How do you spell prelit or prelite or prelight pre-lit

My mind is tired.  My body is tired.  It actually feels good to sit down and blog.  I haven't sat down more then 5 minutes today.  Emma helped me start my lovely day at 6:00am and I have been running ever since.  The good news is I bought a Christmas tree today!  (I donated my old not prelit  tree to the church).  I am so excited to put the awesome prelit tree up tonight :)  I think who ever invented prelit trees are brilliant!  It could be way up there with some of the worlds best inventions like; chap stick, mascara, microwaves, cars, airplanes and other marvelous objects that make my life easier.  I will take some pics to show you all my lovely tree when I get it all done.

On a sad but unavoidable note.  We were going to go to the temple tomorrow with Tanner for his first time.  This is a very special time for Tanner but because of the impending snow storm that is suppose to hit sometime tonight and carry on through the whole day tomorrow we felt it better if we postpone the wonderful trip to a day when the anxiety of driving up in a blizzard was not going to take away from the spirit and especially kill me!

I am grateful to live so close to a temple so we can reschedule so easily!

Nap time...NOT

Oh Jeez!  Emma's computer (school issued) has crashed and won't even turn on.  I took it into the computer shop today and just got off the phone with the repair guy.  Sadly it is going to cost a pretty penny to repair it.  I have a love hate relationship with technology.  It is so flipping expensive to repair these stupid computers that seem to get infected all the time.  We install all kinds of programs to prevent this from happening but in our experience sometimes it just happens no matter what.  Scott said that if we get a Mac that they never ever ever ever have problems with virus'.  Do any of you have a mac?  I would like to know if Scott's claim is true? 

I got really excited today because I thought I might be able to squeeze in a little nap this afternoon.  I wish I would not have gotten so excited because it was not to be.  Right when I was going to go lay down someone called and needed me to go pick up their daughter from school and then I realized that I told someone that I would meet them at the old house to pick up a washer and dryer.  So much for that much needed nap :(  I think it has been at least a month since I have had a wonderful middle of the day dream all snuggled up in a soft blankie....maybe next year.

I am grateful that I still have a few weeks with Tanner.

Another great day

Okay so today I went with the missionaries again to go and do some teaching.  This time we meet with a man that was drunk as a skunk!  I love going with the missionaries it is never a dull moment. He told us that he baptized himself in the shower the other day :)

The only thing that is not my favorite thing about my new house is the drive way, it  is on a steep incline.  Today when I backed out of my garage and began the journey down the hill my durango slid all the way in a diagonal line.  I was very lucky I didn't take out the back end of the van.  There was absolutely nothing I could do as I just slide to a stop about half way down the hill.  I have a feeling that I will not be backing out in a very straight line all winter long and not because I am a bad driver!

I am getting excited for Christmas, I wish I had my Christmas tree up but that is on the end of my to do list which is a mile long. If I get it put up by Christmas Eve I will be doing good.  The best thing about Christmas this year is my parents are coming to visit on Christmas day!!


I am grateful for the taste of banana bread.

Great Day

I finally pushed my way through my 2-3 weeks worth of unopened mail!  I thought it would take me half an hour and I was way off the mark.  After 2 and a half hours of opening and throwing out most of it I am so happy to report to all that no one needs to come over tonight and shoot me.  I will live another day to tell another tale. 

I had the best day.  Besides the fact that I did something that I was dreading and putting off way to long, I also went and taught with the sister missionaries.  The funniest thing happened to me.  I say it is funny but if I wasn't the sort of person that just laughs at everything I think I would be questioning my likability.  So we went to see a sister in the ward who has become inactive.  She hasn't attended church for a year or so. I have had much experience with her, helping her in many ways over the last 3 years, needless to say she knows me very well.  Last week when I went to see her she cracked her door about two inches and then told me she couldn't visit with me that she needed to rest and I would need to come back (but then she asked me take her garbage out to the dump that she had sitting next to her door as she turned me away, I got a chuckle out of that.)  I asked her very nicely when I could come back and she told me Tuesday (which is today) as I happily took her garbage out to the dump, I told her I would see her then. 

Today when I showed up I knocked and I could hear her moving around in her apt. she finally asked through the closed door, "who is it?".  I answered "it is Sister Greer, remember you ask me to visit you today?"  Then the funniest thing...she didn't reply or say anything, she just ignored me.  I knocked a couple more times but she  pretended that no one was at the door.  Now I don't know what kind of message this would send you but I think she didn't want to talk to me.  I just laughed because how can you ignore someone that you just asked who was there?  Crazy people....

My next appointment with the missionaries was a great visit with a man who just became a new member.  He is one of the most amazing men I have ever met.  He is from Uganda and lived in a refugee camp for 6 years before coming to America.  He was in charge of feeding and housing 150 people each week (and many times he would have to arrange the burial of  many people who didn't have the strength to live through the  week).  This incredible man has a powerful testimony of Christ and the restored gospel.  It is always uplifting to spend time in his presence.  I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to be around such wonderful people.

