Our trip

We had sooo much fun on our trip to Idaho. I miss my sister, brother-in-law and nephew but we plan on going back up in March so we'll see them soon. :)

here are some picks from our trip. These are not in order.

Juliet playing on Aunt Rina's Ipod...she likes them. she wants one of her own.

Juliet and Eric in front of the Rexburg Temple. So cute.

Seth making a silly face. He's so stinking cute!!!!!!

me and my cuteness...I'm an aunt for the first time on this side of the family. Makes me smile. :D

Juliet and her Cousin. she loves him. She was so excited to go see cousin seffers (that's what she calls him)

Rina totally passed out on the buss....awesome.

Juliet totally passed out on the bus...could be because I overdosed her on Dramamine...oops.

we had a fantastic time and it was a very special and memorable Christmas!

Just because

I got a new Iphone and honestly I loooove this thing. It takes the best pictures and I can email them to myself. No more waiting for me to download pics anymore. wahooo.

So Juliet came to visit me in the office today. here is a picture Rina took of me and her. I think we are pretty dang cute if I do say so myself. :)

hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

Count down

So most people would be counting down for Christmas. Santa, the presents, a big dinner with friends and family...don't get me wrong. I love this holiday, but this year is a tad different.

We are going to be on a plane come Christmas morning. Flying into UT, then on a shuttle for four hours to get to the home of my wonderful sister and brother-in-law and adorable nephews house. Then on Saturday we are going to the temple with them. Now what can be more joyous then that? I'm so excited I can barely stand it. This is probably going to be one of the best Christmas's ever!

small accomplishments that mean the world

As most of you know, I've struggled with my weight for a very long time! ups and downs, new diets, fad diets, home exercises, gym, life-style changes. You name it. I've done it.

Well recently I've gone through some major changes in my life and with those changes came the urge to really do something about it. So I've lost some weight. I'm excited about it and hope to lose some more. Yes the number on the scale going down is fun but its the small accomplishments that make all the difference in the world. Here are some that I just love!

I can rest my chin on my knee, which means my leg can fold all the way up and in!
I can shop in the regular size section and not have to look for the biggest size there.
I can cross my legs knee over knew and not calf over knee.
If I pick something out of my closet the fear is now 'oh that might be to big' not 'oh man, another thing I won't be able to fit'
I can wrap a towel around me and it covers everything.
When I go out...I actually dance because things don't jiggle as much as they used too. haha
when I look down....I can see my toes. :)

I know small things that most of us can do already. I'm just excited I'm able to do them now.
can't wait to see what else I can do when I lose more weight.

Snow Day!!!

Last night it started snowing. cool right....well this is what we woke up too and its still coming down! all the schools are closed and the Gov called a snow day, which hasn't been done over seven years. Nice

This is a chair we have in the back yard. It has not been wiped off the whole night/day its been snowing. :) see how much we got?

Frodo loves the snow. He was nice enough to stop and let me take a picture. Toby was off running like a maniac. They've had a really fun time running around in it and trying to eat it all.

You can see the running tracks the dogs have made. Juliet was out there for a bit but she got to cold and to tired before I could take a picture. Maybe later. This is her first big snow storm. :)

This is the front yard...You can see the slight indentation that kinda looks like an L.....that's our walkway. Ya so not shoveling that!

So here we are almost three and the snow is still coming down. I don't know if the Governor will call another snow day tomorrow but it was sure nice to have one today and spend it with my favorite Juliet, play on facebook and catch up on some laundry and dishes. :) Yay for snow days.

Doesn't work that way

Yesterday I woke up in the best mood. I was happy the air was crisp, the sun was out. Sure I had to go back to work but it is only a four day week and its good to get back into a routine. I fit into some slacks I hadn't been able to fit into in a while and I was feeling good.

I was ready to be on top of the world!....but I guess it doesn't work that way. Throughout the day my mood was slowly deflated with downers and reality checks. Some of them were just need to happens, like being told I needed to do something differently at work, when I thought I was doing well. It was brought to my attention that I needed to look at how I acted in certain situations, which is fine. I'm sure I needed to hear it. I was told I need to be cautious and reasonable in my expectations in other situations, again something that needed to be heard.

But frankly I just wanted a good day, I wanted people on my side...not showing me rational, legitimate reasons for the reality check. I quickly came down from the top of my world and although I deeply appreciate those in my life that tell me how it is and what needs to be done....I just simply didn't want it yesterday. But what can you do? Take it and run with it, so I guess that's what I will do.

Review - Two Words

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A good woman

I had this poem forwarded to me...I had to share.

A Good Woman:

A good woman is proud of herself.
she respects herself and others.
She is aware of who she is.
She neither seeks definition form the person she is with,
nor does she expect them to read her mind.
she is quite capable of articulating her needs.

A good woman is hopeful.
She is strong enough to make all her dreams come true
She knows love, therefore she gives love.
She recognizes that her love has great value
and mus be reciprocated.
If her love is taken for granted, it soon disappears.

A good woman has a dash of inspiration,
a dabble of endurance.
she knows that she will, at times,
have to inspire others to reach the potential God gave them.
A good woman knows her past,
understands her present and moves toward the future.

A good woman knows God.
She knows that with god the world is her playground,
but without God she will just be played.
A good woman does not live in fear of the future because of her past.
Instead, she understands that her life experiences are merely lessons,
meant to bring her closer to self knowledge and unconditional self love.
Girl Smile....YOU KNOW YOU HAVE IT GOING ON!

Rewards vs Discipline

So for the last few weeks Juliet has been......stubborn is what we will call it. Juliet and I are very much alike so we are either best friends or at each others throats. I love her to pieces and I recognize that one: she is growing up and desperately wants to independent (that's how I am) and two: there have been a lot of changes in her life lately that are very hard for a four year old to process. so I've tried to be understanding and what not. But sometimes I get hardheaded too (who me? hardheaded? never right? hehe) and I lose my temper and yell.

so here is Juliet acting out and me yelling... not the best combination. The daycare told me the other day that she has been acting out at school too, to the point where she has to go to time out on her mat in a separate room. She just doesn't listen and when she does get in trouble it just rolls of her back like she's being told what color the sky is. She just doesn't' care or respond very well to discipline.

The daycare owner told me that for one of her kids she had to start doing the reward system. Stars to be exact. This is the plan we put into place. If she can go the whole day at daycare with out getting on the mat and go at home with out being put in the corner more then two times then she gets a star. If she gets stars for the whole week she gets to go to Gymnastics....if she gets stars for the whole month then she gets to go to a movie or someplace special.

I was sceptical....but we've been doing it for about a week and the difference (at least at home) is phenomenal. she listens, she's helpful and all I have to do is remind her about her stars and her attitude turns completely around...which makes me happy and less stressed, which I'm sure helps with both of our attitude problems (yes I have an attitude problem too....imagine that!)

I don't' know how long this will last but I hope for a while. :) Its making both of our lives a tad bit easier.

Bee's Honey

This is a conversation Juliet and I had on the way home from school on Wednesday. She cracks me up!

Juliet: Lara and I squished a bee today

Me: Oh ya, how come?

Juliet: It was trying to sting us so Lara waited till it rested on the ground and then she sneaked up to it and stomped on it with her foot. Then me and Ty squished it too

Me: Goodness

Juliet: Ya all its honey came out

Me: I don't' think that was honey babe. That was the bee's guts and blood most likely

(stop for thinking pause)

Juliet: So bee's don't pee out honey.....they make it?

Me: Yes

Juliet: giggling.....ewww I squished bee guts



Yup.....that's my daughter. Loves the color pink, dreams of being a princess, squishes bugs and picks up mice. Gotta love it.

Look what the cat brought me

We got home the other night and the cat had brought Juliet a surprise. yes, a mouse.

The cat has done this before. He loves her to pieces.....which I'm not sure why because the poor thing gets squished from hugs, dressed up and sometimes left in a dresser drawer for hours all because of her...but he still adores her. so of course what do animals do when they adore/love someone...they bring it barely alive things they've been playing with for the last hour.

