March Out...

Well, I did a March in review earlier this month... Not much to tell really for the end of March. I am excited to be going to the Michael Buble concert tomorrow. That makes for a good end to the month, just in my opinion. If you haven't heard his latest song, "I Just Haven't Met You Yet" you should. I like to think of it as my theme song!!

March So Far

So far this month... things are going pretty well. I know it is only the 8th, but you have to take it all in stride...

Saturday I went to "Alice in Wonderland 3D." That was a great show. I was looking forward to going, so I was surprised to hear people ask me if I was really going to that show. I liked it. Kind of weird wearing 3D glasses when I already wear glasses but whatever.

Sunday I taught my Primary class. I got a calling recently. I team teach with another sister in the ward. That just means that we switch weeks for teaching. The week you are not teaching you are trying to keep the kids in line. Primary bouncer or something like that. The kids say the funniest things. Sometimes I wonder if they are listening at all and then other times they something that is so profound I am amazed.

Later in the month, I am planning a trip to Idaho to visit family. There are three birthdays this month, Mike, Dad, and Dustin.

Stuff and Stuff!!!

So many projects so little time. So much stuff how am I ever going to use it all? When did I buy this? What more chipboard? These are just a few of the questions that I have been asking myself lately. I have been working on my craftroom for quite awhile now. It is still not there yet. I am hoping that this weekend that might happen. I say that cautiously because I thought that a few weeks ago and I was nowhere near being done. I have gone through stuff only to find that there is more stuff to go through!! Yikes! Fill in whatever sound for screaming that you would like. I have been making do for so long that finally I was not doing any projects. After the holidays I just could not take it anymore. I started going through each bag one at a time. I go to do projects with a friend and then stuff just ends up in a bag until next time. I could take stuff out of the bag for another project day or I just get a new bag and put other treasures inside and off I go to 'project' again. So fun but it leads to me not knowing what I have and where it is!! I have taken things to the DI for the stuff that has not met the final cut. The Tooele Deseret Industries is definitely benefiting from this too. I was going through some scrapbook magazines and found a cute page element that said 'just hangin' out" and I thought I would make a card for my friend Jennifer that I love to hang out with. I scanned it and thought I could start a project blog. My project blog is lessoleesprojects@blogspot.com. At the top is the first card from my craftroom in transition!! Feel free to check out my blog, too!!

End of Year in Review

I haven't blogged in so long I feel I need to do a year in review or at least the end of the year in review...

December went way too fast! It was a good month. I love the holidays. My favorite time of year for sure. I know a lot of people say that but this year was really great.

Ok I may be bragging here but I got the President's Award at work. That was really incredible. The next day I got up early to go to the conference center theater for the meeting. It was a good meeting, they always do something a little more fun with Christmas at work. The power point went ahead by mistake and I saw my name as a President Award winner. I was surprised. Then the meeting got back on line and I was announced. I walked up on stage and then I saw my whole family except my brother, walking down the steps to meet me on stage. I tell this only because that was my best present this year. My family coming to support me. That meant so much! Shelly, Dustin, and Shane live in Montana. Chris and Brian live in Ephraim. Mom and Dad are in Idaho. They all made it. I thought I was going to cry. Right now I get a little teary. I did not cry onstage but I saw tears in my dad's eyes. Everyone at work was so surprised that my family would travel so far for me. I was surprised too and so very thankful. That meant so much.

Onto other things...
Christmas was fun. We had a houseful but it was still fun. We had a cookie fest, in Brian's words. Or he did anyway. Shane got a big green tractor of his very own. Two Santa Clauses came to our family Christmas Eve party. I played tech support for my uncle so he could get back on facebook! The John Deere book I gave Dustin was a big hit. Chris and Brian gave me too much stuff. Thanks though. I love the angel and the necklaces. I am still trying to figure out where to put the clipboard Shelly gave me. I got a snuggie from my mom and dad, or Santa Claus, whichever. I had a double feature day with Jennifer. We saw "Have You Heard About the Morgans?" and "The Princess and the Frog." Both cute, both worth seeing. Also went to Olive Garden with Jennifer. Very tasty! Went to dinner with Mary Jane and caught up. Still need to meet with Melissa for the gift giving!

