Wise Prayer

So this last weekend I went down to California with my family. It was a girl trip to visit my Aunt Pat (Father’s Sister). She lives in a beautiful area of California, Laguna Hills. So of course we went to church with her on Sunday. During Relief society my aunt gave the closing pray and part of the prayer just touched me. She prayed that we will be able to love the people who are mean to us. I know many times I become mean to when people are mean to me. I need to learn how to be kind even when someone has wronged me or just made mad.

Short Hair

So I finally cut my hair. I don’t mean a trim type of a cut, but 13 inches off my hair! I love the new hair but still have a part of me that misses the long flowing locks. I plan to donate my hair to locks of love, that is if I can remember to take it to the post office. Here are some pictures. Although the pictures don’t really show much of a difference, but it’s there.

Update

Well I haven’t blogged in while mainly because there is nothing new to blog about. Jake is looking for a new job and likes the idea of working up at a mine in Alaska. We will not have to move up there, but will probably have to pay for a flight at least once a month. However, the pay is enough to cover that cost. We’re still not sure where we want to settle down. Hopefully Jake will get some news on the job soon and we can start making definitive plans.

Joe and Sleeping

So I know it seems lately I’ve been blogging a lot about Joe, but he’s just so dang funny. Joe likes to sleep with us in bed. The only problem is we sleep in a full bed and barely have enough room for Jake and I, let alone room for a large dog. Well at the beginning of the night he’ll usually get up on the bed and lay behind my legs with his head on my legs. Then while trying to fall asleep my legs start feeling cramped and I need to stretch so I kick Joe off. Then when I wake up he’s back to sleeping in bed with us. Well one night Jake and I were just laying in bed and next thing you know we feel Joe’s body against our legs. He was so stealthy getting onto the bed that we didn’t even feel it. We laughed and kicked him off the bed. Then we wondered if Joe knew when we were asleep to get on the bed. So Jake starts fake snoring and Joe jumps up onto the bed, not stealthy at all. What a smart dog. Although we’ve played that trick with him enough that he doesn’t do it anymore.

Then the other night while Jake and I were cuddling Joe decided he wanted to cuddle with us. He jumps onto the bed and squeezes in between us. 

Things I learned last weekend.

1. Trying to save money by buying an $11 shaver from Walmart and shaving your own dog is not a good idea. Spending the extra money for a professional to do it is well worth the price.

2. We are no Bonnie & Clyde (especially me)

Joe

I love my dog Joe which is funny because I don’t remember ever having much of an attachment to our pets. I guess it’s because growing up I never really had the responsibility for our pets and I never got attached, I just thought it was me not being a pet person. Since we moved into our place and it being so cold outside Joe gets to be inside. I have been getting really close to Joe lately. He’s such a good dog! He’ll always ask me to go to the bathroom. He loves to follow me around which is nice to have that kind of loyalty in a pet. He knows how to hug. Most of the time he ends up just laying me by me. He loves to curl up in a little ball which is so cute. He also has the cutest puppy dog eyes and he never barks. Here are some cute pictures of him.

The Hockey Game

So the other night Jake’s friend called up and asked if he wanted to go to Hockey game and that he had tickets for one of the luxury suites. Jake was all excited and said “Yeah me and Rachael would love to go.” Well as it turns out tickets meant him and Jake, not me. I was ok with that I thought that it would be fun for Jake to have a guys night. I guess Jeff felt bad and got me a ticket as well so us three went to the game. This was my first Hockey game and I must say that it was really fun! The suite was nice and it was a decent view. For being a low scoring sport it was surprisingly fun to watch. There were a bunch of body slams and one fight. Although I don’t understand why the sport of Hockey has more fights then other sports. Is it because the penalty is much lower (5 minutes penalty for fighting, 7 for instigating) or just that the people that play hockey have more aggression? Oh well, I can’t deny that the fighting did make the game a little bit more interesting. Most of the game was tied one to one. Then Utah got a goal near the end of 2 period and kept the lead for awhile. Then about middle of the third period Las Vegas Renegades got a goal and it stayed tied up to the last minute where the Renegades scored again with 32 seconds left on the clock. Sadly the Utah Grizzlies lost. I still enjoyed watching it. Although I did learn that the Hockey team has cheerleader. The Grizzly Ice Girls or something like that. I wasn’t impressed with their dancing, worst then the Jazz dancers. When they were announced as the Ice girls my thoughts were it would be cooler if they were Ice Skaters and maybe knew a little bit of figure skating, that would be cooler ice girls.