This would have been bad enough but my fearless daughter decided she would be proud of what the cat brought and show me. No, not bring me to it.....bring IT to ME! she picked it up (thankfully she knows enough not to touch it with bare hands) she picked it up with a towel and brought it to me saying "look what the cat brought me"

I tried my hardest to not show my surprise, disgust and frankly girl like squeal that wanted to escape.....I guess I didn't do a very good job because one look at my face I guess made Juliet realize what exactly she was holding....of course it picked that very moment to squirm, which made her scream and throw it.....at me! which made me scream...which made her scream harder.

so there we are two screaming girls in the middle of the hallway with the mouse trying to run away and the cat leaping out from the shadows..and i swore he gave us a 'what the heck did you let it get away for' look as he was pouncing.

We finally caught it. I took it outside and across the street. I know I should have killed it but ick. I just couldn't.

we washed our hands for about ten minutes and had a good chuckle.

Family

So we've had most of the kids home for the last few weeks and I asked my mom if it feels weird to have them all there. She said no, she absolutely loves it. :) which is nice.

Deb and Tyler are here and of course the cutest nephew ever...Seth. (don't you just love that name!). Juliet likes to call him her Seth, its cute.

I'll be super sad when they leave but they have family and a home waiting for them in Idaho and we are happy and blessed they get to spend some of their time here for a bit.

I get to hold him every once and a while (D and T are being super good about sharing...its so nice of them!) and absolutely love it (even though I don't get my picture taken with him...... ;~) j/k didder)

Family is very important to me and I'm glad I have such an awesome one.

I'm here I promise

Hey all,

It's been a crazy month so far and its barely halfway over. I'm just going to give you some highlights.

As most of you know. I filed for divorce. Jason and I have allowed each other to grow and we are still good friends but this needed to happen. I will tell you there was no abuse or cheating, nothing dramatic or anything.....just a chapter in my life that did not turn out the way I had planned but what can you say, when do life plans usually turn out? He will still hang around the family as he is great friends with my parents and siblings and why not? he is the father of our beautiful daughter and still a dear person in my life.

on lighter news I am an aunt. First time on my side of the family. My wonderful sister and brother in law had there very first child come to them on October 19th 2009. How exciting is that. It makes me cry a little every time I think about it. I love them so much and can't even express how excited I am for them and for both the families. They have waited a very long time and little Seth (that's his name...oh my goodness isn't it the cutest name ever?) and we are so elated to finally have him in our family. :) here is a link to Deborah and Tylers blog...they have pictures up of him and Deb is an awesome blogger you can catch up on his amazing story there. http://deborahandtylerandreasen.blogspot.com/

I'm officially old.... we went to wal-mart last night and I picked up some cute outfits for my nephew (got to spoil while he's here. hehe) and then Juliet needed a new winter jacket and some more shirts. So we are in the baby/toddler section and I can not find one thing to fit her....when it hits me. She will probably fit things from the jr section. I tried with all my might to find one thing to fit her from the baby section. I just didn't want to admit that my child is growing up so incredibly fast. So over I trudge with a mixed feeling of heavy heart and new excitement. we picked out clothes and yes my friends she fits the xxs in the jr section. Yes she is only four but she is tall always has been. so my baby girl is no longer baby, frankly there is nothing baby about her and I both love it and hate it. She of course loves it because she can now officially shop in the section that has Hannah Tanna (Hannah Montana) clothes.

all right you all. I'm outy for now. I will have more stuff to tell you but I probably need to get to work. :)

Patchwork

Patchwork is the title of the book in which I am a featured author.

I have two short stories written under a pen name and they are in as of today. I hope to pick them up later tonight.

I'm so jazzed. I'm catching up with the rest of my ever so talented family and glad they let me in and showed me the ropes.

books are available for sale, but I will also have a copy that I would be more then happy to let anyone borrow. :)

( FYI - there are other authors in the book and I do not know the integrity of their stories, but most of them should be good ones)

Juliet paid off

When I had my daughter back in 2005, I was not on an HMO I had the PPO. Which meant I got 20% of the hospital bill. Ok so that wouldn't have been a problem except my little angel didn't want to ruin her pretty little head so refused to come out!

I was in the hospital 24 hours before I finally consented to a C-Section. It was considered an emergency so I had to stay in the hospital another four days.

So 20% of an emergency C-Section, five days in a hospital and all the extra drugs that came with it.....added up to more then we had anticipated about seven thousand more then we had anticipated. I had to take out a consolidation loan for the hospital bills and some credit cards we maxed out trying to keep up on the said bills.

Today I got a letter from Wells Fargo saying that loan is finally paid off! It took four years to pay for her but worth every penny! I'm excited its finally paid off. Now I have my school loans and my car is almost paid off. I'm slowly but finally getting to be debt free and it feels great!

Just a tad

So just a tad of what is going on in my life lately.

Juliet is still in gymnastics and is getting better and better every week. She got to do the fly yesterday (they strap the kids in and rope them up and swing them back and forth so they can get used to the height and learn how to pose in air) it was kinda cool...looked like fun and she absolutely loved it. She is anxious to start school and that won't even start until next year. She cracks me up everyday!

Jason is still driving. He has a student as he is a mentor driver now. Which means he gets paid for all the miles he drives. Its nice. And Jason is not so lonely on the road anymore...so that is a plus.

I am working my day job still, I also do the Cake classes on Thursdays, I do cake orders and have now started getting clientele that I don't know...they are being recommended by word of mouth! I love it. I also do the occasional passion party. Its fun. And I'm officially obsessed with they gym. :)

I am looking into buying a house and my car is almost paid off. I think that is kinda neat.

anyway, nothing to big or exciting lately but thought you might want a catch up.....if not o well you got one anyway.

Breakthrough

I have always had an issue with my weight. Up and down, up and down. I would do really well and then I would gain it all back. I've never really gotten the concept of life style change instead of just dieting. So i would always revert back to my old ways and gain it back and then some.

Well I have tried very hard lately to do an actual lifestyle change lately. really trying to make conscious choices of what I am eating and I go to the gym at least four times a week.

Now here's the breakthrough. I've been an emotional eater. If I'm upset or down, happy or excited. I will eat. Is always been like that. It could be anything from a candy bar to a full fledged meal from a fast food place. But the other day I had a very emotional day...and instead of eating or wanting to eat. All I wanted to do was go jogging. I wanted to run. Can you believe that?

It hit me out of no where. I was thinking man I'm having a bad day and my mind instantly went to "I want to run" Not once did it go to "I wish I had some cake" or "I need a hamburger"....it went to I WANT TO RUN!

Insane. I was very excited about this and hope this is the beginning of a true life change and not another roller coaster. :)

Teaching

So I was called to be the RS teacher for 2nd Sunday. Ok I thought only once a month. I can handle it. so yesterday was my first go at it. I was scared out of my mind. I cried right when I got up there.....yes, from the emotion of the lesson (friendship in the church) but I think a lot of it had to do with how scared I was.

Put me on stage in front of hundreds of people and I'm good. Put me in a classroom with a few student teaching how to decorate cakes...I'm grand. Put me in front of a room full of kids....I do ok. Put me in front of a class room with about 30 adults who are waiting to be spiritually fed and I go to a babbling emotional wreck.

But thankfully, I had participants who made the lesson not only fabulous but run over too. :) I am grateful for friends who saw me struggling and helped me out.

I couldn't tell you one thing I said up there...I don't know if anyone actually got anything out of the lesson but it was nice to see smiling faces at me and not a room full of blank stares. haha.



On a different note. Today is my dads B-day...Happy Birthday Pops. You're the best!

8 years ago

Eight years ago...I was up early in my friends dorm room, waiting for her to take her shower so she could take me to the airport. You see my dad had made travel arrangements for everyone to come to Nevada so he could renew his vows to my mom on their anniversary. but it was sorely spoiled by what happened that very morning.

My mom called and told me to turn on the TV. It was like a scene out of the movie. I think I hung up on her when every channel I changed too was nothing but the World Trade Centers falling to the ground, the anchors voice strong but reverent when reporting that our home land had been hit.

I banged on the door and told my friend to come out...we've been hit was all I could say. she came out dripping and frantic...I was in tears, memorized by what I was seeing. Who could do that such a thing? All those people!

