Another cloudy day!!!

Hi Kids! It's another cool and cloudy Tuesday morning. I'm loving this weather here. Having it be in the 60's in May is unbelievable!!!

I am absolutely worn out this morning after Harborlites last night. Of course it was the usual 6:15-10:30 standing on the risers, but Pam (our director) was really kickin our butts last night. She was lecturing us about how little time we had left before competing in Calgary. She was right, we basically have 14 rehearsals. That's not a lot. Plus, we were taping another 2 songs. We have to pass our tapes, meaning we tape ourselves singing the songs and then they get graded by one of the "tape listeners". I got back my tape from last week and the section leader actually came to me in person and said I had a really good tape! For only having the music for 2 wks when the entire chorus has been singing these songs since last October, that was saying something! I'm bragging a little on myself. I didn't expect to have such good comments, because it didn't feel like I really knew what I was doing. Great surprise! Last nights taping won't be as good I'm sure. They give you a master cd with all the songs on it to learn, but since the cd was made, the chorus has changed the way they sing the song, and the songs we taped last night hadn't been sung very much in the last month that I've been there. Oh well, sorry to bore you with these details, but it made for a really long and tiring rehearsal.

Yesterday was great! I was able to take Quizno's over to Grammy's house for lunch and brought some old pictures I'd found for her to look at. We had a nice time. Then, in telling her about where I've been walking the dogs down by the beach, she wanted to get ready and go for a ride. I drove her down to the little "green belt" area just one street inland from the water down in Seal Beach. Our little drive wouldn't be complete without a trip to Golden Spoon on the way home!! She loved it!

Jim is having his nuclear heart scan test today and tomorrow, so he's a little nervous about it. I'm confident that he will feel much better after he gets the results. I'm sure he'll pass with flying colors!

Have a great week everyone! Love you all.

Great weekend ahead!

It's Friday!!! It's been a busy week with plenty of singing rehearsals. Monday night was Harborlites so I was standing on the risers from 6:15-10:30. Then on Wednesday night we had a sectional rehearsal with the Lead & Bass section singing from 7-9:45. It can take it all out of you. I don't think I'm back into the swing of it yet. Besides that, it was never this intense back when I was a member 10 yrs. ago. We're practicing for Int'l competition and it gets turned up several notches!

I bought my airfare for Calgary, so that is out of my mind. I'm flying on WestJet. It's like JetBlue for Canada. It had the lowest airfare, so it looked good to me.

Tonight is a rehearsal at church for our stake choir. We're singing in the temple tomorrow. We are commemorating 50yr. anniversary of the Los Angeles Temple dedication. I'm getting excited about it.

I'm going to see if I can bring lunch over to Grammy before her hair appt. this afternoon. I love this cloudy morning weather over here. It's about 58 degrees and will warm up to 70 by this afternoon. Wow, can you believe the month of May being this cool. Last year at this time, it was probably over 100 by now in the desert. I do miss being close to Mom and my old job.

Have a great weekend everyone!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEPH!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEPH!
Stephanie is one of my 3 great sisters I've been blessed to have. Siblings are so precious because they're the ones that we truly will be here on earth to share this time with. We will probably out-live our parents and spouses, but our siblings will still be around. I often think about how much fun we will have when we're old together.

Stephanie has so many great qualities about her. I am always so proud to let people know she's MY sister!

She's loving, kind-hearted, understanding, smart, motivated, driven (when she wants to be), a great example, talented, loves to have fun, loves to laugh, loves her family, has always wanted to be a Mother, loves to keep her house clean, organized, keeps a watchful eye on her children, a great Mother and wife.

I have so many fun memories of growing up with Steph. I have often told people the story of that one Thanksgiving that Steph and I stayed up really late watching "Pretty Woman" (I think) and we kept taking turns making each other Thanksgiving left-overs in the kitchen. A little roll here, a little mashed potatoes and gravy there....and on and on.... It was a great time. When we were little, we shared a room together at one time - she would love to have the room so clean and neat that she would clean up my stuff too. I shouldn't have let her do it, but I will never forget how great it was that she would do that. Our trip up to Washington will always be up there on my list of the great times I've had with Steph. Of course, the time we lived together in Anaheim Hills was a lot of fun too. I remember Stephanie helping me until 12:30am make a cake for Jim's birthday. Unfortunately, I didn't have her put the cakes together because I flipped them the wrong way and they started to fall. Jim didn't mind - it was Chocolate and it had loads of frosting on it (that is his only requirement!). I remember going with Stephanie and her friend to a rock concert and we ended up getting tickets down in the pit right in front of the stage. That was a blast! Camping up at Joshua Tree with her and Todd! What a great time. Remember trying to go to the bathroom in the bushes that night - it was sooooooo loud! We thought we'd waken the entire campground.

