Sunshine, blessed sunshine!

As I sat soaking up the rays yesterday, it hit me.  Every time I can feel the sunshine on my face and the warm breezes are blowing by, I am taken back; not just to one moment but to several.  It's like a little slide show in my mind of happy places of time gone by.  I thought I should list some out so I never forget and maybe bring a smile to a few of my old friends as well.

1.  Waiting in line at Disney with the whole family.
2.  Lying on the beach hearing the water wash up, watching Larry snorkel in Waikiki.
3.  7-Peaks, the day I met Larry.
4.  7-Peaks, the day I was due with Payton.
5.  Zion's Beach circa 1989.  Terri, Ranee and me.
6.  Disneyworld, Christmas break of Freshman year.  The water jumping fountain with the fam.
7.  The afternoon after graduation practice, end of May 1990.
8.  Bensonville, mid 70's, spring time.  Tube tops. Big Wheel. Birds chirping.
9.  Freshman year at BYU- the field, the roof, the roommates, a little homework, a lot of fun.
10. Last summer- driving my new VW bug with the top down (real slow!).
11. Thanksgiving 1992, road trip with Larry. Driving through Lake Tahoe, the sun shining through the car windows.
12.  Walking through Lehaina with a giant strawberry ice cream cone and my honey.
13.  Spring break 1990.  Trip to Mississippi with Terri.  The whole trip.
14.  Riding my bike to the community pool, summers in Palatine.
15.  Bonney Lake, the old house.  The girls were so little, Cooper was a puppy.  Life seemed simpler.
16.  Easter with the Sharp's, the grass was so green.
17.  Big Adventure Denver Youth Conference.  One hot bus. 
18.  Oklahoma summers as a kid.  Sisters. Cousins. The pool. The house. Aunty Mary Bess and Uncle Larry.  Washing cars. Feeding goats. Clothes lines. Homemade quilts. Spaghettios.

So these are just a few.  The cloudy, rainy day doesn't help revive the memories quite as well as that sunshine.  But it's so good to know they're there.  Stored away.  Until the next sunshiny day.

I Can't Say It Better Myself!

Governor Romney today issued the following statement on House passage of the healthcare bill:

"America has just witnessed an unconscionable abuse of power.  President Obama has betrayed his oath to the nation -- rather than bringing us together, ushering in a new kind of politics, and rising above raw partisanship, he has succombed to the lowest denominator of incumbent power: justifying the means by extolling the ends.  He promised better; we deserved better.


He calls his accomplishment 'historic' -- in this he is correct, although not for the reason he intends.  Rather, it is an historic usurpation of the legislative process -- he unleashed the nuclear option, enlisted not a single Republican vote in either chamber, bribed reluctant members of his own party, paid-off his union backers, scapegoated insurers, and justified his act with patently fraudulent accounting.  What Barack Obama has ushered into the American political landscape is not good for our country, in the words of an ancient maxim, "what starts twisted, ends twisted."


His healthcare bill is unhealthy for America.  It raises taxes, slashes the more private side of Medicare, installs price controls, and puts a new federal bureaucracy in charge of health care.  It will create a new entitlement even as the ones we already have are bankrupt.  For these reasons and more, the act should be repealed.  That campaign begins today."

http://www.noapology.com/Blog/#fbid=o04TbMk4uez

St. Jude Ab Crunch Challenge

As you can see in the column to the left, I am participating again in the Ab Crunch Challenge for St. Jude Hospital.  Please check out my sponsor page and donate if you can.  My goal was $50 last year and I did it.  This year I would like to up that to $200.  I know I can do it with your help! 

So follow the link.  Read the stories.  Grab a tissue.  And make a donation. 

https://waystohelp.stjude.org/sjVPortal/public/displayUserPage.do?programName=lofamerica&eventId=102170&userId=464029

Thanks everybody!