Computer Literacy

I suppose I am computer literate, and that's about where it ends. I can type an email and usually even send an attachment. Chad is a computer nerd, so until he dies I feel no need to learn. I know that's really lame, but true. It's hard for me to learn how to do things, because he shows me a different way every time. He's always putting new stuff on the computer and moving things and it just gets too confusing for me. I seriously have trouble putting pictures on the computer. Every once in a while I figure stuff out and feel pretty proud of myself. Sometimes I scream because I hate computers. I rely on them so much, and then when they are not available, I feel helpless. So, now that you know how unskilled I am with computers-this should be funny. I worked at a dentist office for about 2 1/2 years here in South Whitley. These people were completely computer illiterate. They seriously called me a computer genius!!!!!!-and that was because I knew how to type in a web address. One time my boss was trying to give an email address to somebody, and it went a little something like this: warner@nataliecom@.net. I think I laughed out loud. Oh, computers.

Charity

I was reading the visiting teaching message in the Ensign this month. It was about charity. I started thinking about all that I read, and a lot of thoughts went through my head. I don't think it is charitable to unjustly judge others. We don't like to give money to people on the street because we think they will use it in a manner contrary to how we think they should use it. We complain about serving the person in the ward who seems to always need service because we think they are taking advantage of people or of the church. There is more to these peoples' lives than what we know or see. We know one fact about them, and judge. It is a commandment to love all people and to serve all people. For me, I feel it is my responsibility to help take care of others. If they choose to do ill, they'll have to answer for their actions.
Something else that I've thought about is how I initially react to a news story about some horrific crime. I think Who would do such a thing?! Recently I've found myself feeling compassion for these people who are generally considered scumbags. More than that, I feel for their families. Think about it. When you think of criminals in prison, that's what you think-criminal. They are people. That is someone's brother, someone's husband, someone's daugther... They can't be summed up in one word like criminal. Think of your loved ones. What nice things could you say about them? I bet the criminals' loved ones would have some of the same things to say about them. You wonder what drives people to so such awful things and often times, they do them repeatedly. I was thinking about some of the recent mass shootings. How awful must a parent feel. I'm sure they feel some level of responsibility for what their child did to these undeserving people and they are mourning the loss of a child also. It's all very confusing.

Small town living

Okay, so some people think that I'm stuck in South Whitley, or that I've not done anything with my life because I live in the same town that I grew up in. I LOVE SOUTH WHITLEY! I have a lot of pride for my town. I left and lived in Utah for four years. I didn't like it. Partially because it was Utah ( and I got made fun of for saying sweeper and pop), and partially because it wasn't South Whitley. I missed my corn fields, the green, green wheat fields in early June, old men in their overalls drinking their coffee down at the Corner Cafe, the Corner Cafe french toast, all of my family and a million other things. Small towns aren't for everyone. Some people would go nuts living here! I wouldn't care for living in the city or in the suburbs. It doesn't fit me. I'm not comfortable with it. I'm sure if I did end up there, things would be fine, but I'm just really happy with living in a small town.

Getting good deals

Okay, so I went to the mall for the first time in, like, 8 months-except for when we were in Texas-but that was to take the kids to the play area, not for shopping-it doesn't count. Anyhow, I was looking for shoes. I need some black flats. I want kind of a mary jane style. I can find what I like, but not for a price I'm willing to spend. I didn't find anything today, either. However, I did find a way cute shirt at Charlotte Russe for $2.50. That's cheaper than Goodwill! Now I think I need to go back and get some more-they had a ton. I didn't try it on at the store-I had all of the kids with me. Taking three kids and a double stroller into a dressing room-I don't think so. Well, I love finding cheap stuff and you can't beat $2.50 for a cute shirt. I also got a good deal on fall decorations at Joann's. They had stuff 70% off. To me, it's not a sale unless it's at least 50% off, so I made out pretty good today.

Okay, I figured I needed to get in on the blogging action-everyone's doing it. I don't know that anybody cares about what I have to say, but I guess I'll type away anyhow. Um, the big thing going on at our house is our bathroom remodeling. Exciting, I know. We are planning to move a larger house in the Spring, and need to make some improvements to our home before putting it on the market. I guess that's all for now.