Not enough to do

Rumor has it that I need more to do....not so.....here are the reasons for my long vacation from my blog

1.  I started Paralegal School at San Francisco State.  The program is awesome, the classes are awesome, the view from the classrooms isn't bad either.....
                                            
                                                   check back for a picture on Tuesday......

2.  I got a daughter (and husband mr. ward) all graduated from BYU

after which they moved to Portland

started a new job

and started dental school (a small side note.  mr. ward possibly has the best commuting vehicle EVER. He takes the AIRTRAM to school.  No joke.  It's amazaing.  I want to ride an airtram to work, but I don't.)

3.  I got to go on a grand celebration to Disneyworld with lots of my favorite people.  We celebrated Jessica and Adam's graduation, Michael's mission call, and 25 years of marriage for Steve and I.

4.  I got a son home from his first year of college at BYU Idaho, got him ready to go on a mission, had some pretty fun adventures while he was waiting to go on his mission, and then saw him off on his mission to Birmingham England (and have watched him grow and grow and grow over the 7 weeks that he's been gone.  You can read more of his adventures here.

5.  I quit my job, started substitute teaching again, and arranged an internship with the county courts for fall semester.
6.  I finished off year 2 of seminary and started year 3 with "The Best Seminary Class Ever--Third Edition"!

So, I've made a deal with my family.  Let mom rest....no more major events for the next little while.  Just regular old life, you know work, school, dinner at home, quiet night out every once in a while, putter,....nice, quiet life....

So I started today with an early morning trip to see the hot air balloons.  Nice and quiet, just the way I like it.

          

Tinkerbell and Heaven

So apparently Tinkerbell will be in Heaven--who knew?

I adore children--they have great wisdom.

Keeping busy

January is here and so is my fascination with all things organizational.  So in the past 24 hours I have:

• Completely cleaned Michael's room.  Organizing all his "momentos" into large plastic bins (favorite accessory). 

• Turned his closet into my children's library.  I truly had no idea how many children's books I had purchased over the years.  Now there they all are (little secret--in alphabetical order).

• Closed out all my 2010 financial information and started fresh for 2011 with Quicken.  Downloaded all my accounts and I'm all in financial order now.

• Started and completed a book I had wanted to read for forever.  I loved it, as I love all books relating to World War II.  I'd definitely reccomend it. 

• Went back to the gym after a too-long hiatus nursing my bad shoulder.  Still am not crazy about going to the gym, but we do what we have to do. 

Here's to a new year and starting fresh.

all I wanted for Christmas

 Everytime anyone asked me what I wanted for Christmas, all I said was that I wanted my kids home.  That is exactly what i got. 

But now my big kids have gone back to their homes, to resume their lives.  And although I know that they are doing exactly what they should be doing (and doing it very well) I miss them dearly.

 

 



2011

Welcome 2011!  2010 was really a pretty bad year, so I'm not all that sorry to see it go.  Sometimes it is hard to be optimistic.  But today, I pledge to believe that 2011 will be better.  There are great things in store for me and my family. 

Besides, today it was 11:11 am on 1/1/11. 

And I got to use my new pie bird, which I read about here, and felt that everyone needed (especially me). So I found it here and am very pleased with the results.