BIG DAR

so, i emailed this to most of you...but i thought i'd put it on the blog too. i don't have time to get to it often, but i got an extra hour on my computer at the library tonight (but i do need to get out of here and get home for some FOOD! i'm starving....so no haiku tonight....that would take me---like----24 hours or something.)
anyway, pregnancy is not my favorite thing. maybe i'm just too old....or maybe no one ever talks about it...but i have swollen feet, ankles, legs and hands...i have no bladder control, my throat hurts all the time from the acid reflux, i've started snoring terribly and it wakes me up (in addition to the many times i wake up to urinate), i get migraines often, and of course, my back problems are gradually worsening----and all this when i'm only 4 1/2 months along. i thought i'd at least make it BEYOND the 1/2-way mark before all this set it. i'd say i hate it, but i can't. i know that when little boy johnson arrives, i won't care at all what i went through. so here is my 4 month size. i'll update it when my waist is even larger than it's current 44 inches.
daryl is well. he is SUCH a HARD WORKER! he has put in a sprinkler system and now planted grass....which we are hoping the birds won't eat all of (the stinky manure isn't covering the seed as well as we had hoped) he's chopped down several trees....unwanted or dead, he's done lots and lots of other yard work....cleaning up the mess that we moved in to (for those of you who remember our yard when we moved to new plymouth....ours here was much like it....all weeds, lots of toys and treasures all over in the dirt.....no plants that had been watered or taken care of all....and a whole lot of cigarrette butts everywhere), he works full-time and goes to school on tuesday evenings, plus he does laundry, dishes and other household chores on a regular basis due to my prenatal ailments. what a guy. and i think that's the update from our home. i gotta go. i'm gonna have to log off this computer and go use the library restroom!!!!!!! surprise surprise

GAS PRICES!

Did you all know that you can visit http://www.saltlakegasprices.com/ and see the LOWEST prices in salt lake city listed in order and updated every 48 hrs? (just a note, the 10 CHEAPEST stations are ALWAYS in my neighborhood :)

You can also see prices for the whole state at http://www.utahgasprices.com/

It's Tax Time again... Taxation without representation?

Here are some great little quotes I pulled from this site

It's worth a quick read.


"The safety of the poor man in this government is the justice of the principle embodied in all measures of legislation. If you may discriminate for him, you may discriminate against him; and perhaps it will not be long, if we go on at this rate, basing our legislation upon the ground that we intend to impose the burdens of the Government upon the rich and exempt the poor from them, until some man may be bold enough to claim that that doctrine shall be carried to its logical consequences, and that if the rich pay all the taxes, taxation and representation shall go together."
-Senator John Scott (R-PA)1866

"There has never been such a universal demand for the repeal of a tax as there has been for a repeal of this .... The people regard [the income tax] as more odious than any other description of taxation whatever; and not the least objectionable feature of it is its inequality."
-Senator Cornelius Cole (R-CA)

OCTOPUS VS SHARK

This is amazing!

More useless things from Devin

I just wanted to post something, let everyone know I'm alive and what not. There really isn't much going here right now. David and Susan and family are passing through Cedar this weekend and I am exceted to see them. I saw that everyone seems to be giving a family update as of late, so I will do the same. I'm still not married and I still don't have kids. I will work on that. Hopefully in that order. School is ok, but I'm a little behind in my classes. Work is good. Kind of boring and I get really tired some nights. Thats it. Love you all.

Ammendment

I realized that my Haiku poem (or attempt at a Haiku poem) may have come out wrong. It sounded like I was saying I don't give a crap about Dave, which is quite the opposite!! My intention was to say that Dave puts a lot into this page and we should be more supportive. I myself am very grateful for him and his setting this up so we could all be in contact. Marc and I have lived away from family our entire marriage, and I think this website is an awesome tool to keep in touch. I wish that poeple would utilize it, reply to others contributions, and be grateful for it :) I love hearing from family, knowing what's going on, feeling like I'm included, and knowing I'm supported way out here.

