I'm sure this is old news to Blogging Pros.
But to me this is exciting news...
I just added a thingy that allows my readers to subscribe to my blog posts!
Wait- do I even have any readers??
Oh well- not the point.
The point is- now you can subscribe, that way you'll be notified when I add a post so you don't have to stay up all night constantly clicking on my blog to see if any new content has been posted. Oh the hours you will save!
(In my head, I believe everyone sits around on pins and needles just waiting for me to post something clever and fun and witty, preferably with some awesome, well taken photographs...)
OK, so subscribe k?
It will make my day.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Our Young Champions
The girls had another competition recently...
As always the whole family got in the spirit. The girls even made signs.
Everyone was all smiles BEFORE the actual competition...
Notice how in this picture AFTER the competition that only Kenna is smiling. Her team took 1st place in their division... Lani's team not so much. 
A Hot Minute...
Wow! How the heck does time fly so fast??
No seriously... how does one day turn into two months in the blink of an eye???
A lot has happened since my last blog post...
I made this big ol' point of telling everyone how bloggy I was planning on being, only to end up eating my words as it has nearly two months since my last post!
*I did post a photo slide show this morning, but that doesn't count... that was mostly an experiment. It came out cute but the quality was crappy.
Anyway-I'm going to try to be better about posting now that my life has settled a bit. I promise.
(is life really ever settled though???)
One of my good friends and her husband even offered to make me a snazzy new site, so look forward to that coming soon. **and by soon I mean, eventually, because The Sherman's just welcomed their first baby into the world... little Benjamin. He's absolutely adorable and delicious, and is clearly way more of a priority than my half-assed blog.
Anyhoot-
I'm going to try to quickly update the blog with our recent happenings...
then I'm going to try (yet again) to keep this gosh darn thing updated on a regular basis.
Wish me luck!
No seriously... how does one day turn into two months in the blink of an eye???
A lot has happened since my last blog post...
I made this big ol' point of telling everyone how bloggy I was planning on being, only to end up eating my words as it has nearly two months since my last post!
*I did post a photo slide show this morning, but that doesn't count... that was mostly an experiment. It came out cute but the quality was crappy.
Anyway-I'm going to try to be better about posting now that my life has settled a bit. I promise.
(is life really ever settled though???)
One of my good friends and her husband even offered to make me a snazzy new site, so look forward to that coming soon. **and by soon I mean, eventually, because The Sherman's just welcomed their first baby into the world... little Benjamin. He's absolutely adorable and delicious, and is clearly way more of a priority than my half-assed blog.
Anyhoot-
I'm going to try to quickly update the blog with our recent happenings...
then I'm going to try (yet again) to keep this gosh darn thing updated on a regular basis.
Wish me luck!
Hoopin' For Hooters
The kids and I attended Hoopin For Hooters hosted by Feeding The Soul Foundation, and Jitters Coffee Pub to raise money for Breast Cancer.
**Im not sure how to really make these photo stories, or upload them to Blogger for that matter so bare with me while I figure out the proper settings... this slide show is rather blurry.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Ohana
It’s been a long time since I dabbled in the world of blogging. Initially when I started this blog as a New Year’s Resolution in 2009, I had high hopes of becoming rich and famous with my effortlessly clever and naturally witty blog posts… In my mind it was only a matter of time before the world noticed just how exciting Team Johnson’s life is… there would be invitations to do interviews with Oprah, Martha and the like. There would be speaking engagements, and magazine articles, and tons and tons of photo shoots…TONS of photo shoots (the camera loves me.)
People would start naming their children after me.
I’d have my own line of home décor, party décor, and comfy cute sporty clothes.
I’d have multiple bestselling books…
Maybe I’d invent a cocktail and name it after myself…
Uhhhhh…cut to 2010…reality.
Obviously that didn’t happen (or shall I say, hasn’t happened yet)… me thinks it might have had something to do with the small fact that I stopped posting anything on said blog. Life started happening at a pace that I was unable to keep up with, let alone waste time on the computer blogging.
I was stuck in a job I hated… I moved from SD County to Riverside County… My husband switched jobs… my kids got involved in extracurricular activities (which is the nice way of saying the oldest child hit puberty. And yes- it’s as bad as you think it’s going to be)… I was laid off from previously mentioned (and deeply despised) job…I lost 40 pounds… gained back 35… grew my hair out… made new friends, reconnected with old friends, lost a great friend to the state of Oregon (yes- I’m actually mad at an entire state)…Ugh- and that’s just the tip of the iceberg!
Suffice it to say- its been exhausting.
And just when I was starting to think- should I delete this damn thing? Does anyone really look at it or read it anyway? No one cares about the quirky missteps made by Team Johnson…
Or do they?
Just then, the unthinkable happened…it was as if the Universe was speaking directly to me…
My grandpa got himself a laptop. *GASP*
I KNOW RIGHT? A laptop! As in- a computer that can be used on your lap, wirelessly… or as my Grandpa puts it: A Monster Machine that will take at least 5 years to figure out. (I didn’t have the heart to remind him that technology advances so quickly, he probably won’t even need a computer in 5 years- we’ll probably just transfer emails and pictures telepathically or something.)
