Heeellllllooooo, Is Anyone Out There?

I'm sore. I'm just sayin'. Aren't you happy to know? I've done the Jillian 30 Day Shred 2 nights in a row now. And I'm sore. I haven't done it in a while, so I figured I better get motivated again. Gotta keep it up ya know, can't let the high cholesterol kick my butt without me kicking back.

Anyone out there heard of P90x? Well, I happen to know that that is the work out that P!NK uses. And she's pretty fit. Ok, so I don't want to be all ripped, but some definition would be great. So, my hubby and I decided that we are going to buy the dvd's and get our selves in gear. He asked me if I would really use it. Pshaw...(here comes my valley girl accent) like, I've totally been doing the dvd's that I already have from Jillian and Denise Austin (maybe not so recent) and he has been doing just what?! Um, none of it! Not that he really needs to though. Geez, men never need to really. They can just think about being fit, and bam, it's done.

So anysore, anyone out there have any experience yet with the P90x? Let me know what you think. Thanks!

Um, Creepy!

Ok, so today I received my swap package from Mimi @ Living In France. This was the swap hosted by Shortmama. Oh, that's not creepy you say? Well, let me explain a lil' something to ya. We sent each other some of the same.damn.things! That's what makes it creepy! So here are the awesome things that I received from her...

In this first picture all the way on the left, she sent me something to hang on my wall. She heard from a little birdie, namely Shortmama, what my living room theme is. So thanks Mimi! My living room walls will be a little less lonely now. In the middle is a cute little tote bag with some flowers on it, it will be great for my books. And then on the right is a cute little towel with a little spring chick on it.

Now here's where things are a little creepy, cause I sent her some of these same things. On the top left is an awesome Ed Hardy travel mug. To the right of that is a sheet of cute spring tattoos for my kids, cause she know that I have some tats. To the right of that is a pair of purple flip flops, and on top of them is a bottle of purple nail polish. And all the way on the right is a bottle of, you guessed it, purple nail polish remover. I love me some purple! She found that out from that little birdie too. Ok, moving on now. In the middle is a box of jelly beans, and just below that are some purple peeps. Mmm, sugar sugar! I LURV me some peeps! And to the right of some peeps is a book by Meg Cabot called Queen of Babble. You tryin' to say something Mimi?!

So that is the awesome loot that I received from Mimi....so Thank You Mimi!!! I had fun shopping for you, and I love what you sent.

Random Thoughts

~I swear I can't go anywhere for any amount of time without something going haywire. I was at a funeral yesterday, and noticed I had missed 2 calls from the school. So I call my friend Shortmama to see if she could go and pick up my son, cause the messages said that he had a migraine. The lady who called sounded a little short when she left the 2nd message asking for us to come and pick him up. I didn't even call the school at this time since I had already gotten confirmation from my friend that she could pick him up, she was originally going to pick them up after school anyways. So anypissedoff, I find out later on why they didn't call anyone else on the call list to pick him up....cause they stated there wasn't anyone besides me and my husband on the call list for him. Mmmkay, BS. I've got 3 kids there, they all have the same people on the call list, except my oldest has a few more on hers. So they actually had to ask my OLDEST daughter what to do! It took a 13 year old to tell them to look on her younger sister's list, cause they have the same list. And what do you know, they found out who to call. But I mean really, everyone knows everyone in this small town, and they know already how Shortmama and my grandma are the ones to get them. So in the midst of all this, my little boy had to sit at school with a terrible headache, they did reach my grandmother to go and get him. So Shortmama ended up going to the school for nothing. Ok, rant over!

~I'm so excited, there's just over 2 weeks until my friend Charlene and I go to the Daughtry concert!

~I'm also excited to receive my swap package from Mimi and for her to receive the one I sent off to her. Come on snail mail! Holy hellbilly, I just clicked on Mimi's blog so I could link her name....and she's already posted the stuff she's received from me! That's it...Imma go park my booty at the post office and protest for faster service!

