Three on Thursday

1- We have dress rehersal for the winter dance recital tonight. I am excited to see the dances, but EVERY costume we have had to be fixed in some way. Straps broken, ribbon fraying, pants too long. More stress than I need. They are cute though so I will post pictures after the performance.

2- Christmas Cards are ready to be sent! I need addresses! Please post or email me yours if I don't have it. Specifically I need Andrea and Skip, Shelley, Amy and Levale. I am sure I will think of more, but I do have a few already

3- My time seems to be slipping out from under me. I hate that part of getting ready. My plan was to be packed today. We will see how close I get.

Look forward to the pics coming up for the dancers! Also, I have THE BEST Christmas morning planned! More to come...

10 for Tuesday--Getting Ready for Christmas

Lots to do. Lots to do. Here we go...backwards in the countdown to Christmas tradition.

10- Finish making the yummy treats for the neighbors and deliver them. (I have already devoted 2 full days to this adventure and I am still not done.)

9- Find 3-6 month size clothes in super disorganized storage unit. Clean out 0-3 month clothes in dresser. Open boxes, wash 3-6 month clothes, repack 0-3 month clothes, put 3-6 month clothes in dresser, take 0-3 month clothes to DI, storage unit, wherever. Repeat in 2 months. You understand. And right now is when he chooses to have the growth spurt. Not like I don't have anything to do this week. At least it comes with sleeping a lot.

8- Pick up Christmas cards and find envelopes. Write Christmas letter. Buy stamps. Address envelopes. Stick on stamps (genius who invented the "sticker" kind, my tongue thanks you). You may get a New Year Card this year instead of a Christmas Card. Consider yourself notified.

7- Continue to teach children they do not need to get EVERYTHING on their Christmas list and try not to be disappointed when you don't lesson. We are struggling with that this year.

6- Buy Christmas gifts from Mom and Dad. We got the Santa part covered--more on that later, but we can't combine the gifts, we realized or the kids might get suspicious. Not that that would be a bad thing. They are a little young though still. (RE Welcome to the worst day of your life via Andrea's blog reference to her friends take on Christmas songs)

5- Take the kids one at a time to buy gifts for their siblings. Super fun.

4- Dress Rehearsal for dance Thursday night. Dance recital Friday night. Buy tights, hair spray, white shoes to be painted orange, and bobby pins for bun. Learn how to put hair in a bun. (pics to come)

3- Finish making homemade gifts. Buy rest of items needed to make them. Wrap and deliver before we leave to CA and AZ on Saturday. (pics to follow but I don't want to spoil the surprise)

2- Pack for a 9 day adventure through 3 different climates. Finish laundry, find luggage in storage unit.

1- As if I was not busy enough, we get our monthly paycheck on Friday and the bills need to be paid BEFORE we leave on Saturday for our fun trip. (BTW This is usually an all day task.)

Let me just say, I love the holidays and even though I am super anxious about getting everything done, I wouldn't change it for the world! At least I have a working car, bills to pay(cause I have a place to live), and people I love to get Christmas ready for! Merry Christmas I hope you have a great holiday season!

10 for Tuesday-All about me

So here is a list of things you may or may not know about me. It is after all my Birthday and in my family it seems to last for more than one day.


1- I am the second of 7 kids and got to "play mom" a lot growing up. We lived in the country and so I was babysitting since I was 11. Grandma was next door if we needed her though so no worries.

2- I was involved in 4-H quite a bit. I took sewing and cooking. I also showed sheep, chickens and attempted to show a horse. My horse did not love me. You know you have a tough animal when your father who has taught you your whole life to never give up encourages you to maybe give up on your horse after the 10th or 11th time he has thrown you off.

3- I was a thespian in high school. Me? Drama? No way! I did mostly behind the scenes stuff but did act in a couple plays.

4- I was always jealous of people who got to take exotic vacations when I was in school, so instead I combined the 2 and went to an exotic location for school--twice! BYU-H and BYU Jerusalem. (I attended all the BYU's except the real one.)

5- I love to teach. My favorite callings have involved teaching: Sunday School or Relief Society. Not a huge fan of primary yet, the only one was Sunbeams so I have yet to really experience that. It was more like glorified babysitting. With a prayer.

6- I don't like babysitting. I love my kids and I love my nieces and nephews. I even don't mind my friends children. When I was a teenager though, I really disliked it. I very rarely got called again when I babysat for someone. I cleaned the house and took good care of the kids, but I did not enjoy it and I am sure it showed. There was one friend of my moms that I babysat for repeatedly, she was single and had 2 daughters. Super cute but little devils. I kept going back though because she had season tickets to the Capitol Theater in Salt Lake and took me as her plus 1 to all the plays. I guess I just needed the right motivation.

7- I love to cook. I enjoy food. I bake mostly, but I also love to try new things. I watch Food Network like most men watch the NFL. I know I am weird.

8- I am an avid reader but have to make myself not read so I can accomplish other things. In college I never let myself pick up a book because I would not study if I did. I can read a book quick. I read New Moon and Eclipse in 3 days.

9- I sell Mary Kay Cosmetics and have for 9 years! Holy cow that is a long time. I am a lifer.

10- I love Christmas more than any other time of the year. Let the candy making begin!

Dropping by...

Haven't spent much time on the computer as of late, but wanted you all to know I am still alive and will post more later! On that note, 4 more days until I turn 100!

Just Checking

Did I mention my birthday was coming?  I wasn't sure if I had said anything so I thought I better.  Not that I am excited about getting older.  

Lisha--"Hey guess who's birthday is next."

Luke--"Christmas?"

Lisha--"No mine!"

Luke--"You are going to be 100."  

Nice.  Gotta make you feel good about yourself.  

3 Months Old and LAUGHING!

That's right, the little butter ball started laughing on Friday.  My mom was jabbering with him and tickling him and he full on laughed!  It has yet to be repeated with as much intensity, but it happened and it was super cute!  I am not sure if he is supposed to be laughing yet, but it was so fun to hear his sweet little voice.  Once it happens more regularly I will post a little video for you to hear.  For now here are some pictures.  Please excuse the bad quality, they are from my phone and he does not hold still very well.  His latest "toy" is his hands.  He is always sucking on them so getting these pics with out the hand in front of his face was a challenge by itself.  

Enjoy!  I love this baby more and more everyday.  He is becoming quite the little charmer.  

Holding Pattern

Why is it that everything delicious about Thanksgiving dinner is a starch? Stuffing, homemade rolls, mashed potatoes, even gravy is made with flour. As you may or may not remember, I joined LA Weight Loss. Things are going along pretty well. I am stuck in a holding pattern these last few weigh ins right around the 200 lb. mark. I cannot seem to get below it. I need something great to happen to push me over that edge. Thanksgiving was NOT it. The way the diet works is by counting servings in each food group. I am allowed 5 starches per day. On a normal day I do ok. Every once in a while I eat a turkey burger with no bun, but I mostly can eat the food I do normally with little adjustment. Not on Thanksgiving. I made it a point to NOT eat one single starch until THE MEAL. I was not even able to eat everything on the table without going over 5. I skipped the yams. I love them, but I couldn't do it. I must admit, I did have a piece of pie which is not on my meal plan, but like I was taught, it is ONE day. 

Sticking to that ONE day mentality is getting more difficult though. Christmas goodies are starting to pop up. I enjoy making them too. I need some serious motivation right now. My birthday is coming too and I would love nothing more than to drop Below that horrible spot on the scale. Any great ideas? I am open to anything right now. The worst thing would be for me to gain weight. I would not be able to handle that I am afraid.