Beth's BLOG

2012-01-14T19:42:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I have chill evenings with friends when the weather gets bad. We made homemade pizza then I helped rip some seams while Miranda cut squares for a quilt. After we talked a few subjects into the ground we popped some popcorn and watched "I hate Valentines day". It was a way fun movie. When I got outside to my car it was frozen shut. I was just glad it was such a relaxed night.

2012-01-09T23:03:00.001-07:00

I'll eventually have a better version of this photo, but I didn't want to let that stop me from sharing it. Everyone but Jordan. This was taken at Joe & Wendys house on Christmas day 2011. Talk abt a full home.

2012-01-08T21:16:00.001-07:00

A highlight of my Sunday. This picture could say close to a thousand words. Justin and I went to see Jordan again today. Visiting hours 1-4. I'm always impressed that we get there promptly at 1. We signed ourselves in and busted out the cards to play a game of golf. I had never played but Justin taught us how. It went 9 rounds. Jordan won. Then they played some baseball dice and peg game. Seemed pretty intense. Somewhere in between we got cousin vinnys and had a lil chow fest. Delicious....and yet disgusting when I think how much nasty I just consumed. My body hates me for that kinda crap. I'm going to be better. The hat in the photo is a gift Jordan got from Alex. That girl is way too good to him. So that's how I spent a few hours of my day. I hope he learns how to be a better functioning citizen soon so he can get outta that half way house and get a job and take over my crap apartment
. I need to be a little more choosy next time. My furnace and stove broke this week. And neither got fixed in a timely manner. Sigh. I'm so glad I'm ending my weeks on Sunday. We had a CES fireside tonight. I watched at the gullion home and that chatted with my girls. They are refreshing to me. The end.

2012-01-04T14:34:00.001-07:00

Today I got to spend some time with these lil rascals. I learn more about myself everytime I'm around them....because kids aren't shy about sharing what it is you look like or do that isn't normal to them. I won't share todays info, but on Christmas eve I took the girls to our family get together. On the way Jennifer told me that I don't have a family....then she just said, I need to find some kids. She paused then apparently changed her mind and told me I needed to find a daddy without a mommy & kids. Hahaha so there ya have it. Add that to my list of things to find this year. I'll be on the lookout... and should anyone else find one of those for me....just leave his name and number in the comment section :)

2012-01-03T14:56:00.001-07:00

We all had dinner together and watched a movie in this comfy king size bed. The homemade quilts kept us warm n cozy. It's been too long since I got to spend time with my girls. And....bonus, it was a good movie.(Water for elephants)

2012-01-03T14:53:00.001-07:00

Yesterday I went to lunch with Wendy & Holly & Ben. It's always fun to spend time with friends. We got to catch up with wedding stories from back in August when Holly & Ben got married. Then....

Prepare for change

2012-01-02T23:29:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to post a couple pictures out of my folder of the last month. So much has happened in a month that it seems like there is no way I could possibly blog about it all. This was at the beginning of December. On the 3rd to be exact. I was asked to be a part of this musical presentation on the parable of the ten virgins. It sure was a roller coaster of emotions getting it all planned and carried out. It was a good experience when it was all said and done. I got to be the narrator and 10 other girls played the different parts of the different virgins. Lots of talent and hard work all came together. We had a pretty full gym. I think I could've done better, but its not broadway. Lets be honest, I haven't sang a solo in a really long time, so the fact that I got up in front of a lot of people and sang at least 3 solos. Hey, it was a leap. I got to think a lot about that parable too. Made me realize that I have so many areas in my life that I could be better prepared in. Got me thinking early on in December what I want to change in my life. So I started then on some things...others I still haven't gotten to. Baby steps. If there is one thing I'm not sure I'm prepared for, its change. Hmm, funny how that happens. Change. suggestions? how do you prepare for change? I've got a few ideas...and I'm starting on them now. Better get going so I can get to all the change that's happening this year. Hello January, nice to see you again.


set for our musical production of the parable of the 10 virgins

Mixed up Monday.

2011-11-14T13:52:00.000-07:00

A beautiful sunset in Ohio.

Pancakes of breakfast club saturday, The day I got sick.

oh Church signs...

Tina gave me an idea to make these treats. Um, YUM

Jordan wishes he had his car with these in the back.

See the background,yes, these boys, preside, provide and protect? maybe I need new friends :)

Halloween brings out the crazies!

Playing with my wigs, then they fought.

Who you going to call??? James?

Some people can sleep anywhere. Boys.

I'm thankful for brothers.

I got to visit my parents and lots of antique stores

My mom gave me a man. I still think I need a real one.

Love seeing this precious girl at church and at her home.

A day in Adamsville.

2011-10-27T21:39:00.001-06:00

This was awhile ago, but I know I didn't blog about it yet. My dad used to live in this house in Adamsville Ohio. After he left my sister stayed in it for awhile with her ex-husband but when that went south, so did she, to Virginia. So the house was rented to a neighbor for about a month. Then the day came where we had to help clean out that crap hole of a place. We took as much as we could to the goodwill in town. It was a day that rained and then stopped and then rained and then stopped. My dad/brother's genius plan was to burn everything so we didn't have to pay to take the trash away. My parents now live 3 hrs from that place. Well, needless to say, we burned sooo much. Things that probably shouldn't have been burned at all. (sorry nature)

BEFORE

AFTER

We had the craziest fire burning for quite some time. AND THEN the fire department finally decides to show up and tell us its too big after we are pretty much done. I guess because the rains came down and the winds shifted and the whole town was filled with smoke.... thats grounds for concern right there.

some burning BEFORE it was put out...


After it was put out...yes that's a Piano main frame

Some days are better than others for my blogging set up. Today I'm having an okay day. I think I will try to show you some more. Its easier in pictures and videos because that is what I was doing for a lot of the day. The mess was so overwhelming I had to just capture it all in my phone. I had my phone on the charger when it wasn't in my hand that day. UNBELIEVABLE...it was like we were in an episode of hoarders. Sad but true part is....I scrounged for and took some stuff home. Yeah, I got a rusty hammer and some scrapbooking paper and a few other weird sort of things, but hey, I was making my trip worth the two hour drive.

Good news is...my parents sold that house last week. With all that crazy stuff happening in Zanesville last week with the wild animals being set free I'm glad we weren't there those days and that we don't have to ever go back there again. Hope you enjoyed. This doesn't have too many details and I didn't post nearly as many pictures as I took, but you get the idea.

I love road trips.

2011-10-13T21:47:00.001-06:00

I took a quick trip to Chicago Sunday. I only had a couple of things on my agenda. See the Silver Bean, and have some good times with my old friend Erik. Figures. Sunday was the Chicago Marathon. The place was packed. Perfect if all I wanted to do was people watch. It was kinda crazy trying to get to his hotel to meet up with him. It was quite a whirlwind of a day. We had to cross the marathon to get to where we needed to be. Oh and that was after staying the night in a hotel just outside of Chicago that was, questionable. I think it would've been safer in the car honestly. We really didn't do a ton, or see a whole lot, but it was fun and a very beautiful day at that. Here are a few pictures of my day.

As we were heading into town I took this shot.

Cloud Gate

So good to see old friends. Me and Erik.

Right underneath the silver bean. cool huh?

Taking the bull by the horns

Wow, thats all.

Retro Cam App. thank you for the pics.

Beautiful day in Chicago

I love the fall

I liked the railroad tracks.

Love this too.

Love it.

yeah I got a picture of an alley

Not my favorite, but I still like it.

Thought this pic would be cool

Just funny.


Thanks Friend Gisel for coming with me for the trip and bring the black pearl.

A few more things that I love.

2011-10-12T12:36:00.000-06:00

I posted a video of the kids on YouTube. I babysat them awhile back. I love them to pieces and I do love YouTube too. Go see the crazies here :)

I also go to go to Chicago on Sunday. I'll have to post about that whole experience with pictures later, but here is a video I took while we were there. I need to go back again soon.

Photography

2011-09-30T13:49:00.000-06:00

Photography makes me happy.

some of my favorites today are found here , here , here and here . Take a look if you would like to see happy smiling people looking good. I'd like to be photographed for a special event someday by any one of these folks.

I had no photo to put up today, no story I want to tell. I have been looking at others'.