Anyway, as if this situation couldn’t get any better, guess what else Grandpa (to be referred to as G’pa from here on out), got himself??
He got himself and email account! Say what?! An email account!!! Whodathunkit??
I’d say someone is pretty hip eh??
Well yes, yes he is.
He’s the original sporter of the Members Only jacket, and grey Velcro shoes.
He can do a push up on his knuckles.
He rides his mountain bike all over tar nation.
He can kick your ass with art of Karate.
He’s a musical genius… a master word smith… and recently dabbled in the art of scrapbooking (he made all of us grandkids our own photo albums with pictures from our childhood.)
There is literally nothing that this man can’t do… literally.
When he met and fell in love with my grandmother he climbed a tree and plucked her a fresh coconut to impress her… did your husbands do that for you when you were dating? I highly doubt it.
Hi.
That’s how my G’Pa rolls.
Anyhow- in light of this most exciting news, I decided I’d reinstate my blog privileges and get ta postin’. If for no other reason-then purely so my G’Pa will have something to read when he’s using his new monster machine.
So thanks G’Pa… thanks for lighting the fire under my arse to get back to documenting our life. I love to look back at how Team Johnson has progressed… I love to look back and go- wow… we’re kinda cool. I guess life really isn’t all about commuting and gas stations afterall. It isn’t all about 6 day work weeks and family dinners eaten in shifts because of crazy whackadoo schedules. It isn’t about pay this, and plan that… the who, what, when, why, and how…
It’s about family.
Ohana.
Thanks G’Pa… thanks for being the glue keeping our Ohana together . I believe 100% that its G’Ma, watching us from Heaven. She’s making all of this happen.
(hopefully she has a Monster Machine in Heaven so she can read all this too…)
I love you guys!
People would start naming their children after me.
I’d have my own line of home décor, party décor, and comfy cute sporty clothes.
I’d have multiple bestselling books…
Maybe I’d invent a cocktail and name it after myself…
Uhhhhh…cut to 2010…reality.
Obviously that didn’t happen (or shall I say, hasn’t happened yet)… me thinks it might have had something to do with the small fact that I stopped posting anything on said blog. Life started happening at a pace that I was unable to keep up with, let alone waste time on the computer blogging.
I was stuck in a job I hated… I moved from SD County to Riverside County… My husband switched jobs… my kids got involved in extracurricular activities (which is the nice way of saying the oldest child hit puberty. And yes- it’s as bad as you think it’s going to be)… I was laid off from previously mentioned (and deeply despised) job…I lost 40 pounds… gained back 35… grew my hair out… made new friends, reconnected with old friends, lost a great friend to the state of Oregon (yes- I’m actually mad at an entire state)…Ugh- and that’s just the tip of the iceberg!
Suffice it to say- its been exhausting.
And just when I was starting to think- should I delete this damn thing? Does anyone really look at it or read it anyway? No one cares about the quirky missteps made by Team Johnson…
Or do they?
Just then, the unthinkable happened…it was as if the Universe was speaking directly to me…
My grandpa got himself a laptop. *GASP*
I KNOW RIGHT? A laptop! As in- a computer that can be used on your lap, wirelessly… or as my Grandpa puts it: A Monster Machine that will take at least 5 years to figure out. (I didn’t have the heart to remind him that technology advances so quickly, he probably won’t even need a computer in 5 years- we’ll probably just transfer emails and pictures telepathically or something.)
Anyway, as if this situation couldn’t get any better, guess what else Grandpa (to be referred to as G’pa from here on out), got himself??
He got himself and email account! Say what?! An email account!!! Whodathunkit??
I’d say someone is pretty hip eh??
Well yes, yes he is.
He’s the original sporter of the Members Only jacket, and grey Velcro shoes.
He can do a push up on his knuckles.
He rides his mountain bike all over tar nation.
He can kick your ass with art of Karate.
He’s a musical genius… a master word smith… and recently dabbled in the art of scrapbooking (he made all of us grandkids our own photo albums with pictures from our childhood.)
There is literally nothing that this man can’t do… literally.
When he met and fell in love with my grandmother he climbed a tree and plucked her a fresh coconut to impress her… did your husbands do that for you when you were dating? I highly doubt it.
Hi.
That’s how my G’Pa rolls.
Anyhow- in light of this most exciting news, I decided I’d reinstate my blog privileges and get ta postin’. If for no other reason-then purely so my G’Pa will have something to read when he’s using his new monster machine.
So thanks G’Pa… thanks for lighting the fire under my arse to get back to documenting our life. I love to look back at how Team Johnson has progressed… I love to look back and go- wow… we’re kinda cool. I guess life really isn’t all about commuting and gas stations afterall. It isn’t all about 6 day work weeks and family dinners eaten in shifts because of crazy whackadoo schedules. It isn’t about pay this, and plan that… the who, what, when, why, and how…
It’s about family.
Ohana.
Thanks G’Pa… thanks for being the glue keeping our Ohana together . I believe 100% that its G’Ma, watching us from Heaven. She’s making all of this happen.
(hopefully she has a Monster Machine in Heaven so she can read all this too…)
I love you guys!
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