hidee ho!

Hey, just checking in while the guys are not here and the girls are watching Animal Planet.

Three cheers for Cambria and Montana!!! Cambria took 1st place in her class spelling bee and Montana took 2nd in his class spelling bee. They each got an engraved medal and a certificate and they will compete against each other on Fri in the All School Spelling Bee.

C framed in the rest of the window openings in the new dining room today. Now we need to order the windows. I believe the electricity will be moved for good tomorrow.

I'm really glad that Grandpa and Great Great Grandpa were record keepers. It's amazing how much you can learn even from receipts and other seemingly insignificant pieces of paper. Guess I know where I might have gotten my penchant for keeping stuff and family history/stories.

Wendy-I don't envy you having to move everything again. But at least it's to a bigger place and BACK HOME!! Probably makes the task a bit easier to do.

Karla-I downloaded a bunch of freebie kits and it was so fun to 'unzip' them. I haven't done anything with them yet, but I have ideas. Talked to Jordan tonight and we were discussing his High School graduation announcements. We did not buy the traditional school ones and plan on making our own. We thought that just doing a 4"x6" design and printing them up as 4x6 photos might be an easy way to do it. I'll let him do the graphic design part...He actually filled out his papers tonight for an Eagle project. I have to admit that I was flabbergasted. His project is to make some new easels for our ward meetinghouse. The ones we have are ancient and there aren't very many of them. I think Bishop George helped him with that idea. Crossing my fingers that it gets approved. Send good thoughts his way. He had an interesting weekend last week. Twice he stayed out past his curfew and thankfully C was able to finally get him to talk about what's going on in his life. I just wanted to throttle him. Anyhoo, I guess he has finally found a group of friends to hang out with and finally feels like he fits in somewhere and belongs. He has had the problem of people thinking he's stuck-up and arrogant because he didn't talk alot or initiate conversation. HHHhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmm, wonder why that sounds familiar? I guess he was just having so much fun fitting in and being with people that he didn't want to leave. But I'm glad he has friends. It's a group of kids from A Capella, about 8 or 9 of them. One of them, Merinda, came over on Sunday to bring him a paper she had critiqued for English and to talk. She was very nice, cute and friendly. She is doing High School and Hair school, so he had her cut his hair last week. Hoping I can meet more of them at some point in the future. I was wondering about having a party for him for his 18th birthday. Can't get him to committ to it yet.

Well, guess I've rambled enough, I need to go get the girls to bed.

Love ya,
Have wonderful Thursday!

me again

Hi Everyone!

It is Tuesday night and almost time for bed, so I'll just give a short Hi and I love you and then I'll do more another day. I will be helping Wendy tomorrow. She says she is sleeping in Monticello tomorrow even if it is at our house!

I have been going through some more of the boxes from Dad's house. More old journals from JF Barton. He was quite the record keeper. Clyde got his record keeping from his dad and from his dad's dad. We'll have to look at some of the old stuff some time.

We took a bunch of stuff to the storage unit yesterday to make room for the equipment that Dad bought. We will really have to have a garage sale this spring,. Lots to clean out and sale or throw away.

Well the news is over and it is time for sleep. I don't know why I can't sleep at night and then can't wake up in the morning,. Oh well, see you later. Love ya Mom

Monday again

Well, the weekend always goes way too fast for me. I'm the only one at work today. Doug, Carla & Shirley had to go to Navajo Mountain. Can I tell you how sad I am that I didn't have to go--yuk! Our internet here at work is crappy lately which means I can't get any work done. Oh well, it's nationwide for FSA so I'm not going to worry about it too much.

Nothing new going on in the Eberling household. Jim & I have settled on a floor plan. That's a huge relief!! I'm excited. It'll be two or three years before we can begin, but it's fun to start putting it together in my head.

Sorry about not posting more. My life is so boring I forget that even the mundane is ok to post about once in a while.

Not doing too great on the weight watchers thing. I did sooo good Mon-Thurs night last week, and then it was like a switch got flipped, and I had to shove everything I could into my mouth! On a bright note, I found some ice cream bars, Blue Bunny Health Smart bars that are only 1/2 a point each I think. They're really good!! I was surprized. I thought they'd have that funky diet, fat free nastiness to them, but they're quite tasty.

The family & I started to read the Book of Mormon together. Allie called Jim and he came home from work for 15 minutes and read a chapter with us. I'm excited. I hope we can get through the Book of Mormon together this year. That's our goal!

Well, I think I better post this and get back to fighting the internet pages. Love you all!!

Kass--congrats on the addition--sounds like things are finally moving for you!!

hi-ho!

Hey, Happy Sunday!

Just thought I'd blog in and say hi. I really miss everyone posting....hint, hint!

I know we're all busy but it helps me feel so much closer to you to know a bit about what's going on in your lives when you take minute to write something. Let's not let this thing die.

We've had a nice Sunday. Soren slept through Sunday School and managed to behave enough so that I didn't have to leave RS to wander around the gym. It was really nice.
C and I got to attend the BYU-Air Force BB game yesterday. That was a lot of fun and the place was packed. It was so loud in there you could hardly hear yourself talk. Montana went skating all afternoon with some friends from school...it's strange but GOOD to have him participating in things. So happy that he has friends and wants to do things with them. Its' been a long time since he did any of that.

