Pyles of Clutter

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Fifteen minute run down....

**Please warm weather, come back for the weekend.  Please.

**Where has my motivation gone?  I've been missing it about a week now.

**It is definitely wedding season.  Two receptions last weekend, two coming up in the next couple weeks, and many more to come.

**I've been on a recorded TV jag lately.  But somewhere in there, I watched a movie that had all music from the composer Grieg.  I love his music.  I mean, I really LOVE his music. 

**I need to go to the store so badly, but I am having the hardest time making myself go.  I just keep waiting for someone else to do it.

**Meg was home for the weekend.  well, really she's been here about a week.  It was so great to have her here.  When she's here, it feels like she never left.  She just slips right back into the routine.  I love that.  And her.

**AJ was home for the weekend also, but really only for Saturday.  He came to the garage sale that I was at, and visited with me.  I loved to have him there!

**AJ came home for a funeral.  A friend's of his had a baby die, and the funeral was on Saturday.  It was good to have so many friends there together again, being supportive. 

**Our garage sale was a huge success!!  We did very well, and I was so glad!

**Wow, am I tired!  Don't you hate when you feel like it should be Friday already, and it's only Wednesday?  Well, I felt like this yesterday, which is even worse.

**I've been rereading my blog.  I just finished my first year.  I feel like I was so much funnier then.  Maybe that's not true, but it sure seems like it.

**Holy cow!  We only have 13 more days of school!!  How can that be?  But I'm ready.  I truly am.

**And with my last minute, let me say, can you believe that Donald Driver won DWTS??  I never would have thought he could beat out either William or Katherine.  I just thought people would vote for them instead! 

See You Tomorrow!

So. What are ya doin'?

So.  Generally, I like to pretend that no one reads my blog, and it's really more like a journal for me, and then someone will say to me, "You know, I was reading your blog and ....."  It always takes me back a little bit!  First, that someone really is reading my blog, and second, that they had a thought about my randomness.  It can be a little startling.  ;)

I bought a bunch of Baker's Twine to do stuff with, and I'm finding the thing that I really want to do with it is just look at it.  It's just so pretty sitting on my desk, not doing anything but looking very happy.  I can see some cards in my head using it, and I also think there's a couple of crafty projects in their future, but over all I just like looking at it.  *happy sigh*

Honestly, I'm just so tired of having headaches.  At least two or three days of the week I have headaches that pretty much debilitate me.  Seriously.  It has gotten so irritating that I've made doctor's appts to have all my bloodwork, and so on done.  I'm just tired of being out of it.

The dalmation fish finally died. RIP Dolly.

I've been going through all my clothes, all of Tessa's stuff, and the horror that is the garage getting stuff for our big Drill team garage sale!  Not that I have any great stuff to sell, but it's always nice when you can get a little bit out of it.  I look at stuff and see what I paid for it, and you're getting it for $1.  If you think about that too much, you go a little crazy.  Really. 

So come to our Drill team garage sale and car wash.  Saturday, TG Studio on Gibby Road, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  Be there and spend some money on all my good junk!  ;)

I bought some new movies the other day.  Nothing new about that.  And I haven't even had a chance to watch them yet.  I must schedule my time better!  I love to watch movies!!  I've been trying since it came out to go see "The Avengers."  But first, I had to see Thor, so I would know who the bad guy was, and then I've been hoping to get Terry to go with me.  So far, he's been just a little bit busy to go see any movies.  Bummer.  It might have to be a Redbox for us.  I did, however, get him to go see Hunger Games with me, which was a must.  Although I love the story, the premise of children killing each other, is just a little hard on my heart.  I'm working my way through the third book Mockingjay right now.  I had to take a break from it.

Is it true?  I heard that the sno shack opens today!!  SNO SHACK!!  I love sno cones.  Truly. 

Remember how I was in this super productive mode last week, and now I'm struggling to get any little thing done?  Yea, awesome.  I did get some of my fundraising stuff done, and also found some fun stuff to do for Senseless with Susan.  Oh people!  Bring on the fun!  I'm excited to go to camp now!  The girls have no idea what is waiting for them!

We are ready for the pool to open next weekend!  Who's with me?! 

In the next six weeks, I am jam packed with stuff to do.  Like activities that have to be attended, etc.  Sometimes, it becomes just a little overwhelming, and then I have to tell myself, just one day at a time, one event at a time.  I can do this.  Sheesh.

