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Interview Update and Stuff

Ok everybody, Sorry I haven't responded to you all about my interviews. I have been so busy, it is hard to find time to update everything.

The IRS interview went pretty good, I was there for 2.5 hours. I actually had 2 different interviews while I was there and they totalled about 25 - 30 min of the time there. They told me that they are hiring 12 people in June and 18 more in Sept. If I get the June one I will hear about it in May. That's all I know at this time, But I do think it went good.

I also had an interview with US Foodservice, this is where I am a temp right now. I was offered a full time position with benefits with them. I accepted and will be on their payroll on the 27th. I will finally have benefits, woohoo. Oh, I am also getting a raise too.

I am soo busy with baseball this year and I am having a lot of fun with it. Coaching Jenna's team has been a blast. It is fun to watch the kids progress and get better every game. What really cracks me up is how some of the kids get bored and sit down and play with the dirt. They don't care about playing ball anymore and start talking to me about the dirt they have on their shoes. I love it. Today's game was interesting though, I got beaned in the head with a ball. I never saw it coming. The kid from first threw it to the catcher and I was talking to my batter and the ball, well it clocked me a good one. I was just glad it was a tee ball and not a real ball.

Interview Time

Revised version,

I got a call today from the IRS, they wanted to schedule an interview with me this week. I am soo excited for this one. I will go in on Thurs, so I will report how it goes.

I also am going to have an interview with US Foodservice on Tuesday. This is the place where I am already working as a temp. This is mostly done as a formality for HR. I basically have that job already just not permanently.

So good news from 2 places in one day.

Still Waiting

I am still waiting to hear about my job with US Foodservice. I officially applied for my job last week, so i expect ot hear in the next week or two about it. Still no answer back from the IRS either.

Other tidbits, I am helping assistant coach with Jenna's t-ball team. I am actually having so much fun helping her and the team. It is so funny to watch the kids when they dont know where to run or when to stop. I am on the field just laughing my head off. Jenna got to play catcher and was so cute wearing all the gear.

Scary news, Jonathan has reached the ripe old age of 151/2. He now wants to get his permit so he can drive. I can hardly believe he is old enough to drive now, we are in trouble.

The hiring freeze is over

Hooray, the freeze is over. I got to apply to get my temp position as a full time employee. Finally, I can get some benefits.
On monday, I got my own division to work for, so I knew I would be staying here. Now just the wait and get hired part of it.
On another side note, I applied for a job with the IRS. The application process took almost 3 hours. Then I got a response back to do an online simulation that took 2 hours. I should hear back from that in abt 3 weeks and then an interview probably not till June. I am hopefull for that job because I would like to work for the IRS.

It's About Time

NO WAY!!! I am writing a post again.

I haven't had much to say or even felt like writing on here. But I felt I need to update all my fellow bloggers and followers.

I am still working as a temp for US Foods working as an A/R Adjuster. They are supposed to hire me on full time when the hiring freeze ends. While I am working there, I am still looking for other job opportunities to make more money. Its hard to find a good job right now due to the economy though. Some day it will be over and we can all get back to life.

Since November, we have finally sold our house, gave up our suburban, and am still looking for a job. The suburban was an interesting ordeal but as soon as we gave it back to the loan company, we found out that Michelle's Aunt was selling an old suburban for a good price and her mom helped us buy it, thanks Carolyn. So now we don't have that huge car payment hanging over us.

I do have an interview with University of Phoenix on Friday, I could use all of your prayers for that one. I already passed their online interview, so it could be a good thing. Plus, it is where I went to school so it would cool to work there.

One thing I have learned through this entire ordeal is how to really stick to a budget. In the past I always made a budget but when the paycheck came, bye bye money. Now, we watch our money carefully and spend only what we need to to stay alive. Sometimes the kids go crazy when they don't have snacks, but they will slowly learn how to deal with it. And now we even are saving money and NOT spending it. We are working on building a months worth of funds at a time. I am amazed how much we already have for as little as we make now.

I am thinking about starting my own business as a photographer, just waiting for the right equipment to do it. I would like to stop working at Domino's and focus on photography. More on that to come later I guess. Pictures below.

Anywho, I will try to post more as things happen, otherwise I hope all of you the best through these tough times. Just keep a positive outlook and don't watch the news.

