Jeff and I went to my parents house for Thanksgiving this year. The whole family, every single one was going to be there. I have 6 siblings, 4 of which are married, and I have14 nieces and nephews. So including the 3 of us and my parents thats 28 in total. We had a full house, but we are use to these large get-togethers. We arrived Wednesday later evening, most of the girls headed off to watch Twilight. The more I think about that movie and the more I see it, I like it. Thursday morning the guys/boys played flag football. It was so cold. The rest of the day consisted of cooking, snacking, and Wii play and games. Evalie was so cute trying to drive the cars with the steering wheel. We had a delicious! Thanksgiving dinner, that went very smoothly due to my mothers preparations and everyone pitching in. Then we had a reverent family home evening, where we all said what we were most thankful for this year. Jeff was most grateful for the blessings of tithing because it has allowed us to live comfortably, without want this past year, the year when we are probably the poorest we will ever be. I was most grateful for learning the lesson of motherhood and all that comes with that title. Evy was most grateful for popcorn, captain crunch berries, and chocolate milk shakes. Friday morning we all headed out to see the potato shed, my brother in law is a successful farmer in ML, then we took rides on the tractor. Evy and I stayed in the nice warm car, mostly because she was asleep. All the kids loved being out at the farm and being in the dirt and riding on the big machinery. Then from there Melissa, DJ, Brad, and Anne went home. That evening the guys went to watch Transporter 3. My mom, Michele, and I stayed in ate Flipz, and watched Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. Then Jeff and I took off this morning. What I was thankful for this Thanksgiving was the personal visits I got to have with most all of my family members. I enjoy bonding and strengthening my relationships with each of them. After all if we want this to work we got to put effort into this whole family thing. Love ya family.
-Stacey
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Ins and Outs of Movie Theatre Life
One of the best decisions of my life was made when I was 16 and decided to make an 8 year (and counting) career of working at the movie theatre. The first movie I ever watched for free was "A Knights Tale" with Heath Ledger. At that moment I knew this was going to be a long and wonderful relationship with the movie theatre. Here are some stories and some tips:
One night while working at The Cordova, my last movie of the night just got out. It was something ridiculously stupid, like 40 yr Old Virgin, and since half the people were wasted before they came I knew they weren't leaving sober, but I didn't expect this... Once the credits started rolling 3 guys take off running out of the theatre, pushing people out of there way, I barely had time to see them let alone tell them to stop before I heard a crash, and see one of them just ran through my glass door, shattering the glass and leaving a bloody mess. And then the guy just starting running down the road. I ran out and got him, we cleaned him up and broken door. TIP: this is why we don't allow out side food or drink, half the time the drink is alcohol.
It was the employee preview for the last "Lord of the Rings" and yes I was going to be there without a doubt. Now it so happens that the show was going to start at 1:30 am and I have a final at 8:00 am that morning. I had studied, I was ready to go, and I could just sleep afterward, right? Come on you would have done the same thing. And yes I did watch Lord of the Rings, yes it didn't get out till 4:30 and yes I did sleep through my final. Oops! Good thing I switched majors.
Oh this one bothers me. A girl came into the Village Centre, her and her friend both had coffee's from Daily Grind they had just bought. We told them that we don't allow outside food or drink and could they please either finish drinking or discard the beverage. With a little hissy fit they enter the bathroom. Well we have learned that when we ask that and you go into the bathroom you are putting the drink in your purse, so I went into the bathroom to examine the situation. It was pretty obvious that one didn't throw her drink away because she very carefully lifter her purse off the counter and proceeded to carry it ever so gently off her elbow to the theatre. Knowing she was lying we waited till she took it out and then asked her again to please discard her drink. Heres the part that gets me, she stomped down the stairs, swung open the door and threw that drink in the garbage as hard as she could! Now she was mad, obviously, what I don't get is why, she knew the policy, we were nice. Her reaction should have been... alright alright alright, please don't kick me out with no refund.
One time 4 little girls were coming to watch a movie. One of the dads was helping them get situated. We saw them load their pockets and shoes with candy, yucky left over Halloween candy. One girl actually took off her shoe loaded it up and walked in with only one shoe on. My box office person asked if they had any candy on them. Of course, being that they are like 7 they squealed yes and dumped all the candy on the counter. Since they were the only ones in the theatre we let them take the candy, but they had to leave us some and make sure not to drop one wrapper. The dad just looked at us like, am I in trouble.
Some of my favorite things are:
People dressing up to shows, Lord of the Rings, Start Wars, Harry Potter, Bat Man on and on
Having a line that goes out the door down the sidewalk and wraps around the building.
Thinking you will never stop making popcorn and your sure you are going to run out.
Seeing movies before anyone else.
When you say "enjoy your show" and they say "you too." he he
Kicking people out.
