BUSY, BUSY, BUSY

I know that sometimes I wonder why I can't make it down to my sewing room to work on any of my projects and Karen asked me the other day if I had been down there and I had to say no and then I started reflecting on what I am doing that is keeping me so busy and away from doing the projects that are waiting for me in my sewing room.

Brief overview of the last couple days:
Saturday
9:00am:  Headed to Lower Palisades lake trail for a day hike
3:00pm:  Finished hike and headed home
4:00pm:  Town and Country gardens to purchase a couple plants for the yard
6-8ish:    Fixed dinner, worked in yard
9:00pm:  showered
Exhausted after hike, I think I just hung out while Jeff watched Hatfield and Mccoys, I would not recommend this show unless you like a lot of old fashioned Western killings because there was a lot of that and I really disliked this show.
Sunday
Til 1:00:  Fixed dinner, got ready for church and misc. things around the house
1-4:00:   Church
4-6pm:   Dinner
6-7:30:  YSA fireside (one of the things that was touched on in this fireside was that one of the tools that satan uses to keep us from doing the things we should do is to keep us busy doing other things.  I know this is true for me and I have decided that on Wednesdays, since I get off work early, I go to the temple.  If you don't plan it won' happen and I know that before I could always find something else to do, but if I put a dress on in the morning I know I will go.
7:30-8:30  Visit with friends
Wind down and get ready for monday, finished laundry  ( have to be sure the underwear is done before Jeff leaves for the week :) ), talked to kids on the phone etc.

Monday
6:00am:  Get up, exercise till 7:00
7-8:15am:  Get ready for work
8:30-5:00:  Work
6:00-7:00:  Gym
Fixed dinner, laundry, talked to my mom and Michelle on the phone, Put preparedness binder together, made a few more invitations for YSA on sunday. I dont what else I did but I didnt get into the shower until 10:30 and went to bed.

Tuesday
7:00- get ready for work, ran an errand before work
9:15-5:30  Work
after work:  UPS store to ship a box,  Fred Meyers to get pineapples 10/$10, groceries and potting soil
Home:  Planted plant out front, pulled weeds for a bit, watered garden,
fixed dinner, timmed and cut up 6 pineapples to freeze for smoothies, made treats for neighbors and
YSA on sunday. Took polish off nails, ( you would think that is easy but with gel polish it takes forever)
cleaned up kitchen, folded and put away laundry (always have laundry washing or drying or ironing)
10:30pm Went to bed.

Today Schedule
Work-12:30
Temple
Bank set up CD, make a return at Sams club
Gas in car
3:30 eye appt
5:15 gym
7:00 RS meeting

Enough said, I am busy and I dont even have kids at home, I don't know how I would be able to do that any more.  But this is why I don't have time to sew.  Ugh sew sad. (pun intended).
Sometime it doesnt seem like I do a lot after work, but when I dont get home till after 7 because of the gym or running errands and such, the couple hours that I have left just aren't enough to get a whole lot done. :(

Next week Dr. is on vacation.  I am planning a few days in Utah and I am taking my sewing machine, we will see if I have any time to sew at night at Karens.  I am hopeful.

JUNE

TODAY IS JUNE 1ST AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY.  JEFF AND I DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO HIKE UP TO THE LOWER PALISADES LAKE.  IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN A BETTER DAY, THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL AND WE HAD A COUPLE LITTLE CHIPMUNKS CHECKING US OUT AND ONE WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO COME AND EAT LUNCH WITH US.  I LOVE SPENDING THE DAY WITH JEFF AND AFTER ABOUT 8+ MILES WE WERE HAPPILY EXHAUSTED.  TIME TO GET OUR HIKING LEGS AND FEET IN SHAPE.

MOTHERS DAY

A pre-cursor as to how my mothers day went
Saturday night  11pm
Jeff:  I would like to make you breakfast in bed tomorrow, what would you like?
Kathy:  Well if you had asked me earlier I might have been able to help you out, but seeing its  11pm
and what I would like we dont have and  you dont know how to make Amish oatmeal my favorite, you don't need to worry about it.  (really I did try  to be nice and understanding, but seriously you don't ask this at 11pm if you really want to do this, especially when you haven't checked to see what is in the fridge first)
Needless to say I got up before Jeff ( not on purpose) and made my own oatmeal.  Happy Mothers day to me.
Thanks to Pinterest who regularly gives me an attitude adjustment with some of the quotes that  come my way.  On purpose perhaps?
I need to work on this....

ATTITUDE IS NOW IS CHECK....

WHY DO I ALWAYS HAVE TO BE REMINDED?

