Our Backyard Sunsets...again!

I have a weak spot for beautiful sunsets, and so often see them, but never have my camera with me or at the right time. Last night I was coming home in the car, saw yet another beautiful sunset and by the time I got home, got my camera, I almost MISSED it. It's still pretty, just not at it's glory!

THEY SAY BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN...

I finally had to take some pictures of these monkeys up in the palm trees. I see them everyday that I go to the gym, heading down Oro Grande. They make me smile. These monkeys are soft and cushy, they play up in the trees all day long, they're quiet, they don't eat much, and honestly, they don't have a care in the world! Who says blondes have more fun? This red-head and brunettes seem to be having a great time!

"And They Called it Puppy Love...."

Remember that Donny Osmond song from the seventies??? "And they called it puppy love...", No some of you probably don't, but I loved it back in the day...Here is Malia letting Jack give her a lick! Jack is such a sweet dog and he loves to give kisses. Jack isn't even partial to who he kisses...if you're a "willing participant" he is a "willing giver"....

My New Prescription Glasses & RX Sunglasses

So, on Sunday on our way TO meeting my glasses just decided to break in half...and it wasn't in the frame, but it was the glass itself...ACK, I really need my glasses to read...but since we had such a large union meeting in Blythe, there was no need to do much reading, so I was o.k. :-) So, I got an appointment here in town and was in TWO new pair of glasses by Wednesday afternoon. Have never had prescription sunglasses, I was amazed at how good I could see! I guess I didn't realize how I WASN'T seeing through my old sunglasses! That's an interesting thought, because I thought I was seeing just fine??!!?

25 Random Things about Me...

1. I'm not named after anyone at all.
2. I like to exercise...especially walking.
3. I have 4 children...2 boys and 2 girls and one set of twins. My parents had 8 children, 4 boys, 4 girls and two sets of twins.
4. Anna (our oldest) told me at 4 years old that I had two babies in my tummy BEFORE I ever went to the doctor or knew I was having twins! ( I was pregnant but didn't know I was having twins...she somehow knew) :-)
5. I'm not a big book reader...I find it a guilty pleasure. I think I have to have EVERYTHING done b4 I read.
6. I don't mind cleaning house. Makes me feel good to have it done.
7. I've never tasted alcohol, tried to smoke a cigarette or ever taken drugs. Ewww...even in my young, rebellious days!
8. I'm not a real animal lover...I tolerate them because my family loves them. We have one little dog thats very quiet, and a good boy...but I still feel this way.
9. I love to sleep.
10. I am 50 years old.
11. I love to scrapbook and make cards.
12. I tend to be perfectionistic, but am doing better on that one...
13. I don't like to be COLD...thats why I love living in Arizona.
14. I've been to Hawaii 15 times.
15. In the Olympics I love watching gymnastics and ice-skating.
16. Gymnastics was my favorite part of gym in school.
17. When I was a senior I got a 4.0 gpa (Only happened one year) ha.
18. I enjoy playing games with my family and friends. Especially card games.
19. My hair started turning gray after I had our twins.
20. I love to go hiking.
21. In two years we may be "empty-nesters" (scary thought)
22. Our "babies" (twins) turned 16 last October.
23. My father died when I was only 15 (of cancer), my mother died when I was 21 (of cancer).
24. I love the Truth and am thankful I was raised in it.
25. I hiked the Grand Canyon two years ago...it was 20 miles or so.

EAT A FROG

"If the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning is eat a live frog, then nothing worse can happen for the rest of the day!"

Brian Tracy says that your "frog" should be the most difficult item on your things to do list, the one you're most likely to procrastinate; because, if you eat that first, it'll give you energy and momentum for the rest of the day. But, if you don't...and let him sit there on the plate and stare at you while you do a hundred unimportant things, it can drain your energy and you won't even know it.