Breaking our Fast

2011-09-25T17:01:00.001-06:00

Watermelon so good you wish you could marry it. Thanks go to the missionaries for making up this special treat. It was the guys turn to cook food for our monthly break the fast meal. I wish I would've taken more pictures...this was the only one irresistible enough to take the picture.

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Life as I know it.

2011-09-14T09:53:00.002-06:00

They give me a hard time about photo taking...let 'em.

I will always love taking pictures of sunsets, even if it is on a freeway driving with friends. That's a hard shot to take. I finally got this beauty.

Did I mention I have a new apartment. Its crazy good to live on my own. It has its challenges, but what doesn't.

Did I also mention I have started online classes at BYUI? yeah I did. One class at a time. I'll have a degree before I'm 50. I just KNOW it.

Did I also mention how much I love Youtube lately? I don't remember who coined the word "youtubular" but it really is. epoddle, epoddle2, ourlittleplanet, ourotherplanet, and arturotrejo. Those are the channels I watch. Who needs tv, or movies. No, my entertainment is free these days.

Other exciting news? I could make up stuff, but its all pretty uneventful. Sunday I'm going to be taking a little trip down south dayton area to see some of my cutest nephews play football. Then I'll be attending a fireside on financial stuff. I could always use some help on that. My attempt at getting my stuff together in that area is learning couponing. Which, is becoming an addiction as well. Its okay. I'm aware of it. backing up a bit...Saturday I am going to be working at a booth for Massage Envy at a womens fair It should be a good time. Stop on by.

Life is just peachy. Sometimes a bruised peach, but it still is pretty nice. thanks for reading :) and if I get brave, you will be able to watch me on youtube soon. bethable11. Time will tell on that one. I only have a couple videos up there right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcJI2A90B7E&feature

2011-09-05T01:21:00.001-06:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcJI2A90B7E&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Not my house ....scary though

2011-09-05T00:22:00.003-06:00

This is not my house....
nor is the second picture my house. thankfully :) This is where my friend Ryan lives. He keeps his car parked in that garage that you can see behind the tree. Luckily during storms he keeps his truck on the street. I had to get pictures from every angle. I was in super shock. I live about a mile from here. I feel like I heard the lightening crack this tree. It was the loudest storm I have been in for a long while. See how charred the tree got from being struck?! And to think I know someone who was struck by lightening. That must feel awful. Well that's about how I feel today. The last picture was taking while I was standing on the front porch looking at the street. Thank goodness prayers are answered and Ryan and his things were spared.This could've been a really messy situation. The worst thing the storm gave me, or didn't allow me was a full nights rest. Eh, I deprive myself of those every so often without the help of Mother Nature. I'll survive, sad to say, I don't think this tree will.

I went to Jail last night.

2011-08-30T08:35:00.002-06:00

*I'm still not good at figuring how to get the pictures and words where I want them, oh well*

Last night my mom and I watched Jared and Nikki's kids for a couple hours. Giving Nikki a little break to get over some sickness. I hope she got some good rest. We took the kids to my place and had cookies and ice cream. They lucked out that today was the first day I decided to try out my oven and make cookies to give away. And I still had a little ice cream left over from when I friend brought some over. Thankfully the kids pounded that all down like there was no tomorrow. Then I learned quicklike that my house is NOT in the least bit child proofed. I did have some blocks for them to play with though. I left them to wonder when I was holding the baby and sure enough two of them came out of my room chewing gum. dang it kids! you better not spit it out anywhere. I will find out later I guess if stickiness and problems are to be found anywhere else. I'm sure a few pieces of trash made it to the baby's mouth. They begged to write on my chalkboard wall and to take a bath at my house. Grandma was awesome enough to bring pj's. Bath time happened. Jennifer decided she was going to sing to me while the other kids took a bath. I have no clue what she was singing, but she was all about song. I let her listen to my new favorite "Everybody" by Ingrid Michaelson. I think by the time they got home she knew it by heart. She loves music. I should've posted the picture of Jennifers creations on my book shelf and posted them. I have a little wood set of a man, woman, and a temple. She was posing them and telling me to take pictures. One time they were kissing. That's right Jennifer, you have the idea. haha Hilarious. I still can't believe I've had that since I was 12 or something. Then after the kids were cleaned we loaded up to go home. It had to have been 930 at this point. Feeling like 1130 with four kids. All buckled up and don't you know it, the car won't start. I had to take a step back and breathe....I said maybe we should pray. My mom said a prayer, and we tried a couple more times. The car started. Jennifer Gasped ! Heavenly Father started the car! It was the cutest thing. After getting back to Xenia I dropped my mom off at the grocery store to pick up some things for Nikki. I then asked the kids if they wanted to go see where Jordan was living. They wanted to go see him. Jordan has been at the adult detention center in xenia since mid june. I guess it's always easier to say jail. I told them we could see where he was living, but he was in trouble so he couldn't come out and see them yet. We drove by ADC and Angela said, "hmm its nice" haha I love kids. We had some good conversation about how he has been away for awhile and we can't see him yet, but we can write him. They also likened it to their daddy being away and they can't see him right now either. Then they started asking me what its like there. They asked if he was in a cage. I tried to explain what he is doing there. Reading books, playing cards, watching TV. He lives in a big room with lots of bunk beds, but since he is in trouble he can't come out and play. I think it must've been Angela at this point that said, OH ITS LIKE TANGLED! haha yes, he is in a tower and his mom wont let him come out. But the tower is that concrete room in a big bldg and the mom are the police. I don't suppose that maybe you think they sing and dance in there huh? :) Just my thoughts. I think it would make it a way better place to live. I guess Jordan has been visiting with the missionaries twice a week and his branch president has seen him a few times as well. His friends came with me to go to his court hearing last Friday. I guess as soon as one more thing is settled in the juvenile court system he will be going to a halfway house for around 3 months I think. Its hard to keep up with whats going on. I am just trying to be better about writing letters. Me and Jordan have been playing tic tac toe in our letters. I sent him some pictures to catch him up on my life a little bit. Yes, back to the kids. I told them we can write him a letter if they wanted. They were so cute! I can write my name, Jennifer shouted. I said we can trace your hands and then you can write your names in them. Then they said, yeah and we can draw a heart so he knows how much we love him. Then more ideas of things they could draw started flow. Pigs, chickens, butterflies. wow, this letter was going to be awesome :) We got home after picking grandma back up and mom was sleeping in her room where the paper was so we stuck to just drawing on paper towels. I have now got the cutest little letters to send Jordan. Guess I don't know what kind of envelope to put them in. I hope he appreciates how much these kids love him. I hardly see the kids lately, but the stories are great every time. Best imaginations ever. I have been asked to give massages at the princess bday party coming up in october. haha what 4 and 5 yr olds do you know that ask for massage at their party!? haha awesome. I'm there. Speaking of kid imaginations, all this jail talk reminded me of when I was younger. I believe I was around 8 yrs old. Still young enough to have a wild imagination, but old enough to worry. Bad combination. We all went to the doctor to be tested for TB. I have no idea to this day why everyone in my family BUT me tested negative. I could've sworn I was just bitten by a mosquito in the same place that they poked me. It itched. It itched really bad. I don't know specifically how it all went down. But being that young, you are never talked TO, only ABOUT. I am not deaf. I could hear them talking about all sorts of things. Obviously never getting the full picture. I didn't know what disease I had, I just knew it was bad. I didn't always get along with my family, I wasn't the nicest kid all the time but I didn't think I was ready to be shipped away to some hospital up far away in the mountains (I'm sure if tangled was already made I would've put myself there in my mind) locked up a room that only had a small hole at the bottom of some bars where I could be fed through. I was going to be all alone and no one around. It might be funny to hear about this. But lets just say I don't think I slept well for a long time. I couldn't sleep I was crying so much. I know my dad gave me a blessing one night. I had to be okay with taking medication every morning. It was torture. I got yelled at lots for hating the liquid and crying every time I had to take it. So we switched to pills, yeah, pills?? I thought I was going to choke every time. They were crushed, cut in half and put in orange juice lots of times. Maybe I was overly dramatic about it all, but I hated that I was the only one being forced to take medication for some disease and I didn't feel one bit different or sick. It didn't seem fair. man, that was a rough time. Not to mention thats the year that my cousin that lived with us and was only one year old died. hmm okay that was off topic for sure. Anywayy... kids and their imaginations. They can get outta hand. Hopefully some day I can show the kids pictures of where Jordan is and explain things a little bit better to their little minds. Or maybe Jordan will be able to share when he gets through it all.

