tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174643772012-01-29T22:55:08.219-07:00"Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means." - Robert Louis StevensonQueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.comBlogger2971100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-61522477284349157122011-10-31T14:16:00.002-06:002011-10-31T14:16:45.545-06:00

A few snippets of things I've interpreted so far this semester:  Rats ass  dammit, damn, damned, dangit (all to see if they were interpreted differently)  doppleganger  mother f*&%er wherein I signed "mother swear" 'cause that's totally equivalent ;) throw him under the bus I know there are more but I am drawing a blank, boo. Comment with some good stuff you have interpreted or witnessed

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This was me the first few months of the new move and the new job. It is hard getting through so many changes. Everyone here wants me to succeed, to do a good job but it was coming at me at every angle and I couldn't handle it. So I stood up for myself and said, you are all great but back off.  And they did, hehe imagine that. I still get lots of feedback, I still get mentoring and get pushed out

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Hello all :) Lots to blog about but only 7 minutes to do it. Let's see.... ~moved 300ish miles south for a new job. ~love new job. ~interpreting community and deaf community have been amazing thus far :) ~my husband has been amazing through so many trials and he never complains about my venting in relation to the job mentioned above (helping establish a new job and rules has been hard). ~the

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I miss wanting to run. I love running, really I do. The last year, or so, I really have no desire to workout at all. I want the running bug to bite me again, I almost signed up for two races just to force myself to get out the door but I don't want it to be just another chore. Anyone have any tried and true tricks to get you going again? At this point a 5K would be so great for me but I just

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So I didn't finish off my January goal and I seemed to have lost February and March too, hehe. Sorry about that!!I have much to discuss but am too lazy tonight :)I passed my certification!! I'm now an official novice interpreter in Utah. Woot!I will be taking the educational interpreter test next week!I started a 90 day workout challenge and then gave up on said challenge.We started a new points

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Yeah, I missed a few days, oops.1. I'm so grateful for do overs.2. So grateful for televised and online courses so I can spend more time at home healing with my family.3. professionals helping us when we aren't sure what we are doing.4. electronic devices helping us get through 3 hours worth of appointments with 2 active boys.5. sleepLife is crazy busy and it's just going to get more so, I still

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I will be adding photos to posts as I come across ones that suit my fancy, just so you don't think it will be totally boring from now on, hehe.1. Productive cleaning days, still a long way to go before I'm happy with the state of the house, but it's looking so much better :)2. Cheap hair dye, though I think L isn't so happy with the new color, hehe.3. Freedom, we are sure lucky to live where we

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Today I'm going to post some goals for the year, I'm grateful to have the ability to make these goals and for the support of my husband and family and friends in achieving these goals.1. Acceptance, accept me for who I am, love me for being me.2. I am going to enter the lottery for the St. George marathon, it's time for another big tough goal.3. I am going to run the Utah Valley half or full

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Hi friends :)1. I'm grateful for friends that help me out in a pinch, Natalie and Nathan saved the day!2. A nice warm bed.3. My cats, they are annoying at times (Miss Snake barfed again!) but I love them.4. Work and a brain that works, today just rocked!5. Inspirational quotes I can get easily through Twitter....for example.... WomenOfHistory Inspirational Quotes

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You thought I forgot, didn't you? You silly readers ;)1. My husband2. Determination3. Team work4. Togetherness5. Endurance

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Hello again :)I'm sure having fun with this, hehe.1. Bedtime2. Fast food, too much of which we have eaten this month, boo.3. Professors that link you to free online copies of the reading materials required for the course.4. Brown walls just the right shade :)5. Sleep, didn't realize how much I loved it until it decided I didn't need it.

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1. Repentance2. Knitting3. Forgiveness4. Cell Phones5. Blimpies close by! yay :)I've really enjoyed thinking up five things I'm grateful for, for the last three days. I just feel so much more peace and calmness now.

