Wonder.....

Sometimes I wonder why I continue to blog when it seems as though no one is reading it. After some serious pondering and soul searching I have decided that I am going to keep at it. It is good to write down my thoughts. Sometimes things just need to be said and I think it might be better that no one reads it because then I can feel free to write about whatever I want.

Uncle Devin

I am over at my mom's house for the evening. We don't get to come over here as often as we used to due to the current demand on our family's gas allotment, but tonight we are enjoying the company of Uncle Devin. He is currently attending college at Utah State in Logan. He had a long weekend and came down for a friend's wedding. My kid's LOVE their Uncle Devin! Ethan calls him his special monkey friend. They have been trying to get him up and off the couch all night to come and play with him. Devin is milking it for all it is worth. First they went and got him a blanket, then a piece of cake, and the list goes on. All done in hopes of getting his attention. Kendra just came down and told Devin that if he doesn't come and play with them then they are not going to remember him because he isn't going to be back for such a long time. It took everything I had to not laugh out loud. Man she is good, Devin just got off the couch :)

Public Speaking

I am very lucky. I say that because I am blessed with the gift of being a pretty decent public speaker. This is a great talent and am thankful to have it, but I will add that it is also a curse. Like when you get that call to speak and they say, "we can't wait to hear from you, you did such a great job last time, you are a great speaker." TALK ABOUT NO PRESSURE! I don't really mind speaking in public but I will say that I much rather do it for work or school that for church, it just seems a little more intimidating. My talk is coming from last conference and the talk is called, "Blessed are the Pure in Heart." Just putting that out there in case anyone has some great insight into this topic to help me prepare.

I once took a public speaking class in college. My teacher from the class had JUST graduated from college and rarely made it class on time. She was VERY liberal. I gave a speech once about "Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy" only I did it from a much different angle, more like just taking a day to rest in our busy and chaotic world. She didn't like it :( I had another member of the church in my class and was actually in my mother's ward. He told her that I was a great public speaker and in my first impromptu speach I practically bore my testimony and that it was pretty awesome. I won't go into that episode because impromptu made me sick to my stomach. Anyways, the point of the story is that I felt very confident with the class and was one of the top speakers in the class and that idiot, liberal, stupid teacher gave me a B!!! How could she! I was really mad at her and dumbfounded at that. I vowed to improve my public speaking and have worked on it since that point. So even though she unfairly gave me a B, it has been for my benefit.