Thanks Steph for being such a great sister to me. I can always tell Stephanie things and she won't act at all surprised or give me any look of judgment or disapproval. I love that!! (That must have taken a lot of control Steph, haha)

Steph, I hope you have a great birthday today and soak it up for as long as you can. I love you!!!

Thank you April!

I would like to thank April for this book that she got for me at Women's Conference. I've been reading some of the talks and it takes me right back to last year when we were actually listening to them. You really don't forget. I was still feeling yucky from this cold and layed down. I was flipping through the tv channels and came across BYU TV - they were having a tribute to Mother's for Mother's Day and showing some of the Women's Conf. talks from the archives. It was great because I listened to Donna Packer from 2004 Conf. and Marilyn Bateman from 2001. It's a real uplift to hear those ladies talk about the gospel and our roles as women and mothers. It sure beats some of these programs on tv these days!

IT'S A GLORIOUS DAY!!!

Well, could it get any hotter here on the coast??? Don't worry, I'm not complaining at all! 90 degree weather by the ocean sure beats the desert in the middle of summer any day of the week.

I really like my new hairdresser. I went in for a weave today and it only cost me $65! (That's including the blow dry) Unbelievable! It is so nice to be able to not feel ripped when you leave the hair place. haha

Jim is coming home for lunch and we'll run over to the Harley shop to pick up his bike. The connections around his battery were so corroded from being in Hawaii all those years, that his battery kept failing him. It will be nice for him to have it fixed and reliable again.

Peanut's test results came back...his tumor on his stomach was just a local skin cancer and was a real slow growing. It wasn't the kind that spread to other parts of his body. The Dr. said it was from him being in the sun. Well, how do you keep the "P" out of the sun. He's a Hawaiian boy!!!! I will start rubbing sunscreen on him in the mornings. He spends probably 30 min a day laying in the sun - he loves it!!! Good news though and I'm relieved.

Keep up the good work everyone. The themes from the Conf. still are sounding in my mind (ie. no demonic chants, we are of a Divine Heritage, we are here at this time for a reason!!) I especially love the last one about being here at this time, this place for a reason. It really gives me hope and strengthens my faith that there is a definite purpose for me and I'm here to realize that mission and do all I can to help build up the Kingdom of God on the earth! Now that is a mission!!!

The Beauty of SLEEP!!!!

Hello Everyone! I sure hope everyone has been getting some much needed rest.

I think the cold I was getting took hold and I slept more than I was awake yesterday. It felt good, but worried me at the same time.

What a great time we had, even with the rain and hail up in Utah for Women's Conf. I just kept looking at all the freezing faces of the other ladies there and knew we were all in it together. It certainly made it easier to get through the wet and cold! Very good talks too, especially Elder Jeffrey Holland and his wife Patricia. What a blessing to be able to be in the same room with a Gen. Authority of the church.

I do believe that it will be "Hampton Inn" next year. The dorm experience this time left a lot to be desired! I'm glad they're going to tear those buildings down this summer. I do have to say that the view from our room was very peaceful and nice.

Tonight is Harborlites Installation Dinner where they induct the new board for this year. It's at Dave & Busters at the Block in Orange. I'm debating whether or not to go. I still feel a little out of it. We'll see. Has anyone else been to that restaurant? This is the first for me. Have a great week!

I Love Sundays!!!

I really love Sunday! It's so nice to be at church and re-connect with all your good friends there. Friends that you have so much in common with.

Last night at Lawry's turned out to be a nice evening for everyone. Of course, I had to put up with some of the "grossness" of certain comments, but all in all, she was very tame. We were able to meet Mark D's girlfriend (of sorts) and she was very nice. We got home at 12:15am and it was soooooo hard to get up and get ready for church.

Our ward choir practices on a reg. basis and we sing in Sac meeting about every other month. It's a great way to get to know more people in the ward. We sang today and it sounded great. There was only about 12 of us, but we all worked hard and did our best.

