Just Whistle While You Work

and hum a merry tune...

With each day at work comes a new fantastic surprise of what new task or duty will be assigned to me. As "Jane-of-all-Trades" at the office I find myself doing a wide variety of tasks in both difficulty and time consumption. I love the variety that it brings to me as a day could include the following items on the to-do list:
- water plants
- defend company from unwanted solicitors
- enter contracts into our system
- order water for the office
- go to the City of Phoenix to discuss permitting and drawing issues
- drop off/pick up/deliver mail
- research City Directories and Aerial Maps at the public library
- order paper and check plastic utensil inventory
- write a draft Phase I Environmental Report for a job-site
- order a cake for the birthday/anniversary party

I'm not trying to brag about all of the stuff that I do. I just think it's interesting to see the variety of tasks that I can do from day to day. Tomorrow includes site walks. Yeah for the summer heat! (hint of saracasm).

Girls Camp

I had a great time at Girls Camp with the YW of my ward!  I was the ward food specialist, basically, the camp cook.   My hands didn't get tired from the cooking, only the continuous french braiding.  

The girls had a great time camping in the tents, but did not enjoy the below freezing temperatures at night.  One night, the girls decided that they would warm some rocks by the fire and then put them in their sleeping bags after wrapping them in towells.  It sounded like a great idea until an odd burning smell escaped from their tents.  Sadly one towell did not survive, after two large holes destroyed it.  Luckily, they have these wonderful little heat packets that work wonders on cold toes.  

I loved being able to see the girls having so much fun and being kind to each other.   They cheered each other on and never said anything negative.

The camp theme was about missionary work.  Each ward was assigned a different country with our ward being assigned Mexico.  Our camp director put together a wonderful skit based upon a Dora the Explorer episode.  The girls had lots of fun with it and so did the audience.   One of the counselors in our Bishopric commented that he was told that we had the best skit at Girls Camp.

The couch giveth and it taketh away

We recently misplaced one of the world's smallest remote controls for our dvd player and searched our couch in vain for it.  Instead we found:

- 97 cents

- a random key

- headphones

- 2 hair things

- 2 AA batteries

- 2 bobby pins

- 3 candy wrappers

The couch giveth and it taketh away...