Designed by Renee

Designed by Renee
This is Renee Johnson Nasser's website for her jewelry business. Please check it out. She has a lot of neat things. I really love the few necklaces I bought at her open house this month.

GO DUCKS GO.....

Hi Everyone! The Ducks won tonight! We were so excited to be able to be back at the Pond (now the Honda Ctr) after 10 years!! It was so much fun to be sitting in the big arena again. As soon as we sat down, there were two guys behind us that were really into the Ducks and kept yelling out stuff. We knew right then that we'd be entertained to the fullest. It kind of reminded me of the guys that used to sit by the Smith's SC seats way back when. They were pretty funny. They both sounded like the big guy that sat at the bar on Cheers and did that funny spot on SNL ("The Bears") I kept thinking in my mind that they were saying "The..Ducks" hahaha

Work is going pretty well, but it's been a little crazier than usual because we are in the middle of remodeling the office. No one knows what is going on and the planning has a lot to be desired. Basically, we are just waiting for the word that all of the patients will need to be rescheduled on a moments notice. That is never any fun. We do these Nuclear studies there and all the doctors are on rotation for certain days of the month. One of my Dr.'s only has one day a month, so to resch someone, it would be at least a month later. You know there are going to be people ticked off about that. Oh well, that's the least of my worries. Today, one of the patients just saw me in the hall and started complaining about how long he was having to wait. I went back to my desk and told the other ladies in the front that he looked at me and must have seen a huge EAR. hahaha I guess they just want to complain to someone. Just another day at the mill as we say. The lady that sits next to me, Carol, calls our office, "As the stomach churns".

Have a great weekend everyone! Keep the sunny side up at all times! Love you all.

My Leprechaun Name Is:

Plucky O'Fiddles

What's Your Leprechaun Name?

I'm not sure I like it now??!! hahahaha

The weekends are soooo nice!!

These days I'm just living for the weekends! I don't know how long I will be able to handle this position at work. Some of the ladies in the office DO NOT get along with each other and because I'm new (neutral) I've been getting each of the "sides" thrown at me.

Thursday was an interesting day in that one of the ladies I'm mentioning has been "buddy buddy" with me and saw me sitting in my car at lunch checking phone messages. She came up to the window, so I rolled it down to see what she wanted and she asked if she could come in! I wasn't quick enough with a response, so I said sure. Now, I'm getting her monologue about the office from her point of view for as long as she's worked there (2 yrs). It was a surreal experience wondering how I was in this situation with a person I've only known, in passing, at work for a few wks. Of course her motive was to get me on her side of the office gossip mill. Unbelievable!!!! It's crazy in that place. If I'm not hearing about how poorly someone works, then I'm hearing the Dr's complaints about how he is being treated by everyone. It's a juggling act at best and I really don't know how much longer I can keep this up.

Jim might be able to create a position for me at his office doing property management. He thinks it would provide me the experience to make a real career out of it. Sounds good to me.

I went back to WW last Saturday and was down 1.4 lbs. from my last weigh-in (which was in Dec!!!) hahaha I hadn't been to a new meeting since moving here. WW has it's own store here. It was really nice. I bought a pedometer that converts automatically to activity points. I haven't been eating all that great this weekend, but Monday is a new day.

Jim and I are getting excited about going to a Ducks game this Fri night. We haven't been to see the Ducks since before we moved to Kona. We get so thrilled about being able to do the things we always took for granted when we lived here before. Have a great week everyone!!

Gettin back to the GYM!!!!

Hey folks, I've got some exciting news! Jim surprised me on Tuesday when he left work early, visited both 24 hour fitness and LaFitness and got us up and running at LA Fitness. I went last night for the first time and really like that place. It is so clean and updated. All of the elyptical machines were so new I almost didn't know how to run them. I got on the treadmill first (which has its own fans built in to cool you down) and then scoped out the next available PRECOR elyptical machine, jumped on that and finished up burning about 250 calories for the first night. I've got to slowly get back in the game. It's shameful that I waited this long to join. It helps being employed again!!! hahaha

Work is going pretty well, with only a few minor glitches here and there. Boy, I've never worked anywhere before that had so many women working that would nit pick and talk poorly about one another. There was a huge row today with the lady that sits next to me and one of the nurses in the back. All I can say about it is that I was frozen at the fax machine at the time....hahaha I can laugh about it now, but it got a little intense!! What would I do without this drama???!!!