C-ya ---- Bryan

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The Post of November

Yeah yeah yeah, I know. I never post anymore. Thats what happens when you have 2 jobs. I barely take the time to read blogs right now. My life is so busy coming home from one job, changing, and back out the door to another one. One of these days it will change. But before I go, i would like to leave you with one thought....

I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate.And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.

Tuesday Thoughts.....

Today's Deep Thought....

One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh no," I said, "Disneyland burned down." He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but decided to go home instead.

And a good laugh for Tuesday...

Now This is a Great Idea (from an email)

Due to the Unpopularity of this blog, I have chose to remove it to make all you perfectionists happy. ^rs

Wacky Wednesday!!

Need I say more....

Tuesdays Thoughts

For all of you who are wondering, I have not been hired on as of yet. Waiting for all of the red tape to be cut with H/R. I am enjoying my job and am continuing to learn and be taught new things. I started a new project today that I actually enjoy doing.



On Saturday, I went with Jon to On Target with the Varsity scouts. For more info and pictures on it go see Jon's blog. I was amazed to be able to see some of the signals of mirrors so brightly on mountain tops so far away. It was really cool. But signalling the sheriff helicopter was the funniest part of the day.



I found a blog that I really like and you all need to check it out for a good laugh. Follow the link here....http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/. Some are cool and some are just hilarious.

And to leave you with one Deep Thought .....

If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, let'em go,because, man, they're gone.

Sunday Update

Hello everybody, I have been busy with a variety of things between work and the kids activities. It feels like there is no time to post anymore. I know, I always say that, oh well.

I have been working at USFoodservice now for 3 months this week. They informed me last week that they wanted to hire me full time as an A/R Adjuster. I have no idea what the pay will be yet, but I am looking forward to having a permanent job. It definatly gets boring at times though. I am working towards getting my CPA within the next year. I would prefer to do more things than just A/R. By the way for those unaccounting people, it means accounts receivable.

In the mean time, I am probably gonna be looking for a part time 2nd job to make more mulla. Nights and weekends will be busy, but someone has to do it.

Jon's football games have been awesome. Everybody needs to come and watch his game, they are fun to watch and cheer a #1 team on. Go Shepherd, city champs 4 years running. This week is a game against my old Jr high Poston. Kick their butts Jon.

Saturday, Jon and I went to do a service project at the welfare farm in Coolidge. That was a lot of work. We got to clean out a irrigation ditch along the farm. We had to trim weeds and dig the dirt out of the ditch. It started easy with about an inch of dirt. Then about half way down the ditch got deeper with dirt and ended up with about 2 feet of dirt to dig. That was a fun morning to kill a back, but the blessings are worth it.

Gotta go now and prepare a lesson for the Teachers about quorum unity and why we have a quorum, boring lesson. Enjoy your lessons today and listen because your teachers took time to prepare those lessons for you to hear(that's a plug for me cuz I have to teach, hehe).

Time to go eat some ceelo for bessess(ask Jenna from when she was little).
Austa la Pasta,
BRYAN

Speaking in Church

Well what can I say, its finally over. Off the hook for a little while from speaking in church. I have now spoken twice this year in church. I was getting really nervous because there were callings or announcements to do so we started the sacrament ten minutes into the meeting. Ten minutes later it was time for all of us to speak. Me, Michelle, and one( yep one) youth speaker. I was thinking that we were totally screwed. But the youth speaker told me her talk was 5 pages long, I told her that's crazy cuz mine was 7 pages and it was double spaced. Well she spoke for 15 minutes, I was impressed by a youth speaker. She spoke longer than me. SO I lucked out and had only 10 min left in the meeting when it was my turn, so that's all I gave. Since everyone else posts their talks, I will do the same.

Oh yeah, I haven't heard back from Banner yet, I will keep y'all posted. And that lovely storm last Thursday hit my work and we had no power have the day and it was end of month so we a had to stay and work on generator power with no A/C for about 6 hours, that sucked.

Here's my talk:

This past week I have had time to think about my trials and the things that I am going through. I kept asking myself when it is going to end because I can’t take much more of this. Then I started to prepare my talk and I read so many things about trials and how to overcome them. The one consistent thing I read in most of the talks was that we need to endure to the end. But enduring to the end isn’t always the easiest thing. Life can throw some pretty big curve balls at us which make it easy to forget such a simple principle.

