Owens at Home: May 2008          
           
         
     
     
       
     
     
       

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

I felt guilty just writing MIA so I decided to add alittle.
Not much has been going on. Yesterday we celebrated Memorial Day with Josh & Rachel & family and Toby & Raechal & family. We all had a good time, playing bags and Wii and eating and just talking. The food was all good, Toby made us the most delicious turkey burgers(Oprah show recipe)and Josh cooked Brats with all the fixings. My only regret was that the time always goes so quickly and then its time for everyone to leave. I totally enjoyed having everyone there and just missed Jessica and her family and Scott & Ashley
Wednesday Scott and Ashley are coming home for a quick week away from NAU. Its their 1 year anniversary on June 2. That year went fast. So we will get to see them very soon. Jessica and her family are coming on June 28 and staying until July 6. We are excited for them to be here, for the 4th and a little Owens' family reunion,with extended family. It will be a fun week.
I think I am going to drive to see my friend In Arizona on the weekend of the 6th. Just a fast trip to get some water barrels she ordered for me, and to hang out too.
What's with this crazy weather? Everyday is different,  I guess that is part of what makes it fun?
Dressing is kind of hard though, summer attire or winter, who knows?

MIA

Friday, May 2, 2008

Fallling?

     OK, ok I will  tell you all about the fall in the store. Its not that exciting!
Mitch and I were in Albertson's walking with the cart and talking about all the stuff we needed to get, and I was looking off across the store. We were near the cash registers just walking with the cart and wham, the next thing I knew I was on the ground kind of in the splits, only twisted falling alittle forward. Can you get the picture? I had stepped right on top of a magazine. Because they are so slippery on their highly polished floor, I went sliding. At first I didn't think it was anything...
     but then later in our shopping I reached down a few shelves for something and felt a little pain. By the time I got home I couldn't bend at all. I know, how stupid that I didn't see the magazine on the floor. Even Mitch said"so you have peripheral vision?" I didn't think that there would be a magazine in the middle of the floor. I clearly wasn't paying much attention to where I was walking but I think there were special circumstances to this fall. Like it wasn't my fault!!!
Anyway, I do things like this every so often to myself. I just need to stay down until my back is feeling better and just watch what I do for awhile until it gets back to normal. I have been through this many times I am sorry to say. Bad genetics I guess.
  The good thing is I am getting caught up on paper work and reading. I guess sometimes we all need to stop and smell the roses so to speak. It always reminds that there are other things that need my attention.
   I am starting to feel better, but this is the crucial part. When I think I am ok and start doing all the stuff like regular. You would think that as many times as I have done this I would learn something? Slow down!!!
    I would like to get some scrappin' done. I feel better when I am creating. It makes all the other things seem less important.
   Wow! Its May. I can't believe how fast these last few months of school are going. Before we know it it will be summer. And the heat will be back. I need to use the pool more this summer, to keep cool and not use so much air conditioning. Or hang out at the mall?(wait, that could be dangerous)
Next week I am going to Dream Dinner with Raechal. She loves that place. And it does sound like a easy way to get prepared dinners done with out having to buy all the special ingredients that you will never use again. I am excited to go see what this is all about. Even though I really should be dieting. I feel like it is a loosing battle, but I know that I have to keep doing it, plus the exercising will be beneficial. If I can just keep my back thing from hurting?