Cross your fingers, I hope this thing works....this is a snippet of the amazing wedding photos taken by Becky Leonard. Please take a moment to read this blog post, she is an amazing photographer and in less than 45 minutes she captured some beautiful images of this important day for us.
http://beckyleonardphotography.blogspot.com/2013/07/jim-and-lauana.html
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Grabbing the brass ring
Well, my wedding merry-go-round gained steam with a letter from the First Presidency and a phone call to the Mount Timpanogos Temple on June 2nd to schedule our sealing. Jim and I had gave up trying to find a date that would be memorable (like 6-7-13 or the anniversary of our first date).....we had exactly 3 days in June that would work for all involved, and the sinking feeling that we may have to delay this event until late July.
Fortunately, our first choice was available (after all who gets married at 7pm?) and with a date finalized, we set out to find a wedding dinner venue, schedule a wedding photographer, have wedding invitations printed (are they really suppose to me mailed out 6 weeks prior?, take an engagement photo (for the announcement), etc.
If putting a wedding together in three weeks wasn't work enough, my company transferred me to a store in Utah County which was to begin June 9th. As the department manager my first task is to be ready for an inventory that is schedule two days prior to the wedding. In order to understand what product I would be accounting for, I spent the first several days moving archived files to long term storage and throwing out the out of date items, now I can get a clear view of the merchandise. It seriously took me three full days to find the results of last quarters inventory and in the two shifts remaining until inventory I will attempt to be ready for this count. Inventory day is also the day I have my final wedding dress fitting and the movers will move me to my new home.
Moving! Man this is a lot of work. Today I am either feeling my age or the effects of the three days I spent cleaning at work. I just finished packing up the kitchen with commits me to fast food for the next nine days, but the upside is that I won't have to worry about washing dishes. The rest of the weeks schedule is so tight that I truly just have today to get the house packed, move stuff to storage, and to the DI, and get packed for the honeymoon, and in all this flurry of activity I keep reminding myself that this is the best part of the ride. All I really need to do now is reach out a little bit and grab onto that brass ring. There isn't any other place I would rather be right now.
Fortunately, our first choice was available (after all who gets married at 7pm?) and with a date finalized, we set out to find a wedding dinner venue, schedule a wedding photographer, have wedding invitations printed (are they really suppose to me mailed out 6 weeks prior?, take an engagement photo (for the announcement), etc.
If putting a wedding together in three weeks wasn't work enough, my company transferred me to a store in Utah County which was to begin June 9th. As the department manager my first task is to be ready for an inventory that is schedule two days prior to the wedding. In order to understand what product I would be accounting for, I spent the first several days moving archived files to long term storage and throwing out the out of date items, now I can get a clear view of the merchandise. It seriously took me three full days to find the results of last quarters inventory and in the two shifts remaining until inventory I will attempt to be ready for this count. Inventory day is also the day I have my final wedding dress fitting and the movers will move me to my new home.
Moving! Man this is a lot of work. Today I am either feeling my age or the effects of the three days I spent cleaning at work. I just finished packing up the kitchen with commits me to fast food for the next nine days, but the upside is that I won't have to worry about washing dishes. The rest of the weeks schedule is so tight that I truly just have today to get the house packed, move stuff to storage, and to the DI, and get packed for the honeymoon, and in all this flurry of activity I keep reminding myself that this is the best part of the ride. All I really need to do now is reach out a little bit and grab onto that brass ring. There isn't any other place I would rather be right now.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Cable woes, et al
I've begin making those dreaded correspondences to ensure that the utilities and such here in Salt Lake are terminated and that any of the business' I am associated with will know I am living in Cedar Hills.
The worst phone call by far was the one to Comcast. To begin with, even when successfully navigating the phone tree, it is difficult to get someone on the phone to take this request. When I finally was able to tell Shaniqua that I wanted my service disconnected her response was, "If you don't mind me asking, why would you want your service shut off?" I told her I was moving and her response was, "won't you need the service in your new place?" to which I firmly stated, "I'm moving out of the area" to which she replied, "to somewhere without cable????" When I said yes, she asked, "do you know of anyone who will be living at unit #312 who will want this service?" No, No, No, please just turn it off. And yes, you can email me a copy of my final bill and no, I am not providing you my new address.
