thinking

I was thinking a lot tonight
about all sorts of things
good things
bad things
odd things
and here is what
I have come up with

"The word according to Darla"

sometimes...
it sucks to be a doormat personality
it sucks to know someone is thinking of you and won't just pick up the phone
it feels good to just sit and soak in a hot bathtub
pigging out on chocolate cake, starbucks, and other junk food is ok
people like to argue just for the sake of argument
I want to just have alone time
seeing your kids grow up is a relief that someday you'll be 'done'
mowing the lawn can be theraputic
you just want to go to bed at 8:30 at night for no particular reason
it would be nice to write off certain family members and say jump off a cliff
I would like to have someone stand up for me so I don't have to stand up for myself
you just have to say what the heck and walk away
I wish I was where I was a year or two ago
going for an atv ride would be fun

BACK TO SCHOOL!!!

The kids were all back to school this morning!
It was raining and dreary but everyone was chipper
and excited for the new year. Poor Chris was bummered
he was off to work - same ol' same ol' - no school
for him :O( Hopefully soon he will be signed up for
college!!!

So, Dani is now a Junior in HS
Tiff is a 9th grader
and Micheal man is in 4th!!!!
Wow, I am old.
So, here is our photo documentary from this a.m....




Tiff, Micheal and Dani being SILLY!















Tiff and Dani - they get more beautiful by the day! OYE!
Ed needs to get a shotgun - SOON!















Micheal and Taylor (Robin's son) getting ready
to walk down to the elementary! They were SO CUTE!















Lisa May's kiddos Jeff and Mindy
and then my Tiff and Dani!















My beautiful three school kids!















Micheal Man!!!















Tiffy Wiffy Woo!!!















Dani Bug - all growing up!















Mindy May and Dani Bug - they are so grown up and pretty!
LOOK OUT BOYS!!!!







Ahhhhhhhh routine at last (again!)

what a weekend.... and a great end of the summer!

we have had a whirlwind summer... this was the kids
last weekend before school and we really had a lot of fun

this morning we are wrapping up a memorable and fantastic
weekend with a wonderful brunch...

french toast (mmmmmmm!)
bacon and sausage
and
scrambled eggs...
Ed even picked up french vanilla coffee creamer
AND SunnyD for the kids! yum yum yum

love days like today! feeling very peaceful and
very very blessed....

Freaking awesome weekend!

Group huddle for team "awesome ninja's" later known as the "knights who say nicht!" before the kickball commenced...


Punki playing the outfield... she was rearin' to go!









Then there was Chrissy kickin' butt at the 1/2 Marathon this morning - she smoked thru the finish! WOOOOT!



...and the slow turtle girls before the 1 mile and 5k...
Lisa, Maime, Carlee and Darla (they were all in their red
Sawtooth Relay shirts and poor me in my black) sniff sniff....















Played kickball at the park with the kids and
family last night... Carlee, Lisa n kids, Punki
n kids, my family, Liz and even Den showed up
and played with us! ROCKED! What a way to spend
a Friday night! OYE!

Today (Sat Aug 28th)Carlee, Lisa and I went to Ashton
where we met up with Maime for the Mesa Falls
Fun Run and Marathon. Chrissy and Jake came
on their own - she did the 1/2 marathon -
Carlee, Lisa n I did the 5K and Maime and her
kids did the 1 mile run! SO ROCKED!
Carlee and I held back a bit cuz' she was sick
and we just trotted along, slow and steady
and did 57 minutes...Lisa took off and did 42 min
and then we backtracked and followed Chrissy for
the last 1/2 of her run - she ROCKED IT! 2 hr 7 min!
WOOOT!

Progress happening SOMEWHERE...

my scrapbook area at the old house before I cleaned, packed and started
to move stuff...



my scrappy area full of boxes - what a mess...






making some progress...



the front livingroom before we started to decorate...






and after some playing around with decor - I LOVE IT so far...










Have NOT been good this week.
No workouts, not watching foods.
Not happy with that at all.

Progress on the house is coming along
though and I feel good with that.
A few photos here... I finally got the
front livingroom set up and decorated.
Still have a bit of fine tuning to do
but very happy so far.
Also working on the scrappy corner.
Not been a huge priority cuz' I will
want to sit on my arse and play once it
is done. LOL

Geeeze I need some energy.

Carlee is coming this weekend - she and Lisa
are doing the Mesa Falls 1/2 marathon (or 5k?)
but I wish I was going even if I am not running
with them :O( Big bummer. Oh well, I have a lot
of work to do before the Rim2Rim next month!