Tonight was the last night of the piano fixing that turned into a long drawn out ordeal. I'm so glad it is all finished. The guy that's been working on it is from Finland and might not be aware of our customs here regarding showing up when you say you will. He was here on Monday night for 3 hours fixing a solenoid that wasn't working. Then, he saw that he hadn't finished the foot pegs on the bench that needed to be polished, ok, ok, another visit. I want to just say, it's an old piano bud, it shouldn't shine that much anyway!!! I didn't say anything, but he wanted to come back the next night at 7:00 and it wouldn't take more than 30 min. Ok, so Tuesday came and I get a call at 8:50 - he wants to still come by??? Unbelievable!!! I said it is way too late. I had to go to the bathroom and couldn't in case the doorbell rang. Jim has had meetings all week. What a nut case! As it turns out he came by tonight at 8pm instead of 7:30 and finished up in 30 min. Dang, I'm glad that's over. By the way, he started this project of cleaning/polishing/tuning, etc. the piano around the 3rd week in January!!! I never want to see this guy again. Can you blame me. I'm going to find someone else to tune it again in a year.

That's my latest saga - thanks for reading. It's helps to get that off my chest. I'd have you all rolling if we were in person and I was giving you all the "blow by blow"! hahahahaha

THE BITE-PLATE IS GONE!!!!!

Hey everyone, the bite-plate is GONE!!!!!!! I haven't been this excited about something in a long time. haha It feels so great to rake my teeth over my tongue again. The weird things you miss huh?! It was a nice day out in the desert, but pretty hot. It was 95 degrees! Mom/Dad you left at a good time I think. Dually and the kitty were doing fine and I filled up their water bowls and food, gave Dualla a "cookie" and let her lay out in the sun for a little bit. She loved it!

After my tooth adjustment, I stayed at Dr. Shibata's and talked for awhile and then we all went and had lunch at Sammy's Woodfire Pizza. Shared a spicy Thai Chicken pizza with Laura and some Edamame (soybeans). Gina Shibata actually worked for one of my Dr's at Long Bch Memorial 28 yrs. ago. Very weird. By 4:00 my teeth were so sore I knew it would be oatmeal for dinner. Even better than oatmeal is having icecream for dinner. I've only done this twice since the braces went on. I have power chains across both the upper and lower arch all the way across to close up the spaces and the bite-plate is gone forever!!! I can talk and sing and not sound like an idiot!!! Yeah!!!

Jim and I just got back from seeing Breach at the Bella Terra (our new favorite theatre). It's at the new shopping mall area off of Beach and 405. The Cheesecake Factory and Buca di Peppo is there along with dozens of good eateries and shops. I love finding new places to go. I want to "be in the know" when it comes to just about everything I think, but especially when you're in new surroundings to find your sources for things is a great feeling.

I'm looking forward to a nice relaxing Sunday of rest!!! Oh, Jim surprised me and had the house all clean when I came home. VERY NICE!!!!!! I love that kind of help!

IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY!!!

It has been way tooo long since I had a new entry, but I'm still adjusting to my new job. Things are going a lot better, but I still carry a bit of dread thinking about going in. I don't know why I do this except that my perception of things can get way off I think.

A few weeks ago in Relief Society, the teacher said something that really hit home for me. She said, "We don't see things as they are, we see things as WE are." How true is that!!?? The way we feel about something is in direct relation to how we are "seeing" things at that moment. I know when I've heard about trying to not react to something that is negative because you have a choice really makes sense.

I hope everyone will have a great week. It would have been Steve Dawes' 38th birthday today. It is also my "Sunny-Girl's" birthday too. She is 9 yrs old. I hope she's still kickin it with Rufus-Henry in Kona. I'm sure they're doing great!

I set the alarm for 6:10am and got up to do my kickboxing that I taped from the FitTV channel. It was pretty good, but I can tell I've been out of it for awhile. I wasn't able to do the entire 1 hr routine, but I did 25 min of cardio and then abs and stretching. It was a good effort for the first time in 1 1/2 months!! I'm so ashamed of myself! This is what happens when you move out of your normal routine.

Let's all re-commit ourselves this week to a healthy eating/exercising routine. I know the rest of you are all doing it, but I need to say this to help me do it! Hey, this Saturday is the day I get this stupid bite-plate out of my mouth!!! I can't wait!!!!! What shall I eat after this??? hmmm??? Jim said he's going to take me to Rocky Mountain Choc. for a candy apple when these braces come off this summer. YEE HAW!!!!

I'm looking forward to our R.S. birthday dinner this Tuesday night. The ladies in my ward are sooooo nice and fiesty too! I love it! They said that I wouldn't be able to really know them unless I came on Tues night to see them really PARTY!! This was the R.S. President speaking. She used to be the Stake RS Pres for many years.

Keep up the good work everyone! Love you all!