Time of Year

Being in school makes this time of year CRAZY!! Add finals month on top of Turkey day, and the Holidays with all of it's craziness, I'm surprised that I haven't had a heart attack. The blog is getting a little ignored which is sad because I have so much I want to share with you all.

We had a timely discussion during Sunday School this past Sunday about being charitable, humble and giving to others. It wasn't the main subject of the lesson but was part of it. We were talking about how we need to have less pride and worry less about material goods and give to others.

Mormon 8:
37 For behold, ye do love money, and your substance, and your fine apparel, and the adorning of your churches, more than ye love the poor and the needy, the sick and the afflicted.

Some interesting comments were made about not giving to people who are begging for money for a various number of reasons, some comments came up about people taking advantage of free handouts instead of working hard to provide for themselves. This is a timely discussion with Christmas around the corner, seems more people give and are more charitable around Christmas time, though we should really be charitable all year long.

It is my personal policy not to give money to people who are begging for it. My policy is such because I personally would rather give what little I have to families or people who are trying to change their circumstance. But as I was thinking during Sunday School, who am I to judge? I don't know why they are begging for money or why they do what they can to take advantage of the system. I still feel though that there are plenty of charities to donate to that will hopefully put your money to good use. Here are a couple that I like:

The Road Home

The United Way



Here is a verse from a song that I think is amusing but not very appropriate song that I thought fit this post. I just added the verse that pertained to the post, I didn't post the whole song because, it's not Wednesday and I didn't want people listening to the whole song for this verse.

Lazyboy - Underwear goes Inside the Pants

This homeless guy asked me for money the other day.
I was about to give it to him and then I thought he was going to use it on drugs or alcohol.
And then I thought, that's what I'm going to use it on.
Why am I judging this poor bastard.
People love to judge homeless guys. Like if you give them money they're just going to waste it.
Well, he lives in a box, what do you want him to do? Save it up and buy a wall unit?
Take a little run to the store for a throw rug and a CD rack? He's homeless.
I walked behind this guy the other day.
A homeless guy asked him for money.
He looks right at the homeless guy and says why don't you go get a job you bum.
People always say that to homeless guys like it is so easy.
This homeless guy was wearing his underwear outside his pants.
Outside his pants. I'm guessing his resume isn't all up to date.
I'm predicting some problems during the interview process.
I'm pretty sure even McDonalds has a "underwear goes inside the pants" policy.
Not that they enforce it really strictly, but technically I'm sure it is on the books.

The Day After

A great way to burn off all the pumpkin pie is by spending the day after Turkey day walking miles upon miles at the malls and stores. I will not be joining the throngs of shoppers, well I might if the deals are good enough. My wife and family will be out there to add to the chaos.

Times have changed thanks to the internet. Instead of waiting for the big fat news paper with all the adds you can can sit at the computer and cruse for the deals. Here are a couple of sites that might help in your quest for the ultimate deal.

The Coupon Coup is actually great for finding deals year round.

There are a few black Friday sites .com, .net, .info, the "Official" site and this thing and of course a twitter hashtag that collects all of the deals that people tweet about. Some sites are already offering deals such as amazon, just a little reminder about my previous post on what you can get me for Christmas.

Happy shopping everyone! Stay safe and no punching people!

Wednesday Tunes

I was going to start my Christmas tunes today but somehow came across this little number that I just find amusing. No idea what they are talking about, so if you know and it's bad, just don't tell. But how could it be bad?


Lip Dub - Tambureddu HD from Leonardo Dalessandri on Vimeo.

And I suppose I can add a Christmas tune to get us going with the Christmas season. Now we just need some snow!

Here we go, the song starts around minute 2.

It Feels Like Christmas


I wasn't going to post this because of the bad quality but it's all I could find. I figure in place of snow we could just have more Christmas Songs to get us in the mood.

Being Good

On the drive out to Grandma and Grandpas house I was asking B what she learned in primary. Sometimes I can't believe how knowledgeable she is. Her teachers, both church and school, are doing awesome jobs. She must listen to them really good. Anyway, she was saying that she learned about prophets. So I was prodding her trying to get more out of her and she said that "Jesus tells the prophets what to tell us". I was impressed that she understood this. About six hours later on our way home she must have been thinking about it some more, because she told me that she was going to listen to the prophets and to Jesus. She said that she would be nice to everyone, that she wouldn't fight, and that she would be good. She also said that she would "keep her mind". Not quite sure, but I'm guessing she meant keep her mind clean. Just today in sacrament one of the speakers was talking about how we need to have the desire to do good. I was very happy to hear her say that she wanted to be good. She is such a good, sweet girl and a good example.

Oh yeah, and Cash (who wants to be just like his big sister) piped into the conversation saying. "And I will be nice to my best friend G money!!"

