Leicy 'Hearts' YOU....

2009-06-08T10:26:00.001-07:00

Melissa, My answer is yes, you won't cry by the end of the call. I have made my kids cry today, I told them they had to clean under their bed.....

2009-06-04T16:54:00.001-07:00

'I'm Back (famous last words)'

Yes, yes....I know, it has been years it seems. I haven't had the internet, and my work blocked us, not right I tell you. A lot going on and I am still trying to figure out how to type on a laptop, when did I become so computer stupid? Lots of things have been happening....Hiking, lots of hiking, the weather has been great and it is something we all love to do except for the teenage daughter (go figure).

My favorite bother, okay if you want to get technical I only have one.

West Desert...

Little Isaac, not nearly as pleasant as me.

Isaac is offically a first grader.....like they would ever hold back a Kindergartener...

SCHOOL is OUT, and I am trying to prepare myself for the following:

Kids get up and call me at work.
Kids eat breakfast and than call me again.
Kids disagree on the cartoons to watch and call me.
Kids decide they want a snack and call me to find out what they should eat.
Kids call yelling about how 'unfair' the other one is.
Kids call to see if they can go outside.
Kids call again tell to me it is almost lunch, 'what should we have.
Kids call to tell me some cool new toy they want for their birthday's which are months away. You see where this is headed right?
So, by this point I am trying to figure out a way to change my phone number at work......nope that will never happen isn't in the 'budget'.
Mom can I tape this show on Nick that won't be airing for 3 weeks, that could never wait until I got home.
Mom, can I have a popsicle? (We are on approximately call number 32.)
Mom can we play with clay.
Mom can we go run through the sprinklers.
Mom, fighting, crying in the background....
I want my mommy at this point, I call MY mom and she laughs and laughs and laughs at me......*sigh* Help me....
CAN"T they call JASON

**Stay tuned for more updates....there should be why more, damn the summer is long!

Easter Pics.....

2009-04-17T07:25:00.000-07:00

Our Easter Egg hunt with Shylie and Heidi...Love those kids....it was such a beautiful day!

Clarice and Shylie

Easter basket hunt at Grandma's and Grandpa's. Danielle, Chelsea, Chandler, Clarice (holding Shylie), Sidney, Isaac, and Porter.

Heidi....Love the cheeks
Shylie

Clarice and Isaac

Cheyenne missing CodyBear

Note to self....

2009-04-03T09:22:00.000-07:00

If you tell your children to work out their own disagreement be aware that there could possibly be pain involved. Clairce has a wicked arm and CAN and WILL give her 17 year old sister a black eye if you piss her off......OH...and one other thing....Clarice hates me...oh well, she will get over it.

Moab

2009-04-01T12:45:00.000-07:00

A few of many of the Arches we saw...I can truely see why people would travel from all over the world to see this, it was stunning....

Below we are st Dead Horse Point......I don't have words to say how beautiful it was.

Fiery Furnace, this hike is by permit only, we did the hike two days in a row after we received the permit and paid for the two days. It is a self guided tour and pretty scary in some spots....

We are sitting on a ledge here that drops about two hundred feet, I thought I was going to cry when I relized that we were not going to turn around....but I did it! I did something that I have never done before.

Married White Female

2009-03-24T05:16:00.000-07:00

Looking for a peaceful place....
Don't need a large space.....
Don't eat much....
Don't have a lot of money....

Clarice's 10th Birthday Party

2009-03-05T06:22:00.001-08:00

I am not a 'party' kind-of gal.........I really don't like throwing parties at all. But this one turned out great even though I wasn't in the best spirits. My cute little Clarice had a great birthday.Me and Clarice
Jason and I,
too bad it is blurry,
it was the only time during the party that I was pleasant......:~(
The day of Clarice's birthday!

Happy Birthday.....Clare-Bear
(You'll be driving in 6 more years.)

2009-02-25T05:01:00.001-08:00

I went running yesterday!

Damn it felt good!

2009-02-23T05:45:00.000-08:00

Monday......I really like Monday today.....
I hate corners.....I want all of the rooms in my house to be round....

MONDAY......

2009-02-20T08:22:00.000-08:00

Why does today fell like Monday....?

Could it be that I am at work on this beautiful day that fells like spring?
Could it be that I feel invisable?
Could it be that begging doesn't work?
Could it be that today is exactly like yesterday, and I am afraid that tomorrow will be the same as today?
Could it be that I have lost my 'Easy' button?
Could it be that drive sometimes means reverse?
Could it be that tears really start in your heart?
Could it be that I think I have lost my 'voice'?
Could it be that.........?

2009-02-16T09:10:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Dad 68th

I know that everyone is waiting and so here goes!!! I know that everyone who reads my blogs waits patiently for my Collective Soul updates:

Collective Soul is coming in June, yep, June 27th....guess where? Green River, WY

I notified Jason and he gave a long sigh, I noted to him it was only a 2 1/2 hour drive. He did wonder on why it was in Green River WY, 'all that is there is cowboys?!?!?'.....I told him, we should get a really great seat than.....right? Seats have not gone on sale yet.....I WILL keep you posted, now you know why I only have 6 people that read my blog. http://www.collectivesoul.com/

Although, I did get him to go see Travis with me http://www.travisonline.com/. He still owes me due to my crappy Valentines Day, so he really doesn't have ANY room to complain, nor will he until at least the year 2016 ( no, I really don't hold grudges, he just is un-thoughtful).

2009-02-12T09:32:00.000-08:00

PS for Today: Natalie, thanks for the pumpkin seeds!

I am so Strict...he he he

2009-02-12T05:47:00.000-08:00

As everyone who knows me knows that I don't ground my kids. I have found 'other' alternatives.

I don't usually stiffle my children when they talk becuase it is good to let them know they have a voice and it needs to be heard no matter what. I wasn't like this when I was a younger mom, and I truely regret this, but with age does come wisdom.

Okay, so back to my original thought. I give chores instead of grounding....not only do the kids not like it at all I benefit from it as well. I don't give them normal everyday chores that they do already, I make them do things above and beyond that I don't even like to do. Like the following:

Clean the laundry room
Weed the yard
Clean the garage
Clean the dog run
Scrub the floor
Dishes for a week

These are my favorites.

So the other day my daughter decided my 'NO' wasn't enough and continued to 'keep it up'. She is a teenager and I understand that, but why can't I, for once, just get the last word in? By the end of the 'conversation' I was able to get the following done (yippee), I did warn her to stop talking:

Two loads of laundry - 1st offense
The dishes for a week - 2nd offense
AND clean the laundry room - 3rd offense (this was my favorite)

After she was done, she pounds up the stairs and says with a small smile on her face, 'You are so Strict'. Yep.....but I did warn her before any chores had been assigned that she needed to stop.

My Favorite Things:

2009-02-10T05:51:00.000-08:00

I love the way my kids still call me mommy, even Ashlee who is 23 calls me mommy....
I love the way my kids never faulter in their love for me....
I love my husband and how extremely patient he is with me, I can truly say that I want to be with him forever....
I love my parents, and how I am such a great mix of both of them.....
I love music, I love to sing, I love to listen to others play, it reaches parts of me that can't be reached any other way....
I love nature....
I love the sunset....
I love the ripples that raindrops make....
I love to see how long it takes for a snowflake to melt in my hand.....
I love snow angels.....
I love the warmth of the sun on my face....
I love God more every day for the four seasons that he gives us....
I love rocks, shiny rock, not so shiny rocks, lava rocks, fossil rocks, from the smallest pebble to the largest mountain....
I love all the containers of rocks that I have collected over the years....
I love my father for helping me to love rocks......
I love my mother for giving me my 'spirit'......
I love the dirt under my nails, and knowing exactly how it got there....
I love the sound of the wind in the trees....
I love the smell of my great grandma's lilacs in the spring.....
I love to see my kids running down the driveway when they come home from school....
I love that my kids still believe in Santa......
I love that I still believe in miracles.....
I love my husband more today than I did yesterday.....
I love it when Jason blows on my neck....
I love the smell of rain in the summer.....
I love laughing so hard that tears run down my face.....
I love my IPod...
I love my friends....
I love how my kids follow me to whatever room I go to in the house, I won't tell them that though......
I love it when Isaac lays on my shoulder and tells me I smell good......
I love the feeling of a great workout......
I love my children's 'spirit'......
I love color......

2009-02-07T06:10:00.000-08:00

Saturday.....I am working today - once every eight weeks isn't too bad....and brought lots of supplies to play with.....I am crocheting a blanket for Clarice for her birthday, I will be doing this all day AND getting paid for it....

First and foremost....I am back, healthy and well. I am feeling surprisingly well. Thanks for all the prayers, food, and concern.

1994 S10 Blazer

Today when I go home our 'driveway paperweight' should be one step closer to being gone, by Sunday it will be GONE!!! That Blazer S10 has been in our driveway for almost four years, I can truly say that I am not quite sure what we are going to do without it. It has been a thorn in our sides since we bought it. I can't tell you how many times that Blazer died on the freeway with only me in it...scary huh?!?!? I had to change a blow-out in the dark on the side of the freeway at 5:00am (yes, I changed a tire, on a truck, in the dark, on the freeway, thanks dad for teaching me that). I remember coming to work with bloody knuckles and horrible amounts of dirt under my nails. That Blazer has been in our family for awhile and has done great things for us even though it has cost us thousands of dollars in the long run.

Topaz mountain, it has brought us safely back many times.

