Happy Halloween!!

Today is Halloween and I love this holiday, I can't help it. I love the little kids as they go from house to house in hopes of candy. I love the fall leaves "crunchy" as you walk and feel the cool air on your face. I love getting together with family and having chili and cornbread and watching a scary movie. That is what we are doing tonight. I have to work, but will make it later. My kids are bring Guitar Hero and entice Aunt Kathy to play. She is hooked on it and didn't want to leave the other night, she kept saying "One More" It was funny. I remember trying to play and every body would bug us. We rented Guitar Hero 4 and it is so good. We will carve some pumpkins and have a great time. I am totally looking forward to it.
I have some work news. I am opening our new shop tomorrow and will be managing it. I am so excited. I am a little worried, and hope that we can keep it up and that I will do a good job. I am looking forward to being the best manager I possibly can be. I want to have the staff like me and respect me and I want to be fair to them. I have to go over there today and help clean it up. I then have to work a shift at the other salon and then go over to Kathy's and have a Halloween party. Our lives are about to change into hyper speed it seems and I am going to be so busy the next few months. Take care and have a scary, but fun Halloween.

Happy 45th Birthday Tom!!

Well today is Tom's birthday and I say we have gone full circle in the drama's of life. It was a year ago today that he became so sick and that was an awful thing to go through. I am grateful for this past year that has taught me a lot about myself. I am grateful for my husband. He is such a good person and sometimes he forgets that. He would do anything for anybody, if he has the time. Our problem is time. I am so thankful that I was able to meet him and marry him when I did. We met at church when he was investigating it. I felt bad that he was sitting by himself. I went up to the front of the church to ask someone something and I turned around and I caught his eyes. I will never forget that moment. I love his eyes and I felt like I was looking at my best friend that I had not seen for years. It has been a bumpy road and yes at times I will admit I have felt like bailing, but I can not deny the love we have for each other and our children. Everybody has problems and I don't care who you are, I think we are meant to have problems to help define us. I am grateful for trials and tribulations. At the time it is hard to think that way. This past year I have grown more aware of my surroundings and have become a lot stronger. I am glad that we will be able to celebrate his special day and that he can know how much he means to me. I love him so much. I hope he knows that.

The Woes Of Hair

Well, as a hairdresser, sometimes we don't have the best hair advice even when it comes to our own. I thought I was this seasoned hairdresser that knew a lot about hair and I feel like a newbie today. Monday night I decided to perm my hair. I don't know why, I just thought it would be a good idea. Well, my husband told me not to do it, my kids told me not to do it, my friend who is a hairdresser told me not to do it, and what did I do? I did it. I ruined my hair. I worked so hard to grow out. I now have the short sassy cut a while back. I didn't want to to have that haircut right now, but I have to own it. I will own it with dignity, but i just hate when that happens. I had to cut my own hair too and I feel like I didn't do a very good job. Oh well, I will let it grow again and this time when I get into one of those moods to perm my hair, I told my husband to tell me about this story. A reminder. To give him credit, he did remind me and I relented. I am going to need something different if it happens again. I will be thinking about something. Oh ho hum.

I've Been Tagged

5 Things I Was Doing Ten Years Ago:
1. I was 34 and was living in Taylorsville with Sarah 6 and Andy 2
2. I was a home maker and not working a outside job
3. I did a lot of tole painting
4. I was the piano player in Primary
5. I was reading Harry Potter
5 Things On My "To Do" List Today
1. Clean up the kitchen
2. Get ready for work
3. Care for my family
4. Go to the store
5. Start dinner
5 Snacks I Enjoy
1. Doritoes
2. Popcorn
3. Sun flower seeds (Dill Pickle)
4. Carrots
5. Pickled Beets
5 Things I Would Do If I Were A Millionare
1. I would give everybody in my family 1000 dollars
2. I would buy off my house
3. I would fix up my house ( have someone do the labor for me )
4. I would save the rest so we would be able to be debt free
5. I would go on a vacation to somewhere I have always wanted to go.
5 Places I Have Lived
1. Salt Lake City Utah
2. Mountain View Wyoming
3. Indiana
4. New York
5. Virginia
5 Jobs I Have Had
1. Waitress ( Little America Wyoming)
2. Store Clerk ( Mountain Meadow's)
3. Hairdresser ( Sears in Salt Lake)
4. Janitor ( Salt Lake Temple)
5. Dental Assistant ( New York)
5 People I Tag
1. Tom my husband
2. My daughter Sarah
3. My son Andrew
4. Traci my friend
5. Joyce my mom

There, I hope you enjoy the answers. It has been a good thing to do. Brings back a lot of memories.