Still trying to stick to WW. I should probably stop counting the nursing points and I'm sure I would show some drop on the scale. If it doesn't show anything this week, I think I'll drop those. I need to make up some snack baggies of things to grab and take with me in the car and into my room, so I don't spend so much time in the kitchen. I have got to learn to occupy my time with things that aren't so conducive to snacking as driving and reading are.....I did exercise three times this week, though. Feel pretty good about that.

We will get our electicity moved to the new connection on the addition this week and trusses should come by Fri. Hopefully in the next two weeks we will have a roof, and maybe new windows and a new back door.

Well, need to go help Soren get to sleep. Hope to hear from you soon. Love you all very much.

I'm tired!!

I don't know if all the "events" we are involved in are catching up with me, or if I am tired just knowing Ben will be gone all weekend for drill in SLC!
Wow! When I read to title to Kassie's last blog I thought for a second you might be announcing something! LOL! I am so glad you finally got to see that show! I would love to have a copy of it! When I saw it I too was in awe over their organizational skills. I suppose you would have to be in order to run a household like the Duggers! Hearing about you cleaning out closets and such puts me in such a good mood! I am anxious to move back to Cello..hoping to be able to pull some of my 'crafty' hobies out of storage so I can get some of my creativity out once in a while! I am in the mood for spring and all that it brings!
Well, Stacy...I don't know if you are reading this anymore..just in case..I received a card saying that your subscription should be coming soon! Hopefully it does and hopefully you will like it as much as I do...but act upon it more than I do! LOL
Karla, thanks for the funny emails! It's nice to get more than just solicition mail once in a while! The drunk one was pretty funny! Maybe the kiddies and I will have to make a trip to hang out with ya this weekend...if it's ok?
Mom, I can't wait to see the new counters in the bathrooms! What a transformation they already are just with floors, mirror, and lights! I think you need to work out a schedule so that you have another day off! It's wierd having you back to work again...but I hope all is going well and that you are able to still enjoy it!
Good night...love ya'll

sluggish

looks like we've all been a little sluggish lately. Karl and I went to Cortez today for bird food and to pay for the carpet and tile. Also ordered our countertops for the bathrooms, and bought a remnant carpet to put in the store.
We will be leaving for Clays wedding as soon as I get through working tomorrow,. We will stay in Manti and then go to the wedding and the dinner. After the dinner we will go to Provo to see the family , shop and sleep. Coming home on Saturday. Oops I had better look at my Primary lesson tonight.
we are watching the Jazz (through very sleepy eyes, I might add) I should be going through all the piles of books and stuff that are on the floor waiting to be put back into the shelves and drawers. It is a good time to clean out, but I'll probably wait until I have no time, so I'll just throw everything back in. Karl threw away a bunch of Western Horsemen. Noe I need to do the same.
After three weeks back at work, I can remember why I needed to quit. I come home too tired to do any housework. Perhaps it will help when it is light longer, I hope so. I am about to get it put together like I want it to be, so I can clean on Saturday. Of course, I'll be traveling this Saturday and helping Ben & Wendy moving next saturday, so that takes care of those two.

Well, I need to sew some pillowcases for Clay and Brenda. Talk to you all later. Love you much. Mom

Kids by the Dozen

Hey, this blog is turning into a desert wasteland....
Where is everyone? Stacy, did you fall off the planet, haven't heard from you in like 2 weeks. I tried to call you Sunday and didn't get an answer, just wanted to check on ya!

C left for Elko again yesterday so I stayed up way too late last night and watched TLC. They had two shows on about families with 16 kids. The one about the Duggars that you saw Wendy, and one about a family called the Heppners. I liked both of them, and I'm quite in awe of the organizational skills of the moms, the patience of the fathers, and the helpfulness of the children. Very inspiring. I really loved the Duggars new house, but I'm wondering how in the heck they paid for all that new stuff on top of just the regular expenses of caring for a family that size. Dad must make BIG$$$. I have to admit their clothing and hair styles could make you mistake them for polygamists, but very nice people. The Heppners were more normal, per se, and lived in a much smaller home, but Dad is a contractor and has custom made storage to make it work for them. The love exhibited by both families was amazing! I wish my kids loved each other like that. Maybe if their mother was more loving in her actions they would be as well.

Wendy, glad you got a good judge. I hope things continue to go well and you can get this over with and move ahead with life. Are you still spending more time in Monticello than Blanding these days? Did you find a place to rent? When do you move back up there?

Karla, I've been having a hard time sticking to points too. Too many things I'd like to eat. But I have been exercising a bit more than normal(which isn't hard, since that # is 0), doing some of the workouts on FitTV that I like. I keep wanting to bag it, but I have paid for 3 mon on WW online, so no can quit now.
Sounds like a good party plan for Allie. I hate sleepovers, but we do lots of lateovers.

Mom, are you living down at the store now? I tried to call you Sunday too and didn't get an answer. C and I were planning to come to Manti, but I just realized I scheduled Visiting Teaching for that morning. I'll have to see what I can do.

I bought some organizing stuff today and organized part of my bathroom closet. I need to go back and buy one more drawer unit and a cute canvas bin or two. Oh, well, at least I made a start. It's going to be an interesting year around here as I go through everything and figure out ways to be more organized and efficient. Found lots of junk in that closet that was good to let go of.
Well, better go figure out dinner. Probably soup and sandwiches tonight. Something easy.

I'm a complete Failure!!

You know, leftover birthday cake and PMS--not a good combination when you're trying to lose weight. I totally oinked out on the cake today. I feel awful now. I hate PMS.