REST IN PEACE MY SWEET BABY

My Sweet baby. Lexie is in the last days of her life.  She is almost completely blind and deaf and has a hard time finding her food, her bed and get disoriented when I put her outside.  I don't know how much more time she has with us, it is hard to see a loved one get old.   I love this little dog.
SINCE THIS WAS POSTED OUR LITTLE LEXIE HAS GONE TO PLAY WITH HER PALS...JAKE, NIBS AND WHISKERS.  I HOPE SHE IS HER OLD SELF AGAIN AND RUNNING AND PLAYING LIKE THE OLD DAYS.  I WILL MISS HER DEARLY.

VISIT FROM MY MOM

THE LAST TIME MY MOM WAS HERE WAS LAST SUMMER FOR JESSICA'S WEDDING AND AT THAT TIME SHE SAID THAT SHE JUST DIDN'T THINK THAT SHE WOULD BACK UP TO SEE ME BECAUSE TRAVELING WAS JUST TO HARD.

MY MOTTO HAS ALWAYS BEEN NEVER SAY NEVER BECAUSE GUESS WHAT?  THANKS TO KAREN AND WYNN  SHE MADE IT BACK HERE AND WHAT A GREAT WEEKEND WE HAD.  MOM'S BIRTHDAY WAS COMING UP AND SO KAREN AND I DECIDED TO TAKE MOM OUT FOR THE DAY....WE TOOK HER TO GET HER HAIR DONE, THEN WENT TO MACYS FOR A LITTLE SHOPPING, MACYS IS ONE OF MOM'S FAVORITE PLACES TO SHOP AND SHE GOT THE BARGIN OF THE DAY  3 SWEATERS FOR $17, WE WENT OUT TO LUNCH AND DINNER, AND FINISHED THE DAY WITH A LITTLE BIRTHDAY CAKE AND ICE CREAM.  I THINK WE WORE HER OUT HAPPY.

SOOO...  OR SHOULD I SAY "SEW"....

 I HAVE HAD MY NEW SEWING MACHINE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND HAVE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING IT OUT OF THE BOX.  THANK GOODNESS KAREN CAME TO MY RESCUE.  SHE HELPED ME GET MY MACHINE OUT, STOCK MY SEWING ROOM WITH NEEDED GADGETS AND HAD JEFF HELP HER MAKE ME A IRONING PAD TO USE WHEN ( I SAY THIS LIGHTLY) I GET READY TO USE IT.  I FINISHED THE EDGE OF A BABY BLANKET WITH ONE OF THE MANY  CUTE DECORATIVE STITCHES THAT IS ON MY NEW MACHINE.

I CAN'T WAIT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.  I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WILL BE BUT WHEN I DO IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER LANDMARK OCCASION I'M SURE.

I HAVE TO SAY THAT I DO LOVE MY NEW SEWING ROOM, I BOUGHT MY SEWING TABLE IN WALLA WALLA AND IT IS PERFECT FOR MY ROOM.  FOR ME SOME THINGS TAKE A LITTLE TIME AND I AM WORKING AT SPENDING MORE TIME IN MY CUTE ROOM.

EASTER IN WALLA WALLA

JEFF AND I WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO TO WALLA WALLA TO SEE BEN AND MICHELLE OVER THE EASTER WEEKEND.  WE GOT THERE ON FRIDAY AND BEN AND MICHELLE TOOK ME TO A PLACE FOR LUNCH THAT I WON'T SOON FORGET.  "GRAZE" WAS THE NAME OF THE EATERY AND I LOVED MY LUNCH, I CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK. 
SATURDAY WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE THE SUN SHINE AND FEEL A LITTLE WARMTH IN THE AIR.  WE WENT ANTIQUE SHOPPING FOR ME TO HELP ME FIND A SEWING TABLE WHICH WE SUCCESSFULLY FOUND.  WE TOOK OUR LUNCH TO THE PARK AND HAD A PICNIC.  SOMETHING THAT LIVING IN IDAHO WE DON'T GET TO DO VERY OFTEN BECAUSE THE WEATHER IS SO UNPREDICTABLE, BUT SOMETHING THAT I REMEMBER DOING ALL THE TIME AS A KID OVER EASTER. AFTER LUNCH  WE WENT TO A CANYON SOMEWHERE AND TOOK A NICE LONG AFTERNOON HIKE.  MICHELLE IS DOING SO GREAT SO FAR IN HER PREGNANCY, SHE IS STILL THE ENERGIZER BUNNY (NO EASTER PUN INTENDED)

WE HAD A GREAT EASTER SUNDAY, BEN AND MICHELLE KEPT US FEED  ALL DAY WITH YUMMY FOOD.  BEN'S PORK CHOPS FOR DINNER WERE THE BEST AND YOU CAN FIND THE RECIPE ON OUR RECIPE BLOG.   WE'VE MADE IT A HABIT TO GO FOR A WALK AFTER DINNER AND TONIGHT WE WENT TO A CUTE PARK WITH AN AVIARY.  THERE ARE SO MANY NICE PARKS AND PLACES TO WALK IN WALLA WALLA, ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT THAT LITTLE TOWN.

