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Author: Michael and Lindsay Condie
Do you ever feel like life is out of sorts and you're totally helpless??? Check this out:
Mike's phone - he waits months to get a new one since his screen was broken, finally gets a new one, and a week later the dogs chew it completely up. Hopefully insurance will cover it.
Mike's classes - one of his classes was full, so I spent 2 or 3 weeks emailing teachers trying to get him in the class. Classes have now started, and it still hasn't been taken care of.
Mike's financial aid - tuition still isn't paid, and he can't get his books. His loan has been processing for about a month now with no luck yet and no one seems to know the answer to anything.
House - the upstairs is torn up yet again, this time to tile... we've never done it before so there is a lot of uncertainty!
Me - I've been getting sick the last couple of days... great!
Car - Unbelievable. I take it in to get safety and emissions and windshield replaced in order to register it. $400 and 4 days later, it still didn't have safety and emissions and I couldn't get a straight answer out of these people. We're now going on about a week and a half, and still can't seem to get anything done. I'm taking it to a new place today, but I'm down to the last hope.
Small Claims - I've been working a lot on our small claims case against Gold's Gym, but haven't had time yet to run downtown and pay for the forms. Once I do that and serve the papers, there's just more waiting time.
To make matters worse, my house is a mess and laundry isn't being kept up.
How do people do all this stuff with kids?!?!? I don't know if I'd ever be able to!!
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13:55 |
Author: Michael and Lindsay Condie
Here is our family picture finally!
Left to right, it's Bandit, Mike, Jack, Sophie, Lindsay, and Jasper. This was taken in our super nice backyard (sarcasm?) but at least we have a good view of the mountains :) Missing from the photo is Hewie the hampster and Stinkie the fish. I got enough battle scars as it was from taking this picture, I don't know how we could have added them!
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13:24 |
Author: Michael and Lindsay Condie
Thought I'd update on what we've been doing this summer...
In April/May we went on a cruise to Mexico with Stacey, Kyle, Julie, and Dave. That was where Julie and Dave fell in love! (and are now getting married)
For our anniversary, we luckily still had flight benefits, so we flew down to Costa Rica for 4 days, and it was amazing! We've never been anywhere like it. It was definitely an adventure and I did things I thought I'd never do--like fly on a super small propeller plane! It was scary, but I'm glad I did it.
The day after we got back, I started working at FranklinCovey as a meeting planner. It is a much better job for me and for the first time since we got married, we have the same work schedule, meaning we finally have nights and weekends off together! It has been really nice to have more time together, especially to play with the dogs and work on the house. We have been working on the house a lot, and have made a lot of progress. Within the next month we should be done with the upstairs and have the blinds installed. Then we can turn our attention to the basement, which will be like starting all over again! I have to sometimes think about how worth it it will be in the end. It's a lot of work.
Julie and I found a little homeless yorkie wandering around a few days ago, so we picked him up and took him home. He is a sweet little dog! We are keeping him until we find his owners... or if not, who knows?? We also got a hamster, Mike named him Hewie even though it's a girl. I won't touch the thing, but he loves to play with it (aka tease) a lot.
Other than that, we've been enjoying the HOT HOT weather, and getting a lot of sun!
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13:26 |
Author: Michael and Lindsay Condie
The title says it all, I don't know where the time has all gone!
We got our little puppy, Sophie about a week and a half ago, she is so fun! A lot of work, but that's a given with puppies.
I'm doing well on my goals list, I have 6 done I think and have a few more planned. I'm also looking for another part time job for some extra money, so we can pay off some debt and get the house finished. I've gone to a few interviews so far, but as of yet, nothing has panned out.
Julie moved in with us this week (downstairs) and is looking for a job also and getting settled. Over spring break, the rest of the family was here and did a ton of work on our house! It is starting to be really organized and finally giving us space to finish remodeling the rest of it. Still a LOT of work to go though!
Other than that, we are just plugging along, looking forward to being on our cruise in Mexico in 4 weeks!
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11:33 |
Author: Michael and Lindsay Condie
And here are my 101 goals, sorry Emily, I copied some of yours and your format!! I'll update my progress as I go.
