Presidential Race

I know that it is unlikely that a whole lot of people will read this I just want to get my opinion about voting out there.

People should really do their research and vote for who they think is the best person for the job even if it is not one of the candidates from the main parties.
I am not claiming to be perfect about this I am sure there are somethings where my knowledge is lacking but I also know that there are some people who will make the decision for presidential race because one is black, whether it is for or against (that is not what Martin Luther King Jr. fought for he fought for the idea that it didn't matter what race a person is, only who the person is) and then there are some who are for or against a candidate because of their religion (the founding fathers had a mix of religions and backgrounds but they had a common purpose).

Do your homework people and then decide which one you think will do the better job as President, then hope and pray that who ever ends up with the job will do right by the American people.

Please remember just because someone has a different opinion then you isn't a reason to get into a fight, if you want to talk politics you will get your point across much better if you talk calmly say your opinion let them say theirs and realize that they have the right to agree or disagree with what you are saying just like you have the right to agree or disagree with what they are saying.

Also remember that things don't end up like they are just because of the President he is not all powerful (though he has been allowed more powers then he should really have, if you look at what the position was supposed to be). Be wise in your choices for other government positions as well.

I am not saying who I am voting for is how everyone should vote, and I am trying to make this an unbiased statement, I just wish more people would do there homework and not let religion, race or biased media (in whatever form) make the decision for you. We have the ability to chose for ourselves so use that power wisely.

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Elements

So I've been working at Elements for a couple month's now, I am loving it. It is a little slow right now but it should be picking up here shortly I have a few people who said that they will come back to see me. I am a little bored since I only work 15 hours a week I am planning to build that up to 20 but I am keeping my eyes open for a second job (just another 20 hours for a 40 hour work week) so that I can save up some money since you never know what the future may bring. But I do love the work that I am doing now and I hope to be able to do this type of work for quite some time. 

Matt is happily married now he got married back in June and it turned out to be a very good day and it was nice to see so much of my family here in Spokane and catch up with them a little bit. I will try to post pictures soon.

Being in the RS presidency has been a real learning experience and although it is not always easy I am loving the things I am learning and appreciating even more the power of prayer.

4 Weeks Notice

Today I when I went to get my pay check I also gave them a 4 weeks notice that I would be leaving. So the last day I am available to work there will be on July 11th. I would have only given them 2 weeks notice but I know that it will be hard to get people to cover my shift and I have really liked working there so I don't want to make it too hard on them, I just know that with my new job and the hours that I have there, church, and my calling that it would be to hard to handle it all. Also the requirements at Beneficial and at Elements would conflict with each other. There are also other reasons why I am not wanting to do both. So I will handle it all for a month and I will look for part time work somewhere else, since my new job is only 15 hours a week. I am excited for the changes. :)