I knew there was no way I was getting on a plane, not now...so I got in my truck and started making the nine hour drive home. By a miracle all the family that was suppose to show up did and the ceremony went wonderfully (well accept for someone leaving the ring at home...but we got it ok).

for the next few days the world watched as our country came to terms with the fact that we had been terrorized that we had actually been attacked. We also came together as no country has or probably ever would. Yes I understand that people perceive Americans to be selfish and self centered...but we banned together like no other and we stood up after being hit and let them know that - yes they did hit us...but no we were not knocked down..nor would we be.

This is the land of the free and we were not going to be terrorized ever again.

So many things have changed since that fateful day. Some for the worse (stereo typing to say for one) but most for the best. We still remember at least once a year that we are a strong nation and will continue to be. I think we have more empathy for those counties that have to live through it everyday! I know I do.....

And to this day I get a lump in my throat thinking about that day and how much this country means to me. How many of my family members are in the armed forces protecting what I hold so dear and about all those precious lives lost. I will never forget how that felt or how I knew in that very moment I was witnessing history. That one day my children and children's children would talk about this day. It left a deep groove in our nations history. It left a deep groove in my personal history.

God protect those you fight for us and forgive those who trespass. I'm sure they are praying for the same thing...which is ironic if you think about it. We all love our homeland with a fierce passion...its at least one thing we all have in common.

9/11/01 - We Remember.

Honesty

Honesty will make the burden lighter! I fully believe that.

What is harder then not being honest...wither it be with yourself or with someone else. I mean you have to remember the lies and then remember why you lied in the first place.

Most of the time those lies were told (again either to someone...or to your self) out of love...not wanting to hurt. Well people, guess what? It doesn't work. People are going to get hurt no matter what. You can't protect and shield everyone from everything.

My parents told us when we were younger that if we were just honest with them, they would be in less trouble then if we lied and then found out....and yes they always found out! And its true with life too!

Just be honest! to yourself and everyone around you. It will make the burden lighter and the future clearer. Have faith that those that you love and want to protect from whatever, can make it. that they will understand and love you for your honestly...if not, then were they really meant to be in your life?

Just a bit of wisdom from my oh so impressive 27 years of living. :)

catching up

hey y'all. :)

I am so busy at work and home is crazy right now. I will catch everyone up on my life very shortly. We went and visited Deborah and Tyler and of course you saw the excitement on the way there....but we had so much fun visiting.

We went to the zoo, water park and county fair. We also tried out new eating place and of course hit up the cupcake place....but like I said I will catch everyone up when I get a chance.


:)

My Tire, A Nail and A Cosmic Joke

I'm driving to Idaho from Carson City to visit my sister. I'm about 7 hours in and doing well. I'm so close I feel my energy come back up and suddenly the drive doesn't seem that long. Ok only a few more hours and i'm there. yay.

I feel my car go loose. literally loose. the steering wheel felt like it was on a swivel screw. "well this isn't good" is the only thought I had in my head before all heck broke loose. My tire blows out, my cars swerves right. In some insane part of my brain that is still functioning, I think of my snow driving training. let go of the wheel, stay off the break and slightly ease off the gas. It straitens out for a second, knowing I have to get off the rode. I try to steer it to the side....it doest like that. I swerve to the left, make a hard right and then all of the sudden I'm facing backwards and cars a coming at me. I have a half a second to say 'no' out load when I do a complete 360...I'll never think of the tilt a whirl at the carnival the same way again.

Now this happens in a matter of seconds and three distinct things are happening with me. One, while trying desperately to get the car to cooperate, I'm saying out load 'please don't flip, please don't flip'...Two, in my head I'm desperately trying to recall how tight Juliets seat belt is...what if we do flip, will she stay in?...and Three I am begging God over and over to please not take me today.

Who knew you could have three distinct things going at the same time...I didn't.

I come to a bone jarring stop in the gravel. My head is pounding, my hands are shaking and my vision blurs. I hear a soft voice almost scolding voice from the back of the car...."Momma" it says "you broke the car"..."Yes, baby I did" I reply. I take two deep breaths before I get out of the car and grab Juliet out.

A couple stops and slows traffic down for me, a man in a white shirt, tie and really nice shoes (ge looks like a Bishop...it is a comfort beyond believe), he takes my keys and moves me the rest of the way out of the road and a trucker stops and comes over to help.

by the time I remember I have road side assistance on my borrowed phone, they have the tire almost changed into the donut. I feel like a silly female, when they ask me if I have a spare or where any of the things are I look at them wide-eyed and repeat 'um I don't know' over and over again. When in fact I do know, my father taught us. But I'm to shaken to care and desperately thankful that they came to my rescue.

The trucker takes the shredded tire off the thankfully not bent rim and we see the problem. A six inch nail is stuck traight in. Like it was hammered in. I must have picked it up somewhere and it deflated my tire enough to allow the rubber to heat up to much while driving 75-80 on the free way (yes that is the posted speed limit!).

The state trooper pulls up just as the donut is going on the car. He asks if there are any injuries, how many cars are involved...you know the usual. He also asks for my drivers license and when I hand it to him, I notice how incredibly handsome this trooper is. Which I admit helps the situation a tad. ;) He checks out the information, talks to the men folk for a bit, bids them good-bye. I thank them over and over again and watch them walk off to their vehicles.

The trooper tells me he wishes he had stickers or something for my daughter. I tell him at this point I'm the one that needs the stickers. Juliet is seems not even effected by it. Which could be good as in I'm doing a good job at keeping calm and so she doesn't think it a big deal or a bad thing as in she's used to this kind of thing happening....cause lets face it, you can't take me anywhere!

I tell the trooper good bye. Let him know I will be stopping in the next town to get a new tire and off I go.

I drive into Burley Id. My sister tells me there are 8 tire places, I find the first one and go for it. Cause it is already 5:30 and things shut down early here. I pull into the wal-mart tire center. They have one person working today and three cars a head of me. He tells me it will be at least a 45 minute wait and the only tire he has in stock for my car is $120.00. 'Ok' I say. I don't have time to price shop and risk places being shut before I get there.

We wait, I make phone calls, update my face book status from my phone and finally my car is ready to go. I hand over the money and off we go.

I get back on the freeway and start heading towards Rexburg. And here comes a bill board...on the bill board is an advertisement for les shwab...what are they advertising? Why they are letting the world know they have a huge sale on tires! I smile and laugh to myself. Leave it to Heavenly Father to play a cosmic joke on me. He knows that's the kind of thing that will take my mind off of it and get me back into life.

I am deeply grateful that we didn't flip, that a trucker and a well dressed man helped me. That my tired blew late enough to be close to a town, but early enough to miss heavy traffic and to find an open mechanic. And for Heavenly Father who felt it necessary to spare any pain by keeping me and my precious cargo safe for at least one more day.

A work of art? sure why not....

yesterday I made an impromptu decision to take Juliet for ice-cream. By the time I had made the decision it was already kinda late so we didn't stay, we went through the drive through. I got a blizzard and got her a small chocolate Sunday.

when they handed it to me and I handed it back to her she just looked at it.

I asked ' what? isn't this what you wanted?'
she says 'yes'
I asked 'then why are you just looking at it?'
she says ' mom its so beautiful'

haha. Yes, she's my daughter - finds the art in food. :)

Its the small things

Sometimes when you have a bad day its not one huge thing that makes it horrid....its the small things. Like waking up late, running out of gas, dealing with annoying phone calls ALL DAY LONG, paying bills with money that's not there, cleaning house over and over (even though you are never home to mess it up!)....all these things piled up on top of each other can get to be just to much.

And sometimes when you have a bad day it can be one huge thing that gets in your way, like filing for divorce, losing a loved one, realising a life goal might just stay a dream or losing your house that can just make your world feel like it will crash.

But on either one of those kinds of days you can also appreciate the small things that make those days bearable, breathable and livable. Like having a friend tell you they see you are in pain and they are there for you, or even a friend that tells you to buck it up and get on with it (whichever needs to be said to you at the time), when the sun comes out or when the rain falls, a joke that makes you chuckle, or your child telling you they love you.

Small things that make all the difference in the world. I sometimes forget the small things that are good and focus on the small things that are bad or get overwhelmed with the big things. Stop and smell the flowers so to speak. It really does help. It might not put you in a fabulous mood but it will make the day livable and hopeful for the next and that is what gets me through. :)

Gripes of the week

Just a few things I have to gripe about or they will annoy more, which will just make me angrier, which makes me meaner. so here goes:

1. don't ignore me. If I call, text or email you cause I am worried and haven't heard from you in a while.....do me a favor and just say whether you are doing well or not!

