So I have this friend who is Bi-polar. She is currently experiencing a manic faze. She refuses to medicate because she gets so much done. She called me the other day and informed me that she has decided to make sure that the next 20 yrs are better than the last 20 yrs for both of us. She is single for the second time (been married twice) and she has found a purpose for dating. She is dating one man to get tickets to the Jazz games, another for investment advice, another who is a lawyer because she is starting her own buisness and needs advice. I am not sure who else there is but it cracks me up. She has found a few ways to get a car without paying for it, sort of. She borrowed the forex program that Denton bought before he died, and is spending her spare time learning how to trade foreign currencies, and she has told me that as soon as she learns she will teach me. I sometimes wish I was bi-polar with a manic phase, maybe then I would get the inside of my house painted. I bought the paint but now have no enthusiasm to paint. Wendy do you feel like a visit to Utah?

Corbin just finished his last wrestling match. He had a pretty good season for having never wrestled. I probably should have got him involved in the sport when he was younger, it just seems a little weird. The best part is that he lost a lot of weight. He got below 200 and I believe he hasn't seen 190 for a few years.

Now I have decided to start something new. I will try everyday to blog at least a sweet and sour for the day. This is something that I started with my beehives in Lake Elsinore. It's basically one good and bad for the day. So here goes:

Sweet: Trent has earned his wolf. Cub scouts can be trying for him so I am very proud of him.

Sour: I just spent $300. on a new altenator for Corbins car. I think I have now replaced everything but the clutch (oops now that will go out next).

I have been informed that I need to blog something to find out what Natasha is having so here goes. Life is sad these days. Daniel (Denton's brother) wife died suddenly Monday, actually she died Sunday but they brought her back and she was on life support until her siblings could come into town. The funeral was today and of course very sad. It has been a difficult week and now that the funeral is done Daniel is going to need help doing all those things my sisters helped me with.

Work is just that, work. I am at home again and vonage seems to be working fine. I have been trying to find a flight to take the kids on but most seem to be booked when we can go.

Fight on! USC

Corbin and I had a great time this last weekend. We headed out to California for the big rivallry game between USC and UCLA. We flew in Friday night and with our hour delay we got in late. By the time we stopped for In-N-Out (of course) and with traffic, we didn't get to my friend, Stacy Terrell's, until around 10:00 and that meant we were up late visiting. The next morning was a very early arival at USC to beat traffic and parking issues. We had fun visiting with Denton's cousins, walking around and seeing the campus and the crazy tailgaiters, as well as a visit or two to the bookstore. The best part was it was sunny. The rain had come early and it was clear blue skies all day. I sat in a chair and soaked up the sun.

The game was great. It is always good when your team wins. I don't know what the win means except I believe we are now going to the rose bowl. Corbin and Doug (Denton's dads cousin) were discussing the ins and outs of the BCS, I really don't care about all of that, I like to go to games for the food.

We spent Saturday night in Camarillo and went to church with our friends there. It is interesting how it always feels like going home. We came home to 6 in or so of snow, ice and plain cold. I enjoy the snow but could do without the cold. I'm not sure how to have one without the other.

Now it is time to study for finals and finish up the semester. Jetblue is going ok. I am waiting to be able to use the benefits. Hopefully we will be able to take a trip in January with the rest of the kids back to California. Their friends were bummed they weren't with us.

That's it for now. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving.

I started my actual training at Jetblue this week. It has been a little frustrating because there are a few in our class that are older and so it seems to go slow at times. So far it has been pretty easy, basic data entry stuff. I am sure it will get more involved as we go on. The hardest thing has been getting up at 5:45 getting ready and then getting the kids up and ready before I leave at 6:45. We are definately going to have to take a trip after the holidays to show the kids it will be worth it.

1st day at JetBlue

Ok, so I got the job with Jetblue and today was my first day. It started at 5:30 am when I woke up and showered. Can I tell you that it has been a very long time that I got up that early on purpose. I was a little anxious about leaving the kids to themselves so I had Arleene come over and make sure everyone was dressed and brushed before going to school. We started orientation at 7 am. The beginning was great. They are a fun group of people but after lunch my brain was mush and of course that was when they covered the important stuff. Things like benefits and harassment. It was nice to be in a room full of adults and talking about something other than what is on disney.

By the way for those of you who don't know the adults are going to be celebrating Dad's 70th birthday on Saturday the 27th at 1pm. We will be going to lunch at Los Hermanos. I will be taking care of Dad's meal but the rest of you are on your own. Let me know if you can come so I can make the reservations ASAP. I asked what kind of gifts he would like and you know dad the answer was not much. He did say he liked movie passes or dinner gift cards. I was also thinking that Deseret book is probably a safe bet.

New Job

Well it looks like I will be working as a reservation specialist for Jetblue. I recieved a phone call that sounded as if I was hired. It was a little strange because they said they were still waiting for all of the background info to come in but when did I want to start training. So I believe that means I will be starting on Oct. 18. I am a little anxious about the first 6 weeks of training. I will be going to the training headquarters off I-215 5 days a week for 8 hours a day. I am hoping my house will survive. I will also be studying so my days will be full. I am very excited and can't wait to use some of the benefits. I figure it will take me a little while to figure it all out but then we will be traveling fools.





School is going well. I am in the process of writing my second paper. I am not sure how I am doing in my classes because being online makes it kind of hard to see how you are doing. My teachers don't seem to be in any kind of hurry to get the grades out. I believe I am doing ok in Math it has been pretty easy so far. I'm not sure about next semester. I have to see what kind of schedule I get at work. The schedules last three months and then they change. I am hoping it all works out.


Life is good. Corbins football season is about over, he only has one more game. Just in time to help with the kids. He also finished his eagle project so now once he has his interviews he can get his license. I will be happy when that happens, it has been a long time coming. The rest of the kids are doing fine. Trevor is on a campout and Kortney is having a sleep over. It seems like my house tends to be empty on Friday nights these days.

Corbin doing his eagle project. He organized and put together bookshelves for the take home reading program at the kids elementary school.

I did it!

I figured it out and here are my first pictures. Now I will have to put some with the kids on here.




This is the point of the mountain, up above Alpine. . . . .



and this is my mountain, Timpanogos, from my deck. Got to love the view. Maybe I will stick around just for that.