What I Was Given For Mother's Day

I know, it's not anywhere near Mother's Day today.  But I wanted to share what Nathan made me for Mother's Day this past May.

I like to write notes when I am reading the scriptures, lots of notes.  I like to add quotes from Apostles and other general authorities while I read.  

Unfortunately for me, as they are, the scriptures do not have a lot of space for writing.  I usually end up writing what I can in the margins or at the end of a verse, but most of the time I end up gluing a piece of paper in the binding and writing what I wanted to write on that.

When I explained my dilemma to my mother, she would tell me to just write smaller.  So I tried that and I could never read what I wrote and the pens would bleed and the letters would run together.  

So one day while I was online, I came across a genius idea.  A wide margin Book of Mormon!

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 I pinned the link and kind of forgot about it.

Until I started reading the Book of Mormon against this past March.  As I read I again became frustrated there there wasn't room for what I wanted to write.  Well, Nathan listened and on Mother's Day he presented me with this:

It took a lot of paper and he went through an entire black ink cartridge.  He whipped up a cover and then he headed over to Kinkos where they put a plastic front and back cover and the binding on for about $7.

And then it sat on my nightstand for another 4 months.  I was well into my current copy of the Book of Mormon by the time I received this gift and I wanted to finish marking that particular book for that reading.

I know, I am very strange.  I'm glad that my husband was patient and understanding with me about not wanting to use his VERY thoughtful gift.... yet.

But now that I've finished, I have started reading again with my wide margin book and I feel like I finally have room to stretch my legs.

new camera

nate's dad got me a new camera. this past year has been a terrible one for me as far as breaking things goes. i broke nate's camera's lens (i bought him a new and better one...thanks adri), i broke my camera, i broke some of the trim off of our trailer, i washed my cell phone in the clothes washer, and i broke several random things around the house (random might not be the correct word here....) anyway, the point is that i broke my camera and have been without an easily portable camera for some time.



yesterday, nate came home from his dad's house and said that he had a surprise for me.....

A NEW CAMERA JUST FOR ME!

anyway, it is a canon powershot A720 IS and is much better than the one i previously used. i tortured everyone at work today by taking their pictures for our work blog. they all love me... i am sure of it.

christmas pics

gather round for the slideshow of christmas pictures.....

it finally came!!!!

see that picture on the wall.....

close-up, it looks like this:

this picture was a christmas present from nathan (he ordered it the end of november) and it arrived today. i promptly made him hang it up.

i know... slow shipping. several times nathan said he was going to call and cancel the order because it was taking so long, but i talked him out of it each time because i really like it and it was such a good deal.

fondue

thanks to my friend jen, i am now slightly obsessed with fondue. my mom gave me a fondue pot that she was given as a wedding present. the closest picture i could find is this:

i have since learned that this is a very early 70's vintage avocado green fondue pot. the differences between the one pictured and the one i have is that my stand is avocado green and is a little bulkier than the one pictured.

i told nathan that i would like another one for my birthday. something along these lines: