So, like I said in my previous blog, I have been needing a new suit. Today I went to rectify that situation. Before going to Provo to look in person I did some shopping online and picked out a good suit. It was a three-piece suit from Men's Wearhouse, but figured that I should look everywhere else first- just to explore my options. I'm glad I did! Sear's was having a sale on ties so I picked up a couple nice ones. Then Mr. Mac had 2 suits that were both amazing. The one I finally went with is black with some subtle pin striping (here- but you have to click on black fine pin stripe). Since I drove up from Delta, they were willing to have the alterations done based on when I could pick it up. We (Mom, Dad and I) are going up on Tuesday to take Mom to the airport so that was the day we decided they should have the alterations done. I called tonight to make a small change to the way they were hemming the pants and the alterations were already done! Which is great, except that means they can't make the changes I was hoping for...
Shopping in Mr Mac was interesting though. They have two sections- the Board Room where all the really nice, expensive suits are and the other part for us normal folk. The sales associate that helped me happened to be from the board room because they were so busy everyone else was too busy. This means I picked out the suits I was interested in and took them to the rich person side of the store to try them on. People were amazed to see such a young man trying on suits worth so much money. It was fun to see the reactions, even though that was really not the case. I'm pretty excited to get the finished product
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
I've been told...
...that it is time to update the blog again. I know its bad when Sheena isn't even the one telling me its been too long between posts. So, I'm going to try to give you something to read, but there's not much exciting going on in my life right now.
I have moved back home with my parents. After searching for a job for a while I called and old employer looking for a reference. Rather than a reference, he gave me a job. I am once again a bee keeper for Stephenson Honey Company. So far we have extracted a lot of honey, gone to Needles, extracted more honey (can I just say how much I hate extracting for days on end?), started melting down all the excess wax and started on a huge construction project. All of the empty comb after extracting has to be stored in an airtight room where we can burn sulfur to kill off wax moths and other things that will destroy our stuff. The business is switching the kinds of hives we use so there will now be a lot more comb to store and we don't have enough room to store it all. As a result, we are building a huge new storage room. It will be nice when it is finished, I'm pretty excited.
My suit is about shot- the pants in particular have about seen their last church meeting. It gave me at least 4 years of good solid use so I really can't complain but I was hoping it would hold out until it was time to buy mission suits. Next weekend I'm planning on going to Provo to buy a new one.
Yes, I am really talking about clothes. That is how little is really going on in my life. I might post about the trip after it happens, but other than that I can't imagine anything coming up to blog about. This means there will be quite a famine of posts for the next while. Sorry to those of you who check this blog often, there's just not anything to update you on! If anybody has ideas on what I should write about, feel free to leave a comment or shoot me a text/email/other form of contact.
Oh, and to answer a question I am frequently asked: yes, I do miss West Point- but at the same time it is nice to be away. My relationship with the Academy has always been a mixed one. I love the place, and I hate it. In much the same way I miss the Academy and yet I am glad to be rid of it. I will definitely be ready to go back in a few years though.
I have moved back home with my parents. After searching for a job for a while I called and old employer looking for a reference. Rather than a reference, he gave me a job. I am once again a bee keeper for Stephenson Honey Company. So far we have extracted a lot of honey, gone to Needles, extracted more honey (can I just say how much I hate extracting for days on end?), started melting down all the excess wax and started on a huge construction project. All of the empty comb after extracting has to be stored in an airtight room where we can burn sulfur to kill off wax moths and other things that will destroy our stuff. The business is switching the kinds of hives we use so there will now be a lot more comb to store and we don't have enough room to store it all. As a result, we are building a huge new storage room. It will be nice when it is finished, I'm pretty excited.
My suit is about shot- the pants in particular have about seen their last church meeting. It gave me at least 4 years of good solid use so I really can't complain but I was hoping it would hold out until it was time to buy mission suits. Next weekend I'm planning on going to Provo to buy a new one.
Yes, I am really talking about clothes. That is how little is really going on in my life. I might post about the trip after it happens, but other than that I can't imagine anything coming up to blog about. This means there will be quite a famine of posts for the next while. Sorry to those of you who check this blog often, there's just not anything to update you on! If anybody has ideas on what I should write about, feel free to leave a comment or shoot me a text/email/other form of contact.
Oh, and to answer a question I am frequently asked: yes, I do miss West Point- but at the same time it is nice to be away. My relationship with the Academy has always been a mixed one. I love the place, and I hate it. In much the same way I miss the Academy and yet I am glad to be rid of it. I will definitely be ready to go back in a few years though.
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