn't even notice the ladder. So I grab them all and quit folding with the intention to go home and redo the original and come back to the church and reprint them! We had to stop off at Kris and Jerry's first to return their ladders that we used to paint our apartment. I showed Jerry the bulletin and it took him all of one second to see it and bust up with laughter! Glad I could add some humor to his day. Of course I was laughing with him and went right away to show Kris. I told him I was going to redo them and he said not to. He said it wasn't that big of a deal and was , as did KG and Kris. It really was funny, especially, as Jerry pointed out, the irony in the fact that I was returning theirs ladders to them! So I conceded and, with the help of Kris, finished folding them. I handed them over to Jerry so that I wouldn't be tempted to waste more ink and paper redoing them. Then they kindly invited Flower and I to stay and watch Enchanted with them! I happily obliged since we have wanted to see it. They also spoiled us with yummy Chowder soup that Kris made. Flower also enjoyed jelly beans, a cheese stick, m&m's and ice cream! You'd think we never feed the kid! She enjoyed every minute of it there and so did I! The movie was excellent! So well done. It will definitely be one that we buy.She's an awesome actress! There was so much dancing and singing and animation. Flower loved it too!
When we got home we quickly got her ready for bed since it was a half hour past her bed time. By the time we were ready for prayers it was an hour past! Flower had been giggly the whole car ride home and we were really making each other laugh, especially on the walk from the car to the apartment. So, it was no surprise that as I was saying the prayer she started busting up. And guess who joined her. KG. It's usually me so I was really enjoying their giggles during my prayer. The reason she was laughing was because she burped in the prayer. The reason KG was laughing was because of her timing. I said, 'We are so grateful for Flower and the blessing *insert burp here* she is in our lives'. Nice. Just typing it makes me laugh. Of course I grabbed my phone to capture they're cute laughing faces!
Flower was asleep in record time tonight too! She fell asleep in 15 minutes with minimal chatter! We usually have an hour of chatter entertainment from her. It was kind of nice to have a half hour of quiet enjoyment with KG before he left for work. I was catching up on my blogs for the day and saw that my cousin Kami posted about the loss of her sweet baby Myra. I am linking to her blog because she writes about the funeral and the headstone and it's all soooo sweet. She is one strong lady. It had me all choked up reading about the casket, with Myra inside, riding in the car with them and then seeing the photo of it buckled in by the seatbelt. Heart wrenching! I also really love the headstone! Reading about this makes me hold Flower just a bit tighter!
So, as you can see, it was a marvelous day! I am really grateful for days such as these and I'm even more thankful that they seem to be in the majority! Yay for great friends and family!

Mid Morning Walk

Flower and I bundled ourselves up this morning to venture out in the 29* weather to take a walk. We walked a bit on the property and then hiked up a slight hill to reach the path next to a ditch above our apartment complex. It was very cold so Flower didn't last long. It was still worth getting out for a bit and enjoying our surroundings and the fresh air! And now that I look at the time, we were out for an hour! A very nice start to the day.

Monday, March 24, 2008

I think I'm gonna like it here!

(Name that song/movie!) It's been one week on the job and I think I'm going to love it! It's so different! So much stress has been wiped clean. It's really hard to explain but I love it! This week consisted of just getting to know things. Paperwork is exactly the same and some procedures are as well and those that aren't, the differences make so much sense! And I love that she has told me that if I have ideas, she wants to hear them. That's something I never really felt as the other job. I feel so much more needed and valued! Last night I was able to have my nieces spend the night and hang out clear till noon without having to worry about anything related to work! My daily routine now is feeding Flower lunch at 12:30 and then putting her down for her nap at 1:00. She reads until she falls asleep, usually around 2:00. That gives me an hour to myself before heading to the office for work. Depending on how busy things are, like today was super slow, I only stay till 4:00 and forward the office phone to my cell phone. At 6:00 I go unforward the phone and lock the place up and I'm free for the rest of the night! If I do need to be there when Flower is awake they are happy to have her there and with the Club House she can watch cartoons, color pictures on the table and just run around. Last week that was the case because Lynnette works 8:00 to noon. She had me come in at 11:00 so we could
'train' for an hour. I had Flower with me during that time. I would leave when she did and get Flower lunch and all that and then I'd go back. Flower just did her thing and it was fun to have her with me knowing I didn't have to put her in daycare. They just run things so smooth and relaxed here and I can't get over how much I LOVE it! Things are so good!

ps- the title is the song from Annie.

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