grumpy ol' me

I had a TERRIBLE night. I didn't get into bed until around 11:30 and I finally got into bed and being my stupid self I started watching American Idol that I Tivo'd.

I finally fell asleep when in the middle of the night at 2:30am I felt a poke on my left shoulder. Still kinda sleepy I thought I hope that is not what I think it is....a scorpion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I jumped out of bed and turned on the light and moved the blanket around to find a scorpion in my bed. That is when I started feeling the tingling and pain start. I will say it was not as bad as the one I got a year ago. I put the scorpion in a mug next to my bed because scorpions cannot climb out of glass jars, they are to slippery. Well, that is unless it is the mug you had hot chocolate in that night and dried hot chocolate on a mug is not slippery. I went back to bed and drifted off to sleep, when NO WAY I felt the same pain in my right upper arm.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!

I again hopped up turned on the light to look for another scorpion thinking my bed is now infested with the pests. I found it and then went to stick it in the mug with the other one only to find out the other one is the same one I had. It climbed out of the mug because of the dried hot chocolate. How the heck did the same scorpion find me twice? Needless to say I am very very GRUMPY and my left shoulder and right arm are still tingly and alittle bit numb because of the poison.

Now here is what is crazy about the whole thing. My parents came to stay with me last year. My dad is ridiculously scared of scorpions. I had kept telling him I hadn't seen a scorpion in months so he would be fine. Well after they left the very next day I found a scorpion crawling right by were his shoes had been. All I could think was "that was close" and "I am not telling my dad". Well my dad was here this last weekend and again grilled me about scorpions. Since he was staying in TJ's room we told him TJ had never had a scorpion in his room so he was safe. We told him none of us had ever been stung in our beds while we were sleeping. Well he left on Wednesday and sure enough the very next night I get stung twice in my bed while sleeping. I think I my dad is a jinx.

This has not been a good week for me with pain. Monday night I burned my hand kinda bad but it is better now. Now I am in pain with scorpion stings. I think I am glad I am not doing the London Run tomorrow morning, I could just imagine what would happen to me.

must blog before I go to bed.

Thayne asked me why I haven't updated my blog for awhile. I guess I have been slacking. Thayne likes to check it out especially while he is working out of town because he can read and see what we have been up to.



This last weekend my parents came for a visit and my brother and his family also came out to visit. I didn't take as many pictures as I should have. Well actually I took some on my sister's camera but I don't count those. I love taking pictures and completely zoned out on picking up the camera like I should when family visits. I think I lost out on capturing many memories.


Here are a few I manages to get.

My dad has not been feeling his best lately, so I knew I could not miss this moment of him playing football out in the front yard with the boys.

and you just gotta luv it when teenage girls get together for fun.

I think they spent a good hour crimping all 4 heads of hair.

TJ and Jake can be found in the same place every time... outside on bikes and skateboards.

4 whole days of fun and excitement and these where the only pictures I got. Well, you can't forget the Wonder Women picture that was this weekend too. We are now back to normal life and an earlier bed schedule. 11 o'clock every night was just not working for my kids, or myself.

My kids were soooo sad to see G&G and cousins go home. I am sure they had fun leaving the freezing cold Logan Utah for a few days for our nice warm Arizona sunny weather, I bet they come back soon. Ü

boys

What do you get when you put 2 boys in blue polyester suits from the 70's?

HUNKS!

I know they don't look happy, but they really think they are so cool and they love it.

no WONDER I smile

I just love when something unusual makes me smile, and then every time I think about it I still smile. I FINALLY GOT PICS from my sister and I smiled all over again.




On Saturday I went to lunch with my dad, mom and sister. We decided to go to one of our favorite sandwich shops in Mesa called "Sweet Cakes". When we walked in and headed for the counter, this is what we saw....

I told Rachel I wanted to get a picture of her and so she whips out a camera out of her purse and tries to secretly get this picture except her flash goes off and so it wasn't so secret. Wonder Women didn't even notice so we were safe. I really wanted to get a picture with her but she wasn't turning around. Finally she kinda looks over her shoulder and holding her coin purse in her hand says to me "where did Wonder Women keep her money?" I just said I don't know, maybe down her shirt. DUH. But really look at those sock, those could hold alot of something. So Rachel and I talked to her for alittle bit and asked if we could take her picture. She so nicely said sure.