Fossil hunting in the Unitas

Rock Hounding - many rock hounding trips!

Camping trips

Rock runs - trusty Blazer has carried thousands of pounds of hand picked river rocks back to our home

Wendover - MANY

Brought Isaac and Clarice home from the hospital.

Trips to Yellowstone

I will remember the Blazer, sometimes foundly, sometimes not, but I will be happy to see the driveway again. Fairwell.......good luck my sometimes friend.

2009-01-28T06:31:00.000-08:00

Today will be my last post for about two weeks.....say a prayer for me.....

Brownie Points for Jason

2009-01-26T07:37:00.000-08:00

This morning at 5:00AM I was looking out the kitchen window and watching it snow, I looking at the snow cover 4Runner and wondering where the Ice Scrapper was....'crap', I thought, it is definately Monday......than it dawned on me that I didn't have any gas either.....Yep, Monday it is......So, I pored my coffee, trudged to the 4Runner and got in to start the defroster.....WHAT to my wondering eyes should I see???? The ice scraper sitting on the passenger seat, and the gas tank is full....the long three days of not talking to Jason due to his lack of respect for me paid off...he did all of this after I went to bed....he does love me....! Am I making a fuss over an ice scrapper? Hell yea I am!.......That ice scrapper meant more to me than dinner and a movie, seriously....He thought of me while I was sleeping. I love that man, sometimes he irratates the hell out of me, but it is all worth it for that little ice scrapper sitting on the seat next to me.

Heidi's 1st Birthday Party

2009-01-24T10:25:00.001-08:00

These are some pictures from Heidi's 1st Birthday party.

We held it at our house due to other 'issues'.

2009-01-23T12:00:00.000-08:00

Do I expect too much....?

To be listened too.
To be respected.
To be thanked.
To be taken away from it all, just for a couple of hours.
To be told that I am beautiful.
To feel important.

I guess so......

America Gets a Needed Face Lift

2009-01-21T04:24:00.000-08:00

"The challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America, they will be met. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and begin again the work of remaking America,"

"What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility, a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly," Obama said. "This is the price and the promise of citizenship."

Freedom is not given it must be fought for.......
Countries are remembered for what they build not by what they distroy.......
Greatness is earned not given......

As this new era in all of lives starts I pray for this man, he must do a lot to bring us back....

2009-01-15T08:50:00.000-08:00

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Feliece. She was a strange child, one of many faces, and one who all wondered about......what would become of this little Feliece?

For the love: If you can find her would you let me know?

I Dare You

2009-01-09T06:04:00.000-08:00

I dare ANYONE to tell me she looks like me...nope...she looks just like Julie and Sarah...Jason's sisters, and I am totally cool with that. Clarice has to match and will have NOTHING to do with me cutting her bangs, she wants to look like Julie....too cute.

NOW....

We all know that Isaac looks like me, and acts a 'little' like me down to the mis-matched shoes (please note those shoes) I told him to put shoes on, I didn't say they had to match. My bad.

Snowman From the Heart

2009-01-07T07:34:00.000-08:00

How cute is this....he was so proud to show me his snowman that he made with minimal amounts of snow. I love that kid.....looks so much like me and acts so much like Jason, poor kid... :~)

2008-12-31T07:00:00.000-08:00

2008-12-30T08:07:00.000-08:00

The New Year will be here soon. My goals this year will be:

Appreciate my family more.
To run more, race more, maybe do a 1/2 Marathon (hell, if I can do a Tri I can definately do a 1/2 Marathon) I need something to work for, do a bike race. Who knew that I would be my healthist at the young age of 41?????
Go outside more.
Be organized.
Learn to throw things away, if I don't use it I don't need it.

Live, Love, Laugh more.

Camp more.

Hike more.

These are all do-able goals that I am doing already I just want to do a little more. I am not going to make goals this year that realistically I know I will never do........

Went to the dentist yesterday with all of the kids. Chelsea and I came out with no cavities. I didn't even have tarter.....There is one bonus of not eating sugar......Speaking of no sugar, look what I have located and I am so excited about it I think I wet my pants a little....drum roll please?!?!?!

Yes, my friends this is SUGAR FREE 'Black' Licorice. I thank my father for my fondness of black licorice. Of course it will take me 6 weeks to eat this bag since my paranoia of gaining any sort of weight kicks in I only eat one every few days and I call it good. Now if I could find Sugar Free Willy Wonka candy my life will be utterly complete.

Where have I been?!?

2008-12-29T07:07:00.000-08:00

I haven't blogged in forever!!!

The last 10 days have been busy and more busy!

Cody left us on 12/19/08 and our poor Cheyenne is not doing well without him.
Cheyenne has never been without Cody....

I have been so depressed and tried so hard to be happy for Christmas, but it just wasn't what I hoped for. Unfortunately, if mom isn't happy, no one is happy. Although, Christmas morning everyone was happy and pleased with what 'Santa' gave them.

I did get from Jason the following, it has lots of memory and I can load tons of movies. One very large problem.....I no longer have the internet at home to download the most recent ITunes version on my computer, so it is still sitting in the box looking pretty. I think I am feeling sorry for myself......or getting the winter blues....I like winter though....? What is up with that?

2008-12-19T04:26:00.000-08:00

Friday, Friday, Friday, my friend Friday!

We went to my work Christmas party last night at the Downtown Marriott (go figure). It was a lot of fun, it would have been funner if the beer was free, for Jason's sake anyway. We have Jason's Christmas party tonight at the Hotel Monaco, this one should be fun, it is a nice hotel as well. http://www.monaco-saltlakecity.com/?WT.mc_n=MonacoSLC_Google_NAME&WT.mc_t=Hotel_PPC&WT.srch=1

This week has been crazy, by the end of today I will have worked 55 hours.....

Isaac is sick again...came home early from school yesterday and threw up three times.

I put together 60 gifts for the kids in Clarice's and Isaac's school class last night before the party.

AND...last but not least ~

Cody hasn't eaten in three days.....I will miss that bear, my Cody Bear....They always treat us better than we treat them.....We will spend our last day with him today and make a great memorial for him in the back yard. Jason and I will plant one of our favorite trees there.

(This picture was taken last weekend)

Breaking and Entering....

2008-12-16T06:18:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, my father called me from Denver stating that he turned off the heat to the basement and wanted me to go turn it on so his pipes wouldn't freeze. PROBLEM: I have a key to the front door, that isn't the problem....the problem was......he locked the storm-door and I DO NOT have a key to that door....he actaully asked Jason and I to go around to all the windows and try and break in, yes, he asked me to break in. When I was younger I tried to get out, now I am trying to get in......WTH? After large amounts of trying, and three different screw drivers we were able to get it, and you know what? The heat was ON in the WHOLE house, their house was warmer than mine. Jason and I sat outside in 24 degree wheather for 1/2 hour to break into a warm house. My fear was that someone would call the police and we would end up being arrested for breaking and entering to my own parents home......Merry Christmas....send my gifts in care of the County Jail. I still have a few questions though.....Why do you lock the storm door when you know that NO ONE can get in if there is a problem while you are gone in the middle of winter? Also, why do you put pipes in every sliding door and window of your house? Are you trying to keep people in, or out? Okay after all is said and done it was really funny. I call him from inside his house and I tell him the heat is on, and he says, really? I don't remember turning it on, I love you dad, really I do, it is funny. Thank goodness Jason is a very handy man.

Snowflakes and a Rolls of Nickles

2008-12-13T11:36:00.000-08:00

When I was growing up every Christams my grandma Holbrook would give us each a roll of Nickles and a handmade Doilie (I'm sure I spelled that wrong). The whole way home I would complain and whine. You know what, I want my Doilie. My grandma has been gone for 16 years, and I really miss those doilies. I'm sorry grandma for not being thankful, I really cherish them now. I miss walking into your home Christmas morning and you giving us all that hugh smile. You may not have always remembered our names but you were always happy to see us. Merry Christmas Grandma, I miss you.

2008-12-12T07:42:00.000-08:00

And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought ofsomething he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.

~Dr. Seuss

2008-12-10T09:10:00.000-08:00

Chelsea, it is your 17th Birthday.....I love you tons.....I hope you have a wonderful day today! You are the sunshine of my life.

2008-12-05T08:13:00.000-08:00

I went to the 2 day Toys R Us sale this morning,
here are a few things that I completely scored on.........
I am so excited to play with this myself,
it stands almost three feet tall.

Christmas for the kids is done....

Reasons Why Jared isn't as Entertaining as Ember:

2008-12-04T13:09:00.000-08:00

He won't pretend to like my sugar free candy, he says it leaves a waxy film in his mouth. Maybe I can put a wick in it? Oh the possibilities.
My nag-o-meter is constantly on High, yes I have a nag-o-meter created just for me, I am somewhat proud of it.
He doesn't like the Native American name I gave him, 'Squatting Calve', he said his dad was 'Sitting Bull', process of deduction would mean that he is 'Squatting Calve'. Geeze, some people are so sensitive, he is now 15% gay. Ember would like it.....
He won't come over to chat because I don't have REAL food in my 'pantry', what? Who doesn't like Saltine Crackers and Apple Chips? Please don't answer that one, I feel stupider just saying it, and lost 8 brain cells.
He says since Ember is gone that I have to run his errands, I don't cave to Jared pressure, and I am not interested in being the Bank of Feliece.
He gives me a big disgusting sigh when I walk in his office like, 'for the love is it YOU again?'
He doesn't care for my stories about the kids......damn boys.....
3 people have asked me if Jared will ever reach the age of 6.
He told me I am much more aggressive when Ember isn't around.....screw you bastard.....he he he...I guess he has a point, but I won't tell him he is right.
He keeps giving me demerits, I feel like I am going to have to send a progress report home to my parents to sign.
He is telling me to go talk to the 'Nose Picker', this is where I am going to have to draw the line or the booger, you 'pick'........he he he.....damn I kill myself...I am so funny....!!
He is a dumb ass, okay maybe only 63%.....