Ok, one down. Next Questar, then Rocky Mountain Power, the post office and my church. On June fifth I informed my landlord that I would not be renewing my lease which is due to expired on July 31st. I explained to him that I would be out sometime early July and suggested he begin showing the unit as quickly as possible to secure new renters. I received from him a stern email reminding me that July's rent was due in full July first regardless of the day I choose to move out and that although I paid first and last months rent upon moving in and a $1250.00 security deposit I was in no way allowed to use any of those monies for the rent in July. All of which I was already aware of, I too have a copy of the contract.
I wonder if it occurred to my landlord that I could have paid July's rent as planned, moved out when convenient, allowed the contract to expire and let him find out for himself the unit was vacant sometime after August 5th when the new rent became past due. And here I was just trying to be nice.
The worst phone call by far was the one to Comcast. To begin with, even when successfully navigating the phone tree, it is difficult to get someone on the phone to take this request. When I finally was able to tell Shaniqua that I wanted my service disconnected her response was, "If you don't mind me asking, why would you want your service shut off?" I told her I was moving and her response was, "won't you need the service in your new place?" to which I firmly stated, "I'm moving out of the area" to which she replied, "to somewhere without cable????" When I said yes, she asked, "do you know of anyone who will be living at unit #312 who will want this service?" No, No, No, please just turn it off. And yes, you can email me a copy of my final bill and no, I am not providing you my new address.
Ok, one down. Next Questar, then Rocky Mountain Power, the post office and my church. On June fifth I informed my landlord that I would not be renewing my lease which is due to expired on July 31st. I explained to him that I would be out sometime early July and suggested he begin showing the unit as quickly as possible to secure new renters. I received from him a stern email reminding me that July's rent was due in full July first regardless of the day I choose to move out and that although I paid first and last months rent upon moving in and a $1250.00 security deposit I was in no way allowed to use any of those monies for the rent in July. All of which I was already aware of, I too have a copy of the contract.
I wonder if it occurred to my landlord that I could have paid July's rent as planned, moved out when convenient, allowed the contract to expire and let him find out for himself the unit was vacant sometime after August 5th when the new rent became past due. And here I was just trying to be nice.
Monday, June 10, 2013
Welcome to Happy Valley!
It seems a bit surreal to be returning to Provo to work after the twenty (plus some more) years that had lapsed since I first lived in Utah County. I can definitely say that some things are much the same as I remember them. For instance: the adult to minor ratio is the same, the jokes about BYU coeds haven't changed at all and everyone seems to be......happy. I do find it a little of that mobs of people swarm the snow shack for crushed ice treats in Utah County while no one in Salt Lake County has ever been seen standing in front of these buildings.
Right now I'm not sure what to make of the 40 minute commute to work but luckily that will change in a few short weeks and my migration to Happy Valley will be complete. So here's to my transfer, yippee!
Right now I'm not sure what to make of the 40 minute commute to work but luckily that will change in a few short weeks and my migration to Happy Valley will be complete. So here's to my transfer, yippee!
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Engagement Photos
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| A night of Thriller at Kingsbury Hall |
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| Awaiting a helicopter ride at the Grand Canyon |
For the last several months I have been trying to take photos of Jim and I in hopes of having a record of the months we have spent dating, engaged and finally waiting for temple clearance to get married. I also reasoned that when we got around to sending out wedding announcements it would be nice to have one good shot of the two of us. In the last 10 months I have determined that one or both of us are not very photogenic......here are some of the photos that are NOT going in the announcements.
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| On our way to a Christmas concert at the conference center in Salt Lake |
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| The Roof at the Joseph Smith Building January 26, 2013 |
Unfortunately, it looks like a good photograph of the two of us will need some professional intervention.
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