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I am reading every minute that I have. Unfortunately, or rather fortunately I had Young Women's tonight so I was not able to read. My darling Young Women's group kept my mind occupied though. I teach the 14 and 15 year olds, the Mia Maids, and they are absolutely the sweetest girls ever. I was feeling a little down tonight and didn't really want to go to the activity. Work has been very stressful the last two days and I have been tired from staying up reading the past two nights. The minute the girls walked in the door they cheered me right up. It was so fun to listen to them talking about school. They are just so cute. They often tell me that "I rock" or that "I am the coolest leader" which I know they say to the other leaders but it always makes me feel good that they like me. I am glad I am having this experience to be with these girls.

Unconditionally and irrevocably in love!

I have resisted for months and finally could not resist any longer. Everyone was talking about him and how wonderful he is. Everyone was telling me to just give in and as much as I didn't want to I couldn't resist the curiosity any longer. I gave in and started reading Twilight. Over the weekend in St. George I picked up the book at Barnes and Noble. We had some time between dinner and one of the plays so we went to B&N to look around and there it was sitting in the middle of the aisle on a table as it has for months. Just beckoning to me to read it. I passed the table several times and finally I could stand it no longer. I picked up the book and found myself purchasing it. On the way home yesterday I made my friend drive the second half of the trip so I could read. I was hooked after 10 pages. I could not stop reading. I read all the way from Fillmore to my friends home. After unpacking and chatting with my family for a little while I went back to reading. I read until I fell asleep. I took the book with me to work hoping to have a chance to read during lunch. I only had time to read 5 pages. The minute I got home I was reading again. I am a little more than half way through and I had to force myself to put it down so I could do my laundry and nightly chores. Once they are done you can bet that I will be back in Washington State in a small town called Forks.

Road Trip

I took advantage of the holiday weekend and drove down to St. George with one of my friends. I have been wanting to see the plays/musicals at Tuacahn this year. It was a great weekend. We drove down Friday morning and went to see Big River at Tuacahn that night. It was fabulous. I have never seen this musical before. I wasn't familiar with any of the music or even the storyline. I knew it was about Huckleberry Finn and that was it. It was amazing. The Tuacahn theatre itself is amazing. It is set back into the red rock canyons in Ivins just outside of St. George. The backdrop to the stage is the red rocks of Snow Canyon itself. They use those red rocks and the stage becomes the whole area surrounding the normal platform stage. Saturday we went shopping at the Outlet malls and hit some great sales. Another reason to go to St. George over Labor Day. After shopping for a couple hours we decided to go swimming in the pool at the hotel. It was so relaxing. I have not been swimming for such a long time. I forgot how relaxing it is to swim. Of course I wasn't swimming like Michael Phelps or anything because that doesn't look relaxing. I just floated and cooled off. Then lounged in the sun for a few minutes. Just enough to get a little tan and then jumped back in the nice cool pool. Saturday night we went to see Les Miserables at Tuacahn. Les Mis is one of my favorite musicals. They did a great job. It was possibly one of the best versions of Les Mis that I have seen. Sunday we drove to Las Vegas to do some more shopping. We headed home today and for once I feel completely relaxed after a vacation. It is a great feeling. I should be tired since it was a lot of driving but I don't. I feel relaxed and ready for a few more months of work and life until my next trip.

A Fun Night

Last night my niece who is 18 months old said my name for the first time. At least it sounded like my name. There is just something about a little child learning new to talk that gets me thinking. It is so amazing watching the process of a new born child learning and growing. The kids were over last night for the bridal shower we had for my future sister-in-law. After the party, my brother, his wife and the kids stayed to chat and to play. I, of course went off to play with the kids because after all I am the favorite aunt and I have to keep up that reputation by playing and letting the "adults" talk. My nephew is 4 and very into Star Wars. Girls cannot play Star Wars because there is only one girl in Star Wars, Princess Leia, and his mom is Princess Leia so I didn't get to play Star Wars last night. "Maybe next time Lisa, you can be Princess Leia" he told me. That was okay because Ella, my niece, wanted to play with me. She has learned to crawl up and down the stairs now and we spent a lot of the night going up and down. We had quite the game going towards the end of the night. I told Ella I was getting tired so I laid my head down on the stairs and pretended to sleep. The next time we went up the stairs she would stop after every two steps and lay her head down and pretend to sleep. It was very cute. Then we would sit down on the bottom step and tap our feet on the hardwood floor. She found that to be absolutely hilarious. She would tap her feet and then I would copy her and tap my feet. She would then laugh her cute laugh and repeat the process. This went on for 5 minutes. Then we would repeat the stair procedure. I had quite a workout playing with her.

A Few of My Favorite Things

Color

Place

Flower

Movie
Books
Disney Princess

Hobby Game



TV Series



City

Treat

Movie Scene and Song

The Walking Challenge

So the challenge was taking place at the company where I no longer work. I am no longer walking towards Lava Hot Springs and I must admit I took a small break from walking for a while there. I am back on the road again though. I am up to 131 miles now. I am just interested to see how many miles I can walk by the end of the year.

Two for One

Two posts in one night!


Laughter is timeless.
Imagination has no age.
Dreams are forever.

This is one of my favorite quotes. It hangs on a plaque in my living room or work room as my nephew calls it. I have a table where I scrapbook and he helped me once and since than it has become my work room.

This quote is so me. I am working on a mini album entitled All About Me. It has been fun. Part of the project is to choose three quotes that you love and one has to represent you. I will post pictures as soon as my album is complete. It has me thinking about my life in a different way.