SUPER WHAT?

Oh my aching arm.  Driving up North last weekend I began to realize that I could not hold the steering wheel with my left arm without feeling excruciating pain.  Further into the weekend I could not close the car door with my left hand and I could not lift my arm to fix my hair and put deodorant on my left armpit.  I managed through the weekend and made it home with calming moments of mediation and balancing my energy fields.  But this kind of pain called for drastic measures.  Dr. Bentley...HELP!

When it comes to joint and muscle pain Dr. Mark Bentley is my best friend.  He did the initial diagnosis on Wednesday.  "Your SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE is inflamed."  My super what?  It's one of the 4 muscles that makes up the rotator cuff.  And it didn't just happen by trauma to the muscle.  It happened over time.

Glorious news!  Anything that happens over time means it will take more time to recover.  

Understand this about me...I would rather prevent pain and illness than endure the process of recovery.  I eat well, I exercise (well sometimes), I take vitamins and minerals.  Basically, I am a health freak.  Low sugar, low salt, low fat.  That's me.  Actually, I don't really like food.  I eat to live and definitely do not live to eat.  Fresh fruit and vegies, honey instead of sugar, water, lots and lots of water...and I love herbal teas sweetened with stevia.  

Enough of that...check this out...

The day I was diagnosed was also the first day of the Washington County Fair.  I was supposed to take it easy and ice my shoulder 3 or 4 times a day.  Really?  K...well that's not happening until Sunday.  

The Fair was exhausting in a satisfying sort of way.  My involvement includes parking with my Red Rock Rotary Club, Representing the Washington County School District Foundation as a board member and doing whatever Wendy, my leader, tells me to do as a member of the Washington County Fair Board.  Hamilton and Asa helped me on Wednesday in the foundation booth.  Ra joined me for parking on Thursday and he did it every night after that while I worked the fair.  The fair parade was so much fun on Saturday morning then Pam Graf and I got the prizes for the baby contest all taken care of.  The highlight of the fair is always the Demolition Derby but that's a-whole-nother blog post and my arm is hurting from all this typing.  

I think it would be best to follow doctors orders and ice my supraspinatus.         

CATCHING UP

So many blogs and so little time leaves my own personal blog in the dust of my hurried existence.  On this beautiful peaceful Sunday morning I am taking time to catch up.

Family

All is well.  After a summer of sickness (colds and coughs turning to pneumonia), ankle sprains, wart removal, wisdom teeth extraction (or soon to be), soccer parties, picnics and movies - we are down to the final 10 days of summer.  This weekend I am looking forward to the Park City Soccer Tournament where I will spend 3 glorious days on the sidelines of the soccer fields, enjoying the majestic beauty of the surrounding mountains.  

Updates from Isaac are the best part of my week.  His missionary enthusiasm is contagious.  I am motivated by his attitude and his passion to succeed.  His letters are long, although not long enough for his mother, and his blog is updated regularly.  Click HERE if you want to know how he is.  

WORK 

Wow, I don't even know where to begin.  My work as the PR/Promotions Manager at CMI is overwhelming in a positive sort of way.  Not only am I promoting and branding 6 divisions of media but I am now a radio DJ!  

When I was young and really into music and the radio, friends and family would tell me I had a future in radio.  I would look at them with this perplexed sort of look.  Now, here I am.  Working at CMI, connected to Classical 91.3 and accepting the opportunity to host a show M-F from 8p - 10p.

My show is called Peaceful Relaxation.  The format is New Age.  I learned how to track on Friday.  It will air for the first time tomorrow night.  I have big plans for the show so future updates can be expected.

Service  

Over the next 3 months I will be buried in the Washington County Fair, The Lions Club Roundup Rodeo, events associated with the Washington County School District Foundation and the HWSG International Festival.  I will also be serving the community through Red Rock Rotary and Leadership Academy.  I hold a place as a committee/board member for each of these organizations.  I am a philanthropist at heart and haven't quite figured out how to say no.

Sometime around the beginning of November I should've dug my way out...just in time to be overwhelmed by the holidays.  Maybe I will find some time to exhale in January.

Spiritual 

After all is said and done, the reason I can do all that I do and not completely breakdown is because I start every day with prayer and meditation.  My testimony of the LDS faith I belong to continues to govern my life and my study of chakra and Human Energy Flow (HEF) brings all things into balance.  In September (among all that I am doing) I will stop my world for a few short days and begin the HEF certification process.  I am so excited for this.

When I study chakra and the art of balancing human energy, the spirit speaks truth to me.  The light of Christ flows through each of us and radiates from our being in a rainbow of colors.  The more I learn about this the more I connect to my foundation.

My peaceful morning is not so peaceful anymore so this blog update will have to end here.

  

WORDS TO MELT MY HEART

THE FAIR SINGER
by: Andrew Marvell (1621-1678)

O make a final conquest of all me,

Love did compose so sweet an enemy,

In whom both beauties to my death agree,

Joining themselves in fatal harmony;

That while she with her eyes my heart does bind,

She with her voice might captivate my mind.

 

I could have fled from one but singly fair,

My disentangled soul itself might save,

Breaking the curled trammels of her hair.

But how should I avoid to be her slave,

Whose subtle art invisibly can wreath

My fetters of the very air I breathe?

