Last week, UVU hosted the Great West Tournament for Men's and Women's basketball. I think they should have called it Todd's Great Tournament. I was able to go to at least one game a day, Wednesday through Saturday. I was so impressed. Todd coordinated when teams practiced, had shoot arounds, the refs, the scoreboard, shot clock, locker rooms, problems, pretty much everything that is the foundation of the tournament. He did a remarkable job with the stress of managing teams, games, time constraints, etc. Way to go Todd!
I went to spend St. Patricks Day with Grandma. We went to KFC for dinner. We enjoyed the chicken, shakes, and root beer.
We had a good ole time with our drinks!
Feb 19th was David's birthday. It was a joy to celebrate it with him. We went to Applebee's to eat, got some ice cream, and enjoyed a movie. Plus, we got him some running shoes. I think the ice cream was his favorite part.
A few weeks ago, I visited Grandma Fuller. I wanted to take her something special---flowers, balloons, etc. She had already gotten all of those things. So I took her something a little more unique and special. Something that would light up her face---chocolate pudding. (A few months earlier, when we ate at a buffet, all she wanted from the dessert bar was the chocolate pudding. So I knew that had to be one of her favorites.) After she ate her lunch, we both had a pudding. So if you give grandma chocolate pudding...you get a smile and a mmmmm.
The other day, David, my brother came over. He made a comment about when there are pictures on the wall, it makes it feel that it is a real home. (not a college dorm/apartment) I was so excited to get our wedding pictures, frame them, and hang them up. It has been a while, but I had a few requests to see them, plus some catching up on the blogging. So enjoy the pictures.
A few days ago, our internet was down. (due to our neighbor changing the password and our internet would not connect for some reason) Todd spent hours trying to figure out the problem. The neighbor would tell us the new password, but was vague on telling us what else they changed.
Then on Wednesday, I tried calling Todd on my cell phone. It would not go through as it said our account needed more money. My first thought was that we just had not paid the bill since we had no internet. The relief society president even came over asking if we had switched phone numbers. (After I told her we had no phone nor internet, the thought came to me that she probably assumed we were too poor to pay the bills)
So for a few days, we had a very limited amount of communication.
However, the true reason why we had no phone service is due to the frustrating customer service of our provider. Previous months, they overcharged us on our automatic billing, so Todd had to call and complain. They said they would start charging us less and mail us a check for the overcharge. This month, they did charge us less, but apparently, not enough to pay the full charge and give us any service. When Todd saw that they charged us, yet we had no service, that made him very upset. After calling three times, spending over 2-3 hours on the phone with customer service (who did not speak English as their first language), we finally have service. After playing with the internet settings, connections etc, for 2-3 hours, we finally have internet.
The whole experience had a huge lack of communication. period.
I took the day off to enjoy seeing my dad and mom in town. We enjoyed a nice breakfast and then headed off to shop. We found a wonderful dark gray suit with a small blue pin stripe suit for my dad as well as two pairs of shoes, two pair of slacks, a belt, and a rain jacket. He is ready for England now! Afterwards, we picked up pies due to Gram's request, stopped at the bank due to Gordon's request, and headed to Chuck-a-Rama due to Gram's request. Grams must had been inspired to go eat there, because guess who we saw! Look in the background to see who it is!
