It's been a while....

When last I wrote we were on our way to play East High. Well, we WON! It was a great game and the same star player that fumbled at the end of the Orem game made the touchdown that put us out of reach at this game. It was great! East wasn't too happy and were quite poor sports. They were picked to win out till the final game so it was a huge defeat for them. They shuffled our players and students on to the buses right off the end of the field and they still got called names and yelled at all the way. It's sad that they were such poor sports but I was proud of our guys that they didn't retaliate, they just ignored it and cheered each other.

This at the Provo Game-is he praying?

Then it was on to meet Skyview in Smithfield Utah. It was quite a drive and good game, our guys fought so hard but in the end we lost. Even though they were sad, they really should have been proud of the season they have had. To go from winning only 1 game last season to being 7-4 this season is a huge victory. 2 of the 4 teams we lost to played for the state final and the other two were Skyview that we lost to in the quarter final and then Orem which is a rival game and so is pretty unpredictable. I know I'm very proud of Text-guy and all his team mates for the season they have had. It feels so good to have all the hard work pay off.

Text-guy is #75

Well, Text-guy did his usual end of season mope for about 2 weeks but it finally over it and is now attending a speed training camp two days a week to stay in shape and keep up his conditioning. I hope we can continue to fund his extra training. I'd really like to see him get a scholarship and play college ball. He wants that too and has put the rest of the package together with grades and such so hopefully it will happen.

Bri-guy is selling cars like crazy lately! He's had his two best months ever and seems to be enjoying work more. The trick is getting paid! The loans have to fund before he gets paid and they seem to be really slow getting funded right now. We sure could use it at this Christmas season! It's just nice to see his hard work paying off and see him enjoying some new confidence.

Sally is getting excited for Christmas. She wants a Nintendo DS and about a million other things! She's still doing the 11 year old drama thing and making me absolutely crazy! Right now she's not speaking to her best friend. Sally dropped her cell phone the other day and her friend accidentally stepped on it and broke the screen. Well, Sally got mad because her friend didn't seem sorry enough about it which hurt her friends feelings and she's as stubborn as Sally so they are at a stand off. It's sad because the night before Sally said that she was like her sister and her best friend ever and they would always be friends. They really are good little friends and they probably will be friends forever but I get so tired of these little time outs they take and their stupid fights. This one might take a few days more but I'm pretty sure it will resolve and they'll be friends again. Kids waste so much time on the stupidest things! But, you can only encourage them to see things differently. You certainly can't MAKE them do anything!

Bri-guy and I went to the Billy Joel concert last week and it was great! We had a nice day shopping together and went to lunch at our favorite restaurant (stuffed ourselves silly!) and then went to the concert. It was a great day. Billy was awesome as usual. I wished he had played longer (only about 2 hours) but I'm sure it would never be enough for me. He played many of my favorites and a lot of the same show he did in NY. He threw in a few little ditties of Christmas songs. It was fun and he even had one of his roadies come up and sing AC/DC's Highway to Hell while he backed him up on guitar. It was pretty funny but he did a great job! The evening ended with the usual, Piano Man and his trademark line, "don't take any shit from anybody!" I couldn't help but feel as he walked off the stage that it may be the last time I see him in concert. He's set financially for life and I can't see him touring too much more. He's happily (as happy as celebrity marriages are) married now and I think it would be easy for him to settle into a quieter life. I'm sure touring and performing is exhausting. I'll be sad if it is the last time but I kind of had a feeling it was. Oh well.

I'm trying to get ready for Christmas. It really came up fast for me this year and I am quite unprepared! The house got decorated the day after Thanksgiving but my shopping is far from finished. The parties have begun and that stressed, overwhelmed feeling is upon me. I love this time of year but haven't figured out completely yet how to escape the madness of it all.

I'm still losing weight, believe it or not. I'm down a total of 83.4 lbs now and want to reach 100 by Feb 15th. Then if I can find ANY way, I'm getting a tummy tuck and getting rid of my 'fat apron.' My doctor says there aren't enough sit ups in the world to get rid of it. It's just excess skin, tissue and fat that I can't do anything about. So, that's what I'm hoping for next year. It seems on the vain side but two years of hard work and a true lifestyle change deserves some reward and if there's no way I can do it on my own, I just want it gone. Life is so much better as a thinner person. I'm never going back. Here's a little before and after picture. You can't see me too well in the after picture but it's all I have at the moment, I'm always the one behind the camera!

Before-that's me on the left and Jo on the right

After-That's me in the middle, Text-guy on the left and Sally on the right, Bri-guy in front

Anyway, enough for now. I'll get back to writing regular soon. A little Billy to finish on... "It's still rock and roll to me..."