I looked in total amazement at the view from the top of a million or more year old volcanic rock. Vast openness, to what used to be the ocean but now has turned in to desert. My aunt shows me a teeny tiny seashell she found, which proves the ocean theory.
Utah is a great place for rock hounding. When it rains, it washes more stones to the surface.
We found topaz, sun stone, and obsidian. I look at them and wonder how many millions of years old they are.
Its hot but a nice breeze. We head over to Topaz mountain which is where I have been waiting to go. I love topaz. But first we stop at an abandoned mine in the side of the mountain. Its really neat and cool. We are walking along the tunnel and you can see sun light at the end. We look close at everything, trying to figure out what they were mining here. Topaz. There is vein of topaz right above our heads. I shine the light on it and it sparkles. We also found a funny purple kind of rock that is dense, not sure what it is but its pretty.
But we were not the only ones in the tunnel...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
I Forgot...
I forgot what it takes to get enrolled in college again. Tests, filling out papers, more tests, sending transcripts...and to top it off, if I want my transcript from my previous college, I have to pay them another 5 freaking dollars!!
I mean really, I already paid you $28,000... Good grief!!
So we are down to the last six days of camp...
For the last day, I came up with an idea of having a mini carnival for the kids. With prizes, candy snow cones, the works...
I was looking at Oriental Trading Company, and found really cool prizes and at a pretty reasonable price. Only one problem though, $9.99 for shipping and it is estimated to be here the 22 of August.
One small problem, school starts August 22.
So now its back to the drawing board, to find cool things, all the while saving money. Good Luck to me...
I mean really, I already paid you $28,000... Good grief!!
So we are down to the last six days of camp...
For the last day, I came up with an idea of having a mini carnival for the kids. With prizes, candy snow cones, the works...
I was looking at Oriental Trading Company, and found really cool prizes and at a pretty reasonable price. Only one problem though, $9.99 for shipping and it is estimated to be here the 22 of August.
One small problem, school starts August 22.
So now its back to the drawing board, to find cool things, all the while saving money. Good Luck to me...
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Happy Birthday Grammy!
Today would have been my Gram's 79th birthday. She has been gone for over 8 years. Its hard to believe. It feels as if it were a life time ago.
I wasn't there when she died. She was in North Dakota and I was in Utah. It was March. It was Thanksgiving when I last saw her, I was staying with her and my youngest brother while my parents were in Cancun.
As I said good-bye to her, before leaving for the airport, I knew it would be the last time I would ever see her. It hurt my heart. I had so many good memories, so many adventures with her.
The night she died, I was laying in my bed, just starting to fall asleep, I hadn't even shut the light off yet. I felt a cool breeze and smelled grapefruit. I knew it it was my Gram. It smelled like her body spray she always wore. 15 minutes later, I felt the breeze and smelled the body spray again.
You see, I was having a hard time because I didn't go home to see her, I knew that I was going to have to take time off for her funeral.
I missed her so much.
My brother happened to get a pass come home, he was getting ready to deploy to Iraq for the first wave of Desert Shield.
The week we had my Gram's funeral was crazy, Adam left for war, Sarah gave birth to my nephew Aiden on March 20th and then we had to drive back to Utah, but right before we left to drive back to Utah, I ended up in the hospital have heart palpitations.
I know my Gram wasn't always easy to live with, but she was good to me.
I miss her....
Happy Birthday Gram!
I wasn't there when she died. She was in North Dakota and I was in Utah. It was March. It was Thanksgiving when I last saw her, I was staying with her and my youngest brother while my parents were in Cancun.
As I said good-bye to her, before leaving for the airport, I knew it would be the last time I would ever see her. It hurt my heart. I had so many good memories, so many adventures with her.
The night she died, I was laying in my bed, just starting to fall asleep, I hadn't even shut the light off yet. I felt a cool breeze and smelled grapefruit. I knew it it was my Gram. It smelled like her body spray she always wore. 15 minutes later, I felt the breeze and smelled the body spray again.
You see, I was having a hard time because I didn't go home to see her, I knew that I was going to have to take time off for her funeral.
I missed her so much.
My brother happened to get a pass come home, he was getting ready to deploy to Iraq for the first wave of Desert Shield.
The week we had my Gram's funeral was crazy, Adam left for war, Sarah gave birth to my nephew Aiden on March 20th and then we had to drive back to Utah, but right before we left to drive back to Utah, I ended up in the hospital have heart palpitations.
I know my Gram wasn't always easy to live with, but she was good to me.
I miss her....
Happy Birthday Gram!
Maybe I Am Crazy....
I am sitting here finishing my last calendar for the summer. What the...? How is it that there is only 2 weeks left? I just can't believe it.
It has really been an easy and fast summer. I have decided that I am going to go back to school to get my bachelor's in Special Ed K-12. What the....? Am I really going to add to my $25,000 student loan? Heck yes I am, but the cool thing is, I can have it done in less than 2 years. Its work at your own pace, all online, and only $2980 every term, which is a 6 month term. Who would have thought! Plus...if I finish a class before the 6 month term is over, then I can take more classes with out any additional charges. Are you kidding me? No I am not!
I have had several people tell me I should go back and get my teaching degree... I have resisted...for a long time. I was originally going to teach High School English and coach girls basketball. Well now I can't wait to see what kind of opportunities this opens for me.
Who knows maybe I will still be able to coach...
Yeah... after I lose weight.... Not going to be running up and down the court otherwise....
So I am still waiting to see if I am going back to USDB or sticking with Rise....Its looking like USDB... I don't want to go back...