So how do we endure to the end? Is it just surviving and waiting for the end to overtake us? Or do we need to have great faith and follow the commandments of our Heavenly Father.

Often we do not know what we can endure until after a trial of our faith. We are also taught by the Lord that we will never be tested beyond that which we can endure (see 1 Cor. 10:13).
If we are patient in our afflictions, endure them well, and wait upon the Lord to learn the lessons of mortality, the Lord will be with us to strengthen us unto the end of our days: “He that shall [faithfully] endure unto the end, the same shall be saved” (Mark 13:13) and return with honor to our Heavenly Father.

We learn to endure to the end by learning to finish our current responsibilities, and we simply continue doing it all of our lives. We cannot expect to learn endurance in our later years if we have developed the habit of quitting when things get difficult now.

In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus “fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt” (Matt. 26:39).
It takes great faith and courage to pray to our Heavenly Father, “Not as I will, but as thou wilt.” The faith to believe in the Lord and endure brings great strength. Some may say if we have enough faith, we can sometimes change the circumstances that are causing our trials and tribulations. Is our faith to change circumstances, or is it to endure them? Faithful prayers may be offered to change or moderate events in our life, but we must always remember that when concluding each prayer, there is an understanding: “Thy will be done” (Matt. 26:42). Faith in the Lord includes trust in the Lord. The faith to endure well is faith based upon accepting the Lord’s will and the lessons learned in the events that transpire.

As we put our faith in the Lord and keep our focus on the eternities, we will be blessed to be able to accept whatever trial we are given, for life on earth, as we know it, is only temporary, and, if we endure it well, the Lord has promised us: “And, if you keep my commandments and endure to the end you shall have eternal life, which gift is the greatest of all the gifts of God” (D&C 14:7).
I read a story from the New Era given by Teri Halling in May 1991 issue. I would like to read it to you. It says:
Murphy’s Law could have been named after me. It wasn’t just “one of those days.” It was turning into one of those weeks. Fortunately, the solution was on a slip of paper in my jewelry box.
It had been a tiring day at school. I was ready to call it quits after getting a C on an exam for which I had studied for weeks, having a fight with my best friend, and scraping my knee during gym.
“Hey,” I told myself, “you’ll be okay. Remember, endure to the end!” So I tried to put forth extra effort to have a good attitude.
The following day seemed worse. It all started with soggy cereal. Next, I couldn’t find my shoe and nearly missed the bus. When I came home, I realized that I had left my homework at school. I kept telling myself, “Hang in there; you’ll make it!”
Later that afternoon, my grandmother called to tell me that my great-grandmother had passed away. I could hardly believe it. I was devastated. I found myself crying nonstop. All I could think about was Great-grandma and her happy, smiling face. She cared about everyone, and I never heard her speak an unkind word. Everybody loved her. Some of my fondest memories are of her telling me Bible and Book of Mormon stories during trips.
Now she was gone.
The next day was difficult for me, and school was discouraging. We had a pop quiz that lowered my overall grade, and my eighth-grade band teacher got upset at us for no apparent reason. I tried praying for comfort, but it didn’t seem to help. I think it was because I was feeling sorry for myself.
When I came home from a Mutual activity that evening, I went into my room and locked the door. Then the tears came full force. Suddenly, I realized that if I wanted comfort, I needed to help myself a little. I opened my jewelry box and pulled out a piece of paper on which I had written three scriptures that could give comfort. The paper had been part of a Sunday School lesson a year earlier. I chose to read Doctrine and Covenants 50:5:
“But blessed are they who are faithful and endure, whether in life or in death, for they shall inherit eternal life.” [D&C 50:5]
I couldn’t have felt better or calmer. I decided that I would endure and have faith. That verse had a great impact on me. So now whenever I have troubles that seem to go on and never stop, my Doctrine and Covenants is the first thing I go to. I have read that verse over and over. Then I pray about it, and pretty soon things start to get better.

What a great story, I have those kind of days, who doesn’t. It really is about how we deal with those kind of days.

I have gone through one of my biggest trials this year. Having to start over with work has been a very hard thing to do. I have had days when I think about my own trials and how depressing it is and why does it have to happen to me. If I continue that way of thinking it can be really easy to start on a path to destruction. I could let depression get me down and cause me to forget about my role I play in my family. I am a father, a husband, and a son. I can’t let the trials in life ruin my life, I need to get up and show my family that no matter what the trials are that I can still be there for them and that the Lord is my first priority.

