Have a G♥♥D Weekend

This is what Iwill be doing...Only 25 hours to go!

I ♥ NY

It was a year ago when I was anticipating this wonderful trip to NYC with my mom and daughter! The #1 reason we were going, last year, was to see GREASE!

We ended up seeing A Chorus Line and Hairspray too!

We were so star studded! This is Lance Bass from 'Nsync. He starred in Hairspray.
When E fell in love with these two on Grease; You're The One That I Want her daddy bought her tickets to see them on Broadway. After a year of performing those roles they are both moving on to bigger things. Goodbye Max and Laura!

Below is Ashley Spencer (the runner up to Laura as Sandy on the reality show). We saw her as Amber in Hairspray. She now will be taking overfor Laura in Grease. Go Ashley!

It wouldn't be a trip to New York without stopping by to say hi at the Today Show.
Here is E, strolling down fifth avenue munching on a Hot Dog from a vendor. Gotta love NYC!
My favorite stop was definately Serendipity. It is not overrated, the frozen hot chocolate really is to die for!
This trip was a chance of a lifetime for me, my mom and my daughter!

I will never forget those magical days we spent in NY!


If you would like to see our entire trip, click here to view my Shutterfly book.

Proud and Amazed!

It was a little while ago that I decided to let my ten year old daughter have her own blog. I have always been very strict about her internet access, but for some reason this was different. I monitor all that is posted on her blog and today I took a blog jog of her "friends".
These bloggers are amazing young people!
If you want to check out some great stuff, go here, and here for literature, here for some great cooking, and here as an example of service, and here for making earrings to earn money, and adventures that we only wish we could go on.

I am so overwhlemed by the wonderful character and vast talents these young adults have! I am proud that my daughter can see the example of them. Can you even imagine what these kids are going to be like when they are our age????? You guys rock!

Inspiration

A fellow blogger spotlighted this book a couple of weeks ago and I went right on Amazon and got it. I have poured over the wonderful pages and it did not disappoint! I will definately reference it over and over!


Check out here for a fabulous tutorial for something you will be able to use over and over. Thanks French Garden House!

Lastly, another favorite blog is hosting an observation project. See here for details. It is the entire reason I blog and buy book and look at magazines!
Enjoy!

It's A Small World Afterall

...When you use Skype for long distance phone calls!

Hubby is in Tokyo right now and this is the best way to keep in contact. It is only 2.3 cents a minute, over the computer, and the sound is crystal clear! Believe me, I was not sold on it until I tried it. Plus, who doesn't want to look cool in a headset like that??????

Change is GOOD

As you can see, I jazzed things up a bit here at TimeOutForMe. I usually do not like to do this because I want y'all to feel at home when you click on my blog-like I do at so many of yours. But, alas, I could not resist this new black and white getup. Thanks to L & T for inspiring me and pointing me in the right direction!

Which leads me to another wind of change. A great pal, and fellow blogger, announced plans to move. It makes me so sad as she is rock that I have come to take for granted. Now that she has announced this, I realize how different life will be without her and her family. BUT thank heavens for blogging! We will still be connected! I support you whole heartedly C family!

E went to her first school dance yesterday. I himmed and hawed about letting her go, but since I work at the school I was assured by my pals that she would be watched closely. AND, at this point in time, I trust her. She has a strong conviction of right and wrong and is a true leader. Okay, okay...it was adorable to drop off her friend and her (they ran screaming to the door = not yet worried about being cool, which I LOVE!) At the dance you could buy a polaroid for $1 so the girls gathered and then decided to ask their sixth grade crush to pose in the picture with them. He is adorable and said, "sure". She talked and talked and talked all night about what fun they had dancing for 1 hour and 50 minutes straight! Wow, I should try to work that in to my daily workout routine.

I guess change is inevitable, so I should learn to just roll with it.

It's About Time!

We all want to be healthier, including ME! Now that both of my kids are in school all day and I only work one day a week it is time to straighten out some things!

1. I will exercise 6 days a week in some way,shape, or form.
2. I will have personal scripture study daily.
3. I have no excuse to have a messy house.

You will notice a new section on my sidebar, my daily workout. I always do best when I am accountable to someone. In my head, someone - somewhere out there can serve that purpose for me. If I know that I need to update it daily, it will motivate me to do it! This is in no way intended to impose guilt on anyone of my readers! I simply need a kick in the rear. Why? Because I want to have energy, I want to fight off germs better and MOST OF ALL I want to show my children how important it is to take care of ourselves! Do I want to lose weight? Of course, but this is really about being healthy...I just feel better when I move. The eating will come next...

cute story about the above picture: we were waiting for E at the local high school as she finished up cheer clinic. We decided to check out the new swanky stadium. D said, "I want to run." So he began to run and continued to run two full laps around the track. By that time it was time to go. He was not even breathy and said, "I want to run two more laps." I found out that each lap is a quarter of a mile. Forget him learning from me, maybe I should learn from him!