Brady's Blog

So this past weekend has been a crazy one. I had a lot of family visiting over the weekend for various reasons. On Sunday i had to talk in my homeward and this next week i have to speak in my other ward. Anywho, because this was my "farewell" talk, i had a barbecue after where family and friends came to eat and talk. It was great and i got to spend time with everyone including my cute little nephews. (pictured above). The addresses for the MTC and my mission will be posted soon so don't anyone worry. Also if you want to know more, please e-mail me, you know my address. As of now i am spending time out of town with my big sis and am having the time of my life. Well, maybe not my life, but it sure is fun.

Well, this Friday is my last day at my workplace. I loved it there and i became like a second home to me. This final week will have a lot in store for me. I have had a manager that has promised me that he is going to write me up for any reason whether it is true or not. He told me that it is just so that he can 1.) write someone up and 2.) so that he can somehow get a leg up on me. He is a very sarcastic person so i don't think that it will happen but if it does, i will know that it isn't a big deal. Other than that, not much is really going on. I will be giving my final talk in church on Sunday and i hate public speaking so it will be fun, right? I guess i have to do it and i don't have a choice anymore. Oh, well.

I saw this on my sister's blog and thought that i would try. To see the full picture, right click on the picture itself and choose "View Image" then it will show the whole thing.

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Well, after the whole shock thing simmered down from all of the changing and shopping, i have been really excited. It just seems like things are falling into place for me, and it is a good feeling. I am now almost done with all of the shopping. All i have left to get is shoes, socks, and more white shirts. It is a crazy time and my family had to go into crisis mode but it looks like everything is going to be ready with plenty of time to spare. Except me that is. I still have a lot of things i want to do and a lot of people that i need to hang out with before i go that it is hard to keep everything straight. More time would be nice but at the same time, i am ready to go.

Well, today was a crazy day. As previously said, i am leaving on my mission earlier than i planned so things really had to be put into action. My mom woke me up this morning and took me shopping. Little did i know that by 3:00 we would have spent almost $500 and we haven't even gotten to the suits, shoes, and luggage, which are the biggies. At work to day on my lunch break, the manager and i got Chinese food from a local restaurant. Everyone know that the best part of the is the fortune inside the fortune cookie. It almost scared me when i read it because it said "Your path may be difficult but will be rewarding." I know, it's freaked me out because i knew it was true. The mission will be hard but worth it because then my wife will be more beautiful. I almost believed in fortune cookies for a second until my manager opened his and it said, "You will achieve perfection." Huh, i guess that i better hope that my outcome will be true at least.

We are all so excited for Brady's mission. This site will be going through a lot of changes the next couple of weeks (so please bear with us!) Please feel free to leave Brady comments by clicking on the comments at the bottom of the posts. You don't have to have a blogger account to do this. Just pick anonymous and sign you name up in your comment so Brady knows who it's from. Lastly click on publish your comment and Brady will be able to see it. Thank you all so much for the support and friendship you have given my brother. I know he appreciates it! ~Heather (Brady's sis)

This morning i received a call from my stake president saying that people from the mission office want me there earlier than scheduled. They want me on July 9 th which is only a month away. It is exciting, nerve wracking and scary all at the same time. I don't know all of the details because i still have to talk to my parents but yeah, that is big for me. Just thought y'all would want to know.

So i made a list of things that i want to do before my mission and one of the things was to read a lot of books. At first i made a huge list that had about 37 large books on it but i knew that i wouldn't be able to do that so i had to update it. It is now down to about 20 but i am still skeptical on completing the list. I really want to read good books and i don't know if i am going to like all of the books on my list or not and i don't want to waste time. So . . . if anyone recommends any books for me to read before i leave, please let me know in the comments and also tell my why i should read it. i am looking forward to seeing your recommendations and reading the books that y'all like.

I have decided that i am going to write reviews of sorts and maybe give y'all books to read or movies to watch. I think that it would be interesting to you and i know that it will be fun for me. This first book is "Anthem" by Ayn Rand. It is a book about a future civilization that has digressed and instituted some strict guidelines. In the book, there is a narrator that breaks the rules. The story follows him and his quest. This is a really good book that is interesting in the way that it is set up and written. The style is very modern especially coming out of the early 1900s. I think that y'all should definitely read this book because it give insight and it made me grateful for the things that i have that i had not thought about before (especially the ability to talk to the female species). ****1/2 of 5