I spent about a week without my cell phone lately. I couldn't find it last Saturday, and searched EVERYWHERE at least a dozen times. Terrible! Kevin and I only have cell phones, and on Tues/Wed. Kevin had to fly to Georgia for a meeting with his eFolder business partners, so for a couple of days I was without a phone entirely. It was like the dark ages!
But...the good news is, it's back! Kevin found it on Friday. And guess where? In the car, there was a box of crackers, and the phone was *in* the box of crackers. What?? First of all, when I was searching for the lost phone, I didn't really look too hard in that car because I was pretty sure I had taken the other one. Plus, how does a phone end up in a cracker box??? We don't have any toddlers to do weird things like that, so I can only blame myself...WEIRD. But I sure am glad to have it back!
So speaking of cell phones, um....okay, this is totally unrelated to phones, but I can't think of a good way to change the subject, so let's just dive right in. I sang in a big musical presentation thing at church on Sat. It was called "When He comes for me," based on the Parable of the Ten Virgins. I was one of the wise virgins (phew!) It went well overall, but my solo part was NOT as good as I hoped. I was so NERVOUS! My voice sounded all shaky and airy. Argh! I don't think I'll ever learn to not be nervous when singing in front of crowds. I guess it's been a while since I've sung a solo in front of that big of a group, because I was extra nervous...Oh well. It wasn't really about me or my voice anyway--it was about the message, and I think that came across really well--people seemed to be very uplifted. After that we watched the General Relief Society broadcast (the female leaders of our church worldwide do a satelite broadcast once a year), which was excellent. I especially loved President Uchdorf's remarks!
And, in another totally unrelated subject, my neighbors are constantly burning their trash in their back yard. Saturday night the smoke was soooo terrible! I'm so sick of having to deal with their yuckystinky (and unhealthy!) fires--I have called the fire department on them twice before but they told me that since they don't live in the city of Urbana technically (the city line is just past our apartment), they weren't subject to the burning laws. WELL, I found out yesterday that the actual law says they have to be a whole mile away from the city line in order to legally burn. So, I wrote emails to the fire marshal/fire chief, AND the environmental protection agency of Illinois. That ought to get their attention! (I sure hope so anyway.)
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I think a lot of "misplaced" stuff in our house is unfairly blamed on our kids. ;-) In the cracker box in the car ... wow!
I imagine you're being your own worst critic on your singing. Your voice is beautiful, and you brought the Spirit, so I'm sure it was a success. :-)
I sure hope the trash-burning situation gets better! Yuck!!
Also: your transition (speaking of cell phones) cracked me up. :-)
I know what you mean about the cell phone. Katelyn can't live without her Tinkerbell or Princess Aurora cell phones for long either. As for her parents, we haven't ever LEFT the dark ages yet. Glad you found yours though. That would be tough having NO contact to the outside world (or your husband!)
Our ward did a similar program awhile back (or maybe the same one?) and it was so beautiful! I felt the Spirit so strong and even (and especially) from the people that weren't the strongest singers. But of course, you don't fit in that category. You have a GORGEOUS voice and I'm sure everyone was totally impressed and felt the Spirit and your spirit particularly through your music.
Wow! Talk about being pro-active about the trash burning situation. That's SURE to get their attention. Way to go!
Glad you like my (Rachael Ray's) Orange Soy Chicken. It kinda makes me feel like my blogging is not in vain. Someone USED something from my blog. Wow. Thanks. I feel so special. I think I'm off to make a cake shaped like a model of an atom...
Oh my gosh!!! Remember when you had that BLUE cell phone and you lost it and someone turned it into the Wild L&F and you went to go claim it and you told them it was a GREY phone? And they said they didn't have it and then 3 weeks later they called your mom and told her that her child's phone was there and you went down and tried to get it again. And what did you do? You asked for your GREY phone and they said they didn't have it. And then you said, "I know you have it, you called my mom" and then they pulled out the box and you pointed to it and said, "there it is!" and they guy said, "Uh, this is blue."
I laughed hysterically when I heard this story. I don't know why, it was just so Mindy!!! I love it. Especially when you asked me the color of the phone before you told me the story, and I (of course) said, "it's blue". HA!!
Why don't you do things like this anymore? And if you do them, why don't you blog about them? I demand more stories!!
oh and I back up what they said about your voice being awesome.
Of COURSE I remember my DARK GREY phone and the color-blind staff at the lost and found! ;) I thought of that often when I recently lost my phone, actually, But we're not in Kansas anymore, and I didn't expect anyone would have turned it into the lost and found...do we even have a lost and found at the U of I? No idea. Anyways, I lost it on a Sat. so I was pretty sure it wasn't on campus anyway.
You're right, I do need to share more of my "...and then I felt dumb" type of stories these days. But like I warned you, my life is pretty boring these days, so I think my stories are boringer too...
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