Apple Juice

Do you know why apple juice is so special? Because it's the only thing besides water that you can drink before surgery.

Family Apple Cake and Other stories

So I made Grandma Flandro's Apply Cake tonight for dessert and it is really good!!!! I love that I have this recipe book that Mom made me for my bridal shower, it's so fun to try new recipes, especially when they turn out delicious!

So last Wednesday I went out on a date with Abby! OK so maybe not a date but a girls night out. We had such a good time, it was nice to hang out cause I have been feeling a little friendless lately and Abby made me feel better. But anywho, we went up to Salt Lake to see "Chorus Line" at Utah State because Mike was doing the lights for the play and he gave us free tickets. So we get there about 15 minutes before it starts and of course I wait till the very last second to realize that I need to go to the bathroom, So I go and when I get back the play is already started and they wont let me back in and sit by Abby, they made me wait outside for like 20 minutes and then I had to sit in the back by my self for the rest of the play....I was so irritated. Abby and I drove all the way up there to go the the play together and we can't even sit by each other. The play was good though, the only thing was at times it was a bit...risque. Lol so it would have been nice to be sitting by her so we could exchange glances during those parts. But the lighting was awesome! :) And it was a really funny, really different kind of play. I enjoyed the whole evening very much!

Lastly, Joshua and I talked to my parents about Thanksgiving and got our tickets to go to Omaha for a day or two and spend some time with my Grandma and Grandpa! We are so excited, my whole family will be there, it will be a great Thanksgiving! I'm also very excited for Joshua to meet my grandparents, I was worried that he would never get the chance, they are getting quite old, and my grandma just had a minor heart attack last week, she is doing very well now, but it just reminded me that they probably wont be here much longer, and I really really want Joshua to meet and, and them to meet him. So I am very excited for this coming Holiday season!! Well thats all for now. Oh and if you didn't already figure it out, Joshua won the fight and we will be combining blogs (well more like I am moving onto his) So if you follow my blog sorry their wont be much action on it anymore....Love you all!!
~Catherine

Air-Soft?

Yeah right! My first experience with air-soft, a game of tag with fully-automatic weapons shooting small hard plastic BBs at 350 to 460 feet per second, was great! The only thing “soft” about Air-soft is the impact it has on one’s wallet, the cost being 1/3 or even less than that of paintball. I was an avid Paintball player before my mission but Air-soft was just as if not more fun. The fun of it relies entirely upon the honesty of those involved but the pain involved in getting tagged by a bb motivates most to quickly declare they have been tagged saying “HIT!”, standing, and holding their weapon over their head with both hands. So I hope to get with a group of honest individuals to play the game often.

I went 6 and 2 my first game; i.e., I tagged 6 people and was tagged twice. Domination was the game I was tagged in, sacrificing myself to capture two of the points of domination. The first time I just dropped by weapon because I couldn’t see anything but the flag anyway, then crawled as low as possible to the flag and jumped up to pull their flag down, lifting our flag to victory. I was shot just after capturing the last point of domination so technically we had won before I was tagged so maybe I shouldn’t count it. The second attempt at capturing a domination point was unsuccessful because there were 4-5 opposing team players almost directly on the flag. I army crawled as close as I dare but knew I would be seen if I tried to crawl through the opening in the grass to the flag. So after pushing my limits of invisibility I sprinted for the flag but was tagged several times in my torso under my arm as I reached for the flag. At least two of the players cried, “surrender” because I was so close that they didn’t want to hurt me. However the one or more players, that were too surprised to call surrender, blasted me with 5-10 bbs in a fraction of a second and, unfortunately, before I could reach the flag. Playing this advanced game of tag with friends in the beautiful mountains of Utah was a great way to spend a Saturday morning.

Sharing Cookies

My wife made some super delicious oatmeal chocolate chip walnut cookies then brought a bag of them to me at work. Wow! They really were amazing and she even brought me some milk to go with them. I have always felt that it is important to share all the good things in our lives with those around us. There is even a saying in Chinese that says something like that,“有好东西要跟好朋友分享”. So I decided to share a cookie with a co-worker, however, by then someone had eaten every last one, selfish bastard. No offense Dad.

Hiring Fair

I had the opportunity to help conduct interviews for a hiring fair we had at work. It was one of, if not the, biggest hiring fair we have had. I enjoyed the learning experience and look forward to more in the future but it was tough trying sift though the many good people. I didn’t enjoy giving grades that would ensure a person did not get hired. I knew some would cry upon being receiving their denial, but most, if not all would at least feel some of the pain that comes with rejection. Every applicant could have done very well there, given the right training and leadership; however, the needs of my employer were only so big. Many were more educated and mature than myself, so it was a humbling experience for me. The humbling experience caused me to realize again what a great blessing my employment is and look past all my minor complaints. I often think of this when my minor complaints tempt me to find another job, quit or give less than all of my effort when being paid for my time.

MCOMM 320 1

I once attended a Creative Writing class in high school that I thoroughly enjoyed. My teacher’s philosophy was great. It was simply to get us students to express ourselves through words. The assignments were many, but completion was all that was needed and you got bonus points for being creative. Completing the works wasn’t always easy though because he would require us to correct all grammar and spelling mistakes before he would mark the work as completed. I thought it was a great way to learn. We would write fearlessly, our teacher’s continued praise and encouragement only fueled our courage. I recall one of the first assignments we received was to write a lawless poem, meaning he wouldn’t be making us correct the grammar errors; the only law was it had to be 30 lines. I procrastinated and ended up writing a 30-word poem, a word for each line, he loved it.

I am currently attending a Business Writing class at BYU.

Lesson #1- 101 ways in which you suck at the grammar, oh boy…. 102, 103, 104 hmm shouldn’t the number be decreasing? It is like going slowly down stream while swimming up. I have always enjoyed swimming in rivers though, so sink or swim I’ll be happy.