The Life of Scott

Happy Birthday to MEEEEEEEE!

2012-01-19T21:19:00.000-08:00

Sorry sometimes its all about ME!

I am just thinking as I sit here getting ready for bed.. That I am going to be 40 again! ok 41. I like the idea of being 40 again. It was an awesome year I loved it.

I have wonderful friends, I have wonderful family, I have a wonderful life.

40 was a wonderful year for me. I sure hope I have at least 40 more. 50 more or 60 more I would love to be as old as my grandfather when he died at the age of 92.

I look back on my life and wonder sometime WHAT have I done with these last 40 years. and I have to tell you it has been a fun ride with lots of ups and downs and fast turns. Its been awesome.

So I want to say Thank you to all those that will call and text and send an email. I love each and everyone of you. You have been the reason why I am Scott Leitch.

The Help

2012-01-07T00:15:00.000-08:00

So in the last few days I have been watching movies. I have not been to a MOVIE is about 2 years. It seemed like I use to go every week because Susan would drag me to a movie and I would go.. Not that it wasnt nice to see the movie but I had issues with how much it cost and I always felt that I could just buy the dvd and I would watch it in the comfort of my own home. Sometimes I love just sitting in my own bed and watch a movie where I can cry to my heart is content.

Tonight I watched for the second time "The Help". I am telling you my heart just breaks and it makes my blood boil and I get so mad, and I cry and I laugh and well... It just shows you sometimes it not good to go to the movies with me because of who I am.

But back to my feeling and what I learned and did not learn. a couple phases came out to me and then to me I started to write them down and then I would have to re-wine the movie and watch it over to make sure I got it right and then I would have to re-read what I wrote.

so I am watching the movie.. and then it was so funny some of the best things I saw in the movie, was appearing on the menu. LOL

I heard one quote and here it is on the menu button.

“as for your momma, she did not pick her life, it picked her”

as I was listening to this line... I was thinking wow I really did not pick this life it picked me. I was pre-ordiend to be who I am. I was choosen by some of the best to be the person I am in this life. is this making any scnce to anyone. I dont think I would have ever picked the life of losing my mother, or losing my father, or doing the things I have done.
I am telling you right now... I would not have changed anything that I have learned, I would not have morned any differently and I would not want to be anywhere else then where I am right now!

“love and hate are two horns on the same goat and you need a goat”

In this line of the movie, its talking about being single and marriage and well I just had to laugh. yes I was rolling on the floor laughing because you know something.. sometime it is so true.. Love and hate are the horns of the same goat.

“courage sometimes skips a generation… Thank you for bringing it back to our family”

SO with this statement.. I just have to say I sure hope my generations understand me. I stand tall in what I believe in, I think the courage skipped a few gerenations. I dont know how anyone would ever understand me if it wasnt for the generations that helped pave my way. I did not know many of them but I will tell you I so enjoy learning more about them. They have been giving me small hints of what I need to do. I love the fact that Family in not just until death but for a life of eternty.

so here is to those family members that have gone before me..

challenges

2012-01-04T20:54:00.000-08:00

SO I have been give a challenge and I am taking it.

One of these days the only thing that I will have is my memories and well that might be all I need.

If I had a remembrance book I would have written the following... any one know where that line came from?

So while I was thinking tonight... I remember one summer day where I had to be about 13-14 and I so enjoyed my time with mom and dad, I was a mommy boy and I spent every minute with them. Patty and Steve have there own life and I had mom and dad.

Penns Valley has many old back roads which I spent many a days on. I loved when mom and dad wanted to go for walks because I was able to go with them.

I should set up the scene, these old country roads follow streams or creeks. along a nice mountain side. or valley or hill. I remember we were out for a walk so I am not sure if Dad parked somewhere and we desided to walk or what it was but I remember we were up the little dirt road of sinking creek, I can picture it in my mind, I can see the creek, I can see water and I can see the ripples on the water. Remember its just a small creek, about 20 or so feet across and the creek was no more than 2 or 3 feet deep, now remember I am not a water boy, I was always afraid of the water, but 2 feet really isnt bad when it come to wading in the water I was able to do that. I can still see the sides of the creek with the beatiful green foliage handing over the side. and this was the day I learned a few more things from my mom and dad.

as we were in the creek dad saw the crawfish, and the next thing I remember is we are catching crawfish, now these little creatures move faster backward then they do forward and they have little pinchers almost like a losbter.

I have no clue what we put them in or what made my father want to catch them but WE caught a lot of them I can remember going back and forth trying not to stir the creek up to much with dirt because we would not be able to catch the crawfish, but we did it, I remember that day and the joy I had with my mom and dad.

I just remember going home and we had a feast of Crawfish.

What a ride....

2011-12-07T21:21:00.000-08:00

It has been a ride.. What a ride it has been. I feel like I have not done what I have needed to do.
Let's see what you have missed out on.

Big Bertha has had to have repairs again.. another $400.
Candy and James spent the night with me before they went to Hawaii which was super fun.
I dont know if I said I was called to be sunday school president and that has take a few extra steps in my life.
and well... I have been busy.

My Mind has been Racing....

2011-11-11T21:24:00.000-08:00

I know right now I should not write because I am in a funk and my mood is not the best but maybe that is the best time to write and get these thoughts off my mind and I might feel better about it after I write it out.

Best part about it is I can delete it if I find out I don't like what I wrote.. RIGHT!

I should just go to the Temple and I know I will get the right answer and do the right thing there.
but right now I cant because it is to late and well...

So I have kept a lot of things to myself... just because I know that is what I need to do. I have been blessed with the the ability to see many trials and tribulations, not only in my life but in the life of others.
It is so hard not for me to get upset and angry and fall apart and well.. I just try to be positive.

I should leave it at that and not leave my feelings get involved but I do. I really do.. I take everything so very personally. REALLY I do!

So my feelings were hurt a few weeks ago and I am trying to leave it go.. I just have a hard time doing so. SO I was thinking if I typed it out that maybe I could find myself to leave it go and not dwell on it anymore.
So without going into full details.. and giving names and what it is I will just vent a little. and well... I can get it out in the open.

So a few years ago I started to go with some friends to see a show. Every Holiday season its like what brings our friendship all together. I love this show and I enjoy going to see it every year with these friends. This year I was never told about the show and when the show was and well.. My friends got the tickets without informing me about the show. YES I am hurt about it. WHAT really hurt my feelings it that they threw it back into my face which was so uncalled for. Dropping it like it was no big deal and did not really caring about what was going on and how I might feel about not being invited. YES I am hurt and I need to leave it go. BUT its really hard for me to leave it go and IT has cause me to have ill feelings towards these friends. And I do not know who has said it.. but sometimes when you are mad at someone they have no Idea that you are mad or hurt. So I need to leave it go. I need to ask for forgiveness because I have hard feeling against them and they have no idea. I could go buy myself a ticket and go by myself but that is not what the point of it would be. the point was that we did as FRIENDS!

Moving on... SO I have been having a hard time with trying to understand what is going on with my calling and I found myself low in heart and discouraged. YES YES YES... thanks to a mother that can see a little better than what I can.. told me we have to become one with Our Heavenly Father and maybe those people who's names were presented to me that day might just have needed extra prayer in there lives.
and if you know me I was kicking against the picks as to say. SO Its back to thinking and pondering and praying. I was told to wait until the dust settles awhile before things happen.... IF you know me you know I don't like dust and I am one that has to keep the dust moving on... because if you can write your name in the dust then something has to be changed!

As soon as I just typed that changed the phone just rang... it was the executive secretary for the bishop calling and asking me to come in for a meeting on Sunday! wow and I was thinking in my mind the song.. CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE!

Cars did not drive on it to make a great time, they drove on it to have a good time!

2011-11-06T20:02:00.000-08:00

Cars did not drive on it to make a great time.. they drove on it to have a good time.
So to night I had to go get the new moive Cars 2, but I had to watch Cars before I watched the new one. and as I was watching it this quote come across and it hit me... maybe I am not dont take enough time to have a good time and I am just here for the great time..

I should fill you in on what happened last week and my high lights of the week. because they were good.

Sunday was a big high light, 23 years ago I made the choice... the choice to Join a family and the family has been big. I joined a church family. WOW 23 years ago.
As I texted mother on Sunday Morning and reminding her what we did 23 years ago... see I remember everything and I have a lot of things written down.

23 years ago, The Davis Family welcomed me into the chruch with my baptism. I do remember a few things I remember the worst suit I have ever owned. I was reminding mother that on that sunday night the family had to preform at a womens event for State College... and I believe you did a song of Roll out the barrel.

I texted this to mother and she said to send out a text to everyone.. do you know what happens when I text.. LOL.

The best part about Sunday was that it was primary sacrament at church. I am not a big fan of primary sacrament but its always good for a good smile.

I think the best thing about sunday was.... during sacrament was Hughie Lear... we were taing the sacrament and I am trying to help Suzanne with the boys... and I think I moght have made things worst.. so we were taking the water and I took my little cup and I placed it back into the discard and the next thing I knew hughie was taking the sacrament cups like shots... It was way to funny.... Suzanne was beside herself when I told her... but come on.. It was funny!

I think I can say... I taught Hughie how to do shots... JUST JOKING!!!

It's Just and Empty Cup!

I am it...Sunday School President.

2011-10-26T21:42:00.000-07:00

So I started my day off visiting friends. It was a nice day. I took a 2 hour nap and I just enjoyed it.

I had a nice dinner with Yvette tonight and That was a great evening...

and then to end my evening It was great to meet with the bishop... I am not the Sunday School President. I was set a part and it was very sweet.

a few things I remembered out of the blessing.. D&C 121. be the example, countinue to live the rightous life you have been living.

Bishop Smith said that he and brother every knew I was to be it. they said that they looked at me one sunday and the spirit said.. Scott Leitch is your Sunday School presient.

as I said before I know who my couselors should be and I am hoping.... praying Bishop feels the same way.

How many of our flight paths go the way we thought they would or should?

2011-10-25T19:15:00.000-07:00

I read this quote today on Abby's blog... and it just hit home to me and I had to use it.

How many of our flight paths go the way we thought they would or should?

Abby had given me a lot to think about as she was writing another wonderful part of her life with and without Naki.

As I was reading the little story.... and I read that part I said awesome that is just awesome... and I was thinking I have to use it. I have to apply that to my life.

Saturday afternoon/evening when I got home from work and was working on my Sunday Dinner... I got a phone call.. I did not know who it was and I answered it.. To my surprise it was Bishop Smith; "Scott" Yes "This is Bishop Smith, I would like to know if I can meet with you tomorrow morning around 8:50"... I was first off surprised and second had no clue what I did. "I want to talk to you about a new calling".

Well first off... it has come to my attention that I try to walk down that path as straight as I can.. I cross it alot. and well I over think it to much...

SO after I hung up and was doing what I do for dinner... I saw the missionaries come in... I asked them if they heard anything about what my new calling was and as we were talking... out of no where I heard myself say "Sunday School President". and kept going with what we were talking about. and to tell you the truth I did not think anything more about anything until 8:45 Sunday morning as I was carring flowers to the church.

So I walked into the church and it was like old home week and seeing so many old friends. Because our ward wont start until 11, and another one was starting at 9. I was talking to some friends and I said I was here for a new calling because the bishop had called...

For all my non-member friends.. callings are given by the bishop for the service..

and we all were laughing RUN scott RUN... because sometimes you get called callings that are sometime just a test.

anyway back to the PATH....

I met with the bishop... short and sweet... No time for me to pounder or pray about it... It was YES I will accept the calling... Bishop said Scott... I am going to make this short and sweet... and Gave me the calling... I was shocked to tell you the truth. VERY shocked.

as I was texting mother today..
Scott: Oh my goodness... its scary to have the Lord speak to me in such a still small voice...
Mother: Tin is the veil experiences.
Scott: Mom it's funny I wasn't set-a-part yet because I had the boys; but I know who my counselors are.
Mother: A testament to your daily habits of spiritual import....
Scott: I never felt that I could have this in my life.... (the spirit working this way)
Mother: And I always knew you would!
Scott: I have never been the spirial giants like you have been.
Mother: Untrue... anyone who sincerly seeks God is a spiritual giant!
Scott: You have to say that your my mom....
Mother: Silly...
Scott: Love you...

Sometime that PATH that we travel down might not always be the path that OUR FLIGHTS may go because we think it should be this way and not that way... but it comes to what the Lord has in his plan!

Funny how life happens

2011-10-21T22:20:00.000-07:00

Funny how life changes once one leaves a mission and goes home. I have just had 2 return missionaries come back to Seattle for a visit from returning home... BOTH of them I have loved and was able to have them in my home.

So both of these missionaries found young ladies on there mission.. they are dating and well as I sat down with all of these young people... I still think as myself as a young person... guess what.... I just realized... I am old enough to be there FATHER.... I had to take back... that as both of the return missionaries was dating these young woman who... well as I started to talk to them find out the they are still in high school.

NOW as I was sitting with them.. these young ladies had no clue what life is about yet! They have yet to live "IN THE WORLD" really they had no clue what these return missionaries were talking about as the rms were talking about thing that happened to them on there mission and they would quote scripture and other things these young women... still needed to be in young women and doing thing with "YOUNG" people of there own age.

YES I was a father here... 9:30pm and I am thinking where is my daughters..... out making out with 2 young men... yes they hold recommands... but... they are still little girls..

anyway.. as this OLD fart is thinking... I was never like this!

Chocolate Truffles

2011-10-19T20:30:00.000-07:00

makes about 5 dozen...

3 cups sifted powdered Sugar
1 Package (8 oz) Cream Cheese, Soften
1 Package (12 oz) Semi-Sweet Chooclate Chips (Melted)

Flavoring: NOT at the same time.
1 Tablespoon Orange-Flavored Liqueur
1 Tablespoon Coffee-Flavored Ligueur
1 Tablespoon Almond- Flavored Liqueur

Add 3 cps powered sugar to cream cheese, beating with mixter until well miexed. add chocolate; mix well divide into 3 equal parts; add flavoring to each part mix well. Refrigerate several hours
Shape mxiture into 1-inch balls
Rollin nuts, sugar, nonparrilsor, cocoa..
Refrigerate.

So before anyone yells at me.. I have tried these from a friend and they were very very yummy.
NOW the recipe is calling for FLAVORED Liqueurs... OK I Know what you are thinking and NO its not what you are thinking... Not that some of my friends and readers would not use Liqueurs.. I would use LorAnn Oils.
I am going to be using LorAnn Oils when I make mine. Now Remember LorAnn Oils you dont need that much. and they only come in .125 floz so they are powerful!

I am going to make some this weekend... I am going to do a Blood Orange... for halloween...

Pumpkin Crunch Cake

2011-10-18T20:22:00.000-07:00

for a while I have loved this cake... I keep saying I am going to get it down into the recipe book and that way I wont loose it... as I have been looking in all my paper work tonight because I wanted to bake it this weekend... and was trying to find it... well I found it and said ok I am going to type it out before I lose it again.

2 block of butter or margarine
1 large can pumpkin
1 (13 oz) can of evaporated milk
1 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
3 eggs
1 box yellow cake mix
1 cup chopped nuts

line 9x13 pan with wax paper.
melt butter and cool,
mix together and pour into lined pan: Pumpkin, evaporated milk, sugar, cinnamon, and eggs.
sprinkle yellow cake mix over mixture, sprinkle chopped nuts, pour melted butter over all.
Bake in 350 degree oven for 1 hour. after it's baked wait about 5-10 minutes turn over while hot onto a serving tray, remove wax paper carefully It may be a little soft when hot but hardens as it cools.

love this cake...
From Valarie!

Cleaning UP!

2011-10-18T20:16:00.000-07:00

I have been cleaning.... really really cleaning... I am tossing things that I have been keeping a hold of... I am finding pieces of paper with little quotes and other things on them.

I found one that has I have been holding onto. I want to keep a little record of my life. and sometime I can not toss that small piece of paper.

SO I was thinking I need to write these things out!

I know I can print them off when I want and I want to keep them ..

This one I was not the most best post and I posted it 2 years ago but I want to keep it and I want to toss this little piece of paper..

I was given advice on it. The qoute came and here is what it says.. "Just think sometimes when people are judgemental they are only judging themselves for their imperfections."

August 2, at 10:05 am
Scott, Seriously. What's up with the language??? Don't you hold a temple recommend? I'm just saying'

August 3, at 3:51 pm
I am sorry that my use of the word "Hell" distrubed you so much that you felt the need to chastise me over it. I will be sure to mention that I used the word "Hell" in my next temple recommend interview :)

Seriously..

August 3, at 6:31 pm
It wasn't just "Hell" You've also thrown out a couple of Damns, too. Oh yeah, and that was a real cute and fun comment you made about wishing you could have drunk the bottle of wine, instead of using it to cook with, after you got home from church. Way to represent. Let's see, return missionary, right? :)

I ended that friendship.... it still haunts me and I want to say I am sorry that if it hurt anyone else for the actions.

As I have learned a few thing in the past few months and while I am cleaning up... I needed to clean up this that was hanging over my head as well... YES sometimes in my life I am not the perfect saint that I need to be.

I am an example. I am still growing and learning and Well I hope you will forgive me.

