This semester will be a little more laid back than last semester but I have a lot of personal goals to work on this semester for improvement in my life and in my outward appearance! Good luck with the new semester everyone who is in school!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Winter 2011 Semester
Classes started today. Justin and I only have three classes together this semester! And they all happen to be accounting courses. I am also taking a religion class, the continuation of the Church History course I started last semester, and Advanced Quickbooks. Yes... That is a total of four accounting classes! Total of 13 credit hours.
This semester will be a little more laid back than last semester but I have a lot of personal goals to work on this semester for improvement in my life and in my outward appearance! Good luck with the new semester everyone who is in school!
This semester will be a little more laid back than last semester but I have a lot of personal goals to work on this semester for improvement in my life and in my outward appearance! Good luck with the new semester everyone who is in school!
Friday, December 17, 2010
End of the Semester!
TO: LDS Business College
FROM: Furnell Family
DATE: End of Semester
SUBJECT: Thank You
Thank you so much for the wonderful learning enviroment that we had the opportunity to experience from September 13-December 16, 2010. Having such wonderful instructors such as Bro. Schreiner, Bro. Finlinson, Bro. Newman, Sis. Ward, and Bro. Krauel, really enhanced our learning experience! Not to mention the amazing ties to the spirit that were felt during every class. Thank you for the loads of homework we experienced and the painful carpal tunnel incurred while writing all of our essays.
Thank you for the warm atmosphere and the wonderful technology currently present in the college. Throughout this semester, we have learned that all of the blood, sweat, and tears accumulating on our textbooks were not in vain due to our wonderful grades and increase in testimony, and definitely a stronger testimony of prayer has been built.
From this wonderful experience this semester with 17 credit hours, a spouse, and 18 hours of work, I have learned that education is important, but sleep is even more important than we give credit. As a result of taking all these wonderful classes at LDS Business College, the semester break will be spent sleeping, eating, Sleeping, showering, SlEePiNg, visiting, and SLEEPING!
Looking forward to our last and final semester here at the college!
Sincerely,
Justin & Mitzi Furnell
**In all honesty, this semester was really amazing! I met some amazing people with strong testimonies. I also met several people who got married, are getting married, or should get married soon. It is wonderful how strong the spirit is right as you walk in the building. I am so grateful for all that we have been given and I plan on taking all that I have learned and teaching my children (when the Lord sees fit).
Happy Holidays!
Furnell Family
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Christmas Shopping!
For all those who hate spending money, PAY ATTENTION!!
And...If you like spending money, read anyways, you will enjoy it!
This Christmas is our first Christmas as a married couple (and our first together). As we were contemplating who we needed to buy Christmas gifts for, we were surprised! There are so many people to buy for when you marry someone and they have a pretty good sized family. There are parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts and uncles and the whole shebang!
I have never been one to go "Black Friday" shopping and with our newlywed budget, I still wasn't planning on going. However, as this dreadful day approached, I knew that we would need to buy things now because now is the time when things are cheap. So... Justin went to work at 4:30 AM for Staples "Black Friday" and I slept. But it seemed that all I could dream about were the family members I needed to buy for and every two minutes in my dream I was running a card through a card reader at a store and the dollars kept adding up. I knew that if I didn't take care of this problem ASAP this dream would just keep reappearing!
Justin came home at about 1:00 PM. And like a good wife should, I let him sleep while I worked on a few homemade Christmas presents for the siblings and nieces and nephews. 4:30 rolls around and its time to wake up my dead husband. With the goal of finishing all of the Christmas shopping on "Black Friday" we went to WAL-MART!
With a limited budget for each family member, we ended up walking up and down the aisles searching for things within our limit. If any of you have bought for teenagers, you know how hard it is to shop for them. A thought came to my mind as we were strolling the aisles. As little children, we are easy to please. A couple baby dolls, or hot wheels cars to the trick. As we get older, the list gets longer and more expensive. Occasionally you get a teenager who has no idea what they want (me) and it gets harder and harder to buy for them. This is where gift cards come in handy!
Cards are great, especially when the cost of postage is so high these days. The hardest thing for me was looking in the cart and mentally adding up how much money we were spending. I don't think I have ever spent that much money on anyone for Christmas my whole life! When we got to the cash register, I knew a chocolate fix was in order and an ice cream binge was to follow. All I could think about was how that money should be put in savings for use on future children, car repairs, and a home down payment (these are our current goals!)
But then I remembered... The joy on children's faces when they open a gift that they love, the warm feeling of accomplishment when a child carts a simple homemade gift around and you know that you made it and they love it.
Getting creative with Christmas presents, or just presents in general, so it was a struggle for me. It is important to remember the true spirit of Christmas is in the giving!
Happy Holidays everyone!
Sincerely,
Mitzi Kay Furnell
And...If you like spending money, read anyways, you will enjoy it!
This Christmas is our first Christmas as a married couple (and our first together). As we were contemplating who we needed to buy Christmas gifts for, we were surprised! There are so many people to buy for when you marry someone and they have a pretty good sized family. There are parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts and uncles and the whole shebang!I have never been one to go "Black Friday" shopping and with our newlywed budget, I still wasn't planning on going. However, as this dreadful day approached, I knew that we would need to buy things now because now is the time when things are cheap. So... Justin went to work at 4:30 AM for Staples "Black Friday" and I slept. But it seemed that all I could dream about were the family members I needed to buy for and every two minutes in my dream I was running a card through a card reader at a store and the dollars kept adding up. I knew that if I didn't take care of this problem ASAP this dream would just keep reappearing!
Justin came home at about 1:00 PM. And like a good wife should, I let him sleep while I worked on a few homemade Christmas presents for the siblings and nieces and nephews. 4:30 rolls around and its time to wake up my dead husband. With the goal of finishing all of the Christmas shopping on "Black Friday" we went to WAL-MART!
With a limited budget for each family member, we ended up walking up and down the aisles searching for things within our limit. If any of you have bought for teenagers, you know how hard it is to shop for them. A thought came to my mind as we were strolling the aisles. As little children, we are easy to please. A couple baby dolls, or hot wheels cars to the trick. As we get older, the list gets longer and more expensive. Occasionally you get a teenager who has no idea what they want (me) and it gets harder and harder to buy for them. This is where gift cards come in handy!
Cards are great, especially when the cost of postage is so high these days. The hardest thing for me was looking in the cart and mentally adding up how much money we were spending. I don't think I have ever spent that much money on anyone for Christmas my whole life! When we got to the cash register, I knew a chocolate fix was in order and an ice cream binge was to follow. All I could think about was how that money should be put in savings for use on future children, car repairs, and a home down payment (these are our current goals!)
But then I remembered... The joy on children's faces when they open a gift that they love, the warm feeling of accomplishment when a child carts a simple homemade gift around and you know that you made it and they love it.
Getting creative with Christmas presents, or just presents in general, so it was a struggle for me. It is important to remember the true spirit of Christmas is in the giving!
Happy Holidays everyone!
Sincerely,
Mitzi Kay Furnell
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)