Oh my neglected blog

I need to make this more of a priority, but then again, does anyone care?
I'm halfway through my 2nd round and boy temptation, temptation, temptation! Yes on occasion I have given in, but I do try to refrain. Things could be better, but then so could my will power.

Thanksgiving was awesome as always out at the Wensel home. Missing two of our favorite boys, but we did take lots of pics and wrote Christmas cards for them that we sent out a few days ago in a care package, so they will love that.

Things in general are ok, could be better, but I'll take them as they come. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, but boy there are some days where I think it will kill me! Positive thoughts, positive thoughts....

Ausha had her birthday party last Saturday and it was a success! It was Hello Kitty themed pool party and the girls had an absolute blast! It is so scary to think that my little girl is going to be six. Oh my how the time has flown and all the things that have happened in the last 6 years!

Now it's time to get ready for Christmas......

Another Round

So I started another round of HCG yesterday and oh my gosh the gorge days are hard! They sound easy and somewhat fun, but by golly they are not. It's hard to eat everything and anything unhealthy in a 24 hour period when you feel like puking but it has to be done. I'm really excited for this round and I should complete it by the end of the year or when I reach my target weight for this round. I'm doing an extra 10-15 days, for a total of around 40-45 days, so wish me luck!

Therapy

This blog is very therapeutic and I would die if it left me. This is my journal for the whole world to see to share in my happiness, my sadness, trials, and accomplishments, and all the crap in between.

So here is the latest. I am starting another round of HCG tomorrow and I can't wait. I feel and look so much better, I can't wait for this next installment and what that will bring. I will be finished at the end of the year, so I couldn't be more excited.

Boys are still a constant struggle in my life. I have what i need/want in 2 people but can't ever find one with both. So I will keep one, remain only friends with the other one and call it a day. Go me.

Ausha has already planned her birthday party for next month. She wants a pool party Bratz themed. Help me now! Pool I can do, Bratz are gonna be the death of me. It will be fun though and that's the most important thing. My wonderful daughter is gonna be 6- holy cow! Time sure does fly by and for the most part it has all been really fantastically good times.

Where is the warm weather?

So Cali and Vegas were a complete blast! The weather was amazing and I never wanted to come home.

While in Cali, I got a makeover and have since started wearing makeup full time. Crazy I know- the natural, tomboy has turned in to a full time girl! Oh the many people that thought that day would never come. We spent a day at Balboa Island, which I highly recommend- the beach is fantastic and it's super clean, refreshing and quiet. We went on a dolphin tour in the Pacific Ocean which was lots of fun- saw tons of dolphins and a couple whales. We spent a day at Disney and a day at California Adventure and Ausha was finally tall enough to ride Space Mountain! She didn't like it but I liked that she was able to go on it. My baby is getting so tall! Then one day we went to the Aquarium of the pacific in Long Beach and that was a lot of fun. I love aquariums and anything having to do with the ocean. My dream is to live in a tent on the beach somewhere warm.

Then Vegas. Ahhh.... Vegas. We got the hookup from one of Stella's tenants and free money from Verizon, so it was well worth it. The LMFAO concert was outstanding! I have decided that more concerts need alcohol and dancing. We danced our asses off and had a blast.

Definitely one of the best shows I've seen in a long time. They need to come to SLC though.
Life is crazy, hectic, chaotic, overwhelming and frustrating right now, but I know that this too shall pass. Just not soon enough. So much with so little but I've started looking a few days ahead instead of day of, and each new day brings new adventures. It's kinda tough right now to be positive, but you have to do it.
Until next time.....

A Wedding and time for an update

So it's been quite awhile since I last confessed my sins. Things are much better in every aspect of my life thanks to mom & Becky for being there- and lots has happened over the last almost 2 months.

I had a birthday weekend in Park City that was completely amazing and had lots of good friends to share it with. I was glad that I got to reconnect with some long lost friends and connect with new ones.

My cousin got married a few weeks ago and she was absolutely beautiful! She moved to Idaho yesterday to start her new life as a wife and step mom and I wish her all the best.

I am happy to report that I found my missing camcorder now time to start those home movies up again (not those kind) and to develop the pics on it. Now if I can only find the charger....

We leave for our annual Disneyland trip on Thursday and I can't be more thrilled to get the hell out of here! Then the following weekend I will be in Vegas for the LMFAO concert at the House of Blues. Good times are in store and it's about damn time!