Nice, Sabbath Day

Sweet little Isla has gone bye-bye and we sure do miss her. She went to visit her Dad in Georgia. It was so much fun to see her and Melissa and Scott and Carlleen. I am so thankful that we are a family and I have them to look up to. It is snowing right now and it is the Sabbath day and so it is cozy in our home. I am making enchiladas for dinner and we are going to settle in for the night. Halloween is on it's way and I can't wait. I love this time of year. I have such a good husband and kids. I love them so much. Today we talked about trials and how everybody in the world has trials and tribulations. Nobody is exempt. We are given trials to make us stronger and humble. I am thankful for my trials at times even though it seems I have many. I know that I am blessed and that I will be taken care of. The Lord has promised me. I believe in His power and His promises.

Visiting With Isla, Melissa, Scott and Carlleen

Well as you can see Isla is visiting with us along with her mother Melissa, and my brother and his wife. I am so happy and I have longed to see them. I just wish they lived closer. They are in just for this week. Isla and Melissa fly out on Friday to see her dad, Brad. I know they miss him and that it is so hard to be away from him. Scott and Carlleen, Melissa and Isla have gone down south to see her family and show off Isla. I think she is a beautiful baby and she has the funniest personality. Melissa is such a great mom. My family sure loves them all. I felt bad that my other nieces Michele and Katherine couldn't make it down to visit because they had to work. I miss them so much. I hope they know how much we love them. Bye for now.

Conference Weekend, yeah!

Today, I get to see my big brother, Scott, his wife, Carlleen, and their daughter Melissa, and her daughter, Isla. I am so excited. I feel bad that Michele and Katherine can't make it down because they are grown up now and have jobs. It really bites when you can't get time off to take a trip. I am going to have to work today also. I also am excited for Conference weekend. I love Conference and the messages that are spoken. I love the church. I am looking forward to it. I am really tired. I tried to sleep in this morning and I couldn't because the dogs are so into the schedule of getting up at 6:30, they can't tell the difference on Saturdays and Sundays. So they got us up at 7:30. I guess an hour is better than anything. Tomorrow I would like to sleep in alittle bit more.
I am looking forward to visiting with my family that I haven't seen forever. It has been 3 years since I seen Scott and Carlleen, and like over 5 years since I have seen Melissa. I am so excited to see baby Isla. She is a cutie. I want to hold her and kiss her and make her laugh. I will write more later, I have to go eat something before Conference starts. I also have to get the kitchen cleaned up, and start dinner for tonight.

No Cast For Shelley

Well, I finished my book, Pride and Prejudice, and I totally loved it. I am sad because it ended. I am stuck where I don't know if I can take another Jane Austen novel at the moment. I love her writing, I just get really bored if I don't know the story. I think I am going to go get Manchester Park DVD and watch it and then read the book. I think it is more enjoyable that way. I've decided to read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I am looking forward to that and I hope I like it. I know I will. The foot doctor called me the other day and said that he wanted to see me. I reluctantly went and he took another film of my foot and said that I needed a cast. I didn't really want one, but decided that maybe it would be better than the boot. I quickly found out that it is not. I hated it. I say that in the past tense, because I took it off yesterday. I am a horrible patient. I didn't want it on anymore and I called and asked if they would take it off a.s.p. and he wasn't in the office. So I had to go to work and and during clients, I took my cast off. I did it with a razor blade and screwdriver. I feel so much better. I have decided that I will go get me some really good tennis shoes and wear them everywhere. I don't want to be told that I need something as extreme as a cast and not be able to do anything. I don't think I could ever wear one again. I hope that I don't have to. Andy got his stitches out yesterday and his fingers are healing nicely. Sarah is doing well and loves school. Andrew loves school too. Tom is doing well in his nursing classes and will be getting good grades. It is hard to balance work and school and family. Max and Teddy are getting along great. They love to play with each other and wrestle around the house. We just got done with our walk and I have to go get busy. Another day off and work to be done.