What Everyone's Been Up To

I haven't done this in awhile, so I thought I would do it now.

David - mostly chatting to strange people around the world on facebook while playing several games at once. I think the person he chats with the most is a particularly entertaining transvestite in England. David and the kids cleaned up the driveway the other day so it no longer looks like a junkyard. We can actually pull the minivan all the way in the driveway now. He also vacuumed the living room yesterday before my very long Primary Presidency meeting. How nice of him!

Meagan - starting to get around to planning her wedding. I really haven't been into it. I gave her a budget of what we're willing to spend and told her if she doesn't have a car by the time she gets married, she only gets half of the money to spend on her wedding and the rest is going toward a car. She needs a car if she's going to be working odd hours!

Cameron - mowed the lawn yesterday - and I only had to ask him once! It looks so much better than it did. Cameron's also searching for a job. He's applied at the BSA Camps, Harland Clarke, WinCo, Smith's, ShopKo, Walmart and few other places I can't remember. He keeps calling Media One about a job at the newspaper, but no one has returned his calls. It's a tough time to be looking for a job right now - especially a first job. Cameron hasn't gotten a single return call. I keep telling him to go around to the fast food places and ask if they have any openings, like Meagan's friend Brianna did - she got a job at Taco Bell on the spot. But Cameron doesn't seem to want to do that. Right now Cameron's making snickerdoodles for his Eagle Court of Honor on Sunday.

Jarom - has spent most of the summer sleeping. I guess working so hard all year during school and getting up early for jazz band wore him out.

Amber - went to Oakcrest in June and just got back from our Stake's YW Camp today. She's been camping almost 2 weeks this summer. I'm glad I didn't get to go this year. YW Camp was exhausting the last few years I went! Amber's also been happily going to the library once or twice a week all summer long. She checks out very strange anime dvds and books.

Jetta - got most of her fur shaved off last week. She hardly puffs and pants at all now. We're all much happier about that. Without her fur, she's half the dog she used to be. Kailien noticed a tumor on Jetta's leg when she chopped off her fur. I didn't think much of it until she started gnawing on it. Then we got an immunization reminder in the mail, so Cameron and I dragged her to the vet. She needs to have surgery to remove the tumor and she also needs her teeth cleaned. The vet says she actually needs her teeth cleaned worse than she needs the tumor removed, but we only have to pay for anesthetic once, so it's a better deal if we get it done all at once. I told Jetta she has to wait til I recover from my surgery before she gets to have hers. She seems OK with that.

Thor - spends most of his time outside these days. Every once in awhile he comes inside and sleeps on a recliner in the cool of the basement, but most of the time he stares at me like I'm insane when I ask him if he wants to come in the house.

Me - well, that's mostly what I write about, isn't it? Mostly dealing with gall bladder stuff - getting registered for the hospital and all. Last Saturday David and I went to "Bye, Bye Birdie," a city Arts Council Musical. Lorry, who I work with, plays the Mayor's wife. Lorry is a bigger ham than I ever imagined. She's hilarious what with her fainting, her red polka dot underwear and her freaking out over a rock star. Silly. Her daughter, husband and grandson are in the musical, too. I was impressed with the quality of the singing, dancing and acting. Some of the lighting was a little dodgey, but it was opening weekend, so maybe they've worked it out by this weekend.