Updating once again in the month of October

2011-10-16T21:40:00.000-07:00

It's time to update life again.
I should update you with the job. I am willing but... SO The District manager called me on Tuesday and said he did not see an application for the store that was open? YES I was concerned because #1 I did not see the store posting. and #2 I heard about it but did not back to number 1 see it. I was also doing my homework and learned that this would NOT be a good store for me to go back to management with. I was thinking no way. So I did not apply. I learned friday from my store manager that the other store was wondering when I was starting... YES they have all planned on me going without telling me. And my store manager said NO. HE said this is not the store to put me back into with how the store is going. SO I am not stressing because I dont plan to leave anytime soon.

I have been busy with work for the last few weeks, 40 hours have been good to me. JUST trying to get the bills paid up. WHICH is a never ending issue.

Monday I was like a small child, I ended up going to the pumpkin patch alone. YUP you heard me I headed to the patch alone. I am a kid at heart and I wanted to go.. FUNNY thing is I did not buy a pumpkin to say but for the main part I got some fun stuff.
I have try to get squash that I can cook and try new. YES... I am trying new thing.

the rest of the week I just worked.. SAD. Ok I was trying to update what was going on and I have lost all my train of thoughts.

What a week

2011-10-03T19:45:00.000-07:00

SO this has been another one of these weeks that I am not sure what to think.... SO Yvette has been telling me how she is cleaning and cleaning and cleaning and so I started cleaning.
SO If you saw facebook you will see that I have been looking at pictures and taking pictures. I have been a collector... I do not want to say hoarding because I am not that bad yet. but I toss out really you ready for this 12 years worth of Martha Stewart and Ensign magaizine, bridal magaines and bills and paper work for the last 12 years. OMGoodness it feels good to have cleaned!

Happy Birthday Aunt Florence

2011-09-29T20:57:00.000-07:00

Today I called Aunt Florence to wish her a Happy Birthday. 83 years old. Aunt Florecne is the last living Neese. The last of her generation. Yes She has always been my favorite aunt. there was something about aunt Florence that I just loved. She was always creative, always making something and she always made the best fruit salad at christmas time... plus her santa clause christmas cookie. I always had a special place in my heart for her.

This has been a week and a half for me and I just am trying to figure it all out.
I think I need to step back and talk about last week. and that way I will catch everyone up and you will know what and where I am coming from this week.

Last week my boss Yvette went to Disneyland... YES I wanted to go and well as you can tell I did not get to go. LOL I would invite myself.

SO I was in charge once again of the shop. I have been working as much as I can just ot keep afloat.
so Friday the district Manager came in.. YES this is the same one that told me I no longer had a shop and put me where I am now. SO yes I try not to come into contact with him or anyone from the office when they come in. SO he walked the store pointing things out that needed to be changed and well gave a list and said he would be back this week to check it off. SO I made the effort to make sure I knew what was on the list and that it was taken care of.

SO I started in onthe list and made sure it was done before Yvette got back from Disenyland. SO I was outside working on Saturday doing the stuff that had to be done, and it as hot and I was hot and I was a mess and sweatie and well one of the employees came outside saying that the store manager was calling me. SO I came inside and called allan and asked him what he needed... He said I need to see you in my office... I was freaked out. I ran upstairs to the office and walked in and here sat the District Manager and of course the first thing out of my mouth was "Oh Crap what did I do now" he said shut the door and come in... I was totally freaked out and the color just dropped from me and I was not ready for what was to become a very good moment in my life.
Besides saying thank you for what I have done, I was also asked if I would go back into management if I was asked. I said I would if I need to and something came up close to home.

YES I would.. if something came up around my house I would go. I know there is a lot of stress and there was times I hated it but AT lease I had hour and I was not worried about where my next meal was coming from.... SO that is on my mind. I am not sure... I am very torn and I have been praying about it. I am not sure what I will do and I will just have to wait...

NOW here is something funny, yesterday I was working at another store. I like the traveling from one store to another to tell you the truth. and the HR person was there and said I hear your name coming up a lot? I said really.. SHe said YES I hear you are going back into the floral business... YES I am scared because I did not plan on it so soon.

SO this week I have been feeling a little off... Monday I had to take care of a root canal that needed to be retreated. Everyone knows how much I love going to the denist and well this was not to hurt.. HECK I have been hurting more now than I did when it was done the first time.

School was to start Tuesday and well I am very sad that I did not start again because well $$$$ money is the issue. SO I am taking the semeter off again.

I have been asking and asking the Lord what am I to be learning from this all... and I still have not gotten the answer. I keep on thinking what is next.

I do know I have been feeing strange lately about everything going on in my life so I just am thinking something is going to happen.

I keep thinking of the book after the storm comes the rainbow.... well i have seen the storm and I have watched the rainbow... now tell me what is after that.

Standing Tall....

2011-09-20T22:12:00.000-07:00

Standing tall... this has been a week and well 3 weeks since I have not really blogged so some of you got personal phone calls and talked to me and worked with me and some of you listened and told me to stand a little taller.

I was asked this week to pray. NOT a calling that did not happen... THANK YOU Heavenly Fahter you knew I was not ready for that. But I was asked to pray for service. YES odd and well... I did that.. STILL not sure why I was asked that but hey I did what was asked.

I got out my patriarchal blessing out and re-read it.. time and time again I wonder what some of it means and I started studing my blessings and what it means.

I got heart breaking news that I made to much money last year and so I wont get the grants and loans I needed to go to school in the fall.. with out paying for it out of my own pocket. I made to much really.. i made to much. SO I will only be taking one class this fall and I have to pay for it out of my own pocket plus get books and well... I can do this.. I might be 100 before I get the degree I want.

I have been working more now since I got that news so 36 hours aweek is good. I just dont want to work on Sundays and I will work when I need to on a Sunday but I am fine with out working on a Sunday.

We got a new Bishop 3 weeks ago and I am so impessed with him.

We got a new Elder's quorum presdient this last weekend so I am so happy I was not a part of that. I still have to get teachers but I dont have to teach.

I been working on cleaning out the garage and cleaning the yard for fall.. Odd to say it looks night when things are all cleaned up.

Besides that I am still standing a little taller and doing the things I am to be doing.

I love having Issues.

2011-08-30T22:48:00.000-07:00

Issues… I love having issues.

The other day when I was at the chiropractors when I was getting adjusted the dr asked me how I was doing and I said I am doing great. I said I got a replacement ticket for the one that I did not get to go see and I made some comment in which he said to me “WOW” an optimist you are.. Well I do believe I am. I have always been the one that can handle most of the problems that are placed before me.. Sometimes I don’t want to handle them and well… I just do.

I have been learning in the past few weeks that I control what my actions are. I control how I handle things and I am the one that has to handle my own problems.

I was talking to Bob the produce manager at the store the other day and I said I will be more than happy to help him out whenever he needs me. I said but starting in September I won’t be able to work on Sunday unless it’s early in the morning before church or after church. He said to me.. you know sometimes our souls need to be strengthen as well.

I have missed this in the past 3 weeks since I have had to work. MY CHOICE. I said I would cover for some people who wanted to go on vacations. And that I made the choice to do this. But I see that if I don’t go I miss out on so much. And my SOUL misses out as well.

I have had a few times when in my life that I did not mind working that Sunday and missing out on that spiritual blessing and the last 3 weeks have not been good weeks for me.

I started writing about a week ago so I had to go back and re-think about what I was typing.

Sunday was a very special day, I did make it to church because I knew that our Bishop was being released. He was the first Bishop I had as a “SINGLE” Adult over 30, and he opened his arms to me and welcomed me into the ward. “FAMILY WARD”. In which I attend and I love.

We now have an All Star-Team as Ted and Lane Said. IT will be fun to watch them all grow and see where things go. I hope I get to serve with them.

LOL I can hear mother laughing as she is reading this. Sunday night as I was coming home from a farewell we had for our just released Bishop and his wife. I called mother and was talking to her about my mood and feeling a little green with envy. “LOL” I said that this was not my color; Mother’s comment back was “depends on what green.” I was really feeling envy. I was feeling like my life has not gone the way I think it should be going and that I was not doing what I needed to be doing. I did feel this way for a minute. One of my Best friends has been put into the Bishopric and I was feeling a little envy. He is a powerful leader in my book and I am so excited to have him as a counselor.

But the envy soon left. Trust me it did. Dan has a family of 3 boys, it was kind of funny because Sunday morning Suzanne texted me and asked me if I was going to save seats for her and the boys now. So I knew something going down. And this is where mother pointed out something more. Maybe the widow’s mite. I am ready to serve and I have the heart to serve and have always had. I know that I will need to help Suzanne out a little with the boys. It gives me the chance to be Uncle Scott again.

My heart has always been in the right place. Sometimes I get a little prideful but the Lord always knows how to put me in my place. Or is that mother that always puts me in my place.

I know it was only a 10 minute call or less because I don’t like to bother her and when it is late I hate to wake her or if she has just one to bed I don’t want to wake her. But sometimes the wisdom is awesome. The best part is I make her laugh. In the 10 minutes we laughed, I cried and well the point was made “if I lived my life the way the Lord wants me to, and keep the covenants that I made in the temple, the Lord will bless you to your heart’s desire”

So I guess what I am trying to say here is that sometimes I might not measure up to what I think I should be measured up to but the Lord has a plan and I just need to wait out the storm and he will show me what he wants me to do.

So you had a bad day.

2011-08-09T21:33:00.000-07:00

So as I just got off the phone with mother... she said you better write this all down.
I will start with about a month ago I was going shopping at a thift shop and I parked and ran inside to get change to pay the metter and came out to a parking ticket. well 2 tickets one for parking with out the parking ticket and one for no license plate on the front of Big Bertha. so a total of $92 really... I was not a happy camper and came right home and said I wanted to appeal this ticket... my date for my appeal was monday. Here is where is all starts to get funny... YES funny and YES " I had a bad day" can you hear the song in the back ground..... I love that song.

So I guess I will go back to sunday at church... I was finally called to my new calling... but the funny part was everytime they went to say the correct words Brother Jennings would goof up... FUNNY maybe that was a sign that I was not to have this calling.

Anyway Monday morning I was to go to court for the above story.. well I went to jump into the car and well.. Big Bertha would not start, she wanted to start but just would not... so I called triple AAA and well thats the reason I have it. So I called them and they sent a guy over to "jump the car" well he got into the car and said oh its not the battery it the fuel pump. where do you want the car towed.
WELL up the block to the garage so I had to jump into a truck that smelted like... well... so He dropped me off at the garage and I was able to call triple AAA again and tell them the address... well I had to walk back home... just about a half a mile. and wait for the tow truck. OK I can handle this... while I was waiting I called the court house because I was to be there and I said can I have another one... well start laughing because I was told that was not going to happen and well I might as well just PAY the ticket... REALLY..

SO I was doing all this the guy mr muhammad has to repair things was on his way to my house to install a new dishwasher.... I have been with out for a month... you know when it rains it pours.

and to top it all off I was to be at work by 1. WELL nice thing is I am loosing a little weight because I am walking to work.

SO big bertha has $800 worth of medical bills something to do with the coral in the starting area and well? Dont ask me I just signed over my pay check.

So I think the worst part of this week is.... yes the week needs to end and start over... I missed my show... I was to be sitting in the 5th Avenue tonight watching Les Miserables..... REALLY.... I am missing my show... row c seat 10 Center section.... Really really... I could just yell...

Do you remember in the movie Steel Magnolias... they are at the cemetary and they were just comment on the service and the flowers....
(Sally Fields) M'Lynn: [crying] I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine.
[screaming]
M'Lynn: I'm fine! I can jog all the way to Texas and back, but my daughter can't! She never could! Oh God! I am so mad I don't know what to do! I wanna know why! I wanna know *why* Shelby's life is over! I wanna know how that baby will *ever* know how wonderful his mother was! Will he *ever* know what she went through for him! Oh *God* I wanna know *why*? *Why*? Lord, I wish I could understand!

[in a firm tone]

M'Lynn: No! No! No! It's not supposed to happen this way! I'm supposed to go first. I've always been ready to go first! I-I don't think I can take this! I-I don't think I can take this! I-I just wanna *hit* somebody 'til they feel as bad as I do! I just wanna hit something! I wanna hit it hard!

[continues sobbing]

Clairee: Here!

[grabs Ouiser by the shoulder and positions her in front of M'Lynn]

Clairee: Hit this! Go ahead M'Lynn, slap her!

Ouiser Boudreaux: [taken aback and confused] Are you crazy?

Clairee: Hit her!

Ouiser Boudreaux: Are you *high*, Clairee?

Truvy: [in a frightened tone] Clairee, have you lost your mind?

Clairee: We'll sell t-shirts sayin' "I SLAPPED OUISER BOUDREAUX!" Hit her!

Annelle: [in a scared tone] Ms. Clairee, enough!

Clairee: Ouiser, this is your chance to do something for your fellow man! Knock her lights out, M'Lynn!

Ouiser Boudreaux: [snatches away] Let go o' me!

Clairee: M'Lynn, you just missed the chance of a lifetime! Half o' Chiquapin Parish'd give their eye teeth to take a whack at Ouiser!

That is the sence of humor I have right now... I just wanted to hit something I was so mad.... REALLY can you believe that I would really miss my favorite show of all times... " LES MIS"! Really can you believe with all the stress I missed it. LOL

I can hear the song now.... Master of the house.....

anyway I think the Lord really has a sence of humor... I am telling you he has to.... if he dosnt I am not going to make it to heaven.

Ok here is a few things that I have learned in the last few minutes of my life.... you got to laugh. REALLY just laugh. I have my life and my sence of humor because all this has happened in my life for a reason. I am not sure what the reason is yet but just beware I know there is a reason.

AS I was laughing about this as I was telling mother.. I also told her of something else that has happened in the past week. I filled in at another flower shop last week and I was there for 2 days. On monday I signed her department. well the flowers on the cut wall.. you know the ones in water... I put signs on all of her bucket of flowers saying "Carnation $2.99 so on and so forth... her sales on monday were 124% ABOVE last year.. really
So I was talking to my store manager on Friday and he was telling me that I should think about going back into management.. this is where I said to mother... I have this little satan sitting on my left shoulder saying go for it... it means you will be working sundays and wont be able to go to church. and I said left shoulder because the little angel of christ sitting on the right shoulder saying choose the right.

I have been learning... If this all would have happened to me 2 or 3 years ago I would have comed un glued... but I think with age... little things are important and I should not get upset over stuff I have no controll over...

You know I also have to say... I talked to Dan today I was telling him about what my problem was... he said "I dont use my car during the week, you can borrow it tomorrow if you need to." AWESOME.... tender mercies...
2nd.. when the repair shoped called me about how much Big Bertha's bill was going to be... I said I am a poor college student... can I make payments... he said yes you need to Pay $400 on Thursday... YES there is a Lord who answers prayers...
and 3rd... dont sweat the small stuff...

Whats going on!

2011-07-30T23:02:00.000-07:00

I sometimes wonder what have I done with my life and what's going on with everything. I have been emailed about 100 different emails, a letter has been sent to me and well... I cant understand why I have been getting the emails and the letters. Love the fact that every single group out there has sent me an invite to join this group or join that group. It comes out funny.. because I really dont understand why I get the emails or the letters.

so this last week I was personly sent a letter from the single adult program in our stake saying or asking or what ever it might be to attend the family 5th ward because it has a single adult program and my support is needed.. I might ADD that its a form letter and not a peronal letter by any means.

Our stake is 69% single adult. family 5th ward is a family ward in our stake and has most of the single adult 31 and OLDER! and then we have 3 young single adult wards which I was a part of since I moved to seattle 13 years ago. I stayed in those wards until about 6 years ago when they kicked me out and I moved to the family 3rd ward. I choose to go to the family 3rd ward because they had this big push a few years ago that you need to go to the ward your home is in and that you are need in the ward inwhich you live. REMEMBER what I just said....you are needed in the ward inwhich you live.

I have been needed and I am a support in the ward inwhich I live. So back to what I started. WHY is it that everyone wants me to be married off. I am so happy just being single. there is times that I wish I had a family or a wife to have fun with. But I know what my plan and goal is for life right now. Just to live life to the fullness is what my goal is.

As I was sitting out by the pond digging the ground up next to it I looked over to the many stepping stone that have been made. Stepping stones of MY family. Ben and Becca, Izzy and Theo, George and Shelly, Natalie and Rebecca, Cam and Lane, Mallory and Merrit and there are a few more that need to be made. BUT it was the idea that I am here for a reason. I always have been saying for years that I am Scott Leitch. I dont need to be a friend of this person or that person to be someone because I am who I am. (another reason I dont like the 5th ward). I have made a name for myself in the family 3rd ward. I have given my heart and soul to the ward and will continue to do so... (when I am not working every sunday, I have been working a few sunday's to cover vacations for some while the summer is here.)

updating once again

2011-07-17T20:43:00.000-07:00

yeah i know its just a fast update but hey... I am doing an update which should have been done last week.
So the week I came home from idaho.. I found myself in the er with another case of kidney stones... YES got to love the idea that a piece of sand can really hurt you so much.
4th of July was fun... We did a 4th of July breakfast and served about 300 people with hundreds of pancakes and well it turned out jue wonderful thanks to the McKays and the Thatchers for all of your help because it just turned out well.
I spent the 4th with Ann and John after a nice nap, but they do have a great view of the fireworks and was so nice to be with them.

this week was a week of work.. yeah I got to work 40 hours and was very happy that I have some hours. I also picked up mother from the airport... dropped her off in Bellevue for a confernece, thinking yeah we could spend some time together.. someone got sick and I saw her when I picked her up to drop her off at the airport... yeah what a time we had.

tonight I had a wonderful dinner with friends and family and welll that is what has happened the last two weeks. up to date.