Waves of Distruction......

2008-12-04T05:21:00.001-08:00

Dear Diary: Day three, yes day three already! The weather in Hawaii yesterday was suppose to be horrible.....HA HA HA....(picture me wrenching my hands together and head tilted back laughing). Wave warnings are below.........directly from the weather service. (Ember you know I am just kidding, I do feel a little bad you can't really play in the water, I only say this becuase I know Ember will kick my ass when she gets back)

SURF HEIGHTS ALONG NORTH FACING SHORES WILL RISE TO ADVISORYLEVELS OF 10 TO 15 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WARNING LEVELS OF20 TO 25 FEET EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.SURF HEIGHTS ALONG WEST FACING SHORES WILL RISE TO 8 TO 12 FEETLATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WARNING LEVELS OF 15 TO 20 FEET EARLYTHURSDAY MORNING.A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVEWILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUSSWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS.

Chelsea is on her birthday countdown......okay really she has been since June. It is 6 days away until her 17th birthday and on her official birthday week.......the week where she does nothing.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY week.......

How cute is this?

www.sassafras.typepad.com

The 'Soul' of Me....

2008-12-03T05:25:00.000-08:00

Well, as everyone knows I am Collective Soul's biggest fan, okay maybe not the 'biggest' fan to the point where I stalk them or send them my underwear, nothing creepy like that. They are re-releasing this CD with three new songs on it AND a free one year membership to their fan club.....I know, I know, you are currently asking yourselves, 'how old is she', age is irrelevant.....he he he I already have the CD but wouldn't it be worth it to see Ed and his brother Dean sing? Well DUH? *****Hilary, no comment from you about the elevator....

Day Two:

2008-12-03T04:34:00.000-08:00

Dear Diary:

It is day two without Ember and things have already gone awry. As I rolled out of bed this morning both legs had charlie horses in them (not the one with four legs that you ride on, that would be odd, the ones that make you feel like you are going to kill yourself if they don't go away, I want the pretty horses instead). At least I could smell coffee, oh coffee, my hot, dark, friend. Yesterday wasn't the same without Ember to laugh at my jokes.......Jared just rolls his eyes at me and pretends to be amused. I thought of changing her reservation to 'Handicap accessible' he he he.....As Ember sits on the beach today maybe she will get stung by a jellyfish.....I hear if you pee on it the pain will go away and stop the swelling.....I can picture Ty right now peeing on Ember......visual, very funny visual. Evil, I am so evil..... Truly, I am just jealous that Ember is in Hawaii and I am not. Current weather in Hawaii is 73......you suck Ember.....

I went to the RS Christmas dinner last night and it was a lot of fun. When I got home the house looked like a cyclone had hit it, the kids were still up, and for dinner they made themselves toast. I asked Jason what he had done all night and he said, 'I have sat here all night and played my DS', in shock, I say 'REALLY' I never would have known. Than he looks at me and says, 'are you angry', well of course not, why would I be angry? Oh well......welcome to my world.....I would bitch more but my family would just ask if I was going to start me period. Can I get a 'Do Over' button?

Hilary, we should make these, they are really stinkin' cute! Okay if necessary you can watch me make them..... Love you little sis of mine.....

2008-12-02T08:11:00.000-08:00

Dear Diary: It is day one at work without Ember.....what kind of friend goes to Hawaii for 10 days and leaves you at work. Well it's oaky, I will find away to get back at her......I did call her son and gave him a list of things to do in Hawaii that Ember DID NOT want to do....he he he....evil, I am evil. I told him that he should make his mom take him to see the currently erupting volcano (which is on a completely different island than where they are staying), Ember take your CC you will need it. Weather in Hawaii currently is as follows:

64°F
Current: ClearWind: E at 2 mphHumidity: 73%
Tue79°F 61°F
Wed79°F 63°F
Thu79°F 63°F
Fri79°F 61°F

View of the hotel, note that it is a private beach.

Thanksgiving

2008-11-26T10:16:00.000-08:00

On the eve of Thanksgiving I reflect on a few things I am greatful for:

Kids/Grandkids
Husband and soulmate, the man I want to grow old with.
Mom and Dad - a few of my true heroes.
Health
Not having to shop on Black Friday, if I need it that bad I will pay the extra $20 for it.
Having a job.....and my husband having a job.
Food on table, whether my kids like it or not.

Please know I am thankful for everything God gives me and my family, each piece he has hand picked for me. Sometimes I don't understand why, but it always results in me learning some life lesson I would other wise have missed.

The Killers....Another Favorite

2008-11-25T10:57:00.000-08:00

The much awaited, and SOOOOO excited to have:

It came out yesterday and I have been waiting months for it. I am pleasantly surprised with the CD and delighted.........Oh, by the way, they still aren't as great as Collective Soul.... he he he..... :~)

Remember why.....

2008-11-21T05:56:00.000-08:00

This is how many days are left until Christmas.

What happened to the Christmas's of my youth? The ones where I woke up Christmas morning to a handmade doll house with the cutest dang furniture, each one was made out of cardboard, I was sooooo excited. When I grew up my parents didn't have a lot of money but still made our Christmas's the best they could. My mother had strung Christmas lights throughout the house. This must have taken my mother hours and hours to make thinking of me with each piece of furniture she painstakiningly made. I hope she knows how much I loved that house.

What happened to those days when it didn't matter the amount of money spent? Do we really need to buy a $5000 ring, or a $25,000 car to prove our love? Now when I make things I feel guilty giving them, why? I made that with my hands and heart. Please know that if anyone makes me a gift I cherish that, I want to know that you thought about what you made me. Isn't that what giving is really about? From your heart.........

When I wake up Christmas morning I want the following:

Handmade pottery made by my five year old.
A beautiful framed picture drawn by my daughters.
A loving note of appreciation telling me how much someone loves me.
My husband to look me in my eyes and thank me for being a wonderful wife and mother.
Lots of smiles of surprise from my family.
One of those great handmade coupon books that you never use but keep forever.
To remember, remember WHY we have this day, the birth of our almighty Lord. He wouldn't expect me to mortgage my house to tell Him I love Him.

Black Adder.......WTH????

2008-11-17T10:10:00.000-08:00

My sweet Husband has only asked for the following one thing for Christmas. I can honestly say that I have never seen this show before so the jury is out on whether it be worth the $99.95 they are asking. Yes folks, you too can own this for the low, low, price of $99.95. The best part of the whole thing is that Jason really never asks for anything and the one thing he does ask for I would have never bought on my own, the Black Adder, what the hell,

and I keep calling it the Madd Hatter?

I mentioned over the weekend how nice it would be to get new pans so I could throw all my crappy ones away, he is learning so quickly, he says, 'those would be nice but a horrible gift'.....it did make me smile.

Smarty Pants......

2008-11-13T09:28:00.000-08:00

Proud Mama:

I went to parent teacher conference for Clarice yesterday and it was all 'Rainbows and Unicorns' so to speak. The teacher had nothing to address with us, she wanted to check with us first and make sure it was okay if she put Clarice, as well as three others, into an accelerated math and reading group.

We really struggled with Clarice the first couple of years she was in school, and now look at my girl.......smarty pants.....!

Jason and I went to Isaac's parent teacher conference this morning....kindergarten.....awwwwhhh, to be in kindergarten again, cookies, crayons, and recess, who could ask for more? Isaac's teacher says he is friends with everyone, he has a problem with not raising his hand and telling everyone the answer........he he he.......smarty pants number two!

My little Chelsea....honor role Chelsea....she is working so hard to get as many college courses under her belt as possible in High School, she wants to be a nurse.....smarty pants #3.
Last but not least.................my sweet Ashlee, beautiful daughter on her 2nd birthday! Grandma - ME - took Shylie to Build a Bear......smarty pants #4.

My TWO Men.....

2008-11-12T05:43:00.000-08:00

Isaac was VIP in his class last week.

Special poster made just for him, by me.
Show and Tell all week.
First in line for EVERYTHING.
Teachers special helper.
AND I get to come on Friday, explain his poster and hand out his favorite treat.

Jason's sister sketched this picture of him, she is so talented, AND she does this just for fun.

You love me.......

2008-11-07T04:46:00.000-08:00

I received this card in the mail yesterday.......So cute I can't even tell you, the pictures do no justice to it at all. But here you go.....

Sides fold in as well as the top and bottom of the card to fit neatly in the hand made envelop.

Christmas

2008-11-06T07:17:00.000-08:00

I am famous for starting my Christmas shopping in July. I can honestly say that I have just 3 or 4 more items to buy and I am completely done. I have vowed not to put myself in dept to get things for Christmas. SO, on that note, why is it that the older the kids get the more their gifts cost. I see these rediculous advertisments about if you loved your wife you should buy a $10,000 dollar ring or if you loved your husband surprise him with a $40,000 car.......WTF?!?!? Where is the spirit that we should all remember? I am delighted to get a homemade gift, I know what kind of thought went into making it just for me.

Well here are a few things that my kids want for Christmas......

