I Kept Going.....kind of.

Second dance lesson. Oh my word !!!!! I AM SO OUT OF SHAPE!!!!! Two hours of dancing... I used to be able to go for hours. I'm so going to get back in shape. I have to do it for myself. Well, if I'm honest I have to do it for my family too. For my grandbabies (of which I have none at the moment). I hate that I have let myself go, but as they say I didn't get this way over night and it won't come off over night. I have to stay patient with myself.
Day 3 tomorrow!!!!!

If I'm Dancing I'm Living

First Ballroom Dancing Class. I can't believe I hadn't done this sooner. I felt more joy, more healthy and had more fun than I have had in a very long time.

Next class Thursday. So looking forward to it.

17 days until my girl is home. Almost two months until Matt is in the MTC. Going on a little over a month that Mark has been without a job. I have yet to figure out where to start with the down sizing. Especially since I don't know where I am moving.

Everyday is positive, I have to remember that.

Happy 4th

What a wonderful day. Sunshine, BBQ , cool pool, family and a nap. Looking forward to shakes later on. Its just Me, Mark, Matt and Nana for the holiday. Just a little bit a go, Matt came to see where I was. I was right here on my computer so he laid down on my bed while I was typing and now he's snoring. I love it.
Nicole will be home in 18 days and Matt will be going into the MTC on the 31st of August. Still don't know where we are moving.
I take a breath and the wait.

Limbo Sucks

I really don't like not knowing where we're going to live. Today Mark added another possible location. San Fran...... not sure how I feel about this. I've only been there once and wasn't looking at it as a place I could actually live someday.
So the positive side to this is, my husband is talented and experienced enough to have options.
Really trying to be ok with all this.

Not A Cloud In The Sky

I remember lying on the grass when I was little and watching the shapes the clouds made as they went by. Mississippi skies makes for some killer cloud watching. It was a very rare day to not have any clouds. Those days were noticed for sure.
Today as I floated in the pool, looking up at a vast amount of blue, I missed the skies of my childhood. I wanted to see monkeys (don't know why, but I always saw monkeys), whales and bears go floating by me today.
I wanted to think about riding my bike down to the Army Ditches, playing on swinging vines in the woods and not having to be home until the street lights came on. I wanted to smell summer smells like; mowed grass and wild onions, Daddy frying catfish and hush puppies under the car port and the sweet air coming though my window at night.
Blue skies are overhead and the future is wide open these days. I'm a grown up now, but I'm still looking for Monkeys in the sky.

Dr Nicole

Enjoying Karen and family. Playing cards, eating good food.
As far as the new job situation is going, it is looking more and more like San Diego. I guess we'll just have to see.
On another note Nicole called to say she is fairly certain she will end up with a 4.0. So proud of my girl.

I'm A Cool Aunt

More family arrived today. The Lewis Family, which consists of, Phil, Karen, Paige (15)and Ridge (11). Plus, with them came one of my other nieces Haily (12) Scott and Jill's daughter.
Paige and I have been very close her whole life. From the time she was a baby, she and I have always had a special bond. It has long been a tradition that when ever we saw one another we would have a day just the two of us.
In just the last few years Hailey and I have started to do the same thing. So, with both of them here, I was soon cornered and asked if we could have a day together just the three of us. I love that no matter the years that have past my Paigie still loves to hang out with her Aunt Paula. Hailey too, i think looks forward to it.
How fun to still be consider "Fun".