What's Up Down South

With this one and "Game On" you'll all get to know me quite well! These are fun to do though. A-Z A - Attached or single? Attached! B - Best Friend? Greg of course! But, also sisters, sisters-in-law, and Maria. C - Cake or Pie? Cake! BOTH! Banana cream pie, and German chocolate cake. D - Day of Choice? Maybe Sunday? Restful and a day to renew all my goals. E - Essential item? Nalgene water bottle. F - Favorite color? Any bright colors. G - Gummy bears or worms? Worms. H - Hometown? Pleasant View I - Favorite Indulgence? Cold Stone! J - January or July? Probably both. I love the July holidays, and I like starting a new year. K - Kids? None yet. L - Life isn't complete without? Family. M - Marriage Date? Aug. 2 N - Number of brothers and sisters? 3 Sisters, 1 Brother O - Oranges or apples? Apples P - Phobia or fear? I'm not really scared of anything in particular, but I do let myself hold my own self back sometimes...know what I mean? Q - Quote? "Life is t...

Type only ONE word. It's harder than you think!!! 1. Where is your cell phone? pocket 2. Your significant other? pal 3. Your hair? short 4. Your mother? awesome 5. Your Father? creative 6. Your favorite thing? silliness 7. Your dream last night? disjointed 8. The room you are in? office 9 Your favorite drink? choc. milk 10. Your dream/goal? eternity 11. Your fear? myself 12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? mother 13. Where were you last night? FHE 14. What you're not? shy 15. Muffins? cranberry orange 16. One of your wish list items? house 17. Where you grew up? Pleasant View 18. The last thing you did? work 19. What are you wearing? capris 20. Your tv? LCD 21. Your pet? heaven 22.Your computer? PC 23. Your life? blessed 24. Your mood? good 25. Missing someone? pal 26. Your car? 4runner 27. Something you're NOT wearing? shoes 28. Favorite Store? any 29. Your summer? short 30. Your favorite color? bright 31. When was the last time you laughed? yesterday 32. Last time...

Greg is participating in this post because it is mostly about him and his new "toy," which is a Springfield XD 45. We went to Range Masters today (our second visit) and shot Osama...well, not really. Just a target of him. Too bad. Range Masters is a cool indoor gun range in Springville. Greg LOVES his new gun. I like it too, but we have plans to get me a P22 in the future — less recoil; cheaper ammo. Greg says I'm a pretty good shot. I think it's all luck because I still flinch every time I pull the trigger just anticipating the kick. I'm getting better, though. Greg is a really good shot. Since we're on a bit of a "gun kick," we've been to Cabela's four times in the last month. What a cool store! Greg particularly likes the animals. So do I. I'll also admit that I particularly like their chocolate covered cinnamon bears...a great Olympic treat when watching the underage Chinese gymnasts. Just so you know, pretty much ever...

Not in the sense of being-able-to-do-a-perfect-"downward-dog"-yoga-pose flexibility. Just flexibility in the sense of being able to work really great hours! When we first moved here, I planned on working part-time, so 20 hours a week, from home. But sometimes I have less work than that, and I'm sure I'll have more sometimes. So, I asked my work if it would be OK to just track my hours and just get paid for whatever I work. That was fine with them! So, it's so nice to have that flexibility to work whenever I want. Today I was able to take a nice long break to do a little house straighening and visiting teaching. Then I just came back to my office in the afternoon to check e-mails. When I worked from home before, I had lots of clients that I was expected to be available for, so I was always worried that I had to just be there at my desk in case they called. So, I'm loving being more free to just have a nice work-from-home job with really flexible hours. ...

So, I started this blog, and then I never update it! Well, actually I have good reasons. (Don't we all!) We had the craziest July! Good, but crazy. We moved to American Fork on July 8th or so. We are really enjoying it here so far. I had an easy move this time...a moving company did it all for us. I'm sure that I won't be so lucky next time. The rest of July was jam-packed with family reunions, trips to Lagoon, 24th of July celebrations, and just regular "stuff." Greg's brother Kirk and his family were here from Chicago and we had a great time with them. The first part of August has been busy so far, too! We celebrated our 7th anniversary on Aug. 2. Greg's mom and dad had given us a dinner gift certificate to Olive Garden, so we went there for a little anniversary dinner, and we didn't even remember to use the certificate! Next time. On Aug. 8, we had a little family Olympic Party here at our new place. I love the Olympics! The stories a...