TGIF!!!

I LOVE FRIDAYS!!!! For one I only have to work at one place usually and it's for 3 hours max...then I get to do whatever I want (even though lately I've just been...working :-/) BUT I STILL LOVE 'EM!!!!!!! For example, today I woke up [after sleeping in til 6...YAY!] Abby and I went and worked out and then I got to slowly get ready for the day, until mom said,"You'll be ready in 10 minutes right?" {I was in my pjs, hair still wet, no make-up on} We went and watched "ALIENS VS MONSTERS or MONSTERS VS ALIENS in 3-D!!!! The girls were a crack up to watch and my mom kept on pulling on my arm so I could see what Emery was doing! She kept saying "It's like it's not on the screen!" THEN I finally went to work at LFG....it was 11.45 :-) I enjoyed a little hour meeting, did some scanning, made a spread sheet, and wrote some checks. And Cami found a little butterfly outside...it was hurt! So she brought it inside and it's new home was in the back office with me!!!! [I just found out that she released our friend Margie....] I went home because I've spent the night at Abby's the past two nights and I was running out of clothes!!!!!!!!!!! I had a couple of hours before I was to go to Jack's house so I did homework while laying outside....man what a life!!!! Tonight I got to spend some time with Jack, just me and him. "I like you Allee." "I like you too Jack!!!!" He was super tired but I didn't want him to go to bed because he was being so cute....but I guess I didn't want to make him miserable. And NOW I'm just watching Phineous and Ferb while listening to the hum of the baby monitor in the back ground. I HAVE THE LIFE!!!!!! I get to go hang out with some of my family tonight and then I get to spend all day with them tomorrow!!! I HAVE A FULL SATURDAY OFF TOMORROW!!!!!!! {no going to someone's house for the evening or anything 'crazy' like that!} YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not only do I not have to work but I get to spend all day in dirty jeans and a t-shirt with my hair pulled back into a pony tail...not even a pretty one, just a ponytail! We're going to be over at Blake and April's new house, well it's going to be new when they put back together all the old stuff we've torn out. It's amazing what a little work will do!

And something else that I've loved this week...hard work. Abby and I have been going to the gym and it feels so good to sweat and feel it through the day! But my ulitmate of ulitmates is on Thursday my mom and I went to B&A's house and we worked HARD! We did alot. My jeans were nasty and my shirt was dirty too. And not dirty because I dropped dinner from last night on it either, dirty from physical labor! I got a blister and some scratches (it sounds bad but they hurt really bad! Not REALLY REALLY bad just bad enough to be annoying but it reminds me that I still am capable of doing physical work!) and my hands were even sore from holding onto a hammer so hard. ANYWAY, it's just been a good reminder to me that life isn't all about the type of jobs we have or even how much we make doing our jobs, it's about the things that make us feel accomplished and worth-while. AND it's just fun to see just exactly what my body can do!!! [even in it's not so fit form :-/]

So this week has been GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not bragging but sometimes some weeks are just, well, wonderful!!!!!!!!

BL PSRS

OH BOY!!!!!!!!!! Abby and I signed up at SNAP FITNESS yesterday!!! GO US! A couple of nights ago we went and checked it out and this black guy showed us around. (I'm not racist, black people just have different attitudes that Native Americans or Whites. I'm just describing the man.) So last night we filled out all this information, got our member card things, and the lady showed us how to open the doors. We thought we were done for the night but little did we know, Larry (for the sake of the story), had a different idea. He weighed us, checked our body fat percentage {ugh to both of those} and then walked us to the wall covered in a MIRROR! This is where he proceeded to measure our biceps, boo-boo area (I'm just glad I forgot to put on a sports bra otherwise my belly measurement would have been the same as my bee-bites!!!!!!), hips, calves, and thighs. It was humiliating to say the least! When he measured my booty he said,"Dang girl you got a big BOOTY!!!" You know it's bad when a BLACK guy tells you that!!!!! I've got ALOT of work to do! He said since I've gained so much weight so quickly that it's not going to come off too easy...I'm totally going to prove him wrong! So here goes no more sugary, enjoyable stuff and hello to salad, fruit, and vegetables, oh and 5:00 am wake up calls to get to the GYM!!!!!!! I'm so pumped but I'm sure that will wear off by oh tomorrow morning at 5:15 as I'm driving to work out! I'm ready though! YAHOO!!!! Thanks for pushing me Abby! I can't wait to see how HOTT we're going to look!!! Oh and uhhhh how healthy we'll be :-)

SO today on [facebook] I took a quiz-thingy-majig. "What is your REAL age?" I WAS 8!!!!! Ya know, being young is great! BUT 8???!! That's a little too young....I was hoping for a 15 or 16 maybe...or a 20...there's NOTHING wrong with that age. BUT 8? Is facebook trying to tell me something?? That means for every 2.5 years, I aged 1 year. Maybe I'll keep up the average and when I'm 60 my REAL age will be 24! MY GRANDKIDS WILL LOVE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So that's what I have to look forward to, {never growing old}.

Think about this, "What do you have to look forward to?"