Jim has been working on going through all of our business/home paperwork and weeding out the old stuff, shredding, and re-organizing the filing. He is amazing at this. I told him that he has a special talent in this area. He reminded me of his other talent in being a real good pack rat!!! hahaha If he wasn't a pack rat, he wouldn't have to be weeding the stuff out. Oh well, regardless of all that, he is very talented in getting these kinds of jobs done.

I don't know if all of you have heard about me auditioning for Harborlites. I will become an official member again this week. I'm filling out the Sweet Adelines Int'l. membership forms and then the board votes on it. I don't think I'll have a problem. haha

I hope everyone has a great week ahead of them. Just remember, Women's Conf. is just around the corner!

Stake singing practice

This morning I had the great pleasure to meet with our stake choir and practice the songs we'll be singing at our "temple day" on May 19th. What an experience that will be. We're singing a "Marvelous Work and a Wonder", "This is the Christ", and one more that I've forgotten the name to. I'm singing alto and I love it!!! I should have switched years ago! Mom, you should definitely sing alto this year for the Christmas show. You'll love it. We get to sing all the interesting moving harmony parts that are so fun and then to kind of be the background to the melody. I just love it!

Tonight we're meeting with my brother-in-law Mark and his female friend along with Mark & Renee Silverman up at Lawrys for dinner. Should be a real hoot!! (as always).

I've been asked to speak in Sacrament Mtg on April 29th on "Count your Blessings". They don't waste any time getting the new people up there. hahaha We're going to Vegas for a convention that Jim needs to attend for work. He'll be in meetings during the day and I'll be working on my talk. I'm hoping to go to the temple a few times too. I'm really looking forward to getting away for a few days. Thanks Mom (in advance) for coming to stay with the pups. Grammy will be so happy too!

Have a great weekend everyone!! Love you all!

We need your prayers...

I'm asking for all of you to pray for Mr. Peanut. He has a small tumor on his stomach (down near his groin) that used to be a small red birthmark. I noticed it about a month ago and mistook it for something else. I took him to the vet this morning and the doctor said it was definitely a tumor of some kind. They took his blood and will have the results back tomorrow, then we'll schedule him for surgery. Mr. Peanut also has an ear infection. I don't think it's helping that he's back in a humid climate. We need to be more vigilant on keeping up on the ear washing/rinse.

It's been such a long day. I spent 4 hours on the risers last night at Harborlites and my body just hasn't adjusted to it yet. It's hard to stand in one place that long.

Jim took me to lunch at Costco and then to one of his properties in Cerritos, then to my old office to pick up my check. While I was there, the girls told me about a major outburst that happened yesterday. The operator who hates answering phones had another lady reach over her for something on the desk and she came unglued! Yelling out expletives in front of a few patients and then storming out yelling that she quit!!! Unbelievable. As it turns out, one of the Dr's nurses quit for good on my last day (last Friday). This place is really something!!!! The drama just keeps coming.

I'm really worried about the Peanut and I hope it's something that hasn't spread or is terribly serious. Jim and I think he's drinking more water lately. He still likes to eat a lot. Thanks for all your love and support.

The sun is shining again!!!!

Well, Friday finally came and the end was in sight. Work that is. I am sooooooo happy that experience is over. My body was really starting to let down Friday night, but I knew I had to get up early and be at an "all-day" choreography rehearsal for Harborlites on Saturday. I also was going to do the final audition to get back into the chorus. Saturday turned out to be a long and tiring day on the risers learning choreography to our song "Angel of Music" from Phantom of the Opera. It is going to be a real hit. So, from 9am to 4:30 minus a 1 1/2hr break for lunch, we were bustin it. Then, after all that I auditioned with 3 other singers (section leaders) in a quartet forum to finish. I MADE IT!!!! It's so nice to have that over with and I'll be able to get all the music on Monday night to start practicing it. You all know how I hate to be the one that DOESN'T know the music or is behind. I will bust it to get all the songs learned really fast.

Pam Pieson, our director, told the chorus that they should all take off their 2004 Int'l medals (everyone wears around their necks) and shoot for winning the next one in October. It will be a good way for everyone to not think they've already won it and might not try as hard. And, it will help the new people (me) to not feel like they're not a part of the group. I'm excited about all of it.