I have 5 giggly screaming 9 year old girls downstairs right now. Allie is having her UnSlumber Birthday party. They've been here since 6:30, we ate turnovers, played dance twister, opened presents, now they're watching Barnyard and I'll take them home around 9:30. I forget how silly and loud girls are.

I'm so glad it's the weekend. I've not had a bad week at work, but I really need the break for some reason. I don't want to answer phones or anything for a few days. Our computer system at work hasn't been working, so all of those piles I need to get through are just getting bigger, with no way of working on them. That's so frustrating.

Well, I better go clean up a little. It looks like a wrapping paper store threw up in my family room. I guess I'll wait until everyone is gone, but at least it sounds like they're having fun down there!

try again....the latest...

Sorry I hit the return button! Well, we survived another court. This was the pre-trial for parental termination. We have a new judge assigned to the case, Judge Valdez! What a blessing to have him! He is on the ball and firm in the courtroom..I don't think he was impressed with Ricky or Alma or her family! Alma's aunt was granted the opportunity to complete a kinship/home study..they "were never given the same opportunity to have Laila with their family"...blah..blah..blah! So to review that situation we have a hearing on Feb. 22nd. And the trial date is set for March 13th! Both ought to be interesting...I think Ricky gets out of prison on Feb. 20th...and I wouldn't be surprised if Alma is out by then too! Maybe we can sit in the hallway with all of them for an hour and a half next time instead of just her whole family. About the only other event that took place yesterday was that Alma's family attourney petitioned for the family to have visitation rights..and that was DENIED!! Yeah!! Overall...I felt like what took place was in our favor! It was quite the event...hard to not laugh at times...and hard to see them crying too! The grandma asked us how Laila was..and she couldn't quit crying. I am so glad that Heavenly Father has a plan for all of us...and I feel so honored to be a part of her plan! I will fight tooth and nail for her! When I see her "family" I have such a hard time imagining that she came from them! When I see Laila...I see my daughter. Thanks for all your support and prayers! Love ya'll-Wen

the latest

Slow loser!

I just weighed myself after almost a week of being really good....and I'm only down 1 if even that....gotta love having a slowed down metabolism. Of course, with my scale you never know. I could step on it later today and it would tell me I've lost 5 pounds. I need to get a new one, but haven't been able to justify the cost of one yet.

It is so frigid here too. Yesterday when we got up it was 0. Today it was 2. I pleaded with Curtis to do more to seal up the holes in the foundation and he put some of that spray foam stuff around the other foam panels he had put up and it's so much warmer downstairs now. This addition is just going so slowly.

Karla, sorry about the headache. Are you still getting as many of them as before? Just wondered if your neck and back doodad's had helped at all.

We were invited to dinner up the street at a friends house last night. We had authentic Navajo Taco's and they were so good. That and the soda could be why I didn't weigh less today. Curtis has been her home teacher for many years and has been helping teach the nephew who lives with her the missionary lessons. He was baptized on Sat so they had a big dinner last night to celebrate. Very fun and it was good to be there with them for that. She's an amazing woman, she's lost a son to an accident(age 3ish) and her husband to cancer about 7 years ago. She has three other kids and takes care of her dysfunctional alcoholic sister and her kids....

Well, better go get myself going for the day. Have a great day! ((Hugs)) to all.

I'm so befuddled?

Uh, I followed my points and I gained 2 pounds. This last week, I've been horrible, not caring AT ALL!! I got on the scale yesterday--down 3.5 from last week, but I gained 2 last week, so 1.5 from there. Total lost 7.5--So then the website tells me I'm losing it too fast, to eat my flex points and eat my activity points (what activity points?!?!) hehehe. Oh well, I'll take it.

I ordered a scale like Wendy's. Not sure I'm too excited about that, but I guess if I'm going to do it, I might as well do it right!

Had a crappy headache yesterday--why did I have to get it on my day off?? But, it's gone today, so that's good. Just diggin through more piles here.

Allie had a dentist appointment this morning for 2 more extractions and 2 more fillings. Poor thing. She does great though. Jim has an appointment at 12:30 to have a filling replaced. We're keeping the dentist busy this month.

It's butt cold out here, and I'm....fresh outta beer!! (quote from Grumpy Old Men) That's how it feels here. I had 2 cans of Pepsi One explode in my garage over the weekend. Lovely! My car said 6 whole degrees this morning. So glad I could plug it in over night and it's toasty warm when I start it up!

Well, back to the piles. Love ya!

Ugg

Well, I blew it, I mean really blew it, today. I'm so far over my points, I didn't even count them. I don't know why, I woke up from my nap and it was like I had to shove everything in the kitchen in my mouth. I hate that.

Wendy and I dressed the kids up in snow clothes yesterday and I did a scrap page of my kids in the snow. I'm going to do another one probably tomorrow with all four kids in it. But anyway, here's my kidlets enjoying the snow.

I'm sitting here at 11:40 trying to come up with some songs for my ipod for running. Not having a lot of luck. Most of the songs I want to run to I don't have. Oh well, I may have to cave and get them off of itunes.