This is one of my favorite quotes right now:

"Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don't come until Heaven.  But for those who embrace the Gospel of Jesus Christ, they come."  ~Jeffrey R. Holland. 

Til tomorrow.

Love,

me.

So irritated.

I'm seriously irritated with my typepad account today.  It won't let me upload any pictures today, onto my blog.  So the one day that I'm finally ready to upload some pictures and finally have something else to see, no can do.  So I'm just not doing anything then.

Take that Typepad.

Friday Favorites

My favorites for today:

Favorite movie: Being at Disneyland made me love all those old Disney movies.

Favorite TV show: Once Upon A Time is a fun watch.

Favorite music: I've put together a collection of love songs on my Itunes.  Love that.

Favorite pastime: I love putting together cards. 

Favorite thing I've bought lately: I love our new comforter.  I won't love it when it gets warm.

Favorite treat: Sweetart Jelly Beans.  Still.

Favorite time of the day: Snuggling in bed at bedtime.

Favorite person: Terry.  Always Terry. 

Any favorites for you?

Smells of summer

Goodness me, May came by fast, didn't it?  May is notorious for being super fast, and then it's June, and so on, and so on.  Pretty soon, it'll be September and school will be starting all over again.  Crazy. 

::So here's a great story.  On Sunday, we went to dinner at a friend's house and we were taking some bbq chicken.  The pieces of chicken were in a jelly roll pan with bbq sauce all over it.  It was a little sloppy.  Well, this friend's house is on a steep hill and when we drove down the hill, the sauce started to escape out of the pan!  All over my van!  Zoey sacrificed her shoe and stuck in the path of the spilling sauce trying to stop it from going under the seat.  We got stopped, and then I threw some napkins at Zoey to sop up as much as we could, but seriously, it was still a big sloppy mess.  Go to Monday, when I was going to go shampoo it out, but I forgot, due to a bad headache.  Tuesday saw me at the car wash, shampooing away.  I got it all cleaned up, and you can't see it all.  BUT.  You can still smell it.  Yep, my car smells like bbq sauce.  Just in time for summer....

::Seriously, how can the fish tank be dirty again already!??  Argh!!

::Drill team tryouts tomorrow!  This will be my last drill team tryout for 5 years, if Tessa tries out.  How crazy is that?  It's also my 8th tryout in a row.  Sheesh.

::I super love the TV show "Once Upon a Time."  Super.

::Remember that little teaser of warm weather we had?  Do you think it's ever coming back?  I sure hope so.  I was really enjoying it. 

::Three weeks until Spring fest!  Yahoo!!

::I went to go see the Hunger Games movie.  I thought it was pretty good!  I can see a little of the hubbub of the casting of Peeta.  It's a little awkward that he's barely taller than her.  It followed the book pretty well, but seriously, the book was just way better.  It always is. 

::I'm finally getting used to the post-beard face.  I'm kinda like it. 

::And that's it for me. 

Here we go.

Here we go.

**We've started running at 6:00 in the morning.  I'm actually really enjoying that time.  We run at 6:00, I'm home by 7:00, showered and ready for the day by 7:30, Tessa up and ready by 8:00, read my scriptures by 9:00.  And then the rest of the day to do whatever.  Unfortunately, I rarely feel like doing anything.

**We had our drill team banquet last night.  And now this year is put to rest.  This year was amazing, with lots of success, and very little drama.  It was just a great year all the way around.  And hopefully soon, I can get that post done all about it.

**It is spring!  The weather has finally taken a turn and it's been getting warmer out.  In honor of this momentous occasion, I have cleaned out Tessa dresser, taken out all the winter clothes, and put all her summer clothes in.  It's probably still a little cool for her summer skirts, but they are waiting anxiously in her drawer to be worn.

**I had the best wedding cake at a reception the other day.  People, I love wedding cake.  People, I just really love cake.  In fact, I'm now thinking of going and making a cake.  Just because. 

**Lilly and Breck were home all of last week.  It was so great to have them around!  They even help watch Tessa when Terry, Zoey and I had to go to a camp retreat for our church.  I'll be excited when they come back after this semester.  I love having them close. 

