Photography Special

Fall & Holiday Discount
I'm hitting the floor running and very excited to be taking pictures once again. At this time I am offering a special. Mention that you found me via the blog and I will take a 10% discount on your entire purchase and throw in a free 8X10 of your choice. Refer me to a friend and you will get the same deal, just make sure to have them let me know it was you! And if they mention the blog, they get the same deal. This is one of the greatest times of year to be taking an updated family picture. With the fall colors and a need for Christmas cards creeping up on us, don't wait another minute. Call me and schedule an appointment now. I am extremely inexpensive and you will have a blast with me. Taking pictures should be fun and a memory you create with your family. Call 801-471-3037 or email me at tashina_gillman@msn.com ...leave a message if I don't get to your call in time and I will get back to you ASAP...

I am still here...

I just wanted to post a note that I am still around and haven't forgotten about "My Place." This blog was made for me to vent and voice opinion. If there was an opinion to place right now it would be about the politics, and quite frankly I stay far and clear from it. I know who I am voting for and what my values are and that is that. But life is great right now. Yeah we live from check to check, but who doesn't? So I really don't have anything to rant and rave about or sit up on my soap box. I have been posting away on my family blog because we have been doing a lot of family things. I feel great. I am eating good, exercising, and loosing inches. I have lost 15 inches in the last month. I am very excited. So life is busy, life is great, I feel wonderful. I love you all and am grateful for my readers. Have a safe Halloween this week and be safe. Make sure to keep an eye on your little ones and check their candy before you give it to them. There is also a warning out there about the chocolate candy from china. For details go to www.btshgillman.blogspot.com or you can check snopes but it has a chemical in it, the same one that was in the formula and killing babies, so don't eat it. Let your friends and family know. Talk to you soon...

It's been a while...ooops

Well I have been keeping up on the family blog but have neglected this one...again. And I don't have nearly as much time as I used to in making regular posts. So here are some random thoughts:
I have lost 12 lbs. since surgery and 9 inches. Yeah me go me!!!
It is stinkin' cold here. Where did autumn go?
I love my husband...I really really really love him, and will miss him while he is away working.
I may get on the computer more when he is gone, I don't sleep well without him next to my side.
I spent 3 hours at the laundry mat yesterday, my dryer is broken, hopefully temporarily. I need to put a lot of laundry away.
My baby is turning into a toddler. Bitter sweet as she is my last but at the same time thanks heavens, she is so active and full of her very opinionated attitude. I love her to pieces!
I am so excited to keep decorating for all the holidays that are upon us. Yeah!!!
McKadie is walking, not at full speed or all the time, but each day there is more and more.
I love movies...I think this came from working at the theatre.
I miss country dancing. I just spent Wednesday night teaching a large amount of youth to line dance: electric slide, boot scootin' boogie, and the tush push(very clean version).
I love taking walks at night with my sweetie. It has totally added to our relationship.
I found out Hunter has a hard time when I leave him at home or anywhere else (he was bawling one night when we got back from walking, now I have to leave the phone with him when we leave for just in case).
We are going to start going to rendezvous again with my family next year. I have to start sewing a bunch of pioneer outfits. I also should do some bead work...when is there time to do all of this?
I have been scrubbing my house on my hands and knees and am so happy to see the fruits of my labors.
I love my Savior!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am starting to realize what my body is capable of and that I can accomplish whatever I set my mind to. I am seriously thinking of participating in a tri-athalon next summer, and some half marathons and marathons before that. Thank you Debbie!!!
I love my family, one and all.
My kids make me smile and they don't even realize it half of the time.
The weather didn't co-operate with my schedule today. I was supposed to take a families pictures up the canyon, no way in a snow/rain storm.
Why can't fall last until after Halloween, like in Hocus Pocus the movie, all the pretty leaves on the ground, and NO SNOW!!!
I love to go to the temple. What a beautiful place. Some good friends of ours had their adopted son sealed to them today. Love you Dustin and Taska!!!
My main computer is broken, I need to take it to the Geek squad according to one of my very computer savvy uncles. And where do I get the money for that? Thankfully I have my laptop.
I love my camera, but would love a newer one...beggars can't be choosers...
The radiator in my car just decided to have a fit on me and now I don't know if Brian will be able to get it fixed before he leaves on Monday morning. Why is everything breaking?
Sadie and Hunter are having a fun day with their cousins at my parents house. Thank heavens for Grandparents.
I am learning to love my body...sorta...working on it.
I need to wipe down the walls in my bathroom, no fart fan, and mildew is growing GROSS!
I need to sweep the floor in the kitchen...again...thanks McKadie.
I could be getting all of these things done if I wasn't playing on my computer messing around with the blogs now couldn't I? So on that note. I am going to go and turn up some fun energizing music and dance/clean my house with McKadie.