Oh yeah, I love boys in skinny jeans!

I love my life

Ok, so I was having an extrememly hard time with life a few weeks back, and I am happy to say that everything has gone back to normal and I am feeling much better.
Last weekend my friend Becky, her husband Chris, Pie and myself came up to Park City for the weekend to get away.

Friday night, Chris watched Pie while Becky and I went out for a night on the town. Oh my hell I have never had so much fin in my life! We started at a martini bar, went to an Irish bar, had some boys pick us up, take us to another bar and bought us drinks and they were overall cool guys. I drank way to much and was asked by the cute one, Brian if we needed a ride. Becky said no and he watched us stumble back to our hotel. Good times. I was so hungover Saturday I could hardly move from the couch and wore my sunglasses all day.

Later Saturday we went to a ho-down in Oakley which was alright. Tons of people, hot guys came late, but us girls left early. They had a live band which was Chris' uncle, so Pie was dancing all night and had some boy dance with her and she of course made new friends.

Becky and I then went out and had an awesome time in Park City bar hopping. That is when I met flannel skinny jeans hat boy who is amazing!

Things are really starting to look up!

A new day

So a few weeks ago was extremely tough for me and I didn't care about anything. A week has passed and I feel much better, and I have accepted things for what they are and I am trying to change a few things. Thank you to all the people that helped with encouraging words, hours of support, listened to me and gave me your time that I so desperately needed. I don't know what I would have done with out you!

I have started the HCG diet and since Tuesday, I have lost 9.8 lbs. I feel good, I look better and I'm seeing the results I want to see, so that helps me stay focused.

Oh if everything else could fall into place life would be perfect....

I need a Miracle

So shit has finally hit the fan in my life. I am overstressed due to one aspect in my life right now and things have got to change. I can't do this anymore & it's not worth it. I am depressed and I don't like it. I don't care about anything anymore. The important things in my life are no longer important. I hate that something has this big of a hold and has sucked the life out of me. What I thought would be something good has become my demise. I hate the person I have become because of this.

It's because of this that I have decided that I have 3 weeks to find a new job, I have to have 'me time' again, and I have to be the best parent I can be for my child. I am so lost right now and very confused. My feelings are non existent, and I beat myself up daily for the things that have gone on this week.

Some days I think I should be committed.....

Surgery Madnees!

On Monday Ausha was to have some routine procedures done- a T & A (tonsil and adenoid ectomy) and a bilateral ureteral reimplantation (her ureter tubes are too short causing continuous UTI's if she is not on antibiotics, which can then cause kidney damage since all the urine is not draining out properly.) She was in surgery at 11 am and that lasted 3 hours and were told if all goes well we could leave Tuesday. Everything went smooth and her old ureter tubes looked healthy so they did not put any drainage tubes in them. I went to see her in recovery and things were not well. She never really came out of the anesthesia and she was comatose for the rest of the day and part of Tuesday. Nether one of us slept Monday night since the morphine would startle her and she would wake up saying crazy things.

Tuesday she was still in the comatose state, not really waking up for more then 30 seconds at a time, and complaining that her stomach hurt. her stomach and eyelids were puffy and that's not normal. She was also running a temperature, her heart rate was up and she was not breathing well enough on her own. They put her on oxygen for the day, kept her medicated with the morphine and switching it to the lortab, but nothing seemed to get better. She went for a walk to the nurses desk 10 feet from her room and that wiped her out, they took the catheter out hoping that she would urinate on her own every half hour or so. She had not urinated on her own in over 3 hours, so they put the catheter back in and all the urine came out. She was not eating but keeping very well hydrated, so that was a bit concerning. They said we would not be leaving until Wednesday now so that they could figure out what was going on and get her better. Later that night they had her do an ultrasound on her kidneys to see if they were enlarged and if so, they would put draining tubes in them for 2 weeks. The results came back that they were healthy, normal size, and working properly. Her bladder was also good and working, no UTI, but they were concerned with something that was still going on in her stomach, so they ordered a chest x ray for Wednesday morning. We had an even more sleepless night with Ausha waking up every 2 hours yelling things. We had a lot of visitors and goodies that night and I know it made her feel special and loved. she also received another blessing from my mom's bishop.

