Ten On Tuesday

I've enjoyed reading Ten on Tuesday over at Lin's blog forever! Seriously...forever. Anyway, Tuesday is almost over but I really want to join in. So that's what I'm going to do.

1. I love lemonheads. The big ones. I think I might have mentioned it a time or two before. But have I ever told you I also love cheapo lemon drops. You know? The ones with the sugar covering the outside? I always buy the cheapest ones I can get. They're all the same so why not save a few pennies?  I need one now. I don't care I've had seven already today and my tongue is bleeding.

2.  I made homemade ice cream last night, for the first time since I was a kid and then I didn't really make it. I watched my mom make it and my brother churn it. He was always a butt kiss. Anything to make him look good to my mom...but he did grow up to be a nice guy. By the way, the ice cream was fabulous.

3. The weather is starting to get warmer. I hate that. I don't have summer clothes and the few I do have require a tan to wear them. I don't want to bother getting tan. I just want to wear jeans and sweatshirts then lay under a blanket doing nothing just like I do all winter.

4. I've been watching Call The Midwife. Have you seen it? I spit on Downton Abbey since starting this series. It. Is. The. Best. I adore it. The last episode for season 2 was on last Sunday. I will miss it. I will miss Jenny Lee. I will miss Chummy. I will miss laughing and crying but I absolutely doubt I will enjoy any program as much as I have this one. Guess what? (You can watch it here.) PS. I don't really spit on Downton Abbey. I just don't love it as much as I did before. Although, I still love it. Make sense?


5. While I love where we live, I hate having to carry my laundry down a flight of stairs and over to the next building and back to wash it every week. We have laundry hook ups in the apartment, but no machines. I miss my washer and dryer. I am very, very angry with the selfish people who kept them and then sold it them for almost nothing.

6. I love bloggers and blogging. I'm so happy to be back. I've missed my friends.

7. Water in Utah tastes better than water in California.

8.  I want grand-babies. Gus refuses. He's mean.

9.  My prayers are with Oklahoma. I can't even begin to imagine....it's horrible. I'm terrified of tornados.

10. The people upstairs vacuum at midnight. Why? I ask you...why?

I'm Back Again...But That's Not Important

I'm back. For good this time. Or at least until no one visits anymore. Then I'll quit blogging because I don't want to talk to myself all that much. Or, if I have to stop blogging for whatever life problem comes my way, I won't come back. Leaving and reappearing is stupid. I'm not doing it again.

I have something important to announce. Gus is home for good. Yea! He officially finished his time in the Marine Corps yesterday. I officially finished my time supporting my boys in the Marine Corps yesterday. I am relieved and oh so happy! The best part? I get to live with this kid and his wife for a while. I promised I would stay out of the way, and not get involved in their business (though if they would just listen to me, I could guarantee them perfect lives). But I get to enjoy having most of my family with me again. Honestly, I never thought I'd make it through the past six years.

One more thing before I shut this computer off and go to bed. I wanted to add a picture of my kids to this post but don't have a photo editor installed on this computer. I miss Picnik so much! Anyway, I consulted google for a new one and guess what I found? I happened upon a little site called Ribbet!  Have you heard of this? I hadn't and I am so happy to have found it! It's Picknik reincarnated! And if you visit their site, here, and sign up now, Ribbet! premium is included! I cannot tell you how happy I am to have access to this place. I love them!

Here is the picture I edited to share:

I hope Lanie doesn't kill me for putting this up since she is acting silly, but I love this picture. It makes me happy.

One last thing, thanks for visiting. I missed you.

Goodbye Again.

I had been afraid to write here for the past few months because I was afraid it would be bad karma. You see, the last time I started writing, in July, Don asked me to leave for a few months. I know leaving didn't have anything to do with my blog, but it felt like it. The timing was just so close.

I think it was more to do with my starting to feel comfortable enough to believe it was going to work. I poured out my heart here, then he asked me to go. He wanted to bring 'her' back. He had reservations about how he had ended it with her and wanted to work things out. I was dumb enough to go. I just didn't want any loose ends to affect our future together.

That's why I disappeared just after starting up again. Mostly because I felt stupid. But also because I didn't want to tell you. I knew what you would think. Believe me...I was thinking the same thing. Well, their reunion lasted two months.  Then Daddy-O decided he could not live without me and I was overjoyed to finally have my family and a home.

I was just starting to feel comfortable again and wrote last week. As soon as I posted I had a funny feeling things weren't right. I'll tell you something I've learned... always listen to your gut. It never lies.

To make a very long story short, I have been asked to leave for a third (and I promise, the last!) time. She is coming back on Sunday so I need to be gone by then. I really have no clue where I am going, but I'm working on it.  And you know what? I'm excited. I am trying to go back home to southern Utah. I miss the mountains and the snow. Though I will certainly miss the yummy fruits from here.

I'm not going to be mad at Daddy-O. I haven't been happy because I know his heart has been somewhere else. I can leave knowing I tried everything I could to make my family whole.  I kind of feel proud of myself. I haven't taken the easy way at all. I've stood up for what I believe in spite of how those around me have felt. It might not have been the right choice in the end, but I'm certain I did the right thing.

I don't know when I'll be back to posting. Hopefully, I'll find somewhere to live and I can afford internet too and it won't be but a week or two until I'm back. Maybe it will be longer. But I will be back. I promise. I'm excited to share my new life with you.

Let's Try This Thing Again

I wonder if anyone is still out there? I hope so. I cherished all of you so much. But I completely understand if you've moved on. It's been several months since I've even been here.

When I wrote the last few times, I had just started my life here with Daddy-O and we had so much to talk about and work though. I just didn't have the time (or energy) to blog too. So I kind of disappeared. But I've missed blogging and recording my life and I've been wanting to come back. So here I am.

A lot has happened in the past six months or so. Some day, I'll write it all out and share it. But for now, I just want to start from today. Just for the record,  I am still with Daddy-O in California. Also living with us is PJ and Gus's wife, Lanie, who is with us until Gus is out of the Marine Corps in June.  She has been a joy and I'm so glad she's here to keep my company all day...even if she does make me feel old and frumpy because she's so young and pretty.

Do you ever wish you could do it all over again? I do. But since I can't, I will try to grow old gracefully. Or at least pretend it's not making me want to hide in my bed all day. Because it is.

Anyway, that rant was a bit off subject, but the thing is...I'm back! And, if you're still here then thank you! 

Picture Anyone?

Are you like me and so excited for the Olympics to start? I admit it. I didn't watch any of the qualifying, but it's only because I never have the remote. Somebody else always has it. But, I have let it be known I will be watching the games...come hell or high water.

I saw this today and it made me smile. Yes, I know. I am showing another video. But I love this so much I want to share. Please watch it. It's only a minute and twenty nine seconds long. It will make you happy. I swear.



I think I'd cry like the little boy did if David Beckham came into my photo booth!  I love him. He's a true gentleman. Not to mention a great father...he always has kids with him and that impresses me. I think it's awesome he took time to meet the people of his country.

Go USA! Go England!