Davis Family Reunion

2011-06-29T18:46:00.000-07:00

What a blessing Family is!

I spent the last 4 days with Family. I know I say it over and over again but I am so Thankful that the Lord blessed me with all of the family members I have.

It really was the best weekend I have had in a few years. I think it was the peacefulness of the whole thing that made it all the more special for me.

I have a few highlights....

One of the highlights was the family picture. (I do hope I get a copy!)

I love all the grand babies with mom and dad.. WHAT a blessing.

One of the activities was making sock puppets which I have to had it to Candy and Cassie for their great Ideas and all the fun they planned out.

I love the fact that Aunt Debbie just got there and she was assigned to make sock puppets.

Aunt Debbie it was so great to have you there and to have your great talent with us all.

I love the next shot because it was the 2 years ago that all these little girlies were born and we did this shot and well can you tell we might have had a little problem.. and then here is the rest of the story.

this is the best video of the weekend...

Now I have to say I learned a few things over this weekend..

I have to say.. I learned a lot really from all of you but I have to point out something that I learned.

Albert... you taught me something that i needed to learn, you taught me that scripture study is very important and I needed to do better.

Abby... I saw a strenght that I have not seen in any other member of our family. I admire you for the courage you have.. I admire you for the strenght that you have.. and I admire you for the example you are setting for each of us. Thank you for the time we spent on our walk. To learn more about your children, and to see what a wonderful Daughter of Heavenly Father you are.

Dad.. I think I learned more from you this weekend than I had ever remembered I had. when you were speaking at church, I felt the wonderful spirit of our Heavenly Father as you were talking about the man on the bridge. What example you are yo our family.

I have more to comment on but want to post this now...

this is it!

2011-06-19T09:30:00.000-07:00

Today is my last day teaching every 3rd sunday. YEAH me. I am so excited I can not handle it.

I was promised June 2011 and here is it. I have been teaching for over 3 years now and it is time for me to say SO LONG.

Its not that I mind teaching or anything but its the idea that it takes me 4 weeks to prepare a 20 minute lesson.

Today I am going in with cookies, salsa and chips. to say GOOD BYE. We are watching the Butterfly Circus which I own now. SO I am just so excited this is it!

however the text that I got last night from the president was...

"SO this is it teaching the 3rd Sunday" LOL NO this is it!

I have never wanted out of something as bad as I do at this time. I need a vacation!

Sad spot... and a little depressed

2011-06-08T21:26:00.000-07:00

So today was hard enough because it was fast and testimony meeting at church... but it was just a little harder on me because...... I just have to say the tickets are bought... I wish... My families are leaving me for a short time. WOW

Its something else because almost 2 years ago I wrote the same thing...

"Ok Everyone knows I do not do well with Good Bye's, But I do them.. Well because its apart of life.

Now I am not going to cry..... YEAH RIGHT! Last night I had the Crosby's come over before they were done packing so that I could get there hand prints in stepping stones. Yeah Its a new Idea and I always need stepping stones and they will always be apart of my garden that way."

Last Monday I got to do the Squires hand prints... they have touched my life.... I really dont know why...I am so depressed about this....

that I am re-typing the same thing that I wrote 2 days ago..

It's not the fact that I know that they are a phone call away, or a facebook moment.. It's just the fact that I have gotten to know them, serve with them, teach them, learn from them and love them.

I had to laugh today because I texted Ben and said.. Why did you have to introduce me to this ward.

I knew that this day was coming, I knew it would be hard and yes... it was. (I will post pictures soon)

SO here it is Wednesday. I ended up having to go to bed and did not finish posting what I wanted to.
It was not an easy good bye. BUT I want you to know I did it with out tears because I prepared myself . Monday I had to go over to the Squires because they had made me a very special apron.. "we "HEART" uncle scott.. and their hand prints. It was very special and will hold a place in my home!
YES that moment was hard for me, I breathed deeply. and THen I had to say good-bye.
I did it fast and quickly, I said good bye to the kids and headed to the car.... AHHH as I backed out mallory was waving good bye and as soon as I pulled out of the drive I was all tears.

NOW here we are... YES I have a little depression.. I do this cycle. IT will get better. Here is the best comment from JEN!...

Which Are you?

A Reason, A Season, or A Lifetime?
People always come into your life for a reason, a season and a lifetime.
When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do.
When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly.
They have come to assist you through a difficulty, or to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or even spiritually.
They may seem like a godsend to you, and they are. They are there for a reason,you need them to be.
Then, without any wrong doing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.
Sometimes they die, Sometimes they just walk away. Sometimes they act up or out and force you to take a stand.
What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilleed; their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and it is now time to move on.
When people come into your life for a SEASON, it is because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn.
They may bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done.
They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season. And like Spring turns to Summer and Summer to Fall, the season eventually ends.
LIFETIME, relationships teach you a lifetime of lessons; those things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation.
Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person/people (anyway);, and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas in your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant. Thank you for being part of my life.....
Author Unknown

and then... other things just keep happening and Susie Bates wrote to me today.. After I said what was going on and her comment was..
Hey, good to hear from you! Sorry that life has thrown you a nasty curve. You have risen above so much adversity in your life and I know you'll triumph again! I enjoy reading your posts... Wish we lived closer and could visit. Just remember I think of you fondly and wish you all the very best
and I remember when they left State College and How I felt then and how I felt when I left my mission... Jen and Tracy and Brenda was at that last supper at a very nice seafood resturant and I could not eat.. I had to leave... I was leaving my place of love, hate, found friends and loved one.

Now why do I say all this at this time and repeat myself... it came to me after Jen had comment on my life.. I am here for a reason, I am here for a lesson, I am here for a life time to "OVERCOME"more adversity and heart ache and well to learn more.

I love my SEATTLE... I am not leaving anytime soon. I am here to stay! With all the change that happens in my ward... I love it. I love the fact that someday someone else will come into it again and I will get to learn, grow, feed, teach, learn, and serve and love someone new.

I love you Squires. I am so excited for you and DR Squires when I need meds you better be able to help. (JUST JOKING)

Seeing this, I'm remindinded of the poem, "A Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime" (http://www.robinsweb.com/inspiration/reason_season.html). Scott-you love so easily and so openly and give so much to those that come in your life...whether it ...be a reason, season, or lifetime.. Just as one family leaves, you need to take those loves and memories and cherish them...and look forward to the ones to come--the area is blessed to have you as someone that's always there to welcome new families and make them feel at home.... you are blessed to ALWAYs be having people come into your life--even if they may rotate out ... :-)

Wont Heaven be Grand!

2011-06-05T09:06:00.000-07:00

I knew this day was coming... Once again... I get so involved in peoples lives and then they have to say GOODBYE.. because they are done with school and are moving on with ther lives....

OK Really this is getting harder and harder for me to say good-bye. It's not the the fact that I will say good-bye its the fact that I wont have them here when I need them. AM I making any scence there...

(Just a side not if this takes forever to read its because I have taken my pill to sleep.. so if it seems like I lost it... I DID!)

So really when Ben and Becca left, I packed the car with gummy fruit snacks, baby wipes, cookies, cheese snacks, and heck I dont know what all but They hit the road with lots of goodies and the post improtant thing was I had memories of my kiddo. You know I think I cried myself to sleep that night because I lost one of my best friends.

So as I have been preparing myself that this day was going to happen again.. I did not know that it was going to touch me the same way and I was going to feel the same way...

Maybe it is that I wount have that sweet little Mallroy coming up to me and say "Cott sucker please" or the look on Saydee's look as she is getting ready to grab into the bag of suckers... I think its might be that I have become Unlce Scott!
When the Crosby's left my pugh at church was empty for about a week before the Surtarkis moved in. 2 years later. my empty pugh will once again become empty again.

Itg's really hard to watch all these families move in and out of the ward and when you get to know them and love them.... well it just tears me up a little.

I know that Heaven will be Grand because of all the people that I have gotten to meet in this life.

I think when it come right down to it. There are many people we have yet to meet that will be there to support each of us in different times of our lives.

I have to say I will Miss the squires, the surtarks. they have been a big part of my life every sunday night as we had sunday dinners at my home. They have been a great family to me.

It's not a good bye... Its a God speed until we meet again.

Love you guys!

Art Project Black and White

2011-06-01T21:12:00.000-07:00

So here is the assignement, take a picture or drawing or painting.. of color and you will inlarge it,

Paint the contourlines

Paint the flow with arrows

Paint it in Black and whites.

I have been doing flower most of the semester. so I was searching the internet and I found the Bird of paradise. which I have always loved. so It was in color which was a plus.

So enlarged it a little..

but before I enlarged it I did the flow and the contour lines

and then I did my arrows.....

I know I need to redue-them because They look like contour lines.

and here is my black and white...

Just because

2011-05-29T18:52:00.001-07:00

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I feel Sorry!

2011-05-25T20:00:00.000-07:00

So where do I begin. Really where do I start to tell a story that is not a happy ending and well.. OK I quess I will start at the begining..
a month ago we got transfer calls for the missionaires and You all know how much I love the missionaries.
I would do almost anything for them.

So more or less I have 4 of them. 2 from 3rd ward which I live and 2 from the 5th ward that have just been special to me.

Elder Reed and Elder Tanner. I have told you how much I love both of these missionaries.. and it just saddens my heart to find that Elder Reed has lost his focus as a missionary and he has lost that spirit about missionary work. You would not or could not ask for a more gentle missionary as Elder Tanner. Very sweet and humble missionary.

Well Elder Reed has had a few issues as of late. Very sad because there is something very special about him.
To the point that he is being so rebellious that I just want to shake the heck out of him. I guess Sunday night he did not want to teach or go anywhere so being the person he was he turned on the radio, followed by opening the car door and putting his foot out the door, to the point that when they came to a stop sign he got out of the car... Elder Tanner just drove away.

Now this is where I came in.
I just had dinner with my families. Which I will say more about later but after dinner we had Stake Priesthood so it was just awesome.. I walked over to the church with my brothers.. It was awesome! We walked in and all sat together. IT was the FAMILY that I have learned to love and support and have support from. Thank you. They have been a great example to me and I love each of them very much.

So when we came home the missionaries were here at my home, this is where I came in. I told Ted and Lane that I would take them home and I just could tell something was not right with the missionaries. So I took Ted and Lane home and came back to a very unpleasant home...

To the tune of Elder Reed flippin Elder Tanner off and well it was just not cool. issues have to be addressed.
It was so uncalled for and I feel SORRY! I feel sorry that the spirit of contention was being spread by the missionaries and the peaceful word.

What do you say? What do you do? How do you help?

So here we sit 3 days later and I have been told that Elder Reed has had a major interview with the president, His faith was in the mission presidents hand wiether to be sent home or not.. THERE has to be other issues that I dont know about.

Heck.. if that was the case I would have been sent home because of the Missionaries that I served with!!!

So I feel sad that a young man out to serve the Lord has to feel this way toward another missionary and I fell sad that he is not feeling that wonderful spirit of missionary work.

I wont say that I was the perfect missionary and did not have my faults. I will say that I as I have AGED and have grown up.. I think President Hinckley said it best in the "Called to Serve" video.. "your not much to look at but you are all we have."

Mom and Dad... I am alive

2011-05-22T10:15:00.000-07:00

So here is to mother and father who are very concern that I have not blogged for a few weeks.
May 5th to the 13 I had the following things happen
WORK
SCHOOL
WORK
MOTHERS DAY
WORK
SCHOOL
WORK
SCHOOL
A WEDDING
On May 14th I had a wedding I spent all day with
May 15th I had to teach another elders quorum lesson on Missionary work
May 16th a wonderful work day at 530 AM and I could not find my car keys and had to ride a bike to small to work and was very tired and well I came home from work and CRASHED... I slept all day. Side note... I found the keys... they were in the frig.
May 17th back to work for a full day YES Tuesdays and Thursdays are now 8 hours each in floral. YEAH
May 18th School
May 19th I had a day off... WOW what a break.
May 20th I send a text to Dad to say Happy Birthday and for some odd reason I do that every year and his birthday is the 25th... YEAH I am loosing my mind
May 21st I played a little, but mostly spent it in bed because I had a headache.
and today.. well Baked beans are in the oven, pasta salad is made and well the steaks will be put on the grill for dinner and I am calling it goood.
I have a story yet to right, a dumb visial thinking question to complete and well that is my day.

I got a phone call this morning..
Mr. Muhammad: Scott I need a lease drawn up for new tentants in the Revanna house starting June 1.
Scott: Mr Muhammad, the tentants in the house have a lease until June 30th at midnight.
Mr Muhammad: but Mr Scott... they want the house for June 1st
Scott: Sorry Mr Muhammad... but they cant have it..
Mr Muhammad: But Scott...
Scott: Sorry they paid there last month rent until the 30th of June and thats what the lease says.

Do you see what type of day I am having....

But I do have to say one thing...

Mom and Dad I love you and I am so greatful that you taught me what you did...

Mother's day 2011

2011-05-07T22:01:00.000-07:00

WOW I can not believe I have lived almost through another mother's day. I know that tomorrow is the day but its the work up to that takes the most of the time and really by sunday we are just waiting for everything to sell.

Today Has been one of those days that well..... I am tired and just want to sleep.. good luck with that one!

Anyway, I just wanted to drop a few lines of what is going on in my little life.

School seems to be going... Work is going and well.. thats about it. Funny thing is It seems to be a fun evening most nights with a milk shake with the missionaries or some kind of food with the missionaries.

I am learning a few things and WELL I sometime just have to sit back and remember that I am dealing with 19-22 year olds. Oh to be that young again. NOPE not me I would not change my 40 for anything.

Anyway... I just wanted to say Happy mother's day out there to all the mother's out there and all my friends mothers and well just everyone.. Happy Mother's Day.

Rainy days and mondays always get me down!

2011-05-03T17:59:00.000-07:00

I should really listen to the blues. LOL... Ok it has been on of those days. I quess Karen Carpenter had it right when she sang that song however she was not from Seattle and I love my rainy days.

Yesterday was so beatiful and I had such a great day. I wish everyday was a wonderful a beatiful as yesterday was. the SUN was out and it was feeling so much like SPRING like it should. I have been working on getting the garden ready for planting... dont worry yesterday was not the day I worked in the garden, however my nice neighbor did come up and rototilled my garden, which the girlies loved watching him.

Ok.. so It was stake confenece weekend and I am always learning new things during confenece. 1st off, I think that sometime we dont realize that other people have it a little harder than I do. I think of my trails sometimes and in compareness... mine are a piece of cake. MAN its true I make my life sometimes a little harder than it really is. Yeah I am in pain sometimes but sometimes people live with things in there lives that they can not control. and Well sometimes I can control what I do.
2nd the King James Edition of the Bible is almost 400 years old. Learned this from Stake Conference.. Yes the Bible is older than that but its the edition that is the most correct.
3rd.. simple things in life is what we should be looking at. KEEP it simple!

So last night dinner was simple. French dip sandwiches and french fries, a salad and well it was just an awesome evening. So I have had this big bag of fortune cookies that one I love and second, I love.. so when I opened one up I read this...

Your home will be a great source of happiness...

I just had to think of all the wonderful people that have taken a minute to spend their life with me.
I sure hope that the happiness is shared here.

Not sure why...

2011-04-23T22:06:00.000-07:00

Not sure why I am feeling the way I am. 2 weeks ago I did Easter and I had a blast... so WHY am I feeling the way I am feeling tonight.

last night I started to chat with Jen about FAMILY... Oh I know I am the one that has to change and make my life the way I want it to be. But I am feeling a little missed and sometimes I am missing all the fun.. and well... that All I can really say.

I do not know why or what is causing me to feel a little blue tonight. Trust me.. I am kind of glad that I dont have the stress I have been having and that I am somewhat relaxed tonight. I made 2 Peanut Butter French silk pies and I have no one coming over for dinner tomorrow because I have to work. Tell me what the heck is that all about.

maybe it is the fact that I have not had family over for the last 2 sundays and I am missing it. I said that when Ted and Shelby leave and Cam and Lane leave I was done. I might not be. I might have to do it because I need it in my life. Maybe that is why I have been blue the last few days.

I guess I am not truely happy unless I am serving someone or doing something for someone else. It's odd to say that because I really think sometimes I want to be selfless. really... I just want it all to be about me... me... me... me...

It's odd feeling this way and I know that this is not me. but I fight with myself sometimes and just say WHY not me.

anyway I know its sad that I am writing this down, but sometime I just have to write what is on my mind.

300 posts

2011-04-22T22:27:00.000-07:00

Since I started to blog..

It has been a busy day for me, I worked most of the day and had a few issues, you know I just was thinking a minute ago... I am not going to beat the dead horse. LEAVE IT go.

I learn little things everyday. The other day in my visual thinking class we did the little exersice.
take a deep breath.
then take another deep breath and count 1 and leave it out count 1
take another deep breath and count 1-2 and leave it out count 1-2
so on and so forth until you can count to 10 in and out.. now remember if you mess up you have to start over at 1.
so I have been trying to do this lately. Just to bring peace in my life. I know what is happening to me.. just so you know its yoga and I am not sitting on the floor yet.

