Turn Around

My Mom used to have the sheet music to a song called "Turn Around". Here are the lyrics for one of the verses.

Where are you going

My little one, little one

Where are you going

My baby, my own

Turn around and you're two

Turn around and you're four

Turn around and you're a young girl

Going out of the door

 When she would sing it, tears always came to my eyes. I guess even when you are the little one they are talking about, the thought of leaving your parents is sad. 

I will never forget my Dad giving me a hug in the kitchen before I got married, and with tears in his eyes saying "I didn't think you would be leaving so soon."

I guess the reason I am reminiscing is because Lindsay turned twenty this past week. I found this picture of Lindsay and I when I was her age. The older I get the faster time flies.

Forty-Love

Since January I have been taking tennis lessons and going to the women's tennis workouts. It has been really good for me. I am not competitive by nature but I can get worked up (especially by aggressive know it all's, with no patience for beginners :) . Most of the ladies who come to the workouts are extremely nice and give good advice. I have made new friends, laughed at myself a lot, and had some great bruises (the best one was from running into a huge screw that held the net as we were switching sides).

Top three things about learning to play tennis

1. I have to say the outfits

2. having something in common with my husband (he is a know it all but very patient).

3. winning points against my arch rival Jenny (one of those mentioned above).

Three things I need to learn

1. stop apologizing every time I hit a horrible shot

2. stop watching the ball and run!

3. How to get rid of tennis elbow

More Fishing

I went to see the Dr. this morning since my back is still hurting.  Dr. Taylor (who looks just like Dr. Kevorkian) thought it was an SI joint issue...  No.. It can't be.  I had that 10 years ago and couldn't even bend over.  Totally different symptoms than what I have now.  I have pain in the same area but I can pretty much do everything I want - I just can't sit for very long.  He recommended PT so I went down and saw my Therapist - who is also my neighbor and helped me rehab my shoulder 2 years ago.  He says - "Its your SI joints.  They're not locked but the right side is really twisted".  Huh... Shows you what I know.  He worked on both sides for about 10 minutes, twisted them around, put the electro machine on the joints, and now it feels 90% better.  So... in celebration I went fishing for an hour!  :)

Fall Fishing

So...It has been awhile since I've posted as Pam has taken over the blog so here goes my first post in months.  Tuesday I hurt my back golfing and haven't been able to sit much.  Hopefully its nothing major and I'll be back to normal shortly.  I was supposed to go to the track today and get some practice in our race car (that my brother and I blew the engine up in first time out back in July) with the new engine but since my back hurts - extended driving is not an option.  So, since the weather is perfect this afternoon, my partner and I decided to go fishing for a few hours up Provo Canyon.  The leaves are starting to change, the scenery is incredible and being outside is very enjoyable right now.  I caught three fish in a couple of hours.

Insalata Caprese

The best thing about having a garden this year was making this salad. Derek and I first tasted caprese in Italy last year. It is made with fresh tomatoes, usually buffalo mozzarella (we just get the fresh mozzarella at costco) and fresh basil. Then we drizzle it with olive oil. We had the tomatoes and basil from our garden. Deliciouso!