First thing Wednesday morning they wheeled her off to x-ray where they saw her stomach pushed up against her side. They also found small pockets of collapsed lung (which is common since they are on a respirator during surgery) an air pocket, and some fluid around her bladder. The doctors said it could be a rare complication from her bladder surgery and that it was quite possible she had encountered an injury to her bowels. They told me that they had to move the bowel sack to operate on the bladder, and that maybe there was a tear/rip/hole and bowel contents were leaking into her body causing the increased heart rate, not being able to breathe on her own, having labored breathing, a fever, hard bloated stomach, etc. Her stomach had grown 4 centimeters overnight so they were extra concerned. They decided to do an exploratory surgery later that afternoon and see if in fact it was the bowels, or what they could find. She went into surgery around 3pm and out at 5pm. The O.R had called with an update and the nurse said that they did find something and were in the process of fixing it. She would not tell me what it was (apparently for lots of reasons that I found out later) and that was not good news because I have one hell of an imagination and it went into overdrive and that's when I lost it. I always expect the worst from everything. The doctor later came in and indicated that the small intestine had an injury- possibly from the cauterization and a spark from that could have burned a hole into her intestine, causing her bowel contents to seep into her body. He said that they sucked 900 ml of liquid she had accumulated since Monday out of her stomach, and put a tube to drain the rest out over the next few days. They also flushed out her system and sucked out the liquid that was around her bladder. Apparently your small intestine is quite sterile, so it's a good thing it was that and not her large intestine. When I went to see her in recovery it was night and day compared to Monday. she was alert, talking, looked better- it was awesome. We got her back to her room and within 10 min she was talking and laughing with everyone, and then 30 min later she was coloring and wide awake. The doctors told us that we would not leave until Friday or possibly Saturday. Before we can leave she has to urinate on her own, fart (to make sure that her bowels are awake again from having had surgery on them) walking, and have clear stomach content being sucked out of her nose tube. We had some more visitors last night and she slept through the night, which meant I got 6 hours of uninterrupted, much needed sleep!

Then I slept for 2 more hours after they gave her more morphine. Things are much better!So here we are, Thursday, and things are looking better- they sucked out another 100 ml of what looks like moss from her stomach (so a total of 1,000 ml so far) and it's still sucking! Thank you to all of you who have come to show your support, the kind words, texts, thoughts and prayers- it means more then you'll ever know! I love all of you and couldn't get through this with out your love and support- especially my mom who has been here everyday keeping me sane. You are the best!

The last month in a half in a nutshell

Pie's surgery is scheduled for July 20th, so if anyone wants to come hang out at the hospital with me for days, you are more then welcome to.

My brother had his farewell on the 14th of June and did an awesome job. He made everyone cry- even Pie, and we had a good turnout for support and food! He leaves in 12 days. Holy shit that is soon!

I will be heading back to court on the 14th to get a judgement for past due daycare, and add that to our increased child support order, since he feels that he doesn't need to pay. He did receive a nice picture that Pie drew for him for Father's Day. Not a word from him about that or his yearly Happy Mother's Day wishes.

Lots of things going on in the next month and a half, so I promise to write more- if anyone even reads this still.

I would really like a male companion to do things with- like seeing movies together, going to parties together, vacationing, hanging out at the house- those kinds of things. It's not about the sex since that is easy to get (insert last weekends experience).- I'm in desperate need of adult interaction.

I like to laugh at how hypocritical people can be. It's amusing. Ask me and I'll tell you.

5 years in the making

It has been 5 years and 2 months since Pie was diagnosed with bladder reflux, and I am happy to say she will finally be having surgery to correct it! I never thought this day would come and I have wanted her fixed for quite some time, but I listened to the doctor who told me to wait and see if she grew out of it, which she didn't, and being the mom, I wanted it fixed years ago so that she wouldn't have to go through all the pain of having testing done each year. I got a new doctor who was on the same page as I was and decided that since she still has it and the severity hasn't changed from last year, that it was time to put this issue to rest. She can also beat out a grown man in a snoring competition, she will also be having her tonsils and adenoids removed the same day. It is a 2 week recovery for both surgeries, but I'm only planning on taking a week off and seeing if someone can come be with her the next week or take her to my moms. The surgeries will take about 3 hours and will happen June 22nd, with a night or two in the hospital for bladder observation. So if anyone wants to come over that week, either in the hospital or at my house, you are more then welcome.

