Summer Sizzle

Well so much for the nice cool spring!  The Summer Sizzle has begun.  It began for me  while in Phoenix and I got a nasty sunburn and a cold sore from @@@@@@@!!  My high blood pressure med. makes me extra sensitive to the sun I just happened to find out by accident.  We have worked so hard this week in spite of the heat putting a beautiful black rod iron fence between us and the Blacks next door.  It looks so pretty and boy what a job.  Linda and I were kept busy just keeping them fed and watered.  They did hire 2 boys from the ward and if they hadn't we would have had two dead husbands.  Bud leaves for Alaska saturday and altho I am sure he will have an awesome time I do worry about him.  I will leave for Amy's 7/2 and be home the 9th.  After that we will be home for the summer and fall.  We are trying to expand our budget to include some help with this yard so we can actually have the energy to enjoy it.  As is now we work so hard that we are out of gas and ready for bed by 8:00pm.  So I ask who are we doing this for!  But it is beautiful and we will figure out something.  I am so grateful for the health we do enjoy.  If getting tired is the worst of our problems then we are truly blessed.  I have been so good at working out at least 4x's a week and am loving the pilates.  I can feel the results whether or not I see them.

I am still considering the no sugar thing with Shawn but haven't committed yet.  The only thing I would really miss is the Pumpkin Pie at TG.  Maybe we could convince him to bend the rules for that day!  I am loving reading all the blogs and I do have pictures but have forgotten how to get them on here so Kristen HELP!!!!  You are all awesome and bring so much joy to my life!!  Thank you!!!!!!!!!

SELF CONTROL WHERE ARE YOU????

I am sitting here reading everyone's blogs and crying my eyes out.  I have sweet music playing on my I pod (I am so proud of myself for finally getting one and figuring out how to work it) and a cold glass of orange juice that I am sipping on trying to make taste like a COKE.  It doesn't work.  I sure hope I can pass this test. There are just certain foods that need COKE!!!  Okay enough of that.  If i can exercise a minimum of 4 times a week since New Years, I can do anything because some days it has nearly killed me.  I am starting to see results and that has become my motivation.  Now Shawn wants me to join the no sugar until New Years club.  No COKE, No SUGAR and now after the results of yesterdays colonoscopy no RASPBERRIES, NO CORN, NO NUTS, NO POPCORN, NOTHING WITH SEEDS!!!!  Then Tara tells me to stay off any carbohydrates that are white.  PASTA, POTATOES,BREAD, PANCAKES,WAFFLES!  You get the picture!!!!  Will Power is not my strong point.  What do I eat and what do I look forward to eating???  Any suggestions will be appreciated.!!!  Change of subject!  Taking Alex and Trent to Rexburg was an awesome experience.  How many Nana's get to do that.  I had to bite my tongue a few times and laughed a lot.  Watching them shop for their kitchens beds and baths was funny but the groceries were the best!!  They are great guys and will have the time of their lives.  Then it was on to Tara's  to stop her tears and just chill.  We do that well when I am there.  Again lots of laughing and some good talks and just feeling overwhelmed with love and gratitude for the children and grandchildren I have been blessed with.  Each one is so unique and special in their own way and so in tune with right and wrong.  I need to sign off now before I start blubbering out of control..  Remember the theme of this blog is SELF CONTROL!!!!!!!!