A dinner party

We have some new friends in our ward. They invited us over for dinner tonight. We enjoyed a great meal and then played some games. I'm thankful for the opportunity to meet some new people and socialize. 

The General Relief Society Broadcast

I love General Conference. And I love the Relief Society broadcast! Tonight's meeting for the sisters of the church was incredible. I'm thankful for the tender mercies I received from my Heavenly Father during the conference. 

Internet

The internet at my house had been awful for a few months. Today they finally sent someone out to fix it. They replaced something outside yesterday and it must have helped. When they came to check it out this morning, it was working. I'm thankful it's finally working! 

Approval

I got a very exciting email today. I found that I have been approved to receive a BAHA (Bone Anchored Hearing Aide) through the Colorado Neurological Institute's BAHA assistance program. This has been a year and a half in the making - a year and a half if excited and heartbreak and frustration. And now it's here! I talked to my audiologist, Anne this afternoon. She is fabulous and I'm so thankful for her! She is bending some rules to make it possible for me to have surgery over my fall break so it won't interfere with school. I'm thankful for the opportunity. I'm thankful for my mom and the help she will be providing to make it happen. I'm thankful for my Heavenly Father, for the knowledge I have that He is aware of me. I am not forgotten. His promises are not forgotten. This truly is an amazing blessing. I could not be more thankful or more excited!! I'm going to be bakd to hear!!! 

An extra hoodie

I knew it was going to cold today. I wore a sweater. However, when I left my house wearing my cardigan sweater, I was not expecting it to be raining like crazy when I needed to leave for school. I was not prepared for a 15 minute walk from the parking lot to my class - in the rain!! I'm so thankful Lois had an extra hoodie in her office. That hoodie kept me warm and dry! 

Silver Sneakers

Ever since I became the director of the rec center, the old people have been hounding me to get the center signed up to be a part of silver sneakers (a gym membership discount program for seniors). Unfortunately, it's not as easy as just signing up! I requested to become a part of the network and was told by multiple people that that was all I could do. After I had done that, I could only wait to see if Silver Sneakers would call and accept us. It's only been like 10 months, but they finally accepted us!! I'm so thankful to finally be able to tell our die hard senior members that they will soon be eligible for a serious discount at our center! They're going to be so happy!

Megan

Megan is my classmate. I don't know her very well, but today she made my day. Our class is from 4:30-7:30pm. Tight during dinner time. My teacher decided to assign all of us a day to bring snacks for the whole class. Genius. They asked about food allergies. I spoke up and said I couldn't eat gluten, but also added that I was happy to bring my own snacks. Having to stick to just gluten free snacks would be a bummer! Today Megan brought pizza for the class. As everyone got up to get some, she walked over to me with a little container if veggies and some hummus. It was incredibly thoughtful of her and I'm so thankful!! 

Willing people

I spent hours - today, and yesterday, collecting surveys on a trail for one of my classes. It wasn't fun. The survey is extraordinarily long. I'm thankful for the people on the trail who were willing to stop their walks, hikes, and bike rides to take the survey. 

A dead spider

Last week I saw a spider in my garage. It was big and black and nasty. When I tried to kill this spider by stepping on it, it jumped over my foot, off the stairs and ran away! It was an awful experience! After thinking about that spider almost everyday, I decided it was time to do something about it. I bought some pest control spray from Home Depot (thanks to my coworker Todd for the recommendation). While I was spraying my garage, I found that big, black, jumping spider! This time it was a little slower because I had just sprayed him. That didn't stop it from jumping TOWARD me multiple times, but he didn't have anywhere to hide. I worked up some courage and stepped on him! I'm so thankful that spider is dead! And I'm thankful that there's a spray that will (supposedly) keep the spiders and other creepy crawlies out of my house!!

Older people

I'm scrapbooking today. Every once in a while I go to a scrapbook event. It's at a hotel. We scrap all day on Friday, sleep in the hotel and then scrap all day on Saturday. I love coming (when I have pictures to scrap and I can afford it). I especially love the people that come. There is someone from nearly every generation in our little group of friends. I'm so thankful for the different perspectives that different generations have to offer. 

A field trip

When I was a kid, field trip day was always the best! Now that I'm

grown up, field trip day is still the best! Today we got to go up to park city. We had a little meeting and then took a tour of their parks and facilities. Their facilities definitely put our's to shame, but that's okay. We're working on it! I'm thankful for the fun we had at the park. I sat on this spinning chair on the playground and I thought I was going to die! I couldn't make it stop spinning! I laughed so hard I cried and nearly peed my pants!! 

Finding my laundry switched

I came home from school and had just enough time to eat and change before heading to ward temple night. As I headed up the stairs, I remembered I had started a load of laundry this morning and it needed to be switched to the dryer. I went to quickly switch it before I changed and found it had already been done! Krista changed it for me. I'm thankful for her thoughtfulness (and her knowledge that all clothes canNOT be dried)!! 

Support

I'm making some changes in my life. I've set some goals - big and little. I'm excited and motivated. I'm especially thankful for all the support I am feeling right now. Making changes and doing hard (great) things is so much easier when you have a buddy. I'm thankful that I have a whole bunch of buddies and a whole bunch of support! 

Short class

I'm thankful that my class tonight was only an hour. It gave me a chance to go grocery shopping and stock up. I made a decision to clean up my diet a little bit. It's hard to eat clean when you don't have anything in the fridge! But now it's full and I'm ready to roll! 

