Sunday, October 12, 2008

Hockey Update

After the first game I was traded to Napoleon's Dynamite because they didn't have enough players. I've posted some photos of our most recent hockey game, which we lost 7-6. I'm #11. Here's how our other games have gone:
W - Dynamite 9, Transformers 1
L - Dynamite 5, Razorbacks 6
W - Dynamite 5, Ice Monkeys 3
L - Dynamite 6, Transformers 7

I play forward, mostly left wing and center. I have 4 goals and 3 assists so far this season.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Things That Make Me Want to Vomit


I thought I would add a series to this blog called "Things that Make Me Want to Vomit" since it isn't very hard to find these things in the news these days.
Today's entry is from congress (go figure) where they are talking about removing the tax benefits from 401 K's that encourage individual retirement planning. The congressmen even called the lack of taxing this money "subsidies." WARNING! This article may cause excessive vomiting. Read it here.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

We were tagged, by Celeste!

This is part of Celeste's picture tag, go to her blog to see what I'm talking about.

1. Kitchen Sink - It's actually pretty clean, the bowl is from breakfast today and that jar used to have Grandma's delicious marmalade jam in it








2. Laundry Room - Yep, that's right, we have SIX washing machines!









3. Fridge - Pretty boring stuff: last year's USU football schedule magnet, visiting teaching assignment paper, old receipts, and the not so boring stuff like my hockey schedule and a Total Care Wellness Center magnet.










I also thought I should include this cool thing made by my mom because we use that as our second fridge.










4. Bathroom - Very exciting, eh?










5. Closet - I like this feature of our apartment, we have an entire wall of closet space. Celeste said we weren't supposed to clean anything up so that's why a certain piece of protective equipment that I wear for hockey is hanging off one of the doors. Sorry.









6. Favorite Room - Hmmm, there were so many choices, but I had to go with our livitchen room, since that is where we eat food and read books. (The kitchen is the other side of this room.)







7. Favorite Shoes - This seems like such a girl thing to do, but it was pretty easy since I don't have very many shoes to choose from. I wear my black dress shoes every day, my $3 flip flops are very comfortable, and I love hockey. The combined price I paid for these shoes was $73 before tax.





8. Self-portrait - Again, Celeste said we weren't supposed to clean anything, so I didn't comb my hair.








9. Children - This is the closest thing we have to a kid since our fish died: Commy-Pig!













10. Dream Vacation - I would love to go to a couple of my mission areas, Puerto Vallarta and San Blas, and see all the things that I didn't get a chance to see.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Aggie Football



Yesterday, Jessica and I went to Romney Stadium to watch the #22 ranked (AP poll) Utah Utes play the Utah State Aggies (who are ranked 6th on ESPN.com's bottom ten). It was pretty exciting for the first few minutes when Utah fumbled a punt and Utah State recovered and ended up scoring the first touchdown of the game. Well, that was the only one they got and the final score was 58-10 for Utah. MORE PHOTOS
There's a really good chance Utah and BYU will both be undefeated when they meet in November. If that's the case, it may be the most important Utah-BYU matchup EVER, with the winner probably ending up in one of the BCS bowls.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Hockey!


I joined an adult hockey league this week. The name of the team I'm on is the Ice Monkeys. Last night we played against Napoleon's Dynamite and won 7-5. It was a close game, it was tied 4-4 in the 3rd period. I was a little rusty but had 2 assists in the game. It was tons of fun. I'll keep you updated as the season progresses. I'm wearing jersey number 30 in the PHOTOS.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Labor Day


Jessica and I went on a little hike on labor day. We went on the Bonneville Shoreline trail that takes you above the golf course where I work. It was a pretty day. Click here to see more photos.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Baptism for the Dead

Here is an interesting article written by a columnist for the Belfast Telegraph. The columnist is an atheist. Click here to read it.