I'M LATE AGAIN

I WROTE SOMETHING TO GO WITH THE PICTURE OF KACEY BELOW BUT I LOST IT.

I AM HABITUALLY LATE FOR CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY. I USED TO THINK IT WAS GETTING 5 KIDS READY FOR CHURCH BY MYSELF WAS THE CAUSE BUT ALL THESE YEARS LATER I AM STILL LATE. DOES ANY ONE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR ME? I NOT USUALLY LATE TO OTHER THINGS BUT I AM 15 MINUTES LATE TO CHURCH EVERY WEEK. I REALLY WANT TO CHANGE THIS BAD HABIT.

I TEACH PRIMARY AGE GROUP 4-7. I LOVE IT. I LOVE THOSE CHILDREN SO MUCH. IT IS NICE TO HAVE A SIMPLE CALLING FOR A CHANGE.

I GUESS THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY.

I'M LATE FOR A VERY IMPORTANT DATE

OH The Jobs I've Had

I am writing in the style of "Trebuchet". Wasn't that something used in warfare in the olden days of yore? I decided to list all of the jobs I have had in my life. I got the idea from Barney's Friend Chris. I'm talking about paying jobs and not including that street walking job I took years ago. It wasn't what I thought it was!!!!:(
1. Babysitting for .50 an hour
2. Car hop for A&W Rootbeer Hamburger Stand
3. JC PENNEYS
4. Sears
5. Colony Kitchen Restaurant
6. The Denver Department Store in... wait for it... wait for it...Denver, Colorado
7. Tupperware Sales (I bought more than I sold. I was my best customer!
8. More babysitting
9. More babysitting
10. Piece Goods
11. Atlas Pest Control Office Manager
12. Dr Lutinski's

Three Things

Today driving to work I put fingernail polish on all the nails of my left hand. They turned out pretty good if I do say so myself . As I was doing it I began to think of other crazy, stupid, or foolish things I have done in the past while driving. I once brushed my teeth while driving to work. Probably the most dangerous thing I did while I was driving was nurse my baby. I was driving to San Diego with all of the kids in the VW bus and Aaron just wouldn't be satisfied with a pacifier. So I took him out of the car seat while I was driving and fed him. So dangerous and foolish. But I was young with 5 kids under 7 and I could only think of taking care of what needed taking care of. There were no car seat laws back then. Not even seat belt laws.
So now I would like to hear from you and three things you have done while driving that are unusual. You have to have been the driver.

THIS IS MY PLEA

I am making a plea to Hillary to start a blog. It is down right embarrassing to have only four blogging friends. Granted..I am not the best at corresponding. I used to be fantastic at it. Ask my four friends!!! Then I started working. It took the joy out of all the things I used to love. Like correspondence. Heck...I am making a plea to all yall. It is very depressing to check my blog and find that I have 1 comment. Is it that I don't have the dramatic flair that Aramie has? I tell you she got that from me. I had flair and joy when I was her age. Then life occurred and squeezed all the joy out of me. I used to be pretty darn hilarious when I was younger. Again, ask my four friends. I do have a new friend, Sophie. Maybe you've heard about her. She is a dog. She doesn't blog yet.
All joking aside... thanks to you for leaving comments on my blog. All four of you!!!
Gigi, how do you stay so young and cool? Seriously, you keep up with all of these young mom's and I am so envious.
I got a tiny teeny splinter in my wrist at work. I was wondering if I should get a tetanus shot since I haven't had one in 15 yrs, at least. So I talked to my boss (a doctor). He insisted on removing the splinter (seriously it was about 1/4th inch long). I would have taken it out myself when I got home. He charged me $145.00 to remove it.!!!!! do you believe it?

Sunday

Today it is 75 degrees outside. In New York...winter lasts a long time and then it gets warm right off the bat. Now ,I understand that warm to me and warm to you may be two different things. Warm to me is any thing from 65 degrees up. I perspired my makeup off just going from the house to my car this morning. Yikes!

Well, it is beginning to look like house training a puppy is harder than potty training a toddler. I potty trained 5 kids and this little doggie is harder than that was. She is such a cutie. We've had Sophie for a week and a half and she has only done her business outside 2 times for sure and possibly a third time. She has such short legs at some angles it is hard to tell if she is squatting or just sitting down. A writer described a Dachshund as "a dog and a half long and half dog tall". That is the perfect description of Sophie. I am going to try to down load a picture of her for y'all.

I.m Too Old to Have a Baby

I have a new puppy. She is a long haired Dachshund. She is almost 3 months old and it really is almost like having a new baby in the house. She has only done her business outside once for sure and possibly twice. Yikes. Talk about a stinky house. Just kidding about the stink....I think. I guess a non family member will have to be the judge. I guess people can't usually tell if their own house stinks. Bob is none too happy about having a pet but he indulged me and I think he regrets it now.
Any who...Our new puppy is named "Sophie". Aramie wanted me to name her "Pippa". We had several suggested names. Bob said "how about Penny, as in "cost a pretty"? I even thought "Mrs. Miagi". (Karate Kid's coach' s wife).We had a lot of fun making up stupid funny names but I kept coming back to "Sophie". So there you go. Kacey and I are in love with her. I'll keep you posted.
Have a great week.

OOPS AGAIN

I FORGOT TO COMMENT ON THE PICTURE IN MY NEWEST BLOG. IT WAS TAKEN IN NEW MEXICO AT DUSTIN'S GRADUATION FROM THE BP ACADEMY LAST OCTOBER.