I have a roast in the crock pot for tomorrow. Going to make french dip sammiches for lunch. Well, I'm tired. Jim just got home for the night, so I think I'm going to go to bed. Love ya

my turn

I guess it is my turn to blog again. I kept logging on to see what everyone was saying and there weren't too many new blogs. I have been busy working. Wendy and the girls were here at Karlas for two days and I hardly saw any of them. I come home tired at night, but I am sleeping pretty darn good. I went down today to sweep and mop the floor. It is a big space and hard to keep it looking clean. If I stay there very long, I think I will find some cheap carpet piece to put down in the show room. I also would like some mats for under foot around the machines, just to be a little easier on the legs and feet.
I think my carpeting and tile should be coming this next week. I may have to take a day or so off to take everything out of the rooms.
Shannon Brooks from George Wythe College and his wife stopped in to check out the store. They think they might know a few families coming with the college who would be interested in buying it. We will just wait to see what all happens.
It looks like Denny and RD are going to donate 100 acres to the school and Karl and I are donating 100 acres, and the college will negotiate with Denny and RD for the other 200 they need. We are buying 100 acres back, and then donate that to use as a tax deduction. It will be a few weeks before we all get everything put together. Dad talked to Phil Lyman and he plans to go down the first of the week to make sure how we need to handle everything. Lots going on right now. There will be plenty of land for all of you to put in a house if you want and have space around as well. We will be fencing this summer and maybe start on the pavilion.
It looks like the pavilion will be down in the bottom below our house instead of on the 40. Dad hated to put alot of money up there and then have to worry about taking care of it and using it to it's full potential. We are trading the 40 for 60 more connected to the west end of our 120. That puts our west boundary up on top of the hill a ways. There are some good places up on there.

Well, I need to start some food going. Talk to you later. Love, Mom

I love my scale!

Well I got my scale yesterday! I love it! I paid $40.00 on amazon...it's a Tanita Inner Scan Body Composition Monitor...anyway, it is well worth $40 to me! I don't think Karla is as impressed...she doesn't like knowing all the information it calculates. It stores memory for 4 different people..and has a guest feature for someone that wants to know all the info once. These are all the things it calculates: Body fat %, % of total body water, Muscle Mass, Physique Rating, Visceral Fat, Daily Caloric Intake(tells how many calories you could have/day to maintain your current weight), Bone Mass, and it calculates your Metabolic Age! I thought all were very acurate and usefull! It's pretty too! It measures to a tenth of a pound. I did some research on the different scales...you can definately spend a bundle on these styles of scales. The more expensive ones did not have as good of ratings as the less expensive ones. So if any of you are considering buying one..I would recommend the one I bought!
We are surviving..ok. Tilly and I have colds and Laila has a sinus infection! So we are all drinking down some syrup...and it knocks me out from time to time!..I don't think it knocks the kids out however! We spent the night at Karla's last night..she and I played Guitar Hero for a while and this morning Allie and I played some Dance Dance Revolution! That is a fun way to work up to a sweat!
Well Kass, I will be chopping off my hair on Monday..I wasn't happy about it at first but it is starting to sound nice!
We have been assigned to Judge Valdez...which I hear will definately be in our favor! We can only hope so. Our new trial date is January 18th at 11:30. Keep us in your prayers...we need all the support we can get!
Well, the girlies are asking me to set up Guitar Hero for them so I better go! Love ya, Wendy...oh, P.S. I am down 4.6 pounds! YEAH...that is accourding to my new scale and going off of my weight at the beginning on my old scale so it could be a little off....but I will take it!

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow!

I just went and had my hair cut off. I feel so much lighter. I went back to the Heidi Swapp lookalike cut I had before. I got tired of looking at myself in the mirror and feeling frumpy.

Where is everyone? I'm feeling lonely.

Mom, I checked the American Heart Association website and all I could see were forms you could print off to track eating on. Guess you probably already have those. Are you giving yourself a break this weekend? Don't kill yourself off!

Stacy-how did this week's weigh-in go? I am loving the online tools. I love being able to enter my recipes and have it calculate my points. That always took so much time doing alone. I haven't yet used up all my points since I joined but I figure that since I'm not Soren's sole source of food I shouldn't really count all the extra nursing points anyway.

Karla-How are you doing? Still buried under piles?

Wendy-are you surviving with Ben gone? It's hard to be the only one to deal with the kids. I know how it feels. C got home yesterday, earlier than expected, and it was such a nice surprise. Hang in there! And don't beat yourself up about eating over your points one day. It's only when we do it everyday that we need to beat ourselves up! What scale did you order? I didn't end up getting one yet, cause they cost a lot more than I thought they would. C wants a very expensive one that measures total body fat and all. I would just be happy to have one that measured in tenths or fifths of pounds.....

Took Soren to the Dr yesterday and he has only gained about 1/2 a lb since Oct. And they said he hadn't gotten taller, but I know he has, he can reach things now that he couldn't then. I think they either mismeasured in Oct or yesterday....doesn't really matter. He was super healthy and was very well behaved. As soon as his top teeth came in his snotty nose that he's had since Sept went away. Yay for no more green boogers.

Well, better go start some housework. I'm hoping to just stay indoors today and get some stuff done and enjoy having everyone home. Have a great day!

Happy Birthday Tilly.....zzzzzzzzzzzz!

