Park City

Here is just a few pictures from a snowboarding trip I went on yesterday. A friend of mine was able to get $25 lift tickets to Park City (usually $90) so we took advantage. We had a slow start to the day with people losing passes, breaking bindings, losing goggles and losing boards (thank goodness for ski patrol) but it turned out to be a great day. The snow was perfect and the weather was great.




This next one is just a picture of my friends brother taker her picture with her niece. I just tried to capture the background. Beautiful isn't it?



This last one is a picture of me in the half pipe doing a backside 720. Okay... maybe it's not really me. But wouldn't that be amazing?

A Plug for The Last Lecture

I have been reading a book titled The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and I have loved it so much I thought I would put in a plug for it, if anyone is looking for a great book to read.

Here is a little something to whet your appetite:

"After my father passed away in 2006, we went through his things... My dad had also saved a stack of papers... buried in the stack, we found a citation issued in 1945, when my father was in the army. The citation for 'heroic achievement' came from the commanding general of the 75th Infantry Division... According to the citation: 'With complete disregard for his own safety, Private Pausch leaped from a covered position and commenced treating the wounded men while shells continued to fall in the immediate vicinity. So Successfully did this soldier administer medical attention that all the wounded were evacuated successfully.' In recognition of this, my dad, then twenty-two years old, was issued the Bronze Star for valor. In fifty years my parents were married, in the thousands of conversations my dad had with me, it had just never come up. And so there I was, weeks after his death, getting another lesson from him about the meaning of sacrifice - and about the power of humility." -The Last Lecture

A Day in the Life of David Peter Hall

Have you ever wondered what an average day in the life of David Peter Hall is like? If not, then don't worry, you are completely normal. For you who have, the moment has arrived. I got up this morning at 6:00am, a little after my usual time. My alarm went off to the sound of an old EFY CD and I jumped out of bed to turn it off.

After getting ready for the day I came back into my room and made my bed. You will notice a very nice quilt made (with love) by my mother.

After that it was time to get some breakfast. I am a big breakfast person. For some reason I just get so hungry during the night. So this morning I had some granola and yogurt. One of my favorites. You can see in the left of the picture my lunch for the day as well. There is an orange and a Tupperware container with some chicken and rice in it. The chicken is actually a recipe Lorna gave me, it has Apricot preserves and Ranch seasoning, it is super tasty.

As I leave my room for the day and switch off my light, there is a sign a friend of mine gave me which reads "Don't forget to have an adventure today." Good advice for us all.

This is my view as I walk out my front door. You will see it again later.

Here I am at work! This is the main entrance. Sometimes I take the side door, but for the Blog's sake I came this way today. My camera makes a "bark" when I take pictures, and right after I took this I wondered what the lady in front of me was thinking. Hmm.

When I get to work this is what I see. My Desk. A phone, two monitors, some pictures of my sisters families they gave me for Christmas, a gift from BYU-Idaho, some papers, and my "England Logistics" cup. I go through about three of those full of water per day. I spent a lot of my day working on a program for a department. The software is called Qlikview and has been fun to learn. It has a tremendous ability to drill down on data quickly. Much easier for users than something like Access or Excel. I also was able to attend a certain meeting for the first time with some of the senior managers. That was quite an interesting experience.

This is Andy Macdonald. No, the "d" is not capitalized. According to him that would place him in another clan. You might think this is a strange pose for a picture… and you would be right.

Next is Sam and Tevita (left to right). They are the two main IT guys. We all go play pool regularly (there is a pool table in our break room), which I am a little sad I forgot to get a picture of. Tevita jokes about taking us "to school". So now instead of asking if we want to play pool he simply asks if we want a lesson today or not. They are great guys.

And this is Merrill. He started a few weeks before me and graduated in economics as well, from Utah State.

After a good day of work I leave. And this is what it looks like sometimes.

On this particular day I was going to get my windshield replaced… but the weather had other plans for me. It took me almost an hour and a half to get home, and needless to say, I missed my appointment with the glass people.

When I did make it home I warmed up some left-overs for dinner. This is one of my new favorite meals- it is chicken and vegetables with stuffing on top. Yum. I unloaded the dishwasher and talked to some friends on the phone for a while as well.

Then I said hi to my roommate Kevin and we talked about budgeting. Because he was on his way to spend the evening budgeting with a friend of his. I think he was really happy that I wanted to take a picture of him.

This is what my driveway looks like now as compared to this morning. And it is still coming down.

Now I am going to go to bed, but first I will probably spend some time reading this book I got for Christmas. It is an extremely interesting book so far. His quotes about the agency of man have always impressed me.

So there you have it. An average day in the life of David Peter Hall.