SO why am I writing tonight. one reason is to say Happy Birthday to my dear brother in law Naki.
so I tend to be great friends with the missionaries and this last week we had transfers and I am super excited because Elder Reed is from Hawaii.. and it has just been so neat and I am just remember Naki.

Elder Reed has mad me laugh so hard already and It is so fun, I will get text's can we come over.. I always say yes.. WELL our dinner was a little bowl of soup I am straving.. so I am so glad I have food in this house. It is awesome.

Tonight I knew they were coming over so I had a bowl of potatoes with butter and cheese on them, this kid ate the whole bowl, the other night I made a big salad and he ate all of that. HE is a big boy (Sorry Young Man). Its just fun to be able to spend time with my missionaries.

Easter is on Sunday and I will try my best to post some more pictures.... about 2 weeks ago, Kami, texted me thank you for the eggs, YES you all did as well... but I started to tell Kami why I do these eggs.

and as I was texting the reason why it came to me that.... most of the davis children were just that, children. I need to find pictures because I know I have some of them.. But I texted this to her...

About 20 years ago, I played the easterbunny, when the kids were younger. I made them these eggs (not this nice of looking ones) and I hide all these colored eggs in the yard when they came home from church there were easter basket for each of the kids, and colored eggs spotted the yard, I tried to keep the theme going but missed a few years.
I have tried to keep the theme going, I have sent mother eggs so she has a nice set of eggs, so now I am trying to keep the idea alive. I know I am crazy but I so remember all the kids getting out of the van after church and yelling and it was priceless to me.

I remember the kids yelling as they got out of the van, it was the same little screams as I heard a few weeks ago when I did it with my families.

I guess I just am digging a little deeper into my life trying to remember as much as I can.

Life is priceless and I dont want to forget anything.

Really PLEASE stop the maddness..

2011-04-19T13:30:00.000-07:00

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It's been a few days since I Wrote

2011-04-17T20:10:00.000-07:00

So I have been a little busy this last weekend.

I celebrated Easter this week, I have to work the the next 2 sundays so I wanted to make time for the families I love and care for so we had Easter a little early.

but what I have to say is that I think that this has been one of the best full houses and the most kids I have had in my house for a while.

So let me back up and tell you what I did and what happened. Last year I found confetti eggs and I went looking for them again this year knowing that they would have to be a big part of this year. Yes I found them at Wal-mart like I did last year.

So I could not go stop myself this year there was extra confetti eggs. they were so much more fun than I remembered and the yard looked awesome with all the extra eggs int the yard.

Yard befor the eggs were placed in it.

after all the 207 eggs were hidden

I really loved the eggs up the stairs

Golden eggs hidden as well

OK This is so much fun

Sorry Suzanne, I still love you, I know you were trying to stay away from Confetti.

OK I wish this was in a slide show because this is so fun...

This picture was priceless.... OH Saydee... You are a cute little girl.

I love Easter... sorry it was not a Martha Stewart day and it did not look like her's did but I think we had a little more fun!

2011-04-04T21:39:00.000-07:00

So tonight I had a wonderful night... I was in class most of the day, I am taking a few Art classes... I did not know they were going to be full on drawing classes but I was hoping I was going to learn more about Humanities.....

I took on class on Visual Thinking.... THINKING right!

So I was hoping this is what it would be and I think I will be thinking...

Anyway... SO I have this passon for my missionaries... I love them... even when I can not stand them.
I love Elder Tanner and Elder Fetzer... they are not in my ward but I love them.. THEY are just wonderful and for some odd reason.. I have been doing a lot for them, like wise for me.

So today when I got home they were still doing laundry and well most of the time they have a dinner but tonight they got stood up. So I took them out to dinner...

Well we had a great dinner and when we came home we had a very great evening of teaching one another.. Elder Tanner is one of "THE" Tanner's.. Church History. and he is just such a wonderful young man. His father and Uncle have done a few Church History and other Video's. "Touch of the Masters Hand". SO
we took the time to watch some of these videos...

We got into watch Values.com and then mormon messages... where we watched this one...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7zwQ_7q-fU Forgiveness: My Burden Was Made Light
just incase you cant pull that one up...

I learned everytime I am with these missionaries that sometime we have to do what the LORD wants in his time and when he wants us to learn these thing.

I just hope I can contiune to Learn and grow.. Thank you for your support as I learn!!!

anyone

2011-04-03T16:48:00.001-07:00

Anyone know why my blog wont let me add spaces or paragraphs or do what I want it to do?

Love this weekend

2011-04-03T10:49:00.000-07:00

I love this time each time of year, YES spring is here and the daffodils are blooming greatly but I love this weekend because it is Conference weekend for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint. We listen to the Prophet Voice.. LOVE IT. If you have questions about what I am talking about visit www.Lds.org But I think it is the time of year that I get to relax a little and partake of the conference in my home. I am so glad that I have BYU-TV. and I have it on the internet to listen to it as well. I think its also the time of year that I do spring Cleaning... I can do more than one thing at a time.. YOU can see my bedroom floor as I have been listening to conference. I remember my time at Rick's I was always cooking up a storm to have someone over for BRUNCH during conference since it was on tv there as well.. I gave that up seeing I have worked most of the conference for the past few years. Yesterday I had to work all day which sometime the Lord provides when we are not ready for him to provide. But I can say I was wide awake this morning around 3 and started watching conference. So I have now sat and listened to 6 hours of conference.. plus I made it to most of priesthood last night. I still love listening to our prophet... IT is so wonderful to have him lead and guide us. and I love the fact that Elder Dallin H Oaks spoke yesterday... FUNNY... if you look back on my blog.... I think it was the same talk. Sometimes you need to hear things twice to get the full effect of a lesson. Last night Priesthood was strong words on marriage... Now I have to give my 2 cents worth here.... I know when I turned down marriage... YES YES I do. I was at Rick's it was my first year at college and I was not really looking... I was but I wasnt I feel in love with Kimberly T. and I asked her to marry me... It was six months later that I heard from her. During that time, I dated... and I was chased... OH yes I was chased.. There was a young lady that was in one of my classes and she sat next to me everyday. she would walk to classes with me... she even did the whole asking me out over a school radio station. (WHICH I never listened to.) Come now I was not that good. I was called when she did it by another young lady and said we did not hear from you... I was like who is this and what are you talking about. REALLY I never heard the song request for me. I remember going into the professors office and sitting down with him and saying what is going on.. At the time I did not realize I was a hot commitiy being a male on Rick's campus and being single and well... I left with the fact that I was still single. I asked 2 people in my life to be my wife. Kimberly and Andrea.. OK if you count suzann yes her as well... I Loved each one of them. I for some odd reason felt that Jen and I would be married someday but Living 3000 miles away from each other did not help. Oh wait I forgot Summer... WOW this really could be a good story... I forgot about Summer. So last night as I was talking to Stan, I said to him... YOU know I am happy. I would love that relationship but I am happy. Today as I was finishing this up.. I posted on facebook another wonderful talk about marriage. Yes it was a very tearful talk and I did enjoy it. and I made a humorous comment about marriage. Let's face it MY family is not on a good track for marriage... I think Arlene and Jim loved each other but yes BUT... Patty's first marriage ended. Steve's marriage ended, Brenda's marriage ended... and well yes we have had a few that ended. So I facebooked.. OK.. No more on Marriage please.... and I got a hand ful of wonderful comments back. Ted: HA HA HA HA get on it! From my friend Stan... "sigh" I thought wed already heard this.. I need a good tithing talk or maybe something more on charity.. Jake said I think there is an alternative... you can get a dog.. :) WHICH here I think is where I might have put the humor in it... YES I have humor.. someone did not think so.... \I said.. Jake but a dog makes more of a mess, with a wife I could have a maid... WOW that was the part someone went off on me for being a sexist pig... WOW WOW WOW you really dont know me if that is what you think I am all about. and then she went on to say that she heard that All I wanted to be is a kept man and that I dont want to work. OK here is where you know I have deleted her as a friend and have ended all ties to this person. I just want to say... I value the role of a woman in this life. As a mother, teacher, friend, compainon... That just hurt that someone one would say I was a sexist pig. Oh heck I have joked and it is true... A woman can make more money than a man can.. (WELL at least me) But for me being a kept man.. wow that person has lowered herself... and I think wow maybe conference is what you should have been listening to instead of playing dungan and drangons. wow. OK that is my 2 cents again.. anyway to all my sisters out there that are mothers, and teachers, and have to work know that I love you for being the person you are and that you Are one of Heavenly Fathers blessings to us men.

trying to see

2011-03-29T13:33:00.000-07:00

i want to see if it works.... ok lets see if she is working.

Not sure why

2011-03-28T11:08:00.000-07:00

Sorry everyone... Not sure why my blog is not leaving me add spaces and Paragraphs in my blogs..

You make your life what it is....

2011-03-27T21:24:00.000-07:00

So tonight as I was sitting back watching my families and all the joy they have been to me and thinking.. what could I have done better.. What could I have done better in my life. Many of you dont know what my dream was in life. I just wanted to be married, have a house in the good old valley, and grow old with children and grandchildren and sit on the front porch on a porch swing and just live my life out... OK I always wanted the front porch to sit on.. I dont know why I had such a small vision of what my life could ever have been. I quess I would have to say it is what I was raised with, watching the Mark family or the Tice family. I know that there was always more. As Jen said one time to me.. You grabbed a life and you ran.. and you ran far. I would owe that part to the Davis family. Tonight I had a small vision of something of what I had always wanted. I would not say that my family is disfuntional..... it was a family and when mother died "OUR FAMILY" died. I am telling you our family died. We had no longer done the things that our family had the things that I had been raised with were dead. So as I was sitting there tonight, I had just taught a message on optimism and is the glass half full or half empty, and I was thinking to myself.. wow I have such a full glass. YES I live with my glass full most of the time. I can sometimes think it is half empty but for the main part. I am a FULL glass and not half full but a full glass. I saw what I was sent here for. I know that they might not realize what they are to me. And I am so sad I have to live so far away from not only my family but some old friends as well.. BUT I am living a life that I am to be living. I do not know why But I have some great friends that will ALWAYS be my family. We were having a laugh tonight of how many times Ted has taken me to the hospital, and why I call Ted.. I made the joke that Ted is the only one that Answers the Phone when he see me calling. I dont know why.. But He has been a great friend so I want to thank him for that. Tonight as each family was sitting there, I saw my family. I saw the family that I need. I am not sure why the Lord has placed me in Seattle 3000 miles away from my sister, my brother, niece and nephew, and my great nephew and niece, and the grave of my parents. but this I am for sure... I know why the Lord had put me where I am at this Moment of time. Sure I know deep in my hearts of hearts I sat In Heaven before I came to this earth, and Said to my Heavenly Father. I will go and do they work for you on earth and I will go where you call me to go. OK I know it sounds like the song I be what you want me to be dear Lord.. But as I am doing this.. I am also learning I have a lesson to teach and to learn. Back to the families. I know I sat with them in Heaven and said to them.. Dont worry we will meet again some day and I promise you I will do What ever it takes to make sure we return to Our Heavely Father. I want to thank each of them for coming back into my life. I am feeling the time as they will be leaving me soon because School is ending and life must go on. I just really want to say Thank you for being the friends and family that you are to me. Thank you for your friendship and for the love you offer. YOU guys are the best and I will always be GRATEFUL for your love and support.

I have something wrong with me

2011-03-27T20:04:00.000-07:00

OK I have to tell this story, some of you have heard it and some of you have lived it. YEARS ago and I mean years ago back in a small town in Pennsylvania, I was introduced to a food group that I was not to keen on.. ANY one of you guess what it is??? anyway as I was always taught that you eat what is on your plate. NO matter how BAD it is or what it tasted like. Well mine tasted like PASTE. yes PASTE.. oh come on now you all know what it tastes like because you all did it when you were in kindergarden or 1st grade. the good old WHITE school house paste. Well this is what It tasted like to me. PASTE. Well as life has gotten better for me I still have a hard time fixing PASTE. If you have not guessed it by now I am talking about Refried Beans. For many years I have not eatten them because it brings me back to that paste taste. and I have blogged about it before that I have started to like them. Well tonight as I was opening the cans of them for our dinner I found myself eatting them cold and out of the can... YES sick I know but I did it. the worst part is that when I was eatting my dinner I found myself eatting more of them than I would like to admit. And then I saw myself eatting them as I was putting them away after dinner and thinking to my self... "Self" because that is what I call myself. "Self" do you remember when you hated them. and thinking.. there must be something wrong with you. SO yes I will admit now I have something wrong with me.

WHAT I did

2011-03-21T20:21:00.000-07:00

OK first off.. Thank you for all the support that I have recieved from My Elder's Quorum President.
Yesterday I had to teach on the word of wisdom. and well this is what I did.
I always teach in the GYM. larger I sit everyone in a circle so there is not a row where people can sleep.
Well I most of the time have a large table in the middle with something on it.
Yesterday IT was a few bottles of wine, beer, sodas coffee, Chocolate drugs, (prescription) and you get the visial here.

So I also had an empty glass and a bottle of FRE. Which is an Alcohol Free (Removed) wine.

I opened it up and Drank it in a wine glass.

I ruffled the feathers of that old mother HEN.

Ok I just want to clear something up here first. Fre has 0.05% per volume of Alcohol.
and Did you know Vanilla Pure Vanilla is 35% Alcohol. I also had that on the table.
And 10% Alochol or 20 Proof is in NyQuil. Just some facts.

so I always have cookies (CHOCOLATE CHIP) and this sunday I pass around Coke, Diet Coke and Spirit.

OK my point was to be made that NOT everything was appearance of evil. OK I did not do a good enough job.

Someone made comment that they were uncomfortable with what I was doing.
Some SISTER reported me to the Bishop
Some Brothern came up to me after the lesson and SAID WOW WOW WOW and said it was awesome.
Some Brother called me and told me I should be ashamed of HOW I taught the lesson and that I should be ashame of myself for owning all of this. and well you know...

When it comes right down to it. I pushed the limit, I am sorry that I caused Hate and discontent, and I will learn from this.

I did Ask to be released but I got a very warm letter back from my President saying you leave I leave. LOL (He will be my Bishop someday soon.)

I learned a lesson here that kept me up most of the night last night.
1st off you should learn from the spirt what you should teach and how you teach.
2nd AVIOD the appearance of Evil
3rd You never know who is watching you and wont get the whole story or all of the facts and REPORT you for unjust caused..
4th BE the example that Christ wants you to be!

Thank you for the many texts from my family that read this and said WHAT in the heck did you do and finally.. I have to give you a story I was going to use.

J.Golden Kimball:
The Prophet once asked Golden to take the new Deseret Sunday School President up the the Brigham City Conference. "His name is David O. McKay. he just got back from the Scottish mission." Golden agreed to escort the nice young fellow.
It was winter, they traveled all day and night by sled in the bitter cold. Finally, they arrived with an hour to spare before the meeting.
Golden thought he was going to die. He reasoned he needed a coffee-bad. So he innocently suggested they go over to the Idle Isle Restaurant for breakfast.
The aroma of hot coffee filled the little diner. WHen the waitress aksed the two gentlemen what they'd like, Brother McKay said, "some ham and eggs and two cups of hot choclate, please."
Golden excused himself and found the waitress who had taken their order. "would you mind putting a little coffee in my hot choclate, please" he asked. She said that would be OK they did it all the time up there.
the waitress came by a minute later with two steaming mugs and said, "Now which one of you wanted coffee in your Hot chocolate?"
Caught, Golden said, "Ah heck, put it in both of them." Brother McKay Laught uncontollably.

OK I did it good this time...

2011-03-20T21:22:00.000-07:00

Ok really I did it good this time and well maybe its time for a change.

SO I have been able to teach in the elders quorum for the past few years.. maybe it is a time for me to be released and called to NOTHING...
any way to day I pushed a little to far. I made people uncomfortable. to the part that they said so in class and they sat there the rest of the class with there hand over their face because a I am teaching and well they did not approve about what I was doing.

I taught the word of wisdom. I pushed the bar a little to close for comfort.

I am sorry I taught they way I taught.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

2011-03-16T21:45:00.001-07:00

there is something about it that I have always enjoyed St. Patrick's Day. must be the wearing of the green and seeing green is one of my colors that must be what its all about.

Or the fact that I love Holidays so that I can cook my theme meals around certain foods... or it is the fact that it's Abby's birthday.

Happy Birthday Abby. I could not go by without saying happy birthday to you. I remember when we were in college, I believe I made you a chocolate mint cake for your birthday!

Any way I hope you my dear sister have a great year! I hope you celebrate in style this year. I hope you remember that you are loved and that you know how much I love you for your great example and for the person you are!

Love you Abby.... Happy St Patrick Day Birthday to you!

Art214 Photographic Presentation Project

2011-03-16T18:13:00.001-07:00

Beauty in Ugliness

Orange

Weathered

Perspective

Graceful movement

Exotic

Reflection

Texture

Language

Decay

Orange

Work

Soft

Power

Delicious

Humorous

Cold

So This is what I feel each of these words mean. I had fun looking over all my pictures... I can not wait until the day I can know how to do more with my pictures. anyone want to scrapbook for me. i have over 7000 pictures!

What's going on....