Wednesday Tunes

Ran across this blog that layed out their Top 40 TV Theme Songs. While most of them I agree, are classics and do indeed belong in the top 40, a few were a bit off and of course my favorite wasn't even on there. MASH and Cheers are listed at #2 & #1, while the Cheers theme is great the MASH theme is so much better. I think that Sesame Street and the Simpson's should have been closer to the front with The Dukes of Hazard up in the top 5. A few of the shows I've never heard of, while some of the others brought back some good 'ol kid time memories. They also left off Mr. Rogers, how could they do that?

If I had more time I'd list my top 20 but this will have to do.

So here it is the theme to Smallville my #1. I have never heard the whole song before, the actual theme that they use for the show starts at round 3:25ish.



Remy Zero - Save Me (Smallville Theme)

Santa Claus

Why in the world, if you had a long white beard and white hair, would you go out with red pants and a red flannel button up shirt?

So we were leaving Smiths today and in a line at the customer service desk there was a man that was dressed this way. Cash was so excited!!! At first I thought that he was talking about a sticker that he had just gotten. But then I realized that he was pointing at someone, while saying "Santa Claus" over and over again. I was so embarrassed. I am sure that the guy heard. I tried to tell Cash that it wasn't really Santa, but that just made him get louder as he argued "Uh-huh, it is Santa Claus. See." He learned his arguing skills from his daddy. So I decided that I would stop arguing with him and just try to hurry him out the door. But of course he was extra slow as he gaped at the man all the way out. The only thing the guy was missing was a red hat.

I laughed the whole way out to the car. Cash was just so sure that he had just seen Santa!!!

Wednesday Tunes

Today is a two for one day.

While we were out shopping last weekend, cash saw a skateboard and wanted it. It was being used as a decoration and he was ticked I wouldn't let him play with it. (By the way this was the first time I had been in a mall in about a year). Then the other night he told T and her mom that he wanted a skateboard for Christmas. So last night T showed him some skate videos. Yeah, him and G money can do these things. "gavin and me do that"

Goldfinger - Superman



This next video is what I have been listening to for the past month. b dances around the house while singing this song, unfortunately she only knows some of the words so its the same words over and over again. Of course cash caught on and he is now singing the same words over and over again also.

Enchanted - That's how you know

Worn Out!

B and Cash had a sleep over planned for Friday night. Aunt Marcee just had to run to the store and then she was going to pick them up. Well, Aunt Marcee got talking to someone and took longer than she had expected. B kept watching out the window every 30 seconds and both their bags were waiting by the door with their pillows. Eventually B's excitement wore her out and she fell asleep. Cash had fallen asleep right before Marcee left. I was changing his diaper and he just never got back up.



When Cash woke up later he went straight to the window and started crying "Aunt Marcee". It was cute. Well they were very excited when we finally made it to Marcee's house. She said that they had a blast!!

Snow!!

Cash was so excited that it snowed. He has been outside so much. We dropped B off at school the first day and he saw some kids out at recess playing in the snow. He asked me if he could go play with them. So I told him we would go out right when we got back home. So right when we walked in the house he wanted his gloves on and he played outside most of the day, only coming in to get warm again. One time I found him just chillin' in a chair outside eating snow out of a very very dirty bucket. But he was happy!!!

Happy Shopping!

Well now that I have given you a list of ideas on what to get me, let me give you a couple of suggestions on where to shop. Since most of the items on my list are books here are the best book stores in the state of Utah that are located in downtown Salt Lake, so while your there to see the lights make sure to stop by Sam Weller's on 254 South Main Street and Ken Sanders at 268 South 200 East. Sam Weller's has a little coffee shop in it that also sells hot chocolate, just a little something to keep you warm while your out looking at the lights and buying my presents. The Book Garden in Bountiful on 2 North Main Street is a great book store if you don't want to travel into downtown SLC.

Happy Shopping!!

It's that time of year

Christmas is around the corner and I know many of you are trying to get your shopping done. If you are pondering what to get me for Christmas, which I know you ALL are, I'll give you some ideas. Thanks to the every handy dandy internet, I have already created a list at Amazon. My list is in no particular order nor do you have to purchase the item from Amazon, it is more a list of ideas to help you out. This is also a year round list, so at any time you feel like buying me a present, feel free. On the left side of my blog here is an Amazon Wish list button, so for if any reason you feel I need a gift but not sure what to get me, well I have fixed that for you.

Your welcome

Wednesday Tunes

So all day today I have been singing this song in my head, I only know some of the words, so that gets kind of annoying. I think it has something to do with the elections!!!!

It's a new dawn, it's a new day and I'm feeling GOOD!!

Michael Buble - Feeling Good