Tag: Mickey
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Alter the Management
I’ve been brainstorming today about what changes would fundamentally change the equation for me and the family. Here are things I have identified: Make an unbreakable habit of daily prayer (how?) Fast with purpose Attend the temple regularly Regular family scripture study (is that even possible for us?) Increase income by $1000/month Get a job…
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A life well loved
This morning as I was about to hop in the shower Alyssa came to my room and called out to me, “Dad it’s Mitzi, she’s slow and not very responsive this morning.” I went downstairs and Alyssa was holding Mitzi who we walking slowly and wobbly and keeping her eyes closed. It was clear that…
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EFY Round II
We went up to Logan today to drop Alyssa off at EFY (Especially For Youth) – I hope she had a life-changing and faith-building well there. We took the kids around to it various houses from when we lived there and got Aggie ice cream then stopped at the Air Force museum on the way…
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New arrangements
This weekend we’ve reorganized a few things which will hopefully have positive results. We moved Savannah and Alyssa into the room that Ezra and Noah were not really loving in and definitely not caring for. The boys are now officially roomless and sleeping in the family room. Before they officially had a room but were…
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Cruising
Today I felt so everything as I worked on reporting for our expired OKRs and planning the new ones. I had very positive interactions surrounding those high level activities and I have found during this last quarter that I could maintain better focus on what needed to be done (although part of that improvement is…
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Mystery injury
My whole day had been colored by the pain of my ankle. I have no indication of how I might have hurt it but it is slightly swollen and I can hardly walk on it. Thankfully I could sit for much of the day for conference and I loved many of the talk I heard.…
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Arise from the dust and be men
In that invitation for his sons to be men I hear the exaggeration, frustration, and pleading of Lehi. He sees the limitations of his influence and knows the sons her is speaking to are capable of being better than they have been performing. It is my tone with Isaac and often Enoch and Noah and…
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Mitzi scare
If Mitzi does soon it will be at least partly my fault. I’ve noticed the last few weeks that she seems more frail and less lively. She doesn’t seem sick, just let energetic, like she is getting old (which she is). Today I didn’t notice that Alyssa had set her in my shoulder and as…
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Family Kanban
I had shared the idea of a kanban board for the family with Laura and explained that it would be fully compatible with the organization she wanted to establish in the family but until now I had not started it because Laura want ready. As we were having a discussion she disagreed with my assessment…
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Another driver
Alyssa finally got another chance to take her driver’s test and this time she passed so that she now has a learner’s permit and we get to start training her to be a safe, effective, and confident driver.