Friday, January 20, 2012

PERSONAL BEST TO DATE

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO INCREASE MY CARDIO AND IMPLEMENT RUNNING INTO MY REGULAR EXERCISE. TO ALL YOU OUT THERE READING THIS, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE NEVER BEEN A RUNNER, NEVER, NOT EVEN AS A KID. SO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE RUNNERS WHO ARE READING THIS MIGHT LAUGH A LITTLE WHEN I SAY THAT I FINALLY RAN A MILE IN 14 MINUTES AND RAN 1.75 MILES. YEAH FOR ME. I AM SLOWLY BUT SURELY GETTING READY TO RUN A 5K THIS SUMMER. AND BELIEVE ME IT WILL TAKE THAT LONG TO GET THERE.

BAD HAIR DAY

USUALLY IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO A BAD HAIR DAY IS BECAUSE IT IS A WINDY DAY, SOMETHING THAT WE EXPERIENCE ON A FREQUENT BASIS. EVEN TODAY IS A WINDY DAY, BUT THAT IS NOT WHY I AM HAVING A BAD HAIR DAY. WE HAVE ALL HEARD STORIES FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD A BAD HAIR CUT, AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE HAD AN EXTRA SHORT HAIRCUT AND NOT BEEN THRILLED, BUT KNEW THAT IN THE END MY HAIR WOULD GROW BACK, BUT TODAY WAS DIFFERENT. I WENT TO HAVE MY HAIR COLORED AND CUT TODAY AND WHILE THE STYLIST WAS BLOWING DRY MY HAIR I COULD SEE THAT THERE WAS A CHUNK OF HAIR MISSING RIGHT BEHIND MY EAR, AND I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO CRY, THE STYLIST, WHO INSISTS THAT SHE HAS NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN TO HER WAS IN A STATE OF SHOCK. (WHAT STYLIST WOULD EVER ADMIT THAT SHE HAS HAD THIS HAPPEN TO HER BEFORE. SHE WOULD LOOK REALLY BAD TO HER CLIENT IF SHE DID). SO TODAY I HAD MY FIRST EXTENSIONS PUT IN AND TO SAY THE LEAST I AM NOT THRILLED, HOWEVER IT DOES BEAT THE ALTERNATIVE OF CUTTING MY HAIR VERY SHORT.
This is such an awful picture, it shows way to many wrinkles, but that is not the real problem
in this picture, the bigger problem would be the big chunk of hair taken out of the right side
behind my ear. Picture taken while she was in back coloring the extensions to match.
NOT HAPPY CAN YOU TELL?
So now, 8 hair extensions later I am hoping to have the hole filled, I think that I am glad that it is kinda winter, (you wouldn't know it execpt for the lack of snow on the ground) Because I think I will be wearing a lot of scarves to help cover this mishap up.

We will see how it is after the first washing and see what it is like to have these things in my hair and if I don't like them then the end result might be an much shorter hair cut. ANYONE FEEL SORRY FOR ME? BESIDES ME?

Sunday, January 15, 2012

NOW IS THE TIME

Tonight as I was looking at some of the blogs that I follow I found this quote from the quote queen herself, Megan, and I hope she doesn't mind that I am reposting it on my blog. I don't know why we have to be reminded to do those things that should come naturally in our lives without reminders. I also find myself taking things and others for granted and now with some of the circumstances that we are happening in our family right now, NOW IS THE TIME to "relish life as we live it...share our love with four friends and family."

Give your child a compliment and a hug; say, ‘I love you’ more; always express your
thanks. Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a
person to be loved. Friends move away, children grow up, loved ones
pass on. It’s so easy to take others for granted, until that day when they’re
gone from our lives and we are left with feelings of ‘what if’ and ‘if only.’ …
“Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey and share our love
with friends and family. One day, each of us will run out of tomorrows. Let us
not put off what is most important.” Thomas S. Monson

Thomas S. Monson

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

SCARF ORGANIZATION

I HAVE BEEN SCARF CRAZY LATELY AND STORAGE HAS BECOME AN ISSUE. BUT THANKS TO PINTEREST I FOUND THE PERFECT SOLUTION.


Pinterest idea


The scarves in my closet then...
My scarves in my closet now...
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My scarves take up much less space now and it is a lot easier to get to the one I want.
LOVE IT!!!

Sunday, January 8, 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

SIT DOWN, HOLD ON AND READ, THIS WILL BE A LONG BLOG.
(Is this the funniest little ornament you have every seen? I think that I found it in a give away box at my moms and decided for some sentimental reason this funny little guy needed to continue to live on and so he does on my christmas tree.)



I know that it is nearly two weeks into January, and I have been very bad at staying on top of my blogging, but tonight is my blog update night. I have two addictions one had been with me forever and is sitting beside me right now and that is CHOCOLATE! and the second one is a new addiction called PINTEREST! and I think the latter of the two has been getting in the way of my regular blogging. And as I sit here talking about it I am itching to pop over and see what is new, but I am using my will power and will continue blogging. However, if you don't know about Pinterest then you need to check it out ASAP, but please note... it does have addictive powers so be aware, be very aware. YOU'LL LOVE IT!



This week I go back to my regular exercise routine, TOTAL BODY CONDITIONING HERE I COME, after not doing much for the last two week and I am a little afraid. Over the holidays I have indulged and overindulged on very good food and sweet treats and as I sit here looking at MSN one of the title stories is "WHAT TO EAT FOR A HEALTHY HEART AND MIND" my brownie and peppermint ice cream is at my side melting. So I have to break for a bite.





