Big Announcement!

It's a beautiful morning in Utah with the sun shining and the smell of fall in the air. This is my favorite season. I love the changing and color of the leaves and the grass appears even greener after the shocking hot summer heat. Even my petunias are pulling out of the drought and perking up.

I visited a neighbor last night who had the most beautiful flowers in huge pots scattered throughout her yard. I wondered how in the world she had kept the flowers so beautiful through the hot summer. I got up close and touched them and found out they were silk! I think I may invest in fake flowers next year.

Wow ... this new job is hard! I wondered why I was so exhausted each night and would literally fall into bed. Then I realized that this is manual labor and I'm on my feet most of the day. But I'm so at peace with my decision to take care of Mom and Dad. It's very rewarding especially when you see both of them perk up a little more because they know someone is taking care of them. The only down side is, after cleaning their home I don't feel like cleaning mine! But I've been more organized and able to do both this past week.

I talked Mom into taking morphine in the morning and she seems to be doing much better. She's afraid that the more morphine she takes, the more she will need. I kept telling her, "So what? I'd rather see you sleepy and not in pain than struggling for air each time you try to take a breath!" She's finally realized that she does feel better by taking the morphine. She can't eat much because her esophagus is restricted, so I make her smoothies with Ensure and lots of ice cream to help beef up her calories.

So, what's the big announcement? You'll need to check back each day on my blog. I'll be making an announcement and there will be a give-a-way attached to the news.

I'm getting ready for my trip to Mesa this weekend. I'll be the main speaker at Diana Gibb's September to Remember event. I can't wait. Diana is such an incredible stamper and I've looked at her website for years for motivation.

I finally hit the 60 pound weight loss mark! I've got to go find some more jeans that fit. Each time I look in the mirror the weight seems to just fall off my body. It's great but almost frightening because I've never experienced something like this. The diet is boring! BOOOOO! But the weight loss is well worth the boring diet.

Got to run ... got to get some projects done for Mesa.

Love Yah!