Job Hunting

Can I just say that looking for a job is one of the most denigrating, humiliating, fruitless experiences that a stay-at-home Mom can ever have! Trust me, I am not apologizing for any choices I have made in the past to stay home with my children, but the working world seems to think I should have been making a career for myself somewhere along the way! I could probably do most of these jobs I am applying for with my eyes closed and half my brain, but since I don't have much experience they seem to think I am useless! Plus the "jobs available" selection is seriously limited! As Marlene would say "Seriously!" Oh well, I am sure that something will come up when I least expect it!

Juliana and Malia

We went to Avondale yesterday to celebrate Juliana's fifth birthday (our oldest granddaughter). She was so cute and so happy to be at Peter Pipers Pizza. She is changing before our very eyes and growing up quickly. Happy Birthday Juliana!

Carolyn was talking to the girls about being more mellow and not so hyper. She asked Malia (3) what she thought "mellow" meant. Malia, without hesitation, said "It means to sit on your butt and be quiet!" Not only do I have cute grandkids but smart ones too! I love them all so much!

Empty-Nesters

We are alone in our cute little house and sometimes it is just toooo quiet! Susannah left on Wednesday and flew up to Salt Lake City to start a new semester at school. She stayed with Marlene for a day and then met her cousin Erin and rode the shuttle to Rexburg. They got there fine and are glad to be settling in. I miss her already and it was hard to let her go...but I keep telling myself that this is a good thing and she is busy doing what she should be doing at this time of her life! Now I just need to decide what it is I need to be doing at this point in my life! I need to find a job so that I have something worthwhile to fill my time. After all, you can only clean the house so many times a week! It is definitely a plus that I have my car to myself again! Travis and I are liking the fact that we only have to worry about ourselves when it comes to meals and going places...I might even get to really liking this! I talked to James and Travis both this week and they are happy with their classes and like their professors. I hope all three of our kids do well in school this year. Needless to say, we have enough money going out the door, that we are hoping for those degrees so we have something to show for it!

Dieting...What does that REALLY mean?

Ok...so I have been dieting for over a month. I even dieted when we went to Idaho for a family reunion...which wasn't easy beacuse they just didn't serve celery and cottage cheese when I needed them to! And of course the one meal that I was looking forward to was the egg and bacon breakfast and they ran out of bacon so I just had a few scrambled eggs...not so good! Anyway, back to my gripe. I lost 6 1/2 lbs the first week which was all new added weight from the previous vacation and I have not lost an ounce since. 4 going on 5 WEEKS! It doesn't seem to matter if I exercise, eat chocolate or starve...I just can't lose weight! My body seems to think this is an ideal weight and we're sticking to it! I have been typing up some of Mom's recipes so that everyone can have a copy of them. That doesn't make dieting easy either because everything sounds so good and the memories of the comfort food are strong! I guess I am destined to be a candidate for greenpeace! I should be happy with what I have. I know my problems are small in comparison with others! Nonetheless, I would be happy with a drop in poundage!

My grandkids are so cute!

New To Blogging

Susannah will surely be ready to leave here and go back to college when I get through asking her a million questions about how to set up my blog! It has been an interesting and totally addictive pasttime for the last few days. I think I have changed my page and layout about 50 times and can't seem to be happy with the result! The perfectionist in me I guess! I am learning about digital scrapbooking and tried a few pages...even more addiction! I guess I had better find a job soon, or my eyes will be permanently glued to the computer screen...and no one will hire me!

We have had an awesome time as a family this summer! Marlene had her baby in May and so I went to help her for a week and a half. I loved cuddling our new little girl grandchild. Number 6!

Then Travis got married and we had a reception in Utah and an Open House in Washington. His bride was beautiful and they are very happy. They will be living in Arizona while he finishes school at ASU.

After the Open House we met all of my brothers and sisters at Ocean Shores for a fun family reunion. When we got home, my husband went to Hawaii on a business trip. We bought a new used car...which I love! A 2004 Buick LeSabre in like-new condition. Then we left for Utah again, this time to take a car to James at BYU and drove to Island Park, Idaho for another family reunion...this time on my husband's side. I was very ready to come home and stay for awhile.

I love our home and am happy to be in it...yet another reason why it is hard for me to go out and find a job!