Also, Dani got her wisdom teeth pulled yesterday
VERY unplanned/unexpected. Not a good thing, the
poor girl does not "do" pain. UGH! Hope she is
feeling better quick! School starts Monday!!!!!
Maybe the new routine will help MY routine to
get a move on and get feeling better as well....

inspired

just read Ali Edwards blog...

http://aliedwards.typepad.com/

...that girl did a TRIATHALON!!!

I am TOTALLY INSPIRED right now.
She probably has no clue whatsoever
how much she has inspired me.

Wow. Big dreams ahead - big plans
big dreams and lots n lots of work.

a wonderful comment

-at the big fundraiser today
one of the little quadruplet
girls, named Blayke, LOL,
was looking for my oldest
daughter Dani (ALL 3 girls
LOVED Dani and wouldn't leave
her side)she came up and tugged on my
shirt and asked me where my
SISTER was... I figured she
meant Robin, ha! not! she
thought Dani was my SISTER!!!!I bent down and gave that little
Blayke the BIGGEST HUGS and
pointed out my "sister" to her
right away... :O) ahhh happiness

what an amazing day it was

Spent my day doing the Primary Childrens Hospital
fundraiser for work. We teamed up with Smiths Food
and Drug with our Insurance office at Farmers and
did a :
Yard sale
Car wash
Raffle
Food booth
and 1001 other things fundraiser.
I invited my friend Melinda Lemmon to come
and bring her quadruplets and her little guys
service dog, Baxter, and boy did the ralley
the donations! So cool!
LONG day
BUSY day
SUCESSFUL day
Felt good to be part of something SO big

spiraling

Life is
SPIRALING right now

not out of control

just feel like I am going round n round
and round in 25 directions
- all different and mostly all good

Ran this a.m. again - good thing

Got a lot going on with the new house - good thing

LOTS to do at old house but winding down - good thing

Fundraiser this Sat - good thing

XTreme Home Makeover in Poky - good thing

Catching up with and old friend (sort of??) - maybe not so good
- but feels good
so that is my story today.

just lots going on

Happy Monday!

My first Monday morning in our new home - so far a great day!
Slept well, got up and went for a 2-ish mile walk n jog - just
tested myself out for running since I haven't done much lately.
Fortunatly it went well - ran a few little 1/4 mile intervals
comfortably and it felt good so now I can pace my plan out
to train for the Rim2Rim in a few weeks! 34 days to go!!!!!!!!!!

House is coming together. A LOT to do still.
The old house is a mess... A LOT to do over there still.
Hope Ed and the kids can get it all empty today and then
we can move the washer/dryer tonight and then I can focus
on the cleaning over there and be done before Friday.
Sat will be busy with the work fundraiser yardsale thing
and Sun Ed and I volunteered for the Xtreme Home Makeover
project here in Eastern Idaho! So, this week is going to be
PACKED FULL for sure!

Off to work for me - Robin has appts this a.m. and LaRee is gone so
I'll be busy busy!

Have a GREAT Monday and week ahead everyone!
:O) Darla

never this song exsisted till tonight

KELLY CLARKSON LYRICS




"Low"

Everybody’s talking
But they don’t say a thing
They look at me with sad eyes
But I don’t want the sympathy
Its cool you didn’t want me
Sometimes you can’t go back
But why’d you have to go and make a mess like that
Well I just have to say
Before I let go

Have you ever been low?
Have you ever had a friend that let you down so?
When the truth came out
Were you the last to know?
Were you left out in the cold?
What you did was low

No I don’t need your number
There’s nothing left to say
Except I never thought it'd hurt this much to be saved
My friends are outside waiting
I’ve gotta go

Have you ever been low?
Have you ever had a friend that let you down so?
When the truth came out
Were you the last to know?
Were you left out in the cold?
What you did was low
What you did was low (low)
What you did was low (low)
What you did was low (low)

I walk out of this darkness
With no sense of regret
And I go with a clear conscience
We both know that you can’t say that
Here's to show
For all the time I loved you so…
So...