BIGGEST LOSER

Okay SO I must not have a life OR I really like to do fun stuff because I've started a NEW BLOG!! It's WAY different and you should {check it out}! Some of my closest friends and I decided that we [LOVE] BIGGEST LOSER and we want to be on it. So we've created our own Biggest Loser! {ANYONE}, I repeat, [ANYONE] can participate. For more information go to psrbiggestloser.blogspot.com and leave your email address if it sounds like something you'll want to do. It's going to be as close to the (real) Biggest Loser as I can make it through...blogging. It's going to be great though! There are challenges, weigh ins, and A BIGGEST LOSER!!!!!!! There's a grand prize and everything. It will last 12 weeks, first weigh in on April 26th. You weigh in on the same scale every week in the comfort of your own home. It costs $5 to participate (this is so there WILL be a grand prize!) and you also have to send in a application/release letter and a before picture! One thing that will be different is that there will be NO ELIMINATIONS!!!! So in my opinion, this is even better than the real deal!!! Anyway, check it out and let me know if you want in!!!!!

A-L-L-E-E

So it's become a regular thing since moving down here to the valley of the sun to have to spell my name out to people. In Snowflake everyone thought Allee was spelled A-L-L-E-E...here they think it's spelled A-L-I or A-L-L-Y or A-L-I-E or A-L-Y or A-7-Y-R or well you get the point. And every time I spell it they say,"Oh that's an interesting way to spell it." [Is that like saying I have a sweet spirit?] "I've never seen it spelled that way." [NO KIDDING!!!] "Ahhh that's cute!" [You should see my face!] And then they proceed to ask,"So it is short for Alison?" [Is that a real question or are you trying to be funny? How in the WORLD would you get Alison with A-L-L-E-E???? It must take some pretty scientific phonetics that I never learned.] The other day a man called and I spelled my name to him and he said,"That is the cutest way to spell it! I have three girls and another one on the way so I'm all into girl names right now. I love it!!!" NO WAY?!!! I LOVE MY NAME TOO!!! So thanks to my mom and dad...wait...ummmm so thanks to my AUNT LASCHELLE for coming up with my rockin' name! {Grandma Kathy, I can't believe you let your oldest daughter let her friend name her youngest daughter.} I thought there was an law or something that said that mom's are supposed to name their kids, ESPECIALLY their youngest, most cutest, most important child. But I guess Aunt Schelle is my 2nd mom so {no} hard feelings! I love you both! I've had some fun times with my moms [and dads]!! Workin' with Uncle Steve and riding on the van to the golf matches! He always made me sit up front with him so I wouldn't get in 'guy trouble'. Thanks Uncle Steve! And now my dad is {trying} to get me in 'guy trouble'!! Would you two get together and figure it out?!!? No wonder I'm so confused...And Aunt LaSchelle...I LOVE HER LIKE, WELL LIKE A 2nd MOM!!!! (She did name me after all!) She is always happy, smiley, AND she always has TREATS!!! I can remember one time that my mom was having a hard time with me and a decision I was wanting to make so she called Aunt LaSchelle. Aunt LaSchelle helped keep my mom calm and knock some sense into me...needless to say it didn't work. I love it when my parents get all together and have a good time...FRIVOLOUS FRIDAYS....ps I'm mad about that...wait til I leave and then it's ALL fun and games.

*I watched Alice in Wonderland for the first time at the Schneider's house.
*Brittany used to tease me that I was going to marry Creston and then we could be real sisters.
*The only time I've ever watched Star Wars was in the boy's room. I was hanging out there and noone would play with me so I watched it...by myself!
*Brittany had a doll that felt like a real baby. You know, glass head, squishy body...Aunt Schelle would help me hold it like is WAS real.

So I guess I've been double blessed...or I just need that much more help!!! I got my first name from my 2nd parents and my last name from my 1st parents...not bad if you ask me! I love you!! ALL 4 OF YOU!!!!

3...10...2...3 day cleanse

So, somehow Abby and I got the crazy idea to try to do a cleanse. I'm going to say it's her fault {and she'll probably say it's mine [don't believe her!!!]} I thought we should do a juice cleanse. 5 different kinds of juices a day....water...doesn't seem too bad right?? That's what I thought but I figured I better give Abby a choice.

*Juice Cleanse
-yummy juices
-variety
-3 days
*Master Cleanse
-lemon juice, cayenne pepper, maple syrup (not the good kind), and water
-2 LITERS plus water every day [that's it]
-Salt Water Flush (1 liter of water, 1 tablespoon of salt, drink it in 10 minutes and wait for it to clean out uhhhhh....ya...you know what I mean)
-3 days...after doing more research...10 DAYS

Take your choice....I think Abby was thinking,"No pain, no gain."

Day 1: Not bad. Lemonade 'stuff' makes me gag but I'll get used to it eventually.....right?? I've never gone potty so many times in one day! But atleast 'it' looks healthy :-) Threw up...first time since living by the cow farms that I was thankful for the smell. Besides that, no side effects...except for not feeling satisfied.

