VRRROOOOOOMMM!!

Ok, so in case you didn't get it, that is my best shot at trying to sound like a VERY fast car whizzing by me! How did I do? :) Well that is how this summer has gone and my question about the summer is like the question about the car.......where did it go???????? Alas methinks it has something to do with my..ahhhh....let's just say... advancement in years! ( I like that. sounds much better than "old age"!) sigh
Jess and Mike move in to their new apartment in Orem tomorrow. How exciting for them. And Jamie and her family are moving to Texas....how NOT exciting for us!!! We will miss them terribly. I can't believe the lengths she will go to to stay away from her "leetle ol mama!" sigh :) We shall party til she leaves! I am getting a little "burned out" from school and am looking forward to my week and a half break in a couple of weeks before fall semester. And as a side note: instead of taking an aerobics class this block, I took tennis because I thought it sounded fun. I love to play, but I didn't realize that I would get much more exercise chasing and picking up the balls that whizz right past me than actual playing time (Again the question asked at the beginning of this blog, this time about the tennis ball...where did it go? hmmmmm !
I shall end this blog with my one of my famous thoughts of the day...READY????
***A TRULY HAPPY PERSON IS ONE WHO CAN ENJOY THE SCENERY ON A DETOUR!***
Happy day to one and all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Good Time Was Had By All !!!!!!

Wow! What an understatement! It was a girls(and I use that word loosely when it comes to MY age) weekend in Park City and we had a fabulous time! We all pitched in and rented a condo that was so beautiful, just like a cabin. Since I don't have any pictures, the best way to see any is to go to Jamie and Jessica's blogs from here and SEE the fun we had! (Those are the only two that have posted so far) Anyway, that was my summer vacation since I'm in school and we had the best time!
We are so lucky to live in such close proximity to beautiful mountains, fun lakes and pretty much anything you want to do is at our fingertips! What can I say? I am in GRATEFUL mode! :)
I am back to reality which for me means school. Research methods isn't too bad since it's not statistics! Of course getting all your teeth pulled without anesthesia or dropping a rock on your foot would be considered fun compared to stats soooo .... you get my meaning! Life is good!!
Remember ; A weed is no more than a flower in disguise! Hey that means that I'm a better gardener than I thought! It's all in how you look at it! :) Yahoo! (I am now doing the happy dance. You should be glad you are not present, it's not pretty! ) Happy day!

Sometimes You're the Pigeon, Sometimes You're the Statue!

I thought that would get your attention! :) I am officially out of statistics and this event was celebrated on the 4th of July with all of the fireworks! Yes folks, that was for me! :) Anyway, I am now in my second block at school and it's not as crazy. I even had time to go for a motorcycle ride and to "sail away" on a small sailboat on Utah Lake--twice! Very fun! Where is the summer going? I am grateful that this is the last summer I will spend in school. The Lord continues to bless me, I have a great family and another grandchild on the way---yahoo Megan and Jake! Love to ya'll---------------

Statistically Speaking-------

Okay, so I wish I could speak statistically so I would know what my proffesor was talking about! I didn't do so well on the first test but yesterday we got our 2nd test back and I got 78%. Yahoooo! Miracles are still alive and well and I am a living example. I am putting the time and effort in and praying ALOT! The Lord has been very mindful of my struggles in this class and helped me tremendously! He has promised that he will make up the difference "after all we can do" and this has certainly been the case!! And stats class is over with NEXT Wednesday! Yay! How do I spell relief? yup! well relief-----anyway :)
It was so fun to have Jamie and Chris and the kids here last week! I didn't get to see them much but we all got together(except Jess and Mike--Jess was playing in California!) several times and had so much fun! Some of the funniest entertainment I get is to go to the softball/T-ball games of Savannah, Brooklyn, Wyett, and Kaulin! And of course they are the CUTEST kids on the teams!
I have a great family and I appreciate ya'll!!!
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY;
"HATING PEOPLE IS LIKE BURNING DOWN YOUR OWN HOUSE TO GET RID OF A RAT!"
On that wonderful note---:) Have a fabulous day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Life is to short to waste!!!

Dont Stop Dreaming

We all need to have dreams! You need to celebrate and be grateful when dreams come to you but also know that they won't all come true. It can be difficult to let go of a dream that you really want. When you find that a dream isn't going to happen, you sometimes need to MOURN THE LOSS OF THE DREAM REALIZING IT WAS NEVER BASED IN REALITY, ONLY WHAT YOU WANTED SO BADLY TO BE REAL!--------
And then move forward! Just don't ever stop dreaming!

There is no tomorrow to remember if we don't do something today!

I have been reading President Monson's talk from November 2008 conference "Finding Joy in the Journey." I am so grateful for the many wonderful memories I have of our family and the fun we had! I am so glad that Jeffrey and I decided early on to not wait until the future to enjoy life but to have fun along the way! And we sure did. Kelly said that he was talking to Uncle Neil the other day and he told him that he never met anyone that worked as hard as Jeffrey but that he worked equally hard at playing! I remember in the early days of snowmobiling when Jeffrey would not put the snowmobiles away until we had gone at least 100 miles. He would even circle the parking lot just to get the odometer to read 100! He wanted to get his monies worth! :) And he would ask everyone ALL THE TIME if we were having fun! It was annoying but he needed to know that we were having a good time. And I miss his sense of humor! How he could tell a story of any every day occurrence and make it hilarious!
The point is, don't waste your today's on things that don't matter! Know what is important! "You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays." Everyone should make the most of every day you have with each other because the memories are one thing that can't be taken away! And if you have a hard time remembering things, you need to write them down because it doesn't take much of a jog to your memory to have all sorts of memories come flooding back! How grateful I am for such wonderful memories and that the Lord has blessed me with such a wonderful family. Remember, Find Joy in the Journey! Love to all!!

Still Alive and Kickin'

Okay so I haven't posted in a LONG time but I have been busy having NO LIFE!!!! (For those of you who don't know, that means I LIVE at UVU pretty much and they are starting to contemplate charging me rent along with the astronomical tuition and fees!)
It was a wonderful weekend last week with Savannah's baptism, Jess and Mike's Snow College graduation, and my graduation.(Associate Degrees R Us) And of course there is the FOOD that is partaken of at these events. Lots of sugar(which is pretty much the most excitement I get anymore) and getting together with family(which means lots of laughs which I love!) I am not really complaining although I am doing a good job of sounding like it. It's just that I am a YELLOW personality trapped in the world of the Reds who are the movers and shakers(good traits for a student), the Blues who are the boy and girl scouts, goal and detail oriented(good traits for a student), the whites who go about their business of getting things done and seeing the big picture without the fuss(good traits for a student). Yellows just wanna have fun fun fun til their daddy takes the T-Bird away. Someone definitely swiped mine and the fun fun fun has been replaced by work work work. It has paid off however cause I just got my grades for this last semester and I got straight A's. 7 of them-yahoo! So this has become my new definition of fun-a great GPA. I do anticipate the day that I can get my T-Bird back figuratively and go have my old definition of fun. I just have to pay the price like the Reds, Whites and Blues. So patriotic! My little yellow flame is still flickering under the mountains of homework so I shall survive. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. In my yellow world, I sure wish it were chocolate!