New Stuff!!!!!

I LOVE new stuff! I also love when you get a tax return and can buy new stuff. My dishwasher is on it's last leg. I'm sure the Price family has squeezed every penny out of the thing. But, we need a new one. And I bought one today! Hurray! We also bought a water heater. Now, if you don't know, our water heater is located in the crawl space of our house. To get the old water heater out and the new one in, we are going to have to pull my carpet up in my living room and go through the hole that is there for replacing the water heater and furnace. I'm not really excited about this. I'm sure it will entail a lot of cuss words from Kurt (unless my brother in law helps as he is our Bishop). He might need to dig a bigger hole in the ground because we bought a bigger water heater. Which means it isn't going to get done as fast as I would like it to. Sigh....still...I got new stuff. And I really LOVE new stuff!

A new great niece

I have a new great niece. Her name is Kai and she is BEAUTIFUL! Julie is a great mom and will do well with a girl. Jackie is a proud grandma and always spends as much time as possible with her grandkids. I look forward to getting to know Kai. It's a little weird holding a tiny baby and remembering what it was like to have a tiny little one in my arms. I'm not sad that we don't have a baby, don't get me wrong. But it is great to remember those times. I'm thankful to be able to hold the great nieces and nephews I have and spend time with them. When they cry, I give them back to their parents. That's the best thing about being a GREAT Aunt!!!!

sickness and death

So one of my uncle's died this week. He's been really sick with cancer and finally lost his battle. I feel bad for my aunt, this is the second husband she has had to bury. It makes me think of the many aunts and uncles I have lost in the last 15 years. It's crazy. Most of them have been to cancer. For me, I don't think it's "if" I get cancer, but "when". I take care of myself and hope it's not true. But what are the odds? I have a sister, Barb, who had cancer. She survived and I'm thankful for that. But will I survive as well? I hope my aunt knows that I am thinking of her and praying for her to be comforted. This reminds me of how thankful we should all be for an eternal family and for the belief that my uncles and aunts spirits are still living. If there is a light in a horrible situtation such as death, it's that we can all live again.

Ace of Cakes

I was watching Ace of Cakes last night. It's on the food network and I love the food network. I think I've been watching more of the food network because everyone I work with is on a diet. Anyway.....Duff, the guy who owns Ace of Cakes says - He might come in and say "Wow, that cake really sucks" but he'll still say "wow". I thought about that for a really long time. It might suck, but you still say wow. I guess I need to start thinking of the glass as half full instead of almost empty. Maybe that would make life a little easier. If things are tough, find the wow.

So my friend, Denice, and I have been trying to figure out all of the cool things you can do on a blog. I'd have to say she is obsessed. It's so funny to hear her talk about it and show me things. She gives me a high 5 every time she figures something out. We listened to music and danced in the office today. It was so much fun!

It's 2009

It's 2009! Happy new year everyone! I hope this year will be great. I look forward to what is going to happen. The pictures are some I took on Christmas. What a fine time we had. I took time off of work so I was able to play games and mess around with the kids. It was great.