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My Magic Diet

During our 4th of July party, one of our (male) friends came up to the group of ladies. He looked as though he'd lost some weight. "You look like you've lost weight!!! How much have you lost? What did you do?" My friends asked him as they were so impressed!


I turned to my friend and said "isn't funny how we ask people about their weight loss, yet we really don't go up to someone and say "wow, how much weight have you gained?" or "How'd you put that load on yourself?" Well blog friends, I'm here to confess how I've put on my 10 + pounds this summer. It's all in that picture. I decided to introduce ice cream cones to my family and I enjoyed it myself too. That ice cream I get at Smiths Marketplace has got to be one of the best. So my weight gain success? Too much ice cream and no exercise. Ta da!!

6 to 7

Look who is finishing 6th grade and is moving onto Jr. High. It's really weird. They do grow up! I have LOVED this school year with Max. He's had an amazing teacher, he's gotten his friend niche, and he's been a great kid! I'm not saying this to make you look at my son with rose colored glasses. You know I'm not "my life is perfect" type of blogger. When I write about how proud I am of him, it's because I've gone through up and downs with this guy and so I am VERY PROUD of him!

Max went to the movie on Saturday with his friend. I don't think we've done the "drop off" thing yet but I was okay with it. I didn't think much about it. Later on in the day I asked him how the movie went he told me that he and his friend WALKED HOME from the theater. Wha? He thought it was fun walking home. I laughed because I was totally shocked that he didn't have a ride home. Did we miss the memo somewhere? He and his little buddy walked through the busiest part of town. I guess his friend forgot his phone. I'm glad he got home okay. I'm still surprised.

The other day I took Max to the dentist to get his cavity filled. The dentist asked "so what's going on Max?" Max casually answered, "well, I haven't hit puberty yet." The dentist busted up laughing, I did as well. I quickly mentioned to the dentist that I didn't realize that this was a part of Max's conversation material. Where did this come from?

Max is quite proud when he takes off his shirt to show his friends that he has no armpit hair. Thanks for sharing!

So happy to have Max in my life. I appreciate his sense of humor and the hard work he's put into succeeding. I'm off to get a tissue....

Spring!

I bought this package of Oreo's in like February anticipating the arrival of Spring! Man, was I ever wrong in thinking that Spring would be sunny and full of butterflies. About two weeks ago the weather man said out of the past 50 days, 35 had been stormy. Raise your hand if you almost cried when you saw snow on the ground this morning. It seems like we've had 3 sunny days this entire Spring. None-the-less, I still ate the cookies!

Speaking of Spring, this spring chick is a cutie! We were at Wendy's and rather than dipping her fries in the ketchup, she just drank the ketchup! We all got a good laugh when we noticed her nose but laughed even harder when she realized she was so funny. Love this little Kate.

Mormon Mushroom

I cut my hair. Okay, I didn't cut it, Kia did. I decided I needed a change. I was tired of my pony tail. That black head band? I wore it ALL the time. It's the only head band that wouldn't hurt my head. I needed some shape, style. So I gave myself some bangage and I went back to my Utah bob (that's for you Amy). I don't mind the cut. My family gave me a weird look when I came home. All the Mexicans at work called me Dora. It started getting old. I guess it's a compliment considering Dora is Mexican.

The Truth Will Set Me Free

First Truth: I hate Spring Break. Several reasons why I dislike it. Most people go to all these exotic places when we usually stay home. My kids don't have friends to play with because most of them are on vacation. My kids see all these kids go to fun places and they want to go too. I feel pressure to become their vacation planner. We aren't in the position to take a family of 7 on a big trip. Everyone who lives in our community that stays home manages to go to the same places we go, hence crowds galore. When Spring Break is finally over I see and hear about everyone's great vacation. It sucks. Period.

Second Truth: I'm tired. I had to work a double during General Conference. Though some believed doubles were not manageable, I proved them wrong. I kicked some serious butt! Totally did a double. The only problem was the day after the double I was BEAT! I slept all day. It's easy to sleep all day when you have no children but with 5 of them at home, I still have responsibilities.

Third Truth: None of my kids have had croup. That was until the day after the double. After 12 years, Kate was the first. I thought that she was choking on something and she was barely breathing so I raced her to the ER at 1 AM. The person next to us was dying so I was in the ER from 1-5 AM. When I checked out of the ER, I learned that I was out of network!! $200 was my co pay, gulp!

Fourth Truth: I do not take cocaine. I applied for a new job. It all looked pretty good. They asked me to take a drug test. I told them before that I take prescribed medication that might show up in the urine sample. Sure enough it showed up....as cocaine!!! I called the manager to explain that it might be a mistake. He didn't seem to want to hear it and told me he will find someone else if the results don't come back soon. Of course they came back clear. What a blow though to be judged right off as a drug user.

We took the kids up to Park City and they had a blast. They were so happy it didn't matter they didn't go to Disneyland. All they needed was a pool and they were fine. They did so much anyway, there wasn't complaining.

For me though, it was a tough week. If you ask me face to face, I will tell you it was the best Spring Break ever! If you read this blog, you will know the truth, and the truth will set me free!

Best 99 cents ever spent!

I love a new app for my iPhone. If someone recommends one, I usually start drooling. My addiction to an iPhone app is similar to my addiction to appliances. I love appliances. That blender at Costco makes my stomach turn every time they have it on display.

I've seen fat booth at the app store but thought it would be stupid. When a friend told me about it, I thought "what the heck, it's only 99 cents". This app has been the hit of the weekend! First I used it on the bus on the 6th grade field trip. The kids loved it. Then I took it to work on the weekend. What a riot! We laughed all weekend.

It's been an eye opener for me. We shouldn't take life so seriously and we all need to laugh at ourselves. Plus, when I do the side by side comparison, skinny to fat, I look pretty skinny! Send me a photo of yourself and let's see what you look like fat!