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Today has been long and tiring! But of course I'm grateful for stuff :)1. Printers at school so I don't have to figure out how to fix mine at home.2. A local library, I borrowed 4 books :) (which probably wasn't a good idea since school starts in two days)3. My friendly co-worker that gave me her extra Dr. Pepper when I was feeling run-down at lunch.4. A fun topic at work and a fun job where I

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I decided that in order to start the year off right, I needed to think of things I've been blessed with. Today I was reading on Ravelry (only the best knitting/crochet website ever!) tonight and someone said that for the month of January she always posts five interesting things she has done or wants to do, every day. I'm going to post five things I'm grateful for and/or interesting things I want

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I was going to do a year in review, but honestly I can't remember much of the year, getting old I guess ;). We did get to go to NY for 3 weeks, fantastic! We are all a year older. Um...we are taller? ok, so the kids are, hehe.I have to say that I have sure learned a lot about myself this year, I now know that I am a whole lot stronger than I ever thought I could be. I have made some bad decisions

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A lot has happened recently and this fits pretty well.

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Tonight I am grateful for a happy family. We have had some challenges this year and I'm happy to say that it's bringing us closer together as a family and we will end the year even stronger for making it through.I'm also grateful (I think) for the new game the boys taught their dad today. It's called "Stab" they pretend to stab each other, so I hear "stab" "stab" giggle giggle "stab" run run run

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I want to be this Grandma, just starting now as a mom instead :)ps, I'm throwing this out there so I have to follow through. I'm ready to start running again and tomorrow is the day.

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So today I interpreted for the first time in front of an audience, an audience of my peers no less. Anyway, I have many excuses that pop up when thinking about how I didn't do as well as I had hoped, after thinking about it for a few hours, my perspective has changed. I had a migraine, yet I was able to do a pretty good job. The person I interpreted for is not a native signer and it was a tough

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I'm not a fashionista in any stretch of the imagination, but I did find one way to get over the blahs of boring black and brown that many interpreters wear. See, pretty plain and blah after awhile.With my hidden secret, haha. I've seen many interpreters with fabulous shoes, jewelery, scarves, different things like that to spice up the black and brown or other dark colors in their wardrobes. Me...

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-34290182806785810712010-10-04T20:18:00.003-06:002010-10-04T20:28:59.276-06:00

that I post pics from New York. Up first, our flight out left at midnight, poor kids were exhausted before we even got going.L had to sit across the isle from us, but she got her own TV so it was tolerable.The boys were zoned, pretty normal for them when it comes to TV ha.At about 2 am, LittleMan finally fell asleep. If you'll notice in the above photo, he is not right next to me, but that is my

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I have been dealing with allergies, colds, a random fever, for the last few weeks. Laying there in bed I have had time to think about life in general. One thing I've come to realize, is that my perspective on life has changed in the last 18 months or so.I think we all should go through changes in perspective, but we need to be aware that we are changing, we are looking at things differently. Do

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I took a month off from the internet, unless it was school related. I know you all didn't notice since I don't blog often, hehe.It was a lot easier than I expected.I missed easy updates from friends and family.I play way too many silly games on facebook, as evidence from all the emails I got updating me on peoples visits to said games and sending me "gifts".I enjoy winding down from the day

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I'm in New York!!! It has been so great, many new sites, friends, routines, and experiences. I've loved the trip thus far, today marks day 8. Anyway, I was contemplating why I'm missing Utah. My Hunny, of course, but I speak to him daily and we've started using the webcam to chat too, that helps immensely.But really, I think it's touching him that I miss. Not only sex ;) but just a hand on the

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I have an odd relationship with food, most of the time I don't get hungry, I eat because I'm supposed to. I do crave things from time to time, but not always. This week I decided it's time to start working out again and in order to push myself as hard as I like to, I need proper fuel.Last month I gave up caffeine, I drank way too much and with the summer heat, I knew water was more important.

