Things about Me

1. I love to doodle
2. I love quarters. I hoard them!
3. I have a teddy bear named PawPaw.
4. I am a spoiler by nature
5. I love kids!
6. I like surprising people with goodie baskets
7. I have a strong testimony of Jesus Christ
8. I am a proud member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
9. I collect Fisher Price Little People (People and Animals)
10. I collect Hallmark Christmas Ornaments
11. My hubby calls me Queen Clearance
12. I play the clarinet, all sizes (Soprano, Alto, Bass, Contra Bass etc)
13. I like to theme birthdays, even if there is no party
14. I am a cave dweller, especially in the summer. I like a dark and quiet house.
15. I like to flick corn chips at Didi!

My To Do List

So, you are all wondering how I keep busy now that I am an empty nester. It is quite easy, I watch TV and eat bonbons all day! I so would love to do that, but alas, life happens.
I had written a very long explanation of what I did all day. I had posted it. I had looked at it for a few days, and now I deleted it. You are wondering why did you delete it? It was too long of a list, and it was actually a little boring to read. So here is the abbreviated list:
*Teach
*Counsel
*Cub Scouts
*Illustrate
*Support
*Love
*Help
Each and everyone one of my hobbies, projects, callings etc. are very dear to me, I love them all!
So now, I will go back to my TV and bonbon dream. Maybe on a private little island. I wonder if my hubby will mind if I hire a cabana boy named Ricardo? LOL

New and Broken Hearts

I just got the news today. It was really hard to take. It all started on Friday. My nephew's wife was having problems with her pregnancy, and on Friday she was sent to the hospital. On Saturday morning she had an emergency C-Section. Her little boy was extreme preemie, 3 lbs 2 oz. He and his mother are doing as well. Then on Sunday evening, my brother... my nephew's Dad... the new Grandpa... had a massive heart attack. He had some stents put in and is recovering. I talked to my brother on Saturday, he was so proud of his new grandson. Then I get an email from his wife today, telling me about the heart attack. I don't know what I would do if I lost him. Let me tell you a little about my family. In the last six years, I have lost all three of my uncles (my aunts passed a few years before), the last of my grandparents, my mother and my other brother. That leaves me with one brother and my Dad. Now my Dad is a not really with us because of the advanced state of his Old Timers disease. So... when I read the email I just started crying. Silly me.
I know I will see all my family again, so I am more lonely than sad about their parting. I just don't want to be left all alone here on this big chunk of dirt! *folds arms and stomps foot* I am so glad that I have a loving and supportive husband and the world's best kiddobeans!

What color is yellow?

So, what color is yellow? A topic I have been pondering for several days now. It all started with Cub Scouts. You see, I have a dear friend who is also a doodler. Although when she doodles it turns out to be a beautiful work of art, when I doodle is turns out to be... well... a doodle. Well my friend, I will call her Doodlebear, is also a Cubmaster. Her and I and several other people were in a committee meeting discussing the upcoming Blue and Gold Banquet. When I was volunteered to get the cake. I don't really know how that happened, I thought for sure my hand was tucked safely in my pocket. But it must have a sensing devise built in that will automatically raise when someone asks for volunteers. I need to look into that, maybe there is an enable switch. Anywho, back to the meeting. I asked a simple question, "What colors should we make the cake?" You could hear the crickets chirping.... they were all looking at each other wondering who was going to say "Duh, Blue and Gold" I looked at Doodlebear and she was grinning and asked "Are we thinking Crayola or Prismacolor?" Every since that meeting we have emailed back and forth what we thought the color yellow should be. What we came up with is this... if we are talking about Crayolas, then it would be Dandelion. Yellow in the Prismacolor spectrum would be Canary Yellow. Now all we have to do is figure out what color blue should be...

A New Year

Can you believe it? It is already 2009! Where did last year go? Let's see... it isn't in the fridge or in the little cardboard box in the back of the closet. It must have slipped out of the window. I had better get a tighter grip on this year!
Guess what! Next Wednesday, January 7, 2009, is my 25th Wedding Anniversary! I have had 25 years wonderful years with Mr. Projectman! We were going to take a cruise to Alaska to celebrate, but the AC on the house gave up the ghost. So we had to adopt a brand new one, costing us the price of the cruise plus some. Soooo.... we are going to the Wildlife World Zoo and Aquarium in Glendale Arizona. Not as fun as a cruise, but well within the realms of vacation. (In case you didn't know, but Mr. Projectman's middle name is Uberfrugal)
Small blog, but at least it is something.