The Beginning Of Summer

Well, it's beginning to look like that time of year again when the kids are out of school and they swim, sleep in, and want to eat all day. I don't mind, I love having my children home around me and helping on the house. I am looking forward to sleeping in and not having to run the kids to school every morning. It is the time of year that I love, then I get sick and tired of it around the start of August. Sarah has a granite tech class that she is taking every day starting next week. I will have to run her to that and pick her up. Andrew is finally through 7th grade. I thought I would loose my mind trying to get him to do his home work. He has to do better the start of 8th grade because I am not going through another year like this past year.
I went and had another procedure last week and I am feeling some what better, I will probably not have to have it done again. I am learning how to eat all over again and some things I can't eat and it's o.k. I have lost 55 pounds and I feel great. I am down 6 sizes and am excited to go shopping and buy some cute clothes when I have the weight off.
Tom has started school and I am excited for him. He wants to be an master esthetitian, going to a school called Skin Works. He want to work with a plastic surgeon and be an assistant. I think it is great. While I am in the field of hair, he can be in the field of skin and there is a lot of options for this kind of work. Maybe eventually we can open a business where we can work together. I am so proud of him and I am excited for this new opportunity for him. My business is coming along nicely and I am happy and content to be working from home. I love my clients and I am so thankful for their patronage.
I have a new calling as of Sunday. I am the ward primary pianist. I love the primary and the kids are so cute. I will miss Sunday School, we have a wonderful teacher. I guess I am to labor in the primary for now. It is exciting to see the new Temple and the dedication. I haven't gone through the open house as of yet, but would like to.
Oh Well, that is it for now, I have to get the Banana Bread out of the oven, and feed my family. Goodnight.

Planting Season

Today was a great day, and this week has been fun also. I was able to go to Lowes and bye flowers and shrubs for my yard. I got some rocks and made a flower bed and I am so happy with the results. The weather is just beautiful to be in the yard. I love this time of year, and how the it's not too hot and it's not too cold. It's perfect. My house will need painting in the future then I will be set for now. I have to work on the inside of my house also.
My little niece had surgery on her kidney and I hope she is feeling better. I am so worried about her. She is so cute.
I am having a great time working out of my home and I feel so much better. I am sorry about the way I have acted towards my old bosses. I do love them and I feel no hostile behavior towards them. I am grateful for the time with them and they are really nice people. I guess it was time to move on. I am so happy with my clientele and am so grateful for the loyal customers. I love my family. They support me in everything I do.
So, I am tired from all the planting, I am still not done. I have to plant my tomatoes and strawberries and raspberries. I love them.
On a wonderful note, my daughter Sarah made Madrigales at Kearns High and she and all of us as a family are so happy for her. She is so excited and she sings so good. I love to hear her sing. She didn't even suspect it for the longest time, (I knew about it because the teacher called my mother and she told me) but, the girls in the group came and got her in the middle of the night and told her that she was chosen. She went to a breakfast and luncheon and they are going to have concert on Monday night. She has laryngitis right now and we have to get her well. I am so proud of her and I wish her all the best in this group. Bye for now.

Becoming A New Person

Well, it's been a while since I wrote last. I have had to go into the hospital and get my hole to the small intestines stretched out. It seems like I was throwing up everything and I didn't have any energy. It was so hard. I have lost 43 pounds as of today and I feel so much better. I am trying to get as much protein as possible and I feel like I can do this now. If you would have asked me a week ago, I would have told you that it is not worth it. I know that it is worth it and I am so happy with the weight loss. I have a long way to go still, but I am on my way. Things are going good. I am so thankful for all my blessings and my family. I love them so much.

