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I'm glad to know and be friends with Tres, and I am pleased to promote her book on my blog!

Water, Anyone?

Just for something to blog about today, I took a picture of the water mugs we, in the office, use to drink from. One of our secretaries is gone, so I couldn't include hers.
They are all different sizes - ranging from 24oz to 64oz. Betcha can't guess which one is mine... Lol.
I am still on my no caffeine/soda thing... let me figure out how many days that is... 182 days! Or, 26 weeks, or 6 months (I'm counting tomorrow because it makes the math easier. hahaha) I have plateaued a little bit on the losing weight thing, but I'm confident I'll continue to lose weight still. GO ME!!

End of Calendar and Weekend with Rachael

Here are the rest of my calendar pictures (finally) :) Now I just gotta figure out how best to use it. Lol.

September

The picture on top is of a moth that decided to visit the school during recess. You can't tell from the picture (because of how I cut it), but it was as long as the brick was high (so... 3"?) He just sat on the wall and soaked in the sun. He didn't stay long, but he was definitely the hit of recess while he was there!
The bottom picture is of the waterfall at Cascade Springs up American Fork Canyon. I love waterfalls, and this one is no different. I could sit and stare at waterfalls for a very long time and not get bored.

October

I chose only one photo for October - it is a picture taken from Halloween. The office staff like to have Halloween themes; this year was Western. From left to right: Lisa, our head secretary; Cami, our new principal; Klara, I can't remember what she does; Dean, our head custodian; Janay, our lead sweeper; Janet, our assistant secretary.

November

Top left is a picture I took on road 056. The contrast between the blue sky and the gold leaves was amazing. This picture does not do justice to the scene.
Top right is a picture I took while I was walking to work. There are so many beautiful things I see, I wish I could get a picture of all of them :)
Bottom is a picture of fall leaves on a tree in my backyard on a day it was raining. The water seemed to really bring out the vibrancy in the colors. Here again, the photo just does not do the leaves justice.

December

Last, but not least, we come to the end of my calendar pictures. Top left is my former roommate, Allison, and her baby, Boone. I was lucky for the chance to see them while they were in Utah for Christmas.
Top right is a tree in my backyard that, incidentally, is the same tree which provided the leaves for the picture earlier...
Bottom is our office staff on the last day of school for the year. Janet, Lisa, Cami, and myself. I feel like the jolly green giant standing by them, but Janet and Lisa are squatting just a little... and the three of them are wearing matching socks that I gave them for Christmas - it's hard to see that, but I wanted to pass around my sock-wearing awesomeness ;)

And here is the stamp on the back. Not very creative... but that's me for ya!

Last weekend, I was able to have Rachael stay with me while her family was out of town. I picked her up from school on Friday and had her until Monday night. We had many fun activities:

Pizza Pie Cafe
(this is a true laugh picture)

yummy dessert pizza

being silly after we ate

Saturday night, we made corn bread muffins

Voila!

Sunday dinner, cheesy ham and hash browns



YUM!!

Monday, being Valentine's Day, Rachael and I wore matching socks ;) See, I'm spreading more of my awesome sock-ness around! Hahaha.

After school, we went bowling



First game scores:

Second game scores:

That night, we played Just Dance 2. It was a lot of fun!
It was fun having Rachael over for the weekend. I learned a lot of things, and have decided that maybe at this time of my life, it's ok that I'm not a mom. It is still the deepest desire of my heart, but I can wait until the time is right.

Random Thoughts

Well, for Christmas, I got some new sheets. I have just now put them on my bed for the first time... I feel like I'm sleeping in a warm, cozy forest of grass :) Of course, I do have a few other blankets on the top - to add opposing color and more warmth. I just love it!

I came home from somewhere the other day and noticed these icicles but didn't have a chance to get a picture of them. Today, I had that chance. Lucky for me they were still hanging there. I think I will probably knock them down tonight, because they just look evil (like crooked, bent witch fingers) and I'd hate for them to fall down on someone.

It just amazes me how crooked these icicles have grown! I've been here for quite a few years and can't recall them being this crooked before (I could be wrong...)