Aal Izz Well

2011-07-29T23:21:00.000-06:00

Just thought I would share a few pictures from a couple weeks back. Don't worry. I've got in mostly under control now. It was a decent summer morning in Nebraska. Nebraska hates me :) My gauge went from 0 to Hugh Jackman in like 2 seconds flat! sheesh. It was the beginning of a long long day. I hadn't been on the road more than two hours.

God Bless America for Christmas gifts that I like to store in my car. And God Bless Holly for giving me a "car repair kit" for christmas that included one roll of duct tape that had gone mostly unused up until this point in the life of this car. I made a quick phone call to my brother to make sure a quick fix would be acceptable to get me to a parts store. Up until this point I'm pretty sure there were only a handful of people that knew I was on my way back to Ohio. I had given up on vacation and was ready to head back to work and some sort of real life that I had left in Ohio. I'm still up to my eye balls in debt, but I needed the time away. I've always said I'd rather be poor and happy than...well I wont even mention the other alternative because I've sort of just always been poor and happy.

The quick fix (plus a few tears of frustration) got me to the next town over where there was a parts store that had the $8 piece of crap part that was to save the day and get me back on the road. No thanks to the guys in the store my car got fixed. Okay, I lie, they did let me borrow their pliers. I think this little hole set me back a solid 5 hrs on my drive. I had to let the car cool down twice. And then gather my will to drive at the end of it all. I'm sort of done driving this car. She's been mostly good to me, but I'm so done.

The freaking clamps and hose were "easy" to fix. What wasn't easy was keeping clean words running through my mind every time the pliers lost grip and I would hurt myself, or when I had to reach between two hot parts of an engine to grab the loosened clamp only to land myself an interesting arm burn. I was bound to be burnt, if not by the sun, then by my car I guess. Like I said, I think it was only putting me behind 5 hours by the end of the whole ordeal. At that point though...I think I sent out a few texts of frustration about everything so a few more people knew I was coming. Oh and my brother told my mom. Its not a big deal that I was coming home, but I just wanted to be out of sight and out of mind for a little while longer. (which is working with my parents...still have yet to see them)

In the end I had to sit and think about the good things in the day and remember my blessings. There was someone looking after me I know. I am not usually one to get a hotel room on my long journey from east to west and west to east. BUT for some reason I decided the night before my ordeal would be a good night to just get a cheap hotel room. So I got a really good nights sleep. I also got a shower in the morning. If I had kept going, this would've happened really late at night when it was raining. And the day before I had had some thought that my car might overheat so I needed to have coolant in my car. If I wouldn't have had that coolant to fill my radiator the quick duct tape fix wouldn't have been able to do much anyway. So glad that was in the car. Pretty glad I wasn't on a busy road too. Also, I got to be back on the road during a time when I could see the sunset again in a super beautiful spot. You know sometimes in life there are times when you think you know why it is that you do the things you do. And other times you just obey because it makes sense to obey the thoughts and feelings and impressions you get. Yeah, I do that, and I wonder when or IF I'll ever know all the reasons I do things. I thought for sure I was done going out to Utah, then I ended up there for a good portion of my summer. I thought I would end up staying there. HA, next thing you know. I'm back in Ohio. I can't always explain it in a way that everyone understands, but its okay. Not every needs to understand me :) Don't get me wrong, that would be nice. But it just won't happen anytime soon. OH yeah, and I can't forget to say that AFTER I had been in Ohio a week. On a quite awful sunday....My car battery decides to give out on me. Meaning, the cables were almost completely disconnected and I hadn't realized it. Wow, can you believe I made it out to Oregon and back this summer without ever once noticing that my cables on my battery were almost completely disconnected. Thankful I made it out there and back and I'm still alive. Yep, aal izz well.

Before I forget....

2011-07-11T01:01:00.002-06:00

4 generation photo.

I have been here at my aunt and uncles house for a few weeks. This was the week that Grandpa & Grandma Benson came to visit. Zak and Allysia and their kids also came to visit too. It's been such a busy week. Yesterday most of us went down to Salt Lake City and visited temple square. It was lots of fun walking around seeing things. We got to walk quickly through it all. Saw some bird watchers and some musicians....and as always, lots and lots of missionaries. Just a side note, that night, the wind was unbelievable. Today the grandparents decided to go back down to visit more family in Utah before they headed home. While we sat in the kitchen this morning I thought I would ask a question I wasn't sure of the answer. It started quite a funny conversation/story time. I asked grandma how her and grandpa met. She said it was probably just because she was from Cardington and grandpa was from a town close by (Fulton). Grandma then told me how people used to just walk into this "filling station" and the owner would be busy fixing some car or something so they would just write down an I owe you and then leave. Usually, she said, grandpa would get a dollar in gas and that was all. Then someone mentioned how people used to sit around and talk and watch cars pass. I guess at one point grandpa said he wasn't "going steady" with grandma but he wanted to take her to a movie. She said she would go if he asked her dad. So of course he has to go into the bar and ask her dad. I just found that really funny. He said her dad didn't care what she did. Somehow Grandpa started on about some story of when he was 12 or 13 he had a pack of cigarettes..."you know the cool, long ones" (there was more to that description, but I can't remember...he just got excited about the sort of cigarette it was) So he has this pack of cigarettes and his dad asked him what he was doing with it. He then basically told him, "I'm smokin' them! what are you going to do about it?!" I think this story was to demonstrate why he wanted to marry my grandma. He said there was no one that really cared about or took care of him when he was that age. He was the only sibling of his family that didn't finish his schooling. I guess that age (12 or 13) was when he decided he was going to hitch hike and go to WV. I guess by the time he got there it was winter. He said it got so cold he was just hitch hiking back and forth in any direction to stay warm. Then someone finally brought him back to Columbus. He said he walked all the way across Columbus because he couldn't hitch hike in town. Then he got a rug from somewhere and made himself a little tent/shelter. He camped all summer and worked for some farmers. Made $3 a day, working 10 hr days. He said he would buy his groceries and fix all the stuff he needed to out where he was camping. He said others would come stay out with him too. I don't know how he ended up back in cardington/fulton area, but I guess when he was 16 is when he started "going steady" with grandma. When he had to ask grandma's dad if they could get married her dad said, I don't care what she does as long as she finishes school. Well I guess they were both 17 when they got married. And I guess it was in April that year. Grandpa said he wanted to get married because he didn't have anyone else looking after him. He made it sound like that was the only way he was going to get a place to live. I guess Grandma found it important to tell us, they got married because they wanted to, not because they HAD to like lots of kids these days. She told me do the math :) Michael was born 10 months after they got married. I guess Grandpa said he almost left her at first. He was too used to roaming and doing whatever he wanted to. She was pregnant though and he felt like he needed to be responsible and take care of them. (thank goodness) Then he told me how whenever he was 27....just after their 4th kid was born...He was having all kinds of coughing fits. The doctor told him the only way he was going to get better was to move to arizona, live in a different climate. He said they doctor was an idiot. He knew how he was going to fix it! He threw away the pack of cigarettes in his pocket and then when home and threw away the other half of a carton of cigarettes he had left there. That worked! haha He sure showed that doctor huh? Apparently the quitting smoking just ruined his love of hunting squirrels though. He also mentioned how he used to just sit and smoke while he waited for them to come along. When he wasn't smoking he couldn't stand the waiting around though. haha We were all (me and ben mostly) kind of grossed out at the thought of eating a squirrel. So these were pretty much the stories I wanted to write down before I forgot about the funny stuff they were telling us this morning. It was a good visit.

Provo ...Friday Night.

2011-07-05T15:18:00.000-06:00

I've always wanted to go to one of these free rooftop concerts. I'm glad I had some cousins come with me. It was a really good show....started off hot as all get out....and way mellow music...

By the time the lights dimmed and it was cool....the music was way more upbeat and kept us completely entertained the whole time. Good times.

2011-06-29T19:18:00.001-06:00

I'll edit with some explanation later.

Love you dad...