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Kids grow way too fast!L and Me last year, February 2009And now July 2010please ignore how unkind gravity has been to my butt :)

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I already mentioned it in a previous post, but I'm trying to decide if I want to start another blog, one dedicated to ASL and Interpreting. I can use it to talk about lessons I've learned, maybe conferences and workshops I go to as well. What do you think? Any interest in that?Also, Happy Independence day, I'm so grateful to live in a free country. For immigrants brave enough to step into the

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I have seasonal allergies and they usually hit in August but a year or two ago my body decided that it wanted more attention from the Kleenex makers. I am now allergic to some trees or something too. Also, I seem to want attention from the Kleenex makers too because we adopted two kitties a couple of years ago and I'm allergic to them as well, so spring sucks for my sinuses is what I'm saying.I

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M wanted a special dinner and I told him that maybe I'd make it, I wasn't sure since it's not my fave. I walk into the kitchen later and this is what I find.It says "Eat me please" and he put out plates and forks too, so I would have less work and he would get his way.What was his special dinner?hehehe.

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I have so many blog posts floating around my head, but I just haven't gotten around to posting them. I think I'm a perfectionist when it comes to blogging, I have this list of things I have to do or I don't post. I'm going to try and just blog what comes to mind when I have a few minutes, rather than waiting for that perfect moment to write that perfect post.Summer has been good to me so far, for

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I went to a workout group this morning with a friend and some of her neighbors, so fun! Anyway, coming home I notice a Suburban driving toward me with their tire bent underneath it, sort of like this....only the tire was bent the other way so it was completely under the suburban. I couldn't figure out how the driver didn't know that something was wrong. The front bumper was all messed up too and

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Migraines suck, that's easy, I don't know if there is anyone that enjoys them. My philosophy? As long as I get the pain meds ASAP, the pain is manageable for the most part. The next 30 hours or so suck almost worse than the pain, why? Because of all the other effects that come with a migraine, I haven't found any meds that help with those so if you have some let me know! The sound/light

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I love to paint and I decided for Spring Break that I would paint the kitchen, the only room left in my house that i haven't painted. (though I have to redo all 3 bedrooms, ugh). Here is a before and tomorrow I will post an after :)

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Let's hope that spring break helps me get some relaxation in, caught up on homework, housework, life, and then maybe I can paint the kitchen for fun :)

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I am a knitter but I am also a signer, both use pretty much that same forearm muscles. I have tendinitis due to my job as a transcriptionist for eight months. Anyhoo, I've been signing a lot more this semester and sometimes my arms get sore and tight, other times they are fine. I usually choose to knit on those times that my arms are happy, I'm wondering if that makes it so my arms aren't getting

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I'm having a pitty party today. I need to take two more math classes in order to get my associates degree (well and Bachelors too, of course) so I can take the performance part of my interpreter certification test. I want to take my performance test this summer, assuming I'm ready by then, at the moment I'm not quite there. Anyway, I have a really hard time with math, like "don't panic or it

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I have pictures on my new computer, yay!We love Guitar Hero at our house, Stu was signing so the boys could each play guitar and drums, he just happened to look like he was rocking out, so I snapped a photo....Being the silly guy that he is, he had to pose for a better rocking out photo...One of the many reasons I love him, his oddness :)

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L is 13 and since she was about 9 months old, she has always woken up at 6:30 in the morning, complete torture if you ask me. We made adjustments and when I was pregnant with M, she was about 3.5. I would fill a cup with dry cereal and put it on the table, then fill a sippy cup of milk and put it in the fridge, finally before bed I would set the TV to PBS. At 6:3o L would get up, go upstairs turn

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I seem to be on this LittleMan kick lately, I'll post about the other kids as soon as they do something cute. I'm kidding, sheesh! ;)LittleMan was so proud of himself, he made this snowman after our last big storm, 2ish weeks ago? I'm glad he likes playing in the snow, I hate being cold so I refuse, I know I'm a loser mom.Anyway, the real reason you come here, pictures....ha, jokes on me, I got a

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In 13 years of marriage, we have been lucky enough to have hand-me-downs for appliances, that latest is an electric dryer we have had for 3ish years now. It decided that it was time to give up the ghost, but before we gave up on it we took extra special care to make it work well and be pretty.....Lots 'o duct tape and ended up having to force the whole roll under the knob to get it to stay. Now

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LittleMan is awesome, he is such a character and I love him. I decided to share this story because I'm still giggling over it about a week later.One day LittleMan came to me with a very serious look on his face. "Mom, the teachers and kids in Primary have been calling me a very mean name lately."Now I'm thinking of his teachers and the Primary Presidency and I know they wouldn't do that, but I'm

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It's still Friday! ;)In the hallway leading to the women's bathroom.