2011-03-01T22:08:00.000-08:00

That was funny... I will tell you I am sitting here just thinking about what to type and I was listening to the tv when ATT had this commerical on and the first thing he says is.. "What's going on." LOL I just typed the same thing.

so what is going on... I really have to tell you I have been on my knees alot in the past few weeks. I have been trying to find out "Who I am"! I have been praying that I could just make it. That I would not have to sell a kindey to make it by. That I would be able to keep the faith that I would have the words I needed when I had something to say and that someone would listen.

I have been praying for my friends and my family and my missionaries and my bishop and well all the people that are in my life. I have been praying that I could have understanding of the important things in life. I have been praying that the spirit would be with me and that those who needed me would be able to turn to me. I have been praying that family and friends and my love ones would be safe. I have been turning my thoughts to this world that we live in. Been praying for our leaders and for the world to be at peace.

I know this is a far reached goal but I have been trying to make scence of what is going on in my world.

What is the meaning and the purpose of life if we can not share what we know with those that we love. I have been very HAPPY.. VERY true. I am not on any drugs to make me HAPPY, I have just been so postive since I turned 40. YEAH I know... what have I been drinking. BESIDES the water that I have sucked down in the past few days.

I been studing more in the gospels. I am trying to be that better teacher. I really had to laugh when last week (3rd Sunday). I was so prepared to teach and we had Ward Conference and I did not have to teach. I quess this is where I learned a few more lessons in my life.

It is coming faster and faster that the School year is coming closer and closer to an end.. and I will be once again Family-less.

I know as odd as it sounds and for the few years they have been gone.. I have not had my Izzy and Theo in my life and I have been filling the gap but it is still hard for me to know that I have become so attacted to some more cute little one in my life and they will be leaving.

BUT with being said... I know that I have more to met and more to understand. But I have been trying to remember this to will pass.

but I have been blessed with some super super super super people.. WHICH I want them to know that they are prayed for each day and that I would do anything for each one of them.

I do wish sometimes I lived closer to family. BUT YES that is a big BUT... I am happy where I am with my life right now and where I am going.

It has been so fun that everytime I tell anyone that I am back in school, that they get excited for what I am doing and then when they say to me what are you going to do... and I say TEACH... I get OMG you would make a great teacher and why have you waited so long.

so here it is.. I am 40, trying to get a new life and learning as much as I can!

I went to a play tonight. and it show me something. It was super and I so enjoyed it and it was so funny that Magda, had bougth a friend with her and when she went to introduce me.. I knew her and a big hug was offered and we sat there talking as if we just saw each other yesterday.
and then to learn that was what the play was about. Friendship

FRIENDSHIP has always ment something to me. I have some wonderful friends. My best Friend for Life will always be JEN. She has been in my life for over 25 years. knowing everything that has every happened in my life. Jen has been there.

It was funny because right before I went to this musical tonight I was chatting with her and we always sign off with Love you and Love you too. it is funny because that was what that musical was all about.

I have had some wonderful friends that have come into my life and they leave but we still talk and we still share some wonderful thing. Ben and Becca have been a couple that I will always be thankful for. I just which Ben would have just left me as a church mouse but NOPE.. he had to make me into this big old RAT... LOL. Rat is a good one kinda of like Templeton in Charlotte's web.

Then we have one person... that taught me to have self-esteme and to have faith and to be who I am. That would have been MATT! I know that I have not always been there for him. But it is fun to see that no matter what happens.. he is always there and always has the kindest words to say.

Now As I was driving home for this musical tonight... I wished that they would have cut out some of the bad words. BUT I know that it's just life, and I understand. I was thinking... wow Scott you have come a long way and have done some wonderful things with your life.
You have been living the life that you have been given. You teach, you learn, you pray, you study and above all you love.

WHY do I do what I do? WHY am I the way that I am... WELL that came from two parents that taught me what they had to teach me. Mother leaving me way to early and DADDY... WELL as much as any young man and his father can love each other.. I loved him when he was with mother and the good time.

I have learned many lessons from both of them. I have no regrets of who my parents were and what they taught me. I am grateful however that I have 2 sets of parents. The ones that gave me life and the ones that taught me life.

Some people dont understand it.... But I will be grateful for Linda and Bob... for leaving me call them mom and dad and for all of the Davis Kids for leaving me be a big brother to each of them and to be uncle Scott. and for the love they offer me and the prayers that are offered to me by each of them.

I dont think people understand my life. I was placed here on this earth to teach and touch people. OH I will never be a great SAINT. Meaning a Mother Teresa or a Oprah or well you know what.... I am going to be Scott Leitch and I will be who I am.

I have had some really touching things happen to me. The Temple was one of them and I had a minute that I knew why I was there and what the purpose of life is.

Mom and I always say when we are in the temple we always have that minute and we always say this is what it is all about and worth it. As Sister Romish and I was sitting in the temple the other night. I turned to her as we were sitting a few rows from the back and I said... You know Ann... No matter what happens or what we do.. This is what Heaven is going to look like no matter what row you are sitting in!

I hope that I made sence in this post tonight... I have been all over the place but I think that I am learning who I am and where I am going.

I want you all to know that I do love you. I love you for who you are and what you have taught me. I love you for the lessons you give and for the fact that I learn and still learning from the words you say.

God Speed everyone.

What have I been up too

2011-02-20T09:49:00.000-08:00

What have I been up too...this week has been busy with VALENTINE's day. Just another day to waste more money. WOW Someone was smart when they created this holiday. YEAH I am not a fan and well.. That is that. I worked with Yvette most of the week in floral so it has been a long week.

I think my highlight of the week was when Cam and Lane brought Mallory to work on Sunday to see me because I was not at church and Mallory was having issues with me not being there. VERY VERY special. I have the best friends.

Sunday NIght I took Mallory and Saydee their Valentine's day gifts over to them. It reminded me of Taking stuff to Theo and Izzy.. I miss my kids.

Other than that I had a wonderful night Thursday night at the temple... I think it was one of the first times that it ment the world to me.

Big Bertha cost me $145 for a $5 dollar part. Said that my car is still good but I need to look for new one.

School is still going... and Trying to get into my new classes now but besides that... NOT much going on in this puppy's life.

The lessons we can learn

2011-01-31T21:23:00.001-08:00

So last night I texted mother and said... " I might the chance to go on TREK" do you know how excited I am for this... it has been 23 years since I went on the first TREK! IT was such a wonderful thing in my life and a blessing.. I was so excited to go to the meeting with the youth to learn more. I am so wanting to go on this!

Memories are coming back of all the fun and all that I learned. I learned a lot and I can still hear Matthew saying "Mom he bore a testimony"... it was one of the best things I had ever done.. GOING on the trek... I wish I could tell our youth how awesome it was!

(OK I strated this post two weeks ago... I will finish it now)

So I went to the fireside so that I might be able to go on the trek.. WELL we will see because right now our stake is behind the times and well we will see.

But I did learn a few things.

1st is we are each pioneers. we are all walking a new

Turning 40 was Awesome...

2011-01-29T20:12:00.000-08:00

however... it has some ups and downs...
I am having the time of my life.. and 40 is fabulous.. I love it.. someone said to me today how 40 is treating me and I replied It is awesome if I would have know this I would have been 40 a few years ago.
I have been enjoying life so far and I am just starting to climb that hill of over the hill.. I am at the bottom looking up!
who ever said 40 is over the hill wow they made a big mistake! maybe when that was said people were only living to 60 or something because I am so YOUNG!

So here is what I do know however... maybe it is just me...NOPE not just me... But everyone knows I can not stand water... I can not stand drinking plain WATER...it has no flavor and for me it is boring... I need more to it. WELL in the last week I have been drinking water and it taste kind of nice.. NO I am not giving in but.. I have found that If I dont drink my water I am getting shakie and it kind of scares me.. BECAUSE I just downed a liter of Dr Pepper and Well now I am wanting water.
and the other thing with that is... 5am is way to early for me to get out of bed to run to the bathroom...
Come on now I just went to bed 20 minutes before that!

Now it should not be any big surprise that I love my food... I have to say... one of my favorites in the past few weeks have been .... I should ask you to quess but no one would ever get it... OK you guess here....

Brussel Sprouts.... LOVE THEM!

as silly as it may seem... LOVE them.. you can do so much with them and they taste great.. Fresh is always the best but I have had to turn to frozen ones. WELL you want to know something Birdeyes taste the best!

They are so sweet with a little butter on them.. YUM!!!

So what else is going on... I have been working on slowly putting the pictures in an scrapbook.. but really not much more going on!

Happy Birthday Ben

2011-01-29T20:06:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Ben!

I miss our time together in Seattle...
Wish you lived here instead of IOWA!

Some Birthday Pictures...

2011-01-26T18:37:00.000-08:00

Once again I will say THANK YOU!!! Shelby and Cam did such a wonderful wonderful wonderful job. I have some of the best friends. We picked a theme and we went with it. I love M&M's and they are so much fun.. so the theme instead of being over the hill because I am far from the top of the hill... We picked the kid in me and picked M&M's oh it was so much fun!

Mike, Sister Hall and Lucy sitting waiting for me to show up.

You got it MY PARTY

Keith and Michelle never really left the KID area... I love these two.. who would have ever thought that they would fall in love in my home!

Dan, James and Brandon

The food table.... DID you notice the plates and bowls are FIESTA.... oh my Cam thought of everything

My New Boss Yvette, Old Boss Pat, and My assistant Jackie...

Kristen and Zoyie Butikofer

Coco and her Daddy Gomez

YES YES YES you are seeing right... YES that is me on a M&M! and on the other side was Happy 40th!

I still have it in the car I have no clue where I am going to put it... Bigger than my BED!

Saydee and I looking at the M&M cakes

Jennifer my dear next door neighbor

M&M's it was awesome!

Auntie Wes made me cup cakes and brownies YUM!!! anytime I loved every minute of these.. I think I had 2 or 3 of each! heck you only live once!

Just ME

Cam inviting everyone to EAT!

I just made my entrance!

Jen and Stephanie, Jen was in my english class and we have become wonderful friends!

Ted and Little Man Rhett..

karl and his boys signing in!

Sharron Hall and Lucy.. I am so happy they shared the night with me!

Saydee was awesome and full of engery... maybe it had something to do with the m&m's

Cholie and John Ash

Ted and Rhett

Pat and Jackie

On Thursday beside planning my party Ted and Shelby, and Lane and Cam took me out for my Birthday Dinner... It was so much fun... I have said it once I will say it again. I do get to pick my family!

My sister sent me balloons... it plays the chicken dance!

40 and Fabulous!!!

2011-01-20T20:45:00.000-08:00

AWESOME!!! is all I can say..... AWESOME!

It is the greatest feeling in this world to be 40. WOW it was just and AWESOME birthday.

Thank you all for all the birthday wishes.

IT was just awesome!!!!

Oh my goodness...

2011-01-19T17:18:00.000-08:00

It is Wednesday and my life has been a busy one this week... WOW I can not wait for tomorrow... I am going to be 40... YEAH 40.. can you believe that I can type that out and say it aloud.

I am going to be 40!

Tuesday

2011-01-18T18:28:00.000-08:00

So to day was the annual blood drive at church.. SO I have a goal to make sure everytime the that the church plans the blood drive I am going..
SO I prepare myself to go give blood I tend to have a little routine I go to McDonalds and have 2 cheesebugers and a large sweet tea.. well today I was not able go today before I gave blood.. so diet coke and chocolate chip cookies had to be it. Well I did fine.. I was very cold before I went, blood plate count was great and I was ready.. I get on the table and well.... NO I did not pass out I just stopped bleeding. they got almost got 410 milliagrams out of me and I just stopped bleeding... and you have to give 530. REALLY.. I was very sad.. and there was nothing that they could do I was squeezing the ball and trying everything. SO I did not give my full pint today. VERY sad. BECAUSE I so prepared.
Oh did anyone see the moon... ITs going to be a full moon tomorrow.. Watch out. and I only have 2 days left before I hit hte BIG 40!!!!!

Before I go much more... THANK YOU JEN!

2011-01-17T21:20:00.000-08:00

I have been meaning to say THANK YOU to JEN for some time and like the Leitch I am I keep putting it off..

Jen has been the best friend I could have ever have!

She has stood next to me through everything I have ever done.
She has always loved me and supported me and never gave in on our friendship.

The reason I am just now writing this out so that the world will know how I feel about Jen and how greatful I am for her and what she means to me.

I have said for years I dont need Christmas gifts, I just want my friendships. Well Jen told me that she has been doing something for me for the past few months, years.. and well I am so thankful for her.

Jen has been paying off a little bill I owed her. Part of it was the Hawaii trip and the other part was the Disney Trip and part of it was trips to PA.. WHEN I lost my "JOB" she was so understanding and well she gave this to me as a part of my christmas gift knowing that the day will come when I will PAY her BACK!

But for now... I want to say THANK YOU again to such a wonderful friend! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!

it' Monday

2011-01-17T20:13:00.000-08:00

SO last night was a peaceful night yet very sad because my family was not here for dinner.
I did not cook. I did not clean the house up, and I did not do anything but eat chocolate chip cookies.

So yesterday was just not the normal sunday.. YEAH I know. IT was dry council sunday at church.. I am so sorry but this is the 3rd sunday and I would do almost anything to have a child so that I could get up and leave when some of these men get up to speak... OK if they knew how to speak.. SORRY to be so judgemental but I really think if you are going to be there to repesent the stake you should know at least how to speak. REALLY.. DON'T be talking down to us and Talk to us on a human level.. really I could have given the same talked and make made the same point with out loosing the whole ward and putting us all to sleep. OK that's my two cents worth.

So I have to tell ya.. I taught a fun lesson yesterday. THIS is where I came so close to saying a few choice words... LOL
So I have been a little stinker when it comes to teaching and the lessons I teach and I have learned alot about who I am but when I want to teach I love to use objects and videos and have some fun.
Well last time I taught the TV/DVR player acted up and just made the whole thing so frustrating... and when it comes to me I have to stay calm because it just makes me mad that we can't have an operating equiment. If the stake president would be in a meeting and this would happen to him.. I think he might be on the horn to salt lake and we would have NEW.
So this sunday I took my DVR player from home with me with the remote so that I could teach my lesson. Set it all up in the library. Was ready...

So here I am I just gave the doctrine and was going in for the KILL and .... ^%$# &**^% **&*&^ ((&*&#&#$( yes I said it. (well NO I really did not but I was thinking it).
I pushed play the video started and guess what... NO SOUND. PLEASE
REALLY no sound.

so we ended up putting on the subtitle and read the video... I was turning red and then I calmed down and started laughing. REALLY the Lord has a scence of humor! I think there must have been a million people watching that lesson and me... I looked at the ceiling one time and rolled my eyes. IT was priceless.. I think it turned out to be a very good topic and lesson... Oh it was on fasting... wait until next month... I am taking my dvr and my flat screen if I have to do a lesson.

NEXT month the lesson is Work and personal responsibility so if anyone has any ideas on that please share...

OK I am not sure what else to say... OH I am turning 40 on Thursday!

Busy Week

2011-01-13T20:50:00.000-08:00

So I have been very busy... 1st off I wont say anything bad... but my computer has been acting up and well... I had to buy a new one.
This has not helped me seeing that I have one class that is all on line and to download anything takes all day.. SO I am so excited to get the new computer...
My other class is part two of my computer art class and Well I love it.. I am just clicking away at it and enjoying it.

see i did not say anything bad.

I dropped my other class.. this one i might say was just to pre-mature for me.. it was how to teach math to children... what it should be called is how to teach math to pre-school children.. because it was all pre-school teachers in the class and then the professor that taught it before retired and well... the new teacher was saying that paul did this and paul did that and paul paul paul and i point blank said to her i wanted to know what you are teaching and not what paul taught.

so that was one class i had to drop... I am thinking that would have been my negative this week

WORK.... I have a Job and thats all I will say.

OK that's it

Happy New Year 1/1/11

2011-01-01T22:49:00.000-08:00

WOW if you like your numbers this is a good one.... 1/1/11

Happy New Year everyone.

I spent it playing settlers witht he missionaries until the bewitching hour that they had to be in. and then Amy Reed stopped by and I spent it with her and her date until they left to go to the space needle...

For me.... I watched.. "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World until 3 AM so thats how I spent my New Year...

Happy New Year to everyone and my we all be blessed for the benefit of what the Lord needs us to be!

Love to you all!

21 days

2010-12-30T20:43:00.000-08:00

Oh dear, 21 more days and I turn the 32. YES that sounds just about right 32.

Oh for some odd reason I just am thinking that 21 more days and I am the big 40! YES you got it I am turning the big 40! WOW I said it.. for the past 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, years I have been saying I have been 32.... I look 32 so I feel like I am 32 and LOOK like it so why not... but then the realization that I am going to be 40!

OK I might be freaking out a little.... but I am looking forward to that new age and new time and new phase of my life... WHAT could go wrong?????

HECK I could sit back here and just cry in my wheaties but HECK NO I think I am going to LIVE!!!

I am looking forward to the next chapter in my life....

I am not sure what I am going to be doing.. I am not sure what is going to happen... I am not sure of anything but I am just sure that what will happen and what is going to happen and what I want to happen might not happen but one thing is for sure... I will still be 32!

ahhhh haaaaaa Meaning!

2010-12-28T21:47:00.000-08:00

So I dont think I will get to 100 post this year however.... I am going to work on it.

