I feel really bad for my brother…
The other day his car was broken into, and his iPod stolen. It’s just another confirmation that we live in Utah – not utopia.
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Don -
YOU bought it for your Mother; now I'm trying to "wrap my brain" around that!! NOW, I'm even MORE impressed
I would have thought that perhaps your MOM or DAD had recommended the book to one of their SONS, so this is very interesting. As I said, I'm even MORE impressed 
I hope your brother (not sure if that is Brandon, Jeremy or Chris) can sort thru the "car disaster" quite quickly & feel better about it all.
Thanks for your response, Don!
Lyndy
That is a keen eye!
Actually, I bought that book for my mother and had her read it. She then gave it to my brother to read.
Buy, in answer to your question, yes I have read it.
I really enjoyed it. It’s a smart read.
DON — Sorry about your brother’s car. Just TERRIBLE. I noticed he appears to be reading “Millionaire Next Door” (call it a keen eye!) which is a really good book. Have YOU read it? Too bad the THIEF who broke into his car hadn’t READ IT as perhaps then they wouldn’t have felt the need to do this to someone else. I’m IMPRESSED that a young man would be reading this book. Your parents have done SUCH a good job with their boys it seems.
Take Care –
Lyndy
Um, now where were we? We went from stolen Ipod’s to dreams and weddings. LOL! Gotta love it!
Anyway, I’m sorry to hear about your brothers car, Don. I just don’t understand people’s mindset. How they can either be just that cruel or that desperate to do something like that. I know your brother has to be pretty bummed to say the least and I hope he was able to get things fixed without too much hassle.
As far as getting married goes, I’ll just say… just be glad you’re not a woman. I didn’t get married until I was almost 34. Men just seem to get the “settling down” comment. Women have to deal with constantly getting reminded about the whole biological clock thing. It’s loads of fun!
When the time is right, you’ll know it.
That’s right… his mission has to come first. Does he have any ideas yet as to where he could be sent yet?
Plus, seventeen is WAAAAAYYYY too young for a young man to marry, anyway.
As for you…. yes, it’s true… I am very intuitive (if that’s what you want to call it). The girl I envisioned you with was a young lady you’ve known before… you two were friends first, and didn’t even think that you might have some affection for each other.
BUT.. like I’ve said before, you’ll get married when the time is right for YOU. Don’t let anyone put pressure on you because you’re brothers are getting married before you. You want to do it when the time is right in your heart for you – otherwise, you might rush into something too quickly, and wind up making a terrible mistake.
I’ve been there, and I’d hate to see that happen to you. Trust me, it’s not fun.
xox,
C.
Well…
As of right now, the only wedding on the horizon is my brother’s. And we all know about that.
But… I suppose I could be next. I mean, the next available bachelor in my family is 17. He still needs to serve his LDS mission before he even thinks about marriage.
mama c,
I’m thinking that your female intuition / dream probably has some truth in it!
Once I had a dream similar to that ~ my best friend of forever brought her new boyfriend (tall, dark and totally adorable) and his two young kids to my house for game night.
When I told my best friend about the dream she laughed and reminded me that she was not at all attracted to men with dark hair, or men with kids.
Funny ~ they have been happily married for 10 years now and have added an adorable little boy of their own into the mix.
Don ~ you may just want to watch out ~ mama c’s dream may just be coming to you!
This has nothing to do with this post, but I wanted to let you know that in my NyQuil induced state last night, I had a dream about you.
You and your GIRL came to my house for one of my family gatherings (one of my kids’ birthday parties, I think). I must have known about her somehow, ’cause you were thanking me for being right about her (and no, it wasn’t my niece). She was sweet, and she was gorgeous!
She looked a little like Jesse Randhawa (an Indian model and Bollywood screen starlet), only she had very fair skin.
She had long, beautiful, black hair, really stunning greenish-blue eyes, and the most beautiful smile. Sound like anyone you might know? (And wouldn’t that be a hoot if it was!)
Okay. Back to my NyQuil stupor.
When my daughter was a atudent at BYU and lived in
Provo then Orem. I told her “Do not have a false sense of security because of going to a Mormon University and living inside the bubble.”
Orem is rated the safest city in Utah.
Sorry this happened to your brother. It is not what was stolen that counts you can replace that.
Pamela NE Ohio
I’ve never thought that Utah was… and, I think that there are a lot of people that feel that they live in a bubble of security (that nothing bad is going to happen to them living here).
Well, they’re wrong (and I think a few of you have it right). You’ve got to be smart about where you leave valuables. You’ve gotta protect your stuff.
The Fancher Party
Thomas Lewis
Annie Clark Tanner
Ted Bundy
Gary Gilmore
The Lafferty Brothers
Wanda Barzee
Brian David Mitchell
The jig was up a long time ago. Utah has never been Utopia.
Sorry about your brother’s car. My family has had 2 stolen. One turned up 3 years later as it was found by fireman in the barn at the scene of a fatal housefire. The other was taken from a gated community in Orlando, FL and a transient lived in it for a week before it was recovered. Nobody wanted it back (and didn’t take it back!) as he had used it has his bathroom also.
Why can’t all people be as well behaved as we are?
Elle
I’m sorry to hear that Don. But you know, this is becoming the way of the world. We had a case here of a newborn baby dumped in a plastic shopping bag and left at a bus stop. As it is winter here, the outcome was that the baby was dead (although it is not known whether it was stillborn or died as a result of being left to the elements). This is such a sad reflection on society when a human life is worth nothing. I feel
depressed at what I see and read about the world.
I’m so sorry that’s happened to your brother. I know how horrible the feeling is when you have your property stolen.
But we always learn a lesson after this kind of thing happens. Don’t leave your valuables in view of others. There’s always someone who will come by and be tempted to take it.Its a shame but its the way things are these days.
Enjoy your Pioneer weekend.
Love
Jane x
I think you meant “morons”.
Aren’t you LDS as well, Sara?
…and, for the record… yes, I live in the bubble, but I’ve also lived in a number of other places as well.
Contrary to popular opinion, not all is well in Zion.
Did anyone ever question that? Oh wait, yes – those who live inside the bubble.
The ONLY place my family has ever had anything stolen is in Utah, more specifically Provo/Orem. (number of incidents 6, number of cars broken into 3)
Stinking Mormons!
Ps. I’m sorry! That sucks!
Yeah, I know.
From the looks of it, they tried to pop the window out. So, the bent the frame and scratched the door and panel.
Not cool.
I am sorry. That is awful!
How frustrating!
Our neighborhood is fairly nice (not expensive, but quiet and well maintained) and up until recently has been almost crime free.
Recently 38 cars were broken into. Each of the cars had I-pods, money, bluetooth devices, cds and gps devices stolen.
I can only imagine that your brother was left feeling as violated and angry as my neighbors
were.
Hopefully there was not much damage to his car and he was able to get the window fixed right away.
That’s horrible! I’m sure, if he had his way, he’d hand over his iPod, rather than pay the cost to get his window fixed!
Is he going to try to find out who did it? Is that even possible?
Tell him I’m so sorry. What an awful thing to discover.
C