Another Sunday

We took Rose to a bassoon recital today. It was a young man that Rose performed with in YYSO doing his senior rrecital. He did three concertos. It is interesting to listen to but I am glad it did not last over one hour.

After the recital we went to a Single Adult Fireside. Like normal it was not real well attended but I guess it is good for those who come. President Neal of the stake presidency was the speaker and he gave a good talk on the topic of repentance.

I took Friday off work and over the weekend we did a little work around the yard. We never seem to come to the end of yard work.

Fathers Day

I got this new grill for Fathers Day. The boys and I put it together on Saturday. I took a long lunch break since the pea plant did not start up until 3 in the afternoon. We were able to get it together and cooked burgers on it Saturday night. Today we grilled New York Strip steaks.

Peas and Other Things

I started work at my present place of employment 34 years ago this July 4th. Now I know what you are thinking. "What kind of business hires people to come to work on a National Holiday?" Well I work in the food processing industry and summers are dedicated to that very thing--processing food.

Over the years I have missed out on many summer activities that I would have liked to have participated in. In fact just this week there was a family event that I would very much have liked to have been part of but wouldn't you know the only three days in June that I absolutely could not get off work happened to be those very three days. We canned peas on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of this week. Teri and Rose were able to get out of town. The boys and I were here. At one point it even looked like we may have to work on Sunday but we were able to get done overnight on Saturday.

There have been some summer events that I was able to attend over those 34 years but they all required that I not spend as much time at them as I would like or it may have meant operating on much less sleep than I normally would have gotten.

I must say however that despite the summer events that I have missed out on I have had a pretty good career so I will not begrudge that point.