...zzzzzzzzzzz..that is what I would like to do right now! I am so tired and worn out! We had a 'Barnyard Bash' for Tilly today with her Monticello friends at mom's house! (thanks mom) And the party went great. Everyone had fun...even me! The part that has me so worn out is Tilly and Laila! All morning Laila was upset that it wasn't her birthday...then tonight we had gymnastics. Usually Ben picks up Tilly and brings her home while I go with Laila to her class. Well, Ben is out of town and so Tilly had to stay with us! The entire time Tilly was throwing her fit "you can't do this to me on my birthday!" Oh yeah, she said that a number of times. She couldn't handle that Laila got my attention for 45 min. on HER birthday! Then before it was time to go Laila had a 'moment' and decided that throwing a fit would get some attention..so she sure let her true colors shine! Everyone was saying, "oh, you've got your hands full"...."do you just have the two" (with a hopeful look on their face)..."they look like angels, it's so funny to see them like this"! It's going to be a long 3 days till Ben gets home.
Anyway, things are going well. We are busy trying to line up all the preliminary work on the land...figuring out the utilities etc. Paul Sanderegger is so busy that he might not get time to work on our house till the fall. Not the news I wanted...so we'll see how things go!
Well, I just entered in todays points.....scary! I didn't try to be good with the party and all..but I thought I should still know where I am at! I didn't have anything for breakfast..and in lunch alone...29.5 points! I don't feel like I should eat dinner but I am going to anyway. I guess I will just use up my weekly points in one shot! The scariest part is that I probably ate like that all the time and never thought anything of it! I don't know if I have lost anything this week. My old scale is so unrealiable, and the new one isn't here yet! It should be here tomorrow I think! Yeah!
Well, hope you are all well...sure love ya! Wen

I Went and Did It!

Yah, I signed up for WW online. After thinking about it a lot I realized that's it's a nice middle of the road thing for me. I can use their tools and such for 1/2 what the meetings would cost me and after I get back down to my 'goal' weight I can go back to meetings for free.....yay! So I need to spend some time on there and find out how all the cool tools work. I'm loving the idea of being able to plug our regular recipes in and finding out the points per serving.

Mom, I think I heard on the radio today something about the American Heart Association having some type of online tracking thing. Might be worth checking out.

C headed back out to Elko today. I miss him already. When he's gone I get to where I'd like to put the kids to bed right after supper. I just am at my 'energy and patience' low point by then and I feel like I can't even be around them. That's sad, huh? I should be downstairs having fun with them, but I don't want to watch Disney, blech!

Well, I got all the tiny baby clothes and stuff put in a new bin today and out of my closet. Every day I'm making progress. Right now I'm going to go label all those plastic bins of games that I put in the closet last week. Then I'm going to force myself to work on my checkbook. I hate that I let it get so far behind.

Where have the Hugentobler's been living? How old was he? Hang in there with the store Mom! Oh, I had to chuckle today because they were talking about the Redd situation on the Doug Wright show on KSL today. I guess it's easy to sympathize with the parents when you don't know the history/background. They made Julianna seem to be the villain. I was a tiny bit tempted to call in and say,"If you only knew the whole story...." So sad!

Well, better run do my last couple of things then I can shut down for the day. Love ya

another day

here we go on to another day. My body is not quite ready to go at top speed for 9 hours a day. We are working on the Bluff Balloon festival shirts. They have to be finished by Wed. about noon. On days like this we could use my other machine down at the shop. Each shirt takes about 16 minutes and it doesn't take that long to hoop and trim, so a third machine would be good. If it were warmer I'd wash the outside windows. They are really dirty.
Merz Hugentobler passed away on Sunday evening. I don't know when the funeral will be. He has been pretty bad for quite some time. I wonder if Merilyn will move back to Monticello. They had been temple worker until he got too sick, so maybe she will come back and work there again.
Allie and I just had our breakfast. She had grilled cheese and tomato soup and I had shredded wheat. I need to start paying attention to my food choices, and what I really need to do is move the bike machine to the sewing room, so I can peddle while I watch tv. Maybe I will do that after work today. We are supposed to go to Blanding to a SPEAR meeting tonight. I don't know why I go, but it helps Karl go and he needs to be involved in something besides the tv.
Well, have a good day everyone. love ya, mom

Sorry I'm late--Mom & Wendy, this is for you!!

I love you both!! Thanks for everything!

down 1ish

Yah, I was down to somewhere between 153 and 154 this morning. My guess is that's it's more related to being sick Sat than anything I consciously did. But I'll take it.

Karla, were you consistently below your points target? Sometimes when we eat too LITTLE it sends the old bod into starvation mode. That's why they say you absolutely have to eat about 20 points a day for your body to function properly. Also it's worth checking to see where you are in your womanly cycle....that is always a factor. I could pretty much count on a small gain about every 3-4 weeks...depending on that hormonal thing. Just my 2c.

Well, Curtis is heading back to Elko tomorrow. I wish it weren't so far away. Oh, well, he'll be back to work on the house on Fri so I guess I shan't complain. I need to quit getting used to having him around.

Soren was lots of fun with his cake and ice cream Sat night. He was not shy about digging in and getting messy and he actually liked his cake. Thanks for the fun block farm for him, Mom. He really likes it, likes the lights and the music and the cute animals in the blocks. He also got a new ball, and an activity block toy thing...you know with beads that move on the wires and other activities on each side of it. Now I need to figure out where to put all his toys. Time to take the blankets out of his dresser cupboard and put the toys in there I guess.

Well, have a loverly day. I'll check in again later.

Diet Shmiet!

I thought I was really good this week, I thought I stayed within my points and I was feeling a little bit skinnier and was feeling quite positive about the whole thing....Then I got on the scale this morning.Yeah, I gained back 2. That bites!

Nothing much going on. Just another Monday with a ton of files on my desk. Allie has the first of 4 dentist appointments today. I'm not sure if we're doing fillings today or extractions. Guess we'll find out when we get there.

My Allie is growing up--I can't believe how mature she looked yesterday at church. Wow--where did the past 9 years go? That's crazy stuff.

