Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Sunny, funny San Francisco

Amy, Chris, Neil & I took a little jaunt out to the Bay Area this weekend. It was exceedingly fun. We stayed with a college roomate of Neil's right downtown in the Nob Hill area. We toured around and in 3 days managed to visit old friends & catch all of the major sites- SFMOMA, Fishermans's warf, Union Square, Golden Gate park/bridge, Chinatown.... it was great.

The only problem with San Francisco is that you have to come home!








Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Eat Your Heart Out JAPE!!!


OK, seriously, I just had to do something in reponse to JP's sunny southern California Dreamin' post yesterday.
C'mon, really, who has the "true" winter weather?
This is a picture of Jim and I celebrating MLK Day - Utah style. We got snowshoes for Christmas, can you tell? This is a photo taken right outside our house. We had about 3 feet piled up as of 5:00 yesterday. Driving home each day is a death defying feat!!!!
It was a near perfect "Utah-ish" winter day: sleep in until 9:00 am (holiday- woooo hooo!!!!); read the Book of Mormon in flannel pjs while eating whole wheat cereal (I am NOT making that up!); cutting out my first baby quilt; making ratatiouille to experiment for my cookbook manuscript due in a few weeks; watching a little Food Network (Alton Brown is my hero!); snowshoeing with Jim on the trail next to our house - excellent 360 degree view of Utah County at the peak- crystal clear and breahtaking literally and physically; talking to many loved ones via the modern wonder called "cell phones"; Relief Society phone calling; dinner at home made by my eternal sweetheart; movie out on a date with my sweetie ("The Bucket List" - outstanding) home to hang out with some of my wonderful kiddos - AAaaahhhhhhhhhhh!! This is the Celestial Kingdom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And, Jape - - - Jim tells me the slopes at Sundance ROCK. Are you jealous???
;)
Ain't life GRAND??!!
Love to you all!!!

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

The Tao of Pooh

Anne sent me some of her favorite Pooh-isms, and I wanted to share.

Someone should write one of those books about Pooh - - - you know: "All I Ever Needed to Know, I Learned from Pooh"

Hey! Maybe I'll call my publisher!!!

:)

Happy New Year Y'all!!!!


"When having a smackerel of something with a friend, don't eat so much that you get stuck in the doorway trying to get out."
"If there ever comes a day when we can't be together keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever."
"It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?""
"You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes."
"If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear."
"Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known."
"A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference."
"Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering."
""I wonder what Piglet is doing," thought Pooh."I wish I were there to be doing it, too."
"Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?"
"Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave."
"Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon."
"Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo."
"If you want to make a song more hummy, add a few tiddely poms."
"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.""
"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day."

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Skiing at Sundance

Amy, Chris, Jim and Jake tear up the slopes at Sundance last Friday.

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Ringing in the New Year!!

The Kelly/Welsh/Ransom/Jack families ring in the New Year in fine fashion with plenty of fireworks and sparklers galore.