Sunday, September 28, 2008
...
My roommate Katherine is one of the Relief Society presidents in our ward (we have 2 separate Relief Societies). I guess because I was partly/mostly to blame for her being called as president, it would only be right for her to return the favor and call me as 1st Counselor. I'm nervous for a multiplicity of reasons: a) I'm quite young in comparison to most people in the ward, b) the thought of actually teaching a Relief Society lesson is terrifying and c) being more responsible for the welfare of the other ward members is rather daunting. However, with all these fears, I think it will be a great experience from which I can certainly grow... But I guess this means I'll actually have to attend Enrichment Nights... Blast.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Uhhh.... what?
http://www.wptz.com/news/17539127/detail.html
One word: yikes. I like my cows milk, thanks.
(*credit for this link goes to Pamy)
One word: yikes. I like my cows milk, thanks.
(*credit for this link goes to Pamy)
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Another one gone...
Ela went into the MTC yesterday... the last of the friends to leave hopefully for a long time. Ela is going to the Auckland, New Zealand mission, Tongan speaking. Talk about the mission made for a rugby player! Saying goodbye still doesn't get easier, but I'm trying to just be excited for her. Missions are great.
L-R: Robyn, Me, Talya, Ela
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
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Okay. 3 posts in one day? I'm getting slightly post-happy. But today there are an unusually large number of things I wish to share. Here's the last one... if you've got a spare 45 minutes and want to listen to something really really REALLY good, listen to this talk given by Elder Holland last Sunday at the CES fireside. It's fantastic. Enjoy.
The Mollies
Here's a plug for my cousin Vivian's band The Mollies based out of Salt Lake. If you like indie/folk, you should check them out-- Actually you should check them out regardless. Also, they just released their first album entitled "Yours Around the Rosies." I listened to the whole thing yesterday and really enjoyed it... good music, original lyrics... very refreshing. You can download the whole thing at the itunes store. They even have a music video for their song "Float My Boat." Support your local musicians... and The Mollies!
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Ramblings
Forgive the week or so hiatus from blogging. I'm sure you have all been very disappointed. Here's an update in various areas of my life:
Place of residence: no longer at my parents (three cheers! love the parents. don't love living at home.) Now I'm living at a house my parents own in Provo affectionately called Brick House. It is quite appropriate that I should live here because in high school, my theme song was "Brick House" by the Commodores. Brick House has been in the family for about 30 years. It was previously owned by my grandfather and it has been the place of residence of my parents, almost all of my dad's siblings and their spouses, my two older siblings, and numerous cousins. I'm happy I can now carry on the tradition of Siebachs living in Brick House. It is about time. :)
Work: still there. I've decided I don't like commuting to work, and I'm only driving from Provo to Orem.
School: Because I'm working full time, I'm only taking one class: French 322 with a fantastic Professor, Dr. Unlandt, who has eyebrows that look like large hedges. But he is really great, not to mention brilliant. It's a grammar/writing class, so I'm really excited to focus all my energy into really learning the material. School is great.
Rugby: It has finally started, but it is really weird with so many teammates on missions. I'm excited to be back, but there are a lot of question marks right now as far as who's going to play where and so on. But I still love the sport and the team-- that won't change any time soon.
So there's my update. Now onto more interesting things--
I don't have TV at my apartment, much to my dismay, so I wasn't able to watch the Republican National Convention, so I looked up the video a few days ago of the speeches-- I was particularly interested to hear from Sarah Palin. Along with probably 90% of the country, I had no idea who she was until about a week ago. But after doing some research and hearing her speak at the RNC, I am quite intrigued. After learning her background, I like that she is from a small town in Idaho, served on the city council and mayor of a city with 7,000 people in the middle of Alaska, and her husband is a snowmobile champion. I like that she has the groundedness of small town America but still has ambition. I like seeing a woman who is both the soccer mom (well, I guess hockey mom in Palin's case) and willing to try and make a difference in her city as mayor, state as governor of Alaska, and now country as VP candidate. To me, she just doesn't seem like the typical elitist politician you'll usually see in Washington, which is more than mildly refreshing. The more I learn about her, the more I like her. Feel free to disagree...
Place of residence: no longer at my parents (three cheers! love the parents. don't love living at home.) Now I'm living at a house my parents own in Provo affectionately called Brick House. It is quite appropriate that I should live here because in high school, my theme song was "Brick House" by the Commodores. Brick House has been in the family for about 30 years. It was previously owned by my grandfather and it has been the place of residence of my parents, almost all of my dad's siblings and their spouses, my two older siblings, and numerous cousins. I'm happy I can now carry on the tradition of Siebachs living in Brick House. It is about time. :)
Work: still there. I've decided I don't like commuting to work, and I'm only driving from Provo to Orem.
School: Because I'm working full time, I'm only taking one class: French 322 with a fantastic Professor, Dr. Unlandt, who has eyebrows that look like large hedges. But he is really great, not to mention brilliant. It's a grammar/writing class, so I'm really excited to focus all my energy into really learning the material. School is great.
Rugby: It has finally started, but it is really weird with so many teammates on missions. I'm excited to be back, but there are a lot of question marks right now as far as who's going to play where and so on. But I still love the sport and the team-- that won't change any time soon.
So there's my update. Now onto more interesting things--
I don't have TV at my apartment, much to my dismay, so I wasn't able to watch the Republican National Convention, so I looked up the video a few days ago of the speeches-- I was particularly interested to hear from Sarah Palin. Along with probably 90% of the country, I had no idea who she was until about a week ago. But after doing some research and hearing her speak at the RNC, I am quite intrigued. After learning her background, I like that she is from a small town in Idaho, served on the city council and mayor of a city with 7,000 people in the middle of Alaska, and her husband is a snowmobile champion. I like that she has the groundedness of small town America but still has ambition. I like seeing a woman who is both the soccer mom (well, I guess hockey mom in Palin's case) and willing to try and make a difference in her city as mayor, state as governor of Alaska, and now country as VP candidate. To me, she just doesn't seem like the typical elitist politician you'll usually see in Washington, which is more than mildly refreshing. The more I learn about her, the more I like her. Feel free to disagree...
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