Well, got to get back to the piles--love you all!

PS--give me some ideas here, how can I stay in points and still gain?? I'm at a loss.

Another Fast Sunday!

Seems like only yesterday that Dad stood up in Testimony meeting to tell the ward that we had a new baby and her name was Wilbur! How time flies!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WENDY!

I for one am so thankful that you are part of my family. Thanks for being a terrific sister. I hope you have a great day!

Good luck with getting the store back under control, Mom. Sounds like lots of work to do!
So sad about those two families. Isn't it sad how the quest for $$$$$ can cause such turmoil in people's lives. I know $$ is necessary, but at what point is enough enough?

Well, thankfully, my stomach bug only lasted 24 hours and I feel much better today, but after not eating most of yesterday and fasting today, I'm feeling like I could eat everything in sight. That's not a good thing when you have to watch points. I like that we don't have so many hours to fill after church on this new schedule. Makes the day go by just a little faster.

Well, better go read to the girls or something. Happy day to all, I love you very much!

another week

Hi Everyone,

We start a new year and a new time for church. I really prefer the 9 o'clock schedule, but I know it is much harder with small children. The new class I am getting today has 8 or 9 children, and they are usually all there. Yippee!!. Actually, I think they are a pretty good class.
We went to Cortez yesterday to have our January birthday dinner, sorry that Corbin and Stewart, Soren and all the rest didn't get to join us. Happy B-day to Wendy today!
Things are moving along nicely at the store, and I hope it continues that way. I do need to call the people on Johns not paid list and start getting their invoices paid so I will have money to operate on. Rhett Maughan stopped in yesterday and asked if I wanted to sell it again. He is trying to plan ahead on how to help Linda and Danielle stay afloat if Tye and Cameron are in jail. They may lose Linda's house also. Surely is a mess for everyone.
I wish you all well in our quest for healthier eating. I can tell for me it will be a slow process, as I go down 2 and then up 1 or 2. Oh, well, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Have a great day. See you northern girls around the 25th of January. We will try to come up for Clays wedding or reception, but it will depend on the weather. Talk to you all later.

Love Mom

Hey Mom!!

Check your email! ((HUGS))

Jack Frost Nipping At Your Nose!!

Holy cow! Lots of snow and wind this morning. And, I forgot to plug my car in last night, so I had to go out with wet hair and start it so it would have 20 minutes to warm up. Love the mileage, but babying the diesel engine is kind of a pain!

Know what else is kind of a pain? DIETS!! I freakin hate them! I feel like I've been good this week and I still had most of my flex points left and then I log on and update my profile, didn't change anything, just looked at it, and it dropped me from 22 points a day to 20, and took 8 of my flex points to make up for it so far this week! I don't know if I'm even losing anything. I've been good this week, or so I thought, and I'm so hungry all the time, I hate it!!

Well, Mom is being an angel to me this week. Amidst all her turmoil with taking the business back and redoing the building and making curtains and mopping floors that are gross, she's watching Peyton for me yesterday and today. I didn't have a sitter. The next few months are going to be quite difficult for me on that front. Linzi is going back to school and will be in Blanding every day from about 10:30-4. UGGG!! Is he old enough to leave home alone yet?? Just kidding!

I hope the roads are clear for tomorrow to go to the Rec Center for Tilly's birthday. My kids are really looking forward to it. I was really looking forward to a new episode of Grey's Anatomy last night after having been reruns since the end of November. I thought for sure it was a new one...So, I got all primed, planned my evening around it, kicked Jim out of the house (just kidding, he went and played basketball) and it was 2 reruns--crud!

Well, I guess I better pretend to do something productive. Work is crazy right now. So busy. It's feast or famine around this joint.

Love ya
Karla

P.S. Kassie

Maybe you can buy flavored fat free yogurt in Provo...but down here in Blanding, we are lucky to have one flavor of fat free yogurt! I thought about trying to flavor it with some sugar free jam or something..but I am a little aprehensive to try it at all!

AHHHH!

Well today has been a much better day! Thanks to an incredible Lunesta nights sleep! Yeah, the girls and I all went to bed at 8 last night...I am wondering why we don't do that every night?! I think it also helps that they had school today...which allows them to get away from each other and inneract with other kids. And they got to jump on Lana's trampoline this afternoon! I can't wait to be somewhere that we can have our own stuff out!
Well Stacy, I am also behind on running..I need to do 1.75 miles. I couldn't go today because Ben is up north. So tomorrow I will be doing 3! That's is one thing I like about the goal...one mile a day isn't too overwhelming. And if ya miss a day or two it won't kill ya to get caught up! I just think it will be cool at the end of the year to know how many miles I ran! I am making a spreed sheet to help keep track..I can email it to ya if you would like. Mindy is doing it too, but her goal is to walk it! Any way you do it,.. it will be so worth it. I remembered what I needed to ask you, did your first subscription to runner's world show up? It said it would be after the first of the year...and I got mine yesterday. I have already read 1/2 of it and it motivates me so much. Congrats on the WW! I am really surprized how much I like the program! I love all the tools they have on-line to help out. I am a little anxious to see if my first weigh in changes...that would be awesome!
Kass, I am excited to see your new couches! And I think green for your shelf would look great! You know me, green or red look good anywhere!
Karla, I am so glad you are doing WW online. I think I would be a little lost if you weren't able to explain things to me. I am excited for saturday, it will be nice to go do something fun with the kids instead of yelling at them! I will see you tomorrow. I'll probably be at mom's house late, we have dental at 1:40 & 2:00 and then I am doing mom's nails, we planned dinner for over there, and Ben will be coming through sometime.
Hey Mom & Dad, I really think you would like the WW online! It is so easy to see how many points you have available. It has lots of recipes and you can just enter your own and it will calculate the point value of each serving! That's what I have been doing, because I make the same meals over and over..and that way I don't have to change 'what' I am eating...just the portions! Anyway, I think you would like it!
I will talk to all of ya later! Love ya, Wendy

Yay Stacy! Way to Go!

