Please help me!!!

I desperately need your help!!! One of the most amazingly talented photographers in my area is giving away a free Photoshoot to the person that has the most likes on their comment. Please, please go and “like” my comment (you will also need to ‘like’ her page first) and help me win. It ends midnight on Friday and I need all the help I can get!!!

Go to http://www.facebook.com/Christina.P.Photography
And here is the comment to search for: Holly Jacobson Pitcher - Oh my goodness I would love to win this!! I have been wanting you to do our pictures since last fall, but could never find the right outfits for the kids. And just last week I finally did so this is meant to be! You are an amazing photographer and I already have the empty frames on my wall waiting for your fantastic pictures!!

The Desert Tortoise

It's always a fun day when we get a call from Papa J saying he's got some fun animals to see. The BLM brought a few Desert Tortoise's in for testing and another one that had been run over. Noah was quite fascinated with them and Bryce was so excited he could hardly stand it. Especially when he was able to hold one.

This little guy was hit by a car and when  they brought him in he was missing a few important pieces to his shell. Luckily when the workers went back to the scene of the crime they were still there. My Dad was able to piece him back together and once healed he will be released back into the wild.

Before we left he showed the kids how Turtles tuck into their shells for protection. They sure got a kick out of that one and I don't think the Turtle minded hiding ;)

So I know I am a little late posting this, but hey it's still Friday out here in the southwest ;) Well stats for this week...I don't know. I missed weighing in this week, but honestly it wouldn't have been good news. Too many parties this week. I didn't have the time to make it to my meeting so I am headed there in the morning...yay!!! I actually really enjoy going to them. I get a lot of great snack/meal ideas and love the little old ladies that are there. They are such a riot!!

In other news I started running again! It has been so nice here the last couple of days that I didn't even need the gym pass (which finally came through). On Tuesday I ran to a basketball game I was reffing and then a friend and I hit the trail about 10:00 this morning and the temp was around 60 degrees....felt so good! Man I am so ready for spring! And it's days like these that I don't miss living in Colorado so much ;)

Have you ever heard of the quote "nothing tastes as good as being thin feels"? Well, I have and way back before my kids could read I would place it on my fridge to help me remember my goal. I haven't had it up in awhile because I never want my kids (especially my girls) to worry about having to be thin and all the disorders that can come from that. I have never used the word diet around them. Instead of diet I insert healthy because who wouldn't want to be healthier right? So in my quest to stick to my plan I came up with a little something for my fridge that would serve two purposes. One to be my reminder and two to brighten my day. I just love seeing it and having that thought in the back of my head. I thought I would share it with you and maybe it will help you on your journey as well. Here's to another week ;)

Time off

I have really been enjoying my time off! I must say it is just nice to have a whole day where I'm not thinking of deadlines and yarn. I wanted to take some time and get my house back in order. Every day this week I am taking one room of the house and organizing. Today...office/yarn hot spot. The last part of the year there is always a big push and everything gets tossed on any available spot. And if it's not available the stacks start until my space looks like this....

Now granted this was after I started tossing stuff on the floor and pulling stuff out of cupboards that I decided I should get a picture, but you get the idea. Well four hours and one giant garbage bag later I have accomplished today's goal...

The best part is I actually organized most of my yarn by color and style.

These are only two of the cupboards...all but 2 are filled with yarn. Scary thought huh!! But doesn't it look so nice and neat? Now I just have to wait for the Kids and Hubby to come home and go through their piles. Thankfully this should last until next Christmas season when everything gets out of whack again ;)

Exploring new territory

(October 9th-10th 2010)

My big Sis was able to come up for the weekend and there was only one thing on the agenda...Enterprise.  All of The Hubby's had to work so it was an all Girls weekend and Papa J was once again the Man of the House! We always have so much fun up there, but it is a lot funner when cousins are around. A lot less "I have nothing to do" comments. Us girls wanted to take the kids on a little adventure so Papa J suggested a hike up in Holt's Canyon. Believe me it was just what the doctor ordered...literally. Explanation later ;)

Miss Maddie and Ethan were inseparable during this little adventure. These two run on the same wave length and have a lot of fun together.

We happened to come upon a carcass of a cow and the Doctor side of Papa J sprung into action.

He went into Vet mode and happily explained the anatomy of the cow to the kids. Some were grossed out, but the majority drank it up! We found it in a dried up river bed so we had fun dreaming up how it ended up there. Possibly floated down from higher elevation was the general consensus.

We also happened to come across this little guy! I am definitely not a fan of spiders and to find a tarantula on the path just about gave me a coronary. The kids were in heaven and amazingly the spider stuck around to let them all have a look.

With all of the grand kids together I took the opportunity to snap a picture. It was a lot of work trying to get them all to hold still and look at the camera at the same time. I definitely look up to all you photographers with your mad skills. How do you do it?!? I took about 15 pictures and this was the best I could get, yikes! But aren't they just the cutest kiddos ever!!!

Afterwards we went back to the Ranch to build a fire and roast Hot Dogs. While we waited for the fire we sat around and enjoyed some apples. There is nothing like the taste of apples in the fall!! At least I remembered my Hot dog sticks this time which was a good thing since we had so many to roast. We needed every stick we could find ;)

 

Papa J had found some giant salt rocks for the kids and they had a lot of fun with them. They couldn't eat a bite until they had thoroughly rubbed the apple with it. How they could eat that much salt is beyond my, but kids will be kids!

Stats for the week...down .4 lbs. Total loss 4 lbs. This week was a total bust so I'm definitely proud that I was in the loss column instead of the gain!!! We were in and out of the doctors office all week and I had several deadlines for photoshoots which when added together made for a lot of emotional eating. As soon as stress hits I eat pretty much anything in site and if its not I make it. Cookies anyone?

Logic says that's when I should take a walk, but it has been so cold here I can hardly take it. I know it is nothing compared to what is going on east of here, but I'll admit it...I'm a pansy! I will say that because of the cold I tried my first P90x video. I just did the Yoga and it still hurts to move and in places I never knew existed. Who knew yoga could be so intense! Does it get any easier???

Goals for this week...pretty much the same ones as last week. Stay within my points range and making a menu (which I did accomplish), but actually sticking to it ;)