**The fish tank has to be cleaned again.  Ugh.

**My goal: dinner every day this week.  Wish me luck.

**I'm so ready to start scrapbooking again.  I haven't done anything in forever, but I'm ready to get back at it!

**And that's about it. 

Cleaning up...

Wandering again.

::So Terry got me a new laptop!  He found it cheap.  The funny thing is that it didn't come with a power cord, so Terry had to buy one separately.  So as he was researching it out, he found power cords cheap so he bought, not one, not two, but three power cords for my new laptop!  That means I can have a cord at my writing desk, a cord in the living room, and a cord at my scrapbook table.  Now, I can be anywhere and have computer access.  I love it!  Thanks, my darling!

::I'm super sad because my running partner got a job!  That means that we either have to run really early, or not run at all.  Bummer.  She is my motivation to go out and run.  Argh.

::Sheesh.  The fish tank needs to be cleaned again.  Yuck.

::I finally cleaned up my scrapbook table.  I rearranged it all, and finally found a place for my new cricut to be.  I love organization.  I don't love all the work that goes into it. 

::I'm in love with Sweetart Jelly Beans.  I bought myself a whole bunch of bags for the future.

::Lilly and Breck have been home for the week.  It's been so nice to see them, to spend some time with them.  They are doing great.

::I've resigned myself that camp is coming.  I better get myself together quickly.

::It was the spring garbage pickup on Monday.  That means that Saturday, we spent a good portion of time cleaning up the yard and getting a bunch of the junk around here taken away by Bargain Town.  It is so cleansing to clean things up, and get rid of things!  Feels good.

::And now I'm going to watch an episode of Once Upon A Time.  I love this show.

Look world! I'm back!

Oh Man!  I'm so glad to be back home!  Traveling is exhausting.  I have a whole post to do on Disneyland, and Nationals, and WINNING... but today, I'm just letting my head wander because that post is going to take me awhile to put together.

**We won two national championships AND two state championships.  I'm excited to see whether that qualifies our team to be athlete of the week. ;)  I know, quite a stretch, but I'm sure they can justify it.  (This is sarcasm, people.  They made another team in the basin be athlete of the week, for just making it to state.  I know.  I should just get over it.)

**We went and saw the movie "Mirror, Mirror" for FHE.  We loved it!  I will say that it is a little slow, but honestly, sometimes, I just want a movie that I can be entertained with and I don't feel like a whirlwind has run me around for the last two hours.  Sue me. 

**I've been putting some of my old music on my iTunes today, and I discovered one of my favorite songs from the past.  It's an old Clint Black song, "Something That We Do."  Ahhhh, so sentimental.  I love my husband. 

**Speaking of my beloved, five days without really talking to him was just a little long, and when I got home, I was fairly bursting with stuff to say, and pretty much talked his ear off the day after we got home.  He just really is my other half and the only person I completely trust with all my thoughts.  What will I do without him? 

**I can't remember if I've talked about this, and I'm too lazy to go back in my blog and look, but I had to get real glasses because I can't really see up close anymore, and I have a small stigmatism for far away.  So before we left on our trip, I went and picked out my frames, and got my glasses ordered.  So now I'm waiting anxiously for them to come because honestly, I can not stand for stuff to be fuzzy.  Even just a little bit fuzzy drives me a little crazy.  Hurry up glasses!!

**Can I just say that I love my mama?  I think it's pretty cool that she wants to be involved enough in the grandkids lives, that she's willing to put up with facebook.  I hope I'm that cool of a grandma when I get to that point.

**Ahem.  This is for all the BOYS out there that think that dancing is just soooo easy.  The other day, when it snowed, before we went to the wonderful land of sun, otherwise known as Southern Cali... I didn't run, but decided to do Just Dance for an hour.  People, I was dripping sweat, my arms were burning, and I was exhausted!  Dancing is work, and I challenge all those snotty athlete boys to do it for just one hour.  Brats.