It's time for me to clean... YEAH I am cleaning the bed room out and trying to make it a peaceful place for me to be... YEAH it might not be what I want it to be but I am going to try... My bedroom is my work space, My entertainment room, my office, my den, my walk in closet ok you see what and where this is going... I have a house full of stuff by my room is my comfort zone.

So I am sitting on the floor going over and over last years stuff.. what do I keep what do toss and what do i need to do...

well I was watching Oprah as I was doing this all....... and of couse there is tears when you watch Oprah...

SO here is what I learned after remembering what Myrna said a few weeks ago.

Myrna wrote a few weeks ago that she was watching Oprah favorite things and she says.."I was watching Oprahs' Favorite things tonight, and was caught up in all the galla and the generosity, sitting their crying and feeling sorry for myself, and I had a A-Ha moment! Wake Up Myrna! These are just THINGS! Dahn! Has it taken me this long to figure this out."

My Comment back was..."Awesome Myrna... it's not about the stuff... it's about the love of our family... I need nothing, I want noting, and all I wish is for each of us to be happy and healthy."

Now I was thinking to myself... what a wonderful person Oprah is/was to give give give like she is and that money can make you happy....

BOY did I get kicked in the pants. YES something or someone kicked me in the seat of my pants.

IT's not about the STUFF Scott... Thank you Myrna...

It was a surprise that sometime SATAN can pull on our heart strings because he can.. IT IS JUST STUFF!!!

So I was wishing I could do more for others and do more for my family and friends and well this is where that Ahhh HAA moment came.

Scott Leitch WAKE UP!!!

Do you know how blessed you are... you dont need Stuff to make yourself Happy..

YOU have Family and Friends that love you for who you are. DO you hear me... They dont need a big meal, a fancy car, or money that just need your LOVE!

Wow I need to wake up! GIVE of yourself that's all anyone could ask for!

93 and counting

2010-12-26T17:59:00.001-08:00

NOT my age... very funny mother!

But I have post 93 post this year do you think I can make it to 100 by new years eve?

Prime Rib

2010-12-25T21:59:00.000-08:00

This is what it is to look like when you cook it right!

Merry Christmas to myself... I will enjoy every minute of this!

I do have left overs if you want to come by for some!

Merry Christmas

2010-12-25T14:49:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone. It is such a fun time of year and there are so many things that have happened in the last week and well... MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I found myself a little tired after going and going and going all week that today, I wanted to be by myself and watch Christmas Movies all day... OH FUDGE! you'll shoot your eye out kid, has been playing all day and tell you the truth I have been watching it all day.

Mike and Weslene had offer to come get me to go down to their home and Ted and Shelby wanted me to come to their home... BUT I just wanted to stay at home and text and email and call everyone all day. THERE is nothing wrong with this.

I am not being a GRINCH or Scrooge. I just wanted to have some me time. I have a beatiful Prime Rib Roast in the Oven for myself, I have the cookies and cakes and all the chocolate I could ever want and I have a nice warm bed to craw into... but I think the best Part is that I have friends that care and do care for me and want me to be Happy... TRUST me I am happy! I could have felt blue but I just had to much to do to do that. SO I am HAPPY to be where I am at this minute in time!

MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone..

Lites

2010-12-22T22:47:00.000-08:00

Ok I have this thing about lights...

I know that I have a small humble home and I try to decorate it nicely... NICELY do you hear me. I dont go over the top I just keep it simple.. I will remember to take pictures..

BUT what I dont understand is why some people think that they only need to put a little wreath on the door and call it good.. I love lights.. I love when people decorate outside with lights. I was over to my Bishop's house tonight and it was simple and beatiful..

But some of there neighbors could have used a little help. some of them had wonderful decorations up but they needed the fininshing touches..

so when I was driving home I started looking at lights.. and I should have taken pictures because it was funny... if you are going to put ice cycle lights on your home make sure you get them up all over I saw a house that had them up... however they did not finish the house roof and stopped and went across instead of up... it was so noticeable...

Ok well that's my two cents worth!

My Grades

2010-12-21T22:02:00.000-08:00

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!

are you ready for this......

Art 210 Computer Art 5 credits grade.. 3.6
Engl 265 Literature & Society 5 credits grade... 3.0
Hum 105 Intercultural communication 5 credits grade... 3.0

OH MY GOODNESS!!!! I am on a high right now WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW

that is a GPA of 3.2
WOW WOW WOW

bringing my gpa up to a 2.16 because of that darn Psychology of gender class... BUT I am so excited... wow wow wow

To think about it!

2010-12-19T20:08:00.000-08:00

So when I first started school (College) I believe Abby and I went to wall-mart shopping for dishes.. I said I was going to go PLAIN so that I could use them every day and yes they are timeless and yes they are corelleware and well I have been using them as my everyday dishes for years and if they break I am ok with that too...

then a few years ago I started to collect the timeless BLUE WILLOW. Which I loved but I was finding it very hard to find piece to it and it's old and well I ended up giving my whole collection to Auntie WES because I started to collect FIESTA WARE which I love... ( I just want to add that Auntie Wes Loves her blue willow and uses it daily... Which is what it was ment to be used.)

SO I still love my Fiesta Ware and I collect it every chance I get to buy a new piece I do. And I use it every Sunday for my family Dinner... I will add that TED has broke one piece of it and he has to eat off the corelle ware. (Love ya TED).

And every year I said to myself that I was going to treat myself to something. FIESTA is my every Sunday China and I love it..

But one time I saw a place setting for the Holiday and I fell in love with it.. and I said I will buy myself a setting each year for Christmas until I have a serving of 12 for my family. you always make your settings in 12, dont ask why its the law. so.. I started to collect......

Lenox, Holiday.

Now Lenox Holiday is well.... Very Pricy. A 5 piece place setting like what you see above runs.. anywhere from $99. on sale to $150 Yes I have a problem.. YES I love the Very BEST and I have a mother that has taught me that. (Right mother.)

So this is why I only do buy one 5 piece place setting a year.

THis year I wasnt planing on getting one.. I did not even think about it. I wasnt even in Macy's or at the mall or anywhere that had it on sale. DO you hear me! I wasnt going to do it.

And I did not.

So hear is how I got another wonderful piece setting to this wonderful bone china.

Last week my little families must have been planning something and I know this is what they were planning. It came to me once I made a fool out of myself and said oh sure this is a wonderful set and you mother would love it and pulled it out and showed it.

Shelby came up to me at the party and said "My dad wants to get my mother China for Christmas, And I remember you showing me some beatiful China you got."

DUMB... it never sunk in until she left and Suzann could not help herself when I said "DONT do it"! it was funny because it really did not dawn on me until about 15-20 minutes later on what they were going to do.

SO I want to say... THANK YOU.. from the bottom of my heart. TO My wonderful Family Ted and Shelby, Cam and Lane, Dan and Suzann and Karl and Sheila for my wonderful wonderful TREAT....

I could never thank you enough for the little things in this life that has made my life so wonderful that you would treat me so kindly.

Love you all!

Today's Lesson is sponsered by the letter T!

2010-12-19T15:40:00.000-08:00

So today in Elder's Quorum it was my time to teach again and this is always a treat sometimes. So I was told that I could teach on anything I wanted to teach on. SO I said ok I will keep in mind that Christmas is just around the corner and that I could teach a Christmas message but I wanted to do something a little different than just teach "The Nativity".

So once again I had my round fish bowl of chairs and in the center a table filled with "The Nativity" Now this is the funny part.. I started to collect Nativity's the last few years. Just a way of bringing myself closer to the birth of our Savior. SO the last time I was at the church in all my Christmas trees that had been stored at the church building was a box... and when I opened it.. to my suprise it was full of Nativities that some one left at the church. Now I know they were there last year so I said I am going to use these.

So I pulled out my Nativity that I got from Costco a few years ago and I also pulled out my Hallmark Nativity and I sat the table up with nothing but Nativities on it. IT was stunning to see.

But I did not teach the Nativity.. I taught on Family Traditions, I pulled out this months issue of the Ensign from the church and we passed it around reading the Traditions from members of the church.

We then went around the room telling of differernt Family Traditions we have in our families.. IT was awesome to hear of all the differenet ones and some of the wonderful ideas each family have.

I told of our letters we write and how we do a serect family santa and well... Hear of so many different Ideas.

I told the story of how Cookie making has been on of my family traditions that I started in my "Single" Family and how there is no wrong way to do sugar cookies with kids...

It's funny to hear of so many different traditions and the things we do to keep them alive!

Christmas Party 2010 OH MY!

2010-12-18T21:46:00.000-08:00

So every year I have my Christmas Party.. Every Year it gets better and better and better and this year... well It was fun and full of life and well... IT was just awesome!

I learned a few years ago that I never get pictures of my party or the guests... Mainly because I am always in the kitchen and cooking and watching and well... this year Cholie got the idea she was taking pictures... One of these years I am going to hire Ben and Mandy to take pictures.. I always try to get Mandy to take pictures for me... BUT they did not come this year.. I was very sad! Love you guys.

So the first picture is of Kristen Wes and Hillary McKay. ( I work with Hillary and her Husband on Stake Activities).

Pitured is Beren McKay, President Gary London, Erick Saganic

My dear sweet Ann Romish and Laura Saganic

Yes you got a picture of me... Cholie.. (You know if you just waited for me... you could have been Sister Leitch..) LOL

Beren, Jared Bounty and SIster London

Jared and Jen

Jen and Kristen

Jen, Sister Loni Shriber and Me... I look like I am 9 months Pregant... NOW that would be funny!

John and Cholie Ash and Bishop and Sister Hall (He will always be Bishop Hall)

Jared (Just thinking what he is going to eat next!)

Peter and Jen and Calab (Next door Neighbors...I love theses guys!)

Bishop Shriber

Allan Brown fixing the train for 100th Time

Brandon West eatting another Scone

Jackie Johnson (my old assistant) I miss Jackie!

My Dear dear dear Sharron Hall... I so love this Lady and I will always.. WIth her granddaughter Emily!

This is just a part of the photo's that were taken and I am always sad because I do not get to take more pictures of everyone but this year thank you Cholie.

It was really fun.. I started at 4:30 and it ended at 10. Yes I was tired and yes I had a final the next day but over all it was so worth every minute I got to spend cooking, and cleaning, and fixing and swearing and just making all the food that I did. (I burnt my self good so I had to say a few good words..) Sorry Mother.. It is the PA in me!

I learned that left over turkey is good for something and that is Turkey Enchiladas.

So I made 6 pans of Turkey Enchiladas, total of 204 rolled corn tortillas!

I have 3 pans left and my cultural studies class is coming over on Monday Decemeber 20th to eat them!

I had chips and salsa.. I learned a few years ago that people just love to eat chips and salsa so I made salsa ... ok I added stuff to the store bought stuff and it was yummy!

Little smokies are always a hit so we had them and refried beans and well It was food every where you looked.

I think when it was all over and done with there was about 75 people and it was just fun in my little home.

last Class

2010-12-13T22:44:00.000-08:00

I will have to start that I am crying and it's just that I have a bad habit of doing that.

Tonight was the last night for my English class and cultural studies class and well.. I just cryied. I am a big baby... I guess it is that I started out the quarter crying because I did not know where I was going and what I was going to be doing and then trying to work and well... I was all over the place... and then here it is the last class and I have learned so much.. and I made some wonderful friends. and well... I am a big baby!

I just have a hard time dealing with saying good-byes. and then on top of it all... The one person that helped me the most is retiring from teaching and we had a party for her and we were toasting her and well more tears.

I will have to say that we had a awesome group project that just about made me cry again so all night I was almost in tears..

My peer group however did say we had the best group project and that they scored us super hi! maybe because one part of the group project was to do something for the commuinty and We did a food drive and well it turned out AWESOME! super high for me... What a great way to end a class.

I will post the video as soon as I am able.

All I really want to say is... with every step comes movement and with every movement come a new step!

Pre-Christmas Cookie PHOTOS

2010-12-05T21:20:00.000-08:00

Ok I love this Holiday SEASON... LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!

So I have worked hard to get the HOUSE ready.. THE train is up and the trees are decked!

So Saydee was in the door first and I wanted to catch her face as she was looking at the trains.. YEAH I was at the wrong place.. BUT she did have fun.

Shelby.. ITS ok.. thing happen.. KIDS will be kids

I put a train out and YES the kids touched it!

So we started out with Pizza and then went to BAKING!!

Dan and James and Mallory rolling out cookies.

THE DETAILS in Mallory is what I loved I showed Them how to do it and it was magic.

we had the whole house filled with cookies!

I am so glad that I got it all on film..

MAYBE a little to much sugar!

I love this picture of Saydee... LOVE IT!

PLEASE NOTE that Saydee's BOW matches her shirt..

LOL INSIDE JOKE HERE!!

LOVE IT!!

Don't Worry Ted You have no controll!

IT was just a big old sugar mess worth every minute!

Little Rhett... HE was just taking it all in!

Merritt just kept cool!

THIS is when the VIDEO took place!

Part 1 of many pictures...

2010-12-05T21:08:00.000-08:00

OK So tonight was cookies.... It was fun.. JUST be prepared to eat a lot of sugar!

After all of the baking and prep work and when it was all done.....

There was a few dishes...

LUCKY I have a dish washer...

LUCKY I had all the laundry done before the washing machine died on me!

post cookie making

2010-12-05T20:49:00.000-08:00

It was was fun... This is just the ending of the cookie making... Pictures to come!

Picture me, at this

2010-12-01T14:48:00.000-08:00

SO I have been told that sometimes when you are feeling blue or other times and when things just are not going the way you think they should or just not happening the way one would hope that it might just be best if you sit down and write...

OK so just take a minute to think about what I am going to write.. I am wearing a pair of RED and BLACK plad sweat pants.. dont know who or where I got them from.. and a brown plad shirt.. and my black dress socks..

LAUGH really LAUGH all you want right now because that is what I have on and the mood I must be in...

Maybe its the fact that my THESIS was due on monday and I had not yet finished it and everyone says let me look at it before you turn it in and I do and they HELP me alot with corrections and what needs to be done but then it turns out to be something I wanted but I could not write it the way I wanted to write it and I feel that I just failed big time and well... NOW I am feeling the blues and thinking what am I doing and just saying WHY ME and the funk is I am confused!!! CONFUSED with my life and what is happening with it at this time.......!!!!

I was not going to even start to get the chirstmas decoration out and do anything until after school was over but I feel I need to do it this week.. So I am starting that project.. on top of everything else.. I might be just a little crazy!!!!

Oh dont worry I have been popping my vietim D everyday I am not depressed I am just conficted!

I guess what I have to do is make a list an check it twice... I have never been one not to understand where I was going or what I was doing... but sometimes a big old foot needs to kick me in the butt and say do it now... (No mother I do not need your foot kicking me)

Hope everyone can understand what and where I am coming from...

Love ya

What a night of sleep wont do

2010-12-01T07:16:00.000-08:00

I am feeling better this morning after a GOOD night sleep.. Its funny how December changes the mood of everyone as well as me.

I am in hyper speed right now trying to clean the house and get everything ready for CHRISTMAS!!

I can do this!!!

God has reasons we dont understand

2010-11-30T23:24:00.000-08:00

OK...crying here... That is a quote from Dolly Parton... Ms Dolly herself...

So I am a lover of Dolly, Jen a few years ago took me to Dollywood and I will always be so greatful for that time I spent there with Jen.

So why am I crying over this I am a big baby.. LOL really it is so funny.. I love Oprah and some others and I saw Dolly was going to be on the Nate Berkus Show.. SO I taped it.. Bad thing for me to watch at 11PM on a tuesday night when I already and in one of SCOTT's moods.
I am not going to say anything more about the show.. you will have to find it and watch it.. It was awesome.. SO Ms Dolly... "I will always love you"...

and I am a baby because tonight I got to go See "A Christmas Story, The Musical!" It was AWESOME... here is where I loose it...

THe spirit of Chirstmas is so true... SO as I was waiting to go into the theatre.. The Salvation Army Band was playing outside.. and well Seattle has a very special spirit around it right now.. THe lights in the trees and the windows decked out in holiday flavor... It is just awesome..

TOnight was one of the first times in a long time that I wished I had someone special to be with.. I dont know why... all of a sudden.. a hole is needing to be filled.. I am going to be 39.... and well I might be missing something in my life...

My friend Sharron says "Life Happens when your planning something else"! Well Lets start planning something else because I want my life to happen. I have been living and enjoying who and what I am.. I just dont understand sometimes what my purpose is...

I have made the comment many times that everytime I am in the temple I take extra time and I ponder and think and try to study..

I have not been like this for a few weeks because I just am trying to live...

Anyway after today.. I am ready to say Good night... But I want to say I love you all!!!

Candy, Candy, Candy

2010-11-28T20:59:00.000-08:00

So Yesterday We planned a day of candy making... Yes Candy making indeed.. SO with that being said...I could careless to eat any more candy for a few days but for now.. WE had a lot of fun! It is always good to be with family and create master pieces of work!

and when it was all over and done with... It was a fun day and we had a lot of chocolates...!!! They were yummy!!!

Sunday Night Dinner

2010-11-28T20:57:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving Dinner!

2010-11-26T22:20:00.001-08:00

well for some odd reason I dont know how to down load my pictures in orders so... here you go!

The Stuffin... This was my pan of stuffin..

This is the turkey in the roasting pan... I went to pull the stuffin out of the pan and the turkey fell apart!