Yeah Me Go Me Wahoo Me

Warning this is a double post ie: I made the same post on my other blog too:)

So this is me beaming right now. Many of you know that I have struggled with health issues and was in surgery 7 weeks ago. Some of you know that since the surgery I have felt the best I have in years. It is very exciting to me. So last Thursday was my 6 week check up and I received the green light to resume life as normal ie: cleaning, picking up my baby, etc... So before I left for the dr's apt I took my weight, I don't do it very much, it depresses me. So then, as of today, some family members and myself are doing a friendly biggest loser competition to help motivate each other. So I did the dreaded measure yourself and then I stepped on the scale. I had to re-weigh twice because I thought the scale was joking:) HAHA you know computers do have a mind of their own. But this is the big news...I have lost 15 lbs. in 1 week. I can't even believe it. Part of my weight problem the last 6 years has been my insulin resistance due to the PCOD that I have or had... So we don't know and won't know for a while yet if my body is still having insulin problems. But until then I am super happy for the 15 lb. loss. I am beyond excited, I can't contain myself, so do you see me beaming right now? Try...

Random Thoughts...

I am sitting in Brian's recliner and yawning. I love the teething stage...PSYCHE!!! I was up with McKadie about every hour and a half last night...I don't do very well on lack of sleep so forgive my random babblings right now. There were a few things I wanted to touch on that happened this weekend. First of all, Brian and I had a semi date night aka a PPV movie being watched lounging in bed. We haven't had a real date since the Rodeo in June...tear tear. Anyways, we watched "P.S. I love You". It has Hillary Swank and some other actors, one of which is a hottie, and overall we really liked it. It's rated PG-13 and was very mellow as far as language is concerned. There was a bum shot of a man, I didn't really see it, but from what Brian said it was no worse then Kevin Costner and his bootie in "Dancing with Wolves". It was a great story line and we thought it would be a mushy love story which it was to an extent but it was also very comical. We laughed hard a few times. And I cried a lot during it. But I do that a lot these days so I don't know if you will need a Kleenex box or not.
My first soap box conversation right now. I am a movie lover. I love all sorts of movies, my favorites being sci-fi and comical romances. I worked at a movie theatre for about 2 years and it was by far one of my favorite jobs. I will not watch R's, I have watched a few but Brian and I haven't watched one in over 7 years, I have to pat myself on the back for that because there have been a lot that we would have loved to see. I hope none of you take that as a slam on choosing to watch R's, just for Brian and I it is important that we don't. So anyways, Brian and I watched another PG-13 movie about 2 weeks ago. I think it was "Fools Gold" with a very handsome man and Goldie Hawn's daughter(I may be a huge movie buff and can pretty much pinpoint movies that actors/actresses have been in, but I really bite at remembering names) oh wait his name is Matthew McCaunahay(SP??)...anyways...It looked super funny and innocent. We have seen other movies with these two in them and they haven't had anything that made me cringe. But I have a big big problem with certain body parts being shown. I am not a huge fan of men's bums being in movies, but I am super sensitive to women's parts being shown. I have a huge problem with the pornography issues that we are faced with in this world and I hate how so many people just pass it off as ok and normal. It should not be normal. So we are watching and laughing and all of a sudden you get this total full on frontal boob shot of this girl. I was so irritated. It is rated PG-13...so my point is the ratings are becoming very loose on their ratings and it irritates me. End that soap box.
Next soap box, a little more sympathetic to more people than the previous soap box. There was a show on this weekend that was on all 3 major networks that was called "Stand Up 2 Cancer". If any of you are the same as I am you have at least a handful of people whom you know or are related to that have suffered the ultimate cost to this disease or you know a survivor that has been able to win the fight with this disease. In honor of those whom I have been blessed to know, I have lost my grandpa, Brian's grandma, a dear friend from high school, one of my best's friends dads and so many more. In honor of those whom are still living and fighting this disease or can say they have survived it: my grandma, my next door neighbor, a dear family friend Lori, and so many more. I also cried a lot during this program. But I did want to say that I really enjoyed it and was really proud to be a friend and/or family member that have to deal with this awful disease. I pray that they will find a cure for this horrible thing known as cancer, but until then, we hope....End this soap box.