2011-06-19T14:29:00.001-06:00

Just wanted to give a shout out to my dad. Happy Fathers Day! Hope you have a good day.
Things I appreciate/remember about my dad.
*always willing to embarrass any child by telling old man jokes.
*helpful in the church. Drives the welfare truck once a month with my mom at his side.
*always let me make my own decisions & supported me in them.
*has turned into a calm person over the years.
*gets excited over little things. It was always fun to go to auctions with him or even just car shop in the papers/car dealers/ or random parking lots.
*gave me my sense of adventure and ability to move and make new friends.
*loved getting blessings before each school year from him as I was growing up.

2011-06-12T18:17:00.001-06:00

Florence ... explained.

2011-06-06T00:01:00.001-06:00

Every time I hear florence. I can picture a water tower in KY that says "Florence Ya'll" I realize I'm in Oregon and this isn't the same place, but I still think of that. I decided I would venture out to see the beach today after I left church. It was a cloudy and uncrowded day. Thank goodness. I didn't really want to see crowds of people. It was nice and quiet. I met a few nice ladies on the beach. I'm sure in one case it was only because of the shirt I was wearing, but either way...It was entertaining conversation. I took a picture of a group of ladies on the beach, saw a few families, and even got to sort of help someone on my way home. I don't really think I need to elaborate so much ....these pictures are my favorites.

Florence....

2011-06-05T23:56:00.001-06:00

2011-06-04T22:12:00.001-06:00

We hiked up the short steep...then down the easier way.

Leaders Don't Stop....

2011-06-04T21:36:00.002-06:00

O thou of little faith ;)

2011-06-01T10:27:00.002-06:00

My best friend HOLLY GOT ENGAGED! It happened Saturday May 28th. She's getting married to Ben Grover in August of this year in Ohio.

I got this picture in a text. (she may kill me for putting it up here if she ever reads my blog) Apparently, she tells me, Bens best friend from college said he'd believe it when he saw it so he got the following text with the subject line = O thou of little faith ;). So I stuck to the same theme for a title. Per chance Ben should read this. The next portion is dedicated to him. A few things I've learned from these two.
*Dreams really do come true
*Miracles happen
*Patience is a virtue I hope to acquire
*Long distance relationships can work but they are hard :)

You kids make me smile. I'm happy to know you both. I've had lots of good times and I've never felt like a 3rd wheel.

I'm glad things are coming together. I hope the short engagement doesn't stress ~~Holly~~ I mean the Mother's out too much. I'm pretty excited for August 13th to roll around. Online dress shopping was happening last night. That was fun. It kind of stinks being so far away. But it is what it is.

2011-05-28T02:14:00.001-06:00

Made some Vegan foods today.

Oh how lovely was the morning....

2011-05-25T02:01:00.010-06:00

I have to say this temple shows off pretty well how I feel about Oregon so far. The greenery is hiding so much good stuff. Just too much green for me sometimes. This morning I took a trip to Portland to spend sometime doing temple work. No better time...I don't have a job yet, so I thought I should do a little bit of service for those on the other side. I love visiting the homes of my friends. I think the house of the Lord is probably my favorite friends house to date :)


Portland Temple

2011-05-25T02:01:00.009-06:00

Holiness to the Lord, The House of the Lord

2011-05-25T02:00:00.006-06:00

It never fails. Being at the temple always puts me in better spirits. Gives me a more eternal perspective. There were quite a few older couples there today. And a big group of Missionaries. I have had a little bit of a hard time just wondering if I am in the right place, and being here today was something that put my mind at rest. I felt peace again with my decision to go to Oregon for the summer. Its hard getting started with a new set of friends, a new time zone, a new routine. It can be hard to stay focused when your future plans aren't set in stone or just super obvious. I was lucky enough to get a phone call yesterday about an interview this coming Thursday. I am hoping if nothing else I will walk away knowing I gave it my best shot. So baby steps....I continue onward.

Friends.

2011-05-25T02:00:00.005-06:00

You ever wonder what it will be like to see a friend after 15 yrs or so with not a whole lot of contact??....I do, but I don't have to wonder anymore! It was fun to pick up wherever it was that we left off. It was a good day going to Washington for the first time ever, eating some yummy Olive Garden, and getting to see LaDawna, her 4 kids and husband. Okay so maybe it took me awhile to come to terms with the fact she has that many kids. I have so many friends with that many kids and more. It still blows my mind. It will forever be a good experience for me to meet up with old friends... even more so knowing/finding out our common beliefs/faith in God is a thread of our friendship that holds it together. I mean, it just seems to make it easy to be with someone when you are being uplifted by them. Thanks for letting me visit and be a part of your life again :) I will always love the saying... Make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the other is gold. I sure do treasure friendship.

Musical Movie Night....

2011-05-25T01:59:00.002-06:00

Wish I would've taken pictures every few minutes with this group.

Matthew, Tim, Emily and Jenny.

We sorta watched 7 brides for 7 brothers. There was lots of talking. It happens.

Moments I wish I would've gotten on film =

*Long awkward hug with Matthew that resembled an Andrew Cumbie hug

*Story time with Matthew on the workings of the spirit in his life

*River dancing in the living room

*Picking out favorite bride and brother

*Junior mints doubling for chewing tobacco. danger danger

There just isn't any good way to bottle those memories up and save them. Hope just writing about it does the memory enough justice. Thank you kids for being friends with me tonight.

2011-05-21T19:38:00.002-06:00

The aunt n uncle

2011-05-21T19:34:00.001-06:00

Somewhere in Idaho

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I've been on the road lots this summer.

EGGS

2011-04-10T18:35:00.002-06:00

This was our first egg coloring egg-stravaganza :) I went over to Katie's house the other night. I was really impressed with the blue blue blue blue coloring. I was excited to show other people...too bad first stop, showed them off and left them there. Still havent retrieved them. Still was lots of fun. Thanks Katie!

2011-03-19T10:18:00.001-06:00

Friends

2011-03-06T07:39:00.001-07:00

Went out with this crowd of kids last weekend.

New Home

2011-02-25T12:16:00.001-07:00

In the last couple of months a lot has changed with the Bensons. In January my dad got a new job. Still with the social security administration but in a new location. He is now the assistant manager at the Portsmouth Ohio office. Two hours south of where they have been living for the last 16 yrs in Xenia. His first day was Feb 14th so there wasn't a lot of time for figuring out all of the relocation stuff.
Justins in his senior year and there was no way he was going to go with my parents. Jordans had a rough year and wasn't planning on leaving his job or leaving the community college he is attending either. For awhile the parents tried to find an apt for the boys to rent....no luck finding anything cheap enough with just 2 bedrooms. That's when I kinda came into the picture. I wasn't too fond of the idea of my mom leaving Justin during his senior year. We asked the boys what they thought abt living with me. Neither one wanted to...I think the phrase was...we don't wanna hate her. For a week or so we looked for foreclosure homes. Thought we found one but it didn't work out. I'm still not meant to be a homeowner. I'm not sure how it really all went down....but I needed my own room and to be out of the condo I was in. We found a 3 bedroom house with a 2 car garage in Xenia. And my parents found a one bedroom apt in Portsmouth. Then we packed and packed. Then my car had massive problems. First it was breaks. Then master cylinder. Then the clutch. Then a couple more things when the clutch was being fixed. I'm glad Jake and Jordan helped with it all. And I'm glad there was a snow storm when I couldn't drive anyway and I'm glad I was able to drive my parents car for awhile. Jordan got a new car for himself recently too. So we have had possession of the house since the beginning of the month but moving like 3 different households has made the organizing of everything not happen as quickly as I would like. Justins also been in the middle of musical practice so he thinks he's always too busy to help. I might be out of my mind for moving in with my two lil brothers but it just seemed like the right thing to do.

Ouch

2011-02-24T22:19:00.001-07:00

This bird left this mark on my neck. Haha it was funny....but it hurt!

2011-02-10T06:07:00.001-07:00

Loving my new bed. Hopefully ill get around to putting my room together this weekend....or maybe today would work.

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2011-02-04T22:09:00.001-07:00

Here is a small view if my project from yesterday. My friend Mike had a birthday....so I decided to have a birthday surprise in his room waiting for him when he got home from work. Let's just say this took me a really long time. I wish I had the picture of us sitting in them.

Did I mention

2011-01-24T21:42:00.001-07:00

We went to chuck e cheese on friday? Good times. Everyone had fun. Each kid got their own lil bucket of coins and they roamed. I followed and took pictures and played with them every now and then.

