Dirty politicians

Last Friday there was a story on 20/20 about John Edwards. He has been indicted because he "allegedly" used campaign funds to cover up his affair with Rielle Hunter. I don't know how closely you follow politics/the lives of politicians, but John Edwards had an affair several years back, and he fathered a child with the woman he was having an affair with. The affair eventually came out into the light, and I remember watching an interview where John Edwards adamantly denied that the child in question was his. Well, the truth always has a way of coming out, and John Edwards is in fact the father of his mistress' child. (Did he really think he was fooling anyone?)

I'm getting so sick of wealthy, powerful men thinking that they are entitled to "having their cake and eating it too" just because they are "rich and famous." Whether you're a  politician, actor, sports figure, or just a "normal" person, it doesn't matter! If you're married, then you're MARRIED and should adopt a strict "hands-off" policy in regards to other people! I know that infidelity is not something that's exclusive to wealthy, powerful, "rich and famous" people, but those are the stories that you hear about on the news that make you shake your head and wonder what are they thinking?!

You know the sort of men I'm talking about… I like to call them losers because they do something stupid and end up losing a good thing. (So yes, I intentionally picked pictures where these men were photographed with their wives. Jesse lost Sandra and Tiger lost Elin, and I'm sure it's only a matter of time before Arnold loses Maria.)

Have you heard the latest news about Anthony Weiner? He's been a US representative since 1999, but last week he got caught up in a scandal when he allegedly sent an inappropriate picture to a female via Twitter. He adamantly denied sending the picture and said that his Twitter account had been hacked. The truth came out this afternoon and Anthony Weiner admitted that he lied, and did in fact send the inappropriate picture. He also admitted to having several inappropriate relationships over the internet with women before AND after his marriage. (He hasn't even been married a year.) I just feel badly for his wife since she just announced that she's expecting their first child. Another politician goes on the "loser" list.

Above is a picture of Anthony Weiner admitting the truth and giving his teary apology. This definitely isn't  someone that I want representing the country!

Feeling lazy

I felt lazy this past weekend, and there were several contributing factors. First of all, I've been trying to get over a cold that I must've picked up from my nieces/nephews that had colds when they were in town visiting last weekend for my family reunion. I've had a bit of a cough/chest congestion for the past week that makes it difficult to breathe. Sometimes it feels like there's a brick on my chest, or like I've been running outdoors on a cold morning. (Do you know the feeling?)

Another thing that contributed to my laziness was the heat. We set a new record high temperature of 98°F (that's about 36.6°C for all of you Celsius folks!) in St. Louis on Saturday. That beat the former record high temp of 97° that was set 100 years ago in 1911. In the afternoon  I started feeling extra warm and feverish, so my mom took my temperature and it was 101.5°, so that helps explain why I felt so hot and lethargic.

Plus, I was bored. My sister Chandra had to work this past Saturday so we weren't able to go out shopping or to the movies like we usually do. I guess it was just as well, though, since I wasn't feeling very chipper. Usually I don't mind staying at home when she's working because I like to get on my computer, but I know I'm not feeling well when I don't have the desire to blog!

Yesterday I was able to do something really special. We had a special conference at church where one of our general leaders from Utah was in attendance. It was Dallin H. Oaks. This probably doesn't sound like any big deal if you are not a member of my church, but he is an apostle of Jesus Christ. Most people think prophets and apostles are just people that existed in biblical times, but we have a modern-day prophet (Thomas S. Monson) and 12 apostles, just like there were prophets in ancient times (like Adam, Moses, Noah, etc.) and 12 apostles in Jesus' time (like Peter, James and John). It was wonderful to hear the talk that Dallin Oaks gave and to feel the wonderful spirit that was present during the conference.

My mom called my doctor this morning and she called in a prescription to help my chest congestion and cough, so hopefully I should be feeling tip-top again soon! I hope so because I don't like it when I feel lazy, tired and lethargic because that's definitely not me.

More family fun

I wanted to write a little more about my family reunion and post a few more pictures of the fun we had together.

Lots of time was spent in the kitchen either preparing food, making desserts or cleaning up messes. I don't think the reunion would've been near as fun if we didn't have yummy food to enjoy.

   __There was lots of time stories and games:

   __Here are some of my other favorite pictures from the reunion:

My 10 month old niece Amy even got her first French-braided pigtails. Chandra is really good at braiding, but it was difficult, even for her. The braids turned out pretty well, but they didn't last. At least we got a few pictures while they were nice.

27 pics of me

Today is June 1, and since June is the month of my birthday I thought I would make my first blog post of June one in honor of my upcoming birthday. Here are 27 pictures of me through the years. The photo quality of the majority of the pictures isn't great, but  I think you'll be able to see who I am and how I've gotten to where I am in life by these pictures.

Heather in the nude! Look at that belly!

Taking a look out the window after my nap

Age 3

Even a picture of me in a swimming suit!

5th birthday

3rd grade

My sisters and me (2000). I'm the one in the red shirt

Working girl at the movie theater! My first (and only) job

Senior year

High school graduation – May 2002

With my Grandma and Grandpa Zimmerman

Working as an assistant manager at the movie theater

2003

In Disney World with friends – May 2003

Fall 2003

Mom and me – October 2003

Thanksgiving day in 2003 – 10 days after my accident. It wasn't clear at that point whether I make it or not, but I hung in there and I'm still alive, just not kicking!

Doing better. I love this picture because it shows me at my worst, but things were getting better

Still smiling!

Me on my 20th birthday – June 2004

I love being an aunt! This is a picture of my niece Elizabeth and me from 2005

Celebrating the fifth anniversary of my accident – November 2008

Wheelchair race with my buddy, Bret – April 2009

Cardinals baseball game with friends – August 2010

at The Butterfly House – October 2010

Hooray for June!