Salsa

I caught the canning bug. In the past week, I've helped can salsa and peaches. There's something so satisfying about it. Today I got to be more of the process than the previous adventures (I had school and work so I showed up late). I am thankful for the opportunity to learn how to make salsa. I'm thankful for Emily for imparting her knowledge. And I'm super thankful she was willing to let us use her house, her camp stove, and her canning treasures. We couldn't have done it without her!! I'm thankful the store of salsa we have for the next year! 

Sealings

I am so thankful I got to witness the sealing of my good friend Hannah and her (now) husband Beau. It was a beautiful ceremony and I am so happy for them!! 

Idaho

10 years ago I drove up to Rexburg, ID for my first semester of school. I didn't know then that I would grow to love it so much. My friend is getting married tomorrow and I used that as an excuse to spend a few days in Idaho. It was SO fun to visit with my old BYU-Idaho Activities peeps. And I forget that I have friends in Idaho that I love dearly! I'm so thankful to be able to spend some time in this state. I'm thankful I don't live here anymore, but it's fun to visit!

Early payroll

We have to turn payroll in every other Friday. It's due by 9:00am or something like that. I'm not really sure. Alta Canyon has SO many employees during the summer, the payroll department lets us turn it in whenever it's done. While the pool was open, we were usually lucky to have it done by noon. But this week, we didn't have as much to enter. The "summer" is over and the pool is closed. We got it done and turned in today! A whole day early! I'm so thankful it got done today. That means I don't have to go to work tomorrow morning. I took the day off because I'm heading up to Idaho. I planned to go in for a few minutes to finish up and deliver payroll. But I don't have to!!

Gardens

I don't have a garden...I don't a yard. It's one of the perks of living in a town house. Most of the time I love that. The only time I don't is this time of year - when everyone I know is harvesting delicious home grown vegetables from their gardens. Maybe someday I'll have my own. For now, I'm thankful for all those people I know who planted too much. I'm more than happy to take some extra tomatoes!! 

Change

Change is hard, but most if the time it's good for us. Right now I feel like things are in a constant state of change. I'm particularly thankful for the change in seasons that is starting to occur. The weather is getting cooler and I am loving it. I'm not ready for freezing cold and snow, but I'll take the not-so-sweltering temperatures. 

Dreams

I don't often have dreams I remember, but this morning I had one that hit my heart. In my dream, my dad was still alive. We were all working hard to clean out the house we grew up in. We got all done and then my dad and I went fishing. I was getting anxious because I had to go somewhere, but I knew if I left my dad would leave. I finally had to go. I have him a big hug and I told him that just because the house was cleaned out, that didn't mean he had to leave. I told him we still needed him around. Before I could hear his response, Krista came into my room and woke me up. I immediately remembered the dream and started to cry. Not 2 minutes later, our home teachers stopped by, unannounced. Everything combined made me feel like I am being watched over. I feel like Heavenly Father and my dad are doing everything they can to help me. And even though they can be here physically, there are other people in my life that can. I definitely don't think it's a coincidence that my home teachers showed up right after that dream!!

Not being in charge

It's not often that I get to go to a special event for work that I'm not in charge of. And on the rare occasion that that does happen, I at least have a specific job I have to accomplish. But not today. Today we hosted a triathlon at the Center. I wasn't in charge. I didn't even have an assignment (except to be back up if someone ended up needing help). I just got to go and supervise. I'm thankful for that experience this morning. I'm thankful for all the hard work my team put into the event. And I'm thankful that the event was a success, even with a few hiccups. 

Good partners

I hate group work at school! I don't like relying on someone else for my grade. I don't like that one person usually ends up doing all the work. I don't like trying to find a time to meet with a group. I just really don't like it. Today one of my teachers informed us that we will all have to lead two two-hour discussions and we have to both with a partner. And both partners have to be different. I don't feel like I'm really "friends" with any of my classmates. I like them all, but I'm just not buddy buddy with them. I was worried I would end having to work with the people I am less fond of. But it didn't work out that way. I'm thankful for the partnerships that I ended up with. I think the two people I get to work with will be great!

The little things

Sometimes I worry a little bit that my Heavenly Father must think I'm nuts. Sometimes when I pray, I ask for help with some little things. I imagine Him to be listening intently. And sometimes i think when He hears the things I'm concerned about, He must just shake His head and reply, "Really Jetta, you're worried about this? Well let me just help you out so you can see that I'm listening and I will always help you!" This morning I had some concerns. I conducted two meetings today that are not part of my "normal routine," and I had to give a little presentation in my class tonight. I was prepared for both meetings and the presentation. I just really wanted all of three things to go really well. And they did. They weren't even a big deal. I'm thankful that Heavenly Father cares about what I care about. I'm thankful that He will help me with the little things. I'm also thankful to know that He will help with the big things, too! 

A blank day on the calendar

I very, very rarely have a day that is void of meetings and/or obligations. I end up at least one meeting nearly every day. But today, my calendar was blank. I had the whole morning and afternoon to do what I wanted without being interrupted. It was awesome! I'll make up for it tomorrow. Tomorrow I'm pretty sure I won't even get to see my office until 1:00pm...it's going to be a long morning of meetings!!

Labor Day

Really, I'm thankful for any holiday that gets me out of having to go to work! I'm especially thankful I got to sleep in. My body needed it! I'm super bummed I missed out on my original plans to go to Bear Lake with my friends. But it just made more sense to stay home. Spending 4 hours in the car with an upset stomach just didn't sound like a good plan. I really hope I sleep well tonight and I'm ready to go to work tomorrow!

Toilet paper

I got "glutened." It's been a long time. I forgot how miserable it is! I'm thankful for toilet paper. I've been using quite a bit of it and I can't imagine life without it!!