GM went and asked a recruiter at his work if they look at what institution a prospective employee obtains their degree from. He said yes, and that they look for different institutions depending on the field. So GM asked how an accounting degree from U of P would be considered and the guy told him that it's just fine. The guy said he figured he'd be better off just continuing with U of P than backtracking and wasting more time and money. Whew, I guess we're going ahead with the original plan...until it changes. Just like all y'all told me, it's working out. :P
(However, as a side note, GM has the legal department of U of P all riled up and looking into it because they're supposedly accredited by an acceptable institution so there should be no problem.) :P
Friday, March 28, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Some Solutions:
Thanks for all the ideas and sympathy.
Rob came home with a few ideas (I was more distraught about this than my own transfer problems back in the day...ironically, he ended up cheering me up):
In order of his preference:
Best: see if the crappy community college here (that IS accepted by other Utah schools) will take any and get an Associates from them.
Second: see if there is another correspondence program that would be better recognized (like Wayne said).
Third: (like Diana suggested) go on to get a Bachelor’s (after first making sure it’ll be accepted by the Master’s programs that he’s interested in) from U of P and then transfer. (It’s worst to him because of his discovery of how poor their rep seems to be…but ultimately it achieves his objective: a Bachelor’s degree.)
Rob came home with a few ideas (I was more distraught about this than my own transfer problems back in the day...ironically, he ended up cheering me up):
In order of his preference:
Best: see if the crappy community college here (that IS accepted by other Utah schools) will take any and get an Associates from them.
Second: see if there is another correspondence program that would be better recognized (like Wayne said).
Third: (like Diana suggested) go on to get a Bachelor’s (after first making sure it’ll be accepted by the Master’s programs that he’s interested in) from U of P and then transfer. (It’s worst to him because of his discovery of how poor their rep seems to be…but ultimately it achieves his objective: a Bachelor’s degree.)
What do you do when it all seems to go wrong...
My husband is very discouraged today. He's going to be finishing his associates degree through University of Phoenix in two weeks! Yesterday he was thrilled and ready to take the next step. Today he went and met with a counselor at BYU to discuss options there and look into an accounting degree. The counselor informed him that not only would he not be able to get any credit from those classes at U of P but that he would have to take the ACT and the SAT to get in AND FURTHER MORE that no other institutions in Utah will accept the credit either!! Needless to say he feels pretty down about all the lost time, money, work...etc. I've been making calls all day trying to get a different story from ANY university in Utah....but it's been fruitless. I'm trying to be optimistic about it, thinking there's got to be a loop hole, or some way to get them accepted. He was trying to follow the prophet's counsel, to get an education. That means he'll be blessed, right??? I just want to make it all okay for him and so far I’ve been able to do diddly squat! :(
Spring Break
Spring Break started last Thursday for my kids so we started out the weekend with a sleepover. (My sis and her husband had stake temple night so we paid them back some of our babysitting debt).
MC often plays under our countertop height kitchen table. This evening she and her cousin were playing under there but they got shy and ran upstairs anytime they felt anybody watching them. So I offered to make a fort out of the table and sheets so that they could play undisturbed. :P They were all over that idea. Well, just as I finished with their fort and start walking up the stairs, the boys, BR and his cousin, walked over, took one look at the girls' fort and said in unison, "No fair!!" They then came and asked me if they could have a fort too. Well...okay. :) (Forts were one of my favorite things when I was a kid....and apparently I'm still a sucker for them). :P
I started to build the boys a fort in the living room but it wasn't so easy (no pre-maid support structure like a table over which I can drape sheets). I went out to the loft to grab some string and more blankets and then started constructing. GM finished his homework shortly after I got the string so he came down and helped me. It ended up taking up our whole living room. (We had to include the TV in it so they could still watch their movie (The Seeker) and play the Wii. They wanted to sleep in the forts (all except my niece that's BR's age, she was happy to have a bedroom all to herself) :). They also wanted to stay up late playing the Wii. In the end MC went to sleep before anybody (probably around 11 or 11:30. She went to her table fort and fell fast asleep before anybody knew it. At this point, her little cousin decided she wanted to sleep in the big fort with the boys so she went and lay down in there waiting for them to get tired too. At 12:30 I called lights out so they all went to bed.