Terrific loss, Stacy! You can count your loss whether you think it's accurate or not. After all, your leaders count it! And for what it's worth, I always removed my shoes and so did everyone else in the place. I sometimes wondered about sanitizing those scales....haha!Anyway, CONGRATULATIONS! Have fun in St. George.

I thought I would just jump on and post the recipe for the Warm Black Bean Dip. I like to eat it like chili for lunch with a few tortilla chips.

WARM BLACK BEAN DIP
1 small onion, chopped (opts)
2 cloves garlic, minced (0pts)
1 tsp veg oil (1pt)
1 can (15 oz)black beans, drained (1pt)
1/2 C diced fresh tomato (0pt)
1/3 C salsa(0pt)
1/2 tsp each cumin & chili powder (0pt)
1/4 C shredded cheddar (abt 4 pt-for reg cheese)
1/4 C minced fresh cilantro (0pt)
1 Tbsp lime juice (0pt)

Total points=6pts

Saute' onion and garlic in the oil til tender. Add beans, mash gently. stir in tomato, salsa, cumin and chili powder. Cook and stir just til heated through. Remove from heat; stir in cheese, cilantro and lime juice. Serve warm with chips.

I have found that by using a can of S&W Carribbean black beans I can do without the lime juice and cilantro, because they are already in the beans.
Also for WW purposes I usually don't add the cheese til I eat and then only a Tbsp or so. It's the cheese that makes this have any points at all.
If I eat half the dip made without cheese and add my own TBSP of cheese, then its only 2 pts per serving....then add the points of the chips. Oh, and remember you can count that oil towards your daily oil.

Not a bad lunch. I hope you guys will share any recipes you come across that you like or any tips that help you out. It's easy to get in a rut and since I've done this so many times, I'm kindof tired of what I've done before.

Silly Girl!

Wendy-why oh, why did you buy plain yogurt? You can get flavored Fat free yogurt! I really like the strawberry one, I think it's by Dannon. You must have thought I was crazy to suggest that for breakfast. I am crazy, but not that nutty! I remember having that same "I'm gonna be sick" feeling when I tried to eat a mixture of yogurt and cottage cheese once when trying to do Body for Life. Ick!

Got our couches today and now my quest is to figure out how to situate them in the Living room and get that room put back together. I have a question for you. Since my couches are black I hesitate to paint my ladder shelf black now, and I really don't want to do red since the boxes and baskets are kindof red. What would you suggest? I kindof like that light spring green that I have on the two baskets in my kitchen. Would that look good on the shelf???? I'm such a decorating dunce. I need guidance, Where's HGTV when you need it?

I did okay til I got home from school and was hungry and Soren needed to nurse and I ate some gingerbread men cookies and two slices of a chocolate orange. I think I used up all my points easily. I'll try hard again tomorrow and do better at writing it down.

Stacy, how did your weigh-in go today?

weight watchers day 1

Well, I signed up today and kept track of myself! Thanks to Karla taking all my calls I think I am learning how to get around that web site! For day 1....I don't know how anyone can eat plain fat-free yogurt with fiber cereal! YUCK! I took one bite and about lost it! So the oatmeal seemed wonderful after that. Lunch was fine and so was dinner! I really don't feel like I was "dieting"..I ate exactly what I would have however, much smaller portions...so I ate some carrots to feel full and ta dah! I did it! I actually have 2.5 points left and that's without touching the weekly ones! I think I better save those for pizza hut on saturday! Saturday we are taking Tilly out to the Rec Center for her birthday! Then the rest of the family can come out and we'll do our "January Birthday Dinner". I was thinking Pizza Hut...Mom, Karla, what do ya think? Karla we are hoping you would like to bring your children to the pool with us! Let me know! I ran 2.25 miles today and my whole body hurts...I also have not had a very good day with the girls so they are in bed pretty early for us...and I am next Yeah!!! Hopefully tomorrow can be a better day! We are really anxious to get moved to Monticello...we want to go up there everyday! I stayed home today and I think I will stay home tomorrow too. Friday we will be going up for dental apts. and saturday we'll be in Cortez! I think all our travels are catching up with all of us and taking it's toll! With all the trouble the girls have been in today...I really haven't yelled much...and I am still worn out from it all. I ordered my new scale today..I can't wait for it to get here! I am excited for this year..if I could combine what I have learned about health and fitness over the years, I will be in good shape! Well, good night and type ya later.

I'm Back on the Bandwagon!

I pulled out a tracking sheet and wrote down my oatmeal today. Let's see if I can stick with counting for even one day! haha!

All the kiddo's are back in school and I'm loving the quiet. So much to do and so little time to squeeze it all in, but we'll take it one day at a time. My goal this year is to stop thinking and talking about doing things and just do them. We'll work on that today by getting the living room furniture in and getting all the decor back up on the walls.