2. When you ask my my name and I tell you don't repeat it back to me differently. You just heard me pronounce it! today I had a lady asked me my name. I said 'Maura' she says 'oh Mara, ok thanks.' I just wanted to go through the phone.

3. Our state is Nevada...NOT Nevawda. Say it like a hick and you'll be fine. Don't try to put some fancy spin on it. We don't like it!!!!!

4. Don't get angry at me because you didn't read the fine print when you signed up for your insurance company and now you have to pay out of pocket. I didn't make you sign your name and we are giving you all the help we can. Don't tell me "I'm ruining your life and I might as well come to your house and dig a grave. cause that's where I'm putting you" Truly...I get that....a lot

5. If I look stressed, or intensely busy...don't come over and make a comment of how my face will stick that way if I don't change it! chances are if I look this way, I'm stressed and BUSY! leave me a lone! or your face will be permanently changed when I pounce you.

aaahhhhh I think that does it for now. I feel much better. :) thanks for listening to my gripes.

Future Fashion Icon?

This morning I got Juliet some things to wear from the drawer. I got her new undies, a pair of jeans and a long tank with a flower pattern on it. Ok nothing to big, or special. Just something to wear to daycare.

I asked her to go get her shoes and she said sure, comes back five minutes later and seriously and revamped her whole outfit....and it looked so cute!!!!

she rolled up her jeans twice to make them capri's and tucked in her tank to show off her little waist then asked me to put a pink puffy scrunchy in her hair cause it looked like the flowers on her tank.

She looked ten times cuter and it was all her! I don't know where she got her fashion sense but its good. Now she's doing this at four...can you imagine her in high school? and if she's good at it in high school and loves it maybe some day you'll see her name dressing the best of them....but I get ahead of myself. She's four and frankly has a lot of interests and is good at loads of stuff. I can't wait to see what she becomes!



On another note today is my sisters Birthday!!!! Wahoo for didder! Happy Birthday!!!!!! Love ya!

Word Vomit

Ever have one of those days were every single thing that came out of your mouth you wish you could take back!? I did yesterday.

Either I said something completely rude or the way I said something was uncalled for.

At work people kept apologizing on the phone for bothering me. When I said they weren't they would reply 'sure sounds like it'.

One of my good friends tells me her crazy ex-husband (who she's managed to stay away from for the last 5 years) contacted her and I say "that's funny"...WHAT? how is that funny!?

My sister tells me some awesome news and I throw it in her face.

A guy at works mom died so he will be out of the office and I say to the girl who told me "not like we will notice he's gone".....

Ok so I don't know what happened yesterday. Word vomit all day long! I hurt a lot of feelings and spent much of last night and this morning apologizing! Some of them aren't really talking to me and I don't blame them! I wouldn't want to talk to me either. I so wish I could rewind and erase sometimes.

UGGG. I'm such an idiot sometimes!

Front row and hard candy.

At church our family sits in the front row. So its hard to hide anything that happens...unruly children, bobbing sleepy heads or the fact that one almost has to do the heimlich on a kid.


Well that's what happened to me this weekend. Juliet and Eric got a piece of Candy, they were being pretty good. Sharing books and coloring without any huge fights. So all was well. Until Juliet grabbed my arm like she was dying and in fact she was well on her way. I looked at her and her throat was bulging and the veins were popping, her eyes were watery and all you could hear was a desperate choking sound as she tried to take a breath in while her body tried to dislodge the candy.

I bent her over a tad and hit her back as hard as I could...twice then I hear her breath in. So I bring her back up....big mistake (course you really aren't thinking to clearly when you see your only child choking to death) as soon as she came back up to take her second breath. In popped the candy back into her throat and thus starts the whole terrifying process over again.

by this point my dad had popped up from his seat by the Bishop and was on his way down. I was getting Juliet in the position to do the heimlich when the candy popped out. She took one massively huge breath in and I grabbed her and piratically ran out of the chapel. Not that we couldn't have stayed there. she was safe, breathing and the candy was out. I on the other hand was not ok and desperately needed to get out before I broke down in front of everyone.

So after my dad checked her I hurried to the bathroom, took her in the big stall with me and held her and cried. She told me I was ok and patted my back. I felt bad that she was the one that had to comfort me after what she had gone through, but I just could not help it.

Afterwards I ran into my good friend in the hallway and she took my mind off it. She always makes me laugh and it was perfect that she was out there when I needed that kind of a distraction.

Scary! I'm glad I didn't have to use the heimlich, but also glad that I had the peace of mind that I knew how to use it and didn't have to rely on someone else to get to her. That was a comforting thought.

Harry Potter, Real Duels and an Awesome Movie Game

So of course I went and saw the mid night showing of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. and of course I LOVED IT! they did cut a lot from the book and tweaked the ending just a tad but all in all I think they captured what was really important.

Mom bought our tickets earlier in the day but we still got there an hour and a half early to get good seats. They showed it on four screens and had each theatre with a different house flag over it. It was clever. :) We were in Slytherin and we had some very interesting people. There was a group of teenagers who dressed up. They kinda rag dolled it. You know they were dressing up to kinda make fun of the dresser uppers but they totally had fun with it. They even treated us to a real duel in the front of the theatre. One of the boys dressed up as Hermione and won the costume contest. :)

Because we sat there for a good hour before the movie even started we got to hear all kinds of conversations. Usually after the first minute or so I don't listen anymore cause its not interesting. But the family behind us kept me interested the whole time. they were playing a movie game. You pick a major actor, they picked Harrison Ford and the next person says a movie he played in, then the next person has to say an actor in that movie, then the next person has to name a movie the second actor was in...and so on and so forth, until you get it back to Harrison Ford. Kinda like the seven degrees of Kevin Bacon. Only you can make this game go on for as long as you want. It was simply amazing the movies and actors this family knew and how they were able to connect all of them together. I would probably be out by the fourth movie or actor but they kept it up for a full hour and only stopped cause they knew the movie was coming on soon. Crazy huh?

Anyhow. I can't wait for the rest of the Harry Potters and that should be it for me for midnight showings for a while. :)

spices, ants and good friends

I helped my good friend move this weekend, I also helped her unpack and organize some of her house. We started in the kitchen cause lets face it you don't feel good until your kitchen is perfect right?

So Crystal (my good friend) was having a hard time trying to decide where she was going to put all her spices. She had 3 boxes of them....kid you not... 3 boxes and not little boxes either. So I ask her how many spices can she possibly need and also whens the last time she rotated them. "what do you mean rotate them?" that's when I knew we had a project.

I explained that spices expire and you have to throw them out. so we sat down and went through her three boxes. Oldest one found May of 2002 and she had like 5 containers of salt! so needless to say we really didn't need to find more room for the spices. By the time we were done she had room left over in her spice cabinet.

Ants are a problem this year. the little black sugar ants! man are they annoying. I tell her welcome to Carson that they are all over the place and you can get ant poison but she has to be careful to not let the kids or the dogs get it. So she comes up with a 'brilliant' idea.....she is going to get on her hands and knees and Lysol the suckers. Ya ok....like that's going to work. It will kill maybe the first 10 but the rest are out there and they will come. It was fun watching her try to demolish this ant line with a can of Lysol, a big paper towel and a mean look. :)

By 11pm we were both exhausted, delirious and giggly (ok more giggly then we usually are)...which didn't make organizing any easier.

Crystal and I have become such good friends over the last four years. I couldn't imagine unpacking and organizing going much funner. (funner....is that a word? is now. hehe). I love her bunches and hope for our sanity that neither one of us moves anytime soon.

good times. ;)

Divine Intervention or All Me?

Ever have a HUMONGOUS decision to make and just didn't know what to do? I'm pretty sure all of us have had to in point or another in our lives. I'm sure we don't get doled out just one either. Many will come our way and we are judged on how we handle them.

I've had a few in my measly 26 years of being here, and only 9 years of those 26 have been on my own so I can only imagine what is still in store for me and hope that I pass those tests.

