funny & happy - happy - happy!

Thought this was hilarious . . .

Wait ----- where are my 2010 chonies in this picture?!

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And this sister of mine who [big huge huff] looks younger than me:

She's running the 1/2 marathon [kindof with me - same course] tomorrow!!

awesome.  happy. happy. happy.

The next one [the big one] - we run together!  A "biological sister-hood" run!

Now, if we could just get mom and dad to call in "sick" to work at the temple... hmmmmmmmm

Terms of Endearment

So I had almost finished writing a post about stress.  Where, in part, I mostly asked [ok, begged] you all [I use that term loosely] about how to DE-stress.

As I don't have time for one of these:

Would have to clean my bathtub to use some of these:

Can't run [which is pretty much the only way I know how to de-stress] today because in two days, I'm running another one of these [stupid human races]:

And I'm almost that desperate .... that I was about to try whatever it is she is doing:

 

She just looks peacefully weird, doesn't she?!?

But then MY Mom text saying "how's your knee?"

Then I think I went into full panic attack mode or maybe I passed out, I don't remember.  I just remember awakening to another text that read, "I have more prednisone". 

[picture the heaven's opening and harps being played]

She had me at, "hello" -- "I have"

It oddly reminded me of Shirley MacLaine line, in Terms of Endearment, "my daughter is in pain .... give my daughter the shot!" [okay, fully realize that was random].

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I'd still love any comments on how to de-stress.  As I'm quite sure, I'll end up divored if I run a step between February and June.

butt crack of dawn

this is a portion [of the phrase] the Pita says to me 3 days a week.  [I'm choosing not to tell you exactly how he uses it.]

I love dawn.  sunrises even over sunsets, for me.  and I am a sunset - f r e a k .  Or I may just be a freak --- hmmmm --- I'll think on that later.

Life & my day just seems more real, raw, spiritual [in the thinking sense], better organized & [gasp]  c a l m - when I wake up at the butt crack of dawn.

And as an added bonus the butt crack of dawn fairy brought me rain as well!

Just wish she'd bring me photography lessons - next time.  awesome new fancy camera.  not-so-sweet photographer.

No, we're never gonna survive unless . .

 . . . We are a little

. . . c r a z y .

[or a lot]

Ya, um so I signed up for another marathon.  It's on Saturday.  Yes, this Saturday.  Yes, Mom, that's 3 marathons in two months and pretty please don't tell Dr. Rada. 

BUT . .

If I can run fast enough.  I can get guaranteed entry into NYC.  Which is like the best gift - - e v e r .  And like the little engine that could . .  I just really "think I can".  I very well, may fail, but heck, at least I gave it a shot, right?

And seriously, if I can have this much fun doing it [mile 25.4 from December marathon; Tucson]:

Why not?

My Dad - Happy 71st!

MY Dad - okay so he might have other children but he'll always be [just] MY Dad [to me].

I love the story my Mom wrote in my baby book [cliffnotes version]:

Gordon just took Emily out to look at the stars [age 3-3.5].  Emily said she could touch them.  To which Gordon replied, "Well I don't think so - they are pretty far away".  Emily sat there for a few seconds then looked at Gordon and very matter of factly said, "I'll just stand on your shoulders then."

I still feel the same way today.  I can do anything with the love, care, support of MY Dad.

Just a few of my fondest memories:

• Playing scissors on FHE night
• Going for run/walks at night
• Father's blessings
• Father's interviews [ok-they may have not been my favorite then but .... ]
• Him ordering his grrr, grrr, greeeeeen burro at Los Compadres
• swimming with us in his sweet black framed glasses
• fire pit marshmallow cooking on Turkey Day Eve
• watching crocodile Dundee like every 3rd day
• watching sports with him
• when he brought home the stretching machine from work one day because he "touched his toes" after using it once.  Never used it again.
• yelling for me at volleyball games
• twig races in Logan
• telling me, "don't be sa critical"
• him telling me I hadn't broken my arm on the trampoline when I really had. [one BIG point for me!]
• the "where's Emily" game.  awesome.
• yard work
• hearing his friends call him "twinkle toes"
• Not going camping. ;)
• always coming home right at 5pm.  If it got to be 5:05pm - I'd start praying instantly, as I knew this must mean he was in a car accident.
• My wedding day - walking me down the aisle.  I'm lucky.  I was married twice. ;)
• having a dad that'd make a fool of himself in front of my friends.  I'd ASK him too.  Please do the band majorette thing dad - please, please, pleeease!

I adore MY Dad.

in this little brain

My random thoughts of the day.

• I really want to know who left these:

• I want to know why [more often than not] the camera catches me looking confused.

•  a n d  - possibly why the camera also catches other people looking at me like I'm confusing them too!
• wondering how rain water got in my sliding door in my office.   The door currently does not open [thanks to our little burglars].
• if installing rain gutters is worth it for the two days it rains here.
• if my bro & sisters are having as hard of a time finding dad a b-day gift as me.
• if my dad is going to send me an Obama hater email today.  My day feels odd without it.
• if one day I should spend a night without the Pita or Peanut.  odd thing is I don't really want to.
• if I'll ever find a real [old school] typewriter for Peanut.
• if my neighbor can hear me sing in my office.
• if Shauna is close to having her baby.
• that I can't believe I'm being released from being Primary sec.
• if Peanut will like it that I'll now be with her at achievement days.
• is it going to rain more or can I go get my car washed?
• umm ya, I should probably go get Chuy from the front yard.

what?  It only took me 15 minutes to write this.  he's a dog.  he's fine.

got your back

guilty.  I've always been a Sandra Bullock fan.  But after Sunday's Golden Globes - - - even more so.

She said something that struck a cord with me:

"Family isn't just who you're born to, related to or what color you are.  It's who's got your back." 

Who's got your back?  Who's got your back?  Who's got your back? 

I loved this.  simple.  straight forward.  true.

She didn't add:

• when convenient
• when you have a moment
• as long as you see things eye to eye
• as long as they are nice
• as long as they appreciate it
• as long as they acknowledge it
• as long as they are doing what's right
• as long as they do the same for you tomorrow [or ever]

That thought kept going through my mind, for two reasons.

1.  I realized how lucky blessed I am to have so many people in my life who I know  with certainty .. have "my back".
2.  I realized how much I want to be the girl people know has their back.

I'm sure there are other greater compliments to strive for in life but this is the one I'll be working on [for now].