Lessons Learned: A blog about my life

Saturday, October 25, 2014 It’s been nice to have Sarah back. She has helped me so much in my yard with things that need to get done. Wednesday, December 24, 2014 We invited Jared, family, Laila, Duke, Beth, and her family over for Christmas. As usual, Beth insisted that Mom and Arnie come too. I…

Monday, November 18, 2013 This morning I noticed that Johny’s cover for his car was in the garage. I went to the side of our house to check on his car. I was horrified to see that it was gone! I called Richard at work to ask him why he had taken Johny’s car. He…

Saturday, June 29, 2013 Johny has submitted his papers to go on a mission. Today, we were all gathered to watch him open the envelope and read aloud where he would be called. He got called to serve in Denmark! Johny hugged me as I cried! He has worked so hard to learn Danish. We…

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 A friend of mine named Mindy was in charge of placing exchange students. She let me know she had a student from Denmark for me. I had never told Mindy that I had thought about having an exchange student. I figured with the way Sarah had turned out, I didn’t want…

Monday, May 10, 2010 Richard started a new job at the U of U. It pays well and has good benefits. Jared and his wife had another baby this year. I love being a grandma! They call me farmor. Monday, February 7, 2011 We finally went to court because of the car wreck that I…

Monday, March 22, 2010 I had been thinking about doing preschool again. When I received my inheritance, I threw away all my preschool stuff since I thought I would never need it again. The lady I am babysitting for is a school teacher. She helped me put together a new curriculum. She even helped me…

Monday, January 4, 2010 I went to the bank and discovered that my inheritance was gone! How could that be? I felt sick! When I got home, I asked Richard what had happened to the money. He nonchalantly asked, “What do you mean?” I told him the money was gone. He responded, “Yeah, what did…

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Sarah broke up with her boyfriend. She moved to Logan and is living with someone new. They came home and spent some time with us over Thanksgiving. We had a nice time together. Thursday, December 24, 2009 Mom called to tell me that she and Arnie were coming to see us.…

Friday, July 24, 2009 We flew to France. I have always wanted to see Paris! From the airport, we took a train to our hotel. A day before our trip, Laila had babysat for a neighbor whose kids were sick. When we got off the train, Laila threw up. We thought it was just motion…

Saturday, June 27, 2009 I got a phone call from my uncle Sonny. He wanted to know if I was sitting down. I thought he was going to tell me that my dad was dead. I told him to tell me what was going on. He insisted I sit down. I thought, “That’s it, Dad’s…