This is a picture of her and all the creatures in the patient waiting room, and they are having a race. I voted for the Pterodactyl, but after she informed me that it was not going to fly, I put my money with the alligator. I won.

Does anyone have the time?

Because I sure don't anymore. The days are going by way too fast and it seems like nothing ever gets done. Such is life I guess.

Easter was an adventure and not in a good sense. It was supposed to be a wonderful vacation with the whole family before my brother goes on his mission and it turned into a complete disaster and now I know why it's only my mom, myself and Pie that travel together. The only good side of the trip was when everyone left a day earlier then we did and we had an amazing, quiet, drama free day with each other. We went to Iggy's for dinner and our server (Kellan) was engaging and even brought Pie a kids sundae for free. A man after my own heart by being nice to my kid.

Work has gotten a lot better, still feel like I don't know if it's what I'm meant to do the rest of my life, but it will have to do for another year.

I've been approved for elective surgery loans, so I've been thinking about getting Lasik done, and holy cow is it expensive! I'm not getting anything done until I know what will happen in the next few months with Pie and her sudden extra surgery that needs to happen sooner rather then later. In addition to her bladder reflux, she has ginormous tonsils that are days away from touching each other, so we have an appointment to get them checked out and a surgery day scheduled. She has a touch of sleep apnea and snores horribly and I want this over and done with now, and we'll wait a few months before we have surgery on her bladder to correct that. What does this mean for me? One week off for each surgery since that is the recovery time, outpatient for tonsils, 2 nights in the hospital for the bladder surgery, lots of money and minimal time off and no PTO to cover them. Hopefully if her father can man up (who am I kidding) and pay his shit on time, then we can get this done in early June rather then mid July.

Sister Sue and I are going to Dane Cook this month and VAST is coming the week after so I am totally excited. I love Jon Crosby.

Pie had a soccer game today and let me tell you, parents need to lighten the hell up on their kids- this is only city recreational soccer- not the MLS. There are a few good players on her team and have definitely improved since last season, and today I overheard one of the fathers say to his daughter who was out on the field "wake up and pay attention." Wow. Honestly, I chucked to myself at how serious he was taking this whole thing. Then later he told his daughter "if you didn't want to play today, we should have stayed home because your taking up space on the field." WT? Did you seriously just say that to your kid? So needless to say my impression and respect for those parents just went down the toilet. So as we were leaving the field, Pie was behind the girl and told her that she did an awesome job today, and the mother looked at Pie an said "oh Pie, you are so sweet." Yeah lady, get a freaking grip and lay off your child. We paid $40 for the season, not hundreds, and this sure isn't competition level soccer. Moral of the story: my child truly is amazing and I am blessed beyond words.

Riverside, CA

Is where my brother will be going on his mission. No one ever thought it would be California since our uncle is a Mission President near Sacramento, but apparently them being in the same state but hundreds of miles away isn't a problem. I was really hoping for something exciting like Boston or England, but I guess California is where he's supposed to go. I am so excited for him and this will be the best thing he's ever done, and the fact that he's going on his own time and isn't 19, I think that will give him better perspective on everything. Jared's good friend went there on his mission and loved it, so that's a good sign. He will leave on July 8th, 2009 so that puts his farewell sometime during the last couple weeks in June.

Bandwagon Escapades

So this whole Twilight bs is just that. BS- or so I thought. I refused to join the hype and everything else that surrounded this book that so many teens and old women were obsessed with. So it came out like what- 3 years ago or something and I'm now getting into the books and I'm 2 chapters away from starting Breaking Dawn. Am I a convert? Not really, I just enjoy a good book that can keep my attention and I can see why everyone would be drawn to the book and or series because who doesn't want that "amazing love story" that is so obvious in the books. Who doesn't want to feel loved, wanted and cherished? Then when they came out with the movie all I thought was "are you kidding me" and I didn't see it until it came out on DVD. I didn't like it. I hated it more then I hate Corey. There was no character development, no passion, no nothing. And Bella didn't seem like such a bitch in the book as she did in the movie. I hated Kristen Stewart's performance. Then I watched it again and had a different feeling. Once of acceptance for what it is. Crap. It was better then the first time, but still horrible none the less.

