Tag: life
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Mini disaster
I tried tweaking some settings on my site to fix my inability to write posts using the web interface. Unfortunately during the process I did a restore of my backup from last week. I thought it was just a restore of my files but apparently it was also a restore of the database so all…
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A Good Day
I finally got up early enough to go play basketball at the church at 5:30 this morning. I got a good workout and proved to myself that whatever basketball skills I ever had are gone now. I ended by receiving a massive body check from a 260-pound big man. I also finished reviewing the last…
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Crossing the Desert
Last night the boys had a rough night and consequently I was not at all rested this morning. As we were getting ready for church we discovered that Ezra’s mouth was bleeding. It looked like his lip had become caught between his budding front teeth. I’m not sure if that was really what happened but…
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A Good Day
Today was a very nice day. We went to This is the Place Heritage Park in the morning with the kids for an hour or so and had a nice time. We came home before everyone got cranky from the heat. For lunch we discovered that all the kids really like having the apricot jam…
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Finishing Touches
Another 9 hours of work today (total of 66 now) has enabled me to provide a webmail interface for users and set up an account with PayPal to receive payments. I am working on implementing a payment button and a donation button for the site but I am ready to start talking about the business…
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Leaning Into the Wind
I have come to the conclusion after this last week, especially as I look back at that last year and forward at the directions we are going, that I may not make noticeable progress spiritually or financially for the foreseeable future. I had two of the hardest years of my life while I was serving…
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Reading and Writing
Five days ago I lost my job—again (second time in three moths). I had already been pursuing a business idea in the evenings for a couple of weeks and Laura and I felt that the correct direction for our family would be to build that business. It should be able to support us within a…
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Kicking Against the Pricks
I never thought that I was kicking against the pricks – especially spiritually. I have always tried to be dedicated to the gospel and the church. I have tried to be faithful in my callings and in my family, but I now know what Saul felt when the Savior said to him: “It is hard…
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6 October 2009
Sunday evening (as I recall) we saw a deer with a very lame leg in our yard as we pulled into the driveway. We considered calling Animal Control but it was outside of office hours. This morning Laura noticed that we had a deer laying down in our yard behind the trampoline. We assumed it…
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9 September 2009
Life is interesting in the way you can know how things should be and yet despite your best efforts it does not always cooperate. Three examples:One, the kids were not very cooperative today with chores etc. probably because they knew that Marsha was coming to visit. Two – although it might not have been fully…