Rhi's Designs

I wanted to run a half marathon that wasn't all down hill and closer to home. Mike and I signed up for this half marathon in January, before Mike hurt his knee. We were going to be running it with my SIL and BIL. They both had to drop out too because of their kids activities. That just left me to run the race. The course was decent, the race was very well organized.  Me, well I thought I had trained well. I didn't though.  This was my first race since my surgery. I didn't know how I would do. I wasn't excepting a super time but I was excepting that I would a little better. Three hours and three minutes later I finished. I was so mad. In October, I ran the Halloween Half in 2:30 hours. I wanted that time or better. I think the cold through me off. Daylight savings pushed the sun up later so I couldn't run in the mornings. The worst part. I forgot my watch. My running watch . To tell me my pace, how far I have gone and how much more I need to go. W...

Who doesn't love shoes? I have been accused of having more shoes than days of the week. I have my favorites, my go to pairs .  Then I have some that I bought either because they were on clearance that couldn't be passed up or they looked so cute in the store when I tried them on. But when I got them home they weren't that cute. I might be a hoarder of shoes and flip flops. At one point in my life I did own 100 pairs for flip flops and they weren't all the Old Navy throw away pairs either. I just love shoes that I don't even know what to do with the old ones when they were barely used? I thought about giving them away to my sister but she has smaller feet than me.  I have been a consumer of running shoes lately. Since I am running and doing triathlons. My first pair of REAL running shoes some from the clearance section of the local sports store. They even matched my husband. They were Nike ZOOMS, white with red stripes. After awhile they started to hurt my feet. ...

I have been working hard in creating some new necklaces for my shop. I was recently joined a traveling boutique that happens here in the west side of the Salt Lake Valley. There are a lot of vendors all with a fantastic flare for their business and craft. This month the boutique was held in South Jordan and next month will be in Kearns. If you live in or around the Salt Lake Valley it's worth the trip for some great stuff. I took a few pictures of my necklaces. I have more coming to my Etsy shop. Here are the details on the boutique, next month.  April 13th at 6-8pm.   Directions to the boutique: 1.) From Bangeter HWY, enter 6200 So. and head all the way west. Turn right on Copper City Drive, head north. Turn left on Borax Avenue, head all the way west. Megan's home is the last circle on the right, 3rd house on the left. 2.) From 5400 South, turn left on Copper City Drive & head south, turn right on Borax Avenue, head all the way west.

I don't like being sick. I get sick all the time. Some one gets the slightest cold around me and then I am sick for weeks. I don't understand it. I keep a clean house. There is no mildew, or gross whatever lurking around in my house. I wipe down counters, clean bathrooms.  Sometimes I'm to much of clean freak. I think it's because I don't like being sick.  There were a few people at work that had been sick and now their sickness is on me. Last week, it was a cough that hurt so much that, I may or may not wet my pants. But in all seriousness. I thought that taking out my tonsils would solve my life problem with getting sick. I got a flu shot this year too.  The other thing about being sick that I hate is that I'm home sick and all I can think about is how dirty my house is and that I need to clean it. Laundry needs to be folded, floors swept and mopped. bathrooms too.  AAHHHH!!!! (cough, cough) Also I am not a huge fan of cough syrup...

It's funny how the new tooth is twice the size of the space. Braces here we come.  Isn't funny, us mothers, we get excited when our babies get their first tooth. Then it's our children that get excited when they lose their first tooth.  We get sad because we know that braces are right around the corner.  This experience happened for Phoenix last night. We were eating waffles for dinner. He had just shoved a huge piece in his mouth. We heard a crunching sound. (I thought, I bet that is his tooth, he just ate it. ) Mike said "Phoenix what is that sound? " Phoenix shrugged his shoulders. Mike asked Phoenix to open his mouth, he smiled. There was a hole but no tooth. We told him that he probably ate it. He started crying(real tears) about how he has waited for weeks for the tooth to come out. He got scared that the tooth fairy was not going to come to him.  The letter says, I eat my tooth. I am sorry I ate my tooth last night. I brush all day....

My husband work at a local ski resort, Snowbird. We haven't taken full advantage of our benefit we get because he works there.  I took the day off because the kids had the day off too. I wanted to go skiing. With recent snow here in Utah. I was hoping for a good day. I'm a fair weather skier. I like the fresh snow but I want the sun and no wind. That is a rare combination. But we got that today. The kids didn't really want to go but the threat of having to clean the house didn't sound as much fun as skiing.  A perfect day on the slopes and the children did great. Phoenix is feeling more comfortable getting off the lift with me ( I snowboard not ski like the kids). Jersey is a speed demon on the slopes and loves to try to jump. After lunch the kids were done with skiing. Me? I wanted to keep going, I had to given in to the whines. I had a great workout though. I am hoping to have a chance to ski again just Mike and I before the season is over.

10 years ago.... I was in my second semester at the University of Utah, something was going on where classes were cancelled for a few weeks. The Olympics were in town. We had an amazing time. Mike and I got to see the events and concerts. We went to the women's final bobsled race. Where we saw the USA, win! Brilliant! We also went downtown several times to see the booths, and concerts. We saw Smashmouth. Not a great band but it was the experience of seeing the Olympians get their medals before hand that was awesome.   I have always loved the Olympics and now getting to share those memories with my children has been a treat. We went to the University of Utah stadium to seeing the relighting of the Olympic cauldron. It didn't light up at first but when it did tears rushed to my eyes.   I remembered those good times of the 2002 Olympics!