Chegg.com is great!

So I must explain a little dilemma I am having right now. A few semester ago I stumbled across a great textbook renting website called Chegg.com. You rent your textbooks for a quarter or semester and then return them. I especially like this for Math and other bizarre classes that I'll never have any practical use with. Well this semester rented 3 books back in August. Now that's a long time ago.

So the semester has ended and it's time to send back those books that I will no longer need. Well I boxed up 2 of the books that came in the Chegg.com bright orange box and sent them on their way. The next day I gladly marched to the campus bookstore to sell that Management 3500 book back to receive a wonderful cash prize of $76.00. I walked out a richer man. Much better than the measly $10 you receive after a full year in grade school.










The next day I am reading my e-mails and received on from Chegg.com customer service that said; "your 3 textbooks are now 1 day overdue." WAH!!! 3 TEXTBOOKS! I had totally forgotten that the Management book was rented because it came in an Amazon box and totally fooled me. NOOOOOO! Now what do I do?

So I log onto Chegg.com and start a chat session with Katherine while at work. She told me I had to purchase the book. So I had to seemingly type my debit card number in to avoid late fees. Now I continue to get e-mails. "Your books are now 2 days overdue." "...they are now 3 days overdue." Where's the package? Darn USPS they've lost those precious books that I hope I don't need to buy...because they were really boring.

What a wonderful feeling it is to know that you are to dumb to remember which books you own and which books you don't.


Thanks Chegg.com

Look at me I am updateing my blog. I felt that this was not-worthy to post for the world to view. I have been working on a dumb Social Marketing Campaign this semester entitled; "Sleep Eight Feel Great."
We are trying to get people to sleep eight hours a night to reduce their stress and improve their immunity. This is the T.V. ad we created.
I also have a PowerPoint presentation of our campaign nitty-gritty. But I felt like you didn't need to look at that.
So take a look and let me know what you think.


Hopefully this gets us an A.

Where has the time gone?

I am wondering what happens to the time when you are not documenting you every waking moment as do Mormon missionaries.
After returning from a full-time mission for the LDS church you are sort of lost without your daily planner; which is your life.
I cannot honestly tell you what I have done in this past year that actually amounts to something. Nothing is as satisfying as living the Gospel to a "T" w/o the influences of Satan and the world. And now you are thrust back into 'real' life expected to know what to do and how to do it. They make you spend anywhere from 3-12 weeks training how to become a missionary, but ZERO (0) weeks or even minutes on how to 'UN'become a missionary.




Anyway I was able to visit with some great people from Lynchburg, VA where I spent a total of 7 1/2 months. The Mays family was visiting Utah.
Carolyn- the one in front of me all the way on the right has a major crush on me. Every week at church she'd stand by me as we passed out programs and slyling slip he hand in mine until I YANKED it away.

They had "no idear" I'd been gone for over 1 year!









Oh how I miss the great states of West Virginia and Virginia. One day I will return.

Welcome to the World Max

So yesterday at 7:25pm my little nephew Max Alexander Stoker was born into this world.
He weighed a whopping 8lbs 15oz and measured 22" long. He was a big baby for little Tara's body.
No wonder she couldn't move for the last few weeks.

It is amazing what God can create. Looking at this little person squirm and coo just makes
you think what else God can do.

Little Max is going to have a great life with a big family who will love him to death.

He's a healthy little kid with only squished ears. Fat rolls downn his legs and beautiful
long hair.

We're excited Max finally decided to come even after a little coaxing of the doctors and
nurses he reluctantly entered into the world.

Welcome Max Alexander Stoker

Preston's back!

We are SO glad he made it home safely. And we're so grateful for his valiant service.
Way to go Preston!

Support Local Artists

Salt Lake is a wonderful place to live. There are so many different things to do here. One thing for example is attending local art shows. Tonight my Brother, Sister-in-law, and I went to a local art show just off 2300 E and 3500 S in Holladay. It was in an old antique building that back in the 1920s was used as an assembly line producing TVs and headphones.
We particularly went to see one of Alex's friend, Greg White. He is an amazing painter.
The painting pictured here is one that he painted and Alex is now the proud owner. I told him he needs to put it above Max's crib. That would surely make him sleep the entire night.

Aren't Blogs Great?

Don't you think that Blogs are just the most wonderful thing in the world? They keep everyone up to date. I mean all of my family lives within close proximity of me yet I have to read their blogs in order to find out what is going on in their lives.
I have to read one my cousin's to find out that they actually have personalities.
I have to read my sister-in-law's to find out they're going to Las Vegas...and having a baby boy.
I have to read some other family member's to realize their true opinions on life.
And this is all so amazing because I see all of these people at least once a week. What is going on here? Have we solely resorted to communicating through mass media and done away with the good old fashioned phone call or face-to-face communication? It sure seems like it. I think these Blog things are a good way to communicate to family across the miles, but across the street. Come on!

George Washington.
Who is this man? The first President of the United States you say?
Well do I have news for you. He was actually the 9th President of our grand country.
There were actually 8 men ahead of him.
I have been searching helplessly for the book I read this in, but have been unsuccessful. I read it at a Kohl's department store in West Valley City. This book contained many other facts that were only part true. And the feature story was Mr. Washington. He was, in fact, the 1st President under the new (current) constitution.
Take my word for it or you can go hunt for this book next to the Hallmark cards.

Also today is my parent's 28th wedding anniversary. WOW!! That is older than I am... hopefully. Way to go parentals.