Anyhow, March was less then eventful- had court on Monday to which I was granted an additional $170 a month in child support- yay- and hopefully things will be better. Tuesday was Pie's yearly bladder reflux check up and her kidneys are perfect- no damage whatsoever, bladder looked good- everything was in perfect condition. Met with the doctor who said that since her reflux is still weird- that we should come back in a month, have another nuclear cystogram (ouch) done and if she still has reflux then do surgery to correct it. Since she would need both sides fixed, it's a $10,000 invasive surgery with 2 days in the hospital and a week of recovery meaning bed rest. So we will know May 5th (Happy Cinco de Mayo) if that is the path we will take. If so, surgery will be planned for early July since that is when I will have enough time off saved up to take off for a week and a few days. I'll keep you all updated. That is assuming anyone still reads this.

Next week we're off for Spring Break and I can not wait! Sun, fun, family- it will be perfect!

I've got a trip to Boston planned, so anyone that wants to go, let me know.

Time Flies By

I knew it had been a while since my last post but come on, almost a month? Wow, for those of you who read this I'm sorry.

I have been observing people, things a lot lately, and can I tell you that there are a lot of bastard children out there in the world. Case in point: Pie and I were at the grocery store by our house and as we were walking out the door, this little bastard child standing next to his mother on the phone pointed his fingers at Pie like he had a gun and started saying "boom, boom" as we walked past. I loudly said "wow, talk about good parenting" so she could hear me, and I know she did because she said something uneducated. I don't think I'll ever go back there, not because of this one experience, but they never seem to have anything, anytime you need it. Oh the hooligans start younger and younger.

Finally after 4 years, I am got Corey's half of daycare and medical that he owes our daughter. Speaking of Pie, Kindergarten sign ups were last week and she is so excited! I am still in shock wondering where the time went, but excited to see more amazing things come from her. Orientation is this Friday, and we will for sure be there.

I will be having some house guests this week- my cousins from my mom's side of the family. Chris- who is a year older then me, just got back from serving a year and a half in Afghanistan, and he will be bringing his little sister Aubri to pick up Chris' kids and take them to Arizona where he lives for a few months.

I adopted a treadmill and I am so excited to be working out again. Now I can do 2 miles before work and 2 miles after work and not have to worry about fitting in time to go to the gym.
More crazy chaos is coming in the next few weeks. Stay tuned for court drama, bladder reflux check ups, and of course- Spring Break!

Not all things are created equal....

So around New Years I broke out in hives a few times in odd places. Concerned, because I don't get sick, or have allergies, I was quite afraid of what the cause of my new found itching was. I scheduled and appointment- and because I wanted a Saturday appointment, I had to wait 4 weeks. Yay for me. So I know that I'm somewhat allergic to cats, which is fine since they are ridiculous animals anyway. I go for my appointment and I think I have it narrowed down to dairy products and proceed to tell the doctor my reasoning for this. He then tells me he will test for all the normal things just to be sure since I have never had a test done. Well, well, well, to my surprise it was not dairy at all- it's PEANUTS! WTF? Are you kidding me? This was my reaction to everything he said because it seemed so ridiculous and way off base, and I have never had a problem with peanuts before. Hell, I love crunchy peanut butter!!!! He also said that I was allergic to dogs (I've grown up with dogs all my life), almonds, cashews, Brazil nuts, cats, grass, weeds, trees, dust, and some other lame things. He said that they were all mild and I could probably never see/have symptoms, and he had no idea what was causing my hives. So not all peanut allergies are created equal, and I will continue having peanuts until it kills me because they are the most delicious thing on this planet.

TGI February!!!!!

I don't know about you but January completely sucked for me. It was hands down the worst month and I am glad it's over!

It's been about 12 years since I last had a mole removed for the simple fact that it hurts like hell. Yes, I know it sounds crazy coming from me, but that lidocane shot is not so pleasant- especially when they stick you 4 times! The doctor ended up only taking one out of the 4 I had suggested (fine by me, less pain) and I am happy to say the results were negative for anything suspicious. Moles are a big deal in my family since my grandpa died 29 years ago from melanoma.

