Glad to be Back to Part-time

I just finished two months of working full time, I have just two letters for this, PU. Working full time stinks. I did like the extra money but my house is a mess. I had flashbacks of when I worked full time when the kids were little and the kitchen cabinet never got cleaned off. Which is kind of surprising since I don't know how the cabinet could have had anything on it since every dish we own was in the sink. I had to resort to using the good utensils if we wanted to eat. Which brings me to another thing about working full time. You're so tired when you get home from work that you spend all the extra money you made on eating out. I hope I can remember how to work the stove, not that I was so good at working it before.

I did like everything I learned though when all the responsibility fell directly on me. For 6 weeks I was on my own in payroll then for two weeks I was doing accounts payable on my own. When Tracey came back I told her not to shred anything I had put in the shred box, until all my mistakes have time to surface and we can see if we need to go fishing for anything I threw away that I should have kept.

All in all it was a good experience, but not one I want to repeat anytime soon. I like my part-time work schedule that lets me make some money but also try to keep my house and church duties under control. In my opinion, the prophets knew what they were talking about when they said the wife's place is in the home because everytime I work full time everything gets turned topsy turvy!

By the way Bry thanks for the weekend away for our anniversary, I don't think I could have made it through the last week without that to look forward to.

BeautyandtheBeast

Here we go, more blogging, no pictures. Maybe someday though.

Friday Addi came to spend the night. When she got here she said "Oh I should have brought some movies to watch." I said, "Grandpa has two new videos we can watch, Snow White and Beauty and the Beast; which one do you want to watch?" Her answer made me laugh, not the answer itself but how she said it. She said it so fast (about as fast as she tells the olive joke if you've heard her tell that, if you haven't you need to ask her to tell you it too.) but anyway, she was talking so fast and she clapped her hands together and was so excited as she said, "Beauty and the Beast, Diamond edition from Amy's little big world." I asked her where heard that and she said, "On Amy's little big world." ( Dah grandma, obviously, I should have known that.) I think she might have a future in infomercials.

We sat down to watch the movie, after about 20 minutes of me trying to work the blueray. About halfway through the movie it froze and nothing I did would make it work so I put in the regular DVD copy, after about 20 more minutes of trying to get the t.v. on the right input thing. (old people and modern technology, humph). Anyway, I finally got it going and we watched for a little while and Addi said, "Let's go to bed grandma." Well, after working so hard to get the movie going I wasn't about to stop watching it after only a few minutes so I told her she could lay on my lap and I would cuddle her while she slept and I watched the end of the movie. she said, "I'm not comfortable grandma." I said just lay here and rest, at which point she decided to take matters in to her own hands. She climbed down from my lap walked over and shut off the t.v. Well, what was I going to do, I could get up and turn the t.v. back on and in about 20 minutes have the movie going again or just give up and go to bed. I decided to take the easy way out so we went to bed.

I really had a great time with her, she is so cute. I had more fun watching her watch the movie than watching it myself. At one point in the movie when the wolves were chasing Belle's dad through the forest Addi got scared and grabbed my neck and climbed right up the side of me and buried her face in my neck. I kind of forget how scary some of those parts can be for a little one.

We had a great time. I can't wait until Oakley is big enough to come sleep over too and we can have twice the fun.

whoo who look at me I blogged all by myself. Yea I know I didn't put pictures on myself, but baby steps.

Fiesta Mexicana, Oh Yea! Today Linda, Ann and I got together with an old friend Diane (Jonesie) Fenn. We went and had the best Mexican Pizza in the world. If you haven't tried them you should. The Fiesta Mexicana is just north across the street from the Marriott Hotel in Ogden. We were there for about 2 and a half hours just eating and talking and laughing our heads off. Then when it was time for them to close (they are only open for lunch). We moved outside and talked on the sidewalk for about half an hour. The owner of the restaurant was laughing and made the yak yak yak movement to us with her hand. It was funny, we just laughed and waved and kept talking (she is really nice and even took a picture for us so we could all be in it). Good food and good friends! It doesn't get better than that.

We hiked up Water Fall Canyon again tonight. It is so pretty up there. There was quite a group today. (sometimes there are a lot of us sometimes only two). Heather, Austin, Jenn, Ryan, Linda, our friends Diane and John Fenn and myself. Some made it all the way to the waterfall, some just enjoyed the little waterfalls by the bridges. I love to hike and see all the beautiful things and look down on the city. Oh and the treats afterwards don't hurt.

Pie Night

Oh how I love pie night. Mom, you did a good thing when you started this 30 years ago. We have a lot of fun. It is great to be able to see all of my cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and friends and visit and catchup. Growing up I didn't know that everyone didn't know all of their cousins. I thought everyone was just like us and I was surprised when I would ask people about their cousins and they would tell me they didn't know them that well. At pie night this year there were five generations many times over and even a couple of future cousins.

Building Bears and Princesses

We took Addi and her parents to Disney on Ice. I had as much fun watching Addi as I did watching the show. At one point a huge elephant came out. Addi's eyes got big and she pointed to it and said, it's an elephant. She looked so cute. Of course, her two prince charmings couldn't resist buying her treats. Her dad bought her a cute Mickey Mouse cup with a big snow cone in it and Grandpa bought her a light up princess crown. She isn't spoiled. She bought cotton candy with her own money and lucky for me she is great at sharing, so I benefited from that purchase too. m-m-m-m-m, I love cotton candy.

Before the show we went to The Gateway and ate and wandered around. A marshmallow bought Addi and Oakley a build a bear, it was so cute to watch Addi and Grandpa at Build a Bear. We rode Front Runner, that was fun too, especially on the way home when we could just visit and I looked over and saw all those people on the freeway who had to drive and pay attention to where they were going.
I might be prejudice but I think the princess in the black jacket is the cutest!

Addi kissing the heart before it goes in the bear. She was really good at this part, not so good at pressing the pedal to blow the stuffing in. She kept getting more interested in the other kids around her and she would forget to press on the pedal; luckily her mom was close by to take up the slack.
Addi making sure her and Oakley's bears are tidy and clean.

Hey, the show is the other way, but we'd rather watch Addi watch the show.

I did watch the show sometimes, the costumes and stories were very cute. I was surprised how good these pictures turned out. I'm glad Robyn took these.

Hiiii Hoooo!
Addi and her 2 Prince Charmings

Lucky for Addi she has a big strong Daddy to carry her and keep her warm while waiting for Trax, when the day became a bit too long for her.