We all have many different trials that come upon us, and each one can have a different set of responses to them. If someone is stricken with an illness, they may need to be patient and faithful. Others may suffer from someone’s hurtful words or actions may need to work on forgiving those whom offended them. If a trial is due to disobedience, then the behavior should be to seek forgiveness. There are many ways to deal with our trials, but the one thing we all need to do is remember what Alma taught, he said, “Whosoever shall put their trust in God shall be supported in their trials, and their troubles, and their afflictions, and shall be lifted up at the last day.” Alma 36:3

Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin once told of farmers in the hot desert of northwest Mexico who “grow varieties of corn and beans that are unusually hardy and drought resistant. These varieties survive and flourish in a harsh climate where other plants would wither and die. One of these plants is the white tepary bean. Its seed will sprout and the plant will grow even when very little rain falls. It sends its roots as deep as six feet into the rocky, sandy earth to find the moisture it needs. It can flower and fruit in the 115-degree (Fahrenheit) desert temperatures with only one yearly rainfall. Its foliage remains remarkably green, with little irrigation, even in the heat of mid-July.” What can we learn from this analogy? Elder Wirthlin suggested: “Perhaps members of the Church could emulate the example of these hardy, sturdy plants. We should send our roots deep into the soil of the gospel. We should grow, flourish, flower, and bear good fruit in abundance despite the evil, temptation, or criticism we might encounter. We should learn to thrive in the heat of adversity” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1989, 7; or Ensign, May 1989, 7)

I would like to close by reading two quotes. First, Elder Orson F. Whitney said: “No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God … and it is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire and which will make us more like our Father and Mother in heaven” (quoted in Spencer W. Kimball, Faith Precedes the Miracle, 98).

And the Prophet Joseph Smith said: “I am like a huge, rough stone rolling down from a high mountain; and the only polishing I get is when some corner gets rubbed off by coming in contact with something else, … knocking off a corner here and a corner there. Thus I will become a smooth and polished shaft in the quiver of the Almighty” (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, sel. Joseph Fielding Smith [1976], 304).

Brothers and Sisters, I know that our trials sometime seem hard and that they will never go away. But I know that the Lord has his hand in everything, he said he will not give us more trials then we can handle and there are times when it seems he gave all of them to me at once. But if we learn to deal with them with patience, humility, faithfulness, and endure to the end, we will get through them. I feel like I have had to relearn these principles myself in the past year. I know that I couldn’t have made it through this without my family especially my wife. Without her, my trials would have been so much harder. It is nice to have someone there to pick me back up when I would start to sink down in despair. We have the support in our ward to endure to the end. We are all an eternal family who can support each other through our friendship and love. I know personally how hard things can be and feel I need to share that with those who need to hear it. An old saying says , “when life deals you lemons, serve it lemonade.” What a great way to deal with things that come up, take the sour things and make them sweet. I may be having trials with starting over in the workplace, but with faith, I know the lord will teach me what I need to learn from this experience. But I have to do my part and read my scriptures, say my prayers, perform my callings, come to church, go to the Temple, and obey the commandments. If I can do these things, then the Lord will bless me and help me learn. I hope that as we leave here today, that we cannot worry so much about the trials and tribulations we have in our lives, but to focus on the blessings that we will receive from these trials.

In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

So much to do, so little time.

Lately it has felt like I have no time to get stuff done that I need to. I have not got used to working a normal schedule yet. I used to be free and get home around 11am. Then i had the entire day to get stuff done. Now I get home at 4 and with all the kids stuff, Jon's football, scouts and stuff it feels like there isn't enough time in the day. I am going to start working an hour earlier this week, so I should be home by 3 now.

As far the the old house goes, we only have a few small loads of junk to get out of the garage and big hunk of metal to get over here. I was kind of funny cuz I needed a battery for the Chevelle so I went to checker to get one. I told the guy what kind of car it was and he said, ooooh, a classic. If only he could see it, lol.

My interview with Banner went really good. My inside connections said good things about me so I hope that goes in my favor. I was able to throw around some other names of people I know there. I should hear by Friday if I get it.