2008-11-04T07:13:00.000-08:00

Halloween with the kids and grandkids.......

Love of my Life....

2008-10-31T04:57:00.000-07:00

For all of my issues you love me still. I love you.

(Don't get me wrong, he has his own issues)

Deep thought of the Day: Life is all about how you handle PLAN B.

What I Work with and LOVE it....

2008-10-30T11:52:00.000-07:00

This all stemed from a conversation that we had with Jared that he couldn't rhyme worth crap. About a couple of hours later we get thisI love my job.....

My name’s Feliece and I’m here to say,
I like to do accounting in a very big way.

I waz sitting in the office of the big boss Liz,
When it sudd’nly sorta struck me that I had to take a wiz.

She was right in the middle of goin’ over stuff,
And I said to myself lady this is gonna be rough.

I couldn’t just leave ‘cause she’ll be all “Wha?
That Feleice ain’t no good, it’s time to fire her.”

(Damn, I had a really good one here, but Tina started talking to me and I lost it….shit.)

I was sitting in my chair and really startin’ to sweat,
If I don’t get out soon my pants is gonna be all wet.

Suddenly it struck me and I knew just what to do,
I’ll lay out a big fart and she’ll think “This girl’s gotta poo!

I don’t want her in here if she’s smellin’ up my air,
I’m gonna let her go and get her outta my hair.”

I got my cheeks all ready to let out a squeeker,
(I had to move fast before it got any bleaker.)

I had one all ready and so I let it fly,
Oh no, girl – that one didn’t come out dry!

And so I have to let out one of my old familiar rants
I thought I had to fart but instead I shit my pants!

Ember and I were laughing so hard I thought we were going to wet our pants.

60's it is.....

2008-10-29T05:53:00.000-07:00

Chelsea went to her dance on Saturday.

It was a 60's theme....

I made vests, which turned out pretty cute.

Nothing fancy because I knew it would only be used once.

Chelsea has some of the best friends ever and most of them are guys. They love to hang out with her and she loves to hang out with them. They are good kids and I am so glad she has them.

(I will blog the pictures from the dance when I get them)

Big Sis' Birthday

2008-10-24T06:06:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Noey! Big sister of mine!

Happy Birthday to you.....I love you tons!

Noele, Mom, Hilary, and me.

Not quite sure about this one....I am at a stupor (And don't even go there)

Zion's Camping Trip...

2008-10-23T04:40:00.000-07:00

I bought a new camera, my favorite kind, pink and cheap.

Are we there yet?!?

They actually look like they are having fun here.... Really hot and longer than they thought it would be.....

Don't ask......I am truly not sure...

Nice hair baby, nice hair.....

Sarah and Troy, notice Isaac isn't there, he was angry at me, that will explain the picture below.

I can see you.....!

I am a little scared......still hasn't brushed his hair.

I guess that smiling would be out of the question!!

Can you tell they are family?????

Jason's sister LeAnn and her husband Neil.
The trip was fun, not long enough, and way too many people
there for how I like to camp, but really fun.

Part 2: Hilary's Birthday photos..

Porter, Hilary, and Sidney....
I think that I am going to be sick.....

Nothing, I got nothing.....

Hilary, MOM, and Me....

It Says it All....

2008-10-22T05:31:00.000-07:00

Nothing more needs to be said, all that know me will know this says it all.

Birthday Girl

2008-10-21T04:59:00.000-07:00

Today is all about
YOU Hilary!
It is your Birthday...
and if you feel like running
around naked I will bail you out of jail......

Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday to you...
Happy Birthday dear Hilary ...
Happy Birthday to YOU....
I love you sweet sister and friend...

(Kari, thanks for the photo...)

Seven Days....and Counting

2008-10-14T05:11:00.000-07:00

Day seven....
Seven days that Isaac has been sick, he woke up twice last night again to throw up.
I am going to take the poor guy to the docotor today.
He has missed four days of school.
He has missed 21 full meals.....he snacks on Gogurt, and hot chocolate.
My poor little guy just isn't himself.
Chelsea and Clarice have had this and it last about 36 hours for them.

Flu...Oh, the Flu Season

2008-10-10T06:01:00.000-07:00

My family has been sick all week.
Chelsea was sick on Monday and Tuesday.
Isaac has been sick since Tuesday afternoon, he seems fine during the day but nighttime is a different story...Last night was the worse one yet.....(please keep in mind that I get up at 4:30am every day to go to work)

Isaac woke up at 11:36 (I know becuase I looked at the clock) doing that pre-cough before you lose your cookies, so to speak. Yep, he lost them, three feet from the toilet, but did manage to hit everything in between including my favorite running shoes, and I mean not ON the shoes, but IN the shoes. Jason and I gave the poor guy a bath, cleaned up with almost half a container of Clorox wipes, and I did a load of laundry.
Isaac woke up again at 1:30, this time he made it to the bathroom sink. Jason and I cleaned up with almost every last Clorox wipe, gave Isaac another bath, and I did another load of laundry.
Isaac wakes up at 3:20 this time he did make it to the toilet...YEA...Jason didn't get up this time, I needed to do another load of laundry though becuase poor guy lost control of the other end.

At this point I just layed in bed until I could smell the coffee brewing 4:10 and got up, got dressed and here I am. I am tired, coffee and all. My paycheck this week isn't going to be shit. I am a betting person so I will make a pretty good wager on me and Clarice being sick this weekend.

2008-10-07T06:31:00.000-07:00

Official Statement:

I AM going to have to order these mugs......Why you ask? Because I freakin' dreamed about them!! I have a problem, do they provide help for people like me? Mug Fetish....

SOOOOO Cute!

2008-10-06T12:32:00.000-07:00

As EVERYONE knows I love coffee and will find ANY excuse to buy a new mug. Well there is NO excuse why not to buy these, except for one small problem. I can't find them. I have been to 5 different Starbuck's and they are all sold out and will not be getting anymore. I can however go on-line and buy them but they sell them in pairs. ALSO, you must order two items. SO, I get four mugs for the low, low price of $38.79.
Question to all #1:
Why would you buy two of the exact same mug....do you think Jason is going to drink out of that 'cute' pumpkin mug? "Hey, big boys at work, you like my new mug"? NO, for sure he will NOT.
So, my question for all #2:
Why would Starbuck's make an 8oz mug....? Yes, these darling mugs are only 8 ounces. Are we going to start buying coffee for our infants, becuase these mugs are the equivalent of a baby bottle. BUT THEY ARE SO CUTE.......I have died and gone to mug heaven/hell.

Pick-UP

2008-10-03T05:00:00.000-07:00

Today at 2:00...

We Pick-UP

The Pop-UP

(I feel like a Dr Suess book)

Two Years....and Counting

2008-10-02T05:49:00.000-07:00

Two years ago at this time I was sitting on the end of my bed, with my head in my hands, wondering how I could let myself get to this point in my life. How could I think it was okay to have a double shot every morning before I drove to work? Sit at work and feel the effects wear off as my hands began to shake. I would take my lunch and go to the liquor store, buy three liter bottles of the cheapest rum there was and hide it in my trunk. I would go through sometime five liters a week. The minute I walked into the front door I would have a shot, sometimes right out of the bottle and would continue to drink until I went to bed.

My kids would watch this, my husband would patiently take over when I couldn't. I couldn't drive to the grocery store, I couldn't drive to the school. There was never a holiday, a vacation, a birthday, or even a church session that I wasn't drunk. I can't remember vacations, I can't remember birthdays, school events, nothing really for a full 18 months.

As I walked into the hospital I cried. I was losing another one of my friends, first food and now booze, could I do this, could I detox and go home and pretend I was fine? When I entered the hospital I was double the legal limit and it was 9:30 am, I didn't feel drunk. My husband left me, in a locked wing of the hospital, unable to leave, unable to call anyone on the phone, unable to have visitors for 24 hours. I begged to leave, I paced the halls, I cried, I prayed for strength. Strength I received.....rehab was one of the most difficult things I have done in my life.

It has been two years, two years today since I have touch a single drink. My head is clear.

Thank you God for the strength you gave me.
Thank you Jason for your patience.
Thank you Ashlee, Chelsea, Clarice, and Isaac for loving my anyway.
Thank you family for understanding when I just couldn't come to the party due to temptation.
Thank you Feliece for saying enough is enough.

2008-09-30T06:42:00.000-07:00

Please welcome to the Jensen family....228D (We will find a better name for it when we take it out camping). We will be officially picking up our new addition on Friday. They need to add a extra break switch to the 4 Runner whichthey will be doing tomorrow. It will be ready for pick-up Friday. Friday/Saturday we will be cleaning out the garage, we call it storage for crap you never use, and didn't know you had. Getting rid of the Blazer (formerly known as the driveway paper-weight). I am having a difficult time realizing that not only did we get the 228D, we are cleaning the garage, AND getting rid of the Blazer that has been dead in the driveway for almost four years.

Oh Happy Day....

2008-09-26T06:25:00.000-07:00

Jason has been working so hard to finish up the bedroom, I am fairly excited to finally have it done after 10 years of waiting......did I mention that Jason works on Jason time? I am sure I have. My house was built in 1958 and it is all lathan plaster which makes it so fun when you want to hang a picture. It has been a challenge for Jason to start a job when he knows it is going to be a complete mess. I also have NO closet space in my room, so today I ordered the following to hang off the new closet doors. I will have to go through some shoes and take them to the DI. I don't know where Jason is going to put his shoes.....he he he I don't know what I am going to do with myself if I don't have to look through a pile of shoes every night to get myself ready for the morning. I am as happy as they come right now. The room has been painted (shades of green), the molding replaced, crown molding going up, and new closet organizer?!? WTH...have I gone mad?!? Is my world colliding.....picture the Feliece happy dance, as disturbing as it can be, it CAN be entertaining.....he he he

AND .......Drum roll please.....

