I think that we should have a refresher on blog etiquette. As I posted in my comment earlier blogs are and were intended to be a journal or record of events. We need to keep in mind the differences of opinions. If there are personal issues then they should be dealt with in a personal matter. Not due to embarrassment but because that is the example that was set religiously. Our private family issues should remain private, not laundered over the Internet.
We have Jesus Christ to look at as an example as we reconcile our offenses.
1 - Be not easily offended (Hyperlink leads to a wonderful talk by Perry M. Christenson.
2- Reconcile in private: D&C 42:88 : And if thy brother or sister offend thee, thou shalt take him or her between him or her between him or her and thee alone; and if her or she confess though shalt be reconciled.
3- Forgive even as I have. { D&C 98:40, D&C 64:10}
Obviously offenses were given and taken. Let's solve them privately, via face to face, phone or email, not publicly.
Things that we should keep in mind:
- we don't know who is reading this.
- personal information should not be posted
- be sensitive to the information being posted, ask yourself will it offend, hurt, or cause pain to another? Some things are better left un-posted.
- Comments should not be offensive. When being sarcastic signify with a smiley face or mention. Words can be interpreted in many ways other than the intended.
We are a family. Let's act like adults and be a family. Let's try and read these and all posts and comments through the eyes of the author and how it was intended to be understood.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Blog Etiquette
Monday, September 8, 2008
honor the soldiers who have died and lived to protect are country past and present they all need to be honored and saluted enlisted to officer it dont matter their the bravest people of them all even the bravet people have a weakness but at are weakes hour is when were the bravest of them all U.S. soldiers te best in the world
dypolment
hello eeveryone this is rj from wht i understand emily sent out an email to everyone syig you guys cn come visit me on my leave before i fly out well i understand only 2 people sid they cant go that was mom and dad well i undersstand justin cant but i understand that noone asid anything to her and tht really hurt her she was trying to do something nice for me on my first dyploment were i happend to be scared more then i have ever been nd i dont get the commen curtisy of my family even eckowledging it i that how its going to be when i say werre pregent your gonig to ignore tht too and yes im hurt noone has ever called me to see how i was feeling thanks i apprecate it i guess when i got mrried and moved to fort polk i droped off the face of the earth to all of you who didnt answer at least i know my wife was thinking about me and not only that she was thinking about you giving you all a chance too see me before i leve on my first dypolment so i will let you all know now i have never been more scared in my life thank for wondering how i fell
R.J.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Business Man
I decided to open up my own business in my bay. I call it "The Trust". It has been open for business for about 3 weeks and so far has been extremely profitable. With my business booming I have even hired 3 others to help me out. Iknow what your thinking... that i'm crazy and what kind of business could I possibly have here with my limited privileges? Well let me explain... the first thing I started to sell is cough drops (something we are allowed to have), I buy a bag of the good tasting cough drops for a dollar a bag containing about 30 drops and sell them for a quarter a peice, 750% the cost. I know smart huh? Next I started selling singles, we have a gatorade machine that accepts ones and everyone here loves gatorade but don't have singles, thats where "The Trust" comes in. I sell 3 or 4 ones for a 5$, depending on my supply (currently I have 76 ones and $20 in quarters). I also offer to go get there gatorade for them if they dont feel like putting on their uniforms and walking there for $1.25. These things bring in money but are not the big money makers. With all my appointments I miss chow alot so I am given a pre-packed meal containing pringles, cookies, a mint, fruit, a main course and and side course. I then sell these items off, cookies are $10, pringles $7, the rest is for best offer. I can make $30 a meal (yes I still eat, I get to order out on my detail everyday =D ). The most profitable thing is firegaurd. Firegaurd is a one hour shift at night where you make sure nobody leaves or enters the bay. There are usually 7 shifts a night and 2 people per shift, weekends have 9 shifts per night. I offer the all coveted sleep for a mere $10, I usually make $80 a night doing this. This is why I had to hire people, some shifts are the same time frame and I need some sleep too, however I take a cut off the top. In all my business brings in around $600 a week before paying my employees. I use this money to fund my passes, I splurge and get anything and everything like a PSP with lots of things to go with it costing around$400, it also funds my take out while im on detail at the rec center and my time spent on the internet because I have to pay $7 an hour which adds up very very fast. Now why name it "The Trust"? Well I take credit so I am very trusting and they need to trust me to get up for there fireguard because if I dont they get in a ton of trouble. Eventually I will learn to save the money I make but for right now I'm gunna spend it!