I have a friend who is going through something in her life that is not very pleasant, she is losing her house, her husband lost his job and they have to file bankruptcy. Now I have not had the pleasure of owning a house yet but can only imagine how bad it would feel to have to and to go through a financial strain like that. I have been on the low end of the totum pole when it came to money so was able to give her some advice on how to save money....like cutting the cable out, reducing your cell phone goodies so the bill is not so high, things like that. I'm no money guru but I know a few tricks here and there.

I also have a friend who is having some issues in her marriage. I'm no marriage councilor and I doubt I am qualified to give any advice to her but she like to talk to me anyway because I have a clear head and see things differently then most people.

now me seeing things differently....is that Divine Intervention or all in my head? I've been told by several people that I seem to give good advice. That I seem in tune with life and what path people should take. If that is true and I am in tune with 'life' (or the Lord) then how come it is so hard for me to figure out my life? that's what I want to know.

How come when it comes to seeing things clearly and being in tune to what path people should walk down, why can I not choose mine? why is it fuzzy for me and totally not in tune? And if that is the case am I really helping these people out or directing them towards disaster?

Small questions that will never be answered in this life time. I will continue to help my friends and family in the best way I know how, have faith that I am in tune and am giving them the small bits of advice that can help them live a better life and pray that one day I will be able to see my path clearly. :) wouldn't that be nice?

New Job

One month from yesterday I will have been in this job for one year. Crazy how the time flies. We have a saying in the office here. The days go slow but the week goes fast. And its so true. I can't believe I've been here that long. Especially since I just got a new job.

Yup I went from Administrative Assistant III to Administrative Assistant IV, in the same department. It was a 5% increase, which basically means I won't feel the mandatory furloughs (furlough = A unpaid, mandatory day off. We have to take 8 hours per month for the next two years). Which I don't mind the furloughs. I would rather have a day off and not get paid then work the same amount of hours and get a pay cut. So its all good.

So looky me moving up in the latter. I have no idea when or if I will move up. Not anytime soon. Anything after this I will have to take super hard test and all that goodness. NO thanks.

I'm just glad once they hire someone for my old position I won't have to answer the phones anymore. Woot Woot! hecks ya! I HATE phones!

By the way it was the fastest interviewing process I've ever gone through. I applied on Thursday, had the interview the following Thursday and was told by the end of the day that I got it. :)

America's Got Talent

Have you seen this show? kinda like an American Idol and Star Search all in one. I love it. I usually miss it because I am not home but I got to see some last night.

I love to watch the people who think they are just the coolest things ever and the rest of the world can see they have no talent. Like this one guy says he does impressions so well that it scares him how much he sounds like the people he's impersonating. So when he got up there everyone is expecting this fantastic deal and he totally bombed. I'd feel bad for the guy except when they interviewed him later he was like, its just pure jealousy because there's no way I sucked.....ya buddy ya did!

But the very last group to addition for the night is the reason you want to see the show. It was two brothers and a sister, ages from nine to eighteen. They sang God bless America in acapella and it was just heart breakingly beautiful. There was so much feeling and soul in it and they were good. It made me cry and it made a lot of people in the audience cry. I really hope they make it all the way through!

tonight is another hour deal where they go to another city (New York i think) and audition. It will be fun to see the good ones and even funner (is that a word?) to see the bad ones. I can't wait......

PS. ....thank goodness for DVR!

SICK

I don't complain much...Ok maybe I do but this time I really do have a good reason. I'm sick and not just have the sniffles sick....full blown sick. So I thought I would tell you all the things I hate about being sick. That should make me feel better. :)








1. I hate how my nose is stuffy, but only one side at a time

2. I hate how I don't fall asleep until literally 20 minutes before my alarm goes off

3. I hate how I feel like I'm trying to move under water with weights strapped to me

4. I hate how badly my muscles, bones and joints hurt

5. I hate how sensitive my skin is

6. I hate how the previous two make a hot shower a curse and a blessing, while soothing my aches, it torchers my skin...especially when drying off.

7. I hate having the seal cough

8. I hate how load everything is

9. I hate how badly my head hurts

10. I hate that I have to go the potty every two second cause I'm drinking water like its going out of style.

11. I hate the fever chills

12. I hate how I have to much to do at work and the fact that I'm the only one in the office for the next two days, so I can't take off. And even if wanted to I need to save my time in case Juliet gets sick!



Ok. I'm sure there is more but I'm done for now. Feel free to add your hates to the list.....go on do it. Makes you feel better!

cake class

This last Thursday was my very first time teaching the Wilton Cake Decorating class.

I signed up about a month ago, which was perfect because the previous instructor was moving. I got all my supplies in the mail. I watched the training video (which I have to say I was very disappointed in - it looked like it was made in the late 80's out of someones living room.....um aren't you a multi-million dollar company? but we'll save that for another day). I prepared everything the night before and right after work drove up there to set up.

Ok I'm pretty ok in a crowd, I like talking to people, I can make a good joke here and there....but when you have to teach something? that's a whole nother story! I just about pee'd myself I was so nervous! I had five ladies there that night. Two had called me earlier that day and said they would miss the first class. so I have seven students all together.

I start off my introducing myself, having everyone else say a little something about what they want out of the class and on to teaching.

I talked for one hour and forty-five minutes, then I took them down the Wilton isle and had them shop. (side note: I LOVE retail! I'm good at it! so this part was super fun for me).

I was able to answer their questions, suggest better ways for the things they were having difficulty doing and I know they walked away excited about the class. I even had one girl ask if we could move the class up to Friday, cause she didn't think she could wait a week to learn more. Another lady asked me what shop I owned and when I explained that I don't own a shop yet but would like to someday, she said I talk and carry myself like I have been doing this for years and already have a shop.

So needless to say, it went wonderfully! I'm very excited and can't wait to do it this Thursday!


Yay me!

quick update

I have been super sick for the last few days. I left work early on Friday and was out Monday and Tuesday. I'm at work today but we'll see how long I last...

I have my last writing class tonight! I'm excited because we are going to be able to publish some of our short stories. How fun is that!

I also start teaching my cake decorating class this Thursday. Super nervous and super excited. but I want to start it and get it going!

I signed Juliet up for Gymnastics. She goes every Tuesday for an hour and absolutely loves it. She can't wait to go again!

Well, life is life right now. Jason is driving, I'm working and Juliet is growing. So what else can I say. hehe.

Cake Class

So I am officially the new cake decorating instructor at Micheal's. My first class starts on June 11th and frankly I'm scared out of my mind! I'm excited too but more scared at this point. haha.



So since some of you have asked and frankly I like to show off what I can do, here are a few cakes that I have decorated in the classes I've taken over the last 16 weeks.

Basket weave cake - the class came just in time for Easter. :) I not only did the basket weave, but I also made all of those flowers and the bird out of Royal Icing...

Here's a close up of the flowers and notice how smooth the top of the cake is.....all me baby! :)

And here is a Package cake (looks like a present. hehe) and the tiered cake with more flowers made by yours truly.

Sorry I couldn't figure out how to turn it. haha.

And here is a pic of the cake I did on my last class. I love this one! its one of my favorite. It even looked cute when it was cut into! :)

(usually dont' have that much filling in the middle.....don't know what happened with that one. haha. could be the fact that I put it together around midnight the night before. hehe)

This one, I did for my friends daughters birthday. I kinda thought it was cute.
It's a jewelry box. the lid is a slab of melted white chocolate!

She loved it!

Well those are just a few. I have done three weddings, countless birthdays, special occasions and a couple of graduations. I'm looking forward to getting into baby showers, more wedding and so on and hopefully one day be good enough to do this for a living. I absolutely love it!

Let me know what you all think.....I want real critiques! I can take it.

Memorial Day Weekend.

Well I did a lot and nothing at all...haha. Ever have one of those weekends? :)

I cleaned my house...twice but it still looks a mess!
I potted some seedlings that where starting to get to big for the starter kit I started last week.
We went to the store.
I played my on-line game.
Went to a BBQ.
Took a nap.
Went to church.
and caught up on some of my shows.


not in that order but all around it was a nice relaxing but busy weekend. Loved the extra day off! Wouldn't mind having another. :) Really wanted to go to the movies but just didn't' have the energy or the money for it. Maybe next week!.

Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. I also hope we all remembered what it was truly about!

Anohter midnight showing.

Yes, I went to another midnight showing. This time it was The Terminator.

It was super good. Not as good as Star Trek...but still Awesome!