**Enough ranting.

**So our flight was almost exactly two hours long, and I was sitting by our two escorts (aka the coaches' sons) who didn't really want to visit with me, so I read the Hunger Games on the way down, and Catching Fire on the way back.  Can you say, "Holy Cow!!"  Who thinks up this stuff?  Seriously!  I think I'm going to have to research out how the author came up with this idea.  Crazy!  But now, I'm excited to read number three and see how it plays out.  (Even though I have read the end of it already. ;) ) 

**And now I have a movie to go watch, hopefully tomorrow.

**I love Disneyland.  I know that I shouldn't love it as much as I do, but I just really love it.  And I really just love the old rides.  Small World, The Train that goes around the park, Jungle Cruise, the Tiki Room, Haunted Mansion.  I just love all those old nostalgic rides.  ;)

**I'm really just a sentimental gal.

**The unpacking is what kills me the most.  I hate the unpacking.

**It is spring break.  Already.  Isn't that crazy?  Only two more months and this school year will be over.  I cannot believe that this time next year, I will be getting ready to send another child off to college.  I cannot believe that we will only have Tessa home for such a long time.  What am I going to do with her?  Crazy.

**On that note, I can't believe that Tessa is getting so old/big.  It kind of freaks me out that she will be double digits this year (10).  It just doesn't seem possible.  Time goes by so fast.....

**I'm so proud of people that have so many trials, and yet they just keep that smile on their face and keep moving forward.  This is one of my favorite quotes from Walt Disney: “Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”

**So I guess I'm done. 

Until tomorrow,

Love, me.

 

15 minute run down...

I have exactly 15 minutes before I have to go to the studio to work.  So I'll just let my thoughts go.

~The studio on Wednesday is always a little crazy.  It is firecracker/sparkler day.  That means that most of the classes are girls age 3 to 8 years old.  Having that many little energetic bodies is chaotic enough, but then add in the parents that are waiting for their dancers, and the place gets a little nuts.  But I've enjoyed it, and I can now recognize and visit with several of the little girls. 

~It's been a little intense these last few weeks.  I have several things going on right now.  First, it is state for drill team on Friday!  Just hurry up and be Friday already!  I'm sick of waiting for it to come.  I really believe that we can take it all again this year.  Our routines are great and solid.  Our dancers are prepared and ready.  Our attitude is awesome.  I'm hoping it will all come to fruition. 

~On Saturday, we will be having our Young Women's Recognition night, and watch the general broadcast that is for YW.  I was put in charge of the event, which is fine, except the part where I have that to put together at the same time as being all strung out on state.  I'm almost there though.  Just a few more phone calls and I'll be good to go.

~Christina and I have been out running now for a couple of weeks, and I am starting to get the swing of it again.  We run about 5 miles everyday.  Some days have been humdingers too, with the wind trying to blow us to Oz.  Seriously, one day, we had to walk because you couldn't make any progress in the wind.  Nuts!!  Well, as I've gotten back into the running, I realized that I had to make a little more effort to lose some weight and get back into shape.  So I bought a Jillian Michael's DVD called Shredded in 30 days.  I'm pretty sure I'm not getting shredded in 30 days, but I am pretty sore.  My arms are like jello most of the day.  The price of beauty.  ;)

~Next Wednesday, we (the drill team) heads to Disneyland to go to Drill Nationals.  I'm so glad and probably not why you think.  I mean, I'm excited for Disneyland.  I'm excited to see what the girls could put together for competition.  I'm excited for a trip.  But mostly, I'm excited for the prospect of some sunshine.  The weather has been so cold, cloudy, and windy here, that my SAD factor has really been playing havoc with my motivation.  Criminy.  I've got to get some sunshine before I hide in my bed in the fetal position. 

~Megan is coming home for a (very) short visit this weekend!  I'm excited to see her, and I think her, Zoey and I are going to the Hunger Games movie!  I'm hoping to have some more of the book read by then.  Sheesh.  I've got to get going on that.

~Speaking of new guilty pleasures, for surely we were speaking of that, right?  I've discovered the tv show "Once Upon A Time".  Oh, how I love that show.  I love the back and forth of the present time, with characters that don't know that they are storybook characters, and seeing another side of their story back during story book time period.  That's not a very helpful description, so just go watch it.  You'll love it, I promise. 

And time's up! 

A little something for today...

I'm listening to some vintage Osmond Brothers.  SO fun.

So today, I saw something so odd, and it just struck me so funny.

I saw a man smoking a pipe.  But that's not the weird part.  He was a young man, I would say in his mid 20's, with a very distuinguished looking pipe.  And a tshirt.  With shorts.  And a down coat.  And loafers with black socks. 

Weird.