ELEPHANT TREK

Last week I spent two days at the St. George Chamber of Commerce Business Expo.  As part of the entertainment I stepped under the Yellowpix canopy.  Considering the feng shui description of the elephant I decided I needed to go on an Elephant Trek.

The elephant is probably the most positive animal symbol.  Some of the lessons thought to be learned from the elephant include strength, wisdom, solitude, family loyalty and intelligence.  The elephant is also considered to be a symbol of good luck.

As the public relations manager for the Center for Media Innovation (CMI), I was required to spend two days manning my booth at the expo.  It takes strength to stand on the cement floor and brave the chilled air of the Dixie Center.  At times I felt the solitude of being alone in my booth but I am loyal to my work so I stayed there even under the most exhausting moments.  As for intelligence, I am by nature filled with internal wisdom.  This is a gift from God.

These are lessons learned from my elephant trek and lessons learned through life's experience.   

HAPPY FATHERS DAY

THEN

AND

NOW












My dad...he's 86...I think.  I love him dearly.  

CATCHING UP

Between work and children there is little time for blog posting.  I love being a mom...the work part I can do without.  Well, it is work being a mom but it's the greatest work on earth.  The other work I am talking about is the survival kind.  We do it cause we have to.

I spent last weekend in Salt Lake with Rakai and Karamea.  It was the weekend of the Salty Streets Flea Market, created by Karamea, and she was immersed in pneumonia.  Rakai and I drove up to help her and stayed til late Sunday night.

This was an interesting place to spend my Sabbath day.  Karamea has chosen to include a different sort of crowd in her circle of influence. She created the Salty Streets Flea Market so they would have someplace to sell their recycled art.  I was surrounded by tatoos, body piercings and crazy hair all day.  Not to mention the flow of people coming from the Gay Pride Festival.  It was a lot to handle but I did it for Karamea.  Sometimes mothers have to step out of their comfort zones.  I love you Karamea.  And I admire that you choose to associate with and accept all kinds of people.  Just remember who you are and allow your inner convictions to touch the souls of everyone.

Two days later I was on my way to Cedar City for the Utah Summer Games.  Ammon, Asa and Hamilton were each scheduled to play.  I was the only parent that could go so I decided to get a room and stay in Cedar.  The alternative would've been enduring 15 games and living out of my car for 4 days.  Not a good option.  I'm feeling really good that I managed to watch a portion of 13 of those games.  I missed two because of scheduling conflicts...which was not my fault since I'm not in charge of the scheduling. This year we came home with 2 bronze medals and 1 gold.  Utah Summer Games...it's become a tradition.  As long as I have boys that play soccer and as long as we are in Utah, we will be at the Utah Summer Games.

One week after Salty Streets Flea Market.  It is a peaceful Sunday morning.  The boys sleep and I am catching up.  Karamea called late last night.  The pneumonia is clearing but she has pluracy as a result of the coughing.  She ended up in the emergency room.  There is nothing worse than feeling helpless when my children are suffering.   


Pneumonia at the Salty Streets Flea Market, 3 medals at the Utah Summer Games...it has been a week of highs and lows.  The sorrows of motherhood are always overshadowed by the joys.           

ALL CREATURES OF OUR GOD AND KING

You can sing a song your entire life  and never feel a thing.  And then one day you sing it and the spirit completely swells within your being.  This happened to me today in Sacrament meeting.  I was overcome with gratitude for the beauty of this world my Father in Heaven has gifted to me.  I am here to exist in a body, to learn and to grow and to find my way back to Him.  I rejoice in the knowledge I possess and thank Him for an overflow of blessings.

All creatures of our God and King
Lift up your voice and with us sing,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou burning sun with golden beam,
Thou silver moon with softer gleam!

O praise Him! O praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Thou rushing wind that art so strong
Ye clouds that sail in Heaven along,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Thou rising moon, in praise rejoice,
Ye lights of evening, find a voice!

O praise Him! O praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Thou flowing water, pure and clear,
Make music for thy Lord to hear,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Thou fire so masterful and bright,
That givest man both warmth and light

O praise Him! O praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Dear mother earth, who day by day
Unfoldest blessings on our way,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
The flowers and fruits that in thee grow,
Let them His glory also show.

O praise Him! O praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DROP-OFF

And so it goes, time travels on.  There are firsts for everything and there are lasts.  Twenty one years ago I dropped off my first child for school and today I dropped off my baby at elementary school - ONE LAST TIME. 

Born - December 18, 1998

Namesake - Earl Hurst Scoville

Born only 1 week before Christmas he is our JOY TO THE WORLD. He loves sports and is really good at soccer and karate. He started violin lessons in November 2007 and enjoys playing it. He is a very good student and is kind to everyone. He teaches us love and goodness and he makes us all laugh. Hamilton loves to cuddle and he keeps me warm at night. 

 

You continue to be my JOY to the world.  Love you baby.

NEW DAY INSPIRATION

This morning I woke to the playful sound of the song of a bird.  She was sweetly singing in the treetops of the downtown streets of Salt Lake.  I am here with Karamea. While she sleeps I read and write a letter to Isaac.  This is the quote that should spark a new beginning for me.

"I would rather be ashes than dust; I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot.  I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.  The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.  I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time." - Jack London -

Can I find the power to be the superb meteor?  Can I find the strength to live as this quote implies?  It would seem that in doing so my existence would be so much more meaningful. 

LOVE ME...LOVE MY CAT