We have been pre-approved for this.....

Yes, that is a King size bed,

AND a Queen size. There is a shower and a toilet (listen to the angels singing from above) with additional room to sleep four more.

Can today get any better?

Enjoy....

2008-09-25T05:52:00.001-07:00

Enjoy who you are....
Enjoy who you can be....
Enjoy what others see in you....
Enjoy the feeling of a smile.....
Enjoy the sound of music....
Enjoy the way you dance....
Enjoy dancing to your own tune....
Enjoy when people laugh at you....
Enjoy the feeling of the wind, sun, rain, and snow on your face...
Enjoy the feeling of stress, it makes calmness mean so much....
Enjoy sharing a smile....
Enjoy the hug from a friend....
Enjoy the warmth of love....
Enjoy the song of my heart....
Enjoy the song of my soul....
ENJOY.....ME

Have you ever loved music so much that it hurts. It is strange for me to explain, but that is how it makes me feel. I could listen to music 24 hours a day, compulsively. I have truly loved music since before I can remember. I hear it in the wind, I hear it in the trees, I hear it in my heart. I giggle when I get a new CD, I outright laugh out loud when I play it for my family, they sometimes look at me like I am crazy. I see my love of music in my kids, When Isaac hears a new song he likes he will look at me and say, 'mommy, this makes my feet dance'. I will catch Clarice dancing alone in front of the TV, she has even asked for a guitar for Christmas. Chelsea has learned to sing my songs, and loves them. Jason knows my mood just by what I listen too, I really love that man, he makes my heart feel the way that music does.

1st Day of Autumn

2008-09-22T07:52:00.000-07:00

Today it the First Day of Fall

A Perfect Day....to lay in bed and sleep.

I guess being at work can be the same... :~)

Never Too Old to Learn:

2008-09-19T07:24:00.000-07:00

Things that I have learned in the last five days:

Not a good idea to tell your husband to shove that 'little violin' up his ass, the one he was playing with his finger tips while I was voicing my 'opinion' to him. I guess he shouldn't play that 'little violin' for me again the next time I tell him how I feel. I don't know, just a thought.
Indeed, Jason is just as stubborn as I am.
27 times is NOT to many times when you ask someone to pick-up their stuff.
'That wasn't my intention' actually means 'I'm sorry', (it's okay, I didn't get that one either). I tried to look up different meanings of 'not my intention' in the Thesaurus not one of them mentioned 'apology'. Go figure?!
I really like to go to work sometimes.
Not all prisons have bars.
Things don't always go away if you ignore them.
Can't get enough of Collective Soul. :~)

Van Gogh - My beautiful friend

2008-09-15T09:43:00.000-07:00

Van Gogh - The Poplars at Saint Remy

The Art Show was all that could be expected. When I saw Van Gogh my eyes filled with tears and arms covered in goose bumps. He only had two paintings there and no picture that I can show you will do them justice.

Renoir - Mademoiselle

I have taken tomorrow off and am going to go see them again with my mother. No kids this time. Not that they were horrible, becuase I was pleaseantly surprised with how well they behaved. I hope when they are older they will remember this, becuase it may not happen again in Utah. I love my children and I want them to understand the beauty in all that they see, there is beauty in everything, sometimes it is had to see, but you must search for it.

Salvador Dali - The Dream

Dear Dairy.......

2008-09-12T04:42:00.000-07:00

Dear Diary: It has been two days since I have listened to Collective Soul....am I going mad, don't answer that, truly enough of the madness. Jared, this guy I work with said that I have concert fever and if I listen to them too much I will burn out. I believe that Jared has been sniffing the company white out, that would explain the white ring around the end of his nose. Do they have some sort of intervention for that? Oh boy, thank your lucky stars that I am crazy too. (Collective soul fans will get that)

Dear Diary: pg 2 Why is it when you buy a travel mug and it states that it is 'leak proof' it really is NOT? I love coffee, as everyone knows, but not if I have to suck it out of my shirt. I Blame it on the man - (Collective Soul fans will get that)

Dear Diary: pg 3 What kind of sick joke was it when they invented the poppy seed bagle. It is the gift that keeps on giving......more of the seeds land in my lap, key board and down my shirt than ever make it in my mouth. I can take my bra off at the end of the day and, sure enough poppy seeds galore! Lets not even talk about how many are inbetween my teeth that no one tells me about. I can walk around for hours talking to people and NO one bothers to say, 'Hey, you have a 'little something' in your teeth.' I get home and look in the mirror and sure enough there are 93 poppy seeds just hanging out taking up residency. It is just the world that I know. (Collective Soul fans will get that)

Dear Diary: pg 4 FRIDAY.......Heaven let your light shine down! (Collective Soul fans will get this one)

Dear Diary: pg 5 Am I a creepy fan.....? Am I just wasting time? - (Collective Soul fans will get that)

Dear Diary: pg 6 Who could bring me heaven when heaven is already here? - I know - blah blah blah - Collective Soul fans will get it...........

Love me for all my craziness.... :~)

I am going to re-visit the cRaZy comment:

Noele - ME - Hilary (sisters and friends)

Corporate Visitors ~

2008-09-11T05:28:00.000-07:00

Twice a year we have corporate visitors....today's visitors are equal to #2 and #3 under Bill Marriott. I stress so much about them, althought they are incredibly nice people. I opened the building today at 5:30 and will end my evening tonight around 7:30. Great part of the day is that I get breakfast, lunch, AND dinner. We end the day at Baxter's Resturant at the Gateway where I get to watch almost everyone get drunk....this part can be quite entertaining. Last time we went they spent more money on booze than food....

I spent most of my night having nightmares about runs in my nylons, missing our three hour meeting because I was at WalMart getting new nylons. Needless to say today I put a run in my nylons, my right upper thigh smells like nail polish, I covered a three inch radius just in case.... :~) can never be too safe :~) becuase I am sure as hell am not going to Walmart to get new ones :~)

11 hours until I will be home cuddling on the couch with my famliy.

Sky of Gray

2008-09-10T11:37:00.000-07:00

Rain, rain, stay and play...
Wet my feet on this Autumn day.

Like small tears from heaven
that never comes from sadness.

The soul of life that comes from you,
and creates a sky of azure blue.

Rain, rain stay today and
cover my world in gladness.

Van Gough - My Favorite

2008-09-09T08:17:00.000-07:00

Did he know how he would be loved?

Did he know his flowers would warm my soul?

Did he know that when the wind blows you can feel him?

Did he know that stars will never be looked at quite the same?

(Hilary are we ready for this...?)

Finally.....

Van Gogh/Picasso/Monet - I will be there Saturday...Wait for me!

2008-09-08T12:14:00.000-07:00

I decided that having five Collective Soul CD's on my IPod wasn't enough....(here comes my compulsive personality, Hilary I know you understanding and are nodding your head in agreement right now) ....... So, I went and bought three more.....AND than went on Amazon and bought a movie too. For the love I am sitting here shaking my head even as I blog....how pathetic am I??? Don't answer that.....

Love me......at some point you have too, people feel sorry for me.

2008-09-08T04:17:00.000-07:00

Guess WHAT......?!?!

It happened. What you ask?!?

Collective Soul

Happened.......

Highlights (like you have all been waiting for this) : I am still so excited.....it warms my heart to just think about it....I thought all of the people next to me were going to kill me, I was so loud. Ed, the lead singer, pointed at me and said he had his eyes on me. I felt like a little kid in a candy store. Now I want to go buy every CD of theirs that I don't have, which isn't many, maybe a moive of their tour. AND...Jason loved it. He rocked out with me. He was singing and screaming with me....He loves ME...He has been redeemed... PS: (He got lucky for this one....)
OH...one other thing, so I am going up the elevator to change my clothes for the concert, and low and behold who is in the elevator with me? The effin' guitar player in the band, Dean, he is Ed's brother, he is suppose to be really shy! He wouldn't even look up....I sat staring at his shoes and he sat there staring at mine....good grief I am an idiot....What?!?! I could just say...HEY...what's up? I talk to EVERYONE else in the elevator, complete strangers are my best friends. I now think about it and want to kick myself in the ass, since when am I shy or ever been afraid to voice anything, not even a 'Hello'????

Okay that was my weekend.....very SWEET!

2008-09-05T06:56:00.000-07:00

I am pleased to announce that I now have five people reading my blog......he he he.......I mean it. Today is a good day I will tell you why:

Five people - which equates to the next one.
FRIDAY.....(enough said)....fifth day of the week.
Three days from Monday......four away from five......close enough, I guess?!?!
I have had four cups of coffee* already........ (I coffee :~} ) one away from five...If I wait 30 minutes I will be on five.
I have five kids.....notice I added my husband to this one.

****Caffeine intoxication: An acute overdose of caffeine, usually in excess of 300 milligrams, can result in a state of central nervous system over-stimulation called caffeine intoxication. The symptoms of caffeine intoxication may include restlessness, nervousness, excitement, insomnia, flushing of the face, increased urination, gastrointestinal disturbance, muscle twitching, a rambling flow of thought and speech, irritability, irregular or rapid heart beat, and psychomotor agitation. In cases of much larger overdoses mania, depression, lapses in judgment, disorientation, and loss of social inhibition, delusions, hallucinations, psychosis, rhabdomyolysis, and death may occur. In cases of extreme overdose, death can result. Worth the side effects if you ask me.

