LLWS

I just had to blog about the best LLWS in quite a few years. We raced home from church so see the little guys (and one not so little 6'2 12 year old) boys from Chula Vista, CA just beat the kids from Chinese Taipei. I have been watching this for almost two weeks now and today was the championship game for all of you non-sport fans. I thought the kids from GA would take it all until I saw these guys play. OMG, amazing bats and amazing fielding...and they are on 11,12 and 13 years old. They absolutely killed the kids from Texas yesterday with the obnoxious manager (so glad!) and that game was called in the 4Th inning by way of the 10 run mercy rule. These kids are so good that I'm sure they have scouts watching them all ready. I love baseball in all sizes! That's it for my sports reporting for now. I gotta go get ready to watch the Braves and Phillies on Sunday Night Baseball.

What Not to Wear

I can't believe I'm blogging two days in a row but I am laughing my head off over TLC's What Not to Wear. I love this show but I critique everything when I shop to Stacy and Clinton's standards. Sadly, I do it in public too (but silently). When I was in GA. in May, I just blurted out to my dear friend Marina that her jeans were so bad they HAD to go and that Stacy and Clinton would absolutely NOT approve. So out they went (I think) and we found her a very nice pair that fit her and were "age appropriate." Fun, fun, fun. But today I was laughing because they ripped on a young girl for her short shorts. The poor girl had a great little figure but honestly, short short went out decades again and Clinton had such fun making fun of her. Then they got to the hair part and her roots. At that point, I went to the bathroom and I am in mid dye because I too had roots. Oh how I wish I had a friend or family member that did hair really well that I could impose upon. Actually I would be thrilled to have Marielle just a couple of times a year but she's in Utah and headed to England. So sad. If I wasn't playing cards this afternoon, I think I'd rip into my closet because I have a lot of clothes that do not "follow the rules" but that'll just have to wait for another day. Thankfully, I have no short shorts and I've got a pretty good idea of what I should not ever wear but those things are still hanging around. That's it for now....Gotta go rinse!

Beautiful kids

Just want to make a quick comment after having checked out my pseudo niece Michelle's blog. She just had a son baptized (very handsome boy) and her twins blessed. What an exciting moment for this family. Dallin looked quite grown-up and handsome in his suit and the babies looked beautiful in the blessing clothes. I loved the little boy outfit Cameron was in. No dress for him thankfully. His sister was wearing it and it was beautiful. Anyway, the pictures were great and if you want to check it out, I have a link to her blog on my blog....Boys, boys and more boys. She's also got great recipes posted for all of you cooks out there. I just can't believe we were all at her house nearly eight years ago (I think that's right) for Brooke and Tyler's
rehearsal dinner and Dallin was an infant. Time really flies.

Stage 1 Paint Project

I'm going to give this wall a try and hope it doesn't look like the description given on last night's Design Star about the paint applied in a remodeled kitchen which was "it looks like a rainbow threw up in there". Too funny!! I'm still laughing over that. Mine isn't really color. Months ago I bought a gallon of Ralph Lauren metallic gold paint and the roller to go with it. I finally got Riley to tape off the wall but I haven't gotten the courage to go up the ladder to the ceiling yet. To do that, I'll have to be on the 2ND rung from the TOP since the ceiling is at least 12' high. And to add insult to injury, this paint requires that you prime the wall first so that means two trips up there. Lucky for me, the walls are smooth so (a) that should make it easier to paint and (b) I dislike texture on interior walls, especially the heavy stucco look it should only be on the outside of a house. If mine comes out looking like that at all, it'll get a repaint even at the risk of breaking my neck. Here's a picture of the stage one. Sounds like a fun project to do when it's 115 degrees outside doesn't it?

I almost forget...yesterday was week 2 of teaching Primary. I really thought I had served my time in there but no such luck. I've got the 6/7 year olds. So far, not too bad but I'm still new to them and along with lots of treats, so far so good. I got them each their own markers and crayons and they go in bag with their name on them so we have supplies each week. I figured I didn't want to hear them fighting over colors or broken crayons so this makes them responsible for their own things. I hate temper tantrums and whining so I hope this eliminates those issues.

