At Dad's

Hey everyone. So I"m at dad's, and it's Monday the 30th. The roof is about half dome but we should be able to finish by Wednesday. I've already made 267 dollars, and will probably make about 80-100 more. I will finally have money. We went Go-Kart racing today. My best laps were better than Dad's and I beat him the first time, even though (and don't tell him this, but I want to be boastful) I let him catch up so it would be a race. The second race I did the same thing because I was smoking him, and he crashed me into a wall. Then I passed him and led for a few laps but wanted a race so I slowed down and passed me right before I saw the checkered flag. I was kind of upset and spun myself out after we finished and the worker, when he was helping us out, asked why let him go by and noticed that it frustrated me that I lost. But Dad is still proud of his win, and I'll let him be. I love you all, Marie have fun in Canada, Mark with all your women, Christine with your awesome life and delicious meat loaf cakes, and Mom with the house - I hope it doesn't stress you too much. Bye

More about Canadia

• Bag is pronounced beg, other -ag words are also said this way
• Tim Hortons is a donut/coffee place and is everywhere. I walked 6 blocks and passed 2
• Moose are more delicious than deer, but have very lean meat (lunch discussion one day)
• Everyone must own a plaid jacket according to Josh. Have I seen many? No. It's the middle of summer and is like 27 degrees out.(in celsius which I have yet to completely understand)
  
• The capital is Ottowa
• The last letter of the alphabet is pronounced zed
• English and French are on all the labels and French is not allowed to be printed smaller
• As a country with 2 national languages, children must take French in elementary school
• Will thinks changing the country's name to Canadia will increase the demand for secretaries because they'd have to change all the letterheads, but I think it would sound prettier
• I went to Dollarama the other day and their makeup brand is aziza, same as the Dollar Tree. There were also many Canadian souveniers there and some lucky brother may receive a tie in the somewhat near, somewhat far future.
• Donairs are sold everywhere. It's a turkish sandwich similar to a greek gyro and is delectable. We had some yesterday.

Marie - need address

Where is your address kid - where exactly do you live???? Love ya

Meatloaf Cake

THANK YOU MARIE

Well, today I put 1% down on the house, thank you Marie. I drove by the house and some other people were looking at it - kinda scary..... oh well, what's meant to be is meant to be - know what I mean? XOXOXOXOXO MOM

Dearest family - I need a money loan

As the title indicates I am in need of a loan. The bank that owns the house wants 1% down, which is truly reasonable. I have enough but it leaves me with $1 for the month. So I was wondering if anyone - mostly my girls - could lend me $500. I will be paying you back on July 31st. Please let me know ASAP - as we would like to go into escrow and move in July. LOVE TO ALL, XOXOXOXOXOX MOM

HELP MARK

So I was trying to get Mark on the blog, he has read it, but cannot get on.... on his own, Marie did you set us up? Or whomever did please reset up Mark, poor baby is feeling left out of the family. HAVE A GREAT DAY - loved the video Marie. XOXOXOX MOM

Time Lapse Video Fun

This is a video Will made while we were at his parent's place on Saturday. It's done with a TI-83 programmed to make the camera take photos at 30 second intervals. Really cool I must say : ) Perhaps Christine and Will should be friends.

Strep Throat

Well kids, It's been a pretty crappy weekend. I had strep throat. Came down with it Wednesday, and am currently taking penicillin. I'm not sure I have ever been in so much pain. It was ridiculous, but I am feeling better now. I even went to work today. Will took good care of me when I was sick, even gave me a priesthood blessing. I finally broke down and spent $120 to go to the doctor...disappointing but completely worth it at this point.

Also, I have a problem. Will has a 6-year-old brother who cries and gets his way all the time. I cannot handle this and thus cannot be nice to him. I think Will's dad is starting to dislike me because of it. I must remember that its not my place to parent and it won't be my problem when their child remains a spoiled brat.

I love you all and hope life is going well. Also, I'm thinking about being home from around August 22 until the 30th. What do you all think of this plan?

NEW HOUSE

The bank accepted my offer today on the house, mid July we will probably be moving, there is still a chance of problems though....

Marie, how did you almost die at work? BE CAREFUL !!!!!

Sorry I don't call more Beanie. I was worried about using your minutes if I call during the day, and I am often busy at night.

Life is going quite well, besides the fact that I think I have strep throat and almost died at work today. Too bad I didn't buy traveler's insurance.

I spend most of my time with Will these days and it is amazing. I think this next school year will be uber hard without him nearby, but I will try to make the best of it.

P.S. How do you get to your saved blogs that haven't been posted yet?

update

I do sign on here almost daily. Often I think about writing something about my life, but then I remember that it is boring and I therefore have nothing to write. :(

Oh well.

So, I've spent a lot of time at the Nelsons' house lately. Great people. Kari and I finished recording a song. Well, pretty much Kari finished recording a song, I was just tagging along. There is a cool violin part that is in it though, so at last my violin has some sort of purpose to its existence. I think it would be great if y'all could listen to it.

I would love to talk to marie more, but I don't really know how.

Hope that the summer is going well for everyone. Momma, good luck with summer school.... yep, just a few more weeks. You can do it! We believe in you.

Love to all,
bean

WEEKLY !!

So, I think everyone should have to post weekly - letting everyone know what you are doing.... sound good? Love to all, MOM

This week I am really working on controlling my blood sugar. My real problem time is 10 - 11 PM, so maybe I will start going to bed instead of eating.....

Summer school is tough..... I really needed a day or two off, but it is only 15 days, no more complaining, no more complaining, no more complaining, and I will start to enjoy every moment!!! That will be my new philosophy.

SO, SO TRUE

SO, SO TRUE -

"Remember: the heavens will not be filled with those who never made mistakes but with those who recognized that they were off course and who corrected their ways to get back in the light of gospel truth."

--Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "A Matter of a Few Degrees", Ensign, May 2008, 57–60

I am going to the Jimmy Eat World concert on July 11!!!