2008-09-04T06:32:00.000-07:00

Thursday........one more day until Friday - :~).......and two more days closer to missing the Collective Soul concert that Jason promised me three months ago he would take me to. I have wanted to go to a Collective Soul concert for at least 10 years. I decided to pull up their web site last week and OF COURSE they are sold out. I kept reminding him at least 10 times he promised to take me and to get the tickets. I am sure he assumed that I would get them because I always take care of everything. But I was hoping that a surprize would be in order due to all I do for him and the family, nope. Why do I always set myself up for things like this? I know in my heart it will never happen, but deep down in that 'idiot bone' I have I still have an ounce of optimism (that didn't sound very optimistic did it?). I often think that being pessimistic might make life easier sometimes, that way I wouldn't expect anything. I get tired of bitching...doesn't help, it makes me look like a bitch.....but at what point is it okay? I have blogged about this before no one likes a 'negative nelly' but it makes me feel better to write it down on paper.

Thanks for listening...... :~)

2008-09-03T11:46:00.001-07:00

WTH....?!?!?
Jason let Isaac and Clarice walk to school today....by themselves. Clarice, fine, she is used to that, Isaac has never walked to the school, for the love, it is his second day of school.
MEN......

2008-09-03T08:21:00.000-07:00

As everyone knows I work for a very large hotel chain, in their accounting office. I have been here almost 10 years. On the most part I really like it, I adore the people I work with (most of them) most these people I would actually consider family more than friends......however.....WHY can't a multi-billion dollar company have a computer system that works? Don't get me wrong, I love the fact I can come to work and get paid to blog. BUT, it is the end of the period and I DO have work to do by week-end, corporate gets cranky when it isn't done. This was a new system, four years ago, but as quickly as the wind changes the system is now obsolete, and slower than piss on a cold morning (you know that kind of morning, when you wake up and have to sit on a freezing toilet seat and than get stage fright due to your numb ass).
:~) :~) :~)

Isaac's first day of school (for the second time) went great, no tears this time......Clarice kindly stood with him in line. He wore a pair of levis, a cute blue plaid button up shirt, and a bright red pair of Converse High tops, truthfully I want a pair for myself but I feel I am too old (boo hoo), and people will think I am pretending to be young if I buy them, so as usual I will live vicarilously through my children. He stated to me he learned how to 'play' today, I think we should all go back to kindergarten and learn how to play, because if truth be told some poeple don't play well with others. He also informed me that he made two new friends (girls), girls aren't stinky in kindergarten, give him time, give him time. He ended his day by drawing circles, seriously.....that is what he said to me, 'seriously mom, we drew circles', like duh!

Clarice, as usual, is my social butterfly making more and more friends everyday. I wonder where she gets that from, becuase I am so quite and reserved....he he he.....!~ it amazes me how many people know her, when I dropped Isaac off yesterday everyone was saying 'hi' to Clarice.

Chelsea, has homework up the butt. Her anatomy class is kicking her butt already but she still is doing great. This is a college course, and will transfer to Weber, she will be jamming on that and saving tons of money. I am proud of her.

Ashlee will be moving back into her mother-in-laws house the first week in October. I am not looking forward to that. Due to money issues they need to move back, we have no room for them at our house and truthfully I don't think I could handle it. I am not as patient the older I get, and I have rules they don't want to live with. My grandkids are sooooooo cute and getting big.

2008-08-28T07:43:00.000-07:00

I have always wanted an Australian Shepherd.....who wouldn't. I know Jason would say no due to the shedding. But they are so stinkin' cute. Could someone please talk Jason into this one.

2008-08-28T06:49:00.000-07:00

What I want to do when I 'grow up'........

find more of these!

Or just play in the dirt.....maybe eat a little dirt.

Add some water and play in the mud.

Not care what my nails look like.

2008-08-27T05:07:00.000-07:00

Isaac's First Day of Kindergarten
Clarice's First Day of 4th Grade
Chelsea's First Day of 11th Grade

Isaac was apprehensive already and so scared. I drew a heart on his hand (and Clarice's) and kissed them......I told them if they needed me, or a hug, even a kiss, to look at that heart and put that hand on their face. It was crazy at the school, hundreds of kids and clowns....dogs dressed as clowns, clowns are creepy anyway, why clowns? He clung on to me, he was attached to my hip. They told us parents to stand on the grass while the kids lined up. Clarice was fine, she went right to her class line and being the 'social butterfly' she is I had no worries about her. Isaac on the other hand is more the type that has to study things out first and make a clear decision on whether it is something he really wants to do. He wanted NOTHING to do with Kindergarten. He was so scared, his whole body was shaking, he cried quietly, tears running down his face. I wanted to cry, my eyes filled with tears, I blinked them back knowing if I started it would make it worse. I knelt down by him and held him, introduced him to the kids in line. When we finally got into his room they had the parents sit at the tables and the kids on the floor in front of the room. Isaac kept looking at me and looking at his hand, than he would slowing move his hand to his face and hold it there for a minute. He did this about six times while I sat there. He was much calmer now, not so much chaos.....the teacher explained how the kids were going to play outside while she talked to us. He did fine. He went back for testing yesterday, and did great, he even picked a flower for his teacher and put it in a vase. He is working into the fact that he will be all alone on Tuesday September 2nd, his official first day of school which I told Jason he had to take him to, way to much for me to deal with again.

Chelsea had me drive her to the bus stop, and was out of the car. I of course video taped the whole thing, she was sooooo happy about that. I try and tramatize her, I want to cause therapy at some point in her life.....he he he....I think I am pretty close to that now!

All my kids are in school....and I am feeling a little sad, I promised myself I would be fine, I am not fine..... ;~(

2008-08-22T07:56:00.000-07:00

It comes to me with a saddened heart and much distress on part to say good-bye to the office 'crushed ice' machine. I am an avid ice eater and not just ANY ice, crushed ice. I must eat 8 glasses a day. They are replacing my ice machine with a new crappy ice machine that only gives cubed ice. I can't eat cubed ice.....I will be in a deep depression for the next 18 years..... So I go in the break room to get my final glass and they had already unplugged it.......sigh.......depression....If I had a chain I would have chained myself to the machine......unless really.

2008-08-21T06:44:00.000-07:00

It is a lovely Thursday morning and many weeks since I have blogged......to all of my two readers....I know how you have been waiting...and I am finally here to entertain all. I have done absolutely nothing entertaining except my work golf tournament (don't get excited I DONT golf). I was asked to man a 'hole' for carity (sounds wrong all in itself) 7th hole of the Hidden Vally Country Club in Draper. All that know me know I don't travel past Murray (sisters houes, or it won't even be that far, moto for me, if you can't get it in Bountiful you don't need it) so this was sooooo far away. Well, who knew there was a 'dress code'? I asked what to wear four time the week prior, no straight answer. So, I wore these really cute LEVI capries, and a even cuter baby doll shirt. I thought I looked hot. I finally get there after exploring the surrounding neighborhoods trying to find the 'effin enterance. I than walk up to the front of the Country club with all eyes on me (I thought that I was so hot no one could look away) NOT. I was right away told that no LEVIS were aloud and all shirts needed a collar. WHAT? I must go change. Well, since I live in North Salt Lake, and driving home would be out of the question in morning traffic, my best option was to buy new clothes. I was 'a little' pissed to say the least, this information would have been helpful last week one of the FOUR time I asked. Note to all the two people reading...... Not a lot of places are open at 7:30 that you can buy clothes at, nope, not ANY. I wandered around aimlessly for a half hour until I found the Super Walmart. I proceeded to buy cream color capries, a guys pink polo shirt and a brand new pack of white underwear (Underwear you ask? Yes, that day I was wearing BLACK underwear, not a good look on a golf course with cream colored capries on. If I was a hooker the looked would have worked, since I was manning a HOLE, but not at this upscale Country Club). I had to change my clothes in the bathroom of Walmart, visual that should be really thought about when I told you I had to buy underwear. Finally get back about 8:30, and head to my 'hole' which took five minutes on the golf cart. It actually was fun until they told me I had to pay for my own lunch....WTF? I politely said no thank you, becasue the alternative answer would have been as follows, are you 'effin' kidding me? After the fun was over I quickly got the hell out of there and promised myself that the Counrty Club life was not for me.

2008-08-01T05:01:00.000-07:00

Today will be a very long day/night for me. My work day starts at 5:00 until 2:30, than at 4:00 I will be heading out to participate in the following Relay for Life. The Relay starts at 5:00pm and ends at 9:00am Saturday morning. I woke up this morning very tired all ready, I believe that I am going to need extra coffee today. Jason was going to go with me tonight, but I will now be doing it alone. It's okay though, it would be funner with him there but such as life, I tried to get someone in my family to do it with me, but no go. I am on a team with Sandy Leon who I work with (breat cancer survivor) so we will see how that works out, I'm sure I will get there and have a great time, I bring my own party, how could I not with all those voices in my head, JK, really, I am just kidding. Normally on Friday's I am excited and ready for the weekend, not so ready for this weekend. Busy.......