I Feel Honored

Thank you,Gigi, for the award. What exactly did you like about my blog?

Kacey polished my fingernails and toenails with her new polish. Clearish pink with sparkles will look great at the office tomorrow:). It was really really fun to see how happy it made her to polish Nanny's nails. She did a pretty good job, I might add.

What do you think about the controversy about immunizations possibly causing or contributing to the cause of autism?I haven't studied up on itenough to discuss it intelligently.

According to my computer I made up the word "Clearish". Feel free to use it in your daily conversations.

OOPS

Oops, I accidently ended my blog (how I did it is a mystery to me)I didn't get to my "other Musings". For years I have been embarrassed to admit that I love my job. I am a good LDS woman and never planned to work. I would gladly have stayed home the rest of my life and been happy as a clam. At first I felt like I was breaking a commandment going to work. I truly did. I am definately "old school". Aaron would lay the guilt on too by saying things like "I feel like I am having to raise myself". He was 15 years old when I took this job. In the beginning I took a job because Bob needed a little help paying for Aramie's mission (Bob asked me to so I felt like I didn't have a choice in the matter). I earned just enough to pay tithing ,Aramie's mission, and little else. But something changed along the way and now I ,for the most part, enjoy my job. I used to walk in the door and think" I hate this place". It had nothing to do with my co-workers, they were generally speaking all very nice people. Now after working there for 8 + years I am comfortable with working and earning some extra money. Not that I have bags of it laying around...you have read Aramie's blogs, right. In fact I am usually broke. The down side is this: I have never been able to serve two masters so to speak. So now most of the things I used to love to do like cooking, baking, & sewing I now hate to do . I used to adore doing all those things and now they are drudgery. I am sad about this fact. I am or should I say used to be a really good cook and a very good baker. Now if I can get away with making hamburger helper or burritos I am happy. I haven't made my yummy (if I do say so myself) cinnamon rolls in atleast 2 years , maybe longer. I know some women can do it all (Gigi) but when i get home from work all I want to do is put my feet up and escape into a movie or a sit com. I am not worth a penny at home and I do feel very bad about it. So there you have it. The former Judd kids (now all adults) have a couch potato for a mom. I am just glad most of them aren't around to see it.

Free Gift?and Other Musings

Last week I got my "Free gift" notice from Estee Lauder. They send one out twice a year, I think. I am always very excited to get these as I love their free gifts. Does anyone else feel this way or is it just me? I make plans to go to Saratoga to get my free gift. The thing is Saratoga is an hour and forty-five minute drive away from my home. Where we live, the "nicest" store is JC Penney which doesn't sell Estee Lauder products. So after I drive that far and spend the gas to get there is it really a free gift? Gas here is $3.52 per gallon. As I ponder this I recall that most of the stuff that comes in the "free gift" is usually thrown out after hanging on to it for a year or so because the colors are not right for me. I do usually like the free cases that they come with but really is it worth the drive to get those little zippered cases? I am not sure . I do like to go up that way because a few exits before Saratoga is Lake George. Lake George is the "outlets" exit. I like to go to the "Gymboree" and "Oshkosh" stores to shop for my granddaughters.:) So perhaps it would be worth my while( if not my wallet) to go after all. I'll let you know what I decide next week. My day off is Wednesday and that is when I usually go on my shopping expeditions (to avoid the weekend shopper traffic).

Kacey took this picture

Kacey took this picture of me in my sanctuary.she is actually very talented in many things. it is amazing and very nostalgic to look at Kacey's hands. They look exactly like Aramie's did when she was little. Her voice reminds me of little to Aramie, too.

Kacey's new glasses

If Aramie won't post a picture of Kacey I certainly will!

Hello

We went to Burlington yesterday to see a Doctor and afterwards we went to the Olive Garden for a late lunch. Kacey was so cute. She was very excited about what the food was like and how everything looked. She kept saying how delicious the salad was and the bread sticks. She was so innocent in her reactions. She has such a pure sweet face and is so expressive. I love to talk to her and watch her respond to my questions. She talks with her hands (no, not sign language) She uses them as punctuation marks. I wish you could see and hear her talk. you would be well entertained.
I am Kacey's playmate. We play Polly Pocket and Soda Pop Pets. The thing is she doesn't let me say or do what I want. She orchestrates the whole thing as if it were a play or a symphony and she was the director. She thinks up the plot and I am just the lowly servent doing and saying what she tells me to.When I tell her that if she had a friend from school over the friend wouldn't let her get away with being the boss of the whole thing. She doesn't like to hear that.
Today is my day off from work. I like to use this day to take care of the things I need to and can't the rest of the week. Today I am just being a lazy bum. I haven't done anything in the way of house work. I have folded one basket of laundry..woo hoo! Aramie said she was going to cook so I am at my leisure. Not really. I have tons of stuff to do but Bob isn't home and so I don't have my "in the flesh conscience"keeping me going. So here I sit. It is 40 degrees outside today. I love the cold. I always get a little sad when the snow melts away and the heat returns. I am pretty sure I am the only person in this part of the country that actually feels sad when I think winter is gone for the year.
I watch American Idol religiously. I am a bit embarrassed to admit it but there you have it. I love to see and hear these young people with such talent. At the restaurant yesterday, I heard two ladies older than me discussing the show and felt a kinship with them.:) Bob doesn't watch it. He really doesn't watch much television at all. He works swing shift most days. So the remote is all mine.
Well, I guess that's all for today.