Okay I'm back and ready to review christmas. I can't believe it but I think this is first christmas day that I didn't take one picture, not one! I guess that goes along with the fact that it was a very different christmas for Jeff and I. The last few years we have taken a ski trip to Canada, (about 4 years now, i think) sometimes with some of the kids, or all of the kids and a couple times with just Jessica and Grandpa but this year no trip. This was the year for the kids to go their other families to celebrate and boy did I miss them. Jeff and I had a sweet little gift exchange and Jessica joined us in the afternoon to open her

presents and eat dinner before she was off to work.





Ben started his new job in Walla Walla, Washington on the 19th of December so they were unable to come home for the holidays It was their first christmas there and so Jeff and I went to visit them. We left monday morning and got the
re about 8 1/2 hours later.




We had a traveling companion on this trip. Lexie has not had the pleasure of joining us on many trips, but because we couldn't get her into the kennel till 2 in the afternoon, we decided to take her with us. She is a great traveler, doesn't require much and never complains.







We couldn't make this an easy trip though, I thought that Portland was only 3 hours away and made plans to go to visit my brother Steve, when in reality Portland is about 5 hours from Walla Walla. However, despite the additional hours of driving we still wanted to go see Steve and Alice, it had been since Ben was in High school that I had been to see them and Jeff had never been there. It was such a great visit, and even though it was short I am SO SO glad we went. The older I get the more I realize that your family is worth a little extra driving. ( and you never know there just might be an outlet mall on the way with an Ann Taylor Loft in it :) )

Side trip on the way back from Portland we stopped at Multanomah Falls. It was so pretty and if it hadn't been raining, we would have walked up to the bridge. Maybe another trip.





We returned from Portland on Thursday evening and on Friday afternoon we left for yet another little side trip. About 3 hours away is a Bavarian town called Leavenworth, not to be mistaken for the prison, and it is full of cute shops, which means more shopping. (it's not like we just had christmas or anything, but you have to take advantage when the shopping opportunity presents itself. RIGHT?)









LEAVENWORTH ALL DECKED OUT FOR THE HOLIDAYS.













I LOVED THIS SHOP... THE OIL AND VINEGAR COMPANY.









(I think Jeff enjoyed the taste testing as well.)



They have flavored balsamic vinegars and flavored olive oils. We bought a

pomegranate balsamic, just a nice hint of sweet to it, a basil olive oil,

can you say pesto, and a rosemary olive oil which will be excellent on foccacia bread.



Ok I am exhausted from all this posting and I would love to know if any of you reading this have as many problems putting pictures on your blog as I do. I think I spent 1/2 my time adding pictures and readding pictures that just go away with the stroke of a key.



AND JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS DONE I FOUND THIS PICTURE OF BEN AND MICHELLE. AFTER JEFF AND I HAD ALREADY LEFT WE REALIZED THAT I HAD NOT TAKEN A PICTURE OF THEM WHILE WE WERE THERE, SO WE WENT BACK AND TOOK A PICTURE OF THEM. SORRY KIDS I KNOW YOU WERE GETTING READY FOR CHURCH, BUT A MOMS GOT TO DO WHAT A MOMS GOT TO DO AND THATS TAKE A PICTURE BEFORE SHE LEAVES TOWN.





Oh well, I am done for tonight and if I am still alive and kicking after exercise class tomorrow night I want to show you what we did last week to my storage room.



Now I am off to check out the latest on Pinterest

Monday, January 2, 2012

NOW THAT CHRISTMAS IS OVER....

IN ONE OF MY LAST POSTS I GAVE A SNEAK PEEK OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT I WORKED ON FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR AND NOW THAT CHRISTMAS IS OVER AND ALL THE PRESENTS ARE OPEN I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS AND THE LINKS, IF THERE IS ONE, SO THAT YOU CAN ENJOY TOO





THESE EARBUD HOLDERS WERE SO MUCH FUN TO MAKE. THE ONE SUGGESTION THAT I HAVE IS TO NOT PUT THE LINING OR BATTING IN BETWEEN THE LAYERS. IT SEWS UP MUCH BETTER WITHOUT.

http://www.u-createcrafts.com/2011/11/diy-earbudheadphones-pouch.html



ROLLED CRAYON HOLDER



HAILEY LOVES HER CRAYONS AND SO I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE FUN TO MAKE SO SHE CAN TAKE THEM WITH HER WHEN THEY TRAVEL. I MADE THE ONE WITHOUT THE RIC RAK. THAT WOULD BE TO MUCH FOR ME TO HANDLE.




FRENCH FLEA MARKET APRON


I MADE THREE OF THESE, ONE FOR EACH OF MY GIRLS. I HAVE TO ADMIT I HAD SMALL PANIC ATTACKS EACH TIME I WENT TO THE STORE TO BUY FABRIC, SOMETHING THAT I DON'T DO SO WELL. THANKS TO MY SISTER KAREN AND THE FABRIC STORE LADIES FOR HELPING ME GET THROUGH IT. (NO PIC OF JESSICA'S

MICHELLE'S APRON






DAYNA'S APRON




HOLIDAY TABLE RUNNERS

LAST FALL I WENT TO A CUTE FABRIC STORE IN HEBER CITY AND BOUGHT THE KIT FOR THIS TABLE RUNNER AND AFTER MAKING ONE, I DECIED TO MAKE 2 MORE... ANOTHER FABRIC STORE PANIC ATTACK.




(I THINK MINE ARE CUTER)



I have one more project that I am still working on. My intention was to get this project done, but it did not happen. I am very close to finishing and it will get done. I guess that since this has been in my project bin for about 5 years a couple more days/weeks won't matter. I couldn't get the picture off so if you want to see it you will have to go to the link to see it. Merry Late Christmas Jessica.