Crafts
1. Make a quilt for my first baby
2. Have Mike teach me, and make a memory chest
3. Finish a cross stitch project
4. Sew a dress and wear it
Personal History
5. Scrapbook Mike’s Mission memorabilia
6. Plan a system to organize personal history now and in future
7. Carry out the plan to organize personal history
8. Do a concise personal history of our ancestors for our kids
9. Edit and compile all family videos, including those from our childhood
10. Write in my journal once a week for 6 months (0/25)
Community/Friends
11. Host a dinner party
12. Go to an enrichment activity
13. Vote in the presidential election
14. Give a 100% tip
Cooking/Food
15. Learn how to start a garden and grow 3 vegetables
16. Plan an elaborate meal for the dinner party
17. Live as a vegetarian for two weeks (0/2)
Church/Spiritual
18. Go through 12 endowment sessions in 12 months (0/12)
19. Explain my beliefs to someone not of my own faith
20. Read the bible and take corresponding lecture classes
21. Pray personally two times a day for a month (0/31)
22. Go through 10 new temples (other than where I’ve already been) (0/10)
Home
23. Put up the back fence by the end of this March (2008)
24. Finish the home remodel and sell the house (Summer 2009)
25. Landscape both the front and back yards with flowers and vines
26. Create an organizational system that is easily moved and accessed
27. Make our bed every day for a month (0/31)
28. Go through our clothes and get rid of ones we don’t wear anymore
29. Take down the ugly window coverings outside the house
Finances
30. Pay off all debt, at least with sale of home (Summer 2009)
31. Buy our 2nd house
32. Buy property in a place we would like to settle, for division and resale
33. Make a profit from a business
34. Save $10.00 for each goal I complete = $1001.00 (0/101)
35. Write a living/death will
36. Invest in a company and watch the stock for 1 year
37. Get a life insurance policy
Family/Parenting
38. Get pregnant and birth our first child
39. Train the dogs to come when called
40. Train the dogs to walk on a leash
41. Do one “101 Nights of Great Romance” activities per month (0/34)
42. Sacrifice to do something for Mike once a day for a month, write it down (0/31)
43. Have a family picture taken each year (0/3)
44. Buy and send Grandpa a bird book
45. Send out a Christmas card each year (0/2)
46. Take our dogs sledding
Travel
47. Get my passport
48. Stay at the oldest hotel in Germany and tour castles
49. Visit Greece
50. Go camping in Kauai, Hawaii
51. Visit every state in the United States
52. Go to archeological sites in Mexico
53. Go on a float trip
54. Camp at and visit an archaeological site
55. Rent a boat and camp at Lake Powell
56. Go to New York City for a weekend trip
57. Stay in a hostel
58. Explore a ghost town
59. Go fishing
60. Sleep under the stars
61. Visit Forks (probably with Stacey)
Personal Enrichment/Fun
62. Create a book club and run it for 12 months (0/12)
63. Face my fear of heights - Go on a hot air balloon ride
64. Write a letter to my congressman of an issue I feel strongly about
65. Find family graves at Bountiful cemetery
66. Give a speech
67. Face my fear of flying – take the helicopter shuttle to Manhatten
68. Go to a movie theater movie in pajamas
69. Make an emergency preparedness kit for both cars
70. Take pictures of all my 101 goals (0/101)
71. Acquire 100 new books for my library (0/100)
72. Buy an antique piece of furniture
73. Write a Wikipedia article
74. Write a children’s book, have Mike illustrate it
75. Go to a murder mystery dinner
76. See “Wicked”
77. Complete an entire crossword by myself
78. Learn to play a challenging song on the piano
79. Have the courage to eat at a restaurant alone
80. Buy and play each of the classic board games in the set
81. Let Mike choose something I should change about myself, and change it
82. Do a 1000 piece puzzle
83. Design my dream house/ranch property
84. Go to a piano bar
85. Go to a water park
Education
86. Finish Associate’s degree at LDS Business College
87. Finish History Bachelor’s degree at BYU
88. Learn 100 Greek words and their present day meanings (0/100)
89. Read 20 history books (0/20)
90. Rent 5 history movies and watch with Mike (0/5)
91. Rent 5 travel movies and watch with Mike (0/5)
92. Learn 10 constellations and spot them (0/10)
93. Apply for a scholarship for both Mike & I
Physical Health
94. Stretch once a day for a month (0/31)
95. Go to the gym two times a week for 3 month (0/24)
96. Learn to swim for exercise, go at least 5 times (0/5)
97. Climb a Salt Lake mountain
98. Whiten my teeth
99. Play 18 holes of golf
Career
100. Keep a job at least for a few hours a week
101. Hand out 50 business cards (0/50)
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01:28 |
Author: Michael and Lindsay Condie
I decided to do the thing Emily is doing and make my list of 101 goals I want to complete in 1001 days. I have my counter up, but I've still got to complete my list. I'll post it as soon as I'm done.
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20:12 |
Author: Michael and Lindsay Condie
I'm here in Oregon right now visiting for the weekend, I came for Christine Frogley's baby blessing, it was really nice. I will fly back on Tuesday..
Basically I am just hanging out and doing homework and taxes while I'm here. Mike stayed at home since he has so much to do.
Kind of random, but I decided I really like the name Alice. I think if we have a girl that will be her name. I always kind of liked it, but the Twilight series sealed it for me :)
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