Free Movies
Free Popcorn
Building standees, the more cardboard cuts the better the standee. (Tale of Desperaux, thats a really good standee)
Knowing movie trivia.
Late nights
Some things I don't like
Theatre drama
Being there by my self in the dark- scary.
People who demand a refund, although you told them it was full, and that they couldn't sit next to their friend, and that there were no refunds or exchanges.
People who get mad when you catch them sneaking in food or drinks.
Really bad (quality, and substance) movies.
One night while working at The Cordova, my last movie of the night just got out. It was something ridiculously stupid, like 40 yr Old Virgin, and since half the people were wasted before they came I knew they weren't leaving sober, but I didn't expect this... Once the credits started rolling 3 guys take off running out of the theatre, pushing people out of there way, I barely had time to see them let alone tell them to stop before I heard a crash, and see one of them just ran through my glass door, shattering the glass and leaving a bloody mess. And then the guy just starting running down the road. I ran out and got him, we cleaned him up and broken door. TIP: this is why we don't allow out side food or drink, half the time the drink is alcohol.
It was the employee preview for the last "Lord of the Rings" and yes I was going to be there without a doubt. Now it so happens that the show was going to start at 1:30 am and I have a final at 8:00 am that morning. I had studied, I was ready to go, and I could just sleep afterward, right? Come on you would have done the same thing. And yes I did watch Lord of the Rings, yes it didn't get out till 4:30 and yes I did sleep through my final. Oops! Good thing I switched majors.
Oh this one bothers me. A girl came into the Village Centre, her and her friend both had coffee's from Daily Grind they had just bought. We told them that we don't allow outside food or drink and could they please either finish drinking or discard the beverage. With a little hissy fit they enter the bathroom. Well we have learned that when we ask that and you go into the bathroom you are putting the drink in your purse, so I went into the bathroom to examine the situation. It was pretty obvious that one didn't throw her drink away because she very carefully lifter her purse off the counter and proceeded to carry it ever so gently off her elbow to the theatre. Knowing she was lying we waited till she took it out and then asked her again to please discard her drink. Heres the part that gets me, she stomped down the stairs, swung open the door and threw that drink in the garbage as hard as she could! Now she was mad, obviously, what I don't get is why, she knew the policy, we were nice. Her reaction should have been... alright alright alright, please don't kick me out with no refund.
One time 4 little girls were coming to watch a movie. One of the dads was helping them get situated. We saw them load their pockets and shoes with candy, yucky left over Halloween candy. One girl actually took off her shoe loaded it up and walked in with only one shoe on. My box office person asked if they had any candy on them. Of course, being that they are like 7 they squealed yes and dumped all the candy on the counter. Since they were the only ones in the theatre we let them take the candy, but they had to leave us some and make sure not to drop one wrapper. The dad just looked at us like, am I in trouble.
Some of my favorite things are:
People dressing up to shows, Lord of the Rings, Start Wars, Harry Potter, Bat Man on and on
Having a line that goes out the door down the sidewalk and wraps around the building.
Thinking you will never stop making popcorn and your sure you are going to run out.
Seeing movies before anyone else.
When you say "enjoy your show" and they say "you too." he he
Kicking people out.
Free Movies
Free Popcorn
Building standees, the more cardboard cuts the better the standee. (Tale of Desperaux, thats a really good standee)
Knowing movie trivia.
Late nights
Some things I don't like
Theatre drama
Being there by my self in the dark- scary.
People who demand a refund, although you told them it was full, and that they couldn't sit next to their friend, and that there were no refunds or exchanges.
People who get mad when you catch them sneaking in food or drinks.
Really bad (quality, and substance) movies.
Monday, November 10, 2008
First things first...
Recently I have felt the need to get my home in order. Basing this need off of many talks I have listened to from our Prophet and local church leaders. Last night my father in law spoke at a fireside held at the LDS Stake Center building, about being financially wise. He said "organize one thing in your life". He also said he feels that their is a direct correlation between organization in the home and financial organization. He has found that when being in a home that is in chaos usually its found that their finances are in chaos as well. So last night Jeff and I sat down and talked about what is organized in our life. I was amazed at how much organization I had already taken care of. I was able to list off things such as my 72 hour kit, my 6 month food storage, our budget, my exercise plan, my cleaning schedule, Evalie's daily schedule, my closets, my Christmas plan, our emergency fund, the makings of our getting out of debt plan. My father in law said that if we want to know how to feel at peace with our finances we need to follow the counsel given to us by Prophets of the Church. Paying an honest tithing, a generous fast offering, getting our food storage in order, save for a rainy day, getting out of debt, and live within our means are the things I thought of when he said this. Its feels so liberating knowing I am at least headed in the right direction. Being organized is so relaxing to me.
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