Fortune cookies are awesome!!!!
I got a fortune cookie and my fortune said," Success and wealth are in your future." And the other one sad,"Happiness is around the next corner, wealth down the street." So I guess things are headed for the turn around.

Then there is my cell phone. My phone decided that it did not want to work anymore so the battery port broke. I went to plug it in and the charging port pull out of my phone. So now I don't have a phone that works. The worst part is I pay for a warranty with t-mobile and they have a $125 replacement fee for my phone. What the crud is a warranty for if you still have to pay to replace the phone. What a joke. So now I am trying to locate an inexpensive t-mobile phone till I can switch carriers.

So that is the recent going ons with me. I try to post as much as possible, but it seems like once a week is about all I can do for now. C-YA

I'mmmmmm Baaaaaaccckkkk

I am back. Yep, I was sick of logging on just like all of you. I had some jerks sending me emails and posting on my blog and decided to shut it off for a time. But i have been so busy I havent had time to blog anyways.

The Job:
I am working a temp job for US Foods that at the current time might become permanent soon. They are impressed by how quick I learn the systems. they told me I am doing better tham some of their full time adjusters. So I have been sortof promoted for the third time in 8 weeks to be trained as a financial analyst. Thats right, my education is finally starting to pay off.

The interviews:
I am still applying for jobs to hopefully get a better paying job or some leverage with the temp job. I am waiting to hear back from Scottsdale Healthcare, really would like that one. And I have a job interview with Banner Health Surgery Centers on the 20th. I have an inside connection there that I am going to talk to Monday to see if he will put in a good word for me.

Church:
I like our new ward. It is small, but that is fun because we will get to know everyone a little easier. I have already been given a calling in the ward and no records yet. The Bishop wanted to talk to us on Sunday and brought us all in his office. Then on Thurs, his councellor called to come visit us. We thought he just wanted to meet with us, and he said he did but he had some other business. He said the Bishop had a feeling about me and wanted me to be in The Young Men program. So I am being called back to YM as the 1st counselor in the Presidency. At least I will be once they have our records. I am really excited to be back in YM. I have worked with the Deacons for 3.5 years and loved it. When I was released it did not feel like a burden lifted off me, it felt more like my family was being taken away. I really loved my deacons quorum. They taught me sometimes more than I taught them. It will be a little different working with the Teachers, but I look forward to the new challenge and I get to be with Jon again.

The House:
Love it, hate it. I love our house, it is nice and big, lots of room for the kids to play. Hate leaving the old ward, the pool, and the RV gate. I have nowhere to park my Chevelle, but Jon will be driving it in a year anyways.

We are excited for the chance to meet new people and make new friends. Love having good freeway access. Hope you enjoed reading this long post. I will try to blog more now that life is starting to calm down again.

I've Gone Private

Well I did it, I've gone private. I know its a pain to log in, but it needed to be done. I have got annoying people sending me emails that have read my blog. So now I have to be safe and shut it down from the world. Soooooo, I should be posting a little more regularly. But I'm tired tonight so more later about things.

Later.

4th of July Photos

Photos I Took Last Year......

Yes Its True

Yes its true, I am home. Its also true that I have a new job starting Monday. I will be working for a staffing company called Ajilon. They have me working for a company called US Foodservice. I will not be making much money but, it is a start in the accounting industry. As I was leaving home from my brothers house, they called and wanted an interview on Thursday.
I also had an interview with another staffing company on Friday. It wasn't as positive as the other one and she really wanted me to change my entire resume to "help her, help me". I will do what she suggested and see if it makes a difference.
I am excited to be home again and hope I can find a good paying job with some of the experience that I will get.

Albuquerque

Well here I am, working and finding no time to blog. I no wifi at kirks and only can log on at the plant. So I have time on my break to write this blog. I am working getting all sorts of dirty.
I am definitely missing Michelle and the kids. I have never been away like this from them. I didn't think it would be so hard to be away. I guess I need to go to Eric's and see his kids to remind me of home. I love my family to death and am doing this for them.
I am looking forward to coming home for Katie's and my Moms b-days. Kirk and I will come there on Friday and go back on Sun. Hopefully one of the 20 jobs Michelle has applied for, for me will call.
Gotta get back to moving dirt. Maybe I will be back on in a few days. CYA