Another Week Just Flew Right By!

This week I have really tried to stay off the computer. Sometimes I feel like it monopolizes my time way too much! I knew it was bad when Wesley started getting jealous of my laptop! I have for sure been able to get a lot more done staying off it! I am going to start putting limits on it...LOL. So here is a catch up on a few random events of the last week.

Celine Dion:
I had the privilege of seeing her in concert last weekend. It was AMAZING! Seriously it was breath taking. When she first came out on stage she took 10 minutes apologizing that she had to re-schedule this concert last November. She was very sincere. She thanked Utah up and down for being great fans. I was fully impressed with her apology.
She sang all of her powerful ballads as if it was the first time she had ever sung them. Her voice is so beautiful....even better live! I don't think many singers are as good live as in their recordings, but she truly was better. She sang each song with so much emotion...this is a concert I would go to again and again. Which, does surprise me because I get bored easily. It was well worth the trip. Wes having seen 30 plus concerts said it was the best he had ever been to. He also gave me permission to blog that!

Shopping:
I have really struggled with decorating my house since we moved back into our house. I just wanted it to be the same as it was before we left. I had put so much time and energy into decorating it and making it homey. It took a long time to collect all of my decor. I have done a lot of browsing over the last couple of months without getting too excited over an of the decor I have looked at. Wes finally put his foot down. He took me to Rod Works and Tai Pan Trading Co. It was so sweet of him. He kept saying if you like it buy it! So I did. Once I started getting into it I had fun! I am still far from done, but at least I put forth a little effort and now my house isn't so blah! Also when I was browsing at Tai Pan, Wes snuck away and purchased me a very hefty gift card. Then after we had already broken the bank and were on our drive home he handed the gift card to me! How SWEET it that, I love him!

Desktop:
We have finally gotten a new desk top computer. Hayden is over joyed! And so am I! I got sick of the whole family hauling my laptop around. We opted for a Mac. I really think we made a great choice too. It does not have a tower, everything is built into the monitor, and the best part, it is completely wireless!!!Hooray! I hate cords they drive me crazy!

Health:

So somehow Sophie has picked up Thrush (yeast infection of the mouth) this has just devastated me a bit. I don't know how it happened. I have done a lot of reading and it looks like it could have happened in many different ways. I am hoping goes away soon and never comes back. All I can say is no matter how sanitized you think everything is, germs are still inevitable!

Also on the subject of health. I am really struggling with my diabetes. I can't keep my sugars in order! It is really getting me down. Recently Larry H. Miller passed away from complications of type 2 diabetes, this has really scared me to death! I am going to see my endocrinologist in Ogden at the end of March, I just don't know if I can wait that long cause I am really not feeling well!

Church:
My testimony continues to grow. I am so grateful for the opportunity that I have to attend church. It has been rough getting there lately due to illness...but when I do get there I feel so much peace. I am so impressed with Wes and his testimony. Last night as we laid in bed, I was reading a novel and he the Ensign. He was so touched and excited about what he was reading that he kept trying to discuss it with me. He is an exemplary person. A wonderful example to me. I could not be more blessed in the Husband area :)

I think that is all for today. I haven't figured out how to do photos on this Mac, so I am going to switch to my laptop now. If you read this before I get the pics up check back. I am posting pics of my works in progress, my office and the living room. Suggestions are welcome! ~E

Saturday Mornings

It is a FANTASTIC Saturday morning! We all woke up happy and so far there has been no contention, so far....

Saturday were always the best days of the week at my house growing up. They always started out with my mom getting up and singing something about sunshine. She would usually park herself in front of the heater vent in the morning and eat graham crackers and hot chocolate while we all talked about the adventures of the night before, laughing and giggling. Then we would all get up and decide what chores were who's sometimes fight about who had to clean the bathroom and who got to dust. We always cranked a stereo, and in the spring opened the windows. There was one thing that was always void but not missed....the TV. We really never watched TV on Saturday mornings.

Not always did things go fabulous on the Saturday mornings, but I am so very grateful for the ones that did.

I sure hope that I can create memories like this for my kids.

The picture I am posting is of Gracie, while she was cleaning her room she came up with this new idea of where to put all her stuffed animals. Funny Girl!

Happy Day to Ya!

~E

Blog Post Ideas...

I have decided my blog is super blah-zay. So today I have been surfing the Internet trying to find and interesting topic to blog about. I have seen a lot of good ideas. The best idea I saw was to sit down and write 50 blog topics in 50 min. and post them. Do not think about what people yo might offend, or favor, just list them right off the top of your head 1 topic per minute. I don't think I could name 50...but I will do my best here goes ....

• What are baby thinking when we talk to them in baby talk?
• Why do so many people like diet coke better than diet Pepsi?
• My favorite teacher in school was great because
• Does my Italian heritage really affect how passionate I am
• How does my Mothering style compare to my Mothers
• Why do people have to put up with rude employees at wal-Mart
• How can I help people understand Depression
• How was my life affected by not having Brothers
• Can you learn anything from your parents marriage?
• 10 good deeds you noticed this week
• Why in the 80's did men decide they wanted to look pretty?
• My childhood dreams....did I make any of them happen?
• Life's top 15 lessons up to this day
• How I see each of my children's personalities blooming...and where it will take them
• My Friend Idols
• my biggest pet peeves
• reasons why I dislike going out in public
• my obsessive compulsive disorder
• How I find comfort even though the economy is imploding
• 100 things that I must have in storage
• The coziest memories that I have
• My best memory of my childhood
• Tornado's don't just happen in the Midwest and South
• Great white sharks know no fear.
• My fears of traveling
• I know you by heart

OK, that is a good start! I plan on blogging some of these topics soon. I encourage all of my fellow bloggers to take some time and make your own Topic lists. I am seriously flabbergasted as i read over my topics...I had no idea some of them were bouncing around my head!

Ciao Bella ~E

4

I am just doing a 4 list, because of the following four things...

Toothache~starting root canal today!
Sever asthma started 3 days ago. I went to the doc yesterday and my blood oxygen was 68 (should be 93 or higher)
Wes sweet Grandma had a heart attack and congestive heart failure Sunday night.
Gracie has a constant belly ache (reminds me of Hayden's appendicitis)

4 things I love:

My Fam
My Treadmill
Reading
Playing Bunco

4 Things I Need To Get Done

Find some cute dresses for me to buy
Finally get a desktop computer
Replace our video camera
As always laundry

4 Things I am looking forward to

A weekend with Wes
Celine Dion in Concert
Spring Break
My Phylox blooming....or could be phlox can't remember!

4 Things That are Always on my mind

A friends recovery
My Kids
The Economy
Getting my storage for 1 yr.

4 Things I pray for every night..

Health
Safety
My Fam
To be guided to make the right decisions