This is my table.. COOL Setting

Sweet Potatoes.. FRESH ones.

The green bean cassarole

The 24 pound Turkey!

the 10 pounds of mashed potatoes... THey had one to many lumps in the for me!!

Baby its cold out side,

2010-11-22T20:53:00.001-08:00

So this morning I woke up to SNOW... YEAH I do not get along with snow... Love it if I dont have to do anything but SLEEP and I could have seeing I had nothing planned but school. BUT I think I was like a little child waiting for the tv to say... North Seattle Community College CLOSED!! YEAH lucky for me I can drive in the snow but it is still the idea because I was not ready for today... I had a thesis to write and I had to come up with the ending... (STILL working on it)

SO as I was watching the news I got the first email saying because of the roads... SEATTLE please learn to drive... if you do not know how to drive stay off the roads...
So I went out side and took a few pictures... little did I know what was in store for me today.

My back yard had a little snow... not much.. really just a nice little dusting of snow..
So after cleaning off the car and warming it up. I was off to an appointment.. Which I was kinda of disappointed with because I was early and the dr was late... well he never did come in...

so I did a few more little things and said ok I am going home and clean.. so I did it.. I cleaned out 3 cupboards. YES it was nice..

So a few hours of cleaning and Hemma came to clean and well we were able to make massive work load light and it is so nice to see the house sparkle...

SO by 5pm Seattle had a little problem... that is right... SNOW, WIND, and SNOW and well... this is what my drive way and my planters look like.. I had to get the snow shovel out.

BACK yard again.. the water is slowly stopping.. its really is fun!

BRING on the snow.... this is the front street.. YEAH you cant see anything this is how bad it is.

On the bright side... I dont have school the rest of the week.. I am working for the next few days.. However I have a feeling that if it keeps snowing Holiday SALES are going to TANK!!! not a good thing...

250 wow

2010-11-14T15:40:00.000-08:00

I have posted 250 mini minutes to my blog..

right now I am sitting back and eatting fried potatoes and onions wow I have not had fried potatoes and onions in years. I just dont know why I got hungry all off a sudden for them.

It's not like they are super hard to make they really are easy... I just dont know why I dont do it more often.

we had stake conference today and what a sweet time I had. I had the Surtarks with me and I love every minute that I get to spend with them. It was funny because when I talking to people before I conference an older couple came and sat behind me. Now its not that it was a big deal, I had my coat on the pugh, and everyone came by is this seat taken... I hated to say YES but I had to. SO I got the cars and crayons and paper out to make it look like they were off.

Well this older man that was behind me was talking about being in the university wards and I said I was too.. LOL he said oh you waiting for your wife and kids. I was like NO.. whats with the toys.... I said I am waiting for my FAMILY...

NUT JOB HERE...

I said I was waiting for my family, I am so Happy that I really did not need to explain that I was single and have no family members but I have a family. Thankfully sister smith who was also in the converstation said Oh Scott has a family... He has our ward family...

Its so true... If I was OLD I would be the grandfather of the ward. I would be the one that the kids still run to for special treats after church.. I am going to miss my "FAMILY" when they leave in June... but for now... They are my family. I am so grateful for them and what they mean to me in my life... Not only Ted and Shelby.... but all of the other ones. Lane and Cam, Dan and Susan, Jake and Abby, Kristin and Gavin, Sheila and Karl... well the list could go on and on... I am telling you.. Once again...

BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED!!!!

I might never have that family.. The one that I dream of but this one thing I do know... FOR right now... I will take what the Lord is giving me and I am making something of it.

I was talking to Sister Metcalf today and I said like the Crosby... Ben showed me something.. and I am so thankful that he took the time to get to know me because I sure do miss them... I had a very special time with them.

I love the fact that Saydee every Sundays comes looking for me.. I think she is really looking for the suckers but she comes to "OUR FAMILY" pugh... Thanks guys You make my life special...

Oh and never try to have me type when Beauty and the Beast sound track is playing in the back ground and angela Lansbury is singing the song...

TRUE FAMILY!!!

Love to all my family... Matt and Cami, Connie and Steve, Abby and Naki, Ginny, Katie and Matt, Jackie and Russell, Candy and James, Cassie and Steve, and Liz and Albert, Tim...

Each one of you have touched my heart in some way. THANK YOU!!

Mom and Dad thanks agian for searching for the truth....!!

Cheese cakes and song lyrics

2010-11-13T22:16:00.000-08:00

Yes this is the best name for this posting.. Right now I have this cheesecake in the oven it seems like it is taking forever to bake... WOW i typed that and the buzzer went off... LOL It is really taking forever for me to bake it tonight.

So It's around 10 pm and I try to end my day by looking at everyones blog.. HEY its a Saturday Night and I dont have a life. REALLY I dont have a life.

SO I always enjoy the fact that everytime I pull Abby's blog up a song pops up and I listen to it in the back ground as I am doing my blog or reading her posting or whatever it might be. SO tonight I started listening to the lyrics. I do that now and then Hear a song but do not listen to what the song is saying or is trying to say.

OK i know I am getting ahead of myself but maybe I am learning something from this class I am taking right now.

now seeing I have to type the song out bear with me... I still dont know how to copy and paste.
I ate the glue when I was a kid

It started out as a feeling

which grew into a hope.

which then turned into a quite though

which then turned into a quite word

and then that word grew louder and louder

til it was a battle cry

I'll come back

when you call me

No need to say good bye

Just because everything is changing

doesnt mean it never

been this way before

All you can do is to try to know

who your friends are

as you head off to the war

Pick a star on the Dark Horizon

and follow the light

You'll come back when it's over

no need to say good bye.

You'll come back when it's over

no need to say good bye.

Now we're back to the begining

It's just a feeling and no one knows yet

but just because they can't feel it too

Doesnt mean that you have to forget

Let your memories grow stronger and stronger

til they're before your eyes

You'll come back when they call you

no need to say good bye.

I know Abby has a different meaning for this song, and it just hit me some of what the words are talking about. BOY I wish I could write like this about the papers I have to write. It would make my life a lot better.. I guess it is that sometimes I understand things at different times in my life.

But I started to listen and had to re-play the song a few times to get it. I painted a picture in my mind of a war scene. this war scene was not of that of the wars we are having today but it was a war scene of loved ones that had gone before and are fight to keep us (the one here on earth) on the straight and narrow path. Protecting us, helping us, teaching us. I just got goose bumps.
I can see this scene as clear as day. maybe its that ahhh Haaa moment that Oprah always talks about. But I got it.

I know the wheels are always turning but sometimes it just takes a little more work for me to GET IT!

I just put the cheese cake on for another 15 minutes. Thats a total now of 1 hour and 15 minutes of cooking... I am thinking is it done yet.... or can I leave it alone for another 5. But like cooking if I dont do it right it wont turn out right. SO I am off to check the cheesecake and hoping for a great turn out.

Well for now......

ahhhh haaaaaa

2010-11-10T22:17:00.000-08:00

I think that is the right way to write it... I messed up big time tonight.. I am not a writer... I cant really write... and I have been saying this the whole semester and to night I was talking to my professor and I said I cant always think it but I can write it.. she jump over the table with excitement.

ahhh Haaa yes I just can not believe I said it. believe me... I have to admit I think I can if I put my mind to it.

I have been feeling a little crazy the past few days. a little stressed... I have been having some massive headaches and I am not sure why.. but I working on that..

cant think anymore tonight... my eyes are playing the sleep game so I must go!

Funk and breakdown 103/104

2010-11-08T22:20:00.000-08:00

YES I am still in the funk and I think it might have a lot to do with the stress in my life right now.. I had a breakdown this morning and it wasn't a pleasant sight. I just have to find out what and where and why and who and all those questions you need to ask yourself. WHY ME.. and then I have to turn that around and say WHY NOT ME!

103.5 happened before class tonight and I had to just leave and splash cold water in my eyes.. the worst part about that is the darn auto sinks that turn on when you walk up to them its warm water.. LOL come on I think I still like to control my own water... and then break down 104 happened after class... I am such a mornon sometimes.. I just broke a little and that did not help me any..

i did talk a few things out.... which I am trying to still do.. that is why this blog is coming up. i see it a little clearer now but I am still needing to work on some of these issues. YES Scott has issues.

funny how I just loose myself in some things and others I just cant deal with.

And then to think I lost my mind I had made 6 pies yesterday. 3 pumpkin and 3 chocolate french silk.
I put the chocolate ones in the frig out in the shead and we ate one of the pumpkin ones and I took one of the pumpkin ones down to the neighbors. (Hey I need the garden rotilled next spring have to keep them on the good side).

Well I went out to the shead to get the pie this afternoon to finish them off with cream.. and there was only two of them out there.. my first thought was those missionaries... to find out it ended up that Ted and Sheby took one which I told them they could. I just flaked it. Tonight they were recieved well at class... who would not like my pie... oh wait.. someone that cant taste a paper bag from last years chili cookoff.. LOL...

Dan made comment that Susan was mad at him because he did not bring her some home so I made sure she had some... so I got a very nice thank you from DAN...

WHY do I do what I do......?????

It's the Life of Scott... so glad your on this ride with me.!!!!

I am in a funk!

2010-11-07T21:48:00.000-08:00

Snap out of it she say, or I will come and slap you, never mind SLAP, SLAP, SLAP.... What can I say I am in a funk... Don't ask because I really dont know why.

I am so..... well yes you got the words I been wanting to hear. LOL
I know Scott you crack me up.

SO I have a few people that everytime they see a new single adult its.... SCOTT she could be the one. I love it. LOVE IT! This new one is a cutie I must add.. so we will see if we can get her to come over for dinner and see what my life is like.

I have been working on paper after paper after paper so that is my new life... Maybe that is the funk that I am in...

I just dont know... tell you the truth.. I dont like the funk that I am in... I just want to sit back and cry.. just have a good old cry. Silly as it may be that's what I want to do.

I am always on the edge of it I just have not done it... I dont think I could handle that right now.

and to make life a little bit more pleasent... I have been working with the union and the union has no contract right now and it's not looking good... looking like a strike... WHO can afford a strike.. this is what I want to know. I keep looking at school and seeing I need to better myself and get out of this work force...

anyway... thats me today.. I believe it could be a little stress and its all coming to a head.....

so for now....

funny what you can feel and say

2010-11-01T11:48:00.000-07:00

so wednesday night at class i was faced with the question... what are you feeling? yeah I wrote what I was feeling and it came out and well thanks for all the concerns. LOVE the fact that I have family that loves and cares for me and always makes me laugh! I love you guys!

October was here and left really fast.
I was all over the place this last week.. I think it was the fact that I worked in my old shop for the week and found out I really did not want it back and said the spirit of the store is gone.. YEAH I am gone and I have moved on. I still have wonderful friends there but I do not belong there anymore.

It was fun to see all the old customers that I loved come around the corner and look in and see me in the floral department and their eyes got big and tears started! It was awesome. I loved that part of it. But i know I am to be in school and this is the plan right now.

Sunday was so much fun... I spent most of the day cooking... what else is there for me to do on a Sunday. We did a halloween themed meal. everything had to deal with Halloween and I was not talking candy. We had such a fun turn out. From ghost dogs to bloody hand punch. it was cool. you can be so creative when you put your mind to it. I love the fact that people can think outside the box. simple things such as pumpkin cut out flour tortilas with spices on them YUMMY... and I have to laugh that SQUASH is becoming my families favorite thing. LOL they love it. this week we did a squash called the "Sweet Mama" I baked it in the oven with nutmeg and butter that was it and it was eatten up so fast love the fact that something we hated as a kid is now the number one food when we get older.... not to mention how good it is for you.

I love my families that come over.. I see something mom and dad have... its the fact that our family gets together and can have such a wonderful evening. I have some wonderful families. I am so glad they can turn to me when they need to or me to them. they bless my life with out words.

Anyway I am loosing my train of thoughts so I will go for now.....

I am doing better... I am good

2010-10-29T19:48:00.000-07:00

thanks for all the concerns...

Big baby that I am...

2010-10-27T22:34:00.000-07:00

I am having some major issues... bear with me for a minute as I am getting humbled. Tears are running down my face and i have to breath those deep breaths that coem along with the tears and the ability to try to stay away from taking my pill to go to be and just what am I feeling.........

I am feeling sadness, I am feeling MAD..I am feeling like a Jurk.. I am angary... oh what that the word.... powerless... crankie, light headed. confused.

i can not put all the piece of this puzzel to gether right now because I have so many feelings going on. I just want to cry,. reall just let me cry and blow the steam off ... why I CANT tell you why...

hold your head up hi...... hahhhhhhhhh,,,,

do i really need to say anything more... I just want to yell.....AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
that might be it.... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH'

what am I learning

2010-10-22T13:33:00.000-07:00

well if I was to write what I was learning, well I would say that writing is not my strong point. I have hated it and I dont enjoy writing.. maybe it is because I dont enjoy it and I cant write fast enough when I am thinking of something to write.

I dont know big fancy words. I am more peanut butter and jelly when it comes to writing. Other people think I should be writing like a Croque Monsieur..
But when you tear it all apart it just a sandwich. really thats all it is. LOL I had to look up different types of sandwiches to come up with a good one. and when you tear it down... all a Croque Monsieur is a french ham and cheese sandwich that is dipped in eggs and fried. more or less the american version is called a monte cristo.

with that being said. I can only write like peanut butter and jelly. I try to make my point and its simple as that. if I was to discribe how to make it, I believe this was a teaching moment one time and I am not sure who taught me this but it was simple enough that everyone missed some details.

how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
step 1, pull out two pieces of bread
step 2, pull out the peanut butter and jelly
step 3, pull out a knife
step 4, spread the peanut butter on one slice of the bread
step 5, spread the jelly on the other side of one silce of bread
step 6, put them together with the jelly and peanut butter touching
step 7, eat.

now that i quickly typed that out I forgot some major points that should have been made.
untieing the quick tie on the bread, opening the jars of peanut butter and the jelly, cleaning up.
there are many different thing that need to take place before and after making that peanut butter and jelly sandwich. steps that sometime are so simple that we forget to write about it.

DETAILS DETAILS DETAILS

so this last sunday I had to teach again. I have learned a few things in this english 265 class and communication 150 and well.. in my english class we learned to listen the other night, we all sat in a circle and had a spoon or stick, and we passed this spoon around and as we did we had to say what we had learned and listened to and well we spoke only when the stick was in our hand. so I had an idea right there about how I was going to teach my class sunday.

MOTHER thanks for listening for the fast 3 minutes as i was telling you what i did.

So I do not teach like anyone else. I am always trying to teach outside the box... another reason why i enjoy teaching even if i complain about it. this was the best teaching lesson I think I had so far. According to Dan. Elder's Quorum President he said "this by far was the best lesson you have taught"

so I hate teaching in a hot room and with rows so the last few times for me to teach I have taken them to the Cultural Hall and have sat up chairs. this time I sat up a table in the middle with tabel cloth and flowers and then I sat the chairs up around in a large circle and around the table to which I could walk around and then I also found myself walking around the outside of the circle as well.
I started out with an object lesson, on a piece of paper draw a word "Gospel Center" DRAW the word.. was the object. and then I asked them to draw the word baptism. we had a lot of the same missionary drawings. the wave with the arrow and the upright arrow and if you were a missionary you know what I am talking about.
then of course I had food... I always have food. so that was fun as well but the best part of the lesson was to have them pass the spoon and say something fast about there baptism... Well it wasnt a spoon it was a bag of chocolate!

IT was awesome..
a few things I do remember is that I had to take off my shoe because I was making to much noise as I was walking around.
I do remember some of the comments. I just know it was so easy and the best lesson I feel I have taught so far!!!!!

Well I have been busy

2010-10-16T21:20:00.000-07:00

I have been busy this week... I worked... YEAH I had a total of 28 hours. YEAH! I filled in at work.

So last week I saw a posting.. Floral Manager Needed.. Quess where. You got it at my old shop. She is getting another store and they have the shop open. Yes I am applying for the Job. I am torn but we will wait to see what happens.

my english class is killing me. I have been reading and writing every chance I get. So I just wanted to say thats what is going strong with me.

OK
love for now!!!

Great conference

2010-10-03T16:30:00.000-07:00

Ok I think it was one of the most beatiful conference of the church. well I say that everytime.

The very first speaker was President Monson and he is just a wonderful man! He was followed by Elder Holland and well he put I think the theme for the whole conference into one word.. GRATEFULNESS!!

as he was talking I wrote down the following words in recap of what I would learn. Gratefullness and Thankfullness. then I wrote the words.. Count your blessings.

That is where I would start with. HOW many blessings I have in this life.

Count your blessings name them one by one.

as I started back to school the aide, drew a sun. with 8 spokes out of it.

we had to write down 8 things that would sum us up.

1. Family

2. Friends

3. Uncle Scott

4. Crafty

5. Creative

6. Cook

7. Single

8.

I could not come up with an 8th. this is funny, because yesterday when I was thinking i need to write down the few things I am grateful for... I was thinking I know what number 8 is... my life!

REALLY I am so grateful for my life...

I am so honored and so pleases with who I am and what I have become.

I am so happy that I have friends that are not friends but family!

I am so happy for all of my family. FOR YOU I AM WELL PLEASED.

It's going to be a long long long night!

