Our Goings On

Losts happening. My first couple of months as stake clerk were pretty uneventful and I thought this may be about the easiest calling I've had. Then we had a number of special projects come up. I am now spending many hours at the stake office or at home working on things. There is light at the end of the tunnel since I am almost done with them. We started the process of calling assistant clerks, but I'll be through the worst of it before we get anyone called. We do have a financial clerk, so I don't have to worry about that.

My job is terribly boring. I've been doing very little in the last two months, but I am supposed to be getting a project this week that should keep me pretty busy.

Lisa is doing cub scouts and teaching relief society once a month. She is doing well at both, but they obviously keep her pretty busy. Good thing she doesn't have hardly anything to do around the house :-)

Wes is doing pretty well. He is bussing at Olive Garden and saving money for a mission. He was called as a ward missionary last week, so that should help him prepare well. Our goal is to get him out in January, but we'll see. We may have to wait some months depending of finances and other things.

Jeremy is doing pretty well. He is moving up in the retail business and has a serious girl friend. Hopefully he will get on and share more. David is working and fishing mostly.

Nate and Matt are enjoying their summer off. They finished baseball. They do a little golfing and Matt will be starting Karate at some point. Nate starts tackle football in the fall and he is very excited. I just assume he stick with basketball and baseball.

Getting Started

Hi everyone. In this world of not so ordinary people, I salute. So glad to see the spell checker in this window--old brain cells aren't what they used to be. We are limping along here literally and figuratively. We have started to listen to the new Harry Potter, but I am traveling less this week so it will take me quite a while to get through it. I only listen when in the car. Visual distortion makes reading too difficult right now. How long will it be before books are obsolete, we ask ourselves. Keep all important books, they will likely become collector's items.

Harry Potter

Who has finished reading The Deathly Hallows?

What's Up?

Hey all, haven't spoken to you in awhile.

Maybe my dad told you all but I'm engaged as of a couple weeks ago and very very excited! His name is Jack and he lives here in Orem (goes to BYU).
I've been doing well, just bought a new car (a 2004 Honda Civic LX) and have been going to classes at UVSC- which is sometimes a drag but I get by.
I'm working full time at Mountain West Pest Control, which is a good job. I get paid very well and drive the company truck so gas money is on them.
I'm planning to get my degree by next year and hope to transfer to the Y. I'll be in Orem until Jack finishes school at least and we're not really sure where we will end up settling down after that.

Sorry my life is so boring, I wish I had more to write but I can't think of much.

Love,

april

where's libby?

Look hard enough and you may find me!
...also, if you go to any movies in the Provo/Orem area let me know if you see me in those silly ads before the trailers.

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The Cult of Potter

I was informed last night (by Maxipedia, a very reliable source)that J.K. Rowling is the first author to achieve billionaire status. I have no trouble believing this (other than hearing it from Max)because I was in the trenches selling books last night. You may be thinking, "Elizabeth hates working at Borders! Why hasn't she quit yet?" To answer your question, for a few reasons:

1. Borders Group Inc. has stores all over the country- Max and I can go wherever we want for grad school (when the time comes) and I will always have a job!
2. 3 1/2 years is a long time to commit to something, if I've put this much time in already I may as well stick it out for the long haul.
3. I really like some of the people I work with
4. The discount (33%). Duh.

For the record I only work at Borders every now and again, and the majority of my wage slaving is done at Orem Public Library- more about that some other time- but basically, it is the job of my dreams.

Back to the topic at hand! As I'm sure you all know
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows made it's debut on the world literature (this applies loosely) scene this morning at 12:01. For those of you who were not fortunate enough to have waited in line to get your copy, let me fill you in on what you missed. Borders Store 0250 hosted a "Grand Hallows Ball" featuring face painting, wand decorating, fortune telling, a costume contest and wizard rock by a local band, "Potter and the Lightning Bolts".
The store was WAY beyond approved capacity and if the fire marshal had shown up would have given us a hefty fine.
Sadly I did not get to enjoy the fun as I spent the night at the cash registers. A normal sales goal for a day is $12,000-16,000 yesterday we did $46,000. That is kind of insane. Not only were thousands of Potter books sold, but so were hundreds of magazines and (ugh) mass market paperbacks- perfect reading material for waiting in line.

Some magical moments from the evening:

- The girl at the register next to me was asked by many customers if they could take pictures of her handing them the book. (most likely for their blogs/scrapbooks)

- I asked a little girl if she wanted to know what happens at the end (Maxipedia provided me with leaked info) she looked at me incredulously. "If I don't like the ending can I return it?" I mirrored her expression. I told her she could write a letter to J.K. Rowling and complain. Philistine that I am I pronounced it "rowling" as in rhymes with "growling", this benevolent young lady (8ish?) informed me that it is pronounced "rolling"- "At least that's how they say it in Britain" (in a bad fake accent, complete with eye roll and hair flip)

- A customer came in asking to exchange her books because she and her fiance were assaulted in the store parking lot...apparently some people accused them of cutting in line and were pretty mad about it even AFTER getting their books. They people who were 'wronged' waited in the parking lot until they saw the cutters, threw drinks at them and then proceeded to hit them until someone got head butted. I wish I could have seen it! Max said when he came to pick me up that there were police and EMTs there with someone who appeared to have a broken nose. It may have been the fiance, because the girl came in to exchange the books without him. Lucky jerks got a dry Harry Potter and an autographed copy of some book by a local author they had purchased also.

looking back at this post it turns out I had a pretty boring night and I'm sorry this is so long.

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