KC is FAT, and Kianna is a good sister

So I thought I would update a bit. Things are going well. I am of course in school and working full time, but it's not too bad. Cherrie of course celebrated a birthday a few days before Valentines day... I'm not certain if I'm allowed to disclose her age... I'll hafta check on that. KC is turning into a cute butterball of a boy. Whenever Cherrie sings "close, open; close, open" ( little Filipino dity to get your kids to open and close their hands) He dances, or something like it, and opens and closes his hands... kinda like "Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree".
I just wanted to use this forum to let you all know that Kianna will be having her fourth Birthday on the 5th, and celebrating on the 4th. ( her party/my birthday is on the fourth, the same day as Kyle's baptism). Kianna is gonna throw a party for her freinds and family, so, of course She really wants to invite Ethan, Annabelle, and Miriam over on the 4th for her party. I don't know any details yet, but I figured I'd let you all know that your kids have things scheduled for saturday the 4th of March.
So, lets recap, Kiannas 4th on the 5th with a party on the 4th which is my 28th, got it?

Thanks David, Haiku for you

Proactive in the universe
Uniting Family
Too bad no one gives a crap!

Dave I really liked your Haiku, and meant to reply to it, didn't, forgot, sorry. I would like to thank you for setting up this site and keeping it going! You and I are typically the only ones who ever comment to postings, but I think everyone checks it out. I loved hearing about your family-- so will post a bit about mine as well. :)

Lily is adorable. She is speaking a little -- my favorite is when she walks up to me and says "hi baby" (think I've ever said that to her?). She and her brothers spend as much time as they can dancing to Peter and the Wolf, I Like to Move It (from Madagascar) and some other favorite songs. Her little bum moves side to side and she takes huge side steps lifting her alternate legs in the air while raising alternate hands in the air - she's a hoot to watch.
Toby is the sweetest, but quite emotional these days. As you may have seen on his website, he's inventing words like "meaniac" and "interrible". He makes up jokes all the time, sometimes confusing jokes with stories he'll say "mom I have a new joke -- once upon a time, there were three bears......" His treatment has been on hold for two weeks, we'll see this Friday if his counts are up enough to continue. He really is tough!
Kyle just got Star Wars Battlefront II (playstation) from a guy in our ward for his birthday - he's quite obsessed with it right now. He is doing really well in school and his teacher raves about him. He will be baptized on March 4th (everyone's invited). He is very mature and wise - he's ready to be baptized and I'm proud of him.
Marc works so hard! He works all day and then comes home and works on the addition. He really has done a lot and we should be able to move into it in the next month or so.... I can't wait!
As for me, I'm sane, I think.
We will not be taking any vacations any time soon unfortunately, but that isn't uncommon for us. Even though the kids and I have taken a couple of trips to Utah/Idaho without Marc, we consider those visiting family, not really vacations.

DVB to VRD

I see my amazing haiku has left everyone speechless. Sorry.

I have accepted a new position at the Church. Unfortunately, I was so tickled to get it that I can't remember what my new title is exactly, but it is "VRD Application Engineer" or something like that. VRD stands for Vernie David as well as Vignette Records and Documents.

I won't be bore you with the details of VRD (unless you want me to), but it is a records and documents management server application. The Church purchased 400 licenses--many departments have been searching for this kind of solution for quite awhile. But, (and here is where I come in) nobody really knows anything about it. In fact, the company Vignette experts don't know how to implement it for some of the specific things the Church needs (customized portlets may be needed, which would be created using Java). Thus, they need someone to learn how to use it, and that is me! I am excited to get going.

This may or may not be a dead end, but it is no more dead than my current job of being a part of a big plan to do something every 6 - 9 months and then canceling and reorganizing. FYI, one of the main players in Keane's demise just quit or was "forced to resign" (I dunno which) after 9 months of being in charge of all development at the Church. It is time to reorganize. I just hope they don't kill the Vignette project--at least not yet.

Family Notes:

Lucy likes to go around grunting and pointing at everything as she learns words. I love this age.

Andrew has stopped throwing chairs and threatening children (he growls and poses like the Hulk) in Primary and now enjoys opening exercises and his teachers, and is actually one of the better behaved children. However, he still likes to get reactions from his teachers by making statements like "My daddy doesn't love Jesus" and "I don't have a mommy."

Miriam is learning to play the violin. Cute! The violin can't weigh more than an oversized lollipop.

Gideon is now as cool as Hannah and I because he now wears glasses. Susan isn't cool yet because she only needs hers for reading.

Isaac entered a "claymation" movie into the state's Reflections contest and was one of the regional winners. He was disappointed to not be selected to continue to the state competition.

Hannah is getting really good at playing the piano by ear. She also allows Susan and I to go on dates because she has become a responsible babysitter (and Isaac is learning the trade as well).

Susan loves me because I am taking her to the King's Singers concert on Friday.

And, we are going to Disneyland next week! Fun fun fun. None of us can wait. Love ya all!