~We're getting a pretty good tax refund this year, I think I fell in love with our tax person because of it. So we each get some play money along with money for savings and paying things off. Hmm, what to do with mine. Maybe put it towards lots of concerts, maybe some comedy shows...Cheech and Chong are coming to town....that ought to be interesting. Oh there's so many things to think about using it on!

In Loving Memory

On April 9th the family suffered the loss of one of my husband's grandfathers. In the short amount of years that I have gotten to know him, I can truly say that I loved that man. He was always so kind and spunky, very accepting and loving. He was that way up until his last day. I can't even express how wonderful he was. He will be missed by so many. Two of his adult granddaughter's wrote a letter about him, expressing what a wonderful and loving grandfather he has always been and how he from the start always treated them as family. You see, he wasn't their original grandfather. Their original grandfather passed away many, many years ago. And when Gerald stepped in, he accepted them and treated them as family right from the start. His granddaughter was very strong as she stood up there and read this. I think he left a loving mark on everyone he touched, as I can say I feel the same she did even though I was married in to the family, he was always very loving and welcoming, and boy could he make you smile and laugh.

Random Tuesday Thoughts

~I got a 91 on my last Psych test in class. I've been getting A's and B's in there. Wish I could say the same for my math class, been getting A's, B's and C's...and a whole lot of cursing...in math class. Cause damn it, it pisses me off when I can't figure something out!

~It was really funny in band camp math class the other day. The instructor was talking about graphs. She used her APS graph as an example. Then the subject went to a competition on her block to get the lowest APS bill. She said she keeps it about 83 degrees in her house. So one of the other students said "you guys must go through a lot of deodorant". We all busted up laughing, including the instructor.

~I hate laundry. I'm just sayin'.

~Look...I'm a mom. I know. News flash here. Buuuuuut....my son...oh, my son. I love him to pieces, but that boy sure can get on my last nerve. It takes him FOREVER to get what he's asked to do done. Pick up toys. Pick up toys...1/2 hour later he's finally done. Get pajamas on and go to the bathroom and brush teeth...another 1/2 hour. FOREVER. Frustratingly FOREVER. By now my nerves is bad. They are frazzled. They are short circuiting. Bzzzzzp.

Our Easter

We spent Easter morning relaxing, and then in the early afternoon the kids hunted for their eggs. After that, we took a ranger ride out into the mountains and let the kids play in the river again. We'd live in the/by the/at the river if we could.

I also got a call from my dad. He called me a few weeks back telling me of some medical problems he was going through, and he called to let me know that he also found out that his liver is hardening. Sclerosis of the liver. My father is homeless, has deep depression. Been this way for 10+ years. It is hard to hear this about him, but I knew one day it would come down to this as he turns to alcohol for his comfort. I can't say I really get it, I just know I have always wished things to be different. I do love him and can't stand to see his pain.

Well here is a snapshot or a few of our day at the river....

Alyssa thought the water was going to help her float down...

Taylor burying herself...

Mr. Jayce wading...

I promised Jason I wouldn't post the funny pic of him, so I had to settle for this one...

And see, I was there too!

Water Babies

So life has been happening, and I haven't posted in a couple of days, but I am now back.

I took my kids to the river the other day, and they had a good time splashing around. I on the other hand stayed on the sidelines and didn't join in on the fun, other than the fun of watching them be crazy. I injured my big toe back in February...it takes me forever to heal...and the toe nail is falling.off. It looks beautiful. So I didn't get in the water cause I didn't want any germs making their way in and end up with an infection.

So here are the kids having a good time...







I have such great memories of hanging out at the river as a kid, and now I love watching my own kids play in the same river that I enjoyed in my youth. Although, in my youth I wasn't supposed to be hanging out at the river, but there are a few eyes around town that ended up tellin' on me. But I always ended up there again, it was too fun to not!