Monthly Archives: August 2007
Starting my Ph.D. Program
Wow! You Get What you Ask For So I have been wanting to get into a Ph.D. program for years now. Now I am in, and I have been working so hard these first two weeks of official classwork. I am taking 10 credit hours. Nine credit hours is full time for a graduate student. [...]
Home, Yay!
The Plane Trip I ended up spending 5 hours in the airport waiting for the plane to even arrive.
A Certified Apple Trainer!
What a Relief! So I went to my last class today here in Santa Monica. It was the day of the certification exam. Our instructor did a good job preparing us for the test. Thank heavens for that because he did not cover much of what was on the test until today. A lot of [...]
My Garden’s Insects
Taking Pictures I have really enjoyed taking pictures of my flowers with insects on them. I mostly have snapshots of a bumble bee with a big red stripe on it’s butt. he he Recently, I have also snapped some shots of honey bees. That is important because there is a national threat to the honey [...]
The Boys are Gone to Camp, so the Adventures Ramp Up
The New Beetle So 3 days after getting the new Beetle, the engine light went on. Yesterday when I got in the car, it wouldn’t start after several tries and then it started reluctantly with a terrible idle and the engine light flashing. That flashing engine light is bad! So I gave it some gas, [...]
Relief Society Lesson August, 2007
A Success Today’s Relief Society lesson was a success. I talked a lot about self worth and our capacity to do much more than we think we can do. I also discussed how important we are to each other and to our Heavenly Father. The class seemed a success even though I discussed Faith a [...]
Our New 2007 Beetle
Yay! A Cute Beetle! On Tuesday we went to Strong’s Volkswagen in Salt Lake and test drove some VWs. I have wanted a new Beetle for over a year, since we had to trade in my 2001 diesel Beetle for the Jetta wagon that would fit Kayleigh’s 3/4 size bass. Well, Ray wanted to get [...]
Overcoming Feelings of Inadequacy
Relief Society Lesson I am teaching Relief Society today. I chose to take a lesson out of the August, 2007 Ensign magazine on overcoming feelings of inadequacy. The following is my lesson plan: Introduction Feeling inadequate is a problem common to us all. Our church leaders have spoken of our feelings of inadequate. Elder Neal [...]
