Life is a journey

Thursday, April 24, 2008

New hours for work!!!!

Back in August we bid for a shift. It happens a couple of times a year. I chose what we call open relief where I bid every week different hour and days off. Usually its pretty good.... I even get weekends off and day hours..... WELL this time around it has been gross. I have been basically working nights since the end of December. But this week is my last wekk...YEAH!!!! My new shift will be 1245-515p which hopefully that means if weather hits it will come in after I've gone home... I will work 1 night for a lady in turn she will work one of my days.. so I will have off 3 days a week sometimes 4..Lucky me. I feel very blessed. Last night of course we had another late night I got off at 1:15 am and then of course my lovely 40 minute drive home. It was after 2am before I got in bed and then my body and everyone else wakes up early I was up at about 7:30. Somedays I wish I could sleep late. Just looking forward to being home at night

Thursday, April 17, 2008

April is speeding by

This month has seem to whiz by. It has been very busy for me. Last weekend we had youth conference for our stake. I'm in the young women's stake presidency so I was blessed to help plan and carry out youth conference. It was on the game of life. Sister Poole from our LDS employment services made a life size game of life. Played in 2 1/2 hours. It was interesting to see the experiences that they had for the youth. Cards that they drew game them life choices. And as in real life the consequences that follow, not always what we hope for. It was great. It started on Fri night 5p-1030p with games of all sorts and a service project for the missionaries that are serving from our stake. We had a huge bounce (race) house. Where 2 people could race one another. We only had one get hurt...not bad and it was a girl and she sprain her ankle. She asked first for her Bishop to give her a blessing and then for her parents . They came and took her to the hospital. She was back the next day for all the activities. We had food galore...we feed them breakfast lunch and dinner and then snacks at the dance that night. On Sunday we had a testimony meeting. It was a good weekend. Rachel and Rick helped on Saturday as did about 60 other people from our stake (just to help play the game)What great people we have in our stake to give up a Saturday all day from 7a-430p.....Brett and Brittany were kind enough to watch Haylee(Haylee of course had a blast with them).. We are very blessed to have our family around us. Now for us in the Young Women's Presidency its on to Girls Camp in the summer. We have been having meetings but now we will focus on it more intently.
On Wednesday morning we meet Lana and Grace and Natalie for a rain ride... We were late catching the train on the first loop but got on it on the return. Haylee Loved it... She had so much fun with Grace. It was wonderful to just sit and talk with Lana and Natalie and Rachel and watch Haylee and Grace. What a great day.
Rick is out of town, we miss him. Haylee wanted to know this morning where Papa was, SO we called him she told him all about her train Ride and that she would go to school today. Our life is busy but kinda boring to others.. I hope that everyone has a great day. Love to all. For all the Petty clan get ready for our Family reunion in Aug. Can't wait to see everyone, we will have 2 new babies. How exciting.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

April 1

I can not believe it already April. This year seems to be flying by. I might be because I have been working nights....NOT by my choice... But that has been my different shifts since Christmas. As I reflect back on the last 10 years so much has happened. On April 1 Big Jim died from cancer. He was my mom's husband, and a really unique man. First he was about 6'6' or taller, and thin a very hard worker and very kind. He had a great style for clothes, we still laugh when we think about him in Hawaii in his sleeveless t-shirt, tube socks but the ones with the red or blue stripes at the top and jean shorts and the shoes are the best COMBAT BOOTS.. what we would do to see him like that again. He loved my mom like no one else. I know why she misses him. Rick's mom died the following year. All 4 of our kids graduated, nieces and nephews got married and had children. Rick changed jobs (2 times) which was a little more difficult. Kids left on missions, went off to college moved into a new house. I changed jobs went from answering phones (sometimes grumpy people) to working at the airport. Haylee being born, Brett and Meridith being in a car accident. Getting super sick I hope that never happens again. I really appreciate my health. Brett and Brittany getting married. Yeah Brittany(we love her) Rick being called as the Bishop (that was a surprise). Being grateful for our family. Each one of us are different. Thankfully the Lord loves us for who we are. We are so fortunate to have the gospel in our lives, the understanding that this is the Lord's plan and we need to learn as much as we can. I sure hope I am learning what I need to.

