Life is wonderful when ...

• You have the hope of the resurrection!


• You're on spring break from school!


• You see your husband before he goes to work! And/because


• You get out of work early with pay! =)

I got in the office early and wrapped up a couple of things and then jetted out to find Will, who was preparing to go to work. I guess I haven't stated yet here that Will is working nights now primarily.


The house didn't work out, which was really quite alright with us. We're thinking we may stay put a little longer since it's pretty hard to predict what the market will do next & the lenders we've been in touch with seem to be disappearing. Is that a sign? It doesn't mean we've given up, but we have resolved to be content if we have to stay. [I'd also like to point out that every weekend people, like us, annoyed with the HOA rules are moving out.]


Our big guy Champ is having really bad hip trouble again and we're making a room ready for him and Buddy. We'll see how they do together... and pray! We're hoping we won't need to make any decisions about Champ now... but we also don't want him to be in pain.


My new manager didn't forget about my review, but he's not really feeling prepared to do one, since he has only been my manager for 3 months or so now. What's hilarious is that my boss' boss who's been with the company & overseeing staff for years doesn't know how to do one either so she had to ask her manager... Anyway, so the timeline on that is TBD. Fun!

We had Mormon missionaries over on Saturday. It was a very interesting conversation. They were over for lunch, it turns out, primarily. The one missionary from MI (I think) wasn't really interested. He looked bored most of the time. The other missionary (senior, returning in 2 months to SLC) was much more interactive. What's funny is in the course of our conversation, he decided it was time to go... then I reminded him about the food, and he suddenly had more time. Go figure! =) I think they're glad they stayed. They had chicken & spinach lasagna. [I honestly considered making peanut butter sandwiches because talk about an old favorite & they probably don't have that option normally available. But, Will advised me against it because he thought it should be more formal.] Anyway, we talked about the Scripture advising a believer to be ready in season and out of season to be prepared to make a defense for faith. Since they're missionaries, they should be prepared - this is their season, right? Well, they only had their prayer as a reason for their faith. Which while yes, it meritorious, it's not sufficient, and certainly not what Paul exhorts the church to do. Paul, a zealous evangelist, was speaking of reasoning with the people - even the religious leaders - through their faith. And nobody denies that there's an element of faith involved in having faith. They simply had nothing else to offer. The elder (and I mean that in terms of time on the field) missionary said the he enjoyed studying Joseph Smith, Jr.'s life, but didn't have anything to contribute on that point either. They also asked if we were Christians and which church we attended, flaunting that they could prove our faith wrong in an instant. I added, "Did you know there are over 100 different groups of Mormons in the world? Who's to say you have the correct version?" We asked them to check out some Scripture and to do a little more digging on a couple of things, and if they wanted to, we'd be happy to meet with them again. They chuckled and since today is Friday, I'm guessing that means, 'Thanks for the food, lady, but no thanks!' I always feel sad when they go away! I'd like to have a good conversation with some missionaries who are engaged, eager and ready to share the reason for their hope, but they are lacking...

HE IS RISEN! INDEED after all....

TTFN =)