A Banana and a Maple Bar

I have just got to do something about this "diet" of mine.  This morning I couldn't decide on what to have for breakfast and didn't have enough time since I had an early morning meeting, so I chose a banana to start my day.  Good, huh?  By the time I got to school, I knew I was going to need something a little more substantial, and needed to get some more water. 

                          My car turned into the Albertson's near school, where I bought the water I needed and a maple bar (which I didn't).  I am a real pushover for maple bars, but it's pretty obvious that in an hour or so (right in the middle of my 10th grade English class), I'm going to crash.  I need more willpower!

Super Bowl

I'm trying my hardest not to watch the Super Bowl, mainly because BYU isn't in it.  Oh yeah, that's right, it's the NFL.  Oh well, , I get my information from the yells emminating from the family room, where Bill is watching the game.  I think he's for the Colts, and they just held the Saints from scoring their first touchdown. Yay, I guess.
I finished my third apron, and I'm not sure which granddaughter is getting this one, since it's smaller than I thought, maybe Maggie.  That just means I only have one more to go (even though I love making them).  Today is the day I told you about yesterday (and if you don't know what day that is, you didn't read my blog yesterday. Totally confusing, I know.  It's been pretty quiet, we went to church, ate, I finished some papers for school, and now I'm just waiting to get into trouble.
The Super Bowl is over, and all is well, at least in New Orleans.  I didn't really care who won, and I found other things to do while it was going on.  I do feel bad for Peyton Manning, but you can't win them all.  Here's a few pictures of future sports hero/rocket scientists:

 

This is the face that could stop a truck, but we love her just the same, if not more!

Never Wash Your Car Before it Rains!

I just have to write this down so I don't forget it.  It has been pretty rainy here in St. George today, and for that matter on and off this past week.  Well, Bill has been wanting to wash our cars, and he thought a great way to do it (and save on water), would be to do it while it is raining.  You have to know Bill, to understand this.  Anyway, he went outside just a bit ago with his soap, water bucket and rags, and proceeded to wash the cars.  I didn't really think he was going to do it, but heck, what did I know?  I haven't been outside to see his work, yet (it's raining) but he claims he got them clean, and the rain is doing the rinsing.  Oh, dear.

13 Years and Counting...

Bill and I have been married for 13 years.  I know our "official" wedding was December 28, 1996, but we were sealed in the Portland Temple on February 7, 1997 (tomorrow) and that's the date we like to celebrate.  Now, what should we do?  It's sort of a rainy, dreary Saturday here in St. George.  I was hoping for better weather, so I could go walking.
BYU is playing UNLV, but the word "playing" might be an overstatement.  They are down 45-18!  UNLV has hit a bazillion 3 pointers, and Bill and I are pretty upset, to say the least.   Enough of the play-by-play, and back to our anniversary.  We decided to take off for Las Vegas next Friday, and stay overnight.  That might be fun, and who knows, we may even see a show...not!  I just love to wander through the places we don't have here, like real malls.  Bill likes his motorcycle and gun shops, so we'll probably get quite a variety of window shopping in.
I just bought some photo paper, and after seeing how easy Erin makes her pictures that she sends off to everyone, I thought I would try it.  It really is easier than I thought.  The only trouble I have is adjusting the size of the photo I want to print.  I'll figure it out somehow.

Halftime over, back to the basketball game.

By the way, don't ask me the final score.

Religion, religion, religion

I'm not trying to be sacriligious, seriously.  I'm having my 10th graders write their research papers on World Religions, and some of their choices are, to say the least, very interesting.  One religion is Baha'i, another is Rastafari (Bob Marley...mari-ju-ana?)  I'm hoping that they actually learn something about RESEARCH, and aren't really influenced by the behaviors of the various "members" of their research topic.  Scientology is on the list, and even though it's not a real religion, the pull of the many celebrities seem to have an influence, such as Tom Cruise, etc.
I'm real tired right now.  I'm home, and I've just finished doing some serious shoe shopping. Not for me...for the grandkids.  I must have looked pretty silly at Dillards with my cell phone in my ear while I grabbed shoe box after shoe box.  I was trying to get a pair for all the grandkids, but they just didn't have enough of the right sizes :(

I'm going to go finish the apron I started (which is a project I began a while ago).  I'll take a picture tonight to show you my efforts, and then, if I have enough time and energy, I'm going to make some chocolate chip cookies.  I hope I don't get mixed up and crack the eggs over my Singer sewing machine all the while trying to sew trim around my cookies.  It kind of sounds like I'm a bit too tired to do either one.  Oh well, I'll give it a try.

                                                                                  

I'm Ready for Summer

Just thinking about spring break and where we want to go makes me think of summer.  Our weather has been pretty nice lately, and I've even been able to walk when I get home from school.  I usually walk 2-3 miles, and today it was beautiful outside!  Sorry Summer, Erin, Jenny and Ben and Becca.  We are now transitioning into my very favorite time of the year: Spring.  It smells great (outside), and I just know the leaves on the trees are thinking about budding.  I would really love to try a garden this year, but I'm a bit unsure as to what to plant and when. I used to have a garden, but if I remember correctly, the one in Oregon was about 1/4 acre, and the weeding was ridiculous (right, Jenny, Ben, Becca and Erin?)  Maybe I'll just try tomatoes and cucumbers. 
Happy weather, everyone!

Chinese what?

I don't know how it happened, but someone made a comment to my last blog, and it was mostly all in Chinese characters!  Now tell me, how that can happen?  I hope it's not something weird, because I certainly cannot read Chinese.  Is there anyone out there that can?