Walk tonight/morning.
Dish Network coming in the morning (they say morning but they really mean 4:00 in the afternoon), replace old dish, and receivers
RC Willy coming in the morning, replace broken bench that has been on back order for 4 months
Get 4 new tires - $915 later - ouch!
Potluck with Jason's family - his sister is in from Vegas, I am not sure what to bring yet, maybe I will bring string cheese and a can of olives... :~)
Laundry...lots of laundry...I usually do it through the week but I was really busy this week.
Start on two baby blankets, Chelsea's friends mom is having twins.
Work out - ahhhh - I like this one

And to top it all off, my friend visited this morning.....my monthly friend.....who really isn't much of a friend if you ask me.

2008-07-30T06:55:00.000-07:00

This is what I was stuck behind yesterday for about two hours on the freeway, I was about a half a mile back and missed it by about 3 minutes. No big deal if I hadn't just drank 32oz of water an hour prior. I had a ultra-sound at 3:00, I didn't make my appointment. I was parked on the freeway from about 2:40 until 4:30. I remember exactly becuase I had to PEE. Than possiblities crossed my mind.

I could crawl in the back and pee in a bag of clothes I was going to take to the DI and than go home and throw them away.
I could pee in my favorite coffee mug......hell no....I would have to through it away...hell NO.
Get out of the truck and pee on the side of the road (and all that know me will know this is true) .
Ask the car ahead of me, full of kids, if they have an extra diaper.
Unzip pants and hope this helps by allowing more room.
Wait.........and cry, I really mean, I cried.

I picked.........drum roll please.........#5 and 6.

More to story......he he he.....really, this is funny!

I get home and Clarice is covered in Chicken pocks (one on the end of her nose and lots behind knees, by her crotch, tummy, arm pits, all the warm spots that they start)......go ahead.....ask.....'has she had them before?' Why yes, thanks for asking, she has, twice! This will make it three times she has had them. I go pick up Isaac, and, go ahead, ASK.....YEP....he has them too.....and yes he has had them before as well. My family tends to get chicken pocks more than once. So does my niece, grandma, and two of my kids. They have both had a cold so they could have had a fever, and with the weather being so hot, I really wouldn't have known. They don't seem to be horrible cases, but Clarice was really itchy last night. Bright side is that school hasn't started yet and they won't be missing school. Not so bright side is that I have a relay on Friday and family coming in from Las Vegas tomorrow. I am sure that Clarice and Isaac will be contagious through the weekend, until all have scabbed over. Oh well, I do have to laugh and count the other blessings:

I don't have them... :~)
Jason doesn't have them.... :~)
Chelsea doesn't have them.... :~)
Kids not in school... :~)
Both kids seem pleasant..... :~)
Excuse to leave work early..... :~) :~) (that one deserves a double smiley)
It couls be WAY worse... :~)

2008-07-28T06:13:00.000-07:00

Much to be thankful for...

Much to smile about.....

I got my ring on Friday with much to my surprize....(I guess Jason can be spontaneous)....I love it...not to big not to small and I think that playing in the dirt with it will be fine. The best part is, that it only took three years :~) He did do it I really thought that I would never get one.

2008-07-25T07:13:00.000-07:00

Chelsea is on a plane headed for home, after much grief and too many issues to list, I am finally getting her home. YIPPEE

Ashlee was laid off this morning after 3 days of work at her new job....they ended up not having enough work for the amount of people they hired. She works so hard to keep her family afloat, I try and help when I can but I have kids at home as well. Love that kid.....maybe my prayers will help, maybe reasons unknown mean she needs to look somewhere else.
ASHLEE IS COMING OVER TODAY WITH THE GRANDKIDS.....41 year old with two grand kids, hard to hold sometimes....oh well!

Clarice and I are going to start doing Yoga together. I already dabble a little in it at home, and I LOVE it. Clarice does some with Leanne, her aunt, and she can kick some little booty when she does it. I am going to make Chelsea do it with us too.

I love my kids.....I love my husband, some days more than others.....I love my Family......I love my life.

2008-07-22T10:57:00.000-07:00

To all the powerful women in my life:

Live your life in such a way that when your feet
hit the floor in the morning, Satan shudders and says:

'Oh Shit - she's awake!!!'

2008-07-17T08:03:00.000-07:00

I miss my Chelsea.....

Chelsea is at her dads in Iowa. Chelsea's step-mom mis-booked her plane ticket and instead of having her fly home on the 20th of July, she booked it for the 20th of August (she is a drunk, seriously). I told Chelsea to tell Jackie(step-mom)to change the ticket, she refused! So I took matters into my own hands and told Tim(her dad). I explained the whole horrible situation to her dad, who has been gone to Iraq, and said he would do it immediately. He had no idea, and I hated having to tell him that Chelsea wanted to come home because of his wife. His wife is a great lady who really does love Chelsea, she just has some issues that she needs to work through before I want Chelsea back out there again. I told Tim this and he agreed. My heart aches for Chelsea in hopes that these 'issues' will be taken care of soon so she can go back out to be with her dad who loves her dearly.

2008-07-11T06:25:00.000-07:00

I love my sisters.
They make me happy.
They make me smile.
Love you!

2008-07-10T06:03:00.000-07:00

Redneck deep thought of the day:

If the biggest compliment you got at your wedding was
how cute your baby was...you might be a redneck.

2008-07-09T06:20:00.000-07:00

I am so very excited....currently there is showing at the

Utah Museum of Fine Arts the following artists:

Monet......

Picasso.......

Van Gogh......

Renoir.....

Degas.....

Dali.......

Artwork is on exhibition from the Cleveland Museum of Art.

It is only making four stops in the US and WE are one of them.
Van Gogh is my favorite artist ever....I love his work...I want the following, just prints....he he he, like I would EVER get an original!! They would look great in my living room and would make me warm all over to know that I have them. This is really the only big gift I have asked for (other than a new wedding ring, whole other story, that I don't want to get into, just know that my 10th wedding anniversary was the worst anniversary I have ever had).

2008-07-01T05:44:00.000-07:00

We did it.....

I wasn't first....

I wasn't last.....

I crossed the finish...

The woman that starts the race isn't the same woman that finishes the race.

2008-06-26T07:31:00.000-07:00

The RACE is ON...

We head out to Denver today for the race on Sunday......
I have decided to DO IT...not to win...to finish....

Pray for me.....

Think of me....

Love you all!

PS....Hilary thanks for all the gear I borrowed! If I drown you will need to fish me out to get your pants back. HE HE HE Not that funny really.

2008-06-18T06:19:00.000-07:00

Today I still feel like I am in the 10th circle of hell (whatever that means, it just sounded good) about not being ready for the Triathilon......I cried most of the night, of course Jason wasn't home. Jason doesn't seem to get it and I am irrated that he never listens to me. I can truly carry on a full conversation of 2 - 3 minutes sitting RIGHT next to him and he doesn't hear a single word I say. Than he has the nerve to get mad at me because I won't repeat it. It is getting worse and I feel like he has learned to tune out the sound of my voice. I know that sounds harsh but that is really how I feel. I get so angry at him and he just thinks that I am negative all the time, it seems that it is the only time that I can get his attention. Horrible circle of effin' life. He does his 'side' jobs five days a week and we, as a family, never see him. When he gets home he walks right by me like I am not even there, he hasn't touched me in weeks, that in turn makes me think horrible thoughts about what he is really doing at night. I feel like I am invisable, I'm sure he feels the same, but thanks to my inheritated stubborness I will not budge. I will just cry when he can't see, do all the things I am expected to do, put on a smiley face for all those to see, and reach yet another depth of depression I haven't reached before(11th circle of hell). If I was allowed to have friends I could vent to them but that is a whole other story.

2008-06-17T08:21:00.000-07:00

No matter what you've done wrong...
always try to make it look like the dog did it...

10 Days until we head to Denver. I should have been going to do the Triatholon with Sharon and Shelby, but due to unforseen 'issues' with my body.....I am going to have to do it next year. I am truly depressed right now and on the verge of tears. I have been tring so hard for this, I joined a gym, I exersied daily, I prepared my family for time away from home, I ran a 5K to prepare, but here I am feeling horrible about how my body is not prepared or ready for this. I AM feeling sorry for myself and I am okay with it. I am usually upbeat and pleasant, not today.....I will be better later.....after, after the 'D' day or should I say 'T' day is gone......
Forgive the bitterness.....

2008-06-12T12:05:00.000-07:00

Hilary introduced me to a something that I must have and belongs with me (that I will be making tonight)I will love him and hug him and kiss him. I love him so much......! Please see below:

2008-06-12T05:10:00.000-07:00

We just came back from camping on Monday, our annual Great Baisn trip.....It is so beautiful up there. I will have to say with it being so cold lately that we were all a little afraid of what the weather would be, but we packed for five and included an extra pair of shoes anyway.....

