Huge July BlowUp!

I guess it really isn't a fitting title, it actually sounds more like a sales ad slogan. There has just already been so much that has happened in July that it blows my mind! First the bad. Our good friend Ben got in a motorcycle accident. He cut an antelope in half. Rather impressive if he wouldn't have suffered so much damage from the stunt. He was in the twist west of Vernal, a place where you never see antelope. All in all he is lucky. Two-weeks later he is still in the hospital with broken ribs and a head injury that puts him on an emotional roller coaster. Now it isn't a secret that Ben and I have never been close, he is more Blaine's friend, and we have our difference's of opinion. But if you want to have a heated conversation about gun control, politics, or the state of our nation, he is the one to have it with. He is an amazing writer and a truly loyal friend. We are all praying he will get better fast so that he can come home soon!

Second, the good news. My sister Karen can't have a baby. She is unable to have children of her own accord. So unlike me that can get pregnant at the drop of a hat, she has gone through a constant struggle of knowing there is something out there she can't do, no matter how hard she tries. So she filled her life with travel with her husband and a really successful career in real estate. She owns two ReMax offices and was always right near the top of the list of selling agents. She outwardly appeared to have it all, but deep inside she knew something was missing. She knew she wanted to be a mother. So, they started looking at adoption. She has had so many ups and downs in the process, and it seemed heart ache after heart ache. But still she continued on. And finally this month, she recieved a call from her social worker saying a birth mother had chosen her to adopt her baby. This is such a spiritual experience I won't go into all the details here. But know that this little tiny girl was sent to this earth to be Karen and Darren's baby. She just took a different route to get to them. She is so tiny and precious and has a head full of dark hair. She has forever changed the life of my sister. And I sit in awe of the wonderful plan of our Heavenly Father and how he can take the mistake of one young woman and use it to bless some one else. I am humbled and grateful for selfless people who know when to give their child more than they themselves could.

And on that note I will end this blog for today. I hope you all had a great 4th of July and remembered how lucky we are to live in this wonderful nation.

Sherbet

Executive. . . . It does have a nice ring. . . . .

In June, I helped promote my first team mate to District Manager! Way to go Shanae! This makes me Executive District Manager! I am not sure what cool incentives this holds for me other than a cooler title, but I am excited none the less. I have to add in here, the momentum is slowing a little, but still going great! I love that this business will be the key to getting out of debt faster. It is just amazing!

On a sad note, Blaine will no longer be teaching. It just doesn't pay enough, and working 3 jobs just isn't working out. He will start with Western Petroleum in a couple weeks and will have a significant pay raise. It will be nice and maybe we can get ahead and get our own house.

Happy July 4th in a few days! May it be full of candy from parades, BBQ's of good food and much time spent with friends and family!

It has Finally Happened!!

On this day, June 27, 2008, an historic event happened some time between 6:00-6:30 AM. I came down stairs to find my dear sweet husband on the couch, cell phone in hand. At first look I thought maybe he was just checking his messages. But no, could it be? Has he finally done it? No? Yes! Yes! Yes he has figured it out! He has done it! He has changed his voicemail message! He has changed his voicemail message from his apologetic wife telling people he hates his phone to a typical-no-nonsense-I-can-be-taken-seriously-type phone message! I can hardly believe it! Is he finally growing up? Is he stepping out of the dark ages and accepting the fact that cell phones will inevitably be a part of his life, forever, F-O-R-E-V-E-R! It almost brings a tear to my eye.....

Here's to you Sandman!

So, I don't want to be a slacker and neglect my blogging duties, so here is a post.

Now, I am at a loss for books to read. I know I could peruse the shelf of bittercreek and find something, and I am waiting to borrow the Host by Stephenie Meyer, but until then I must rely on books I already own. Now I am not saying I don't have some great books, and that I don't like to read them, they just go by so much faster the second or more times you read them. I curse Blaine for not knowing where he put Books one of the Bartimaeous trilogy, as that is my favorite by far, and so reading that series is out of the question, or even passing it on to others who would enjoy. And so I find myself, with the near release of the movie, rereading the Spiderwick Chronicles with my boys. They have enjoyed them and are attempting to read them themselves, but I have also read aloud some of the parts of it, and found myself once again wishing that this series of books would have been fleshed out a bit more and made into the amazing books they could have been. I am not saying I don't like them, I do love this series and it is an amazingly easy read (come on, my 8 year old boys are reading them) but to see the potential these stories hold to become an amazing saga taunts me. I feel the stories could have been sooo much more but will just have to deal with the reader's digest version that is here.
Anyway, I am on the 3rd book and am realizing the movie hacked this book in dumb ways. It would not have been that hard to follow the story, especially with what they did with the story in the movie, but instead they changed and complicated some uncomplicated parts. And once again, I am finding that I like the books, for the story, much better. And I like the movie, for the entertainment value, just as well, but in a different way.

I think the next book I will reread will be the Artemis Fowl series because I like the authors take on dwarves. It intrigues me and I would like to see that made into a movie, or even a series of movies, but who knows. I have to say that even though it would intrigue me to see Bartimaeous made into a movie, I think it would be half-hearted attempt and that they wouldn't be able to capture the true essence of the character or the whole over all story. It would in my opinion be worse than the Harry Potter hack-job-of-a-movie (and I like them, again for the entertainment value, but of course the books are WAY better).

And now I feel as though I have taken on the persona of Lisle, and have made my very own version of his form letter, and laid it all out for everyone. I hope you enjoyed it just a smidgen as much as I enjoy Lisle's, as I can only dream of being as great of a writer as him.

Toast to Lisle and all the mystery contained there in!

Sherbet

Swirling around in time

Time is speeding up and swirling around me. I missed half of what I was supposed to do last week. Okay mostly it is swirling around me cuz I am still trying to get organized. But I am getting better. I just need to be better now!
We still haven't gotten our stimulus check, and I am still trying to wait patiently. I hope all is well with all of you and that life is just exciting enough.
Sherbet

I did it!!!!!

On May 31st at 9:30 PM MT I promoted to District Manager!!! I am so excited I am on cloud nine and can hardly believe i made it here. Blaine says it is because I went forward with intention and made it happen, but it came down to the wire. I think it is because I got a new shirt that says Arbonne on the front, and it brought me good luck! Either way I am soooo excited and am now shooting for Area Manager! My goal is to go into qualification for it this month. I also have 6 New Awesome Biz Builders under me! This is insane and going sooooooooo fast I feel like my head is spinning! But in a good way!

Hold on tight! I am on my way!!!!!!

Sherbet

Busy May

I can hardly believe May is winding down. So much has happened.

Adam and Austin were baptised and it was great. We had so many people come and it was awesome. I can remember when they were just tiny and now they are in cub scouts.

Blaine had another b-day.

Blaine and I had our 9th anniversary. It is weird. Sometimes I feel like we have been together forever, and nine years is just not long enough, and at the same time I feel like we are still just starting out together. He really is my best friend, and even though life sometimes is hard there is no one I would rather go through it with.

And finally I am promoting to District Manager this month with Arbonne! I will start Area Manager qualifications in June and should finish it up in July!!! This is going so fast I can hardly believe it!!!

Hope all is well with you out there!

Sherbet