Tag: Laura
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Sophomore slump
I can’t decide how much of it was the second day where novelty is lower and how much was me doing less pushing but there were far fewer things moving across the kanban board today. It wasn’t horrible, just less impressive than yesterday. Laura and I are both feeling that Ezra is getting too much…
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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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Highs and lows
Today was a very exciting day because Isaac was ordained a deacon. The grandparents and uncle Bill came but otherwise it was just our nuclear family. Savannah also gave a great talk in sacrament meeting. Overall the day went very well. On the other hand, it ended on a low note as we had a…
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Reasons
Not for the first time, Laura is unhappy that I am not complimentary enough and don’t take notice of her successes. There are few claims a person could make that would have more validity than that. On the other hand, in context that is no indictment on Laura -simply an evidence of my own brokenness.…
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A Turning Point
Emma woke me up a couple of times last night and after the second time for some reason I began remembering the time period when she was born – March of 2013 – and felt the need to record those memories. During the first months of 2013 I was commuting from Bountiful to Lehi to…
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Labor day
Laura wanted to go kayaking today but I had determined that I had too much work to do today. By 6:30 this morning I was unloading the trailer. By the time I woke everyone up (Emma and Noah were already awake) at 8:45 I had unloaded the trailer, designed a shelving system for the garage,…
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Piano girl
Tonight Savannah started looking at pianos on KSL classifieds while Laura and I were running errands. She made arrangements to go see pianos ranging in price from $800 to $50. I had warned her that any piano priced at $100 or less was very likely to be a reclamation project. The first 2 pianos sounded…
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Three modes
I get treated like an imbecile when Laura is trying to be polite. I get treated like a Neanderthal when she’s upset. Most of the time I’m just treated like a resource/servant. Also, I find it not a little ironic that I get to listen to her deal with Alyssa right now in exactly the…
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Shooting straight
Laura is frustrated with me right now because of many perceived mistakes etc which she can’t leave behind. She says she wants an apology but truthfully no apology will ease her mind much. The truth is she needs to learn to cast her burden at the feet of the Lord and be healed. Looking forward…
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Goodbye Ellis
In the middle of work today Mariah called but I couldn’t take her call. When I texted to ask what she needed she said she would tell me when I got home. I immediately began to worry about the guinea pigs. Ellis has been in pain for a couple of weeks and had been losing…