Beneath the Wraps

              I could have slept in this morning as I did not need to be up with Jenna.   She's currently in Portland with the rest of her schoolmates.   She had asked if I'd take her to the school yesterday morning.   Quite understandable.   She didn't wish to carry her "luggage" on the bus and then up the hill. I don't like to drive in school traffic and told her we would have to leave early.             Since I had to go back through downtown anyway, I decided I would stop at the park for some needed exercise and hopefully dodge the buses.   It had been colder outside than I had predicted.   I made good timing with missing the buses - except for one returning to the bus yard - at least I would guess.   I didn't have to stop for it though.   It seemed to be going slower than the allowed speed limit, but that's okay.   I...

                  The assignment for my Philosophy class was to write my opinion on a dream job - which I already established in this post is NOT in accounting - though I may consider applying for said position with the Hallmark Corporation - though I think there would be other positions that would be of better interest.           After reading over my assignment, I decided I hadn't completed the expected requirements and so am posting this to my blog instead. What is a Dream Job?             "The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive" - Albert Einstein (Doyle, 2018)             The words "Dream" and "Job" together feel like such an oxymoron.  A job is something I would have in or...

Scenario: You are an instructor about to present a lecture that you will need to record anyway.   It is 11:30 mountain time - the time announced to students when live lecture takes place.   You turn on your computer ready to start the meeting and there is no one there to listen to you live question:     Do you start the lecture on time? Do you walk away from your computer and decide to return a few minutes later?   Do you wait half an hour after designated time before you start?   or would you start on time even though there isn't anybody with you at the start? I would hope you would start on time.   five or ten minutes after the designated time, maybe, but not half an hour.    I was late for class, I'll admit that.   Maybe 15 to 20 minutes.   There was somebody else signed on beside the instructor.   Why isn't he talking?   I am late for class.   What am I missing?   How come the sign on sc...

            I have the hardest time teaching the old testament to children - the story of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac or all the lies and deceit that took place and seem contradictory to the message I am supposed to convey.   Yesterday's lesson was on Jacob and the 12 tribes.   The last time our class met, the lesson was on Jacob and Esau.   We related the account of how Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage.   Rebecca dressed Jacob in goat skin in order to trick Isaac into giving him the blessing that was supposedly given in Esau's name             It's been suggested that both parents played along as it had been revealed when Rebecca was pregnant with the two that each twin would bear nations but that the elder would serve the younger.   Perhaps Rebecca and Isaac had put on the charade for Esau's sake.   It's still dece...

            Funny how since giving the lesson on "Divine Design" to the RS sisters almost a month ago, that I have been noticing more parallels and "divine design" examples in so many lives that I hear about.  Last week  Jenna and I watched this story on Sunday Morning - a program that Roland has on almost every Sunday I have known him.                He was in the kitchen making breakfast for Jenna and me when the Steven Hartman shared his piece about an unlikely friendship between Ben Taylor from Ogden, Utah and Joel Willie from Liberia.   Joel was in need of money and has been using facebook to connect with strangers to invest in a business.   Ben Taylor accepted his friendship that he might keep Joel so busy that he wouldn't have time to scam anyone else.   Joel's interest was in an electronics outfit located in New Jersey, but Ben had googled the address...

            It might not even be Microsoft or Windows but rather a scam - which indicates that it needs to be corrected.  Constant interruptions whenever I use the web - I used to get a warning page with white captions in red background and even voice advising to call Microsoft IMMEDIATELY!   Roland says he gets that too, but ignores and proceeds.  His computer is for work.  I guess if he can do it, I can do it.  The other day I was researching for an assignment.  I got the message that I had been locked out of my computer and my screen went white.  In the corner was a number to call.  I reported it to Roland who said he would look at it but was taking too long for me and so I called the number to give them hell.             I got a recording.  Could I please take a short survey while I wait.  I guess.  I don't even remember what ...

                The weather seemed to be the perfect temperature during Bill and Kayla's visit - except for the last day which was cold.   We had a few perfect days since until Tuesday and Wednesday.   Unbelievable Heat Wave.   Roseburg broke a record of 90 degrees on the 25th of April.   How dare it be warmer in Oregon than in Salt Lake!             We had watched the news to learn of how much longer.   We were told that yesterday would be hot but not as bad as the last two days.   The next week predicted a drastic drop in temperature and rain.   Of course, we'll get rain.   We can make that happen just by putting up our A/C.   At first, Roland was just going to do our bedroom, and wait to install the A/C in the main room.   After watching the news, I thought he might in the bedroom, but he ended up...

            There is a family history fair coming up in May.   Someone had made reference to the importance of it during our conference meeting.   Yes.   It is important.   Good hygeine is important - yearly checkups with the doctor and semi-annually for the dentist.  That doesn't mean we love doing it.            I have been rereading the autobiography of my former neighbor's mother.   She was 81 when her words were published and lived another 25 years.   She is the oldest living person that I have personally known. It has been interesting reading about the history she has lived. She enjoyed family history.               I prefer the picture taking and journal entrees over research and accumulated documents that may or may not be a distant relation. Currently, I have at least three ...

            When there are not enough active members attending church, wards may combine as others are done away with.   When there is growth in the church, new wards and stakes are created. I have lived in such areas that affected ward boundaries.             I am too young to remember when my mom and neighbors were a part of the third ward.   I had always known us as the forth.   Just after or right before I had graduated high school, it was announced that our ward boundaries would be changing as our stake would include members on the west side of state street.   One and a half streets were made a part of the seventh ward.   I remember there wasn't much support in the "sustaining vote" - nevertheless, it was carried out.                It wasn't too many years later when I was o...