Sunday, February 22, 2009

Tell me what you think



So this might be a little bit long - not quite as long as Bug's, but crazy thing, and want to get some opinions about what happened. First let me start out by saying that in my profession, I haven't had any crazy, spooky, or neat things happen at work, even when we lived at the mortuary, until now.




When I was in high school I went with dad and grandma to help dress grandpa after he had passed away. I remember it like it was yesterday. The room we were in had a curtain, and as I walked into the room, it felt like I walked through a wall or maybe a veil. It is something I cannot describe, but very peaceful. I have always remembered it, and that room is still hallowed to me and it still feels special to me, as I go in their on a regular basis.




Friday night I was on call and spent the night at the mortuary (which I have done many many times - nothing new) I went to bed about 11:00 after helping take care of Larry Miller, and fell asleep. Normally I sleep downstairs in one of our the arrangement rooms, but I didn't have my truck that has my pillow and blanket, so I slept upstairs in the "on-call" bedroom. It's been a while since I slept in that room. About 2 or 3 in the morning I heard someone walking on the carpet on the room, and could see the outline of someone. I thought it was maybe that was just coming to the mortuary to crash for the night and sleep in the room (unlikely, but very possible), and I didn't want them to think they were disturbing me, so I just laid there. The person talked about the need to spruce up the room and put new carpet and paint and make it look better. Again, I didn't think much about it and decided to fall back asleep. As I started to go back to sleep it felt like this person put a blanket over me and I felt much warmer as a drifted off to sleep and thought that was nice of whoever was sleeping in the bedroom to put a blanket on me. After I woke up Saturday morning I was puzzled and perplexed by the events that happened. The more I think about it, the more I think I was a spirit, but I'm still trying to figure it all out. Some of the old timers say that Alma Larkin is still around haunting the building, or his son, Jay (Max's brother). There was no point during this whole event that I was scared, or felt cold, or felt bad. Anyways - post your comments on what your thoughts are.




On another note - I finally did my Hunter Safety course, and so now I can put in for draws and by tags to hunt a big Elk or Mule deer, or whatever else I decide to pursue. I don't have any plans, but I would like to get out and do some hunting in the near future.

Friday, February 20, 2009




So Larry H. Miller died today. For those that don't know - he owns the Jazz and is quite the businessman here in Utah. Anyways - guess who was on call? He has been sick for a while with type II diabetes. Just an FYI for those Utah transplants that don't hear all the local news.




I spent yesterday out in the west desert. A guy I work with took us out and we spent the day driving and seeing all kinds of neat stuff out west of SLC. We drove 380 miles, and we were gone from 7 am to 9 pm. We stopped and shot lots of ammo, we saw a few antelope, and had a good time. If you want to go, we can plan a day and go out. Here are a couple of pictures from that.





Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Been a while

I saw this and thought it was way too funny to pass up - maybe because as soon as I put batteries in mine, I stuck it to my chest and said "Yep it works" I don't think there is a man alive who hasn't done that.

So it's been a while since I put anything on my blog. I think Nicole has kept everyone informed about the doings of our family. I have a couple of pictures I want to post of when I took Carter ice fishing last month, but I haven't pulled them off of the memory card. As with any fishing trip with children, it more about time spent with them then it is about fishing. It was nice to get away for the day with Carter.

Well I can't think of much to add - Nicole covers the basics in our family and not much to add. She does a great job!