Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Autumn walk
There was one beautiful view that I really wanted to show Shawn. I wish I had a better camera- this would look better, but it was absolutely gorgeous- this is just the best I can do with my cheapo camera.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Goofy in How to Hook Up Your Home Theater
They actually made a new Goofy cartoon- I have always loved his "How to.." segments! Enjoy!
Monday, October 20, 2008
6 Jobs- no $- Are you freaking kidding me?
Okay- so as most of you know, Shawn works for a video game company drawing fun art- which he LOVES! It is an awesome job to brag about and he can never complain about his work, but the pay is a little low (Job #1).
So, I got a part time job working for my in-laws at their medical spa (Job #2). This helped make ends meet, but when we moved down to Payson it put me half an hour drive away from work, so now I only work one day a week for 5 hours for them- not much.
We have also been doing laundry for my mother-in-law- she has some major problems with pain in her joints and we are pretty sure that she has Fibromyalsia (or however the heck you spell that), so over a year ago we started doing laundry for her- because the simple act of folding and hanging clothes hurts her, so she pays us $10 a load and we do about 5 loads a week for her- so there is a little more money(Job #3).
Then Shawn's karate teacher (yes he does Karate- isn't that cute! He does it with his younger brother as bonding time and his mom pays for it in exchange for Shawn giving Drew art lessons as well and they have fun being together); anyways- his teacher teaches karate at UVU (formerly UVSC for anyone who didn't know) as well as some other real subject like Math or something- anyways, they wanted to add another karate class to his repertoire and he recommended Shawn for the job of teaching it even though he isn't quite a blue belt yet. So, Shawn teaches one class for two hours a week at $30 an hour (Job #4).
Then I used to work at Curves and I loved it, but I don't have the hours during the week to do it- but there was a girl at my Curves here in Payson who worked only on Saturdays and she was moving- so I took her job. I only get minimum wage, but I get to work out for free (thus saving us $30 a month) and I get a little bit of money for time when I am usually not doing anything anyways, hence (Job #5).
Then, Shawn's Aunt owns her own medical billing company which she does working from home and has gotten busy enough that she needed to hire a part time work from home employee. She offered me the job just this past week. I will need to answer phones Mon-Thurs from 9-4 and double check stuff on her billing- I am barely starting to get trained with this, but this now makes it (Job #6)!
Yeah, now granted three of these jobs just started and I haven't gotten paid for some of them yet, but at the same time- we are working 6 jobs now between the two of us and still, we have no money! No one can say that we aren't trying as hard as we can- but our bills have like tripled in the past few years and it is tough to keep up! I don't mean to sound whiny or complainey, but when we consider that we are living in my parents house paying very little rent and we are in theory saving up to purchase a home of our own and we haven't been able to save anything- that is where it gets scary- and we don't even spend as much on things like DVD's as we used to! Anyways- I just wanted to vent about it- that is life, I guess! Who knows, maybe Shawn or I will write a book and make tons of money- that would be nice!
Sunday, October 19, 2008
This made me LOL out loud!
Tough Love vs. Spanking - Good Argument
Most of the American populace thinks it is improper to spank children, so I have tried other methods to control my kids when they have 'one of those moments'.
One that I found effective is for me to just take the child for a car ride and talk. Some say its the vibration from the car, others say it is the time away from any distractions such as t.v., video games, the computer, iPod, etc. Either way, my kids usually calm down and stop misbehaving after our car ride together. Eye to eye contact helps alot, too.
I've included a photo below of one of my sessions with my son, in case you would like to use the technique.
Sincerely,
Your Friend
This works with grandchildren,
nieces, and nephews as well.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
An Engineering Mind: Superman and Thermodynamics
So, this is a friend of ours from back in the married student ward days- he actually has several of these videos that he has done- I think they are hilarious! If you enjoy it, go to You Tube and check out his other ones! Enjoy!
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