After getting back home on Sat. about 5:30 I ate dinner and then got in bed around 7:30 and was out like a light! I didn't even stir until 4:30am, at which time I felt wide awake and ready to get up. I watched tv until 6am and then set the alarm for 7:30 to get ready for church. Jim told me this morning that he even went out to the store to get icecream and I didn't wake up. I couldn't believe he didn't wake me up for ICECREAM!!!

If any of you have any ideas about what my new calling is about, please let me know. I've been called as the Public Affairs Chairperson for our ward. I meet with the stake once a month and then report to the ward at the leadership meeting. The only activity I know about now is our stake is having Mormon night at Dodger Stadium July 19th. Should be a fun time.

It's great not dreading Monday on Sunday night!!!!! Yeah!!!

TWO DAYS LEFT!!!!!

I am getting so pumped up knowing that I only have 2 more days of this dead-end horrific job. I hate that place. One of the nice ladies there, that has been a friend to me, asked if I could just stay one more week. I quickly told her there was no way I could physically do it! I've just had it with everything!

One of the Dr.'s today was getting so angry about something I didn't have anything to do with, I thought he was going to "blow his stack". He had a similar look on his face when Dad gets really mad, but it was much more sinister. I just looked away and shook my head. Just before this when the complaining began about how a chart couldn't be found, I said flippantly that I hadn't been eating the charts. I'm not responsible for these charts. My gosh, don't be complaining and blowing your stack at me. I didn't say all that, but that's what I was thinking. Then I realized if he had just one more outburst that I was directly or indirectly on the receiving end of, that would be the last!!!!! 2 more days my foot, I'm out-a-here tonight!!!!! hahaha

Of course I'm having fun with this because I can. Did I mention I only have 2 more days!!!! The only working experience even close to this place was working at the Hilton in Waikoloa with that Asst. Dir of Sales. What an ego that guy had.

I went to the Dr's today at Kaiser (what a nice facility over here in LB) and he asked me where I worked, so I told him and that I only had 2 more days there. He knew the office first hand - his Dad is a patient of the dr I work for. He said it sometimes takes 2 months to get tests back from our office. We really laughed and had a great chat about that place. What a reputation this office has. Nuts!!!!

Jim is starting to kick some major butt down at his office this week. He's having to clean up some messes that someone else had made, which upsets him, but he does such a great job at it.

I hope the weather is decent here in Seal Beach next week because I'm hitting the sand folks!!! I can't wait!! Can you tell I'm just a tad excited?????

I'M BACK KIDS!!!

Hey everyone! I know it's been forever since I put in a message, but it's been nuts around my world right now.

I gave notice at work last Thurs (4/5) and this Friday will be my last day!!!!!!!!! Yeah!! I can't tell you how slow this week is going to go because of this. I'm also on the fast track for auditioning back into Harborlites! Remember me talking about wanting to be on the risers for Sweet Adelines Intl comp. in Calgary this October???? Well, I'm hoping to make it happen.

Tonight I'm getting my butt back into the gym so I can get these last pounds off! After seeing Marilyn so thin and I know Steph is the same, I can't help think to myself, "Well Barbie, you had a good run". hahahaha Nonsense people!! I'm not going to be too old or lazy to not stay in the race. Kickboxing, here I come!!!!

Women's Conf. is less than a month away!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY APRIL & WELCOME BACK!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY APRIL! I'm so glad you and your family were able to go to DisneyWorld on vacation! What a blast that must have been for everyone. There is so much to do.

Stephanie's tribute to you was so nice and it got me remembering back to those good ol days in front of D'Elias Grinder drive-in, listening to you make up stories for the people ordering. The times we would put the 'Mute' on the tv and hear the sagas of the people we'd be watching with your new stories. Do you remember talking for Dad when he was on the phone with one of the Turner's or Fireball? That's going way back, huh?!

The great trips to Utah keeping track of every Bishop Jack and Sista Fullah we could spot!!!! PROVO OR BUST! Didn't you make a poster for the van that said that. All the times we stayed at the "Thunderbird" in St. George or the Best Western Columbia in Provo.

You are a great entertainer and have given me so many fun memories and laughter. I love thinking about those times. The "Concert Night" at Womens Conf. will always be the all-time best of for all of us!!!! Glad you're back home safe and sound!

It's the Marriot Center or Bust!!!! We're getting closer to Women's Conf. ladies and I'm getting sooooooo excited.

Jim and I had a nice stroll on the sand this afternoon and watched the kite surfers. How relaxing and great that felt!

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!