Pie had her first sleepover at our house last Saturday and they had a blast! She has a friend next door to us (Isabel) and she is an only child as well, which can get interesting when they play. Isabel came over around 4pm and left Sunday morning around 10am, just in time for Pie to get ready and go to church with Nana. They played dress up, printed what seemed like a whole ream of paper of coloring pictures off Disney.com, played dress up, painted each other's nails, did make up, played Barbies, watched movies, and had pizza for dinner. They decided to sleep in Pie's tent in sleeping bags and I could hear them laughing for about an hour before it was silent.

Since Pie was preoccupied for a while, it gave me time to watch some movies. I watched Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist which I thought was alright. It was a cute, no brainer movie with a good story. I then watched Zack and Miri Make a Porno which was directed by Kevin Smith who is my favorite director. I loved this movie because it was true Kevin Smith magic and it was honest, vulgar, genuine, caring, bad language, ridiculous, and underneath it all it had an amazing story. All the things I love about his movies. It gets two thumbs up from me.

Pie starts Kindergarten in 6 months and I still haven't decided where to take her. I don't like driving back and forth to Sandy everyday to get her, but the daycare's by our house are either more expensive then what I am paying now, deplorable, or they don't work with the hours I work, or I would need to drive everyday, which would suck not van pooling and saving gas money and miles on my new car. Ugh. I hate these kinds of decisions because I don't want her to be a school jumper. Maybe I'll keep driving to Sandy everyday because it will be cheaper since she is older and I know she will get quality care, and then next year I'll put her in at the school 2 street from us.

Keep your fingers crossed that it will all work out.

Until next time......

Ugh

It's been two weeks since I last posted anything and boy has it felt like forever! Ever since I took my new job in Park City, I am gone from everything 12- 14 hours every day, and by the time the weekend hits, I am just exhausted!

Sundance went well (except for the traffic) and my sister and her friend Christen even came up one day and scouted for stars and had lunch with me. We ate at one of my favorite places- Davanzas http://www.davanzas.com/online/ which was superb as always.

Friday I took Pie to the dermatologist because she has had this red rashy thing around her mouth since the summer, and all the creams and lotions and cortisone I was putting on it was making it go away. So apparently it's not too uncommon, and she prescribed Pie some steroid cream to put on twice a day and it should go away and never come back. Yay!

I was supposed to go to court on Monday but it was postponed due to scheduling conflicts, I wonder with whom since everyone but Corey's new lawyer as of last week knew about it. So hopefully it won't be too much in the future. So I had the day off for court, so when it got postponed, I stayed home and had a girls day with my mom. We went and spent our gift cards for lunch and saw Bride Wars. You know, they could have found cuter guys since they had attractive girls playing the leading parts. That was the only disappointment in the whole movie.

Then yesterday, my GM, my boss and I signed up to participate in The Canyons FAM that they are doing to help promote the new ownership and resort. We got to ski/board for free and get a free lunch! The weather was amazing- I even got some sun, the food was good and there weren't too many people which is nice. We were there about 6 hours and it was amazing! It was so nice just to get out of the office for a bit and unwind.

Bodyworlds

So my brother, my sister, her friend Christen, Pie and myself went to bodworlds yesterday. My mom had purchased them online the week before and selected 3:30pm as the time we would go. Well, we all got there (mom and dad were sick and didn't make it) and the tickets said 3:30am. Oh someone was going to get their face punched. I go to the information desk and told him what had happened, and he said it was ok, and to get in the line. An hour and 30 minutes later, we are into the exhibit. We spent about 70 minutes inside, and had to be home by 7 for a party I was having at 8. The exhibit was phenomenal. Pie was taking everything in and asking questions and very inquisitive. It was extremely hot in the exhibit with only box fans on the floor and no a/c. The heat was unbearable! I would definitely recommend people to go see it in other cities or if/when it comes back to SLC.

So I get home at 7:30 last night, shower, clean, and make sure things are in order for people to come. By 8:45 I was starting to wonder if anyone would show up. By 9pm people started arriving and in all it was a successful get together and everyone enjoyed themselves. The only thing I wish is that I knew people would be an hour late so I could have spent more time at the exhibit, or actually being able to do some other household shopping that needed to be done.

Pie is gone until 4pm today at which time I will pick her up and do dinner with a friend. I have 4 hours to do nothing and I feel it's not enough time, and then before I know it, it will be time to get up and go to work tomorrow. The days and weeks are flying by and it's scary. It seems like just last week was Christmas. Next thing you know it will be Easter and we'll be off to warm, sunny St. George!