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Thursday, January 15, 2009

This is what Home Teachers are for...

Our Provo Home Teachers came over Sunday for their last visit. When they posed the obligatory (awkward) question, "is there anything we can do for you or help you with?" instead of answering the typical, "no, we're ok, thanks." I said, "YES!" and pointed at the treadmill. I knew Brian and I wouldn't be able to load it in the truck ourselves. It's freakishly and annoyingly heavy. When it was first delivered to my house (I won it in 2006!), the moving guys told me they weren't allowed to come in the house, so they would be leaving the 5 billion pound NordicTrack box on my front porch. I just looked at them like "are you kidding me?!" so they grumbled and said something about just doing it really quick, and no stairs.

Anyways, so our three home teachers (apparently our ward is so nervous about us, they think we need three instead of just two) loaded it into Brian's ERAC truck (yay for work perks! Free moving trucks!) Thank you Tom, Takeshi, and JJ!
I was so flippin excited to run on it Monday morning (versus having to bundle up and brave the single digit temps and icey roads). So Brian had one of his TSA buddies come over and get it in the house for us. I scooted it in front of the TV so I could watch the morning news while running. But my world came crashing down when I attempted to stick the 3-pronged power cord into the 2-hole outlet. NOOOOOOOOOO!

7 comments:

mmm... said...: that's a way funny story. did you end up finding an outlet that worked? hopefully. congratulations on winning a treadmill, that is awesome!; January 15, 2009 at 7:44 AM
Sam and Melissa said...: Hey Chelsea! Your stories always make me laugh:) I really will keep trying to call, I lost my voice Saturday and I can still barely talk so it will be a couple days but I'm not giving up! I know what you mean about getting excited to run inside, I never thought I would say that but these winters are harsh. We didn't know how good we had it running in 70 degree weather every day! When Spring comes we will have to meet in Provo to do a 5k. Talk to you soon, Melissa; January 15, 2009 at 9:10 AM
Marilyn said...: Moving is very frustrating, isn't it. When I was married to my first husband, we moved 16 times in 10 years (school, Air Force, etc.) After Paul and I built this house, we said, "Never, ever, ever, ever will we move again!!) I hope that you can solve the treadmill problem soon.; January 15, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Marilyn said...: Sorry about the punctuation mistakes!; January 15, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Amy Hunter said...: Provo home teachers are better. So, I guess you'd better come back, eh?

I think there are converters out there for those 3 pronged problems. But, you probably already knew that.

How did you win a nice treadmill like that?!?!; January 15, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Jami & Mark said...: I was just going to add what Amy said, there ARE 3 pronged converters, but sometimes hard to find. We used them in the Salem house just about everywhere.

Good luck with that!; January 16, 2009 at 6:52 PM
chelsea mckell said...: Melissa - yeah, 5K definitely, or... let's do a half marathon this spring!

Marilyn - trust me, punctuation is the last thing I worry about on blogs (obviously). Though I do value correct spelling. =)

Amy - I won it at a casino in Wendover.
Kidding.
It was the Salt Lake 5K. I wasn't supposed to go - my coach at BYU told me not to. I did it anyway and he saw my name in the paper and was so mad he didn't let me go to Nationals, though I had qualified in the 10K. He was really ticked off. So was my dad. I was disappointed... but now, years later, I have my treadmill and I'm quite happy about my choice to be blatantly disobedient.

Jami - Brian found a converter at ACE here in Vernal for $6. Happiness! Yeah, these old homes are all 2-prong outlets. Ridiculous.; January 16, 2009 at 10:10 PM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Thursday, January 15, 2009

This is what Home Teachers are for...

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