Mom-you are always an inspiration when it comes to just digging in and doing. Wish I had half your energy. The bathroom must look so different, but it was time for an update. Do you want individual pics of the kids for downstairs or family shots??? I need to set up another appt with Karla to have a picture taken. *Note to self: lose 15 pounds and do something with your hair before having family picture taken*

Went to Enrichment last night and we had a discussion evening about cleaning tips and the best products to use. They introduced me to the Magic Eraser and had a give-away. And I won one, so I immediately put it to use when I got home. I'm happy to report that it quickly cleaned up the ugly baseboards in my hall and I'm thinking now that I might just keep them white and repaint them. I need to go stock up on those things, they work on so many problem areas.

Well, better go dry and attempt to style this mop on my head. Going to Kindergarten today, yay!

Chat with you all later!

Happy New Year

It has surely been a busy day. I forget that it is a holiday and I should be lazy. I finished the painting in the girl bathroom, then after lunch Wendy and Ben came up and we wondered around the property for awhile. Karla and Jim came over and we just visited. While Karl was at the ranch doing chores, Ben started putting in the new bathroom lights, and towel racks. Karl came home and they also put in the new mirror. It is looking good. I need to do something about the curtains in my bedroom, but at least it is clean. I am a little disappointed in my quilt but maybe when it is quilted it will look better. I wish it were a little larger, so I may need to add another row of fabric around the outside edge, so that when it hangs over the bed, it will go all the way to the bed skirt. (Always something)
Wendy put together the pictures frames etc. and hung them on the family room wall. They are really cute. I need 6 more dark frames and new pictures. Some of the pictures are a little old.
Kassie, I actually wrote in the little journal for you yesterday. It was fun. I plan to do one each Sunday. Also, one of the games was left here. Mario Golf. It was stuck in the Video slot of the small tv. I'll bring it or send it next time someone comes that way.
Well, I think that Karla and I are going to go to the shop tomorrow and do a quartlerly report for John, then we need to meet with Daniel Anderson and get the Bill of Sale taken care of. There will be quite a bit of work for me, (besides the sewing part) when I get back in there. I want to lighten it up a bit by putting curtains on the bottom half of the windows so I can see out and light can come in. I need to repaint the ceiling in the show room, or replace the tile. I think I will talk to Aces & 8"s about putting in a hung ceiling and then I can trade them services. They get hats quite often.

So much for my nonsense. Talk to you later. Love Mom

YAY, WENDY!

I'm so excited for you and Ben. I'm also a bit envious. Guess I'll have to just enjoy the home-building process through you. I can just see Dad's face. Welcome home!!

We got our other 2 walls up and most of it sheathed on Sat. We told Doug to go ahead and order the trusses and we need to go to Jones and order the windows. It's a bit strange to look out my kitchen window and only see another room. I suppose I'll get used to it, though. ;-D

We had so much fun Friday night. Thanks to all of you for coming and making it a great time. I am so thankful that we can enjoy being together and build great memories and ties that bind us together. I'm also really glad the kids like being together.

Wendy I love your running goal. I am really ambivilant about the whole exercise/diet thing right now. I don't know why I can't seem to fully commit to any of it right now. I guess that I just feel a bit overwhelmed with all that I get to do once school starts back up and feel like I can't give enough attention or focus to any of that. Maybe I'm wrong and I hope I can find time and energy to do something. I know I don't want to be left in the dust of you all so that alone is what is driving me right now. In fact, I'm going to Kmart today for some storage boxes and I think I'm going to get a new scale too. I want to run, but I think I need to lose a few #s first so that my knees won't hurt so bad.

Well, now that I've rambled on and on about nothing, I'll say sayonara for now! got to get some stuff done around this house today.

It's Official!

Well this may not come as a surprise to any of you, Ben and I have decided to move back to Monticello! YEEEEE-HAAAAAA! Go Buckaroos! We are planning to build on Dad's property...we will turn onto the Lloyd's Lake road..then turn west onto the old road where it comes back out onto the Lloyd's Lake road..then we will make a road that curves up the hill somehow and into our driveway. Our home will face east and slightly to the south. We thought we had a different spot picked out...without seeing this one it was our second choice. So to end our fast yesterday we thought we should walk up there so we would know exactly what we were comparing..and it felt like when Brigham Young saw the Salt Lake Valley..."This is the place"! So we are going to start getting our bids in and get some soil testing and surveying done! I can hardly sleep at night! Dad was so cute when we went to talk to him and mom...He had a smile on his face the whole time...and then he let us know that.. "There will only be 4 houses built on that land while I'm alive!" I know Karla and Jim have their spot picked out...and I think Stacy and Stewart have a pretty good idea of where they would like to be someday...Kass, it's your turn to pick a spot! Now we need to find a rental in Cello! Sometimes I feel like Heavenly Father sends us on a wild goose chase just so he can have someone to laugh at once in a while! I guess you would need that with all the heartache he must have. I suppose it's ok if He gets a few laughs in on my expense! I am just so greatful to have the opportunity to go back home and I am so greatful to mom and dad for their generosity! We are so blessed! It was so fun to have all of us together this past week. I sure love you guys and can't wait for that day when Tilly and Laila realize what a blessing it is to have a sister! I hope you are all doing well and finding happiness! Love ya, Wendy
P.S. My New Year's resolution is to run 365 miles this year! One a day for now! And then once I get back in shape it will add up faster to where I won't have to run everyday! Anyway, I thought that would be a fun goal! I am so excited for my birthday so I can start counting points with all of you! Good luck to us all!