Isn't she FABULOUS?

I know horrible picture of me, but who cares I am with Wonder Women. How can you not love a lady this old who has no shame of wearing this costume in public. She makes me smile and she makes me want to not worry about what other people think and live life to the fullest.

no pictures no post

The last few days have been jammed packed. My parents and my brothers family came to town to visit from Utah. It is always craziness and tons of catching up. I want to tell you some of the fun parts but all pictures are on my sisters camera. So I am waiting for her to blog about the same thing so I can get the pictures.

I will give a small teaser. I MET WONDER WOMEN!

not a big help

sab-o-tage 
–noun
1.
any underhand interference with production, work, etc.,

I got up this morning to take TJ to a merit badge clinic. I decided I would put on my running clothes and head to the track after I dropped him off. Feeling really good and ready to go I noticed my ipod was DEAD. Maybe that is a sign I should just stay home. NOPE. I can't let that stop me. I went into the girls room to see if their ipods were charged. Sam and Jess had their cousins Aly and Hannah sleep over last night so I walked in to a room with giggly girls just being girls. I got Jess's ipod and feeling back on track to getting a morning workout I hear my girls say......

"will you bring us back some donuts?"

Now here were my thoughts.
1. there is not a decent donut shop anywhere close by.
2. if I get them donuts can I really be strong enough not to eat one.

Well I jogged and walked only 2 ½ miles, then drove to Dunkin Donuts (GAG) to get the girls donuts. I could have a "I hate DD" post but I will save that for another time. I did eat half a donut and then decided it was not worth the calories and not worth running 2 laps to burn it off. So as much as the girls tried to sabotage my morning, I think I did ok.

progress

I am making progress on my running. I am running a lap and then walking a lap. I am up to 2 miles doing it this way. Hopefully in a week or two I will be running more than walking but for now this works for me. I am not sure if I am breathing wrong or what, but by the time I run 1 lap my lungs hurts so bad. By the time I walk the 2nd lap my lungs are back to normal and I run and they hurt again. I am sure it is just from me not running for a long time and my lung will eventually adjust to the torture I am causing them. As I was running yesterday I gave myself a long talk about getting new music to run to. My brother suggested audio tapes because it keeps your mind of the fact you are actually running, so I may try that as well. It rained last night so today I will run at the gym and maybe sneak in a class tonight if my kids don't need help with homework. So there it is, my running update. Nothing special but progress is being made. Oh ya, new running shoes are on my list of things to purchase in the near future.

and he's off

Well, Thayne has begun his journey. This year he will be spending alot of his time working in ....


He left yesterday and is still driving today. He is supposed to be there for about 6-7 months. He should be home every 2-3 weeks. Can you hear me grumbling yet. I am. I might even make a trip out there to see him while he is there. I have never been to any eastern states so this might be a good opportunity. It is close to Nashville so that would be a fun trip I think. I will wait until it warms up for sure. I hope Thayne's speech doesn't slow down, I hear they talk slow there. This will be an interesting year but we are going to make the best of it and enjoy all the time we have together. I am not going to complain at all (well I'll try not to). I will just remind myself it is sooooo much better than having him in Mexico last year.

This could be yours

This could be where you rest your head at night.

Well maybe NOT, because....

I'M GONNA WIN IT!

I hope!

Don't forget to enter here for a chance to win the HGTV dream house give away. Someone has to win, so why not ME or you!

so not a runner

I am very competitive. Always have been and always will be. I am sometimes more competitive with boys than with girls. I think I just always want to prove that anything boys can do girls can do better. I don't always succeed but I love the thrill of trying. As I get older I find I can't keep up like I used to. In school when we had PE I always made sure I was one of the fastest when we would run a mile. I was always one of the first girls picked on the softball team or basketball team at PE and recess. I remember alot of the girls would play on the bars and do a swinging pull over. It is where you hold a high bar and swing you body until you can swing and pull yourself up and over on top of the bar. I had never done it before but it looked easy. One morning I got to school alittle early to see if I could do it with no one watching. As I started to practice a girl walked up and said, "can you do a swinging pull over?" I said " yes". LIAR! So she said lets do one at the same time. OH THE PRESSURE! The competitive person just comes out at the right time and I did a swinging pull over. YIPPEE. The liar pulled through. I was not going to be the girl who couldn't do it.

