Strongly Dis-liking Dis-respectful People

These past 8 months have been so hard on my Dad's business. You wouldn't believe how many times that we've had to almost close the doors for good. I hate to see the stress that it puts on my dad. He is the hardest working person I know. He shows up ready to work at 600:am and doesn't leave until 8-9:00pm.
There are a few people here that just tear him to shreds behind his back. They tell me what an idiot he is, and how much they hate him. He is the most generous boss I know. He goes beyond what any other person would do in this trade. They don't see the other side of things, like wondering how we are going to be able to pay our bills, pay their payroll. There has been times that we have to sit and scrape the bottom of the barrel to be able to provide for them.
I have one simple solution for them, if you hate my Dad (your boss) so much, quit! Go find another job. You know, everyone is replaceable!! I hope that they don't ask me for any favors, because they aren't getting anything from me.

Kitchen Before & After

Here are some pictures of our kitchen. we still need to paint and put up the black splash, so I will post pictures of that when we finish, hopefully sooner than later!

BEFORE:



AFTER:




I guess I haven't taken any pictures with the countertop and sink installed yet. I will post those soon!

New Kitchen Update

Well it's been about a week since we have had a fully working new kitchen! I have to say that I love it!!!! It was worth all the hard work, but I would if I did it again, I would plan out better, so we wouldn't have to have everything done in 2 weeks. I really want to post pictures, but we still haven't put up the backsplash or painted, but maybe I will do it anyway.

Depressed :(

I don't know about anyone else, but this rain is really starting to take it's toll on me. It's been 11 straight day of nothing but rain here, and I'm so sick of it. I really hope that summer will finally decide to show up sooner than later!

Remembering a Soldier, but more importantly a Friend

This past week has been a hard one for me. On May 27, 2009, Jonathan 'Bryce' Millward, a good friend of mine was killed in a helicopter crash in Hawaii. He was stationed there waiting for deployement to Iraq this fall. I have spent hours and hours trying to figure out why it had to happen to him. And the only thing that I can come up with is that God needs him for something greater on the other side. I only knew Bryce for 6 short years, but he will never know what a difference he made in my life. He was a great example of how we all should live our lives. When I first joined the Church he was in my home ward. He never once questioned or thought different of me and welcomed me into his group of friends with open arms.


We had a lot of good times, like driving around town late at night with the windows rolled down blasting The Cure and singing at the top of our lungs. Whenever we'd play night games, it always ended up involving the cops. Many night swimming trips with little kids floaties. Always playing like we were Harry Carry from SNL. "Hey if the Moon was made out of cheese, would you eat it"? "I know I would". Or all the countless hours listening to him play music around the bon fire. I would try and make to every concert his band had, cause it was always a good time. I still listen to their CD for hours. He was an amazing artist. The last time that I saw him, was right before my wedding, I will never forget the conversation that we had that night. My biggest regret is, I found him on Facebook a couple of weeks ago, and I never wrote to see how he was doing. I didn't want to bother him, and was planning on doing it this week. I should have never taken our friendship for granted.


He will truly be missed, and I know that I will see him again someday. The world has lost a Hero, and Heaven has gained an Angel.

Here is a link to the news story in Hawaii
http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/17917/40/

Here is a link to youtube, some friends put this together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIG9D4ZXio8