BECAUSE I HAD A FEW DAYS OFF, I HUNG OUT WITH JEFF AND WE HEADED TO
COEUR D' ALENE, IDAHO.  JEFF MADE SALES CALLS AND I ENJOYED SOME DOWN TIME, THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THIS GIG IS THAT JEFF LIKES TO GET ON THE ROAD EARLY, SO NO SLEEPING IN. WHEN WE PULLED IN THE WEATHER WAS SO NICE WE WERE ABLE TO EAT OUR DINNER ON THE RESTAURANT PATIO, BUT IN TRUE IDAHO FASHION, THE WEATHER CHANGED OVERNIGHT AND WAS VERY CHILLY IN THE MORNING BUT I STILL GOT  A 4 MILE WALK/RUN IN DOWN BY THE LAKE BEFORE WE LEFT TOWN. 

I ALWAYS LOVE IT WHEN I GET A CHANCE TO GO SEE MY KIDS AND TO ALSO SPEND TIME ON THE ROAD WITH JEFF.  IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.  TO BAD THE WEEK HAD TO END WITH MY  FIRST COLONOSCOPY, BUT WE ARE'NT GOING THERE. ENOUGH SAID.

I DID IT AGAIN....

So lately I have not been myself.  I have been on overload and  have a lot of things cluttering my mind and this has led me to doing things that I wouldn't ordinarily do.  Recently  I got to work  and realized that I had on blue pants instead of black, and then I almost went to work with my slippers on another day.  Well just when I think things are back to normal  today I find myself again with my coat on and slippers still on my feet.   I have to admit these are petty comfortable slippers and if I thought I could get away with it, I would wear them to work, but I'm thinking it wouldn't look so good.  I also got to work today and realized that I had my shirt on backwards and didn't put my rings on.  What is up with this?  I'm thinking I am in early stages of dimensia, or... the thing that has been cluttering up my mind (RS) is still bothering me and I need to take care of it.  I am surely looking forward to a couple of day traveling with Jeff and seeing the kids in Walla Walla maybe that will clear my head.

OH YE OF LITTLE FAITH....

I AM A GLASS HALF EMPTY KINDA PERSON AND JEFF IS A GLASS HALF FULL KIND OF GUY.  GENERALLY HE IS RIGHT WHEN HE  TELLS ME THAT IT IS GOING TO BE SUNNY ON THE HILL ESPECIALLY WHILE WE ARE DRIVING THROUGH THE FOG... WHAT CAN I SAY...ANOTHER BLUEBIRD SKI DAY.  WHERE WERE THE BLUE SKIES WHEN WE WERE IN CANADA A MONTH AGO?  HUH?

OUR LITTLE CALIFORNIA GIRL GETS AROUND...

HERE IS OUR LITTLE CALIFORNIA GIRL HAILEY.  WITH ALL THE CUTE PICTURES THAT DAYNA HAS BEEN SENDING ME I JUST COULDN'T RESIST  MAKING A SLIDESHOW WITH A LITTTLE BEACH BOY MUSIC.  I MEAN REALLY HOW CUTE IS THIS LITTLE GIRL. 

SPRING SKI

OUR FRIENDS BRYANT AND GLENDA BELNAP

TODAY WE SKIED JACKSON HOLE SKI RESORT.  I HAVE NEVER SKIED THERE AND I WAS EXCITED BUT A LITTLE NERVOUS.  THANK GOODNESS THE SUN GODS WERE WITH US TODAY... IT WAS PRETTY MUCH A PERFECT SKI DAY.  THE SUN WAS OUT EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A LITTLE CLOUD AT THE TOP OF THE GONDOLA FIRST THING THIS MORNING BUT NOT TO WORRY THE SUN CAME OUT IN ALL IT GLORY.

IT WAS THE QUINTICENTIAL SPRING SKI DAY.  THE SUN WAS OUT THE TEMPS WERE WARM.  ALL IN ALL A GREAT DAY. I HAVE TO ADD THAT I DO LOVE MY NEW SKIS THEY PLOW THROUGH THE SNOW WITH NO PROBLEM, AND EVEN WITH GOING TO THE GYM AND ALL THE SQUATTS THAT I DO... I DO I WISH MY LEGS WOULD LAST LONGER WHEN SKIING THROUGH THE HEAVY STUFF, BUT I GUESS TIRED LEGS MEANS I WORKED HARD AND I KNOW WE HAD FUN.