I have a wicked fear of machines and robots. If they are to big or can do to much on their own...they make me skittish. Its an irrational fear, I know but its there. So several times during the movie it freaked me out because the machines were sooooo big.

Hope you get to see it and enjoy it as much as we did!

um YUUUM

We went to the store yesterday. Jason needed supplies before he went back out for three weeks and we needed to get some milk, cereal and other various food stuffs. :)

While waiting for Jason to pick out some bread I wondered down the other end of the isle and there on the end was the most amazing thing I think I have seen in a while (well regarding new food stuff) You know that magic shell ice-cream topping? well 1) YUUUM!!!!! and 2) they have a new flavor......

wait for it....

wait for it.....

CUPCAKE!!!!!!!

Oh my heavens, I broke down and bought it along with a small tub-o-ice-cream and it was sooooo yuuummy!!!!!! I would highly recommend it!. Its just wonderful.....I wonder what it would taste like on birthday cake ice-cream? hmmm.

Recycled Fashion

We have very distinct periods of fashion from the 1800-1900, the 20's, the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's all came with a new and unique way of stepping it out...even the 90's had some craze...you know with the baggy pants, backwards caps and short, short skirts.

Well lately, now that we are in the 2000's, we've had to look back on some of our fashion era's and borrow and sometimes re-event them. For instance in the early 2000's bell bottoms and flower power were big, now we are seeing skinny jeans and big hair. Ok so I think we could have brought back some better points of fashion but whatever.

Today I saw a guy who thought he would just take the last 75 years or so and roll them all in to one outfit. I'm hoping this does not come into craze since I can really only handle one bad fashion comeback at a time! Here is what he was wearing....let's start with the shoes and work our way up shall we:

he had vans slip ons..and wholey ones at that, he had skinny jeans that were tucked under his bum, held on with a metallic belt, he had green and brown plaid boxers, a chain that ran from his belt loop in the front to his wallet in his sagging bum pocket (I didn't know they sold those anymore!) then he had a white shirt with a skinny black tie, the sleeves where rolled up and I swear he had a box of cigarettes tucked into the sleeve, he had a hemp choker necklace on with a blue flower bead at the throat and his hair was a fluffy version of a Mohawk with a comb sticking out of the side.

Ok can anyone name how many eras he was wearing today?

I counted at least five, but some of those things were carried from one era to the other.

All I know is I was not the only one looking at him and I really hope he doesn't think this is going to be catching on anytime soon. Maybe I don't appreciate the 'art' of it all or maybe I really am getting old....or it could be both, but whatever happened to jeans and a t-shirt?

I just can't wait to see what they come up with next....or maybe I can!

Name Dropper

Ever heard of a name dropper? Ever have to talk to one?

I had a person call me the other day and ask me where their card was. We have already sent out several cards to this member and for some reason they are just not getting to her. Anyway, I keep telling her all I can do is request for another one to be sent out. I verify her address, make sure there's not special instructions..so on and so forth.

she then tells me she's already talked to her good friend Harry, then she pauses for dramatic effect....and then says, you know Harry Reed.

Um and?!

Apparently this upset her that I was not impressed that she was friends with Harry Reed. She then starts dropping other names, like I'm suppose to know or even care who these people are.

I go back to telling her all I can do is to have the card requested again. Then she says that she can have so and so (one of the afore mentioned names I neither know or care about) pick it up from our office and bring it to her. ....

Ok:
One: the cards come from our insurance company in CA, not here...so no can do.
Two: if these people are as big as she seems to think they are, they are NOT going to pick up her card and hand deliver it to her...its just not done.
Three: I don't, nor have I ever, been intimidated by name droppers or by the actual people those names go with. I'm doing my job correctly and if you want to waste their time and send them down then by all means, please do so....I'm not the one that will look bad.

I basically said those few things to her in a round about much nicer way. She finally got the point and will now wait patiently for her card to arrive in the mail.

Mothers day...

I had a great mothers day. I had a sleep study on Saturday night so my parents took Juliet for the night. I was able to go home in the morning and get some chores done. :)

Juliet kept thinking it was valentine day ( I think because of all the cards that were being passed to me and mom). It was super cute.

Then at church we got to hear lovely talks (one by my very own sister. yay Marina), watch the children sing to us, and of course we got a great CD. Juliet made me a flower necklace with noodles on it (she was very excited about the noodles) and I got a bag full of yummy candies. Juliet also got me a $20 gift certificate to Micheal's ( I practically live at that store now, hehe). I haven't checked my mail and I'm told I have a card there too. wahoo.

We had the most yummiest dinner. BBQ chicken and ribs, with grilled peppers, parsley potatoes and steamed green beans....YUMMM, then for desert I made mom a lemon meringue cake...yes a cake. I don't like pies so don't' make them, but her favorite kind is lemon meringue so I made it into a cake. It wasn't my favorite but it was good for lemon. :) mom seemed to like it and I guess that's all that matters right?

well I hope you all had a lovely mothers day too!

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YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I went to the midnight showing of Star Trek last night and absolutely loved it. It was amazing! They way they got younger characters to act and look just like the originals is outstanding. I loved the story line, I loved the special effects, I just simply loved it.

I will definitely be buying this one!!! but it really is one you need to see in the theatre!

so go see it!

this is a great year for movies. So you will probably see a lot of reviews on here. I love movies.....I think I've said that before. hehe :)

Another Gym Story...

I go to the gym at least four times a week. I take a spinning classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays and a weight lifting class on Wednesdays and Fridays. I LOOOOVE the weight lifting classes and HATE the spinning classes. My good friend who goes with me is the opposite...so its good that we go together because we make each other go to the classes we each can't stand.

In spinning there is a group of ladies that all collect in the corner. At first I wondered why they all liked that corner so much...maybe it because there is an extra fan over there, maybe its because they can chit chat while they are biking (although if you ask me, if you are doing the class correctly you shouldn't be able to talk...but that's just me), but neither is the answer to why they like the corner. I figured it out yesterday.

there is a small table in the very corner behind the bikes. They are able to put their cups of coffee on the table and reach it while on the bike...yes you read that correctly! They sip their coffee while biking...

does anyone else see an issue with this? or is it just me? aren't' you suppose to refuel with water...not a sugary, caffeinated hot drink? And why are you not working out hard enough where you are able to gossip and sip coffee....this is not social hour, this is sweat until you bleed hour. If you want to drink coffee and catch up, go to a, um I don' t know....A COFFEE SHOP!!!!

ok. I'm done complaining. I could be just saying this because I'm super jealous that all these woman look fabulous while doing nothing and probably brag to their non gym going buddies that they broke a sweat this morning in spinning, while I'm on my bike, not only breaking a sweat but drenching in it, gasping for air, face read, legs trembling and still chubby.

its my lot in life and I accept it but doesn't mean I have to like it...or them!

kinda fun....

Dear Customer,
I don't really know how to tell you this, but I'm in love with your cat. I think I realized it When you smacked my bum Outside of your office and I saw you Sit on My father. I'm sure you're shamed enough to understand That I get turned on only by garbage men. I'm returning Your toe ring to you, but I'll keep Your glass eye as a memory. You should also know that I Always will remember the pep talks and I'm scratching my bum as you read this
Go milk a cow,
Maura



Dear (someone you recently talked to),I don't really know how to tell you this, but (1). I think I realized it (2)(3) and I saw you (4)(5). I'm sure you're (6) enough to understand (7). I'm returning (8) to you, but I'll keep (9) as a memory. You should also know that I (10) and (11).

