A few days later

So here it is a few days later, I have already fallen into the "not writing on my blog" trap again after one post where I said "It has been a while" Sigh.... Sometimes I don't write because I don't feel like I have anything to say. This is probably true most of the time.... I wonder if that is why Mormon only wrote a "100th" part of the story when he abridged the Book of Mormon. Was the rest of it just mindless drivel like my journals are? I really hope not, but, there has got to be some of what he left out that really has no point. Hopefully if that is the case it is because someone has already said it. Unfortunately I do not think that is the case with my writings. My writings have no point some times simply because they have no point. Like today, the only reason I am writing is so I don't have to say "well it has  been a while, again."
My mother-in-law has been staying with us this week. Yesterday she mentioned that she would like to hear me play and sing. I got the guitar out for the first time in a long time and sat down to play.  

It was nice to sit on the back deck in the middle of July, the weather was very pleasant, and sing and play. Barb took this picture and posted it on Facebook. There have been a lot of comments about it. This is something I enjoy but do not do enough of. I have not taken time for these little pleasures lately. I hope I can follow the council given by President Norquist when he set me apart for my calling in the bishopric to find balance between work, family, calling and time for myself. I have not figured that one out just yet. I am however going to spend the day tomorrow refereeing soccer, something else that I really enjoy. It has been a very nice week. There is a lot going on, but, this week for some reason, I have been able to slow down just a little bit. Tonight I get to go to a concert with Rachel. I don't think I have ever done anything like that with any of my kids. Barb is unable to go because her mom is here, I am excited to go with Rachel. We take her to Utah for school in a month. My how the time flies.

So it has been a while......

Dang, I have already used that title before.... oh well, it has been a while. I was recently reading an article in the Ensign about keeping a journal.... one of the suggestions was to keep a journal by keeping a blog.... made me think of my blog and the fact that it has been a really long time since I have posted anything to it. I am really bad that way, I will make entries in my journal or on my blog and then I will go for a long time and not make any. Sigh, I always have the excuse of how busy things are.... So that isn't really a good excuse, I know.
A brief run down of the summer so far....
Remodel projects, graduation, girls camp, trek, more remodel projects, work, serving in callings.... I could go on and on. Funny story about the latest remodel project. So I am redoing the bathroom in the basement, new shower, new vanity, new sink new toilet, floor, the whole works. The bathroom down stairs has no HVAC vent so in the winter it is cold. That being said, we decide to put a fan/light/heater in the ceiling. This requires a 20 amp circuit, it only has a 15 amp circuit. So, I am pulling new 12 gauge wire from the panel for the 20 amp circuit, this requires the drilling of holes through the floor joists to get the wire where I need it.I cut several holes in the sheet rock.... next time I am just going to tear the sheet rock out, live and learn.... and find that drilling holes is difficult because there isn't a lot of room for the drill / drill bit combo. Anyway, in one particularly tight spot I cannot really see what I am doing as I drill the hole. Good thing that the sister missionaries are present when I do this because I drilled a 3/4" hole through the floor, yes all the way through the new hard wood floor in our living room. I think that the missionaries being there is the only thing that kept Barb from killing me. I know their presence is the only thing that kept me from swearing. Since the sisters were there, all we could do was laugh about it. Right now the rug covers the hole nicely, it is going to be a lot of work to replace the plank with the hole in it, so it may be a while.... Sigh, live an learn, take the sheet rock out so you can see what you are doing, the sheet rock is much easier to fix than the floor. The whole process is teaching us patience, control, skills and a whole lot of other stuff.
I think that another change since the last time that I wrote on my blog is that I am no longer with Aarmac, however, I still work for Robert, Mac and Debbie at the shop. I am now managing the shop so that it can be a profitable operation instead of just a drain. I actually like being at the shop, mostly because there is some variety, and I am not sitting in a cubical all day. I can get out and turn a wrench, drive a truck, mow the weeds and basically get away from my desk from time to time. I have enjoyed it.
So ok, time flies when you are writing on a blog, it need to go. Hopefully I will make more frequent entries.