The next morning the house was quiet and peaceful till almost eleven o’clock!! MC woke up just before ten when my visiting teachers came. I chatted with them on the porch so the rest wouldn’t be disturbed. (I was shocked that they slept so late, usually when they have late sleepovers their back up again at the crack of dawn!)
The kids played in the forts all day and then we went over to dinner and a movie at my sister’s house. (We left her kids there this time) :P.
When we got home BR and MC asked if they could sleep in the forts again. We said they could with the condition that they help clean them all up in the morning. After a lazy morning of reading and playing in the forts, we finally cleaned them all up.
MC often plays under our countertop height kitchen table. This evening she and her cousin were playing under there but they got shy and ran upstairs anytime they felt anybody watching them. So I offered to make a fort out of the table and sheets so that they could play undisturbed. :P They were all over that idea. Well, just as I finished with their fort and start walking up the stairs, the boys, BR and his cousin, walked over, took one look at the girls' fort and said in unison, "No fair!!" They then came and asked me if they could have a fort too. Well...okay. :) (Forts were one of my favorite things when I was a kid....and apparently I'm still a sucker for them). :P
I started to build the boys a fort in the living room but it wasn't so easy (no pre-maid support structure like a table over which I can drape sheets). I went out to the loft to grab some string and more blankets and then started constructing. GM finished his homework shortly after I got the string so he came down and helped me. It ended up taking up our whole living room. (We had to include the TV in it so they could still watch their movie (The Seeker) and play the Wii. They wanted to sleep in the forts (all except my niece that's BR's age, she was happy to have a bedroom all to herself) :). They also wanted to stay up late playing the Wii. In the end MC went to sleep before anybody (probably around 11 or 11:30. She went to her table fort and fell fast asleep before anybody knew it. At this point, her little cousin decided she wanted to sleep in the big fort with the boys so she went and lay down in there waiting for them to get tired too. At 12:30 I called lights out so they all went to bed.
The next morning the house was quiet and peaceful till almost eleven o’clock!! MC woke up just before ten when my visiting teachers came. I chatted with them on the porch so the rest wouldn’t be disturbed. (I was shocked that they slept so late, usually when they have late sleepovers their back up again at the crack of dawn!)
The kids played in the forts all day and then we went over to dinner and a movie at my sister’s house. (We left her kids there this time) :P.
When we got home BR and MC asked if they could sleep in the forts again. We said they could with the condition that they help clean them all up in the morning. After a lazy morning of reading and playing in the forts, we finally cleaned them all up.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Happy Birthday MC!
I promised I would post pictures from MC's Birthday Party. Unfortunately in the heat of the moment, trying to direct all of my "help" (GM, 5 sisters and my mom) I forgot to ask somebody to be photographer the entire time. My one sis with her nice camera was on jewelry making and dress ups duty before she began the Glam Picture Photo Shoot. Close to the end I finally remembered to snap few. :P
The girls had so much fun!! At the hair station (there were two) the got to pick some sparkly hair clippies to add to their hair and take home. They also got to choose straight, curly, up, down, etc.
At the nails stop they got to keep a little polish from a little bowl of nail polishes. (They all had a little princess crown for the handle of the polish). :) (This sister was also in charge of making the cake for me. She made it purse shaped and MC got to help decorate the cupcakes, she was very proud of her cupcakes.) :)
At the makeup station (Which didn't quite turn out like I'd hoped, most of the time it was me doing the makeup because I forgot to tell my sis that I'd wanted for the makeup that the party was at my mom's instead of at my house :/ ...so she got there pretty late and could only do one girl. Which happens to be the only girl you can tell has any makeup on...can you pick out which one she is?? :P Oh well, the girls felt all excited and special to have their makeup done.) they got to pick a lip gloss/key chain to keep and wear along with getting all made-up.