It has really been an easy and fast summer. I have decided that I am going to go back to school to get my bachelor's in Special Ed K-12. What the....? Am I really going to add to my $25,000 student loan? Heck yes I am, but the cool thing is, I can have it done in less than 2 years. Its work at your own pace, all online, and only $2980 every term, which is a 6 month term. Who would have thought! Plus...if I finish a class before the 6 month term is over, then I can take more classes with out any additional charges. Are you kidding me? No I am not!
I have had several people tell me I should go back and get my teaching degree... I have resisted...for a long time. I was originally going to teach High School English and coach girls basketball. Well now I can't wait to see what kind of opportunities this opens for me.
Who knows maybe I will still be able to coach...
Yeah... after I lose weight.... Not going to be running up and down the court otherwise....
So I am still waiting to see if I am going back to USDB or sticking with Rise....Its looking like USDB... I don't want to go back...
Sunday, July 31, 2011
I Was Strong Enough
The other day, I was in the pool bathroom and as I stood at the sink washing my hands, I happened to look in the mirror next to me and looked in to the face of my ex-best friend's sister. We said hello and exchange pleasantries and then she asked me what I was doing for work. We didn't talk but a few moments and then went our separate ways. I have to say, I did not even ask about her sister, even though in my head I was wondering about her.
The truth of the matter is, I do miss her and I wonder about her all the time. I wonder if she feels the same way. But from reading her blogs, she may have moved on.
Which is the way it is supposed to be. Since I was the one who put the final end to our friendship.
You see, we had a very complicated relationship. We really did fit together. We completed each other. We accomplished a lot together. We had fun. We laughed and people looked up to us. We had dreams.
But then there was drama and the final straw was after our trip to Vegas when she invited her real "best friend".
I'll just call the "real Best friend" KDB. For those of you who know what it means, no snickering, ok go ahead and laugh. It really is funny!!! :-)
KDB was the down fall for the whole trip, she complained and made my friend drive back to St. George instead of staying in Vegas as originally planned.
So the rest of us, who did stay in Vegas as planned, stayed and played a little longer. Needless to say, she had a miserable weekend and then wouldn't talk to me anymore.
I never knew why. I tried to find out why but she wouldn't answer me. So I thought I would give her time. But then she de-friended me and our other friends on facebook and I knew.
So I wrote her an email and told her to never contact me again, that I had had enough of her drams filled friendship.
She is still friends with KDB and in fact they stayed in Vegas together. I am still trying to figure that one out. I don't know what KDB has over her, but even though I supported her 100%, KDB always won.
But it still doesn't matter, I miss her. And if she contacted me, I would at least take a moment and answer her back.
If she is reading this... well I hope she is anyway...
The truth of the matter is, I do miss her and I wonder about her all the time. I wonder if she feels the same way. But from reading her blogs, she may have moved on.
Which is the way it is supposed to be. Since I was the one who put the final end to our friendship.
You see, we had a very complicated relationship. We really did fit together. We completed each other. We accomplished a lot together. We had fun. We laughed and people looked up to us. We had dreams.
But then there was drama and the final straw was after our trip to Vegas when she invited her real "best friend".
I'll just call the "real Best friend" KDB. For those of you who know what it means, no snickering, ok go ahead and laugh. It really is funny!!! :-)
KDB was the down fall for the whole trip, she complained and made my friend drive back to St. George instead of staying in Vegas as originally planned.
So the rest of us, who did stay in Vegas as planned, stayed and played a little longer. Needless to say, she had a miserable weekend and then wouldn't talk to me anymore.
I never knew why. I tried to find out why but she wouldn't answer me. So I thought I would give her time. But then she de-friended me and our other friends on facebook and I knew.
So I wrote her an email and told her to never contact me again, that I had had enough of her drams filled friendship.
She is still friends with KDB and in fact they stayed in Vegas together. I am still trying to figure that one out. I don't know what KDB has over her, but even though I supported her 100%, KDB always won.
But it still doesn't matter, I miss her. And if she contacted me, I would at least take a moment and answer her back.
If she is reading this... well I hope she is anyway...
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Happy
"Sometimes you have to give up the life you planned to find the life that is waiting for you"
There comes a time in life when you walk away from all the pointless drama and people who create it...and surround yourself with people who make you laugh so hard that you forget the bad and focus on the good.
Life is too short to be anything but happy.
There comes a time in life when you walk away from all the pointless drama and people who create it...and surround yourself with people who make you laugh so hard that you forget the bad and focus on the good.
Life is too short to be anything but happy.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Seminar
Every year at this time, I think of all the hundreds of thousands of women who are finding the perfect evening gown, then packing and heading to Dallas Texas for the annual Mary Kay Seminar. I used to be one of them.
It is a celebration of the Consultants, Sales Directors and National Sales Directors achievements for the year.
Seminar was so much fun!! There are classes, dinners, music, dancing, fun and the biggest best night of all...the Awards night, which was like Miss America and the Emmys all rolled in to one. It is the last night of the 4 day event. The Mary Kay Company does this 5 times through out July and August.
Every Year!!
Day 0
Get your packet with all your ribbons you earned, then go on the factory and Mary Kay tours. Usually it was your Area Awards Night.
Day 1
Opening Session...Meet all the NSDs, Friends of Tyme preformances Usually a luncheon that was earned for recruiting. After it is all over then it you had your Unit awards night.
Day 2
Classes all day then it was time to get all primped and pretty and dressed up for the long awaited Awards Night....
Day 3
Closing Session and head home...
And of course this is all done in 100* and 100% humidity, wearing black skirts, White shirts, hose and heels if you were a consultant, or the gorgeous director's suits...
But I think the best part of the whole trip, is the fun you have with your pink sisters. I have so many fun memories. Of course my first year was the best and most memorable.
Oh, Did I mention....And NO SLEEP?
Oh, Did I mention....And NO SLEEP?
So to any of my MK sisters... Follow your dreams! I know you will do it!!
Mary Kay Ash
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