Tuesday, March 22, 2011
I win, I win!!
Do you remember this post about Janette Rallison's blog and the awesome month of giveaways she's having? Well, I won!!! Yesterday she posted that I won a copy of her book Just One Wish. I am pretty stoked. I rarely win things from online giveaways. And this is not just any old thing. This is a good book by a great YA author. Check out her blog and enter to win. She is giving away something new every day. She usually gives away one of her own books, but sometimes it's a book by another author. Today it's two books, Chronicles of the Broken by Amanda Washington and Bone Warriors by Bron Bahlmann.
A Little Clarification, and a Lot More Details
So, several of you commented on the last post, wanting more details about Dave's announcement about Nevada. I don't blaim you! So here they are, along with a clarification.
Details: Last Tuesday afternoon Dave was offered a full-time job in Nevada. And last Wednesday morning he accepted the position. He will be a clerk for a judge in Nye County, in Pahrump, Nevada. It's about an hour away from Las Vegas. The position is a 1-2 year position. So we will definitely be in Nevada at least until next April, and maybe for another year after that. So yes, this move is pretty permanent.
Clarification: Dave will be moving to Nevada in April. Merry will be moving to Nevada at the end of the summer.
Details: This is the part that will not be so much fun. I have to complete my master's degree this summer. If I don't, I don't know if I'll ever finish it. So I need to stay behind and get things while Dave moves to Nevada. He will be leaving on April 16th, which is, unfortunately, right in the middle of finals for me! Dave will be leaving before finals start at the U, but he doesn't have any finals to take this semester. He will finish up his papers in Nevada and email them before the finals period ends.
More Details: Dave and I are going to look for housing in Pahrump this weekend! Google Maps says it takes 7.5 hours to get there from our house, so we'll be testing that out. Also, I may start looking for jobs for the Fall semester. There are a couple of community college campuses in Pahrump, and I could also commute to Vegas if I was able to get a job teaching English somewhere there. So we're going to have a fun weekend preparing for our future in Nevada!
Details: Last Tuesday afternoon Dave was offered a full-time job in Nevada. And last Wednesday morning he accepted the position. He will be a clerk for a judge in Nye County, in Pahrump, Nevada. It's about an hour away from Las Vegas. The position is a 1-2 year position. So we will definitely be in Nevada at least until next April, and maybe for another year after that. So yes, this move is pretty permanent.
Clarification: Dave will be moving to Nevada in April. Merry will be moving to Nevada at the end of the summer.
Details: This is the part that will not be so much fun. I have to complete my master's degree this summer. If I don't, I don't know if I'll ever finish it. So I need to stay behind and get things while Dave moves to Nevada. He will be leaving on April 16th, which is, unfortunately, right in the middle of finals for me! Dave will be leaving before finals start at the U, but he doesn't have any finals to take this semester. He will finish up his papers in Nevada and email them before the finals period ends.
More Details: Dave and I are going to look for housing in Pahrump this weekend! Google Maps says it takes 7.5 hours to get there from our house, so we'll be testing that out. Also, I may start looking for jobs for the Fall semester. There are a couple of community college campuses in Pahrump, and I could also commute to Vegas if I was able to get a job teaching English somewhere there. So we're going to have a fun weekend preparing for our future in Nevada!
Saturday, March 19, 2011
King Benjamin's Court
As I drive home from school/work every day I drive by a housing development called "King Benjamin's Court." It should be noted that Merry doesn't see King Benjamin's Court when she drives home from school/work because, despite many timed trials proving that my way is faster, she insists on taking the main thoroughfare. At any rate, King Benjamin's Court is a housing development full of stucco coated monstrosities that resemble a grotesque combination of an Olive Garden restaurant and a Soviet era Russian apartment building.
(Olive Garden + Soviet Aparments = Stucco McMansion)
As I drive by King Benjamin's Court I think, "'Hmmm, I wonder if King Benjamin would really be all that cool with his name being used to christen a housing development for upwardly mobile suburbanites?' 'King Benjamin is a character from the Book of Mormon who taught all about giving everything we can to help and support God's children because nothing we really have belongs to us, but is really a loan from God.'" On the upside, after a busy day of writing briefs and trying to keep people in jail, driving by King Benjamin's Court is sometimes the only time I think about the Book of Mormon; it reminds me to always be thankful for what I have and share as much as I can with others. It also sometimes makes me think a bunch of snarky things about who ever lives in King Benjamin's Court in their monstrous houses, but then I have to repent.
In other news, Merry and I are moving to Nevada in a month or so.
(Olive Garden + Soviet Aparments = Stucco McMansion)
As I drive by King Benjamin's Court I think, "'Hmmm, I wonder if King Benjamin would really be all that cool with his name being used to christen a housing development for upwardly mobile suburbanites?' 'King Benjamin is a character from the Book of Mormon who taught all about giving everything we can to help and support God's children because nothing we really have belongs to us, but is really a loan from God.'" On the upside, after a busy day of writing briefs and trying to keep people in jail, driving by King Benjamin's Court is sometimes the only time I think about the Book of Mormon; it reminds me to always be thankful for what I have and share as much as I can with others. It also sometimes makes me think a bunch of snarky things about who ever lives in King Benjamin's Court in their monstrous houses, but then I have to repent.
In other news, Merry and I are moving to Nevada in a month or so.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Book Giveaway Month!
Janette Rallison (author of My Double Life, Just One Wish, and My Fair Godmother) is doing a month of giving away books, either some of hers or from other authors. Check out the giveaway here. And yes, I am shamelessly posting about this on my blog so I get more chances to win one of the books that she's giving away! I've never read any of her books. But they are on the "To Read" list that I'll get to someday. So while I can't recommend her books to anyone, you should at least check out her site!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
My Husband, the Book Reviewer
So, Dave hasn't been posting very much on the blog lately. I think it's because I'm so racist. :D
Anyway, he has been posting on another blog of note. It's a book review blog that a co-worker of his writes, and she asked him to do a few guest posts on some books that she lent him to read. Here are some of his book reviews:
Even, by Andrew Grant
Die Twice, by Andrew Grant
The Breach, by Patrick Lee
Ghost Country, by Patrick Lee
And maybe we can convince Dave to come back and update here too!
Anyway, he has been posting on another blog of note. It's a book review blog that a co-worker of his writes, and she asked him to do a few guest posts on some books that she lent him to read. Here are some of his book reviews:
Even, by Andrew Grant
Die Twice, by Andrew Grant
The Breach, by Patrick Lee
Ghost Country, by Patrick Lee
And maybe we can convince Dave to come back and update here too!
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