Sarah And Her First Date

Well, this is a picture taken about 2 weeks ago, 2 weeks after surgery. My face is slimmer than this because I am down 34 pounds. I can't eat anything right now. It is really disgusting, but I feel like I am a bulimic person right now. I will try a new food and then go and throw it up. I can only keep down liquids at this point. I think I will have to go get my stomach opening to the small intestine stretched. My doctor thinks that it is covered up by scar tissue. It won't be bad. I will just be under medicine that makes you forget.
Sarah had her first date on Saturday and she went to prom with this really cute boy named Cameron. She wanted to spend the day with him so she invited him to go to the Natural History Museum at the UofU and so that meant that I had to drive them up. I went up there and while they were in the museum I thought I would take the dogs for a walk and then I ended up trying to get them some water at this little dive out of the way. I walked in and I thought I would get some soup. So I had some soup and then I saw that they were ready to go home and on the way home I ended up throwing up all over myself twice. It was so embarrassing. Sarah took it good. I would have been mortified. We got home and I washed up and Tom made them dinner, and they ate and then he went back home while Sarah got ready for the dance. She had a great time. I will post the pics later. They are still in the camera, and she looks dazzeling.
Andrew is cute, and smartalic and it drives me nuts. I have to nip that in the bud. He is 13 after all. I hate that age. But I love my children and husband and I am still striving.

Freedom Of Speech (It's A Wonderful Thing)

Well today was a refreshing day where I was able to come to terms on issues that have been a constant sore in my side. I was able to express myself in a way that makes this country so great. We are a great nation and I am so grateful for that. I can say and do anything I want. I am grateful for the freedom of speech. Unlike some countries who are put to death for saying what they feel. Now I know why some countries are third world. I feel like I have left a certain country by not having to work anymore. I am so happy. I know that things are going to work out and I am not tied down by ignorant people. (May be next time I should throw a shoe.) Well enough for now, and all I can say is God Bless America.

Getting Along Better

Well, I am here and surviving. I have really gone through a lot of changing of attitude in the past couple of weeks. I am glad that I had the surgery, yet I am frustrated that I am a baby when it comes to food. I can't tolerate certain foods and it is like I am an infant learning how to eat again. I am grateful, because I was not a healthy eater. (Hence, the weight gain) I was in denial about it all. I have lost 25 pounds and I am feeling so much better. I think that eating right makes all the difference in the world. I am getting used to eating little amounts. I knew that was going to be my biggest hurdle.
It is early April and it is snowing outside. I am so sick of winter and snow in the worst way. I want to get out and walk and get some yard work done. I want to get on with my life. The kids are doing great. They are nearing the end of school and are in the last term. This is the time when they get spring fever, if it ever gets here.
It has been a major adjustment not working a job. I did not realize how into my job I was. It took over my life. I am so grateful for the change and the opportunity to be with my children and to take care of them. They are my job. I love them so much. I love my husband, he is so good to me. We will get through this major crunch. It is just learning to live on less, that is the key.

Getting Used To Eating Again

Well, it has been a week since my operation and things have not been what I thought they were going to be like. I hate to eat. I think eating 2 ounces at meal time is extreme. I know I should have been prepared and I knew what I was getting into, but come on, 2 ounces!! Oh well, it is over and done with and I can't go back, I can only go forward. I know that when more of the weight comes off that I will be a little bit chipper, but I am not right now. Maybe it is the fact that I don't have a job right now and I hate the weather. It has snowed and rained the past two days here in Salt Lake and it was so nice right before Spring arrived. I hope that we will get more pleasant weather in the future because I want to get out and walk a bit. I feel all out of sorts. I was so into a routine that I didn't give it much thought. I was going full circle and now I feel like I have no where to go. Like the "TOP" has stopped and threw me off. I went over to the beauty supply yesterday to see how much a hair chair would cost and I used to work for another Fantastic Sams over there. It is run by a different man and one who I like the pay scale. They redid the whole place and it looks good. I ran in there to see it and I don't know if I should try and get a job there again. I hate to keep on going back and forth. I promised myself that I wouldn't work for another person again, and I think it was premature. I don't know. I am going to think it about it some more and see what my options are. It is so frustrating not knowing what to do. I will get happier. I just need to dissimulate and find a happy medium.