(12),
(Your name)

1) What's the color of your shirt?
Blue - I'm in love with your cat
Red - Our affair is over
White - I’m joining the Convent
Black -Our romance is overGreen- Our socks don't match
Grey - You're a leprechaun
Yellow - I'm selling myself for candy
Pink - Your nostrils are insulting
Brown - The mafia wants you
No shirt - Purple hedgehogs want to destroy you
Other -I dislike your eyelashes

2) Which is your birth month?
January - That night you picked your nose
February -When I quoted Forest Gump
March - When your dwarf bit me
April - When I tripped on peanut butter
May - When I finally changed my underwear
June - When you put cuffs on me
July – When I saw the purple monkey
August - When you smacked my bum
September - Last year when you peed your pants
October - When we skinny dipped in the bathtub
November - When your dog humped my leg
December - When I threw up in your sock drawer

3) Which food do you prefer?
Tacos - In your apartment
Chicken- In your car
Pasta - Outside of your office
Hamburgers - Under the bus
Salad – As you were eating Kraft Dinner
Lasagna - In your closet
Kebab - With Jean Chrétien
Seafood - In a clown suit
Sandwiches - At the Elton John concert
Pizza - At the mental hospital
Hot dog - Under a street light
Other- With George Bush and Stephen Harper

4) What's the color of your socks?
Yellow - Ignore
Red - Put whipped cream on
Black - Hit on
Blue - Knock out
Purple - Pour syrup on
White - Carve your initials into
Grey - Pull the clothes off
Brown - bite off
Orange - Castrate
Pink - Pull the pants off of
Barefoot - Sit on
Other - Drive over

5) What's the color of your underwear?
Black - My boyfriend
White - My father
Grey – The Catholic Priest
Brown – The Montreal Canadian’s goalie
Purple - My corned beef hash
Red – My knee caps
Blue - My salt-beef bucket
Yellow - My illegitimate child in Ghana
Orange - My Blink 182 cd
Pink – Your ‘My Little Pony’ collection
Other --The elephant in the corner

6) What do you prefer to watch on TV?
One Tree Hill - Senile
Heroes- Frostbitten
Lost - High
Simpsons- Cowardly
The news - Scarred
American Idol - Masochistic
Family Guy - Open
Top Model - Middle-class
Other -shamed

7) Your mood right now?
Happy - How awful you are
Sad - How boring you are
Bored - That I get turned on only by garbage men
Angry - That your smell makes me vomit
Depressed – That we’re related
Excited - That I may pee my pants
Nervous - The middle-east is planning their revenge on you
Worried - That your Ford sucks
Apathetic - That you need a sex-change
Silly - That I'm allergic to your earlobes
Cuddly - That Santa doesn't exist
Ashamed - That there is no solution to you being a dumb kid
Other - That your driving sucks

8) What's the color of your walls in your bedroom?
White - Your toe ring
Yellow - Your love letters to me
Red - The pictures from Vegas
Black - Your pet rock
Blue - The couch cushions
Green - Your car
Orange - Your false teeth
Brown - Your nose hair clippers
Grey - Our matching snoopy underwear
Purple - Your old New Kids on the Block blanket
Pink - The cut toenails
Other - Your Hannah Montana underwear

9) The first letter of your first name?
A/B - My virginity
C/D - Your photo with the mustache drawn on it
E/F - Your neighbors dog
G/H - The oil tank from your car
I/J - Your left ear
K/L - The results of that blood-sample
M/N - Your glass eye
O/P - My common sense
Q/R - Your mom
S/T - Your collection of butterflies
U/V - Your criminal record
W/X – Your sucide note
Y/Z - Your credit cards

10) The last letter in your last name?
A/B - Love your sweet, sweet bum
C/D - Always will remember the pep talks
E/F -Never will forget that night
G/H – Will not tell the authorites that you stole the whale from the backyard.
I/J – Mocked you behind your back constantly
K/L - Hate your cooking
M/N - Told in my confession today about the moose poaching
O/P - Told my psychiatrist about the bruises
Q/R - Get sick when I think of your feet
S/T - Always wanted to break your legs
U/V - Will try to forget that you broke my heart
W/X - Haven’t showered in a month
Y/Z – am better off without you

11) What do you prefer to drink?
Wine- Our friendship is ruined
Soft drink – I’m off to lead a new life as a lemon
Soda – I will haunt you when I’m reincarnated as an Eskimo
Milk - The apartment building is on fire
Water – I'm scratching my bum as you read this
Cider– I have a passionate interest for mice
Juice – You ruined my attempts at another world war.
Snapple/Vitamin water – You should get that embarrassing rash checked out
Hot chocolate – Your Cucumber-fetishism is weird
Whiskey - I love Oprah Winfrey
Beer – Thanks for the Cocaine
Other – you should stop picking your nose

12) To which country would you prefer to go on a vacation?
Thailand – Warm tingly sensations
Australia - Greetings to your frog Leonard
France - Love always
Spain - With tears of sadness
China – You make me sick
Germany – Please don’t hurt me
Japan - Go milk a cow
Greece - your everlasting enemy
USA - Best of luck on the sex change
Egypt – Kiss my bumEngland - Go drown yourself



some of the choices are a little off but its still fun to see what you come up with. :)

Quick Review

Hello all,

I went to the midnight showing of Wolverine last night....and yes, I still went to my morning gym class and came to work. I know what was I thinking?

It was a great movie. The only problem I had with it was some of the graphics. You would think with the awesome technology we have today making computer graphics look so life like that they could have spent the extra time making sure wolverine's knife figures look real.....other then that AWESOME. The story line was great, the acting was wonderful, there were some really hilarious parts and killer fight scenes (pun intended. hehe).

I would recommend seeing it.

I am excited for May too. May seems to be the movie month...now that I think of it, 2009 is really an awesome movie year. Some of the ones I am looking forward to are:

Star Trek

Terminator

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Transformers

Harry Potter

UP

Full Moon ( I'm pretty sure that is coming out at the end of the year)

these are just a few that I really want to see in the theatre's!!!!! I love the movies!

my pickmeup

So I hate that I have to get up at 5 in the am to get to the gym, but I do have to say after I am done I feel sooo much better.

I am more awake for the rest of the day.
My energy level (while not up to the place I want it to be) is higher.
I have A LOT more patience.
I'm nicer.
I feel like I've done something for me and no one else.


I've become pretty reliant on exercises...you could almost say addicted. I still don't' see the results I wish I could have, but I don't' plan on giving up now so maybe someday!

By the way. Exercise doesn't have to be just at the gym. If you go for a 15-20 minute walk or take the stairs instead of the elevator, park farther out at the grocery store, do calf exercises (stand flat for 5 seconds then stand on tip-toe for 5 seconds..repeat) while doing the dishes, do crunches while watching your favorite show. Any kind of exercises is better then no exercise and it will make you feel better!.

What was I thinking?

Two weekends ago, my good friend asked me if I would come help her with her daughters sleepover. Juliet and I were both invited and I thought it would be fun time for Juliet cause of all the little girls she could play with and me because I got to hang out with my friend.

WHAT WAS I THINKING?!?!

It was 18 hours (minus the 6 hours they slept) of pure chaos. Load screaming, minor meltdowns, messes to clean up, snacks to hand out, activities to do to keep them busy...well you see my point.

They seriously went all day! They got there at 3-4 finally went to sleep at midnight and were up at...no joke....6:20 AM.

By the time the last girl left. Crystal and I could barely keep our eyes open....exhausted beyond breaking point!

I drove home from Dayton to Carson wondering the whole time how I ever had that much energy and how the hecks I was going to get that energy back. Don't know if I ever will but it would be nice. ;)

Pretty sure Juliet will either not have a sleepover until she is 12 and they can entertain themselves or there will be only 2-3 girls...NOT 7!

But it was fun after all was said and done. Juliet had tons of fun and I got to hang out with my buddy!

Earth Day

Yesterday was Earth Day. Disney came out with a movie apply named EARTH. Jason and I took Juliet and Eric to it last night. It was sooo great!

I laughed, I cried (only a little), My mouth gaped open in sheer awe at times and it really made me want to be kinder to our little planet!

Anyone who really knows me knows I am a city girl through and through. Put me in a tiny apartment with the windows facing a brick wall and the streets so crowded that you know for a fact you will probably never see that person again and I'm good. I know its a sickness, but that's how I like it. But I really do marvel at the vastness and beauty of this planet, the way it works and tries to repair itself, the sheer genius that went into creating it. I sometimes can not even comprehend it.

I am trying to be more conscious of what I do. I am trying to remember to take my bags to the store so I can use those instead of the plastic. I drink out of water bottles like no body's business but I recycle them. I turn off the lights as much as possible and keep the heater at 68.

I know there is more I can do, and I will. I will try to remember that me not paying attention in Carson City NV, is making it harder and harder for the polar bears to hunt every year because the ice is melting faster and earlier, that me not paying attention could cause the one time a year the deserts get rain to fade and therefore lose all those precious animals who so desperately depend on it. that me not paying attention will make my daughters body have to adjust to the thinning ozone and polluted air.

