Am I Too Old

I received a phone call from a gal who was in the last ward I served in on my mission in Vanderhoof, British Columbia. She said the best way to contact her was to be on Facebook, so I went and joined. In the last few days, I have really gotten into this. I have reconneted with soooo many people. I found a website for people who use Facebook that is really fun as well, I wish I could get this on my blog, because it is fun, it is called Pieces of Flair.

Recently I read that to go to high school and not be on Facebook is unheard of. Having gone to high school so long ago, I feel that I may be too old for this. But I have reconnected with people who are a bit older than I so maybe it is that I am not too old and just love keeping up with the trends???

Local Fare

I LOVED this chair made out of Rossignol skis.

Chairs from Logs at the Bar

Keith is an avid fan of local buisnesses and restaurants, so we try new places ALOT. One of his favorites lately has been the Blue Plate Diner in SLC, especially because it was featured on Food Networks TV Show Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives. This week in the new October 2008 Salt Lake Magazine they featured the '65 Great Breakfasts'. Our schedules are soooo opposite, but the other day I had the night off and we decided to go dinner, it worked out that we were able to go with our neighbors Kimberly and Johnathon Rivers which was so much fun. We decided to try a place from the magazine. So we tried Jeremiah's in Ogden. So we went and it is a place with a hotel around it and we didn't know what to think. Oh my we were surprised. They are known for their breakfasts I guess, we didn't take them up on that. I had their fish breaded with macadamia nuts and Keith had their Chicken Fried Steak, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm yummy; they are also known for this as well I heard later. If you live in Utah and are in Ogden I would try it. Not very pricy and very, very casual but it will be worth your drive. Keith can describe food and atmosphere so much better, I have told him that he needs to start a blog on restaurant reveiws, hmm we'll see.

A Touch of Cleveland

Yesterday was my day off and Keith and I went to the University of Utah, to the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. The show there now is "Monet to Picasso from the Cleveland Museum of Art". It was so much fun. It made us really miss Ohio and the culture and the food, especially because after we would go to the museums in Ohio we would go to "Little Italy" to have wonderful italian.

YOU DID IT

To quote a line from " My Fair Lady " [with a little editing].....

"You did it...You did it You said that you would do it And indeed you did, maam, you did it You did it...You did it"

I have just fininshed reading the 9th and last book in 'The Work and the Glory' series, by Gerald Lund. Long ago I said I wouldn't read these books. That was when we lived in Florida and I was teaching early-morning seminary and I felt that I needed to teach from the scriptures and not have any outside influences. But about 12 weeks ago, I started from the beginning (because that is a very good place to start) and I just finished the series.

These books really strengthened my testimony in the Prophet Joseph Smith, and the early beginnings of the church. I found myself crying some of the time, especially when they were in Kirtland. Having lived so close to Kirtland and going there several time, the spirit was very, very strong! I have a new resepect for the pioneers, knowing what they went through, making fresh loaves of bread in the wilderness, etc..., their experiences make me want to be more diligent and hard working, the word industrious kept coming to my mind.

After I read the first book, I watched the movie, then after the 2nd book, the 2nd movie, and then after the 3rd book the 3rd movie {although I was very upset with the 3rd movie for not following the book more}.

Can't get it out of my mind

So on the 25th of July, our good friends the Horn's, Keith and I went and saw the Osmond Family with the Tabernacle Choir! Yes, I cried through 90% of the performance. Donny told us about the story of writing this song. He was recording a song and his son called him from his mission. They spoke and a few minutes later his son said he was fine, he just needed to know that his father was there for him. So he wrote this song. While he sang it, he showed pictures of his parents and at the end there was the picture of the Savior. I just can't get it out of my mind.

Close Call

So, on Thursday, I was leaving the hosptial to go to work, and there was a car that was parked a little close to mine..................

Do ya think???????????????

Now I am not a little person, but I don't think that Paris Hilton could get through that. I was pressed for time, so I got in the passenger side and climbed into the drivers' seat. Now that may be nothing for most of you, but for me it was huge!!!

My Route

Utah State Capitol
Eagle Gate
Front of LDS Hospital

My mom had some major stomach surgery on Monday, July 28th. She was released yesterday, Wednesday, August 6th. She is doing great! We hope that that she will be healthy now, having to have a liquid diet for the last year has not been fun for her. I went up to see her everyday and then I would either go home, or go to work. We would talk, watch ESPN, eat hospital food (which is not too bad at this hospital, I might add), I washed her hair and we walked all over the 6th floor. Man I knew how to untangle those tubes to get her out of bed and back into bed pretty fast.

On the 6th, I didn't know that she would be getting released, but I took my camera to take pictures of the route that I took to get the hospital for the last 10 days.

Anderson Girls

I am so happy with how this picture turned out. It was taken on July 20th. Everytime the family gets together it seems that there are a ton of pictures of the Anderson Men taken or 'the brothers'; so I wanted one taken of all the girls and it turned out GREAT!

6 MONTHS IS A CHARM?

Wow. It has been 6 months since I have written. SOOO much has happened in these months. We have moved to a new home in Farmington, seen many friends from Ohio, and saw the Osmonds perform with the Tabernacle Choir. OK Amy, I am now committing now to be better.