Ok, so I haven't posted in awhile. I have felt like death warmed over for the last week and a half. Bronchitis has stolen both mine and Miranda's good moods. I am so glad that David doesn't have it, which is unusual as he usually gets it twice as fast and twice as bad as us. I am looking forward to the temperatures rising and this bug burning itself out soon.

In between coughing fits I am trying to get our belongings sorted through. Not only does it need to happen for our move but our ward is having a recycling event so we are hoping our goods make it to the hands of those who really need it. There are so many in our ward out of work right now. It is really scarry. We feel so blessed as we are still doing quite well while so many are not. We want to share and hope that our stuff makes it where it really needs to be.

I so appreciate all those who blog regularly. While maybe not really productive, blog checking really helps me feel connected to other women. So thanks to all of you.

My big fun at the moment is looking forward to a few days in Chicago with Sandra in about 4 weeks. I haven't seen her since our kids were all small, and she only had two. I am so ready for a couple girl days. Thanks for letting me come Sandra.

Here is hoping that all of you are enjoying better health than I am. And here is to an early spring for all of us.

My facebook 25 Random things about me list

1. I have had 33 addresses in 7 states, including Alaska, in 3 out of 4 corners of the US since I was 19.
2. I have seen a shepherd on the Mount of Olives and crossed the Sea of Galilee.
3. My favorite jobs were part time Nanny and parking toll booth operator at the University of Utah.
4. I once owned my own business. It failed but I loved every minute of it.
5. I love to cook but hate cleanup. I have an automatic dishwasher yet oddly my dishes are never automatically washed.
6. I usually wake up between 4 and 5:30 even on my days off. I was a night owl all my life until about 5 years ago. Some cosmic switch was flipped and now I am a morning person.
7. My favorite color is, was, and always will be Purple.
8. I want to retire on a Harley.....a purple one. Parked at a small home near the Oregon coast.
9. I grow tomatoe JUNGLES...in big red pots. I have a 3 tiered herb garden. Except for the bending and weeding and bugs, I love gardening. There is nothing better than eating a tomato you grew yourself, or a raspberry, cherry, pumpkin etc. Last year I grew 5 pumpkins. Well, they grew themselves out of my compost pile.
10. My favorite smell in the whole world is a campfire.
11. I own a hooded black and red velvet Wiccan Priestess robe. It is heavy and luxurious. It keeps me warm on cool Halloweens. The Purple one came out the next year, D___it.
12. I have bungee jumped off a bridge in Canada.
13. I am a netflix junkie, which is what I do between 4 and 7am.
14. I have a tattoo (yes, get over it) that I got in my wild impetuous 30's. I am quiet and conservative most of the time and I don't seem like the Harley tattoo type but she is under there somewhere. She is also the one with that Red Headed temper which doesn't rise to the surface very often.
15. The first boy I dated and the first boy I loved live 25 and 3 miles from our new house respectively. One of them will be in my ward. My husband is certian that he will be our new home teacher. That would be very wierd for me.
16. I inject white goo into pink puckers (among other orifices) for a living.
17. I have the funniest, sweetest, and smartest cat and dog. Gadget and Rusty (Long haired minature daschund).
18. My first marriage lasted 3 days, which was also my age (In years). He broke up with me in sunday school.
19. My first crush, if you don't count my first marriage, lasted longer than most of my adult relationships. 1st grade to 4th. He is a resteraunteur in Moab now.
20. I once lived in a dairy barn (converted) and had dolphins in my front yard. Real, wild ones.
21. I saw a whale in the wild on my 30th birthday.
22. If I could travel anywhere it would be Italy and Greece, then New Zealand and French Polynesia.
23. I love off shore fishing. I have caught salmon, halibut, and rock fish among others. We were on a party boat last year with a loud obnoxious bragging group of young men who were boasting that they were going to win the boat pool for the largest fish caught and that we could all just hand them the money right then. They were very quiet when the captian handed the money to me. ;)
24. I love flowers. I have so many favorites it is ridiculous to call them my favorites.
25. My proudest accomplishment is my sweet, considerate, big hearted little girl, who isn't so litlte any more.