Sunday, November 23, 2008

Racquetball ladies


Here are the racquetball ladies. If you ever need anything solved let us know. We solve the world's problems every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On the far left we have Nola. She has sister weekends all the time. It sounds like they have so much fun. It is her grandson that started the term "racquetball ladies". He is incredibly cute and he loved racquetball. She is our motorcycle queen as she took a road trip on the motorcycle to Arizona in July. Next is Michele. She is our resident nurse. So she gets all the medical questions. She also vacations all the time and does fifty billion things a day. We all sit around and wonder where she gets all her energy. She also loves to cook and do crafts. She brings us samples all the time. Bottom left is Lorna. She is our resident party animal. She is always planning parties and hilarious parties at that. She does family reunions too. Her Bunko parties are freaking hilarious. She also shops in places like Stettler and finds great deals. We all want to meet her family and shop in Stettler. Next is Diana. Our beauty queen. She comes to racquetball dressed to the nines and her hair is always done. Perfume and everything. She is younger than the rest of us because she can wear long pants and long sleeved shirts to play. The rest of us die of heat.... Diana's famous words (after we have played like 5 games) are "Should we play another one????"
Notice in the picture the drink of choice..... Some of us have the breakfast of champions in our hands you know diet coke. And some like Nola and Lorna have way better choices you know like water. Also green tea added to water also gets thrown in too.
We have a great time and only get hit every once in a while but that doesn't mean we don't duck sometimes.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Diet Time Again

That is what is new at my house. I am on a diet. But first all the motivating factors.....

Number 1: My blood pressure. I know that for my health that I need to lose weight. When I lose weight my blood pressure goes down.....

Number 2: Barrett is coming home December 22. We are leaving December 24 to the Dominican Republic for a week's vacation. Do we know how to get his undivided attention??????

Number 3. Dominican Republic. I can hardly wear a thing in my closet and what I do wear I look awful in. It is either new jeans or a diet.....

So the diet won. I think I am motivated for this one. I joined LA Weight Loss because I am very unmotivated to do it by myself. I have to pay money and weigh in to stick to the diet. I know I am weak... I have been doing great., Started last Tuesday and have already lost 13 pounds exactly. Don't get too excited. I have been carrying a lot of water lately....which doesn't help the blood pressure either. I haven't really been hungry though so that is absolutely awesome.

Brooke and I signed up to go to the cannery. She has wanted to go forever and could never go in Idaho because her ward only went during the day. Bree couldn't go but we did her dried food for her. We had a great time and it isn't bad at all. We were done and out in 1 hour and 15 minutes.

I got my Canadian passport......... I became a Canadian citizen last June. So I finally got my passport. My Canadian citizenship card picture was pitifully ugly and the immigration people at the airport encouraged my to get it. I put it on my list and got it done. I did not give up my American citizenship. I am now dual......just like my kids....

I planted by amaryllis bulb..from last year. Just to see if I can get it to grow again. I kind of like gardening..... It was so cool last Christmas to see it grow. Bree and I had a contest to see whose would bloom first. I really can't remember who won.

We are getting excited to have Barrett home. Did I tell you that my grandbabies are the cutest things ever?????? I just love them a lot...........Now if we could just get Greyson to stop spitting up on our very nice rug....