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Driving home from school with the boys today, this is what I heard.LittleMan (age 7) "Mom, why do you poop out babies?"Me "I don't poop them out!"LittleMan "Oh yeah, it comes out your va-china"M "No, it's the bagina"LittleMan "oh yeah, bagina"Me "no, boys, Vagina"LittleMan "haha, yeah boys have a penis and girls have a va-china"M "yeah, girls don't get to wiggle their agina"LittleMan "I like to

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I'm totally stealing this idea from Becca :)Things I need to do over Thanksgiving break.LaundrySummaries from Neisser (tells you how behind I am when I can't think of the books title, just the author, lol)Start running again so I can talk myself and Stu into a June marathon , he wont run it but he will support me if I'm going to do it ;)Linguistics finalDeaf Culture research paper x2LANG 3000

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I'm trying to post more regularly but I'm tired, and stressed, and nervous, so forming cohesive thoughts aren't always easy ;).So I'm going to post 5 things I'm grateful for.I'm grateful my Grandma is doing ok after falling and breaking her neck on Sunday.I'm grateful for cell phones so my family can keep me updated.I'm grateful for a husband that mops the kitchen floor and does the dishes.I'm

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It says "Just Hiched"I just love it when people write on their windows or other peoples windows and spell things wrong, makes my day :)

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You are now reading a post from a passer of the NIC written test! I am half certified to interpret for money, hehe. I studied for weeks, paid way too much money, and probably added many gray hairs, but I passed!!Also, I am not* officially a mom to a teenager, I took 2 midterms, Halloween, interpreted for the first time in a real life situation. Just a relaxing October for me, haha. Oh and the

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Here are some photos from the race :) Totally random and out of order, too lazy to fix it, hehe.First up, the big blister, I have a couple better shots but maybe I'll spare you the goryness, both feet looked about the same.I was walking away when I realized my cousin was taking this pic, I had absolutely no balance, my legs were just done.Running the finishing shoot with some of my fam and my

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I contemplated shutting this blog down, but then I couldn't post my race report if I did, lol.This year has been crazy busy for me, so my training for this, my second marathon, was seriously lacking. I wanted to run this one for fun, since last year was so miserable in the rain and wind and all alone. I ran this with Lisa mom extraordinaire, she is my hero.We decided to go ahead and get on the

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Remember me? Yeah, didn't think so :PI'm so cheating though. I am going to my family reunion this weekend, so hopefully I'll have some blog fodder soon. I just had to share this link with you all gospel that should be read by all and say Amen, Sistah!

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Chocolate muffins from Costco....(yes, they were staged photos, but who cares when chocolate is involved? lol)

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I got into St. George again this year, I decided that I needed to run it again since last years weather was less than ideal. I was able to talk Lisa into registering with me so we'll get to go on a 26.2 mile party, woot!Let the training begin, I'll see you again St. George on October 3rd :D

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My baby is 7, where did the time go? His birthday was on my last day of the semester, with the final that I have been dreading. I took the easy way out and let him decorate the cake, which means I'm the most awesome mom ever, hehehe.This is his "what? it's my cake, I can do what I want!" look, lol. (and yes, that is my saggy butt behind him, hehe)And the promised missing tooth shot from long ago

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I quit!This year has been super hard thus far, I'm ready to throw in the towel.I have one more paper to write for my ASL literature class and the dang DVD wont play! I need to memorize a poem for my final on Thursday and I found out today that Stu got laid off. LittleMan has a nasty cough that wont go away. L ran away from home, thinks we are horrible evil parents (she is home now and is

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-960423881535735452009-03-30T22:07:00.002-06:002009-03-30T22:11:06.403-06:00

I want to blog more, but I'm busy so I can't make any promises right now. I'm at the tail end of bronchitis, I'm hoping! It has really thrown me for a loop, 2 weeks I have been sick and I'm ready to be done!To all of you complainers, you know you are jealous that you didn't have your own poop bucket to dispose of, so you should be thanking me for sharing my joy ;). I had the camera on the ground