Better pic

2011-01-24T21:27:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday Ryan friend

2011-01-24T21:26:00.001-07:00

I made a Bacon bouquet for this kid. It was really kinda funny

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Service with Diana

2011-01-18T23:04:00.001-07:00

Sometimes I like to make cards with my friend. We had am especially good time last week. This is the sorta thing we do with old ensigns

These aren't my children... just a reminder

2011-01-18T23:02:00.001-07:00

But they sure are darling

2011-01-18T22:59:00.001-07:00

Elijah .... playing with me

Dance class

2011-01-18T22:58:00.001-07:00

Today I kinda surprised Jared and the girls and showed up to their dance class. I took some pics then we went out for ice cream. It was a good way to start my day so I thought I'd end my day by talking about it.

2011-01-18T22:55:00.001-07:00

It's a cute face

Retro cam... my favorite app

2011-01-18T22:53:00.001-07:00

Its a new year.

2011-01-05T10:18:00.000-07:00

Post numero uno...
No resolutions set. Still clearing my mind and thinking about what I do and if it needs to be changed. I'm pretty content on most days. I'm slightly obsessive other days. Simply and Balance are two words I've been thinking about alot. Hopefully they will continue to cross my mind on regular intervals until I figure out what they mean for me. In the mean time I'll just say that I have been continuing to read blogs to get my fill of updates in friends lives. For some reason it makes me feel better to know whats going on in others lives. Sometimes I'd rather know about real people and other times...I'd rather live life through a book. I still enjoy my job, but negative attitudes from coworkers are never a fun thing. I love working with lots of different kinds of people. The stories I get to hear and the interacts are unbelievable at times. I'm still super thankful for having gone to school in Utah. That always gets a conversation going with good ol' ohio folk. Sometimes the first question I get after that is. Are you Mormon? hmm who knew. I didn't think that would come up as much as it does. I dont know why I didnt think that. I don't really share much other than that at my work, but yes, I'm Mormon :) I'm glad they ask and I'm okay with saying Yes, yes in fact I am. I've met many people who know "mormons" from this area. Its just interesting. The more people I meet the smaller the world seems. Other things....Jared comes home tomorrow for a visit. Then its back to Iraq until november of next year. I'm assuming he is going to come home again for another visit this coming year, but I dont know when. We are having a family party on saturday evening. Should be fun...and crazy, as usual. I'll talk more later.... Probably should make use of my days off.

2010-12-15T10:40:00.001-07:00

This one day back in november.... I had all these kids out at my brothers house. We had a fire. It was a fun night...for a minute. Haha

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2010-12-15T09:26:00.001-07:00

Did i mention anything abt my new shoes yet? Probably not. I just had to inform the blogging world that i love my new vibram five finger shoes. The thing is....its snowing lots and i keep forgetting to just take them in to work and just wear them inside to get used to wearing them. Cold weather and the shoes are ok...but when it comes to the elements and the shoes....snow and rain... Im not a fan when its freezing. Im sure ill be wearing them when we pull the boat out but until then im just going to ease myself into the way they fit.

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2010-12-15T09:17:00.001-07:00

I kind of love this house. I would never do it....but its fun to look at when i pass by

2010-12-14T13:04:00.002-07:00

See...we were early. I was the 5th person checked in. Got to keep this...guess ill scrapbook it

December Thanks...

2010-12-14T12:56:00.000-07:00

I had my birthday party on the first weekend in December. Yes its official, they day has come and gone. I'm 30!

Soooo just as a reminder to me. Thank you vanessa for the cute lil hat with a flower thing. Thanks Jeralyn for the picture frame. Thanks Jess for the gift card. Thanks Ashley for the board. Thank you Diana for the card and bringing Marcus who brought me the burrito....brave and awesome. LOVED IT :) Thank you Katie and Michael for the gift card and super awesome fun dinner with fun people. Love the music, food, and entertainment. Couldn't have asked for a better birthday evening. Thank you Ryan for coming along...and for the Salt and Lotion even though they came on different days, much much appreciated. Thanks Mike for the earrings. Wow. yeah Thanks :) Love them. Thanks Stacey for 30 of this and 30 of that and for reminding me time and again how I'm 30 :) Thanks Mom for dinner and your home. Thank you Thank you Thank you Arlene and Alejandra for the super duper awesome cake. Thank you Steve for suffering through a picture and coming to my party. I guess that same thanks goes to a few more people. Thanks Clarence for the stocking and the bracelet. Thanks nikki for the food you made. Thanks Justin for the entertainment you always so kindly provide anytime there is a crowd around. Thanks Marie for the Candle, I really love the way it smells. Thanks Sammie for the super cute cupcake candle. Who doesn't love the smell of chocolate, right? Thanks Rita and Pres for the calendar with your photography. I'll appreciate it all year long next year. Its quite possible I forgot something and/or someone.... I'll come back and edit when I realize it later. Oh Thanks holly and my aunts for sending birthday cards in the mail. It was a good week.

Saturday the 4th was my party, then on the 9th was my birthday, which was the day I gave a massage then got one of my own. Then the Madrigal dinner I went to that night was awesome. THEN on friday morning...I got up bright and early to go to Ryan's work christmas party with him. Oh Ryan and getting to everything early. I appreciate getting there early, don't get me wrong, but I think we got there unintentionally early. We brought a plate of cookies and then waited until I could check in. Apparently you aren't allowed to have your phone or a flash drive in that building. I was warned about the phone situation, but its a good thing I read the sign. I had to make a hike back to the truck to put my wallet away since I had a flash drive. You never know, I could've stolen some super secret confidential information. too bad I wouldn't know the first thing about being sneeky like that. Ryan showed me his desk, (felt like show and tell, it was cute) and then I met a couple coworkers. Then the first time slot was for games/movie. We watched the Disney version of The Christmas Carol. I must say it was major creepy. Good movie though. Then It was time to go get in line to get food. There were so many people there. Lines at like 7 -10 different stations. Oh yeah, before we went into the movie I ran into Bro. and Sis. Stankosky and Bro. & Sis Young and their son Jared. Sooo funny. I honestly didn't think I'd see anyone I knew. The line for food. yeahhh wayyyy long. But we just stood in line and chatted with some of Ryans work friends. Then up to his desk to eat. He had to do some work or something while we were there. Paperwork to catch up on or something. So I started to write a letter to kill some time. On a normal day I might have just text someone to kill time. Not happening that day. oh well. I survived, believe it or not. Then after that we were looking up funny things online. Don't know how much time we wasted in doing that. Then it was off to the talent show. Ryan wasn't a big fan of the church lady choir thing that was going on. Scroooooge i tell ya. oh well. He said I wasn't allowed to leave his sight, but I swear he had to pee wayy too many times that day/or maybe it was just filling up the water bottle. Thats about the only time I left his side. I think I was starting to feel like a leach. I made him go back to the talent show. It was interesting to say the least. What about a family christmas party on base screams BELLY DANCER...haha. probably my favorite act of the whole thing. While we were sitting there I also saw an old missionary that served in my ward 10 years ago. WOW, that was crazy. Found him and his wife on facebook already. Guess they are in the Dayton Stake and have been here a year already. I love it when I run into people I know. THEN...all the fun that we were going to have was about over. that talent show struggled a little bit. There was a sing along next, we got up and just went to his desk. Thats when I met another coworker. She was kind of funny. From Bulgaria, can't remember her name. We killed some more time then we had to help clean all the tables up. As we were walking another hallway I saw Bro. Weaver from the Xenia ward. haha, I had to kinda laugh and nudge Ryan every time I saw someone I knew. Then as we were breaking tables down Bishop Gullion from the Fairborn ward walked by. We chatted for a minute. He then told his daughter later in the day to ask me how I was doing....was I holding up with all of my cell phone withdraws haha oh BISHOP G...you know me all too well. I actually did pretty well up until I was trying to figure out what time it was and didn't have a phone or a watch. That made me super antsy. It wasn't the end of the world. I had a good time. Then clean up continued and I ran into another kid I met at a party at the Gullion home. Wow, i felt like I knew more people in that building at that point then Ryan did. Okay, that was a run down of my entire morning....the day only got strange after we got back to Ryans house. I actually ended up being late for work. oops. hate it when that happens. I should've made Ryan hurry up, but I didn't. Fail on my part. So I missed my first client at work. oops... Then the front desk gal was giving me crap about my schedule. Then the first lady was interesting, can't really give too many details on that. Then the next guy....um, even MORE interesting than the first....I've never been told to be done early for a massage and to just go take a break. I wasn't sure if he was being rude or what it was. It was just the wierdest experience I've ever had in giving a massage. UP UNTIL the next guy got a bloody nose on my table. idk....I had a good day the whole day, then it just went south. I don't know what it was about me that day. I went to get my print out and tips when it was time to leave and dont you know, my luck wasn't done being bad. The other Beth had taken one of my tips home. I was quite the grumpy pants when I got home. Sorry to my roommates for being a grouch.