Have you ever been low?
Have you ever had a friend that let you down so?
When the truth came out
Were you the last to know?
Were you left out in the cold?
What you did was low
Have you ever been low?
Have you ever had a friend that let you down so?
When the truth came out
Were you the last to know?
Were you left out in the cold?
What you did was low
Have you ever been low?
Have you ever had a friend that let you down so?
Cuz what you did was low

backwards

JUST KEEP SWIMMING...

gotta keep in the right direction
gotta keep focus
no looking back
no mistakes over and over
did I not learn ANYTHING
the first time around?
gotta be a little selfish
and remember to put myself first
even if sometimes that means
hurting someone else before
I get hurt again --

ONCE shame on you
TWICE shame on me

I thought I had learned something
and that I was not the same person
anymore - I grew a tougher, stronger skin
or some crazy thing...?
Apparently not.
I tried to be strong and indifferent
and oblivious but I got sucked in.
I am not a person to put up walls.
I put one up for my own heart and brain -
it needed protected. I thought?
Not sure what to do or think now.

Just need to keep my focus on me
me me - self centered and selfishly
all about me - so wrong. so weird.
but something I need to do.

...new house photos for Carlee- the backyard! :O)

So, if you walk out the sliding doors from the diningroom and then span left to right, that the order of the pictures thru the back yard, the last couple are from the far backyard facing the house... and see the lovely little kids handprints painted on the back too? LOLOL LOTS of work to do!
XO YOU - Darla

RIM 2 RIM RUN IN TWIN FALLS COMING UP FAST

1 month
7 days
23 hours
is how long
I have left to
train for this

I CANNOT WAIT!

new house news

I spent part of the day at the new house
there are MORE raspberry bushes!!!!!!!
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

-mowed the back yard
-vac'd all the borders of the rooms
-picked up a TON of trash out back
-hung out and enjoyed the deck out back
-and...

ya - and.
it was ok.


on another note...
got back to P90X today, felt great.
going back for more torture tomorrow
and trying to get a jog in too--
we shall see

just a funk sorta day

back in the saddle

...the bridge across the Twin Falls gorge - the gap of the Rim2Rim!
40 days and counting!










p90X here I come......

tomorrow, after a week off,
I am back on the plan and
am giving it 100% of what I got!

why?

I have big goals
1. meet my weight goal by my 39th bday
2. i have amazing friends to support me in it
3. it is kind of fun (I know????)
4. cuz' I like peppermint mocha too much ~ yikes!
5. i have several pair of pants in my closet I love and can't wear
6. i see photos of myself and want to bawl my head off
7. i promised myself i would finish this
8. that dang darn Rim 2 Rim is in a month!!!
9. because i know how good i "can" feel
10. becaue i am worth it! right?? maybe??

and that is all i have to say about that!

yeah!

a little bitty raspberry bush was spotted in our back
yard at the new house today -- hooray!








we got a LOT done this weekend, the big move witll come
next weekend but we'll be able to accomplish a lot
this week so it will go smoothly

feeling happy about the house

spent an ooodlish amount of time with my family
this weekend - the kids even! usually we all run
20 diff directions so it was nice to be together
even if it was working our tooshies off

thankful for our friends and famly - sean and teresa
helped us this weekend with the electrical stuff in
the new house AND invited us out for a bbq dinner
and treated us like royalty as always... mindy and jeff
helped at the old house, packing up the garage and
doing tons of yardwork it was awesome

took a week off of my p90x workouts and it was
dumb dumb dumb
to do
now tomorrow i get to go out and try to rough it up and
see how much jogging i can do

enough babbles for now - off to bed i go!!

moving *again*

HOME SWEET HOME


good bye to this beautiful house and
beautiful neighborhood - but good ridance
to the NIGHTMARE we have been living since
the first of the year when the oooober goooober
owners of this house decided to stop making
mortgage payments and did who knows what
with the bazillion dollars in rent we paid










































hello to our new home, not as big and beautiful
but definatly more loved and home feeling since
it will be ALL OURS! no landlords no rental crud
just home sweet home for our family! wooot wooot

more of the wedding....

A few more shots from Megan and Troys' wedding... we had such a great time!





So, here is Mindy (my neice, Lisa's daughter), my daughter
Dani, and Christophers' girlfriend Karen!












And then there is the cutey couple, Karen and Chris!
Love that they coordinated thier outfits for the wedding!










Here is BEAUTIFUL Dani - even sideways (I KNOW LOLOL!) she
is to die for gorgemouseoso!












Then there was the family prayer... both the bride and grooms
parents joined them for a circle of prayer that was touching!













Megan and Troy exchanging rings - he was SO excited you
could just see the enthusiasm in his every movement!













THE WHOLE Jorgensen family... well, those that attended
with the bridal party-













and then a fave, Megan and Troy speaking with the pastor-
they were both so handsome and beautiful...