Question #61

Q: What does your father do for a living? What time does he go and come home?

A: Well, my dad has done so many different jobs throughout my life I don't even know if I could keep track of them all. He worked for Delco Electronics for a while as an electric engineer. He owned a bakery for a while... I really remember that because he would always bring home a box of donuts. He worked for Telecom Communications and then after that didn't pan out he decided to work for himself and started doing home inspections and did that for many years along with doing construction management..... he did a lot of home projects for people up until my parents moved to Utah. Even after he moved to Utah he did it for another year and drove back and forth from Utah to California. Ha ha. Crazy dad. So he always just came and gone as he needed to. It made him feel like he could never take a break or vacation... not that he was ever into vacations that much anyway. He has always been a workaholic. He took almost a year off besides his property management in Utah which he has been doing for many years and just recently he has bought a company called Organa. It is a health suppliment for drinks. Anyway... the company seems to be doing well, but who knows what my dad's future work adventures will be. I don't know if he could ever stop working. He would be bored. ha ha.

Question #60

Q: Have you ever been in a flood, tornado, snowstorm, earthquake, or other natural disaster?

A: I have thankfully never been through a tornado... that scared me, but maybe because I just know what I have seen on tv and not lived where I would maybe experience them often. I know other people that have never been through an earthquake think the same thing and I don't think they are a big deal. I have never been in a flood that caused major damage... there was a lot of water, but not to the point where it damaged our home or cars or anything like that. It made the power go out... that is about it.

I have also been through earthquakes. Most of them were small.... you feel them for a few seconds and that is about it. I grew up practicing earthquake drills and bomb threats. Nice right? I have been through one bad earthquake where it woke me up in the middle of the night from my bed shaking and I looked outside and everything was shaking. It was scary and cool at the same time. It knocked some things over in our house... but that is about it. It also made the power go out for 3 days and we didn't have to go to school. I remember we had to use all of our food in the fridge and stuff like that. It was quite the experience but I don't remember ever being scared.

Question #59

Q: Does your family take vacations? Do you go to the same place or different places?

A: Yes, we took family vacations. Ever Summer we would go up in the Sierra Mountains and we would go to Dinkey Creek. My mom went every year since she was little and continued on and I went every year since I was a baby. It was like my second home. I miss it. We went with the same people every year. Other than Dinkey Creek, we didn't really vacation much unless it was to go visit family, like when my Grandma and Grandpa Mills moved to Arizona. We also would take trips to visit my Grandparents in Gunison, Utah while my Grandparents until they both passed away.

It is funny that my family didn't really travel much, but I have a great LOVE to travel. Not sure where it came from, but I'm glad for it. I love seeing the world. When I have my own family, I want to travel as much as we can.

Question #58

Q: Am I a good communicator ? How can I improve this?

A: I feel like I am a good communicator. I feel like I improve more and more the older I get too. I love having conversations about feelings and trying to help others. One thing that I struggled with was telling people when they would hurt me.... and also in relationships letting the guy know what I need out of the relationship. Since I have recognized this.... I have done a lot better at it, but of course I am not perfect and can always improve on communication, everyone can. I feel like if everyone tried harder in the communication department, everyone would be a lot better off. There would be a lot more understanding and a lot less assumptions. Communication is the key.

Question #57

Q: Describe your Sundays.

A: My Sunday's are usually the same. I have church in the morning. I then either have meetings for my callings or the home teachers come or whatever... then my roommates and I usually cook lunch together and invite others over. Then in the late afternoon, I go to my parents house to hang out with my family and have dinner... which my dad BBQ's every Sunday and my grandma comes over and most of the time they invite another family over. Sometimes my nieces have award shows or games that they have made up and make us play. It is usually entertaining no matter what goes down. After I get home from my parents house... I sometimes go to ward prayer or a movie night... or a fireside or.... just hang out with friends or the roommates. No matter what goes down, my Sundays are always busy. In a good way... most of the time.

Question #56

Q: Do I have a favorite sport?

A: To watch? I can get into any sport if I am actually at the game. On TV, I pretty much only really get into the Olympics.

To play, I love playing softball and volleyball. Probably because those are the only sports I am good at. There you go.

Question #55

Q: What was my favorite birthday? What was the best gift I ever got?

A: My favorite birthday was my golden birthday (when I turned 18 on the 18th). It was my favorite because I was with my whole family in Hawaii. They let me decide what I wanted to do on my birthday and where I wanted to eat out. I chose to snorkle at Hanauma Bay. It was beautiful and wonderful.

Best gift I ever got... was probably last year when my dad build me a storage bench. I love it. It is beautiful and something that is useful and that I will be able to keep around forever that means something. my dad made it and it looks professional. How awesome is that? I have a pretty talented family.