Just thought I would share all that. I'm thankful that all my days aren't like work that evening. Sheesh....good thing its only gotten better from there.

I love my job. I love my friends. I love my family. Thank you all for being a part of my last 30 years.

FWD:

2010-11-29T22:20:00.001-07:00

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November...

2010-11-29T05:16:00.000-07:00

Wish I had some pictures to post....

Well, I don't remember specifically what I said in my last post, but lots has changed in the last month for me. I guess that's usual and expected for me...However...I'll update. I moved to columbus and then back. I got a job at the Massage Envy at The Greene. (in dayton). So I moved all my stuff back in to our condo. Thats a lie. ALL of my things aren't even back yet. Slowly but surely I'm getting them out of that basement in Columbus that I was living in. I was sick/had a cough for a good solid two weeks. I'm glad that that went away with my first day of work in Dayton. I have been working 6 hr shifts which kind of kicks my butt. I haven't done 5 massages in a day in 5 yrs. Lets be honest....did I ever do that many in my clinic internship? Maybe a couple times. 4 was what was required and thats usually what I did. My apartment living has been great. I love my roommates. I love all my friends here. (and all my friends everywhere) We are having a 4th roommate move in this weekend. She actually brought a few things over last night. My Sis in law was just trying to sit with me a few days and figure out which one my friends live with me. Its funny to think that as much as I've moved I am the one who has lived in this condo the longest of any of the girls that have been here. Lets see....So I'm back in dayton, I like this massage envy too, but its more disorganized than I would like. They blame it on its newness....i blame it on poor quality of workers. I'm not in the mood for complaining about it just yet.

Thanksgiving went pretty well. Most of the family was at my moms house that day. Food was good, we got in naps and got to play some games together. AND best thing of all.... haha I haven't had leftover turkey yet. Maybe I'll do that today when I go to my moms.

The week before thanksgiving I spent 4 days with 2 of my nephews. My brother and his wife took a trip to cancun. Lets just say that I'm thankful I'm not a parent yet....and especially to two boys. There's something to say for raising a child from 0-? They maybe listen to you a little more. They were trying to get away with stuff with me the whole time. We did have some fun though. We went to a movie one night. I took them to wrestling practice another night. We had the cousins over another night for a sleepover. Its fun to spend time with them even if they are a lil roudy. They are growing up sooo fast.

I am actually planning on having my birthday party this weekend ....even though my bday isnt until the 9th.

I gave a talk in church yesterday....that was interesting....and short. I wish I would've been the one doing the musical number. I think music carries a better message than any talk I've ever put together. Well I better be off to go get some things done. Christmas has officially thrown up in our living room and I need to make some sense of it all.

Happy Day....

2010-10-09T13:15:00.000-06:00

I have a new job. Tuesday is orientation. It all kind of happened pretty fast...I don't know how the details will work out but I'm sure they will. I'm feeling very good about everything. A little sad to leave dayton, but anxious to start my new job working as a massage therapist at Massage Envy in Columbus. My last day at work here in dayton will be wednesday.

Yesterday was my dad's birthday. I am going to go hang out with him tonight...watch a movie, eat some pizza. Then tomorrow after church I'm going to go watch my nephews while my brother takes his wife out for their anniversary. He can't even remember when they were married....haha. Should be fun......

Guess I need to just keep this short and sweet and get to packing and getting things done.
Just a short update since I'm super excited.

Peace Out!

Sunday Fun.

2010-09-27T15:43:00.000-06:00

Last night my roommate Ashley needed to go to her moms house down south. I kinda wanted to tag along....so I asked if I could. We had a nice like drive to her moms then while we were down that way we stopped at my brothers house to say hi. They had just taken my sis-in-laws mom to the airport. She is from Texas...and as usual brought some kolaches :) and as usual that made me smile. I love those thing. No big deal. Bryce and Jake were talking to me and then I asked where Stacey was. She was down stairs doing laundry. That day Brandon and Bryce had just been playing football and soccer. Team was apparently the only thing on Bryce's mind. He went downstairs and told his mom that "Beth and her teammate are here". HAHA I love it. Kids are funny.

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details of my day...

2010-09-22T19:29:00.000-06:00

Today I just feel like talking about what I did. Because sometimes I feel like I've gotten to the end of the day and feel like I didnt do much. I think its only because I havent written it down. Maybe I should start with yesterday actually. The days kind of blended into each other. Yesterday was my cute peruvian roommates birthday. I was looking forward to it. We made her a fun lil poster board candy gram. :) I have had fun with a couple of those recently. Then after putting that on her bed and waiting for her to get it.... We got home from work and took off to Cains Chicken. Roommate Miranda is a super fan of Cains and Will had recently introduced me to it. Love those chicken fingers....apparently it started up at LSU (where miranda graduated). SOOO Wendy had never been. SO we took her to dinner there then headed back home.....where Elizabeth had been planning the surprise party for Wendy. Elizabeth and Ashley got home about the same time I think. They cleaned up the place and hid everyone in the kitchen. Miranda had picked up a cake and wendys fav (mint chocolate chip ice cream) and had EBeth bring it to our house. Well it was fun when we got home Wendy was super surprised I think. As it turns out she had never had a surprise like that before. yay for us. We did have to stall a lil bit. Which was fine because I drank soooo much at the chicken place that we had to stop on the way home. Which turned out to be really funny too because we stopped to use the bathroom at a wendys. There was this huge blow up Wendy outside and i made Wendy take her picture with it. Then one of the workers came out dressed as THE wendy too. So funny. We had cake and ice cream and talked with everyone for awhile. AND then we looked a few funny youtube videos...and met our new neighbor who stopped by. I guess he thought his apartment got broken into. EH, I think he just wanted to meet us and didn't have a really good excuse. Either way....i'm pretty sure his place is fine and we are glad we met him. Well sort of, not sure we really know his name yet. Plenty of time for that later I guess. So I guess i stayed up talking to Wendy a lil too long. I didn't get too much sleep. UGH...I need to set an alarm to go to bed...FOR THE LOVE. Then today I went to work...same ol same ol junk at work. The computer never goes fast enough to get any of my work done at work. People are always complaining about one thing or another. So I spent too much time trying to get things working. I applied for a job online at work while I was waiting for some pages to load. I pulled staples out of pages for a half hour. Thats always a blast. I need a different job. Its just...not the prime place to work. Well....Then it started to pour down massive rain....I realized my sun roof was open. Oops. so I skipped out. I had gotten in my time. Then I went home and watched yesterdays episode of Glee. I loved it. I'm kind of in love with Glee. I wish I wouldve gotten to watch it yesterday but its better late than never. Then I went out to Dayton to do some Visiting teaching. It was good. We had some good times talking and sharing stories with each other. I love those girls. and then....why do i rely on TOM TOM. I just have a better internal GPS at times. Then I went to the church....played the piano some. Did some stuff on the computer at church. Stayed for some of institute....Filled up my gas tank. Ate a strange dinner. Checked some email...blogged...and now I sit next to my broken clock. Thank good ness for a broken grandfather clock. I have yet to have a clock that I love. The first one in my possession clicked/ticked so loudly I couldnt sleep on my couch...if you know me at all you realize how sad that makes me. and this last one that is broken is quite the awesome clock, but kind of woke me up no matter where i was in the house. Both of my roommates are drugged up on Nyquil....half sick. I think I need to try to get better sleep tonight as to not catch whatever they are getting. Okay....well there is probably a few things to my day that I didnt put in here....but that will do for now. Maybe a year from now I will look back on today and wonder why I wrote so many details. Done sharing for tonight.
Peace.

