I should be on top of the world...

I should be on top of the world... really, I should be!!!

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I am so blessed, and I am so thankful for all of the blessings I have been given.

I am!!!

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But I am just not on top of my game the past few days.

I don't know if it is winter blues, or just laziness, or burnt out (not sure what I would be burnt out from).

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But I am so not motivated!!

I always refer to it as falling in a hole.

I really hate being in the hole. I try to pretend I don't know how I got down here, but I think I really do know. I have learned that nobody can throw down a rope or send down a ladder; but that I have to find my own way out of the hole.

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About 8 years ago I was going through some really hard times. I had just joined the LDS church, and I was being faced with many struggles and trials that were tearing at my family. Everything I tried to make things better, just wasn't working. I just kept doing the same things over and over, and the results were always the same.

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I was told this story, and I have never forgotten it.

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One day a lady was walking down the street, she falls in a hole. She doesn't know how she got there, or how she will get out. Eventually she finds her way out.

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The next day the lady is walking down the street, she falls in a hole. She remembers this hole, but still doesn't know how she got down here, or how she will ever get out. Eventually she finds her way out.

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The next day the lady is walking down the street, she falls in a hole. She realized how she got down there, but doesn't know how she will ever get out. Eventually she finds her way out.

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The next day the lady is walking down the street, she falls in a hole. She knows how she got down there this time, but doesn't know how she will ever get out. Eventually she finds her way out.

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The next day the lady is walking down the street, she falls in a hole. She knows exactly how she got there. And knows just how to get out this time.

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The next day the lady walks down a different street!

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My brother used to tease me, that I was hard headed and was down in the hole decorating and putting up curtains!

SPT ~ The first thing that attracted me to you was...

SPT ~ The first thing that attracted me to you was...

Your voice!

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We hadn't met yet, you were living in Seattle, I was living in Sacramento... we both worked for my fathers trucking company. We would dispatch trucks hauling freight between the two locations. We had so many conversations on the phone... all business. And one day I asked my sister who worked with you... all about you. I knew some of your family, you sounded pretty cute, and I knew I really liked your work ethics, but most of all, your voice... I loved hearing your voice. It was deep and very distinctive. I always knew it was you on the other end of the line, and it always made me smile.

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So one day, I wanted to know more about you, and I just got really brave, mustered up ALL my courage and asked if I could call you at home sometime? Your immediate answer, "NO, (my heart sunk to the bottom of my toes) but if you give me your number, I will call you" (... and he has standards, AHHHHH!!!... I think I was hooked right then).

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Every phone call over the next month and a half we grew closer and closer, we talked about anything and everything, I knew everything I needed to know about you, and I was head over heals, until we finally met face to face at the airport (back when you could meet me at the gate), and we hugged for the 1st time June 7th 1991. It was my big brothers birthday, and I flew home to surprise him. I will never ever forget the 1st hug, I leaped into your arms and you caught me and hugged me back and we blocked the whole isle. It was like I knew you all my life.

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Yep, you had me at hello!

Valentines Day Part II...

My Strong Silent Mysterious Man was so thoughtful for Valentines Day this year... the crab Thursday, dinner out Friday, and Saturday a Dinner Dance at the church with the live band.

And he took this self photo, and danced with me! Just over the top, and so sweet!!

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I have so many really cute pictures, but can only post a few. I didn't get permission from everyone, and I am hearing some really creepy things on the news happening with sharing sites. I might just go private with my blog after some of the things I have heard. It makes me sad. But I would never ever want to put anyone in jeapordy of internet fraud.

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But here are some of the highlights from the Dinner Dance Saturday Night.

First it was for our Stake and there was a huge turn out... like 450 people. That has to be a record here. We had a host couple at each table and they would cook the main dish and then assignments were given to everyone they invited to their table. There were some single tables, and even a table from our little branch out in the country... they drive like 1.5 hours to come to events at our stake center.

The theme was to dress in your favorite decade... of course my strong silent mysterious man said he was dressing in what ever decade made levis and t-shirts popular. He was already being so good, I couldn't expect everything to be perfect could I?

My bff and her hubby... they were our hosts (trying to be all serious in their photo... afterall nobody smiled in the 30's photographs).

Sonny and Cher... or Billy Ray Cirus look alike... loved the bell bottoms.

These jackets were too cute!
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And then a couple of my blogger friends... thanks for letting me post your photo's!
Such a fun night!