I miss writing here! We had a week of craziness followed by the past month of a broken computer – I hate it!! Basically, my computer won’t speak with the internet; there is just no communication. My brother (Uncle TOD) came over TWICE and spent a couple hours each time on the problem. We bought a new Network Interface Card. Finally, Uncle Blue came over for a few hours and made more headway. And then, Aunt Nini and had to go and give birth to the most adorable 9lb 1oz baby boy on earth. Talk about major distraction – how am I supposed to peel Uncle Blue away from his little family to fix my broken ‘puter?!
I have SO much to talk about all floating in my head. Mothers Day, Youth Conference, School and End of School, projects around the house…we’ve been busy. And yet, since I’m on a loaner laptop that can barely handle the internet – I can’t risk loading so much as a single picture on the dinky thing or risk losing ALL internet connectivity. THAT would be an emergency!
So bear with me cuz I know that photo-less posts are pretty much pointless since this is entirely for the grandparents and family that live far away. If you’re missing us and our updates just know that I’m missing them too! See ‘ya soon (I hope) 
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Okay – I’ve been editing and organizing some old posts and it seems that my blog is FULL of promises of more information that never comes. So I’m following up on THISpost with pictures of the coils that were put in Cora’s chest. Her doc gave us 2 to have. The titanium coils come all rolled up into a little ball in addition to being fuzzy. The doctors somehow “unleash” the coil in the artery so that if fills up the space length-wise and the fuzzies help collect blood clots width-wise. The point is to close off those arteries. Hopefully the pics will help…enjoy!
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Wow – I seem to blog in spurts don’t I? I’ll finally get my act together, post nice regular updates with lots of pictures and commentary and then? I just fall apart! So, this will be a quick catch-up type of post.
First, I’m now Young Women’s President which is what I’m blaming my lack of posting on. I got put in ONE WEEK before New Beginnings and only 2 weeks before Youth Conference and one week after that is our major fundraiser for Girls Camp. To say that I’ve been running around like a mad woman is an understatement! It’s going to take some adjustment and a little help from the short people around here. I’m also gonna have some early morning meetings which means leaving them alone to get themselves ready on some Sundays- ack! We’ll see how that goes…!
WildDad remains very busy at work (which is a blessing) and church. He’s also trying to find the time to get a shed built in our backyard and re-roof our home. The poor guy is surviving on very little sleep – we’re lucky blessed to have him!
The kiddos are all healthy and well with nothing really unusual or noteworthy to report. Moe just mowed the lawn over the weekend and he does a great job of it – I’m so glad he’s such a responsible young man and is so willing to help around the house!
Cora is developing more and more into a young woman – right before my eyes! A few posts back (at the driving range) you’ll see her new haircut that she carefully directed. She’s become very conscientious about what she wears and loves to twist and re-invent her wardrobe items – such a creative girl!
Flower is her usual loud, funny and adventurous self. She wore WildDad down and got him to buy her some flower seeds - she has been diligently watering them every day and can hardly wait for sprouts. I just hope she hasn’t washed them away in her enthusiasm!
Lita, Aunt Nini and I went out for lunch over the weekend and I introduced them to the most AMAZING sandwich evah! It’s made with grilled poblano peppers, refried beans, grilled onions, cheese, fresh tomato slices and fresh avacado. It’s made at a local Mexican restaurant not too far from where I work and I’m telling you – the lack of meat is NOT a problem! Plus it’s so big it’s a meal for two people.
Below is a pic I took at my desk when I had it for lunch at work – notice the ruler!!!
After lunch we went for pedicures. I had NEVER had one before and I have to say it was VERY nice. The price? Not so much. I’ll just have to keep painting my own toes!!!
And finally, I can’t leave out an update on Jackpot (aka Potpot). He’s an incredble escape artist and people who live several blocks away know him well as he wanders through the neighborhood making his “rounds”. We’ve driven home in the past to see him in the circle across the street or just out and about – totally caught in the act! He’s SO funny as he hunches down really low and runs super-fast towards the house. As he runs he keeps an eye on the car to make sure we’re not looking (as long as we’re in the car he seems to believe we can’t see him). He jumps the chain-link fence on the far side of the house and then runs around to the closed gate and pretends he’s been there the whole time, barking and welcoming us home – he’s such a character. When confronted, he REFUSES to jump the fence when we’re watching and actually plays dumb! He’ll scratch at the fence and act like he doesn’t know what we’re asking him to do. Little stinker!