2010-09-15T08:17:00.001-06:00

I had to be out of my parking spot by 8. Oh rexburg. Guess its smoothie time

Love It

2010-09-13T23:41:00.000-06:00

There is nothing that puts a smile on my face as easy as seeing an old friend...or two or three. Today was full of smiles for me. I love catching up with old friends and seeing where life has taken them and catching up and telling them about the crazy comings and goings I've been through. I might sound a lil crazy at times when I recount my last year so quickly, but I think it made for an entertaining evening. I never knew I could explain a years time in so short of a recap. friends, marriages, kids, experiences...lots to talk about. I am not sure if my friend reads this blog or not but she talked about meeting someone who was a visionary. I know it was a pretty cool experience for her to have. I think it is pretty cool when someone can look into your eyes and kinda see things about you. Window to your soul. Its crazy. I feel like there are people that have that ability that I know. They haven't said they are those visionary people, but they are influnced alot by emotions and feelings with no solid proof background. Sounds to me that they see things but dont really talk about it. ANYWAY...I like talking to these people. I don't think they are crazy, but when people have different talents it makes me feel like I'm not so strange afterall. And so I got a good conversation or two in today that left me with plenty of things about my own life to sort out. crossroads are a good place to be even if it feels like traffic is coming in both directions and I'm going to be hit by something big. Yeah maybe I could be more specific but....if I need to be later, maybe I'll talk about this more.

Things...

2010-09-07T22:15:00.000-06:00

Some things
~I wanted to do something for my friend that graduated. oops. sorry.
~I wanted to go to the gym. where is that gym again?
~I thought I'd be done packing by now. Just vacationing, not moving, don't worry.
~I not only want, but need a new job. Hire me? I'm a good worker.
~I have this table that needs redone
~and a bench that needs painted.
~Did I mention I want a perm?
~I never did get that frame for my certificate.
~OR what about organizing all those papers. Halfway organized doesn't say much does it?
~I wanted to get a season pass to La Comedia. I love dinner theater shows.
~I want and still need tires and a new clutch. You think I'll end up getting to help put those in? eh, maybe.
~Ever hit your alarm 3 times instead of getting up? I wanted to walk this morning and...well maybe the last 2 months of mornings.
~I thought I'd work longer hours this week to make up for being gone next. Haven't been able to convince myself that I should put forth any extra effort for this company that's letting me go...not to mention is not a happy place to be.
~I have zucchini in my fridge all shredded up and ready to make bread. Guess now that requires a trip to the store to get more sugar. I wanted to finish it up. Maybe next time?
~I wanted to get a scrap booking project done that's been sitting around for a year....already paid for mind you. yeahhh still not done :(
~I wanted to act like I cared. I didn't.
~I cared....and didn't want to.
~I wanted to take piano lessons. and voice. Maybe took one of each. I'll survive without.
~I would really like to, and hope at some point in my life I will get to meet a few people I have come to admire.
~I wanted to get more sleep.
~I wanted to help.
~I think it would be pretty cool to get professional photos taken, just of me. just because.
~I haven't really ever been much of a person that dreams big dreams and shares them. I wish I could.
~I wished I talked less when it was unnecessary and more when important things needed to be said.
~I wanted to blog. I finally did.

Remember when...

2010-08-23T06:34:00.000-06:00

There are only a few who read this who might remember...but still...

Remember when we were at BYU idaho and we asked two boys to this dance. They kind of ignored our asking. Dang that sucked. Oh well. Its okay....I wanted to go. I asked someone else instead. He came along.

Yes Cat. I think thats gotta be him. Your friend knows Joe? Remember when randi had like a week of competing with him and they played tennis and other things. I dont even remember who won but thats okay.

Honestly The only couple memories I have of Joe at this point are the....going to the dance with me and taking some pretty hilarious pictures...and walking out on the balcony of the MC during the dance and throwing snow balls at people who were walking in to the dance. Oops maybe that wasnt very nice of me. Oh and the other memory was us in the computer lab at the Ghetto village and he wanted us to help set him up an email or something... or maybe just check it for him. He told us his password and I didnt think that was very wise, but he didnt seem to care. Confession=maybe a year or so ago I tried to see if that email and password still worked. It didnt :) I kind of wondered where that kid went to.

Let me know if you know.

One more remember when... this one is for you jade or sarah or cassie if you even read this.... my very first semester at Rick's. I went to a field dance. I was getting my picture taken with a friend and some other boy jumped in the picture. You ever had a stranger in your picture closer to you than the actual friend in the picture? I have. I still wonder who he is and thought maybe someone might see him in my pic someday on facebook and know him.

Thats all

2010-08-15T17:04:00.001-06:00

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2010-08-13T23:11:00.001-06:00

Temple night

Straight from Iraq

2010-08-07T09:37:00.003-06:00

Just got a phone call from Jared. He was almost ready to get on a bus to head to the chow hall to go get some dinner. He wanted to see if I had gotten the video he sent me of his room today. Oh my oh my...thats my brother. Thought I would post here for everyone to see. haha enjoy...

2010-08-06T16:45:00.001-06:00

2010-08-05T23:06:00.001-06:00

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2010-07-31T16:04:00.001-06:00

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2010-07-31T14:23:00.001-06:00

Went on a hike today in SC.

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FWD:

2010-07-30T15:56:00.001-06:00

Love this tunnel in NC

Work Junk...

2010-07-29T18:59:00.004-06:00

I have to pass this everyday going to work. I wish I wouldve gotten a better up close picture of this sign. Bridge will be out for days. I guess its hard to say how long the bridge will be out. I think this sign would be applicable in our office. Your job will be here for days.... The company I work for MAS (medical account services) was bought by AHS (advantedge health solutions) at the beginning of the year. They made it sound like we had nothing to worry about. Well last wednesday they finally sat down and had a meeting with us and told us as a group that the dayton office was closing and then told us we would each get our individual letters as to when our end dates were and what our severance pkgs were. Well I hate to say it but I wish my date was sooner than November. Tomorrow is a few girls last day.....suppoossssedly. This company is killing me. You can't give people an end date and then expect that you can call them after that and ask them what it was that they were doing for the company. And you can't let a huge portion of the office go and expect operations to run smoothly and deadlines to be met as normal. Well lets just say its been quite the hell hole of place to work lately. Sorry, there is no other way to talk about it. Its frustrating and yet I haven't figured out what else I'm going to do just yet. I've looked into 3 other things at this point....none of which have worked out. 2 of them having been massage jobs. Any ideas? hints? jobs? leads? I've thought about school? Not sure just yet whats going to be the best option.

2010-07-28T19:42:00.001-06:00

How cute is he? got to go home today.

2010-07-28T11:12:00.001-06:00

This was interesting. Saw the moon through the telescope. Thanks friend david 4 staying up late.

Elijah Chace Benson 7lbs.15ounces 20 inches

2010-07-26T21:01:00.002-06:00

Jared and Nikki's littlest one was born today at 1:55. I still have yet to go meet him. I watched the kids a lil bit this evening while my dad went to go see him. Hopefully I can go see him tomorrow. I kind of really want to go with the girls. I was with them when they met Isaiah for the first time. I'd like to be there for this one too. I hope Jared has been getting pictures through email or phone or something. He is in Iraq...working for a year. Its sad he had to leave about a week before baby #4 was born. I wish I had a better picture than this. This is it for now.

2010-07-26T20:57:00.001-06:00

Peace out

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Did i mention i like full moons?

2010-07-25T22:37:00.002-06:00

Does a full moon affect anyone else like it does me.

Walmart

2010-07-24T08:23:00.001-06:00

Walmart was quite the adventure with these two lil munchkins.

There is beauty all around...

2010-07-21T21:31:00.018-06:00

Tadaaa!:-D
So what if my phone died when we got to ci ci's pizza tonight. The guy there let me plug it in for a bit so I could do a little bit of texting on my drive home.

This was a beautiful view for me to end my night on. Thanks kara for letting me use your phone to take this picture.

I wanted to do a wordless wednesday post, but then I realized most of my posts are wordless...or have been this last few months.