Day 2: Supposedly the worst day...supposed to get head aches, blemishes, sleepiness, and {possible death}. None of the normal symptoms appeared {except maybe the feeling of death by poison}. I still gagged down the drink but it didn't taste as bad as I was expecting it to. Today is the day we drink the Salt Water Flush...kind of excited to see what happens. Toxins are supposed to be released within an hour of drinking the liquid and people say it's intense! Abby and I decided since it's our first cleanse [and we eat pretty health as far as preservative are concerned] we would only go for 3 days instead of 10. Drank the liter on the way home from Abby's. I will never again drink salt pool water....no desire anymore. I didn't think this drink would be THAT bad. I started drinking it and by the time I got to the end, I had to FORCE myself to swallow. I would hold it in my mouth for a while until I could convince myself that there was no where else for it to go. I WAS NOT GOING TO SPIT IT OUT!! It was amazing! Before I got home I could feel my stomach a rumblin'. The second I walked in the door I threw up. Holy cow! I was afraid I was going to have to try stopping so I could flush the toilet before it overflowed! No wonder I threw up! So needless to say, the SWF didn't do any good besides clearing out my nose with watered down lemonade. I called Abby and told her that I quit. It's just not worth it. I ate a tangerine orange thingy...I FELT HORRIBLE!!! 3 days! That's it! 3 DAYS!!!

Day 3: I still feel bad for eating the tangerine orange thing but I am still drinking the lemonade crap. Today is the last day. And curse Jack's family!!! Erin {the mom} made some excellent smelling dinner last night and they're warming it up for lunch!!! They keep apologizing and I just think it's funny. They are awesome!!! Mmmmmm I can't wait for tomorrow's dinner :-) Even if it is just a sandwhich!

Thinking about this I'm wondering....[WHAT THE HECK?] Why would anyone in their right mind do this cleanse? I've come to the conclusion that I am doing this so one day (yes some day) I will be able to tell my kids,"Don't you dare complain about fasting! One time I did this clease...." and if they ever complain again, guess what they'll be eating for the next 3 days?

MY SUNDAY

I've set a new goal! I'm going to faithfully write in my journal. No more of this trying to summarize the past year on two pages because I can only write that much til my hand starts to cramp. Lucky for ya'll this here blog spot it going to be my journal for the next little bit. You know, until my hand exercises pay off and I can actually write as much as I need to. Don't worry, I'll keep the real juicy ones to myself, the ones that I'm sure none of you would want to hear....walks in the park where we shared a....well you get the picture. None of you want to know about that.

So today, Sunday March 1, 2009 was a, well it was a Sunday. I woke up all on my own!!! {It's weird how you wake up at the same time regardless of whether your alarm clock goes off or not but if it doesn't you wake up with a smile on your face.} I took a shower....I won't go into detail....blow dried my hair, curled it, clipped my toe nails, put on my make-up and read. Oh and checked my email and finished writing some things for Relief Society.

10:30-Presidency Meeting at Maya's. {Some days I feel like such a dork!! I'm so much younger than all of the girls in the presidency and sometimes I can just REALLY tell!}
12:45-Sitting in my pew in the chapel. Talking to Bishop Howard and Tionee (that's how it's spelled by me. Her name really has a 'K' in there somewhere.)
1:00-SACRAMENT MEETING!!!!
1:15-Fast potty break and trying to find the keys to BLOSSOM!!! She probably thinks I'm neglecting her.
1:20-Teacher development. Once again I felt like a young woman with all these older, much wiser presidencies around. WILL I EVER GET OVER THAT??!
2:05-Relief Society.
3:00-Hurry rush to another meeting with a girl in my ward!
3:45-Quick dinner at Abby's. YUMMY!!!!! Mashed potatoes and gravy, hamburger patties, cottage cheese with lettuce, and canned corn!
4:07-Help Abby finish wiping off counters and table.
4:08-6:53-Talked with Abby. Went to the park and watche the girls play with a neighbor. We raced home. I WON!!!!!!!!! I must be getting faster in my old age :-)
6:54-Drive home. Windows down, rockin' out to the Joseph Smith CD.
And well now I'm blogging.....errrrrr writing in my journal.

Okay when I talk about my life like that it doesn't seem so great?! I guess I'll just stick with my typical blogging...this is this and that is that...AND OH THERE WAS THIS...but he wasn't...just the best parts I guess...in a weird way.

So today the best part was...........DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMM......Realizing what it meant to love the sisters in your ward. During fast and testimony meeting I wrote down every girl's name who got up and bore her testimony. Some of them I had no idea why or how I knew her AND something about her but I did! Sitting in Relief Society I was thinking of when RS Presidents say,"I love each and every one of you!" I always thought,"Ya, ya sure you do sister. You know my name and maybe the fact that I'm from Snowflake but you do NOT love me." It was like an explosion in my heart today when I realized how much I truly love the girls in my ward. Regardless I might not know one individually but I love her. I visited with a girl after church and I had never seen her. We had a conversation that most people would NEVER talk about on a first meeting. When I left I actually gave her a HUG!!!! I'm not a hug fan especially to strangers but it felt so right and I just couldn't help myself!!!!!! The Lord works in mysterious ways!!!!