I am never the best at anything and I think I am ok at that, I just don't want to be the worst. Now I know Glade is thinking this is about Tetris, but it's not. Even though I am still bitter that his score is higher than mine and I have this aching desire to get back on the game and try to beat his score. This is about running. I want to run in a race with some of my lady friends. I went to the gym and I could barely make it one lap and then I had to walk. Crazy, that is just not me. I could always do it. Everyone tells me baby steps. Run alittle bit further everyday. So I am going to stick with that advice and try for a lap and a half with out killing myself this week. I think I don't even like running. I get bored listening to my music. I like running on the treadmill at the gym because I can watch tv, so much more fun. I always loved rollerblading because if you get tired you just stop and the wheels keep rolling so you are still moving. It's fabulous. However, I do want to do a race with the ladies so I am on to give this a go and see how I do. I figure if I blog about it, I will be more accountable to keeping myself going. There will be boring running updates that will be more of a scorecard for myself to see how I am doing. Wish me luck and pray for me. Maybe I will begin to enjoy this and my high blood pressure will go down.

pushing it

I really need to give all the credit that is due. Thayne will get mad that I even bring up everything he does around the house because it breaks the man code (that I am not even apart of). I woke up feeling like I shorted him on giving him credit with house chores. So I need to add to the list of things he did.

-all the laundry in the house. Not drying any of mine so he didn't shrink anything. Way to go.
-all the yard work. Which is a ton.
- cleaned out the laundry room.

Thayne is afraid that if I write all this stuff on my blog that it will give man a bad name. I say only to his friends but the wives will love him more. I know I do.

not much

I guess I have been in a blah kind of blogging mood lately. I am not sure really why but I really need to get back into a good groove. Not just with blogging but in my life. I NEED SOME MOTIVATION! The last couple of week Thayne has been home a little bit more than usual and he has...

-cleaned his side of the closet
-finish building our new shower so we could use it
-cleaned out our coat closet
-cleaned out our food storage closet (which was really 2-3 ft high of just things kids threw in it.)
-cleaned the kids bonus room
-cleaned TJ's room
-cleaned Wyatt's room (yuk)
-cleaned the inside of both my cars

I am sure he has done more but I have not been watching everything.

I guess I need to open some windows and turn on some music and live life a little bit more, or a little bit better.

the good games

Have you ever played this game before?

This is how I felt in primary today. As soon as I got one kid to sit down another popped up.

On the positive side of things...

New Sunbeams are sure cute and say the funniest thing.

My favorite Sunbeam saying so far this year, is when we just finished singing the Snowman song and Saydie twirled around in her dress, looked at me, and said...

"Can we sing the Little Mermaid song now"

Love the new year in primary!

oh the pain

You know how people say you have to forget the pain of child birth or you would never have another baby?

That is kind of how I feel about Christmas decorations. If I remembered every year how much I hate packing all that stuff back up into boxes I would never decorate for Christmas again. I always remember dreading it, but never fully remember how much I hate it.

I think I have all of our holiday goodies packed away tightly in these boxes until next year.

One day I am going to invest in some nice red plastic Rubbermaid boxes, but for now these are cheap and convenient. I think some of them are ready to retire.

I am also not sure who actually thinks you can really restuff all of THIS...

into this....

I think I may have to save the tree stuffing until Thayne gets home. I am so glad it is finally done and am completely convinced I am not decorating for Christmas next year, and because I can remember how painful childbirth was I am not having any more babies. Ahhhh!

don't forget

We all do it.

It is just so frustrating when someone else does it.

This morning I thought I was going to be able to stay in bed alittle longer than normal. When Thayne is home he always gets up and takes TJ and Sam to school at 6AM. He like to do things for the kids, but I also think he likes to hit Jack in the Box for breakfast. As soon as Thayne dropped off the kids at the school (8 miles away from home) I get a text and a phone call from Sam saying she left her agenda at home. She needed it or she would get in trouble. I should have expected it when she came in to kiss me before she left she only had a binder in hand and not her backpack. She said she only needed her binder. OOOOPS! She was wrong.