I am grateful for my warm boots. (We did some tracking in the 12 degree weather..brr)

There is always something to do

I am going to take a minute to say good night.  I am finishing up my day and like I have said in the past there just isn't enough time in my day to get everything done.  I still have a pile of mail I haven't opened for two weeks that needs to be opened.  If I don't get through that pile of mail tomorrow I will need someone to come over to my house tomorrow night and just shoot me.  It seems like there are always 3 more phone calls that I need to make and 10 people that need visits from me and 2 loads of laundry that need to be done and a dishwasher that needs unloading and a floor that needs vacuuming and school work that needs monitoring and scriptures that need reading and a body that needs exercising and a box that needs unpacking and a dinner that needs fixing and it could go on forever....What I really need is a good night sleep!  So with that said, good night and good bye.

I am grateful for a healthy body. 

Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men (and women)

Today was a wonderful Sabbath day.  I felt the spirit so strongly as people bore their testimonies in church today.  I love when I come prepared to receive the messages Heavenly Father has for me.  I love this time of year when we celebrate the birth of Christ.  I hope you all enjoy this holiday and have a wonderful time making memories with the ones you love.

I am grateful for my testimony, I know that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and he is the Savior of the world.

Car Problems

So tonight is going to be a quickie.  I am going to go drop dead into bed in about two minutes.  That is how long it will take for me to wash my face. 

I had a good day of unpacking yet some more things (I think I will be unpacking for about 6 months).  I worked on house stuff for a few hours and then got ready to go to the church to help with our annual LDS Stake Nativity activity.  This is a huge event where more then 200 nativities go on display for two days with lots of local community holiday music and wonderful deserts.  This is open to the whole community and about 2,000 people attend.  I was in a hurry to get to the church to help with this event and just as I got to the top of the hill by my house my car stopped!  I didn't have my cell phone or a coat.  I had my nice dress boots and I was in nice slacks.  I wasn't sure what to do.  I knew I couldn't walk back down the hill to my house because I would just slip and slide all the way down probably on my butt.  So I hiked my body a couple of blocks to a neighbors house that I know from my ward and hoped that she was home.  Luckily for me she was.  I called Scott and had him come get me we went and tried to start the car (no luck) so he had to push me out of the middle of the road.  To make a very long story a little shorter...I made it to my church obligation 45 minutes late, I decided never to leave the house again without a phone and probably it would be a good idea in Minnesota that I didn't leave the house in the winter without my coat either.  Scott and Tanner were able to later get the car started and things should be good....we will see...I have this strange feeling that I may be writing a blog this week about how my car broke down leaving me stranded again!

I am grateful for neighbors who let me into their home on cold Minnesota days.

Brrr it is cold outside

These are for Allison.  She has been begging for some pics.

So a couple of nights ago Scott and I tried out the new hot tub.  There was a skiff of snow on the ground and it was 15 degrees outside.  I decided to wear my hat just in case my head froze off.

Here I am watching Scott from the back door as he opens up the hot tub in the freezing cold.  I was not about to go out there until it was ready for me to make a running dash right into the nice hot water.

It was so relaxing as Scott and I spent a few precious minutes together without any interruptions.

If you look really, really, really closely you might be able to see me! 

Good luck finding me through the steam :)

I am grateful for Elle for going to WalMart with me today, we had lots of fun.



To Do (there is always something to do)

To Do List for Thursday Dec. 2 2010

1. Unpack more boxes
2. Hang up a hundred pictures
3. Put up Christmas decorations
4. Organize my office stuff
5. Do laundry
6. Call piano mover
7. Open the mail that has been collecting for two weeks in a bag
8. Have missionaries and friend Emily over for a lesson
9. Call Charter have another technician come out to house because their service already sucks
10.  Do another hundred little things including phone calls, emails, and bossing the kids around

There really aren't enough hours in the day!

I am grateful for the two girls (not my own two girls) that I paid to come over to the old house today to finish up the cleaning...that was the best idea I had all week! 

Who gave who WHAT?

Once again I am tired.  It is only 6:00pm and I feel like I could go crawl into bed and not wake up for 12 hours.  Emma decided that today was a day she would like to attend seminary so like the nice mother that I am I dragged my butt out of bed just after 5 hours of sleep and took her to seminary. And I have bee running ragged for the rest of the day.  It was so nice to go to my presidency meeting today and have a nice little break from moving my body.  Shauna even called me sweetie and made me some hot apple cider.  I was in heaven for 2 hours.  Then it was back to the grind of cleaning the old house and unpacking the new house.

Elle just informed me that if all I am ever going to write about is how tired I am that I should quit blogging.  I told her ok that I would announce to you all that this is it.  My last blog.  All because my blogs have gotten so lame lately because I am so exhausted.

Speaking of exhausted...I am getting a cold sore.  Scott is also getting a cold sore.  We have been fighting about who gave who the cold sore.  I think Scott has given me his herpes virus.  I don't see any other way other then Scott kindly sharing  his herpes laden lips all over mine and giving me what I didn't want!

I am so grateful for Elle.