Monday, November 17, 2008

We are truly "BLESSED"!

So, Tom and I have been stressing about some things in our life. Tom was told when he first started school, that he would have to have an apprenticeship job by January to be able to go on in the program! Tom has been trying, but with the economy being so bad, he hasn't found anything yet! He doesn't want to have to take this semester all over again, so when he found out today, from the head of the electrical apprenticeship program, that he had until next August to get a job we were both extatic! We have been really trying to get out of debt lately and my hours at work went from 12 hour shifts to 10's. I have to go in one more day a week, but I am actually getting just a bit of overtime, which will help so much! Another blessing! Well, the reason that I have thought of these as really special blessings, is that Tom was stressed about things above and beyond what he could handle the other night! We asked this guy in our ward, Charlie, to come give Tom a blessing! He and his sweet wife, Chantel, came over and just chatted with us until after midnight. They were so nice, they weren't even worried about the time! It helped to calm some of our fears and stresses just by talking to them, but then when Charlie gave Tom the blessing, the Spirit was so strong in the room that I just burst into tears! I know that the blessing was for Tom, but I felt truly blessed as well! It is neat to see some of the things that the Lord blessed Tom with come to pass, even if they are not quite the way we expected them to be taken care of! This job thing is only one of many answers to prayers and testimony to me that the Lord truly is aware of us and is ready and waiting to give us what we most need in this life, not necessarily what we most want! I know I am totally rambling! Part of that is due to the fact that my heart is so full of gratitude right now for my Heavenly Father and all of our blessings that I can't possibly get them all down on paper, and another part is that I am so tired after a long day at work, that I can't think straight! All I know, is that we are truly a blessed people and the Lord is ALWAYS watching out for us!

Sunday, November 16, 2008

knock it off......

OK this is getting out of hand. What makes these people so much better than anyone else??? Theyre just pissed off because THE MAJORITY HAS SPOKEN!!! But because the LDS church believed so strongly that same-sex marriage is wrong that they funded to have the bill pass.
So freakin what?? The amount of money spent on this campaign was in the millions of dollars. All of it donated to the cause. It just so happens that more than half the people who voted, voted against this gay marriage , so people can get over it. If the LDS church is hateful because they suceeded in helping the "family unit" stay afloat what does it make the pricks, who in spoiled brat fits of rage, shoot out windows and vandalize churches, tag peoples homes and cars, and justify it with "well mormons hated us first!!" Get real. When you act like that youre no better than the people you despise. The church is not out to persecute anyone. This was decided in a completely legal democratic process. They fought hard and you know what, they lost, so lets just move onto something else.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Ok so I'm reading about all this bogus crap that being pushed onto the LDS church because they refuse to change their principles on this prop 8 thing. Good on 'em theyre one of the only organizations in the world that has not and will not change their stance on gay marriage. I commend them for it. The LDS church has taken the brunt of this frustration head on and stood their ground through a very difficult election. I've noticed that several other churches have caved under pressure and allowed the whole marriage thing to slide through based on who you love not what they are. People want a very unnatural thing and lifestyle to slide through as something that is natuaral and good............wrong. It's always been a different lifestyle and it appears that 52 percent of people want it to remain as so. This proposition doesn't discriminate and show hatred for anyone. It is just trying to sustain the few tattered shreds of the Family we are clinging onto, while trying to raise our children into good, respectable hard working people.

This boils down to all these people who pitch a fit when ever GOD is mentioned in politics. This country was founded on the principles of righteousness and goodness and honesty they have been starting political meetings and senate functions with a prayer ever since this country was first born. It's all fine and dandy to cry and whine everytime someone mentions god. But it's ok to try and teach 3rd graders about same-sex marriage?? If you dont' want god anywhere near your government you're in the wrong country and you're welcome, even encouraged to leave anytime.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

We are SO blessed!

