I Shut My Mouth And Walk Away From The Memory Game

Well, it is official. We thought last year was so much fun that we would give it another shot. The original Trifecta of Awesome and funniest people you know are back at it as Ashley is legitimately regaining her southside status. Just sad that our weekly speakerphone counseling and conference calls are coming to an end, but now every night can be Wednesday night!

This morning I reread my old entries from April 2007 to find out just what we were up to last year. Surprisingly enough a year ago today, we were getting ready today come home from Conference. We watched as the sister missionaries yelled and belittled the senior couple at the Beehive House, bought the Willie Nelson Peach Cobbler ice cream and went back to temple square when everything else failed. It really was a fun trip, and I am sad that we couldn’t do it again this year, if only to try to meet up with Punch this year. (Although, he might be a figment of our imaginations as well.)

Last night, with the help of Ashley, I replaced the battery in my ipod. For months now, my ipod hasn’t really been itself. Between not turning on, to running out of battery ten minutes after charging, it seemed as if my old friend was headed to the electronics graveyard with my old cell phones, walkman and VCR. But yesterday, I thought I would give it one more chance as I decided to perform a little ipod open heart surgery and replace the battery.

After watching a ten-minute instructional video, Ashley and I poked and prodded at my ipod for at least half an hour to even get to the battery. Once we replaced it, it was only a matter of reversing the steps to get the ipod back together. Despite the scratches and dents, my ipod is behaving like new again, and has the same get up and go that it once did.

Ipod battery changing is not for the faint of heart. At one point it really did look like we were doing more harm to my friend than any actual help, but if your ipod seems to be on its last legs and acting up a lot more than usual, battery replacement may give it a new lease on life.

Looking forward to:

Finally getting groceries. It has been a while. Bring on the $2 cucumbers

Conference bingo and other modified conference games.

Whatever April might bring, or get rid of.

As Always,