Beneath the Wraps

I did not go into as much detail with my examples for the assignment I had turned in . As I hadn't numbered my examples and had revised my assignment several times, I wasn't certain that I had covered six examples.   From what I've posted thus far, I know that I have covered at least seven, possibly eight.             And now for the moment you have all been waiting for:   Gravy Investments.   When Roland and I were first married, he believed that he would be the breadwinner and we would be able to make a living from his paychecks and that whatever income I brought to the household would be considered "gravy"   In other words, extra spending money.             So I gave two examples of "gravy".   One I had made a comment on in a discussion post and had initially attempted to incorporate into my assignment, but as my words were adding up, I decided to delet...

           This is a continuation of a post I had started yesterday.   I did not use a numbering system in the assignment I turned but wondered if it might be easier to read.   Meanwhile, it has gotten more lengthy. Property Management             I would rather "flip" properties than to use them as rentals.   Roland thought the ideal rental would be commercial property - renting out space to doctors, specifically or manage on office building.   That is something we have never done, but we did have two rental properties for family living.   There are different ways to be in property management.   1.        Sometimes Roland would (and still does) look at commercial properties that he could use to rent out office space or floor space.   We had actually looked at a squirrely layout in Sandy - there were 9 different rooms I think a...

          Last week I created a post about writing my assignment in first person wondering if I might get discredited for doing so.   Also, I thought it rather challenging to come up with 750+ words (I think I ended up with 753) Not only did I receive full credit but a comment from my instructor said that he had been entertained.   That was a bonus as it had not been my intent to entertain.   Perhaps I'll touch more upon it following the comments for this week's assignment which may take more than one post as I have several examples and well over 750 words.   I had actually started out with eight different examples, but felt it best to revise my assignment in order to keep it to less than 1,000 words.             So here is a rough outline accompanied by mostly personal examples - though I did start out by mentioning the A&E's former television series called "Se...

                Jenna can watch videos to learn skills.   Often she will pick things up and adapt the skills as her own.   I think I must have mentioned the book bags that we had made from tee shirts.   we made these bags from scrubs                 She can also blow an hard cooked egg out of its shell and she has used her paper cutting skills to impress her friends at school.   I couldn't get the full chain of six;  apparently her friends had never seen someone make chains of identicals                 She certainly has a lot more talents, but those are three.

            A couple of weeks ago we had the missionaries come over for dinner.   As we were talking, one of elders made the comment that several people don't see us a family oriented church.   I took the opportunity to explain to him why that might be.   Though there is a strong emphasis placed upon the family - even the definition according to the proclamation (see here ) seems discriminatory.   We're not all like that.   The average family doesn't fit the mold. The proclamation gives us an ideal that we are supposed to strive for.             When I wrote this post , I referred to a couple named Juleen and Al Jackson.   I mentioned how I'd been under the impression that Juleen had believed that the show should have focused more on their story (or families of similar living) rather than explore those that didn't quite fit into the mold of "Mormon living"   - she DID NOT say it that wa...

            I think my favorite talk for this past conference was this one given by Elder Ronald A. Rasband.     He talked about a subject that I have touched on my blog before.   I was reminded of a post I created just over a year and a half ago.   I had briefly discussed Wendy Ulrich's book "Habits of Happiness".   The particular subject was "Don't try to get   Help from your Problems" - in other words, ask God to help you make your weaknesses become strengths - rely upon Him as the path you thought you may have chosen isn't necessarily the right one for you.                 It is interesting that so many of us can listen to or read the same exact talk and walk away from it with a different interpretation than another might - just as with the parables the Savior would deliver to those who would listen and those who...

            For the last five weeks or so, I've had instructors stress the importance of using reliable computers and Internet because if an assessment is turned in incomplete or daily checkpoints aren't answered, there is nothing they can do about it.   It's been emphasized before, but I hadn't noticed as much as I have the last four or five weeks.   Apparently there are electronic gremlins invading the entire school - and not just the students.             I recall the instructors having their turn with Zoom issues and recently the electronic bugs have spread themselves to all workers - I'm thinking even the technicians although I can't say for certain.                 On Tuesday there were facebook reminders that summarized Roland's birthday on various years.   He was sick on the last two   birthdays...