Next...and yet another program that was on this weekend was a tribute to the armed forces that are fighting to protect our freedoms. I didn't watch a lot of TV this weekend, but these programs were very inspiring, for the most part. So anyways, I was really excited to watch this program. I am a huge supporter of the Armed Forces and to the men and women serving to save our great nation. I am also grateful to their husbands/wives, children, parents, etc...that stay behind and watch and wait as their loved ones are far away. I am a baby when Brian has to go out of town for a week for work, I don't think I could let him go for longer. I am sitting there watching and I have high expectations for what is about to be shown. It started out with Janet Jackson, ok so she is a pop icon, a Jackson so that was ok, I wasn't a huge fan of the song she sang, it was blah. And then dancing was alright, not my favorite. Then you have the infamous Pamela Anderson come out and every time they do a close up shot of her they have this dialog box right over the bottom of her to where you can't see any bust only her face, and it's only when you see her up close, my guess is she was revealing too much of her bust and it was inappropriate, go figure...not a huge Pamela fan, I think she is demoralizing for women. Then we get a song for Toby Keith, I am excited for this because I know he is a huge supporter of the troops and has always been. I even got a little teary even though I have heard his song a million times. The comedian they had was funny and I appreciated the gratitude he expressed to the military men and women. I totally skipped over the whole Snoop Dog part, don't like him at all. A quick dialog by Jordin Sparks, was quick and to the point. They had a couple of good stories from some soldiers and their families that was interesting. A performance by another comedian which was blah and then a performance by Jessica Simpson. If you are a fan of Jessica Simpson I am sorry I mean you no offense, but I felt like her dancing was totally too perverse and I think she is too dramatic and over the top when she sings. Also, she was on Grand Ole Opry Live the other night and I thought she was gonna bust out of her top or fall out which ever came first. So anyways I could go on and on but I was really overall disappointed. They had some pro cheerleaders and the 3 top Playboy bunnies. My thoughts are, ok, I get it that the ways of the world are gross and sick and giving some booty or bust whichever, is what men want...but for crying out loud can we do it with some class, without showing everything a woman may have and so on. EEEEWWWWWW GROSS and PA-LEASE. I am the daughter of a retired Air Force man, my great grandfather served in WWII in the navy and was in Pearl Harbor when it was struck. My grandfather served in the Army and I love the fact that I am an American, but how demoralizing. I was so bummed out by the overall point of the show, even the country music wasn't what it could have been. And I am a big fan of country music. Alright so I will get off that one but give me a break. When I was little that was a type of program that my mom would get us all together to sit down and watch and to teach us to be grateful for all that we have. There is no way I would have let my kids watch that program last night. Alright I am really done now.
So the other thing is that those living in Utah and Wasatch County had regional conference yesterday for the LDS church. It was awesome. I totally loved the talks and was so grateful to hear them. My great great grandpa is Lincoln Packer, cousin to Boyd K. Packer, so the story he had told about the little Danish Pioneer was a very personal story for me. I don't know a lot of stories about my ancestors but how cool was that. And Elder Uchdorf is such a stud. And the talk from President Monson's daughter was awesome. She told this story about how she made real homemade rolls for some YW and they were in shock that they could be so delicious. She told them that she did it on purpose because she wanted them to know what was real versus the store bought or something to that effect. It was a good analogy on life and I feel her point to the talk was to make sure that are lives are being lived Real and not fake or just on the surface. Be genuine. Loved it. So anyways, now that I have written another novel I will go:)

Ta Dah...

My baby turned 1 yesterday. It was a fun day and she got all smiley everytime someone sang happy birthday to her. I can't believe how fast this last year has gone by. It's amazing. And some more good news, I have lost 9 pounds now since the surgery. So it made me brave enough to post a body picture of me, of course with my birthday girl.

Resolutions and Goals

Why wait for the New Year, in 4 months, when I know there are things to change now. So I have some ok not some but a lot of things I am constantly thinking about changing or doing better, and a handful of things I am currently working on doing better. So our satelite tv has been off for a few months. When money is tight, it's not a priority. Also, I noticed Sadie and Hunter saying and doing things that they had learned on TV and even though a lot of it was cute and exciting, they did learn some things. But what about the things they did or said that were not good because they learned them on tv? I have decided that I am not willing to let those bad influences into their lives even if they are learning things. But I do know that the tv is not the only place for them to learn. Books, life experience, etc... So even when money is not tight, we will pretty much be cutting out a good portion of any tv.
I have many more things I want to fix and work on but I will spare you all at this very moment but encourage you to re-evaluate things in your life, good or bad. We need to make sure that we are putting our lives in order and doing those things that are the most important. Blah...I am getting on my soap box and I have no room to preach. Have a great holiday weekend and be safe!