At the jewelry spot one of my sisters helped them create a choker to wear from a pile of beads they got to pick from. Then that same sister helped them pick out dress-up outfits AND did the photo shoot. :)
Besides eating, and MC opening her presents, the girls did their own thing the rest of the time. They danced and posed in front of a huge mirror I had set up for them. (It was big enough to be full length (for them) and for two or three girls to stand in front of at the same time). They also ran and played in the 'gym', swinging on the rope or turning off the lights and running into each other. :P I had thought about several other activities I could have them do (like designing fashion clothes on paper, decorating a frame for their pictures, decorating a purse...etc) but in the end I opted to keep it more simple which I think turned out well because the girls had so much fun just playing....go figure. :)
The girls had so much fun!! At the hair station (there were two) the got to pick some sparkly hair clippies to add to their hair and take home. They also got to choose straight, curly, up, down, etc.
At the nails stop they got to keep a little polish from a little bowl of nail polishes. (They all had a little princess crown for the handle of the polish). :) (This sister was also in charge of making the cake for me. She made it purse shaped and MC got to help decorate the cupcakes, she was very proud of her cupcakes.) :)
At the makeup station (Which didn't quite turn out like I'd hoped, most of the time it was me doing the makeup because I forgot to tell my sis that I'd wanted for the makeup that the party was at my mom's instead of at my house :/ ...so she got there pretty late and could only do one girl. Which happens to be the only girl you can tell has any makeup on...can you pick out which one she is?? :P Oh well, the girls felt all excited and special to have their makeup done.) they got to pick a lip gloss/key chain to keep and wear along with getting all made-up.
At the jewelry spot one of my sisters helped them create a choker to wear from a pile of beads they got to pick from. Then that same sister helped them pick out dress-up outfits AND did the photo shoot. :)
Besides eating, and MC opening her presents, the girls did their own thing the rest of the time. They danced and posed in front of a huge mirror I had set up for them. (It was big enough to be full length (for them) and for two or three girls to stand in front of at the same time). They also ran and played in the 'gym', swinging on the rope or turning off the lights and running into each other. :P I had thought about several other activities I could have them do (like designing fashion clothes on paper, decorating a frame for their pictures, decorating a purse...etc) but in the end I opted to keep it more simple which I think turned out well because the girls had so much fun just playing....go figure. :)
Thursday, March 20, 2008
How's this for thinking outside the box?? ;)
So, as recently mentioned, we bought our plane tickets for the Fam Reunion in July on our way home from AZ. Well, BR knew this and, seeing as his wheels are always turning, he came up with a brilliant travel plan to get us out there! It's brilliant in his mind because it puts first the things that matter most.
He says to me, "Mom, I've got a great idea! We should drive to Wheat Ridge the day before we are going to fly out for the family reunion."
Me: "Why in the world would we want to drive 8 hours just to save 1 our on the airplane the next day?!?!"
BR: "Well, because then we could be sure to be on the same flight as Grandma and Grandpa." (Aahhh Sweet!)
Me: "That's a really nice idea, but it's a little too late, we already bought our tickets, and they leave from SLC."
BR: "I know mom, but I'm talking about driving there the day before!!"
I then proceed to try to help him see that it would be insanity to drive to Wheat Ridge the day before, only to turn around and hurry back to make our flight...and also try once again to help him see how much faster we'll get there without the detour drive to CO.
After processing all of the kinks to his plan that I'd brought up, he quickly came up with a whole new set of simple ideas:
BR: "That would be really neat if our plane could catch up to the plane that Grandma and Grandpa take and send over a tube that would connect our plane to theirs. Then we could climb through the tube and have our luggage sent over also before the tube is disconnected."
Whew!! I never knew that having the same flight as grandma and grandpa would be so important! ;) I mean it would be one thing to get a connecting flight, in which we could all hook up but....wow these plans are BIG time!! :) See how much he loves you grandma and grandpa?
He says to me, "Mom, I've got a great idea! We should drive to Wheat Ridge the day before we are going to fly out for the family reunion."
Me: "Why in the world would we want to drive 8 hours just to save 1 our on the airplane the next day?!?!"
BR: "Well, because then we could be sure to be on the same flight as Grandma and Grandpa." (Aahhh Sweet!)
Me: "That's a really nice idea, but it's a little too late, we already bought our tickets, and they leave from SLC."
BR: "I know mom, but I'm talking about driving there the day before!!"
