I find it really hard to grade my day because there are so many different things to look at.  I had a lot of them do well by me and some not as much.  I made a special effort to get to the post office to pick up my mail.  That is also my paycheck.  And when I don't get in any checks I don't have any money,  I learned a long time ago to not depend on mail or even money for my security and its a good thing or I'd be up and down like a yo yo. I have never --oh that's wrong.  I did have two different jobs way back when we were first married that paid me a regular pay check.  I worked for that door factory in Murray for a summer, and then I worked at the Safeway warehouse uptown for a time.  I also worked for Filmakers Studio for almost two years, but that never did pay me a regular pay check.  I didn't see Interac in Japan as regular.  It only lasted 5 months.  I guess I buried memories of a paycheck existence and I had more then I realized.  But from 1975 (and 1/2) I have worked for myself and learned to see security in the way I lived and my hope for blessings rather then for any kind of a pay check.  It was difficult at times and we did quite well at other times.  I know that I made a million dollars a couple of times over a number of years, but we never did quite understand the great expense of raising up 8 of you.  Last night Sheila told me of her thoughts as she went through our early journal entries to get some information for one of Sharon's school projects and she came across entries that reminded her that I was very keen once upon a time at setting goals for making money.  I became quite dedicated to goals about money.  I don't think that way anymore and we discussed the good and bad of that change in my life. Money is such a big part of life and does require much from us.  But even though one  has to have it you have to be careful that money doesn't have you. 

We had Shelli and her boys here for the day today.  The lot of them went to the dinosaur museum and we tended the older ones when Shelli took Colton to Riverton for a blood test. They stayed for dinner because Phil was working late and we had dragon meat but the boys wouldn't eat that either.  So I guess I'll have leftovers to eat tomorrow.