2010-09-18T21:42:00.001-07:00

Besides me not sleeping... I have been stressing about my lesson I have to give Sunday Morning. I am not feeling these lessons and teaching them right now.

Anyway.... Tonight, I was chatting with a friend that moved to Seattle and now is back in UTAH and I made the comment that I was just a nightmare in there lives... she came back with...

"Scott you were a dream come true!! FOr all the years we've been married you have been our only home teacher!! So Thank you!"

Ben, Thanks, I sometimes forget what my life was like without you in it. I just wanted to slip away and you had to just keep coming and then you made me go with you home teaching every month... THANK you....

Mom and Dad, thanks for always teaching all of us those blessings of the GOSPEL.

I am not sure what my lesson is going to be... I will know what will happen when it happens..
I am planning to start with the first vision and the song "How Early was the morning" has been going through my mind. but besides that I am not sure how its going to go!

give it all

2010-09-13T17:47:00.000-07:00

YES... this is going to be a short post and I am saying it as it is. YES I will do and give it all to the church and the building up of the kingdom of GOD if I am asked.

THe comment was made to me "I know you think nothing about money when it comes to the church"

YES so very true and I have no regrets... "IT is a part of my make-up" Isn't it a part of yours!!!!

It really cant get any better!!!

2010-09-12T20:38:00.001-07:00

This is just the babies that were at the house tonigth... I can not say much more.

I am so glad and honored that I have loving family that can trust me with there children..

Today I was in Sunday School and I looked at the door and One of our sweet nursey ladies were looking for Ted, because Saydee had fallen, so I got up and went out to see if I could help... LOL Saydee came to me and cryied for a minute as we tryied to find TED as he was taking care of little man Rhett.
the next thing I know is I have Rhett because TED had Saydee.. and the sweet nursey Lady cames up with Mallory. So here I am with Rhett in one arm walking up and down looking for Lane with Mallory... LOL well he was in a meeting, so Off to the Primary Room where I knew Cam was and I showed up with Rhett and Mallory.... FUNNY BOTH Cam and Shelby came out.. I had no problems with Rhett... I just could not take care of Mallory... IT WAS just a blast.

SO once again.... Uncle Scott is here to save the day!

Just keep going, Just keep going

2010-09-11T23:04:00.000-07:00

So last night I got to talk to Ben Crosby. ENOUGH said. I miss our talks every Saturday and SUnday NIghts. It was fun just talking to and making sure he was getting into trouble.... Sorry Becca if he did not get home in time for you to make THEO his cake... I would have just ordered it for him... STOP THE STRESS!!!

Ben you said something that touched me, you made the comment that you called me to cheer me up and it Back fired on you and I ended up cheering you up. Thanks BEN you are a very special person in my life.

So I know some will read this and others wont... SO I am busy trying to stay busy this week seeing that I have to teach next Sunday.... and WELL... YES I think I am making bread again... I know Scott your nuts... BUT I have to. I just cant keep it a secret and not tell anyone so that is why I am bloging it.

Last week I was with the Sutarik's most of the DAY... IT WAS so much fun... we started out going to the farmers market and then off to the ZOO... I had a blast... Thank you Ted and Shelby for including me in your lives... It means the world to me... SOME time you dont know what blessing you are to me.

Before I go to far.... here is a video of last weeks Farmer's market!

I mean I have the best friends in the world and I am so thankful for them.

TODAY we had a stake Service project... I went.. I HELP for a minute before the wheel Barrow bit me... YES the Wheel Barrow bit me..

AND trust me...... THE BLACK and BLUE mark is much bigger now... THAT is right after it hit me.

OK well Thats my life for now!!!

I am doing ok....LOL

2010-09-09T19:29:00.001-07:00

So I put the LOL on there because I used that heading once before!

so I have been trying to stay upbeat and remembering what my service was like to Elder Oaks. TRYING to keep that spirit with me. I have been reading and praying everyday just to keep up the postive feelings..

But for some odd reason today and the past few days I have been a little blue. I have been up beat but I have not felt good... MAYBE because I broke a tooth 2 weeks or so ago and last Thursday I called to get in and well LABOR DAY weekend and they took a nice 4 day weekend... and I have had a slight tooth ache for the past week and half... so I have never been excited about going to the denist like I am waiting for tomorrow morning at 9.

BUT since then I have been on pain pills trying to keep the pain awayAnbesol and Hydrocodone have been my friends.

so I have not been the best person to be around... I have been a little depressed.

JUST a little.. I do not do PAIN!!!!!

so what am I trying to say? I dont know...
Funny I texted mother the other night.. MOM thanks for always just listening and being the person who you are!

""You know by the time you were 40 you had 10 children plus me... here I am almost 40 and what can I say I have... LOL! Did I do something WRONG?""

MOTHER always has such an insight to life... "NOPE.. magically, each life has its own course".

THANK you mother... I have been working on that path....

LOL I know I am just a little teary eyed right now and I am not sure why... so this is the feelings and thoughts that are going into my mind..

I am turning 40 and what do I have to show for my life! Well I do know what I have... I have some wonderful friends and family!
That support me in everything I do. I am not sure where I am going with this post and not sure what I am trying to say..

I guess THANK YOU!!! Thanks for the support!!

Quick Update For August!

2010-08-24T21:22:00.000-07:00

Knee has been doing good.

Broke a tooth tonight Eatting Kidd Valley... LOL I just texted Ben a minute before that and said I missed him and that he needed to be here... and I bit down on my mushroom and broke a tooth.. see Ben was getting back at me for saying I went to Kidd Valley and that he is 3000 miles away from one of his favorite places... LOL

Garden is doing great, you should see the cabbages I have been getting out of the garden! WOW!

On sunday I had my recommend interview with President Thatcher and he said I was glowing!! HE said you know something SCOTT your glowing the spirit of the Savior in you!!!.

So I have to write about the Sunday I missed CHURCH... Well my Ward anyway... Lane said in one of his texts.."I have to tell you what Mallory said after church: "Where's Scott...do you know where scott is daddy?" and it was way more than once."

See after church on sunday if the kids are good I give them dumm dumms.. (SUCKERS) and they love them... so I make sure I have my church bag stocked.

Jake DeBell said to me this Last Sunday ... "Where is Scott Hiding".

I sure hope I make some kind of a impression on these KIDS I love having so many Nieces and Nephews looking up to me!!!

Thats my update...... and to the rest of my BLOGGING FAMILIES..... I have not seen much posting from you as of LATE!!!!!

keep going......

2010-08-16T11:47:00.000-07:00

So I am still on a high so if I repeat myself you will understand.

sometimes its being at the right place at the right time.

Elder Oaks made a few comments that 100 years ago that satan attacked the book of mormon and that he attacked Joshep Smith. Today he said he is no longer attacking them.. He is attacking the family!

The Family Unit is under attacked now. He made comment that marriages are under attack, Children being born to unwed women, and sexual party. and the Purpose of marriage.
and Satan has moved his troops to the attacked of family!

Elder Oaks talked about Missionary work
Sharing the Gospel.
He had everyone that was a full time missionary stand up... then Ward missionaries stand, and then he said these are a small number and then made everyone stand and say are we all not to be missionaries.
GIving points on how to be effect member missionary,
1. Talk to people about religion.
2. Bearing of a testimoney
3. Readings Materials, such as a story you read or reading of a book, or an article.
4. Invite to church, CHurch tour or temple grounds

He told of a story of a christen family that was a minister in his church and for years they worked with family members and others helping the poor and the sick and just being an all around good person....the family lived across the street from the stake president and notice his lifestyle, and the stake presdient just invited them one day, and they came, as the lady was sitting next to the water of baptism, after being baptized, she said she did not feel anything different...until the stake president placed his hands on her head and conformed her a member of the church and gift of the holy ghost... she said it was as if a good friend had comeback to her to stay.

He said that we should also have 2 things. Holy habits and Rightous routines.
Holy Habits , Daily prayer, family prayers, scripture studies, attending sacrament meetings and all meetings.
Rightous routines.. ID your weakness
he gave example of when he was a lawyer and one of his co-workers were a smoker and said he wanted to stop and everytime he walked by the smokers the smell of the smoke he would crave. so Elder Oaks said... STOP walking by the smokers...HE also made comment of a drinker and how the smell of beer is just aweful and he commented to the drinker stop going to places or doing things with friends that cause you to want to drink...
SO more or less ID your weakness.... and STOP them.

HE said Yes he is a General Authority of the Church so he only answers General Questions. and that if you have other question we should be asking the Lord and that scripture study will help with those questions...

My Weekend....

2010-08-15T20:56:00.000-07:00

I had the best weekend ever and I woould owe the biggest Thank you to Auntie Wes who mad it possible.

A few weeks ago Weslene called me and said Guess what? I was like what... we are having Stake Conference In August and Elder Oaks is coming... I said right away WE have to cook for him.

Well The Stake President... The one sitting lives across the street from Auntie Wes and Is Weslene and Mike's Home teacher and good friends and well Auntie Wes talked to Marsha, the stake Presidents wife and SAID PLease leave us help you with food.....

WELL she said yes and we have been planning this for a little while and we came up with the best dinner ever!!!!

Everyone that knows me I make a mean STEAK.... and When I have these steaks everyone wants to be invited because well it's Steak.... and we came up with this very simple menu...

Flank Steaks
Oven Roasted Red Potatoes with mushrooms and Onions.
A Nice Salad
and A mixed berry cobbler...also one of the things that I am mastering right now.

any way We got to serve Elder Oaks.
Elder Oaks is the one next to Auntie Wes standing... the fat one is me standing on the other side of her... Just incase no one know who Elder Oaks is ... Dallan H Oaks is an Apostle for our Church.

Afew wonderful things that I remembering right now.. He was so personalble.. he shook everyone's had, he was such a down to earth guy. He told stories and jokes as we were serving him dinner. He laught when I said after he ate and said how great it was he Laught when I said well it was not Ham and funeral potatoes. (another one of those inside Jokes if your a mormon.)

He Said it was the best stake Conference dinner he had, had. Thank you WESLENE>!!!!!

I was able to go to conference and listen to him speak and the powerful messages he said. a few things that (there might be to parts because I took my pill and getting tired!)
He talked about 5 things husbandsso say to their wives..
1. I love you
2. I am Sorry
3. Yes Dear.
4. You look good in that,
5. WE cant afford that/it.

He gave the list and a woman came up after wards and said here are 2 other things he said was Let's go out to eat and You were right

He talked about the Single Sisters or the WIdow sister in wards and stakes. That they must 1st put all there fait in the savior and prepare time, the love of the lord more than the love of me.
HEl talked about Helamen 5:12 and family and family callings.
He talked about his widow mother who yes she was left a widow but still had to work and LIVE! she also did not turn down a church calling because she had to take care of her children.
HE made comment that this is a very important thing to do is to have a calling in those darkest hours.

He talked about needing Senior Missionaire Couples. he said there should be about 9000 out but only 4500 are outs its because there 401K went to a 201K.. (LAUGH)

Told about a Missionarie Shumway who was a missionary in Tonga and when these missionaries can in to eat that night there seem to be missing some of there ducks and when he sat down to eat he was givine one of the duck..while the other sat there to watch there ducks be eatten by this missionary,..and how these children watch the missionaires eat.
a few year later the Elder Oaks were at a Tonga Dinner/fireside and reading this story this missionary wrote and he looked at the message of the elder wrote and looked at the stake president and this is your name.. are you this person... and the tonga go up and sai that was my father. We learned a great example that night.

He talked about Parent and children.

He was talking to me, with being single and the hurt and Pain My sister must be going thtough being a widow.. but his councle was so powerful. TO keep living.

That was saturday night conference... I will write more later... I am on a hight but I took my pill and need to sleep.

I have someoneful blessing yet to write about!!!!

LOVE YOU ALL

August 1st 2010

2010-08-01T13:44:00.000-07:00

Where did the year go???? ok I will make it a fast update seeing that Everyone is behind as well in updating blogs....

about 3 weeks ago, I started to get a pain in the Knee again and I was thinking Oh it's nothing.. well this is the same knee that I had surgery on back in march.. SURE enough, it started to swell on me and giving me a little more pain.. so off to the dr I went.. the first thing he asked is WHAT did you do... WELL I went and climbed the highest mt... that is what I did.. come on... REALLY do you think I can make it out of bed each morning with out doing something to make me hurt..

so on Thursday I am off for another MRI where they will dye the tissue so that they can tell better of what is going on... with that being said... I might have to have yet another surgery on my knee.

But besides that.. I dont know what else to say... Life is boring around the Leitch home right now...

DO have to tell a story....

So I have been working very well with yevette the new floral manager and we so can laugh... its fun just to laugh with her...
Yesterday I went in to help her pressure wash the sidewalk in front of the store... here comes the funniest part.. we had turned off the pressure washer and was taking a break and she said lets finish and I was not thinking... and I turned the pressure washer back on and she did not have the hose in her hand yet... and it was like a snake going out of controll... it was so funny.... I quickly turned the washer off to get a hold of the hose... LAUGH.. OH my was it funny... might have been to funny because I had a little accident!!!!

That's my life!!!!

I think that one engery drink can do this to me!!!

2010-07-14T11:58:00.000-07:00

LOL...
so I will start with the most exciting news ever.... My AUntie lives in the Lacey Stake which is south of me and they are having stake conference and she lives across the street from the Stake President and well... We get to cook a meal for a Apostle of the Lord.... Dallin H Oaks... I am super excited.. SO SO SO SO SO Excited... Thank you Marsha Coppin for Asking us to do such a wonderful event!!!!!

Next... I am on fire today... I hope this last because I am very up!!! maybe I needed more of these engergy drinks more often.. Last time I had one I ended up cutting the end of my finger off.. LOL....

So Last night in one of the rental places we had a back up of raw sewage again... YUCK STINK.. $1300 later it was fixed the correct way... which I was on the phone this morning to the company that fixed it last time and said hello it has not even been a month and this has happened something tells me you blew smoke up someones nose... LOL
so as they were finishing up and were dumping some water out of there shop vac the lady who rents the place said to the man "don't dump that rock back down the drain... LOL can you guess what the plummer said, I almost lost it... LOL it was to funny...

so we are hoping to get some money back from routerrotter for there crappy job they did because the did not do the job they said they did.....

then i have been on the phone putting out other little fires all day.. I am such a fire fighter... :)

WHEN I want something done or something done right I get what I want in a nice kind way... sweet talker that I am... WOW wonder what it would take to sweet talk mom!!!!

Anyway... SO I am reading the Obitraries today and another one in the PENN HALL area died. and It kinda of got to me that cancer has taken alot of lives in that little town of PENN HALL...
anyway what got to me is when you read obitraries you can read other peoples posts as well.. saying how sorry they are etc...

this one got to me...
"Dear Dad,
Sorry to hear about the loss of your sister (NAME). Unfortunately I never had the pleasure of meeting her, but I am sure she was a lovely person. My Thoughts and prayers are with all of you."

NOW tell me what is wrong with this picture.. YES it is MY DISFUNTIONAL Family.. (NO not my Davis family side, the Leitch/Neese side) Really and they lived with in 10-15 miles of each other.... I feel sad, I really really really feel sad... because This is just my family do you see why I choose to live so far away from the rest of them...... YES I am sad that I have cousins out there that I have no clue who they are, I have family out there that really have no clue who each other are and I have brothers and sisters out there that dont get along... OK I will add myself to that list because they are not a family unit anymore... MAKES me mad to tell you the truth... Really upsets me.

Thank you mom and dad davis for the example of FAMILY that you are to me and each of us. I know that I do not come to visit enought.... I know that We are only a 600 mile car ride from each other and I know that its to brown for me to visit... and that I can make the trip... and that I put my needs ahead of yours.... I do Love you and I think of all the fun we do have when we are together... I love you and want every one of my brothers and sisters and inlaws that they are in my hearts and I think of them often...

Up down and Up down again... I cant express what my life is like... a few months ago when I had posted about making all the bread and a picture on the one basket say bloom where you are planted... I have to say that I have done that and that I am still blooming.... I might be growning a little rounded in the center but its not that I am not still thinking of blooming.... I sometimes dont see the color on me and sometimes it is others that see the color on me instead of me..... I sure home that I am not that negative person that I sometimes seem to me be... because I am for the most part very happy and well sometimes you have to have a little storm before the rainbow comes out.

I need to be a better person all around and sometimes it just takes me off garud sometimes.

its funny to see that when I am in a good mood and dont have to much stress on me I am over all a happy person....

last week for the wonderful dinner that was prepared... Out of that turkey, I took a meal of two over to the next door neighbors (I dont always like them) I took my Relief Socitey President and her husband (Meal for two) I took a meal for 6 over to children hospital, I feed 8 adults and 6 kids on sunday night before I took all the meals out... this is just one 26 pound turkey...

can I tell you how blessed I am!!!! 1st off the gospel, 2nd family, 3rd friends, 4th knowledge, 5th giving..

the list could go on... I am seeing in my life little things that James and Arlene gave me.... The things that they use to do and the KEYSTONE mother was...

you take that and you add what Linda and Bob taught me and well boy look what you get.

Yeah mom you can stop laughing now thinking off us going for turkeys for the pioneer trex and all the events we did together... NO BETTER YET LAUGH... because I am, just thinking of the events and the trouble you got me into... and to this day it was your fault that I got that speeding ticket!!!!!

OK I am off to do the next thing I had on the list to do today........