4 Movies I could watch over and over: (I don’t watch movies over and over but I like these)
1. Mask of Zorro
2. Tommy Boy
3. Tommy Boy
4. Tommy Boy
4 Jobs I've Had:
1. dishwasher for Greek festival
2. math & geometry tutor
3. law clerk for Lamond Mills & Associates
4. grunt worker at Peczuh Printing
4 Places I've Lived
1. Brent & Mary's basement
2. Bronx, New York
3. Vila Nova Sintra, Cape Verde, Africa
4. La Jolla, California
4 Favorite Foods
1. cookies
2. mashed potatoes
3. barbecue chicken pizza
4. pasta
4 TV Shows I Watch
1. Baseball Tonight
2. Still Standing
3. Andy Griffith Show
4. Deal or No Deal (I can't believe I watch it)
4 Internet Places I Visit Daily: (not always daily, but frequently)
1. ESPN.com
2. cougarboard.com
3. CNN.com
4. NationalReview.com
4 Places I've Vacationed:
1. Detroit
2. San Francisco
3. Texas
4. Sarasota, Florida
4 Places I'd Rather Be:
1. on a canoe on Scofield Reservoir
2. camping in the high Uintas
3. box seats at an Angels game
4. sitting on Mom & Dad's back porch
4 People to Tag:Consider yourself tagged if you actually read this post and haven't already done it.
1. Garth
2. Anna (or Utah Bryners)
3. Matt
4. Lindsay
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
What Have I Been Up To?
I haven't blogged for a long time, so I thought I'd give y'all an update on what I'm doing now. I'm blogging (because I've been sick and have nothing else to do here at home). I spent the weekend trying to get over a nasty cold. Lindsay has been taking care of me this week, cooking dinner for me, bringing me my favorite goodies (cookies and peanut M&Ms).
Sunday, November 4, 2007
I need your help decorating my office!
So I started my current job back in January of 2007, but I have yet to decorate my office. Since I have a hard time making decisions where so many choices and options are available, I need help on how to decorate and arrange my office. I will try to get pictures of it so you can see what it looks like right now. I currently have two full walls that are empty - one in front of my desk and the other directly behind my desk. To the right of me I have a half wall next to the door. Across from that side and to the left me I have two windows separated by a 2.5' column. People in my office really think I need to decorate - and I agree. But I haven't been able to settle on a theme. The walls are a cream color, with dark red furniture and dark red door and wood trim. My law firm specializes in land and water issues, so we already have a lot of landscape pictures hanging up in our office, so I don't want to just add more of that. I need something that relates more to me. I will definitely hang up my diplomas.
Here are some ideas I have:
Here are some ideas I have:
- pictures from Helper, Price and Carbon County
- baseball pictures
- partriotic/America themes
- a dartboard
- posters of Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer
Update on my Mapleton case in the News
I assisted another attorney in my office in a preliminary injunction hearing in Provo on Friday for the Mapleton development case. Click here for an article in the Deseret News on the hearing.
Yes, I had fun this Weekend
In case you were wondering if I had any fun this weekend, I did. I went to the BYU football game in the morning. We beat 1-7 Colorado State 35-16. I stopped over to see Chi & Anna during halftime. It was Anna's 10th birthday. Happy Birthday Anna! The weather was absolutely gorgeous.
Garth and I then hosted a big bonfire up Big Cottonwood Canyon in the evening, with hot dogs and hot chocolate. It was a lot of fun - we had almost 40 people come. It was cold, but the fire and hot chocolate were the perfect additions.
Garth and I then hosted a big bonfire up Big Cottonwood Canyon in the evening, with hot dogs and hot chocolate. It was a lot of fun - we had almost 40 people come. It was cold, but the fire and hot chocolate were the perfect additions.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Ever Wonder What I Do at Work?
Well, besides chasing mice. Click here to read a recent news story about one of the bigger, more complicated cases that I've been working on. I have a hearing in this case tomorrow (Friday, Nov. 2). Click on the video to see pictures of the area.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Thanksgiving message
The book Mayflower, by Nathaniel Philbrick, is a fascinating read telling the compelling story of the Pilgrims and their struggle to establish their new lives in the New World. It is a very spiritual read, as it shows how God's hand was involved in the intricate details of the Pilgrims' early voyage and colonization of America.