Monday, March 31, 2008

Monday, March 17, 2008

Meridith and Dani

What a great surprise. Caroline (Black)May found some old film and had it developed and on it was this picture. It was very thoughtful for her to have a copy made for me and she sent one to Dani. This was taken at girls camp at Camp Forrest. That year they had a good time. Meridith and Dani were great friends. They decided to get a mosquito net for their beds. They first pushed their beds together and they put this net over now 2 twin beds, the net was stretched to its fullest. They would pull up a corner up to crawl in. They had a fan blowing directly on them. Well the bugs would get caught flying into the fan and would be thrown through the fan into the mosquito net, one day they realized that they had bug guts on the mosquito net. They were rather grossed out. But the funniest story is that while they were up in the neatly made bed, reading or talking they saw a spider inside their lovely bed. Meridith crawled out of their bed so fast while screaming and laughing and Dani is now inside with the spider not wanting to go by the spider. All the girls in the cabin were laughing so hard. They made it a great and happy day that day at Good ole Camp Forrest. Where it is always so very hottt.!! Thanks Caroline for the memories. That is a great picture. Such a happy time in our lives. You captured her smile just perfectly.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Lon and Steph

In January when we went to Idaho we stayed with them. Stephanie made this great birthday cake for Rachel. She is quite creative. Lon is the one that looks like Aaron, like they could be brothers. Brett and Lon have become great friends, Brett enjoys talking to Lon almost daily. Lon and Meridith became such great friends while they were at school together. Meridith was thrilled for Lon and Stephanie to get engaged. Lon and Stephanie asked me if I would mind if they named their little girl after Meridith. I felt that to be a honor. Meridith would be so thrilled. She loved Stephanie. She liked her from the start, she did not like all of the girls Lon dated, she would tell him "I don't like her, or she doesn't fit our family." Stephanie does. She is kind,loving,beautiful, helpful. I could go on and on. So they decided to name their daughter Eden Meridith Kreger. We are so excited for them. Now if we can get them to move to Texas. We are all hoping that they move here. It would be in Houston, but at least its closer. The problem with that is Lon's fam is in Fort Collins and Stephanie's is in Blackfoot. So for the grandparents it could make it difficult. We love you guys. The end is in sight. Keep going, graduation is just around the corner..

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Weather in Texas

When the weather happens in Texas. Its not always fun to work at the airport for a airline. On Sunday we had a few thunderstorms. If your not from Texas than you may not understand how it works. The weather can be just beautiful and out of no where comes this huge thunderstorm... lighting and all that comes with it. Don't get me wrong, they are quite amazing to watch if you don't have any where to go...BUT.....working for an airline it creates its own set of problems. Some of which we can control (passengers tempers) some of which we can not .. lighting strikes with in 5 miles of the airport. Then add weather somewhere else like Gunnison, Co you know the ski resorts that are having great seasons....because of all the snow BUT sometimes it makes it hard to land airplanes. On Sunday that happened a plane left for Gunnison and got close and could not land they were not allowing any planes to land due to the weather and so it turned around and came back to DFW...with all the unHappy people. Ok most of the people were fine but on occasion we get a really nasty one. It didn't even have to do with the weather. This lady had apparently hurt her foot or leg but she had crutches and when she got off the plane she had a wheelchair. He husband wanted a cart to take them to baggage claim. From where I was standing I could see the exit. I explained that the carts can't take him to baggage claim but if he need one I could call one but i showed him the exit. He then wanted a cart to take them to the exit (mind you its not far I can see the sign and can read it in my old age) and a cart to meet them on the other side. I explained that the carts are not on the other side of security. I told him that I could call a wheelchair aid. He said she is already in a wheelchair. I told him that I would call for a wheelchair aid to push her to baggage claim. He asked how long and I told him I don't know and we never do, it depends on how many other people have requested wheelchair aids. Their flight diverted back to DFW and then I had the flight to San Jose Costa Rica next. About 45 min after they came in, just enough time to clean and board the plane. She came up to me and asked me how long and I told her I didn't know but they should be here shortly. She then said or is it that YOU prefer to only help abled bodied people. It so took me by surprise. I told her that is not true. That I have a sister with only 1 leg and I try to help everyone. Then the wheelchair aid walked up and I told the aid that she needed to go to baggage claim to get her bags then to the van to the hotel. I was so taken back by her attitude. I think sometimes I have seen it all and then realize that I have not. I had a man who's flight was canceled and he was put on a late flight due to weather. he was very pleasant. I told him that I appreciated him for not being angry, He said that he had one time been rude an ugly to an agent and had regretted it ever since and he said he would never be like that again. Kudos to him...He was a very pleasant man. Sunday night shift went from being 5 hours to 7. I almost had to stay 10. But they let me go after just 2 hours extra. Then on Monday it snowed. I was lucky my shift ended at 10p but any one off after 10:15 had to stay 2 hours. It was quickly turning in to a bad night. Last night I met in 2 flight from Cancun Mexico. It is funny to watch them come off the plane in their super short shorts and tank tops and the blast of cold air hits them... They are like OHHHH its cold. it makes me laugh.