Catch up

I said at the beginning that I wasn't sure about regularity on this. I love photos and I wanted to post some but I am having a little issue with that right now, so no photos for this post but maybe I'll get that worked out soon because I think many times photos say things better then I can.
   Lets see since Thanksgiving. I turned 29 just one year away from 30 and I was thinking about how I thought my life would be when I got home from my mission. By now I thought that I would be married with a kid or at least one on the way. I thought that I I would be an RN for at least a year and that I would be living some where other the Spokane by now. Isn't it great that not everything goes as I plan. I am thankful for everything that has happened in my life and although I think that it would be nice for things to go the way I want to every now and then I am grateful that I have a loving Heavenly Father who knows how things really should go.
   Christmas was fun, although Eric didn't feel well. I love my family, even though there are times when I want knock some sense into them. We had a fun time together and it was nice to have us all together like that since it doesn't always happen. The best part for me was that we all went to church together. We filled up a whole center pew and the only reason why we didn't have people in a second pew was because we had some kids on laps. It was so nice to have us all at church I could just imagine Mom looking down on us and smiling to see her kids and grandchildren together like that in church. I hope this all happens more often and that Doug will once again be an active member of the church like when he was young.
   In January I finally finished all the requirements for massage school so that I could take the test and apply for my license. Also Matt started to date Nicole.
Matt proposed to Nicole and will be married on the 23rd of June. It was so much fun to see them together and to see Matt get so excited about proposing there were a few times that he and I talked in Portuguese as he was telling me what he was planning as far as asking her father and proposing.
   March I took my national certification test for massage and I passed :) ! I was so happy! I am now a certified Massage therapist.
   In April I sent my application in for my Licence and in May I got my license and now I am a Licensed Massage Practitioner (LMP).
   May 2 I got called to talk with the bishop and I knew it was coming but I wanted to deny that I was going to fill in the position since Nicole was our Relief Society President and she would soon need to be released because of her approaching wedding. But the bishop asked me if I was willing to give up my three callings (Munch and Mingle coordinator, Sacrament meeting pianist and Relief Society pianist) in order for me to get a new calling. I said okay and I totally knew what was coming next. He asked me to fulfill the calling of Relief Society President. Let me tell you I never understood why someone seeks to have this calling, I have seen a number of Relief Society Presidents who tend to have a lot to do and it just seems stressful to me, also I know that a lot of people tend to think that the Relief Society President is practically perfect, organized, and put together. Let me tell you I am definitely not perfect and I am not extremely organized, though I will admit I try to be. I also don't have all my i's dotted and my t's crossed. I know that this calling will stretch me in ways that I never been stretched before and nothing made that clearer then what was said when I got set apart. I know that in the end I will be grateful for everything that I will learn. I am grateful now for the opportunity to serve others in this capacity I just hope that I will be able to serve in a way that will be pleasing to Him.
   Also in May I was interviewed at Elements Therapeutic Massage and in June I was hired. Starting this or next week I will have my first shift. I am excited for this change in jobs, I will be leaving the job that I've had as a Nursing Assistant with Beneficial In-home Care, I have enjoyed my time with them and I was going to work both jobs for a while but I feel that it is time that I leave Beneficial. I am most sad to leave my clients, there families and most of the other care providers I work with. I do plan to get a second job with a part time position to help me gain more experiences, I agree with the idea that Robert Kiyosaki said in his book Rich Dad Poor Dad about how different job experiences can help you in the future.
   That about sums up what has been going on since Thanksgiving. Here in a month I will be done with Beneficial, looking for a second job and hopefully moving into a new place, I've had the feeling for a while that it is time for me to move out of Angie's.
   I hope that all of you are doing well and I will try to be more diligent about posting on here.

Jake photo

I took this photo a little while back but I think it is just so cute that I wanted to share. My roommate, Angela, and I are trying to get Jake (the husky) off the couch now which is an interesting challenge but hopefully we will be able to accomplish that before the weather gets to warm and he starts shedding. Angela bought a bed for him that stays in the living room but it has turned out to be more loved by the cats as I can only remember one time that he really slept on it without being persuaded.

It is interesting to live in a small house with 5 animals. I wouldn't have so many animals myself in such a small house at least, especially with such a big dog that doesn't like to stay outside, Jake was just too spoiled with his previous owner and he doesn't have free rein of the yard since there is no fence on the side of the house to keep him in the backyard. If we leave him outside he starts yodeling (yes I said yodeling), he can howl, but like a number of huskies he knows how to yodel. When we leave him all alone in the house he will yodel and you can here him as you get into your car. He also likes to keep the cats from fighting by running through the hint of a fight. Also he is a baby which is a good thing and a bad thing it is good because he is not aggressive even with small kids it is bad because if he gets his chain wrapped around anything even a small weed he will start these really high pitched whines and an urgent bark like he is in some kind of trouble.