The Pilgrims sought to sail out of Holland in the late summer of 1620. Their plans were delayed and their initial departure was back by numerous problems, many if not most of them out of their own control. They struggled to find sufficient financing in time, some of their early leaders decided to stay back, others secretly sabotaged one of the smaller ships they had purchased, and other problems forced them turn back toward England on several different occasions. They didn't set sail for good until late fall 1620. By the look of everything, their voyage was doomed. They finally arrived in Massachusetts in December, just at the onset of winter. The first winter was harsh and took its toll on the new community - nearly half of all of the voyagers had died by the end of the winter. It would appear that many, if not most, of these lives could have been spared had they been able to leave Holland when they had originally planned to leave during the summer, allowing them to arrive with time still to prepare for the winter.
However, I believe that these delays actually saved them. Had they arrived any earlier, they would have surely been massacred by the area's Indians. Not long prior to the Pilgrims' arrival, several European fur trappers and other opportunistic adventurers had massacred several Indians and left a false impression that the Europeans were bloodthirsty savages with little regard for human life. When the winter of 1620 came on, the Indians retreated from their coastal habitations to hibernate farther inland and wait out the winter.
After the Pilgrims arrived, the Indians just decided to sit back and watch them, thinking that they would surely not survive the harsh winter. As they witnessed dozens of the Pilgrims die off from cold and starvation, they figured their prediction was true and that by spring all would be dead. However, this protracted time allowed them to watch and observe in close detail the Pilgrims' demeanor. After a while the Indians came to realize that this was a different type of people - a peaceful people whom the Indians could trust. After a while the Indians and Pilgrims made contact and established peaceful relations - relations that would eventually save the Pilgrims from otherwise imminent extinction.
Had the Pilgrims arrived in the New World any sooner, before the Indians had retired for the winter, the Indians most likely would have attacked and killed all of the Pilgrims, sparing none. God surely had a hand in ensuring that the Pilgrims did not arrive too early.
This story has always reminded me that, although things in life may not happen how I plan and expect them to happen, God has a greater purpose and greater knowledge. I must make a plan and decision and move forward with it, but realize that God may have other plans. I must proceed with faith and realize that life sometimes requires stepping into the darkness, not seeing farther ahead than just my next step.
FYI, the author of the book Nathaniel Philbrick will speak at the BYU Tuesday devotional on November 6, 2007 at 11:05 am. I am sure it will be a very worthwhile speech to listen to if you get a chance. It will be broadcast live on KBYU-TV as well as KBYU-FM radio.
The Pilgrims sought to sail out of Holland in the late summer of 1620. Their plans were delayed and their initial departure was back by numerous problems, many if not most of them out of their own control. They struggled to find sufficient financing in time, some of their early leaders decided to stay back, others secretly sabotaged one of the smaller ships they had purchased, and other problems forced them turn back toward England on several different occasions. They didn't set sail for good until late fall 1620. By the look of everything, their voyage was doomed. They finally arrived in Massachusetts in December, just at the onset of winter. The first winter was harsh and took its toll on the new community - nearly half of all of the voyagers had died by the end of the winter. It would appear that many, if not most, of these lives could have been spared had they been able to leave Holland when they had originally planned to leave during the summer, allowing them to arrive with time still to prepare for the winter.
However, I believe that these delays actually saved them. Had they arrived any earlier, they would have surely been massacred by the area's Indians. Not long prior to the Pilgrims' arrival, several European fur trappers and other opportunistic adventurers had massacred several Indians and left a false impression that the Europeans were bloodthirsty savages with little regard for human life. When the winter of 1620 came on, the Indians retreated from their coastal habitations to hibernate farther inland and wait out the winter.
After the Pilgrims arrived, the Indians just decided to sit back and watch them, thinking that they would surely not survive the harsh winter. As they witnessed dozens of the Pilgrims die off from cold and starvation, they figured their prediction was true and that by spring all would be dead. However, this protracted time allowed them to watch and observe in close detail the Pilgrims' demeanor. After a while the Indians came to realize that this was a different type of people - a peaceful people whom the Indians could trust. After a while the Indians and Pilgrims made contact and established peaceful relations - relations that would eventually save the Pilgrims from otherwise imminent extinction.
Had the Pilgrims arrived in the New World any sooner, before the Indians had retired for the winter, the Indians most likely would have attacked and killed all of the Pilgrims, sparing none. God surely had a hand in ensuring that the Pilgrims did not arrive too early.
This story has always reminded me that, although things in life may not happen how I plan and expect them to happen, God has a greater purpose and greater knowledge. I must make a plan and decision and move forward with it, but realize that God may have other plans. I must proceed with faith and realize that life sometimes requires stepping into the darkness, not seeing farther ahead than just my next step.
FYI, the author of the book Nathaniel Philbrick will speak at the BYU Tuesday devotional on November 6, 2007 at 11:05 am. I am sure it will be a very worthwhile speech to listen to if you get a chance. It will be broadcast live on KBYU-TV as well as KBYU-FM radio.
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