Beneath the Wraps

  When you need to confront someone, would you rather communicate in person, on the phone, e-mail or letter? In what situation do you find yourself “ walking on eggshells ” ?        I would rather confront someone in person but is not always possible.  Often words aren ’ t read the way they are intended or said verbally. Recently I had (well still in the process) a confrontation with my oldest son who constantly gives off verbal vibes that he would like to take his life in a new direction. I know he isn ’ t happy about his current situation but only seems to TALK about change rather than ACTING upon changing.  He reads my advice in a different way than I am telling him – though I don ’ t imagine talking with him in person would help out our situation.  He doesn ’ t bother to follow any council that Richard and I have given him or will continue to give him. He had said that he wanted to move to Oregon.   His wife believes that they can ob...

                  When I left the house this morning the view was clear and I could see to drive.  There were clouds surrounding the hills across the way, but nothing obstructing my view. That is until I drove nearer to the church.  The fog seemed to descend upon Myrtle Creek as though the limits were completely swallowed.  I am grateful I did not have to drive up North or South Myrtle as the roads seem to disappear into the whiteness.           When Jenna and I returned home the fog had thickened our surroundings in Tri City.   It was as though the process of lifting was reversed.   It wasn’t particularly cold outside – or at least my body didn’t think it was.   It was nice to get home and off the road.           I had paid off a loan with my bank in Oregon.   I had written a check before December 7 th .   I h...

When we had purchased juice, sodas, bottled water and so forth in Salt Lake, we were not required to put a deposit on the containers.   Here in Oregon we are.   Some people don’t seem to care that they are paying ten cents extra and will carelessly toss containers away as recycling seems to be such a bother – which it is.   I was not opposed to tossing cans into the recycle bin when we lived in Salt Lake, but all of those cans and bottles add up – especially for party animals or those who drink by the pack.    There are some areas that offer services by providing machines outside of their stores, others who have tried their hand at providing the service but doing away with the service when it becomes more work for the store who has to send employees out to empty bins, clear jams and what have you. The local store Rays has a couple of machines out front. But for those who have bags and bags of bottles, Roseburg BottleDrop Redemption Center is a really great...

           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...

          When I was 7th grade, the mandatory history class focused on American history and Utah history.   We had first did a brief study on Europe and the reasons given for explorers making their way to the American continent.   I don't recall a lot on either Revolutionary or Civil Wars though I'm certain that each was mentioned.   We cruise through Utah history as 95% of the class had been raised in the LDS church and obviously knew more about Utah's history than the text book - which had Joseph Smith martyred by hanging - in Utah.   Joseph Smith was not hung nor did he live long enough to see the Church move toward the Utah territory.             That is just one example that I remember.   The instructor was not LDS, but he could see that the class wasn't going to budge - weather right or wrong. I think we ended up skipping three chapters.   It was t...