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If you remember my plumbing post we had some troubles with our plumbing. I went out of town for 6 days with the kids and in that time, the blockage just got worse. Stu ended up calling a plumber once sewage started coming out of that pipe, sick! I didn't know that the sewage was coming out, so once I came home and helped cap the end of the pipe...I saw the bucket, lucky for you, I didn't get a

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I went running today for the first time since mid December. I didn't realize how much I missed it until I got out there. I've lost a lot of fitness but boy did it feel good pushing myself again. I'm also going to do the 100 push ups challenge starting on Monday. I want to try to get into the St. George marathon again this fall, so I need to get back into shape. If I don't get into the marathon

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-47222458661773440542009-02-16T13:59:00.006-07:002009-02-16T14:29:54.224-07:00

For some reason, there is an open pipe in the crawl space under my house, it was attached to a sink the previous owners installed in the garage, but now it's just hanging out down there. I just ignored it because it was out of the way and causing no problems. Until a couple of days ago....Now it looks like this when I do laundry....And this was my attempt at fixing the problem...And this is what

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I park in the free parking at school, it's about 1/2 mile to the school, which isn't too bad. I do ride the shuttle bus if the weather is bad, otherwise I just walk. The first time I rode the shuttle, I was one of the last ones on, which meant I had to stand and hold the bar overhead. Not a big deal for most people, but I'm short and along with that are short arms, lol. I ended up having to stand

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I found out about pandora.com from a friend and fell in love with it right away. I currently have three "stations" on there, country, Enya type stuff (so soothing, love it), and today I added a Bon Jovi station. It has been so much fun listening to all the "hair bands" and love ballads that I constantly listened to in High School and beyond :).I guess I needed some cheering up after waking up to

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-79593157621699885162009-01-15T11:46:00.003-07:002009-01-15T12:07:36.584-07:00

I have been getting worried emails from some family members over some weight I have lost. I am a muscular person, always have been, always will be. I weigh much more than most people think I do, which is fine by me :). Anyway, I took a couple of photos of me to show that I still have my muscle and my big butt, so stop worrying ;).And sorry for the blurr and dirty mirror, it's cold in my house so

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-23657373393635609712009-01-09T15:47:00.002-07:002009-01-09T15:52:24.139-07:00

I spoke with M again and we discussed ways to deal with teasing and he spoke with his teacher. I also spoke with his teacher and she spoke with the class about respect. M has had two good days at school, so hopefully that's a good sign.Thanks so much for all of your advice and support :)

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M, my sweet, rambunctious, doesn't stop moving, loving, sensitive, little 8 year old boy is being teased at school. I don't know that we are at the bullying level yet, but I just heard about this last night so I need to delve further into the situation. He said there is one girl and one boy that pick on him all the time, they tell him his ears are dirty (poor guy has lots of ear wax, always has),

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-58178264950059122472008-12-31T20:09:00.003-07:002008-12-31T20:19:28.540-07:00

We started a tradition a few years ago, mostly because I was lazy and didn't feel like cooking, lol. But the kids love it so we continue it :). I cut up some meat and cheese, put some mandarin oranges, maybe some pineapple, crackers, just little things we can spear with toothpicks and eat. The kids have a great time every year, clean up is easy, and I win the cool mom award (even if it's only for

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-44224924867740933912008-12-22T12:39:00.003-07:002008-12-22T12:45:42.274-07:00

Nothing says Christmas in Utah like snow.Or mini mittens and socks for the tree, aww :)It's snowing hard out there today, crazy. I was planning on a library trip but I think we'll wait until tomorrow ;). Fine by me, I can knit more cute ornaments, each takes about an hour which makes me feel like a super power knitter, lol.I would like to wish each of you a Merry Christmas.