So after taking pictures of the icicles, I come inside my house and this is what I see:

It was the strangest sight. The only windows I have in my "cave" are on the door and in the bedrooms. The light shining on the pillow was coming from the window in my bedroom on the south side of the house - if you've been in my house, the south window is nowhere in direct line at all with this pillow. I was confused, until I figured that the sun was shining in the south window, and being reflected from the mirror I have on the east wall. I did some checking, and sure enough, that's exactly what it was!

I like this shot of the pillow with the sun light on it and the reflection of it...

I have my "neice" Rachael staying with me this weekend, so watch for fun pictures of our adventures together!

Oops, Did I Just Say That?

So, I went to dinner tonight with my very good friend, Jayni. We're standing in line to get our food (we hit the dinner rush, so we got to wait), and I noticed some children who had pulled all of the menus out of one of the menu signs, and dumped them on the floor. I said to Jayni, "I wonder what the people here think of that?" and motioned to her what I was referring to. She turned and said, "What?! Don't they have parents? Where are the parents?" We turned back around and a moment later, I saw one of the kids standing with the guy who was behind us in line.

Oops.

We started laughing hysterically, due to embarrassment.

Doh!

We sat down and started eating, and the guy from behind us walked out... with no children. Upon further investigation, the kids belonged to a couple of ladies who were in front of us (not directly) in line.

Relief.

We enjoyed the rest of our dinner and didn't give another thought to the potentially extremely embarrassing moment we thought we'd had.

Jayni, I love you! :)

Fun-ness and More Calendar Pics

I love my friends!! Susan and I have been friends for a very long time - she was the Young Women's President when I was in her ward. Our birthdays are two days apart, so we always try and get together and celebrate. I sure love this lady!

Hooray for more calendar pics!
June

Top left is me standing in the water at Bear Lake. It was so cold... but I felt like I needed to say I'd been "in the water" on my camping trip ;) Top right is a beautiful shot of a sunset at Bear Lake. The chipmunk we (Stacey and I) called Pepper. The bottom left picture is of the north mountain in Alpine - hiking up to the Hamongogs. Bottom right is me with my dear high school friend, Amy.

July

Both background pictures on the left are from a camping trip I went on with Becky and her family. The bottom picture is the southern end of Utah County. The top right picture is a "happened to get a good shot" of a butterfly on a thistle. Bottom right is a picture of flowers in my yard. The top middle pictures are of Robert and Kati - they were jumping on a trampoline and I just glued the pictures silly like that. Middle left is me with my two newest nephews, Madden and Logan - they are about a month and a half apart in age. Bottom middle is me and Becky being ourselves and making silly faces.

August

Background pictures are the Portland, Oregon Temple (top left) and the Seattle, Washington Temple (bottom right). Top right is me, Gram Myrtle (Laura's Grandma), and Laura (my friend who I visited in Washington). Middle picture is me with Laura's kids - I somehow ended up with both of them on my back - but they are great kids and I sure miss being there! Bottom left is me with Kati and Crystal - we were being silly after we'd gone to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point.

I'll get the other pages done this weekend (hopefully). On a 'brighter' note - I bought two new pillows last night for my couch. This is what they look like:
I like the splashes of bright color thrown in. It really adds that needed brightness and color to my "cave" of an apartment :) Don't get me wrong, I love my "cave" - it is just dark and seems to be all the same color. I've slowly started adding things over the years... the longer I'm there, the more I like it!!

Talking Bull

I got such a kick out of my dream last night, I had to share:



I was standing on a hillside, watching bulls attacking people (like a running of the bulls gone wild or something). The bulls were chasing the guys and trying to stick their horns in them - I did see one guy get a horn right in his gut :( I told my friend who was with me to lay down in the dirt and hold really still and maybe the bulls wouldn't see us. We "hit the dirt" and I started praying like crazy (not very often do I actually pray in my dreams). I watched two of the bulls calmly walk over by where we were at, and I heard them talking to each other. My friend told me to get up, but had to say it a second time for me to hear her. Apparently, we were laying under the tree where they wanted to lay, so they asked us to move. I stood up and apologized. The one bull said "it's ok". I grabbed my sack lunch from under the tree and my friend and I walked away.

My dream continued, but I can't recall much information about it. I have dreamed about animals before, but never have they spoken - especially in words I could understand! I find it so funny and odd that I decided to share it with you :) Hope you enjoyed reading about the strangeness of my mind. Hahaha.