I then proceed to try to help him see that it would be insanity to drive to Wheat Ridge the day before, only to turn around and hurry back to make our flight...and also try once again to help him see how much faster we'll get there without the detour drive to CO.
After processing all of the kinks to his plan that I'd brought up, he quickly came up with a whole new set of simple ideas:
BR: "That would be really neat if our plane could catch up to the plane that Grandma and Grandpa take and send over a tube that would connect our plane to theirs. Then we could climb through the tube and have our luggage sent over also before the tube is disconnected."
Whew!! I never knew that having the same flight as grandma and grandpa would be so important! ;) I mean it would be one thing to get a connecting flight, in which we could all hook up but....wow these plans are BIG time!! :) See how much he loves you grandma and grandpa?
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Arizona 2008- Leaving on a Jet Plane!!
Tuesday, February 26
We got up early and returned GM's manwagon
then headed to PHX airport.
GM went to check us in and get boarding passes, while I stood in a separate line to use some travel vouchers we had to purchase our plane tickets for the E Family Reunion in July (short line, we knew which flights...should be no problem...right??). HA! After much time and much confusion, the guy finally figured out how to apply the vouchers and gave us our tickets. We ran to the security line (which naturally turned out to be VERY long) and waded through that…making it to our gate just in time for final boarding. Whew.
This time BR and I sat together one row ahead of MC and GM so it was nicer than the first flight, in that way…except that we’d booked window seats for both of our kids and BR got his, but there was a lady in MC’s (who apparently decided she didn’t want her aisle seat and without any apology or explanation took poor MC’s seat…however she did offer to allow MC to lean over her to peak at the Grand Canyon as we flew over it…how gracious!) :P
Grandpa J was at the airport to pick us up
and he and GM tried to play their game of not seeing each other...
but it was pretty funny because when both parties are so busy not seeing each other, they don’t see the other person not seeing them. LOL
We got up early and returned GM's manwagon
then headed to PHX airport.
GM went to check us in and get boarding passes, while I stood in a separate line to use some travel vouchers we had to purchase our plane tickets for the E Family Reunion in July (short line, we knew which flights...should be no problem...right??). HA! After much time and much confusion, the guy finally figured out how to apply the vouchers and gave us our tickets. We ran to the security line (which naturally turned out to be VERY long) and waded through that…making it to our gate just in time for final boarding. Whew.
This time BR and I sat together one row ahead of MC and GM so it was nicer than the first flight, in that way…except that we’d booked window seats for both of our kids and BR got his, but there was a lady in MC’s (who apparently decided she didn’t want her aisle seat and without any apology or explanation took poor MC’s seat…however she did offer to allow MC to lean over her to peak at the Grand Canyon as we flew over it…how gracious!) :P
Grandpa J was at the airport to pick us up
and he and GM tried to play their game of not seeing each other...
but it was pretty funny because when both parties are so busy not seeing each other, they don’t see the other person not seeing them. LOL
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Meme Book tag something or other...from PAWS
123 Book Meme Tag
Rules:
1. Grab the book closest to you
2. Open to page 123, go down to the fifth sentence.
3. Post the text of the next three sentences on your blog.
4. Name of the book and the author.
5. Tag three people.
Gaspar refused the rich food Melchoir offered him, and shunned his entertainments, preferring to gaze at the stars, sighting along that disc of his, or to retreat to his quarters, alone.
Soon the call went out to set up our tents. The animals were weary, Pacorus told me; it was best to give them a rest and start fresh in the morning.
Alphabet of Dreams, by Susan Fletcher
I tag: Ashley, Fran, and Ooo La La. :)
Rules:
1. Grab the book closest to you
2. Open to page 123, go down to the fifth sentence.
3. Post the text of the next three sentences on your blog.
4. Name of the book and the author.
5. Tag three people.
Gaspar refused the rich food Melchoir offered him, and shunned his entertainments, preferring to gaze at the stars, sighting along that disc of his, or to retreat to his quarters, alone.
Soon the call went out to set up our tents. The animals were weary, Pacorus told me; it was best to give them a rest and start fresh in the morning.
Alphabet of Dreams, by Susan Fletcher
I tag: Ashley, Fran, and Ooo La La. :)
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