Spring Break

This has been, so far, one of the nicest spring breaks for me. I have slept in--one day until 8:30--worked out in the morning, watched TV and just basically vegged out. I needed that. Can I just say.
I am, however, living vicariously through the Wheeler family who are in sunny (emphasis on the word "sunny") California. It is not sunny in Blackfoot. And it is not warm. Just knowing that somewhere in the world there are people who don't have to still wear coats outside is so cheering to me.
Easter was fun, the little kids ran around looking for the eggs that were not too hidden. Everyone came over and ate, and worried that I wasn't.
I'm so excited that all of my grandbabies will be here together this weekend. That will be the icing on the the cake.
Weird as it is, I look forward to school. I really miss the kids. I went to work today and my room was all clean and I could sit and plan and look at their desks and write objectives on the board. It made me miss them even more. They are so fun to be around. I joked with the parents at conferences that I was thinking of holding them all back--well, it was only kind of a joke.
Tomorrow Kelsey and I will go try on more dresses. Maybe we'll be able to find just the right "mother of the bride dress." She wants me to be conservative, but when the colors are hot pink and hot orange, there is only so much I can do.
The next two days I will just hang around the house and then on Saturday we will go to IF to the man store and look at bathroom stuff. YAY!!! More remodeling.
Like I said, this spring break has been really good!

Pride

As I have heard, pride goeth before the fall. As I have documented many times, I have fallen down a lot. But right now I am proud. We finished Boot Camp last weekend with a graduation ceremony. They gave awards for stuff like most improved time on the treadmill, most weight lost, most improvement in sit-ups and push ups and most body fat lost. Yep, that one was me(4% if anyone cares.) Just boasting. That's all. It's a sin and wrong and everything, but dang...it was hard. Tough to think there is still some to come off. Too bad I LOVE the gym.

Insert Pictures

It took FOREVER for me to make the next (this is really confusing, I wrote the "next" post last night and tonight, so technically it is the previous post, but it appears after this one...geez) post, but I totally believed in it, so I persevered. This is how I looked at the end of the many hours I spent finishing it for the public viewing enjoyment:



Check out how fast I am now...This whole thing took less than 3 minutes. Thank you Google images :)

Fun in Utah

This weekend we went to Spanish Fork for the blessing of my new baby niece. She's a keeper, very cute. Kind of tiny, she started out bigger--almost 10 pounds, but she doesn't seem much bigger now, and she is 3 months old. I wonder if that will happen with Nalani's new baby, Cash. He's a big one, but so cute with those cheeks!

Anyway, my sister, mom, niece, and engaged daughter went to try on wedding dresses. Actually, only my daughter tried on the wedding dresses. I tried on "Mother-of-the BRIDE" dresses. We had so much fun we lost track of time. After three hours everyone was calling to see if we were coming back for dinner.
Here are a few samples. Vote for the one you think is cutest.
(And by the way--can you believe I am attempting to add pics?!?!?!)

Kelsey really likes this one:


She likes this one, too. I like the lacing up the back. (She said it is her favorite.)



And here is another choice.


I have two choices for my mother of the bride dresses:


MY favorite:




A good time was had by all. I actually don't like Kelsey in any of the dresses. She is my little baby, and babies don't get married and leave their mothers... Just kidding.

More fun at school

Me: Can anyone remember what a plural is?
Kid waving his arm excitedly and making the "OO-OO" sound of complete understanding: I KNOW!!! It is that thing that comes out of a clam shell.

True story.

Another true story:
We are really hurrying to get our cute craft ready for Doughnuts with Dad. I am explaining the order of things and same afforementioned kid asks if I will be using a Xyron. Yeah, right. The only way I even know what that is, is once I was making something crafty with Elisa Miskin, and she has one. I do know what a Cricut is, and secrectly I think it would be fun to have one, but let's get real. Seriously, let's get real. Right now I am having a chuckle explaining the whole process of these nifty gadgets to Kelsey, who surprisingly has no clue what they are. It feels so good to the the fountain on information on the latest scrapbooking technology. I can't scrapbook. I have issues with cutting pictures. I can't do it.

Just one more thing:
Today when I was fighting the crowds at Wal-mart, I went to the Kleenex section to get some soft tissue because the tissue I am currently using is not soft. It is hard and I think I will have scars on my face from its roughage---anyway, I found a box of Kleenex that has the scent of Vicks. I am not using it for its intended purpose. I am using it to clear my nasal passages. It works.

I just re-read this, and I am pretty sure that not breathing deeply has had an adverse affect on my brain. Sorry.

Gum

I am not a big fan of chewing gum. Just thought I would share. It might be that my grandma, who lived with us almost my whole life, would take hers out and place it on the edge of her dinner plate. Then, after eating whatever it was we had for dinner, usually a cassarole, she would pop it right back in and continue chewing. I am getting goosebumps just thinking about it... (You wish you could see me cringing.)
Anyway, I just heard an interesting fact. You burn 11 calories an hour chewing gum. There you have it, the chewing gum workout. If a person was to chew gum for 8-10 hours, they would burn the equivalent of one apple. But then, when would you eat the apple? I can't bear to think about it.

Hinckley Challenge

To honor our late prophet, someone has set up a website to challenge us to read the Book of Mormon in 97 days. It starts tomorrow. Take the challenge.
Go here to log in: http://www.hinckleychallenge.com/warriors.php