A little lesson in BOREDOM! and some COOKIES!

When I was in Third Grade I won a contest. My first ever. For being the TOP Christmas-catalog-fundraising-seller of the ENTIRE school. Truth be told my salesman pitch and motivation didn't just happen... one LAZY afternoon I muttered the words, "I am SOOOO BOOOORRRREEED!" to my Mom and was sent to walk/ hike the ENTIRE Sherwood Hills to sell items from the fundraising catalog.

EVERY afternoon after school.

For a WEEK.

Yeah, I thought- COMPLETE TORTURE.

I laugh at it now, but at the time I was completely mortified that I'd be FORCED to sell stuff DOOR TO DOOR (SO totally would not happen in this day and age... especially in A-town but we're talking PROVO, UT). Anywho- So imagine my surprise when my name was called over the PA system announcing that I was the TOP seller and that I'd won a PANASONIC AM/ FM Stereo Cassette BOOM BOX. I was the talk of the town... my mom stood and told her ENTIRE RS (yeah, another OMGosh!), My dad- his associates and of course my bro's and sis's friends heard so I got all the ego stroking to last FOREVER. I was pretty proud of my FORCED efforts to win the contest! FAST FORWARD 20+ years...

Guess what I hear from homegirl Lu????

Yep! You guessed it. Salo had a friend over the other night and the first thing I hear from Lu is "Mooooooooommmmm, (added complaints, then the dreaded) I'm SSSSOOOOOO BOOOORRRRREEEEDDD!".

Coooooollll!!!! I think to myself remembering that time WAY BACK!

"I have JUST the thing for you!

GIRL SCOUT COOKIES

ARE

ON SALE~!!!!!





and guess what you'll be doing for the next few weeks??????"

Aye Aye Aye!!!!.....

It's past 10:30pm and I'm TRYING to get some shut-eye EXCEPT...



We have a FIESTA going on down the street. And someone gave an old guy the MIC and he's singing with the Mariachi band-- rambling away in cut-throat spanish, you'd think we were at a daytime auction! Seriously. Last time this happened (with another neighbor) it didn't end until 3... almost 4 AM. I'm usually pretty cool about stuff like this, since we LOVE to throw a few backyard parties ourselves... But COME ON!!!...

Can someone at least TAKE AWAY THE MIC!!! and give the old man a break?

My poor Sunday school class... if I'm not alert tomorrow, NOW you know why!

A WARM 74 degrees!

It must have been the winter blues...

because I was content to stay indoors ALL DAY LONG...

UNTIL I felt the WARM SUN peek through my curtains. I was so excited! I wanted to load up the kiddos, boogie boards and cooler and drive to Bolsa Chica BUT I knew I'd be majorly disappointed when I arrived. It'd most likely be overcast and 20 DEGREES cooler (The desert is ALWAYS hotter than the coast).

So I rolled out of bed and opened every window letting out all the wintry blues, pulled out our flip flops and t-shirts and took my babies to the park...

and just DREAMT of SUNNY BEACHY DAYS.

Then enjoyed this lastest pic posted by my SIL...



How FUN!!!! We miss you guys and wish we were there to soak up all that SUN!!!

This NEW year...

On top of the regular needing to perfect my daily scripture reading, prayer and temple attendance, I resolve to:

1. Never clean my children's plates (with my too eager mouth) AFTER they've eaten.

2. Rid my wardrobe of unsightly T's that make their way to my 'exercise' attire. (Burn baby, BURN! lol)

3. Sit up straight- improving posture and strengthening my CORE.

4. Breathe. Consciously. Focusing on each life-giving breath.

5. Clear my mind and my body of TRASH (negativity, unfair judgements, unkindness) that cloud decisions and rapidly increase MY aging process.

6. Keep my eyebrows clean and trimmed. Makes my face feel clean and improves a smile 100 x's!
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7. Sign non-negotiable contract with self to increase heart rate above 154 for 45 consecutive minutes at least three times a week (K 154's kindof high consecutively- I mean just long enough to break a good sweat and keep my heart rate pumpin'). Love me some CARDIO, yay!

8. Teach my children three part harmony. Who knows if they'll be able to carry a tune... but I'm inspired by an amazing Aunt of mine. BTW- She's makes the BEST Pani PoPo. This, but a million times better.

9. Faithfully commit to dates with my children and spouse.

There you have it. HERE are a few but not the all of the MANY resolutions I have running around in my head, but I guess important enough to remember first.

Love the New Year! Wishing you all the very, very BEST this 2009!