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LittleMan was behind in reading when he started 1st grade, he didn't know most of his letters or their sounds. When we homeschooled he had begun reading but lost a lot of it over the summer when I let him just work on math, since he loves math! Anyway, we just got his report card, he is officially on grade level now, woohoo! His reading resource teacher works with him daily and he practices at

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I am so angry and frustrated and mad and pissed off!! Ok, so they all mean basically the same thing, but since I don't swear I need to repeat myself, lol.Anyway, my Personal Injury Protection (PIP) is $3,000 here in Utah and my insurance is required to pay that out, they go after the other drivers insurance for reimbursement. If the costs go over that I have to get a lawyer and fight the at fault

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-42787151386994364862008-11-17T08:22:00.004-07:002008-11-17T15:48:43.109-07:00

LittleMan is sick, he is 6 years old, too young to stay home alone. But I have school too, is he sick enough he shouldn't go? Well enough he can walk about a mile each way to my class (yes, it's that far literally)? Me staying home isn't ideal either, only a few more weeks of school, finals are coming.It's time like these that I second guess my decision to go back to school, I'm sure I'll have

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-31998114395229358562008-11-06T13:38:00.003-07:002008-11-06T13:42:48.620-07:00

I was taking a quick shower this morning, our water heater runs out of water really quickly, and started running out of hot water. I decided to try and rinse the conditioner out of my hair while I shaved my legs. Well, I only did the back! I forgot to rinse the front, lol. I was rushing out the door to my chiropractor appointment when I realized my mistake.Oops.Yeah, so I went anyway, luckily for

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-90603081750931991212008-10-18T23:04:00.005-06:002008-10-18T23:24:58.431-06:00

I decided not to purchase school pictures this year, I knew they wouldn't turn out and they are freaking expensive. But I have been harassed by my mom, Aunt, Grandma's, and MIL about new pictures of the kids, so we decided to head up the canyon and take some pictures on our own. (and, no, the school pictures didn't turn out, hehe)I need help deciding which ones to print for wallets and then 3 x 5

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-87717765140918228872008-10-15T16:53:00.002-06:002008-10-15T17:01:58.025-06:00

Ready for my scary pictures? Well, if not then don't look because here they are, lol.Just laughing at a man in front of me trying to get his shirt back over his head, he had it behind his neck so the shirt wouldn't rub his nipples any more (they were bleeding, eww and ouch!). He had his race number on his shirt and the photographer wouldn't be able to identify him without the number, lol.Texting

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Sorry for the long and rambling report, I promise I edited it to shorten it and this is the best I could do :P. I will post pictures as I get them. And thanks to all of you that have supported me, I definitely needed it and thought of each of you while I was out there.I obsessed with the weather up until Friday morning, I was so busy preparing for the trip and our mini vacation afterward that I

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-88797156278007759102008-10-04T18:34:00.001-06:002008-10-04T18:35:33.814-06:00

I will post a long and rambling report later. I just wanted to let you all know that I made it :). It rained, a lot, it was windy from time to time. I froze. I cussed. I finished it.5 hours and 40ish minutes.

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The marathon is in 4 days, or 3 days and 20 hours if you go by the countdown clock on the stgeorgemarathon.com website :P.I'm as ready as I'll ever be, I'm just about over the cold that tried to suck out my soul over the weekend (yeah, I heard it's normal to get sick during the taper, but didn't my body know I like to not be normal? yeah.), I have a huge list of stuff to do before Friday morning

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-67365632389991721412008-09-18T09:57:00.003-06:002008-09-18T10:03:17.352-06:00

That's right, I finally got my mini van, woot!And Stu thought we were going to get a little sporty car for our second vehicle, hee!So happy, I sucked in my gut so you wouldn't see how I look pregnant next to my mom mobile, lol.Yeah, haven't been running, cleaning, doing homework, much of anything except going to school and walking all over campus again and again. And again.p.s. please ignore that

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-77112690706762190542008-09-09T08:54:00.002-06:002008-09-09T09:01:53.447-06:00

M at his birthday party, mmmm....cupcakesThe Comcast cable guy, no way could I do his job. High ladders and hanging on wires, no thanks.L at the zoo on the carousel, too grownup!LittleMan eating a snowcone, mmmm....snowcone.