So, I applied for a couple of jobs and had some interviews. Endo was just feeling like a downhill battle for so many reasons! Well, I had an interview at Primary Children's in an office setting and was so excited about it! I had everyone praying that if it was the Lord's will, I would be able to get this job. Well, they called me for a second interview and I was STOKED! I would have more normal hours, wouldn't have to wear scrubs to work anymore and could actually feel like a person, and NO MORE CALL! This was the perfect opportunity! So I went to the temple yesterday and had such a neat spiritual experience! So spiritual and so neat that I tear up ever time I think about it and it's just too sacred to talk about! Well, not related to that at all, or maybe it is, I had this feeling that the job was not right for me and I needed to stay right where I was. I thought that was weird, but the natural woman that I am, I kind of pushed it out of my mind and actually made up my mind last night that if they did offer me the job this morning that I would totally accept it! Well, I was on time and the doctor interviewing me was 50 minutes late! I thought this was a little frustrating esp. cause a great friend was covering my shift so I could be there and I needed to get back to work so she could have her day off! But frustrating as it was I was grateful to just sit in the waiting room. There were few patients and so I was in there by myself for the most part! I folded my arms and didn't really close my eye's but just thought and prayed for that whole 50 min. I was grateful to be able to communicate with my Heavenly Father, but I was also so grateful that he was communicating with me! I started thinking how great it would be to have this job and everything got very blurry! My stomach began to hurt and I was so confused about what to do. Then a thought just popped into my head, "Why are you leaving?" I tried to argue my point and the sickening feeling got worse! As I began to think about how great I really had it, and what a benefit my job had been in my life and could be in the future, everything got clear. My sick stomach was completely gone, and the confusion was gone! I had got my answer, now would I listen? I still went through with the interview but it was so weird. They really didn't have anything to say to me and I didn't have anything to say to them. There was a weird silence that was very uncomfortable most of the time! Another answer to prayers I feel! I got to work and told my boss I was staying! A load was taken off my shoulders! Literally! I was actually happy at work today! I know things will get better! They have already improved significantly! I don't know what I was walking into and it might have turned out to be a good job, but what would I miss in the future if I had gone against what I felt was right? I hate to even think about it! I am so grateful to a loving Heavenly Father who gently pushes His children in the right direction yet still allowing us our agency! I am so grateful that He kept pushing until I finally pulled my head out and decided to listen!

On a bit of a different note, I have to say that I was very disappointed by the turnout of the election! I am a little frightened to have this man lead our country. However, the thought keeps coming to my mind, "Faith and fear cannot reside in the same place at the same time!" The morning after the election I woke up with just a great sence of peace! I know who is really running the show and I just have to be righteous and follow His prophets and I do not need to fear! We have been told in scripture that we have some trying times ahead! I fully believe this! I also fully believe that if we heed to the council of the Lord and do what we can do to get out of debt, build up our food storage, and get our spiritual lives in order we will be blessed! I do have to add how grateful I am that Proposition 8 passed! We do still have some people in this world that follow their moral compass!

Tuesday, November 4, 2008


Well Obama won but hey I figure the worlds gotta come to an end sometime right?? I'm pretty disapointed but the barrel doesn't always tip the way you want it to. I just hope he does this country well. He's so far from what I believe to be true and good but others see it differently. I saw what I saw and I don't and never will share your victory in this election _tom

Monday, November 3, 2008

What is this world coming to?

I really hope and pray that the Lord will help us through these trying times! Something as horrific as this is allowed to happen in this world! My cousin told me about this video and I feel like I need to share it! I just can't believe how sick this makes me! There are people that we walk around with every day that think this is okay! This is NOT okay! We have to stop men like this from leading our country! This is the most heartwrenching cruel inhumane thing! Please vote! We have to fight this! Please! This absolutely tore my heart out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYRpIf2F9NA

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Happy Halloween, or Something...

So, our Halloween was a little different! I knew I had to work all day and was on call that night! Tom had to work 3pm till 11pm. I knew that it would be better not to dress up very much, and I am SOOOOOO glad that I didn't! We had a lot of cases to do and some of them got a little messy, enough said! Well, I thought I would at least be able to get off around when it gets dark to go trick or treating with Tim, Autumn and Scott! Well, that idea got shot to crap! I was still at work around 9 pm and Tom called me and said that he had called an ambulance for Tim. They had gone to see Tom at work and show him Scott's costume and Tim started having chest pain that was worse than he had ever had! Scared Tom to death! So, of course this is right in the middle of a case and I was starting to tear up a bit! Tm has kinda become like a brother or something! He is a great friend! So, I composed myself, finished the case, and went to the ER to see what was going on! They released him shortly after I got there and said his heart was fine, but they wanted him to go have a stress test just to be sure! This is an outpatient procedure so we'll see what's going on when he has it done. Let me tell you though, they gave him morphine, and boy was he funny! So, I ran back to clean up the supposedly quick procedure my coworkers were doing, and they weren't downstairs cleaning up after the procedure so I ran upstairs to where the procedure was supposed to be done and they had done it once, and had to wait for the patient to have another procedure before we could start again! I left at 11:30 pm and Tom was waiting at home for me and Tim(drugged out as he was) and Autumn took us to dinner at like midnight! That was probably the funnest part of the day! Hope everyone else's Halloween was great!