Day One: we left at about 7:30am, and started our four hour drive to the 'mighty' Great Basin. Once there we headed to the 9500ft camp ground that we always stay at, we knew when we got there it might be a problem because the mountain was covered in snow. Sure enough it was a problem.....'our' spot was covered in almost two feet of snow.....boo hoo...so sad, becuase I love waking up at the base of the cirque.....see above.....so we move further down the mountain to another camp ground. My heart actually ached that we couldn't camp at the top. Set up tent and three air mattresses - funny story, will tell more on day two. Had tin-foil dinners for dinner.......yummy! We always eat well while we are camping.
Day Two: Jason and I woke up refreshed on our foot high air matress and look over and both of the kids air mattresses were flat as a pancakes they might as well have been sleeping on the ground.......he he he....needless to say the one air mattress had poped and the other had a slow leak, the air pump broke, and Jason had to inflat the air mattress every night with just the air in his lungs, can't help but laugh at that one. We went exploring the west desert for nine hours.......Jason's idea......I will have to give you an incredible highlight of that day though. We, just by chance, drove to the base of a hugh cave in the Moriah Mountains. It was about half way up the 'mountain' and spectacular looking, I look at Jason and Jason looks at me and we both agreed that we should take the kids and do the hike.....after all it didn't look too bad...and I knew in my heart there would be Indain ruins in that cave. Why do things always look sooooo much easier from the bottom.....you see where this is going right? The 'little' hike ended up being about 4 miles up round trip with an elevation gain of about 3000 - 3500 feet. All of the kids cried and thought they were going to die at numerous parts of the hike, and in my heart I thought I was too. The tallis under my feet slipped with every step and one step ended up being two. The small rocks at the bottom were boulders up close and what we thought were bushes were trees that we had to crawl under and through. We questioned our judgement about halfway up but realized that we were too far at this point to turn back. By the time we finally made it up there I realized that I would do it again (without the kids), it was full of Indian ruins. I was in utter awe of what I was seeing and cried like a baby. The homes were constructed of pine needles, mud, and old wood, not much left of them but there was enough for me. Nothing was touched and it was left the way we found it. Our camera was broken but the whole thing is video taped. We stayed for awhile to soak in what we were looking at and than prayed for our safety on the way down the mountain, we knew it would be worse going down. Jason would take one kid down in his arms about fifty feet and than go up for another one, as you can see we made it! The 'little' hike took 3 1/2 hours. I thanked God for letting us arrive safely. But my heart aches that we didn't spend more time. I found out that the Indian ruins were probably of the Freemont Indians which occupied the area from 1200 - 1295 AD. The rest of the day isn't nearly as eventful as that, in fact the rest of the year won't be as eventful as that. I did have to mention to Jason a few times that I felt like I was in the movie 'The Hills Have Eyes'. We were literally on a dirt road ALL day. My sweet, adoreable Jason always takes the road less taken, how can you get angry about that unless you are on hour 6 of the road less taken. Isaac kept saying, can we go home? Please can we go home? Jason kept telling him we were taking the long way home....he he he.....Packed a lunch and treats in the car for the day....we had steaks for dinner with fire baked potatoes, why does everything taste better when you are camping?
Day Three: We went to Ely to look for a new pump, could find a store that would sell one....he he he...still laughing about Jason having to blow one up every night. We roamed around on the other side of Great Basin, explored the remains of mines (they are ALL over) and resued a calf. Funny story...we are heading to Ely and there are cows all over, there was a calf on the side of the road on the outside of the fence and the mother cow was on the inside of the fence right next to the calf. We all noticed and hoped that it would find its way back in the fence soon to be with mommy cow. Sever hours later when we were driving back to camp we drove by the calf and mommy and they were in the same place still but no other cows were around them this time they had all moved on. Baby still on outside of fence mommy still on inside of the fence. Jason is all distraut that he calf is going to run out in traffic or starve but drives on, 10 -15 miles later Jason is still quite and looks distraut, I look at him and say, 'You want to go back and help the cow?' Quickly he says,'do you mind?' well of course I don't mind....WTH does he think, the fact he waited 15 minutes was funny, if I hadn't said anything would he wait until we got back to camp to turn around and help the cow? So we head back and rescue the calf back on to his side of the fence. Calf and mommy run into the field, we felt liekwe had saved the day......or the meat we would be eating in a year. Not to make fun, but we had hamburgers for dinner....I am still laughing.
Day Four: It rained all night long, but we figured it would and covered everything with the two tarps we brought. When I opened the tent to go out that morning the rain was at a drizzle and fog covered the camping site to the point that you couldn't see 10 feet in front of you. It was beautiful...We went on a 7 mile hike with the kids around the mountain to the other side, after the hike the day before this one was cake. It was level and the veiws were incredible. They claim that on a clear day you can see for 100 miles, I will agree with that. Had a picnic at Wheeler Peak, the snow was almost gone and someone had taken 'our' camping spot. Jason took Isaac and Clarice and took a 3 1/2 mile hike down the mountain, Chelsea wouln't go so I headed down the mountain in the 4Runner to meet them at the bottom. I parked and left Chelsea and headed up the trail to meet them. Than we took another drive on roads less taken....fun! Really it was fun, we found more caves that we didn't have time to hike to that really didn't look that bad....you have heard that one before... :~) For dinner we had Bratwurst and fire baked potatoes.......yummy.
Day Five: We decided to go home early. We packed up and headed home, it was a little sad but we knew we would be back. We weren't able to hike to the the Bristlecone forest due to snow on the trails up to four feet, that was sad for me the trees are astounding, thousdands of years old, literally.

2008-06-03T06:17:00.000-07:00

Thoughts for today:

If you met my family you would understand.

If you move your couch and find 14 cigarette lighters, $11.37 in change, and a 6 year old TV guide......you might be a redneck...!

2008-06-02T05:25:00.000-07:00

Saturday was the 'Holbrook' Family Reunion........

(Noele, Hilary and I wore matching shorts, very loud shorts, but sooooo cute, Hilary will have to add that picture, I don't have a camera)

Highlights are as follows:

I AM completely normal....don't argue with me....trust me on this one, I AM normal....all these years I thought that I was odd and a little off, nope, not anymore. Our family was the normal one here, if you must sit down to read this it's okay, I understand.
Colored name tags by family-helpful due to the fact I haven't seen the family in 10 years. We were orange, my favorite color!
I saw at least six people who added their last names to the tags....note to all, we are all part of the SAME family, i.e. last names on the tags not a requirement.
Jell-O, everyone had some, but us......Jell-o reminds me too much of a Jell-o shooters......good memories, great memories.......
Boggers...I got to see two people with boogers coming out of their noses, they were adults, not the kids......PS...I just threw up in my mouth a little.
All families are dysfunctional, mine included.
I saw some extremely large belt buckles.....why?....Why do they wear them, doesn't that cut off cirrulation to 'parts' or are they compensating for not having the 'parts'? I am so confused, can't we all just be happy with what we have......humm.....did I just say that? I'm not too happy with what I have, my breast have gone south, and the wrinkles on my forehead look like tire marks.
I want to let everyone know that this reunion was scheduled on my grandma's birthday, who passed away 16 years ago. My aunt looks JUST like my grandma, so she thought it would be funny to dress in grandma's old dress, her glasses, and her wig and come out and pretend she was my grandma. I was soooooo creeped out by this, WTF, I seriously thought it was my grandma. TOP THAT.......?!?!
One thing I did miss was that my dad and uncle are too old to run from opposite ends of the room and bounce off each others stomaches.....true entertainment.
All teasing aside, it was fun.....we missed not having Chris, Sharon and Jack there, it will probably be the last one we have due to the age of the aunts and uncles. I love them, they are all my family and I would walk with them always and be proud to say they were my family.

*****Remember that we all walk to a different tune, who says yours in the right tune? Sing the song and listen for something a little different, it's fun to be different, it keeps people guessing.

2008-05-23T04:36:00.000-07:00

The reasons why EVERYONE loves Fridays.....(Oh happy day, oh happy day!!)

It is nap day for me! I only nap once a week and I have made that official day to be Friday's!
Dress-down, I don't have to dress up on Friday's.......
I only work until 1:00, which is still 8:00 hours for me (I am lucky, I think, to have a key to my building so I can come in as early as I want) but back to #1 it is nap day!
Two days until I have to go back to work. This weekend even better I don't have to back for THREE days.
I can watch my husband drink and act like I used too.
I don't have to hide my tatoo for two whole days - can't show my tatoo at work...might offend someone, I can't tell you how many people I have offended by this 'leaping gecko'.
I can swear like a trucker if I want and no one will care.
I can go 'commando' and Jason won't even question it......no underwear and bra means Friday. BTW...Who came up with the whole 'commando' thing anyway, could someone think of something better to call it?
I have an excuse to play this http://acne-be-gone.freeonlinegames.com/
Can't help this one, it is vital on a Friday......he he he....love this thought of the day: Some people are like Slinkys, they aren’t really good for anything but you can’t help but smile when you push them down the stairs.

2008-05-22T05:16:00.000-07:00

I tried to attempt for the first time last night since my operation to do sit-ups. Well, that was very unsuccessful. I was able to complete 10, I went from 100 (a night) to 10, WTF??? I felt like my insides were stretching out of me. So I attempted to do some other things all of them as unsuccessful. I haven't worked out in weeks and needless to say I feel awful about myself. I was so sad, and I am feeling like a

big fat slug.

Oh well.....with time this too will pass, but officially I will not be doing the Tri......... :~( So sad.......sniffle, sniffle, sniffle!

2008-05-13T10:49:00.000-07:00

Mother Day Activities:

Slept in until 9:00 - I haven't done that in years......

Breakfast made for me of pancakes bacon, eggs and toast.

Picinic on Antelope Island, all in all it was pretty fun except for the biting flies that I wasn't aware of, I did bring insect repellant but it wasn't nearly strong enough. My mom and dad went and they said they had a great time........I would go back and hike the peak but again back to those flies!

Did some PMSing about how helpful Jason is on Mother's Day. (I pack for picinic, I load for trip, I carry all food down for the picinic, I make the sandwiches, I pack everything back from the picinic, I watch the kids while Jason wanders around aimlessly - Happy Father's Day)

Stopped at Target while Jason went to Home Depot.

Took a nap.

Had Arby's for dinner.