I should give update on my accident and status of car and junk in life. I feel a mess right now. Maybe thats why I enjoyed the temple and the sunset. Some things in life and all around me are so much in order. Hopefully I can add myself to that mix eventually. I have had a million and one little things go wrong and I know each one of them is something I can get through...but when they all come together at once I just tear up. The limits have been pushed and pushed with me here lately. I got this cheap car. Who cares if it was a bad choice or good choice...it was the decision made. Move forward....right? Ok, so I ask Jordan...who btw got fired....not about him, but it did add a little stress to my day to know his wasnt going too well either....i asked him to do a tune up on my car. We were going to switch cars so he could work on me. No big deal. Tune up ohhh and while you are at it...check the power steering fluid and something else. Just a few things. No big deal. right? wrong. Jordan owns a POJ too. So I got up late for church. I was just rushing to get to my meetings which just ended up being kind of scattered. I was just....having lots of conflicts....frustrated. I had lots sleep the night before and the night before. I just was making choices to stay up late...cause i do that...in fact i'm doing it right now. I stay up late and then think, beth, really....go to bed... But when I get it in my mind that i'm going to do something...like write a blog post, or spend some time finishing a good conversation. I just do it...and think about if it was good or bad later. I dont even really think if it was good or bad...just how is this going to make things for me tomorrow. Seeing how each event stacks on top of the next is interesting. Okay...so back to getting into jordans car to drive it home. it was after 9 and i tried to start it after getting dropped off.... my friend drove right off. I dont blame her, she had a long drive to get home. BUT then it wouldnt start. Battery was dead. UGH< really? sunday was just one thing after another. It wasnt a bad day it was just tough. I think I'm a strong person some days. Then I just sit and cry like a baby. You know when you think you have it hard and then things get even more interesting. yeahhhh I have been getting that. I have still been going to the chiropractor twice a week. Trying to get things with my back and my life all set in order. I keep getting off the car story. I get help in jumping the car, but not after some sparks and a broken shoe. wow. I don't know how to even complain about having a boring life. It doesnt happen. I'm not even telling personal stories. SOoooo car runs. I get home. Then it doesnt run in the morning. I'm an hour late to work....got a ride with a friend. Then....well. I get my car back and come to find out after a fill up and a few minutes sitting in the parking spot. I am losing lots of gas and fast....right under the car. Who knows where the rust spot , or hole or whatever it is ....is even at...but I have a gas leak, pretty major. I dont wanna own that car, and I dont think it will be any good to call the previous owner. So I probably wont even though my brother tells me I should. I got a ride to work today. Speaking of work. I got my letter saying my last day is november 15th....well thats if I want to be able to get unemployment benefits and a severence pkg. Eh. I have to say....i'll probably leave sooner. I should in fact be looking for work online right now, or sleeping...or working on a resume. But this week must be documented. Anyone have a job for me? In the mean time I have made new friends. The branch is good. Church is always good for me. I do love the things I learn in church and the experiences I have with good friends I get to associate with. Friends are hugely important to me. Somedays I just get so frustrated with things I think it would be better to not have such a big group that I'm constantly connected to. Hence the....oh yeah...i left facebook. Hope I havent offended anyone...eh...actually....its whatever. I think I tell less here than I did on facebook and its easier for me to just do my thing here and not worry about other people. I was doing wayyy too much of that. So I deleted all my friends. I'm working on being a better friend in person with people. Which can be hard when you feel like you are being pulled in a million directions. Ohhh the blessing and curse of it all... I want to be friends with as many people as I can...but it is hard to think about the coming and going of so many people. I get close with a few people fast....and I am afraid to lose those ones that are dear to me. Do friendships really ever end? I have had lots of friends come and go...some are harder to let go of. People come into our lives for a reason...or no? opinions? Thats one of those things that I wish I knew but I never will...okay, I cant say all of my thoughts here. I better get going.... I might post about the trip to palmyra later. this week has just been nuts. Todays time out to go to the temple was nice. Brought peace to my life :)

My new wheels

2010-07-15T19:05:00.001-06:00

I got toni the other day. she was a pretty good deal but has a few issues. Plated and ready to drive as of today though..... I have mixed emotions abt giving up the yaris that ive had as the rental. Im kinda broker than broke now though since the insurance hasnt even given me a check yet 4 the gallant. Hence the reason im not wanting to give up the yaris yet. Oh well. Itll do.

2010-07-13T19:40:00.001-06:00

Aw gube cut his hair AND did our dishes.

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2010-07-07T22:19:00.001-06:00

Sunday. Fairborn. Fireworks.

2010-07-06T21:58:00.001-06:00

Aww

Tuesday.

2010-07-06T21:50:00.000-06:00

Today I had to return my moms car. I had been driving her car since last wednesday. Last wed evening a friend of mine brought me over to my parents house to pick up their car. They let me use it while they were up in marblehead. It was nice having something to drive even though I'm still not perfectly comfortable with driving just yet. Lets just say I still feel more confident with my own driving next to other peoples right now. I just dont like NOT being in control when I see brake lights. Oh well. I'm not having nightmares or anything so its okay. I went in to work today for about 5 hours. I also had an appointment with Dr Gordon and Gwen. I was scheduled to have the day off so I dont feel one bit bad about not working a full day. I guess there was enough work there to keep me busy alll week. I'm still not in the mood to bend over backwards for this company. I dont feel comfortable with them or my job right now. SO I had my appointment in the afternoon. Apparently I have ligament damage in my neck. They told me to not let anyone massage me and not to get in a hot tub and just to keep using ice. Dang I guess I shouldve done that this evening. I left work early so I could get over to the hertz in beavercreek and get my rental car and get some tents and chairs from my mom. I need to get things ready for the trip to Palmyra this weekend with the singles branch. I pulled up the the Hertz and I said....watch mom, i bet they are going to give me a yaris. sure enough. My fears became a reality. dang. I'm just not a fan of a car with no cruise control. WHO DOES THAT? oh well. It was a lil bit of a pain to get this westfield company on the phone to figure out if they were going to be coving my insurance on the rental. That was a no brainer to me, but whatever...i'd rather be sure that they were instead of Hertz wanting to charge me 20 a day. So its a cute lil red yaris. I dont even know what year. I only care that its unlimited miles and gets good has mileage. I guess its mine for ten days. I think they will try to make me an offer before then. They said they would get an appraiser to look at my car. I have a feeling i'm only going to MAYBE get 1000. guess we will soon find out. I think the only car I've seen on craigslist that I may even want to consider is a ford van thats a 72 and is painted like the van on scooby doo. oh man, that'd be hilarious. I'm getting tired. Just needed to write about that stuff.

oh , couple other things...as side notes... I got a care package today :) I love mail. and.... I still cant believe jared is leaving for iraq in less than a week.

2010-07-04T06:58:00.001-06:00

2010-07-01T13:24:00.001-06:00

Tuesday lunch did make me smile

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I tried to work

2010-07-01T13:05:00.003-06:00

I went in to work today for 2 hours. I started feeling sick. I couldn't take it. I thought I was going to get sick. My stomach felt horrible and i felt like i was getting a fever. I dont know if it was coming from the pain or what. I had taken anti-inflamatory meds, but I decided I needed to go home to take the vicodin and muscle relaxer. So...i stopped by the police station to get the accident report first. I finally was able to give my insurance the other girls information. They are going to contact her insurance and see where we get from there. I just hope that the hospital bills arent too much. My insurance covers the first 5000...anything past that the other insurance would have to fork out. I just spent a good long while passssed out on the couch. half alseep and half awake. Texting vanessa while she is away on vacation.

*Beth's BLOG*

Prepare for change

Mixed up Monday.

A day in Adamsville.

I love road trips.

A few more things that I love.

Photography

Breaking our Fast

Life as I know it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcJI2A90B7E&feature

Not my house ....scary though

I went to Jail last night.

Aal Izz Well

Before I forget....

Provo ...Friday Night.

Love you dad...

Florence ... explained.

Florence....

Leaders Don't Stop....

O thou of little faith ;)

Oh how lovely was the morning....

Holiness to the Lord, The House of the Lord

Friends.

Musical Movie Night....

EGGS

Friends

New Home

Ouch

Did I mention

Better pic

Happy Birthday Ryan friend

Service with Diana

These aren't my children... just a reminder

Dance class

Retro cam... my favorite app

Its a new year.

December Thanks...

FWD:

November...

Happy Day....

Sunday Fun.

details of my day...

Love It

Things...

Remember when...

Straight from Iraq

FWD:

Work Junk...

Elijah Chace Benson 7lbs.15ounces 20 inches

Did i mention i like full moons?

Walmart

There is beauty all around...

My new wheels

Tuesday.

I tried to work

Beth's BLOG