Toe Talk

We've had a lot of Toe Talk going around here this last week.


Cali's show, 'Into the Woods" opened this week so we have spent ALOT of time at the high school. We were there (Jim, LA and Cali) until 11:00 p.m. Wednesday night, the night before opening working on the set which was WAY behind.

I had fun coloring in one of the books (large, life size books) that they use in the opener. I got to color in the design on the cover of the book with a black sharpie! Fun!


Toe Tale #1

Back to the toe - Cali plays the part of Florinda, one of Cinderella's step sisters. In one of the scenes, where Florinda is trying on the "golden slipper" (not glass) her mother proceeds to cut off one of her toes to make the shoe fit. This is the Grimm Brothers version of Cinderella - not Disney!

After squeezing her bloody foot into the shoe she rides off with the Prince on his horse, until the Prince notices the bloody foot and begins to gag (he has an aversion to blood). Cali does a great job playing up the part and Jameson (the Prince) is a good gagger - you think he's going to puke right there on the stage. This is one of the funnier scenes in the show.

Toe Tale #2 -


Several weeks ago I began having a lot of pain in one of my toes (the second smallest, to be exact) I thought maybe I had bruised it or even broken it but I couldn't remember hurting it (that is no indication though that I didn't as my memory isn't great these days!)


Everytime I put a shoe on the pain increased and it was sore to touch. I wanted to cut off my toe!


Finally I called our friend Dr. Larry, the podiatrist and I went over to his house for him to look at it. He informed me I had developed a large callous between the two toes because of the shoes I wear (high heels, pointed toes)

He proceeded to cut out the callous, creating quite a deep crater in the side of my toe. It felt better.



After a couple of days though the pain was still there and increasing. Sunday morning I woke up in such pain I could barely walk and it hurt to even have the sheet touching my toe. I found a pair of sandals I could get my foot into for church and limped my way around church all morning.



Dr. Larry then paid a housecall Sunday evening and told me I had an infection in the toe . He wrote me a perscription and then told me I could not wear any shoes that would "squeeze" my toes together for 3-5 days!



If you know me, and you know what kind of shoes I wear, you know that ALL my shoes "squeeze"my toes together. I am not known for wearing comfortable shoes! I have the scars on my feet to prove it.



So guess what I am wearing for the rest of the week - these lovely slippers!







And if the weather stays nice at least I can wear these! I need a pedicure if i'm going to wear these!



I will NOT be wearing these!

No more shoes like this for me - at least for a while!

Celebrity Look a Like - who do you look like?

This week a friend sent me a link to www.myheritage.com where you can find out what celebrities you look like - it is so fun! Just put in your photo and see who pops up!

I tried three different photos of myself to see which one I liked best. I am happy to say that the one person that came up all three times was Christie Brinkley - I'll take it. I decided not to use the photo where Alice Cooper and Neal Sedaka showed up as look alikes! When Kiera Knightly showed up with the 3rd photo I put in I decided that was definitely the one I was going to post on the blog.

Have fun with it!

Signs of Spring

Spring is definitely here.

How can we tell?

Ten yards of garden mulch (aka "poop") was delivered to our house this week! No, that cute little boy didn't come with the garden mulch, he is our neighbor "D" or better known as Declan.

I bet the very site of that pile of garden mulch is making Logan and Clark homesick right now, wishing they were here to help shovel it, scoop by scoop, into the wheelbarrow, then roll into the backyard and spread it over the yard - doesn't it boys?! It is at times like this that Jim really misses his boys!

Well, we kept the gardener, Santiago (aka Jim) busy this weekend. He did have a helper though. Five year old Declan was knocking at our door on Friday as soon as he saw it in the driveway.

He proceeded to knock on the door every 20 minutes for several hours to see if Jim was ready to come out and "work". Jim tried to explain to him that he was working inside right now but would be out in a while.

Finally on Saturday morning Jim and his buddy Declan spent hours "moving poop" as the boys use to call it. Declan had his own little wheelbarrow and own shovel. He worked hard and Jim was so cute and patient with him.

Jim and Declan would take the occasional "juice" break and at one point Declan informed Jim that he had to "go pee in the jungle" He found a tree to hide behind and then asked "Can you see me Jim?" Jim assured him he couldn't.


Jim was wearing gloves while working with the mulch. Declan,thinking it was because it was cold asked Jim why he was wearing gloves and assured him,"It's really warm." Jim didn't explain to Declan why it was "warm".


Declan also wanted to know when Jim's "mom" was going to make cookies for his family again. So, guess who is baking cookies tomorrow?! It's Declan's fifth birthday Monday, so Jim's "mom" will be making Declan's favorite - chocolate chip cookies.



Boy Update:

Jim made an over night trip to Salt Lake on Tuesday so was able to have dinner in Salt Lake at the "Blue Iguana' with Clark and Brooke. Brooke's brother was playing in the state playoffs for high school basketball so the three of them went to the game. Jim was able to meet about 30 of Brooke's relatives who were also at the game. He had a good time.


Logan was in Southern California all week touring with the Young Ambassadors. On
Saturday I received a phone call from Logan -


"Hello (echo, echo, echo)


Hi Logan,


"Mom, I know where I want to live" (echo, echo, echo)

Where Logan?


"In a big house overlooking the Long Beach or maybe it's Newport Beach Country Club which overlooks the ocean - it's amazing!" (echo, echo, echo) (he was having a hard time remember what city he was in)


Logan, are you calling me from the bathroom?


'Yes".


The Young Ambassador's were having lunch at a member's house that overlooked the country club and ocean. Guess it must have been some bathroom to get that kind of echo!


Each night the Young Ambassadors are hosted by different members of the church. One night the host family had 3 Emmy's sitting on their shelf. The boys had fun taking their picture with them. The husband had won them for sound mixing for the shows Frasier and Friends, his wife had been the stand in on Frasier.


More signs of Spring at our house

Daffodils blooming on the woodland path

Fresh Tulips, one bouquet from my Visiting Teacher and one from Jim - my favorite flowers.

Spring Decorations: