Grass is greener

This is a house that I pass by every day on the way to and from work. Every spring when the snow has barely melted, this greener than green grass appears. You might not think it is not anything unusual, but if you live in the extreme cold temperature areas, go see your lawn right now. I bet it is as brown and gross as mine is. I want to know what kind of fertilizer this dude uses. Hey, it could be spray paint.

Dear Diary

I went to the gym last night.

Days until Maui: 86

Friends, Love, Births, Homecoming

Friends=Steve and Katie Williams. The best neighbors who became our best friends when they moved next door to us 6 years ago. Alex became best friends with their son, Carsen. The Williams' moved 2 years ago, but only 5 minutes away. I'm very sad to report that nobody has borrowed anything for a Sunday dinner since they moved. Now I got all this extra sugar, and eggs, and flour...We celebrated Steve and Katie's birthdays on Friday. Had so much fun as always. We just love the Williams' family, but we miss our Sunday nights together.

Love=Elizabeth and Brad. Brad and Liz came to spend a weekend with us. Whitney practiced the wedding hair on Saturday. Liz is going to be a gorgeous bride.

Birth # 1=Joshua. Kristy and Peter's newborn son. Liz, Whit and I went to see the babe on Saturday. He is beautiful, and slept the whole time. Katelyn, the big sister, did not sleep, but was tapping the door knob with light bulbs because she wanted to see the "LADIES".

Birth # 2=Isaac. Mike and Tai's newborn son. He is number 4 in the family of all girls. We like to call Isaac...Alex because Tai always wanted a son like our Alex (and who doesn't??), so it is just natural that we call this boy, Alex. Beautiful baby who looks like his older sister.

Homecoming=Jordan. Welcome home Jordan from Florida mission. Great talk, great experiences, and now life continues for you. Good luck with "A".

Common Sense, anyone?

Caller: "Dr. Laura, I need your advise on a specific problem that I have."

Dr. Laura: "Hi, what's that?"

Caller: "Everytime I go through an automatic car wash, my 3-year old starts screaming bloody murder, and won't stop until we are out of the car wash. She gets so scared about the whole place. What should I do?"

Dr. Laura: "Don't take your 3-year old to a car wash."

Caller: "Oh, okay, THANKS!"

Dr. Laura: "Our next caller is Karen, welcome to the program...."

Jenny Craig to the rescue?

Yep, I did it. Bought a Krispy Kreme Donut card from the neighborhood kids for a good cause...baseball for them, extra poundage for me.

Before the Krispy Kreme donut feast

After the card has been punched many, many, many times for the free donuts.

Alexander The Great

TV 101

Things I have learned from late night TV:


-Heinz Ketchup bottle, the glass kind, has a number 57 engraved on the neck of the bottle. If you tap on the number (the number works as an air bubble) the ketchup starts flowing out of the bottle. Who knew!!!! All those times in the restaurants I have tapped the BOTTOM, or used a knife to get the ketchup flowing. And now I find out from Jay Leno that there was a method to the glass bottle madness all along. I haven't tried the trick yet, so I can't say this really works, but why would Jay Leno lie?

-If you have a smaller face, and somebody is taking your picture, don't bite down your back teeth because it makes your face look squished. Well, I don't have a small face, just a block head, but I tried it, and it works. My face doesn't seem so blocky when I do that. Thanks to Paulina Porizkova.

-Human hair shouldn't be used on clothing. If you missed the Project Runway episode last night, you can catch it a million times on Bravo TV.

-Fake boobs can be used as flotation devices. Proof can be seen on any "Survivor" episode.

My life is now complete

Yesterday I had my monthly haircut/color/nail appointment with Juli. Then this morning I had my wonderful appointment with Leigh, the long lost pedicurist. Ladies, you WANT to go visit Leigh and her whole crew. She operates in the basement of her house. This is a brand new house in Lindon, and her whole basement is a beautiful spa named "AMARA". She offers massages, body wraps, pedicures, manicures, waxing etc. She also has a boutique in there where she sells all kinds of clothing, jewelry, purses, shoes, baby stuff, swimwear etc. Phone # is 801-701-0218. Make an appointment and go see her. As for me, my life is now complete.

Don't look in the kitchen

I stayed in bed all weekend except when I had to take Alex to his quarter-finals basketball game (they won) on Saturday morning, and then to breakfast at Village Inn.

Ok, so what's with the most weird looking people who work at Village Inn? Have you EVER seen one normal person there? This time the weirdo-of-the-day was a husky woman with a long hair, but sides and back totally shaved. The second prize went to the host who seated us, and told everything about her younger brothers (I was there with Alex and Carsen). The joy of meeting somebody new. So, years ago, we went to Village Inn for breakfast, and we were seated so that I can totally see into the kitchen. Needless to say, I didn't like what went on in there. Before the waitress brought in our meals, she was snacking on our fries. From then on, we always request a table AWAY from the kitchen. I'm just not so interested in seeing how they mess with my food.

Rod came home on Saturday night from Mexico after missing his first flight. He brought a nice el recuerdo de la diarrea de México. How special indeed! We spent most of the Sunday in bed, coughing, sneezing, and running to the bathroom (not me). Today, I'm better and at work. Rod...not so much...Los saludos de México.

Not Missing/Missing in Action

While Rod's here
in Cuernavaca, Mexico


I'm in my bed
suffering from swollen glands, pounding headache, fever, and sore throat

The scenery in my neck of the woods is not so pretty.