Good news, Bad news

So yesterday I got a call from my Real Estate agent and he said,

"I have good news and bad news. Good news is that the Bank approved you for a loan! Bad news is the Bank did not approve the house for a loan."

I guess the guy trying to sell the house does not own the house. How it got through so far without us knowing about this is weird. I guess the title has shifted hands a few times and it looks a like a fraud so the bank wont touch it with a ten foot pole.

So I lost $8,000 yesterday and am back on the hunt.

Good news is we might get $1000 in earnest money cause they have to back out of the contract!

Ok, I lost out on $8,000 due to missing the tax credit. It was never mine but it could have been...

Exciting News!!!

No I'm not getting married yet but this is pretty cool!

Check out this page...

http://www.eproptour.com/tour/play.htm?vid=941359

I'll write more later.

1 Year Anniversury

As conference weekend has come and gone once more I can't believe how fast time has gone! One year ago yesterday I replaced the Mustang with my current Grand Prix! 30,000 miles later and one year older and many more gray hairs and I can happily say that I'm still happy with my purchase!

In other news, yet another girl that I dated has gotten engaged within a few short months of us breaking up! I'm not marketing myself...YET! It's weird how getting the news barely effects me now. The first time it happened was a big shocker but now it's like I almost expect it.

My job is going great! I was promoted to the team lead back at the beginning of the year and things haven't quited down since. My company has a very bright future and will more then likely double and maybe triple this year! If only I could say that me being team lead had something to do with it. We will be moving to a new building in a few short months! I'm super excited about the new space!

I'm currently listening to a book on my drives home. It's called "Switch!! How to change things when change is hard" I highly recommend it! It talks about so many things that's applicable to personal growth and also how to help others change! If you are a manager of some kind or want to be then I would definitely recommend it! It makes me excited about my drive home again and it's why I'm writing today!

Anyway, Hope all is well for everyone! Talk at you later!

“How Is It with Us?”

So I know it's been a long time but I'm over it and if you're reading this you're probably more excited then looking to chastise me! :D Anyway, I wanted to post something a little more religious tonight.

Last month for the home teaching lesson President Monson talked about being spiritually prepared. Then tonight I read a great talk by Elder Ballard that he gave back in Conference in 2000. He talked about what needs our personal attention the most. He said; "the most important thing every one of us can do is to examine our own commitment and devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ. We must carefully guard against spiritual apathy and work to maintain the full measure of our loving loyalty to the Lord."

This is almost the same thing that Pres. Monson talked about in the HT Lesson. He said that we should each ask ourselves: "Am I what I want to be? Am I closer to the Savior today than I was yesterday? Will I be closer yet tomorrow? Do I have the courage to change for the better?"

These two articles tie into a lot of what I've been thinking and feeling the last few months. We sang a song in church the second or third week of this year. It's one that I had sang many times but I noticed something different about it this time. It's "I Need Thee Every Hour". For my whole life I focused on the verses and how important it is to be close to the Savior. When I sang it this time the very last line of the chorus stuck out to me: "I come to thee!". I had missed the meaning of the song my whole life. Yes it's true that we need Him every hour and temptations lose their power and life is vain without Him there but the most important thing is that He is always willing to be there and always want to be there. It is our choice however to come to Him. We must avoid spiritual apathy as Elder Ballard puts it and actually come to Him.

So I've made a commitment that I will try to come closer to the Savior every day and find the courage to change for the better.

Anyway, I'll get an update soon about life and stuff but I wanted to put that out there for anyone who still reads. (Thanks "Bear" or Mary for being my one and only follower!)

College Football!!!

It's the most wonderful time, of the year!

I love football season! There's not a better time all year long.

This year has already been amazing and I'm holding my breath for something truly amazing to happen. There is a possibility, however small it might be, that my BYU Cougars could play for a National Championship again! I know there are still 10 games left but after the first two games we are ranked 7th in the AP poll and 9th in the Coaches poll and there is a possibility that we could make it in there!

The thing that I'm most worried about is the Cougars always seem to crush my hopes and dreams. It's like when everything is going perfect and then you're told that you have to move your horses by the first of May and all your dreams start to crash down. I was alive during the 1984 Championship season but I don't remember it. But we can still dream can't we! Here's to another National Championship, 25 years after our last one...lets not wait this long again!