Thanksgiving 2011

Thanksgiving was great, my brother Eric and his family were in town, it was the first time that they have been in Spokane for a holiday in like 3 or 4 years. It was nice to spend time with them and the kids without me being sick this time. My family who lives in Spokane were there, except my brother Doug and his family. We had a lot of fun and it was funny to watch two of my cousins get so happy about having a baby there who was so chubby they thought he was so cute with his chubby little cheeks and arms. It was really nice to have everyone together. 

 For Christmas all of us siblings were at Dad and Sue's place, that was really special since it was the first time all of us had been together for many years. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me for Christmas so I didn't get any photos. The most special part for me with Christmas was that we all went to church together even my Uncle Jeff who I can only remember coming to church one other time and that wasn't for a Sunday meeting. All of us except Eric were at church because he stayed at the house because he really wasn't feeling good. He was doing better after some rest but he and his family didn't make it to our Aunt Tasma's house to play games so that hopefully he would feel better for driving back to Tacoma the next day.

 I hope that we are able to repeat these get together's more often since we are all on the western half of the country again. And no one is going on a mission anytime soon.

Dad and Sue with Eric's Kids

Eric and Caralee with Lilli

Eric and Caralee's little chubby boy Jared

Vertigo

So yeah, this was fun in September the same day that my step-brother Matt got married I experienced Vertigo.  At one in the morning on a Saturday I woke up feeling extremely dizzy like after spinning on one of those rides that plaster you to the wall. I wasn't even able to walk three steps because of how dizzy I was and then I wasn't able to crawl very far after that I felt like I was just spinning. I was a little freaked out because I had never experienced it before so I woke my roommate up and thinking that this wasn't going to change anything soon and I didn't feel like I was able to get up at all by myself, I had her call 911 to go to the hospital it took two people to keep me steady on my feet and then after going down the hall I vomited. But of course it's not like that took away my dizziness. After  I got to the hospital I got a MRI and a MRA. And my father showed up soon after I got to the hospital. They gave me an IV and some meds to help me. I had a hard time opening my eyes for any of this and it was horrible to move so I just tried to stay as still as possible. After a couple hours they were going to send me home but first I went to the bathroom and so I had to get in a wheel chair then as I set up I vomited then after transferring to the wheel chair I vomited as I transferred to the toilet I vomited then after transferring back to the wheel chair I vomited, back to the bed I vomited. After all the vomiting they decided to keep me at the hospital for the day which was a good thing because I don't think that I could have taken care of myself for the first 24 hours. I slept a lot and had a bunch of visitors and I went home on Sunday afternoon.

All of this was due to a viral infection in my ear. The meds helped to keep the edge off of the dizziness but I mostly had to just wait for my body to take care of it.
I was out of work for a week and a half and I probably shouldn't have gone back at that point but I knew that I couldn't really take any more time off. It took about a month before I felt like myself again. I slept a lot during the month, afterwords I felt like I was a month behind and that it should still be September. Time passed extremely fast for a while but finally I was able to catch up.During this time my brother and his family (that were living in Pennsylvania) came to Spokane for a few days before moving to Tacoma. I was able to hang out with them for a while but I over exerted myself playing with my nieces so the next day wasn't to fun but I felt that it was worth it since I hadn't spent much time with them. Since then I have been more prone o dizziness when I get really tired but I have been mostly good with getting enough sleep.

Eastern Idaho State Fair

 Back in September during Labor day weekend I went with my friend Katie to her parent's house in Idaho Falls (in South Eastern Idaho) I got to see the Body exhibit at the museum and I got to go to the state fair down there.  I loved the exhibit but of course they didn't want people taking pictures.

We also went to the Eastern Idaho State Fair. We went last year too another friend of Katie's came with us too.

This was fun to see as people were in these balls some were better then others
in moving around.

We are planning to go to the fair again next year too.

I forgot how long it has been since I posted I kept on thinking that I would post again but I kept on putting it off and now it has been months I will try to catch up on some of the things that have happened since the last time I posted, as soon as I remember where I put my camara.