thank heavens for the little things

It's amazing to me how little it takes to make me happy. Tonight, when everyone else was downstairs watching tv, I filled my big tub. lit my candles, turned on Ricardo Montaner and floated into heaven.

I never thought I would be able to hear Ricardo again. I was in love with his music my whole mission. It is so beautiful. My favorite is "Dejame llorar". (let me cry). Anyway, thanks to modern technology, I just turn on my computer, and he's here!

I have always been a music lover. It touches me so deeply. I am drawn to it. In the last 3 days, I have either downloaded or imported almost 5000 songs onto my computer. From LDS to Broadway,to rock and roll and classicals. ANYTHING I can think of. Why? What is it that drives me to do this? It is because music moves me! I want my favorite sounds to surround me whether I am in the car ,cleaning or working out.

This also helps me appreciate silence. People don't put enough stock in silence. I also love silence and I don't listen to it often enough.

I am so grateful for my talents with music. I am not prodigy but I can hold my own most of the time. I hope I was part of the Heavenly Choirs. I should be happier to share my talent which I am not always. Sometimes I get tired of only having callings where I do music! But thank heavens I can. I may only be mediocre but who cares. As least I can play a little John Denver on the guitar and sing when I feel like it. I miss being in a big choir like I was in college. My dream was to be in the Tabernacle choir. Who know, may be someday!

Ok NEW INFORMATION! My friend has a program called "best buy digital store" and it is even better than itunes! best buy has a deal where you can sign up and for 14.99 a month have unlimited download of music! the first 2 week are free and Bry and I have downloaded literally hundreds and hundreds of songs! It's pure heaven! Now I have to buy an ipod!

Anyway, That's all I do now! I made a subcategory of kids favorites with all the goodies like beach boys songs or ....well, just fun rock and roll that is appropriate for kids.

So, yesterday, just to keep you up to date on the running progress, for the first time, I ran 2 minutes at 6 mph and 1 min of walking for 2 miles! I shaved off 4 minutes from my running time! It may not seem big to some of you. But to those of you who love to run or ever had to "start out" you know how happy I am!

The kids are all doing great! Everyone is happy and I am reading, "The proper care and feeding of marriage" It's really good. You all should read it. So that is all the news for now! See ya!

itunes

I was looking for something yesterday. I don't even remember what it was, but my computer took me to "itunes" on the Internet. last week I had to delete my music thing from my computer.

I decided to download itunes and oh my word! It is so easy to use and to download and make cd's. I just love it! I had been using programs that were complicated and frustrating! I have been sitting at the computer all day transferring all my music over and buying songs I have always wanted but didn't want the whole CD. I feel like a baby learning to walk! I know most of you out there already know about this kind of thing, but I am pretty naive when it comes to technology! Just ask Lisa!

I usually figure things out in the end with a lot of trial and error but I love it when someone out there makes it easy! Yea for itunes!

A note to Jeri. Everyone has something to say. If you have thoughts in you head, you can think of things to say. I use my blog as a journal. I print off every month at the end. It is a commandment to keep a journal you know. I don't write every day but I figure this is as close as I am going to get! Plus I get a lot of input that really helps me from all my girlfriends out is cyber space. This blog has come to mean so much to me. I do have a hard time sometimes knowing people who know me read it but I just try to get over myself! You know?

Anyway folks, It's a good day and I think I will go run of the treadmill now! Love you all!

New Babies!

They are here!!!! Newly arrived on Sunday, January21, 2007! I, of course was the midwife and held her hand the whole way through! There is something as beautiful as the miracle of birth whether human or not! Cookie did great and we are so pleased! She is the best little mommy and never wants to leave her babies. I had to put a hook on my closet because I just don't trust MY babies to not mess around with them! We have 2 boys a a girl. The brown one is the little girl. They are Shmorkies! From a Shih Tzu mother and a Yorkie/Maltese father.

So, Now I am a proud grandma.!

Just a note: Go to Yolanda's site! She needs every one's impute for something she is doing!

I'm cured!

I have found the cure! It make take a while but I am cured! OK, here it is. The bone in my foot that has been the bane of my existence is called the cuboid. It is kind of a rectangular thing that sits right in front of the heel bone on the outside of the food. On me, it pops up a little because of the fallen arch thing. The problem bone on me is number 7.




Once a month, when I see my chiropractor, he adjusts it. It is a tricky move and one I have tried to teach the hubby, but one he can't get. He can pull traction on it and adjust that way, but it doesn't get the right bone. Anyway, last year, when my sacrum was a problem, I started to use a hammer to tap it back into place. I got the idea from my chiro because he has this little thing that thumps a bone into place when it won't go any other way.

The hammer gives Bry the heeie geebies but it works! So I thought, dang! Why don't I just hammer the cuboid down when it needs it. So everyday, before and after my run, I do this. IT WORKS!!!! It still feels a little sore sometimes but no where like it was! So I have been running every other day to start out and I feel so good! Yea for imagination and a little inspiration! I really believe HF put it in my mind.

He helps those who help themselves. That is a hard one sometimes but I am starting to believe that we can figure those little mysteries out with his help. Who would have thought that my foot problem was from fall arches? The bone is question doesn't even have anything to do really with the arches. Plus, the pain caused was not even where this bone is! It was hurting back by the heal. It was the tendons being pulled in the wrong direction! I would never have figured it out on my own! Now my dream of running a marathon is at least possible in my mind! It may be a while but after almost 5 years of constant pain, I am on my way!