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I didn't give a lot of information on my fender-bender after my race, so I thought I would throw that out here now. I was rear-ended at about 20-25 mph and I had just gone over a bridge so I was pointing down at an angle. Immediately after the impact my right hip started hurting, I forgot about it with the adrenalin and all that going on after the accident. The day after the race I realized my

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-88967759005437958282008-08-28T17:42:00.002-06:002008-08-28T17:47:11.016-06:00

I asked my friend to make a shirt for me to wear during marathon training and at races, to memorialize my Uncle's that have passed. All three of my Uncles have inspired me in different ways and I wanted that strength with me as I pushed myself harder than I ever have before.And here it is :)I looooOOOooovveee it :)

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-75608722080154648062008-08-23T20:52:00.002-06:002008-08-23T20:54:06.872-06:00

This race starts at 7:30, which is way too late for August in Utah, but I guess the race directors have to do what they can to get everyone up to the start. It took a good 20 minutes to get up the canyon and buses started loading at 5:15 am. Cathleen (my friend that trained with me, this was her first half marathon, she rocks!) and I ran for about 1/2 mile or so for a warm up, it was pretty

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-16827390924687730102008-08-23T12:24:00.001-06:002008-08-23T12:26:44.853-06:00

I’m cheating, I’ll come back with a nice and juicy race report later, but for now I’m exhausted and lazy :P. A goal 2 hrs 10 min. (in my dreams)B goal 2 hrs 13 min. (only if it's as downhill as they claim)C goal 2 hrs 15 min (this one is the one I thought I could do if I pushed hard)D goal 2 hrs 20 min, the goal I wanted back in 2006

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Tomorrow is my half marathon, my goal pace race. I have had goal times before, but none that felt just a little too fast. I'm at a point in my running "career" that is kind of a turning point of sorts. My legs go faster than I think they can and my mind isn't sure I should push myself that hard. I want to pick a goal pace that will be a stretch for me, to see if I can get out of my rut. It's not

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-66635061734943957672008-08-18T09:39:00.004-06:002008-08-18T09:49:01.976-06:00

The kids started school today, yes I cried :).Here is LittleMan, he goes a little early to get some reading help, so he was all alone. He seemed excited and not at all nervous, phew.He was so excited that we got there early and he had time to play on the playground. I got several pictures and this one was my favorite. "Mom, can I drop down?" yes, buddy, you can do whatever you want. He is my

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I can't believe my second born child is now 8! Time has flown so much faster than I ever could have imagined. I know I'm old enough to have kids this age, but 33 still feels too young (yeah, I had a birthday this month too, go me lol).So this post is to M, my sweet, energetic, adventurous, smart, stubborn boy. I am so happy to be your mom, you challenge me every day, wanting to know everything,

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-1045200922706734172008-07-27T21:27:00.004-06:002008-07-28T08:20:16.520-06:00

I decided that rather than posting about my training, I would add it to the side. I figured that this way, if you didn't want to be too bored with my endless rambles week after week, you didn't have to look ;).I also changed the colors a bit, just wanted something brighter. If you hate it, let me know, I'm still not sure I like them either :).And a picture, just because...A self portrait of

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Holy Cow that was hard!! My last, and only, 10k before this was July 4th, 2005 so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I took almost a year off of running and just really started back in April of this year. I can’t seem to find my PR but I know it was 1:06:xx and for those that don’t want to read my long and rambling

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-13372126462024447332008-07-22T15:16:00.001-06:002008-07-22T15:17:42.633-06:00

Our kitties aren't allowed to sleep on the couch, but Dax thinks the rule only applies to Snake. I took a short nap this afternoon and when I came out this is what she did.Naughty kitty ;)

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Sorry for the blurry pic, my hubby was playing with the camera features.

