write

write
Originally uploaded by the trial

I really love writing. It seems like in this day, typing has taken over the almighty pen and pencil. For me, their is something euphoric that comes along with the smell of a fresh pack of paper and I absolutely love the sound that a good number two pencil makes when writing on a crisp paper.

My grandma used to make me practice my handwriting everyday after school. Cursive to be exact. She said that the art of handwriting is not taught properly in school anymore. I agree. I very rarely write with paper and pencil anymore except for the sheer pleasure of it.

It all made me think of the book of Ether where Moroni speaks about how his weakness is in writing. "And thou hast made us that we could write but little, because of the awkwardness of our hands" and he was afraid of ridicule from the Gentiles... unto which the Lord replied "Fools mock, but they shall mourn; and my grace is sufficient for the meek, that they shall take no advantage of your weakness;" The Lord then goes on saying that if men come unto him he shall show them their weaknesses and that their weaknesses made be made strong through him.

Now tell me this, when you think of Moroni- Do you think of how poorly he wrote? I think not.

Free

Free
Originally uploaded by ghubacek

Forget coupons... I like the free stuff!

Here is some freeness that I came across to share with my beloved bloggers.


The Mars company is giving away free chocolate every Friday until September. You have to be among the first on friday to get your coupon for a free candy bar but my bet is that it is worth it.

https://secure.realchocolate.com/


Apparently Arby's offers free stuff every Wednesday. Of course there is a catch with this one since you have to purchase something to get the freeness, but seriously if you are out and about on Wed, and happen by an Arby's... may as well get lunch!

Here's the schedule:

Arby's free wednesdays
MAY
13 - Free Roastburger with any soft drink purchase
20 - Free Chocolate Malt Swirl Shake with any sandwich purchase
27 - Free Regular Roast Beef with any soft drink purchase

JUNE
3 - Free Iced FruiTea with any sandwich purchase
10 - Free Roast Chicken Club with any soft drink purchase
17 - Free Regular Sidekickers® with any sandwich purchase
24 - Free Regular Roast Beef with any soft drink purchase

JULY
1 - Free Regular Beef 'n Cheddar with any soft drink purchase
8 - Free Orange Cream Swirl Shake with any sandwich purchase
15 - Free Regular Roast Beef with any soft drink purchase
22 - Free Roastburger with any soft drink purchase
29 - Free Iced FruiTea with any sandwich purchase

AUGUST
5 - Free Regular Roast Beef with any soft drink purchase
12 - Free Roast Chicken Club with any soft drink purchase
19 - Free Iced FruiTea with any sandwich purchase
26 - Free Regular Beef 'n Cheddar with any soft drink purchase

For all you men- here's the opportunity to cut down on your hygiene purchases for the month. A free deodorant! I don't know the size but hey... it's free- who cares!

Free mens deodorant
http://www.scifi.com/eureka/madeineureka/degree_form.html

Can I just say that Disney is the bomb. To promote their new movie, A Christmas Carol starring Jim Carey, they are rolling out the trains! They are in Cali now. They will be hitting several places throughout the US, including Washington and Utah. I'm going to make a valid attempt to be there in Ogden on June 16th when the train rolls in!


Experience a Disney Family Attraction Coming to Your Town - and It's All for Free!‏

Disney is pulling out all the whistle stops and taking its show on the road with a
spectacular immersive and interactive 40-city train tour including a 3D sneak peek
of film footage from the upcoming movie “Disney’s A Christmas Carol,” it was
announced today (05/08/09) by Dick Cook, chairman, The Walt Disney Studios.
Set amidst a snowy backdrop—complete with all of the sights and sounds of
Christmas including carolers, decorations, giveaways and many more surprises in
each of the 40 cities—the Train Tour is being launched with HP on board as the
title and technology sponsor and driven by Amtrak. This family event is for guests
of all ages and is free to the public.

http://www.disney.go.com/disneypictures/christmascaroltraintour

Potato harvest

It's potato planting season here in Idaho. Today I had the biggest and longest laugh concerning potatoes that I've had... well... ever!

I was driving my children to speech therapy in the Beast when all along the road, which is a 2 lane old school highway, there were hundreds of potatoes. They had been scattered all across the road as if some sort of tragic accident befell the potato truck that was transporting them.

Although there was no potato truck in view, there was a lady in a mini-van that stopped to pick from the waist high pile of potatoes on the shoulder of the road. There she was with her wal-mart shopping bag shoving potato after potato into it! I was so mad that my cell battery was dead so I could not capture the moment with the camera!

On the way back from picking the kids up, they had called a clean up crew with orange jump suits, safety cones and a truck with flashing lights. It was one of Idaho's haz-mat teams busiest days I am sure as they went to work scraping the now mashed potatoes off the road!

Thanks Idaho!

Birthday Memories...

Birthday Candle

Since today is my big 3-0- I have compiled a list of my most memorable birthday (that I can remember)

Here they are:

1). Sixth birthday- We lived out in the country on Cromwell Lane. I had all my good friends over. My Mom bought me a Cinderella birthday cake and she had a pony-- yes, a pony-- that we got to ride around the yard. Every little girls dream birthday.

Not sure if that just set the rest up for failure or what but nothing tops that day.

2). Thirteenth birthday- Mom bought a bunch of movie passes for me and my friends to go and make a night of it. I sat around waiting for my friends to come (my brother took me in the mini-van) nobody came. I cried and cried. My brother did his best to console me. It was the first time that my brother actually showed sympathy towards me for something. It turned into a very good brother/sister bonding moment.

3) Sixteenth birthday- I made my own birthday cake, wrapped my own birthday present, and the entire family celebrated the birth of the first niece/ grandbaby! Can't have a better present than that!

4) Seventeenth birthday- Boyfriend had my mom let him in the house to make me crepes for breakfast. Later, there was a surprise birthday party at his house for me. That was nice.

5). Eighteenth birthday- My first clubbing experience. Went to a club in SLC with my best friends. Forgot my drivers license and had to "borrow" my friends to get in. Had a small mexican man grinding on my leg and danced with a tall handsome guy- who said I looked "LDS". I took it as a compliment! Drove home as the designated driver (always!)

6). Thirtieth- Made Churros at lunchtime, giving myself a third degree burn on my hands (okay.. its only a first degree). Granny called and told me happy birthday, as did my mother! Grabbed a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store (no dishes) and a chick flick to watch with the kids!

Where's my pony and my glass slippers???

applause

applause-2
Originally uploaded by Multiple fragments of tissue

Yesterday I went onto Amazon and downloaded 26 free MP3 tunes for free. I chose them at random since I didn't want to wait for my computer to play the sample and because there was about 500 free songs to choose from. I knew none of the artists and didn't recognize any of the songs. I didn't have time to listen to them today so I am sitting here tonight listening to my random choices. I did pretty good. All except one song labeled as classical called Applause that is 3:20 long. Sounds okay right? Well, the title is fitting since it is nothing but applause for 3 minutes. Nothing more... no music... just applauding!

I have decided I am going to play it when I wake up in the morning. What a boost of confidence that will be, or maybe when I get the dishes done!