Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday is pictures that speak for themselves or even with all the speaking in the world it could not explain the picture at all. With that said..........

To quote a line from Monty Python:

"I'm not dead yet"!!!! And that is the good news. HOLY COW that P90X is an AWESOME workout. You don't even realize how much you have worked out until you try to get out of bed the next morning! :) Maybe that is my age coming through now? UGH.

I can tell that the next 90 days are going to be intense but worth it. On another note, the Power Yoga last night....what the.....? As far as flexibility goes, I can barely bend over and touch my own knees versus my toes or the floor for that matter!!!! :)

Tonights workout is DAY 5: Legs, Back, and the Ab Ripper- sounds daunting and perhaps slightly cripling! :)

Saturday is Kenpo and then Sunday(praise the Lord) is my rest day- no workout, and perhaps a pop Tart and Diet Coke for good behavior.

Calling all pallbearers.........

I am about to embark on something tonight (and for the next 90 days) that could possibly be the end of me. That's right.. i am talking about my mortal enemy....exercise. (What am I doing!!!!) A non-exerciser married to a avid exerciser is just embarrasing. TW has been jogging almost daily this past year and does a big run (she calls it a big run, i call it a death wish) of about 14 miles on Saturday's. UGH! She is getting fit, and I am making sure that our great TV does not go to waste. And to my credit i am doing a VERY good job. Besides maybe I am staying completely out of shape to help her feel better about herself.. yeah right!


So tonight I start the "P90X" workouts:

So in the off chance that I actually make it through the workout tonight and can walk tomorrow, or for that matter at all this week- then I will let you know how it goes.

In the mean time friends---get the ice packs, ben gay and hot pads ready!!!!

I am calling for a boycott...... 90210.

My friends, I am calling for a boycott of the new 90210 series. There are many impressionable teenage girls watching this show and seeing actresses that are WAY TOO THIN!! Because young women look to these actresses as role models, I am calling for a boycott of the show until we see pictures posted on line of each of the girls eating a Big Mac, PLUS they each need to put on at least 10 pounds. Until they do, i will not watch this show again! Feel free to join me!

Wordless Wednesday.. It speaks for itself

Call me Crazy but we LOVE this book

I have a book that was given to me a few years ago by some friends that know of my absolute love for funny gag gifts and white elephant gifts. it is called " The Gas We Pass". It is a very detailed book about how and why our bodies create gas. I bring this up only because yesterday our 3 year old gave me a very discriptive version of "Old McDonald had to poo". It was hilarious.

Here is the book (you will love it):

And not to be disgusting, but if you ever want to laugh more than you have ever laughed then ready this book aloud with friends. I have this one too and always get a migraine from laughing so hard when Teresa and I read it!!

There is a whole series of these books, and while they are supposed to be great children's books, they also make great adult laughter!!!! So I challenge you this week to pick up this book and read it without laughing!

Do you have other books that you love to read and laugh through? If so add them in a comment for us all to enjoy!!

Party hat for Baby "D"

People ask me all the time if I do any crafting outside of work. Well once in awhile I get a request from a family member to "throw" something together for them. I normally do not take requests....but for family, I just can't say no to the people I love.

Well my niece Baby "D" turned one this weekend and I was asked to make her a party hat. Here is what I came up with. It uses mostly Stampin' Up! product (DSP, chipboard letter covered with heat and stick and glitter, pearls from pretties kit) the fur boa came from a craft store. Hope you enjoy. If you have any great party supply ideas that you want to share as well (invitations, decor etc.) , just respond back and put a link to your blog in the comments.

My Olympic Rant... The Anthem

Ok so I have turned into an absolute Olympic junkie. I can't even comprehend howI continue going without much sleep right now! UGH! But I LOVE the Olympic Games. There have been so many awesome experiences this time that just give me a real patriotism boost. However, (I feel a rant coming on) I have noticed that not many American athletes know the words to the national Anthem. Sure they start to mouth them but what on earth are the words they are singing? :) I'm watching their mouths and it is NOT the Anthem that I know :) I swear one guy was just saying the word watermelon over and over!

I have watched other countries athletes win and sing their own national anthems with such pride. It is an awesome site. We need to make it a prerequisite for athletes to memorize the anthem before they are allowed to compete. Perhaps they get a little quiz right before the step up the diving board ladder or before they are even allowed to mount a gymnastics aparatus!!!!!

Now I need to close by saying how truly impressed I was with the USA Women's rowing team that took the GOLD. They all stood on the podium and everyone of them sang the USA Anthem so loud that the camera picked them up! It almost brought a little tear to my eye! They didn't care if they could sing well or not. They cared about winning a Gold for them AND their country and showing that with their Anthem show. It was beautiful.

So I call on all parents to teach your children your country's national anthem. ( I make mine sing along each time our coutry wins a gold medal). They are getting good practice thanks to all those talented athletes.

Top Ten Reasons I LOVE summer

Shannon (my co-worker) wanted us all to write our top ten reasons we are excited to be done with summer. To which I could only say....What the?????? NO WAY can I write about the close of summer. Don't get me wrong, I do love me some of that winter.... but summer is my favorite by far. So here are the reasons I love summer and don't want it to end:

10) End of summer means school starts again, and even though I am no longer in school I still get a little anxiety when it is about to start.

9) Playing in the sprinklers with the kids.

8) I LOVE my flower garden. Ugh! I hate to see it all die back at the close of summer. It is more than I can bear... all of that hardwork.

7) My neighbors dog does a LOT of #2's on my grass. Now that I could do without. But what is fun about it (stay with me here) is making a game out of throwing it back in their yard. 5 points for their lawn, 10 points for their walkway, and 100 points for their porch. Hey it is not my dog!!!! You reap what you (and your dog) sew!

6) Awesome movies always come out in the summer.

5) Hiking on our beautiful mountain trails.

4) Body image- I am a little more concious of taking care of my body in the summer incase a passerby sees me mowing my lawn without my shirt on. However, when summer is over......bring back my beloved Poptarts.

3) I don't watch as much TV (My sweet TW will say this is not true-but it is). Because it stays late longer, there is so many outside activities we can do.

2) SOCCER season! As the coach, I love it, love it, love it!

1) Sun. The sun makes me happy- I would stay in it all day everyday if I could get a guarantee that I would not ever look like Bob Barker or George Hamilton.

NOW YOU WRITE: What do you LOVE about the summer months.

Stampin' Up! Convention 2008 SLC

I am finally getting back to normal life now that our Convention is over! Holy cow! I was so tired after Covention this year that I felt I should hibernate for a few months and get some sleep. The excitement and anticipation of Convention, new products, announcements and presentations makes it so I can hardly sleep at all!!!

I LOVED this year's Convention more than any other one ( I probably say that every year- but I mean it this year). What a great fun time we had celebrating all of our amazing, fabulous demonstrators all over the world. I love our demos! They are the greatest people in the world.

I have tried over and over to explain to my kids what I do for a living. How do you explain geting up on stage and stamping in front of 6000 women and 3 men :) Well, the kids got to come down to the Salt Palace and see me present on the maainstage. It was awesome. There they were on the front row, my little chickens and Teresa!! Everytime I saw them on the big camera screen I almost got a little teary. SOOOOOO cute. Of course I threatened to take away everything they own if they ran around all over the place :) As any good parent would. On the way home in the car Coltin asked his mom "Is Daddy famous mom?" HA HA HA HA HA - "Only one week a year sweetie!"- she said. It is good to shrink that big head of mine!

So what was your favorite part of Convention??? I am dying to know all the things that you just LOVED?