New Year's... not so exciting. I worked until 5 then the rest of the weekend I stayed home because I was sick. The flu is so not fun!!

There's my end of year in review... looking forward to a great 2010. Is it twenty ten or two thousand ten? Or twenty oh ten? hee hee

Blogging is such an easy thing to do?

Hello!

I have not blogged. I have wanted to blog but could not blog. Passwords are such a fun thing don't you think? I could not remember my password so I could not blog. I tried resetting and that lead to more fun. Sending a few e-mails and going in circles, it was a party... The party finally ended and I am back to bloggin. Now if I can remember to blog and remember that password!!

The Holidays are Magic

Happy Holiday season everyone. Thanksgiving is over. I can't believe it. Such a nice holiday to spend with family. The holiday where I think about the blessings in my life. Then I get to spend time with the people that I am most thankful for. So of course, I went to Idaho. Shelly, Dustin, and Shane came. It was nice. Mom and Dad tried to get ready for Shane to come but he found things that were not baby proofed yet. Shelly, Mom, and I even got to go shopping on Friday while the men took care of Shane. The living room looked pretty wild when we got back.
Shane is really getting big. I got the rest of his Christmas present on black Friday, the mega blocks at Wal-Mart. We did not go in at 5 but around 8 and we were fine. I should say we were fine other than trying to fit all of our purchases in my car!! That was fun! I hope you can read the sarcasm...
Rupert has a festival of trees that they call "Caring and Sharing." It is free. So Mom, Dad, Mike, and I went on Saturday night. It was nice. They probably have a couple dozen trees or so. There was even a snowman made out of quilt batting that stood about 6 feet tall!
I wrote out my Christmas cards on Friday and even got to watch 'Ugly Betty.' That is a miracle. The 'Ugly Betty' part not the card part. It is nice to get the cards done. Now I need to get them in the mail.
My house is ready for Christmas, I put my tree up last weekend. I love all of the festive music on the radio. One of the ladies at the bus stop the other day said that the Christmas music is magical. I agree with that. Maybe I choose the non cynical route for the holidays but they are magical. I know that people get carried away and all that but I choose to be of the opinion that magic is involved.

I love Thanksgiving!!

I can't help but have the Adam Sandler Thanksgiving song in my head right now. I can't remember all the words. Do you ever just part of a song going through your head? The part I can remember is "gobble, gobble, giggle, I wish turkey only cost a nickle." Then the part at the end where he sings "I love Thanksgiving."

So in honor of the day, I would like to say what I am thankful for. My quote board at work right now has something like "Thanksgiving, afterall was not meant to be shut up in one day." I can't remember the person who said that right now. I love quotegarden.com for good quotes. That is where I got that one.

Here is my list, in no particular order:
1. My family. I am very thankful for my family, I know I can call them anytime. Even if I do not live close to them I can still feel their love from far away. They are in my heart always.
2. My job. I am very thankful to have a good job and good people to work with. In times like these I am very thankful to have a job to go to when so many people do not have a job.
3. For each day. It does not always work, but I try to be happy for each day. To watch the sun come up and to get another chance to make things better. I work on this all the time (the attitude part).
4. My friends. I am very thankful to have good friends. Friends can be the family you pick for yourself. I learn alot from other people in my life and for that I am grateful.
5. My health. I am thankful to be in good health. Working in health insurance you get to find out a lot about what others are going through and it really makes me thankful that I am healthy.
6. My parents. I know I already said family but I am very thankful for my parents. They still sacrifice so much for our family that I had to list them separately.
7. My house. I am very thankful to have a nice place to live. So many people do not have this and I need to remind myself how great this is.
8. The gospel. I am thankful for how I was raised. I am thankful for the example of others in my life.
9. Good times. I am thankful to good times. They make life worth living. Spending time with famiy and friends is what it is all about.
10. To live in such a time. Living in 2009 is pretty amazing. There are so much advances in the world. I take so much of it for granted. Microwaves, lights that turn on with a touch of a button, this computer, the internet, cell phones, medical break throughs... It is all pretty amazing. Oh, I said that already, huh?

There is so much to be thankful for!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!