Dying in the desert!!!

Back again, finally. It is hot, hot, hot here in the desert. Right now, at 3:28PM, it is 115 degrees. And the nasty part is that we have humidity. The pool temp is 97 degrees. Not much relief there at midday but it's nice in the morning. We have three brand new a/c units for the big house so we are staying pretty cool inside. I just don't leave home. We've had one little trip this summer. The usual to the family reunion in Manila, Utah. We were gone for 10 days and it was great. Cool weather and lots of rain. Although the rain part was bad for Riley since the roof leaked and he was doing the repairs. Other than that little problem, nothing else was broken and we had no pipes freeze and burst last winter. The toilet even flushed properly. The reunion was nice as there were quite a few more people there. We had the usual two kids show up that always show up , Michael and Gary. Gary & Jen spent the night and we did some great sightseeing on the other side of the dam and saw some very beautiful country. Riley's cousin Ray took us out. He is the best ever story teller so we learned a lot too. We've also got our other house listed on a website for seasonal rentals so if any of you hear of any one wanting to stay in the Palm Desert (Palm Springs area), please pass on this link:
http://www.vrbo.com/249440
It's got pictures, rates, info., etc about the house. The great news is we already have a renter for the month of March.

Keep cool wherever you are!!!!

Another Month Gone By........

It's taking effort to blog now. Things to do and places to go. My trip to Georgia was nice. I have to say, we are great at wedding planning and implementing the plan. The food was the best. Our salmon was beautiful and everyone loved it. The decorating was pretty good too. Lots of beautiful fabric, lights and color. I would never do this as a profession but it is fun to do once in a while for all of my pseudo nieces and nephews.

We're in the process of furnishing our old house since it won't sell and we're going to use it as a seasonal rental. It looks pretty good so far but I still need to pick up a few more pieces of furniture and some art work. It's been a great way to use some things that I still like and even some that I don't. Remember Princess House crystal? UGH!!!! Whatever possessed me to buy any of that stuff years ago and then keep it until now is beyond me but it's useful for this purpose. And... if it gets broken, who cares??? Thankfully, my dear friend Pat loaned me some and has advised me how to create some of my own works, so the walls should look pretty good before long. I love the contemporary stuff now and it really works with all types of furnishings. Hopefully, we'll snag the four month renter that we're talking to. Our fingers are crossed.

Cards (hand and foot) at my house tonight so gotta run to the store for snacks. I picked up a carrot cake yesterday that is to die for but still need a few more things and stuff to drink. My fingers are crossed I'm a big winner again tonight. Tuesday night I came home with five whole bucks!

24

What a dilemma tonight. It started with the Braves and Mets b-ball game on ESPN. At the same time, the Cavs and Hawks game was going on. Then we went straight to the Nuggets and Mavs game. And finally, 24 was on. Unfortunately, everything overlapped so it was a constant back and forth to try to catch them all. I can't believe we're at the end of 24 with the two hour series finale next week and I hate the two hour shows. It is almost too stressful to watch. It was a good show tonight. I just wish Jack would have put a bullet straight thru Tony's head. And I loved the way Chloe put that idiot bimbette whatever her name is in her place tonight. Actually, I just dislike her intensely (hate) on principal (real life stuff) alone so the stuff Chloe put out there was good stuff. I even had a rotisserie chicken dinner delivered to me by one of my sweet neighbors who doesn't like the dark meat. How much better can a night get?

Actually, how much better can the week start. I'm headed to the beach this week. We've been invited to dinner and baseball on Wednesday night - Angels and Red Sox. Would've been better if they'd have been playing the Braves like last year's inter league series but this will still be fun. And so much cooler there than here. We are already breaking the 100 degree mark. I understand our pools are up to 80 degrees but I need close to 90 before I step in. Thankfully, I'm escaping next week too, headed to Atlanta for five days. I don't think I'll make a Braves game but it'll still be fun, fun, fun.