I guess I shouldn't complain to much. It got me out the door and to the gym. Sam is not my forgetful child either so I don't mind once in a while. It is just alittle tough so early in the morning. I am pretty sure I will not let this happen tomorrow morning.

scout slogan

DO A GOOD TURN DAILY

I know I am not always a nice person. I wish I was. Everyday I try harder to be a little kinder, and I am gradually getting better at it. I do have a soft spot for old people. Well maybe not always when they drive really slow, but in the winter here we are bombarded with slow driving snowbirds. I still try to show patience but do find myself getting irritated sometime. I guess something else I need to work on. Ok back to the soft spot I have.

Today I ran Wyatt to scouts and ran quickly to the grocery store to get Sam a treat for Young Women's and some milk for breakfast. I wanted to get in and out of there fast. So I whipped through the store, didn't even take time to check my blood pressure. As I was finishing up I was on the far end isle of the store. I saw this old lady in a battery operated shopping cart. She had a full cart (she had everything and anything "Pillsbury"). I was walking up behind her and noticed she was shuffling along. She was sitting in the seat of the cart but had her right foot out to the side pushing the cart along. I was wondering if she was just shopping or if she needed help. I kinda stayed back a little to see if she needed help. Remember I was in a hurry? I saw 2 men just walk right by her and look at her but just kept shopping. So I went up to the lady and asked her if she needed help. She said, "oh I do. The battery is dead and I need to get to the front of the store to get a new charged one". All I could think about is how long it would have taken her to get to the front of the store pushing with one foot. I told her I would push her but I think it would be fun to go fast. She said "me too". So off we went at hyper speed. She was smiling the whole time. I got her switched to a new cart and she was on her way with a big smile on her face and I had a big smile on my face.

Oh I hope her Pillsbury cookies taste extra good tonight.

moving on

uh huh, oh ya!

I finally beat Thayne's score on tetrus.

I can officially move on to the less fun stuff that I really need to do.

loser life

Ok Focus!

This is what I have been trying to tell my self for a week now. I have had quite a few things I have been needing to get done and I can't seem to wrap my mind around doing them. This is how my mind feels right now.

Things I need to get done...

Put my Christmas decorations away. Yes they are still up and every time I look at them I just walk out of the room they are sitting in.

Decorate the birthday board for primary

clean my office

organize the pantry.

mop the floor, it really needs it

Things have kept me from accomplishing these things...

Trying to beat Thayne's score on tetrus

running the kids around

Trying to beat Thayne's score on tetrus

making a plan of salvation for sharing time

Trying to beat Thayne's score on tetrus

Trying to beat Thayne's score on tetrus

Trying to beat Thayne's score on tetrus

Nuff' said!

I am a total loser who needs to get her rear in gear.

Happy New Years!

Oh my! I did not get to bed until 2am last night. We had such a nice time with everyone at the Hixon New Years party. It is always a long night that goes by very fast. Every year Stephen and Rachel have a new years party and they even include all the kids.

Every hour on the hour they ring a bell so the kids know it is time to play a game. A different mom is in charge of each hour. The game usually consist of some kind of contest or something fun to keep the kids going another hour until midnight. I want to add that most hours include some kind of sugar. Lots and lots of sugar. I am not sure I have ever seen a child over the age of 1 fall asleep before midnight. This year some of the games were...

- one older child and one younger child teamed up and the older child unwrapped a roll of toilet paper around the younger child. The first one to unroll the whole role of tp won.

- ice cream eating contest. Each child received a ice cream bar, the first one to eat and swallow the whole thing won.

- Candy bar game. Each child receive a candy bar in a brown bag. Each child took turns rolling dice. When they rolled doubles they could switch candy bars with someone else. Each child walked away with a candy bar. I was incharge of this game so we did not get any pictures of the kids playing.


Adult games...

-Each adult wrote down a funny or embarrassing moment. Then we played pictionary with the moments. Very fun game. Remind me to post about my humongous shirt later.


- Some one everybody knows game. This game takes to long to describe but was very fun, so if you want to know email me.


We had alot of yummy food and a fun time for everyone. I am ready for a new year.



TJ and Jake went to the stake dance so we did not get alot of pictures of them. I got this one of them coming out of the dance, but because it was dark it is not the best quality.



If you want to see more pictures from the party, you can see some of them on face book or click here for more pictures. The pictures on face book do not include alot of the kids.