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I'm a third of the way through training, yay! Though I know you all are probably very tired of hearing about training, sorry about that. I'll try to post some photos of the weeds, err...I mean kids ;), they are growing way too fast!Monday - 3 miles, I felt like a turtle today, just slogged through the miles grateful that there were only 3 planned.Tuesday - 5 miles, I did a tempo run of sorts, one

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-43812061057584788892008-07-05T10:22:00.004-06:002008-07-05T10:31:30.144-06:00

I was planning on running the local 4th of July 10k yesterday but decided to sleep in and relax instead, I was exhausted! But before you get too proud of me, read on ;)Monday - planned rest, though I'm thinking of bumping up all my runs one day, so we'll see what happens next week.Tuesday - 3 miles, it was really hard to get this one done, I hated every step of the run hence why I'm thinking of

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I'm posting this early because this weekend I will be at a family reunion so I got my runs done early.M - planned restT - 3, not a fun run, I was very glad it was over.W - 4, marks the last run I'll do after 8 am, too dang hot!Th- 9.1, ran this alone, boring but uneventful which is nice. Longest run since February 2007.F - 3.4, supposed to be 3 but thought I could take a different route and ended

QueenMeadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538822581749845219noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17464377.post-64608628334935958532008-06-25T20:11:00.004-06:002008-06-25T20:16:36.925-06:00

My husband's kitty, Dax, is 5 years old, but acts like a kitten still when new toys come out. I tried to get a photo of her holding the toy with her extra toes, but it didn't come out right :(.And here she is enjoying her mousey prize :).My kitty, Snake, rarely plays, she is 2 and feels way too old for that anymore. She just talks a lot and now that she is feeling better (she was pretty sick for

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I almost didn't post this week because I ended up with 91% of my planned runs and though that is awesome, I was not totally pleased with myself. Then I talked to my friend that is also training for a marathon and she laughed at my thought of running this morning, just to get those 1.4 miles I missed :P. Yeah, I do get a bit stuck on the plan sometimes and forget that life will just happen, let it

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Another week down, it was a hard one so of course now I'm worried about the real hard weeks coming :S.Monday- rest dayTuesday - 3 milesWednesday - 3 miles, ran it on the path by the canal. It was nice running on dirt and gravel.Thursday - 3 miles, I was really tired after this run, very happy for the Friday rest day.Friday - rest daySaturday - 7 miles, went a bit faster than expected, woot. I

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First, I'll get the embarrassing shot out of the way. A shameless brag about my calves, I actually have muscles to show, woot!! This is L's artistic shot of my legs, she tried 3 times and this is the best of the bunch. Here is the front of my house, I put in those pavers myself, lots and lots of work! But I love them!These sexagon hexagon (I'm such an idiot, I almost put sectagon too, lol)

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So last week was the 1st week of my 18 week training plan. It ended up being a crazy week so I didn't complete all my runs, actually only half of them :S. But I did get lots of cardio and other workouts in, so it wasn't a complete waste.Monday- planned day off from running, yoga is my cross training of choice.Tuesday - 3 miles in 36 minutes, feeling really slow, I have never been fast but this is

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I took a couple extra days off of running, I seemed to have found something else to keep me busy instead....Gross stains that keep coming back.A good picture showing the before and after, on the left is the floor that was just covered by carpet and on the right is the floor I refinished last year.The floor is in pretty good shape, I will refinish it though.Just another view.Yeah, I also did more

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If you are planning on running this race, you need to register ASAP! I spoke with two of the clerks at Runner's Corner and they said it will most likely fill up in the next day or two. I haven't run this race yet, but I've seen the course, spoken with many that have run it and know the people that organize the race, it's going to be a great one. And it fits perfectly in my training for St.

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Stu got me a Garmin 205.I have been lusting after one for over a year! When I first started running, I enjoyed just going and then coming home and figuring out how far I went. But then I started training for various races, so I had to run a specific distance, which usually meant I had to plot a course before I went out the door. I didn't mind for a long time, then I started to get bored and it

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I have been wanting to run the St. George marathon for 3 years now, but have been too chicken to commit to it. You have to register for the marathon by May 5th and the marathon isn't until October 4th, what if something happens and you can't go?Well, I decided to just go for it and I got in!!! Woohoo!!!I'm excited and scared to death at the same time, lets just hope gas isn't $10/gallon come

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The time is flying by so fast, I can't believe it has been 6 years already! You have grown so much, many changes are made right before my eyes.We had a bit of a rough start, you came 3 weeks early, though were huge, and had problems with food allergies right from the start. Add on ear infections and asthma stuff, RSV, pneumonia, many trips to the doctor, very little sleep. But you always had a

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