Moe spent some one-on-one time with him and after jumping the fence a few times himself, convinced Jackpot to show of his “mad skillz” – and then he caught the stinker in the act on his camera phone
And so here is photographic proof of my dog jumping the fence – I knew he could!!
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HF tagged me a month and a half ago(please forgive me!). I tend to skim these things and had assumed that when you were tagged you received a comment or something so I never really payed attention. SO, if anyone out there in my bloggy-friend land has tagged me for something and I’ve ignored you – please forgive me, I’m just a dolt. M’kay?
5 things I was doing 5 years ago:
1. Burying my niece
2. Setting up major heart surgery for Cora
3. Trying to sell our house
4. Going back for surgery with Cora cuz the surgeon left a little something behind (!)
5. Moving to Colorado
5 things on my to do list today:
1. Go to the office supply store
2. Don’t leave ANYTHING from my list behind on my way out the door!
3. Decorate for New Beginnings
4. Impromptu Young Women presidency meeting (if we have time!)
5. Go to bed as EARLY as possible
5 things I would do with a million dollars:
1. Pay off our house and/or build our forever home.
2. Travel
3. Go back to school
4. Set up college funds
5. Make sure our parents were comfortable for their “Golden years”
5 places I have lived:
1. Colorado Springs
2. El Paso
3. West Jordan
4. White Settlement
5. Provo
5 jobs I have held:
1. movie theater (butter with that popcorn?)
2. appt. setter (which of course REALLY meant cold sales calls, ugh)
3. nat’l reservations (with flight benefits – woot!)
4. police operator ( a known suspect did knowingly and intentionally…)
5. Southwestern Bell Telephone (en espanol !)
5 things I want to be doing in 5 years:
1. finished with school
2. better fitness level!
3. learn how NOT to kill plants
4. professionally engaged
5. traveling more with my honey-buns!
5 people I tag:
Okay, I’m ‘fraid to tag, I may have burned some tagging bridges out there. Plus also? I think EVERYONE I know has already done this meme. Hope I’m not committing some huge blogging faux pas here…!
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After a productive day of cleaning, WildDad suggested we go out and hit a driving range. The weather was fantastic; it’s so nice to be in between seasons! Summer in Texas is WICKED hot and spring usually means lots of soggy rain. The sky was blue with just a few fluffy clouds and the kids lined up to hit some golf balls.
Of course, there was a learning curve involved in getting any kind of distance and Moe especially found this very frustrating. He is very determined to excel in everything he does and listened carefully to all the advice WildDad had to give. Cora and Flower, after a little instruction, did very well too. WildDad absolutely BLEW us all away with some amazing distance shots. He swore it was a fluke but I think he was just trying to make us all feel better!
At the driving range I found a really cool old tree…
and I stuck the kids in front of it for some pictures…
Later for dinner we hit a local Mexican restaurant that has THE VERY best nachos EVER! I feel I can say this with some authority because nachos happen to be my favorite food group. The restaurant was pretty busy that night so we spent some time goofing off while we waited on our food.
Flower was Tic-tac-toe champ:
And Moe got a few spit balls off before I caught him and put an end to it:
No pictures of the food because we were all too busy eating to remember anything else!
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Okay, the following pictures are from my actual place of employment. We recently had a new safety slogan revealed – Not Today – meaning think about safety one day at a time and don’t have an accident today.
Since I pretty much do all of the translating around here, I translated the slogan into Spanish and explained the need for ONE, upside down explanation point at the beginning of a sentence whenever the sentence ENDS in an exclamation point. I even made a giant poster with this slogan on it to present at the safety meeting. Sounds pretty simple – right? So, this same slogan was also painted on the sides of MANY 55-gallon drums that are used as trash barrels. The following is what was done:
It’s bad enough that it was mangled in Spanish but…English too?
I wonder what the primary language of the employee responsible for this is?
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I realize I’m the last person on earth to discover Wordle, nevertheless, here’s my take. The website lets you create a “word cloud” using your favorite poem or blog or phrase; best of all – it’s free and very easy! I kinda wanna print and frame this – I think it’d look SO cool on my wall. This one was made using the Family Proclamation. Love it!
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ways she earned the nickname of Flower…
These early signs of spring were growing in the community circle across the street from us. This little girl cannot stand to see a beautiful flower and not immediately pick it. After (another) lecture about picking flowers, especially when they’re not OURS, I put them in water. At least she picked the stems and not just the flower heads this time!
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