We may have messed it up a lot, but its never to late to try and fix it.

I really appreciate that Disney put out such a wonderful movie and encourage every one to go see it (especially this week, cause they plant a tree for every movie ticket sold this week). It really was an eye opener and I'm grateful for it.

Favorite Moive Quotes

I am a hard core movie fan. I LOVE them. There is rarely a movie I've seen where I though it was a waste of my time. I love romance, and suspense, I love action but most of all comedy!

but almost all movies have a quotable line, if your lucky several. Like Napoleon Dynamite....I can quote that all day.

Here are some of my favorite quotes. Hopefully you will know which movies they come from...if not. Maybe I will post the matching movies. hehe.

Kitridge, you've never seen me very upset.

Whatever I feel like, Gosh

Talk the man Vida, you speak honky

Thomas, looook at my butt, looook at my butt.

don't be jealous because I've been chatting on line with chicks all day.

don't mess with me, I am a mother.....I mean a doctor, I am a doctor

I'll be back

You're about to be out danced

So you've met my mother.


Those are just a few. Feel free to add your own. I love movie quotes and love to see what other peoples favorite movies and/or quotes are!

10 things I hate about work

I got really annoyed the other day with working so I thought I would write down a few things that drive me absolutely crazy!

1. When people introduce themselves on the phone and then go silent like you're suppose to know who they are.

2. When people walk by your desk and feel it necessary to comment to about everything or make a 'clever' joke. Didn't ask...don't care!

3. When customers feel it necessary to go into life stories or recent medical procedures that have nothing to do with the question or conversation. Again didn't ask...don't care!

4. After you answer the phone with your business's name and then the customer says 'yes, is this...". Pretty sure I just said that!!! PAY ATTENTION

5. When co-workers come to your desk and ask what are you doing? Washing a dog...I'm working what does it look like.

6. When someone tells you what exactly they are going to be doing that day, when you don't' need to know where they are and what they are going to be doing.....didn't ask, don't care (see a pattern?)

7. When customers leave a message to be called back and then when you do they hang up on you because they think you are a collection agency.

8. When people ask a question and then don't shut up long enough to let you answer and then start talking over you when you do finally get a word in. Hello ask me a question....LISTEN for the answer!

9. When you explain something and then the customer says "are you sure?". Oh just kidding, you caught me taking 10 minutes out of my life to lie to you just for giggles!

10. When people start of the conversation saying "you people". Ya pretty sure I gave you my name at the beginning of the call. I remembered yours......use mine!

I'm sure there are more but those are the ones that got to me and usually do. Feel free to add on to the list! :)

Have a great day at work....No matter where you are!

I like my blankets cold.

I like my blankets cold....this is what Juliet said when I cuddled up to her while she was watching spongebob. She would rather I didn't lay on her blanket and wrap my arms around her because then I would make her blankets hot. She even took one of them outside the other day to cool down so she could wrap it around her.

I would rather be cold then hot too but I'm pretty sure she misses the whole point of having a blanket, but she is my daughter and therefore a little bit out of her mind. :)

Crazy kid, gotta love her!

The mystory of the chocolate eggs

So the Easter Bunny filled Juliets basket on Saturday night. I made sure to have the dogs in mine and Rebekah's room so they would not be tempted to test those tasty treats.

She had a chocolate bunny, a candy house kit, spongebob crabby patty gummies, malt eggs, and of course chocolate covered marshmallow eggs. Now those eggs were hidden in the bottom and some where put on top as well.

So morning comes. She looks through her basket and then goes on a the hunt for the eggs hidden around. They were mostly hidden in the living room, so we didn't leave the candy just lying around. No dogs or cats came near it and the basket was obviously not disturbed when we came out. But alas ( yes I just said alas ) no chocolate covered marshmallow eggs. Not on top or bottom. No where to be seen. I double checked the Easter Bunnies bag of tricks to make sure they were in fact put in there.....yup, they were but no where to be found.

so either we have some very strong, picky, intelligent ants or someone in the house slept walked ate all those and put everything back EXACTLY how it was the night before....or I'm going crazy. I know what your thinking...the ants are probably the most probable situation....but I'm ganna go with I'm simply going crazy!

Hope everyone had a great Easter!

HAPPY EASTER!!!!!

LOVE THE CANDY AND THE COLORED EGGS! BUT LET US NOT FORGET WHAT OUR SAVIOR DID FOR US!


LOVE YOU ALL!

HOPE EVERYONE HAS/HAD A HOPPIN EASTER.

LOVE THE CANDY AND THE COLORED EGGS BUT DON'T FORGET THE TRUE MEANING AND WHAT OUR SAVIOR DID FOR EACH AND EVERYONE OF US!

LOVE YOU ALL!

Gods Cake

Sometimes we wonder, 'What did I do to deserve this?' or 'Why did God have to do this to me?'

Here is a wonderful explanation!

A daughter is telling her mother how everything is going wrong: she's failing algebra; her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is moving away.
Meanwhile, her Mother is baking a cake and asks her daughter if she would like a snack, and the daughter says,
'Absolutely, Mom, I love your cake.'
'Here, have some cooking oil,' her Mother offers.
'Yuck,' says her daughter..
'How about a couple raw eggs?'
'Gross, Mom!'
'Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?'
'Mom, those are all yucky!'
To which the mother replies:
'Yes, all those things seem bad by themselves But when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake! God works the same way. Many times we wonder why He would let us go through such bad and difficult times. But God knows that when He puts these things all in His order, they always work for good! We just have to trust Him and, eventually, they will all make something wonderful!

God is crazy about you! He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning. Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen.

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance.....I hope your Day is a piece of Cake!

How heavy is your life?

A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, 'How heavy is this glass of water?'
Answers called out ranged from 8oz. To 20oz.
The lecturer replied, 'The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it.'
'If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.'
'In each case it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.'
He continued, 'And that's the way it is with stress management.. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won't be able to carry on.'
'As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden. '
'So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work/life down. Don't carry it home. You can pick it up tomorrow.'
'Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let them down for a moment if you can. Relax; pick them up later after you've rested.

Life is short. Enjoy!'
And then he shared some ways of dealing with the burdens of life:

1* Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue
2* Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
3* Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
4* Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be recalled by their Maker.
5* If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
6* If you lend someone $500 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
7* It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
8* Never buy a car you can't push.
9 * Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won't have a leg to stand on.. :-!
10* Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
11 * Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.
12* The second mouse gets the cheese.
13 * When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
14* Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
15* You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.
16* Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
17* We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names and all are different colors,but they all have to live in the same box.
18* A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

* * * * Have an awesome day and know that someone has thought about you today :-)! ! !


PS. my personal favorite and now my motto is #5.....

April fools on me...

I've been doing nutrisystem for about a week now and totally love it! I love how I dont' have to think about it, the meals are portable and small and I can take them wherever. I am even seeing a difference in the way my clothes fit.

I haven't weighed myself and wont' until next week to see how much if any I've lost. but I am excited to see.

Jason came into town last night and its kinda tradition for us to go to Round table lunch buffet when he comes into town. so today we went.

I had a salad, a bread stick and two pieces of pizza. More then the nutrisystem meal would have been but not as much as I would have eaten before. Well maybe its because I haven't eaten like that in a while or maybe it was the pizza they had out...I'm not sure what it was but my stomach did NOT like it at all!

I've been in the bathroom like 10 times in the last 4 hours. Not fun!!!! (sorry if that was TMI).....April fools on me and a good reminder that even if you don't eat as much, once your body starts eating healthy...it does not like junk!

No more pizza for me (unless it comes from my nutrisystem box or I'm at home to be miserable at home. haha).

Snot Head

Yesterday I took Juliet to her Dentist appointment. We were a little early so we waited in the car for the office to open. She was being her usual monkey self and was climbing all over the car. She had her feet up on the back of the passenger seat and the other on the back of the back seat. So she was kinda in the air. Well she just thought this was great.

Well I guess its dusty up there in the sky of the car because Juliet sneezed. Now she's got mondo allergies, she gets that from both her Grampy and her Daddy. Plus she's been fighting a cold. So you can imagine what came out of her nose.

for those of you with weak stomachs skip the next paragraph!!!

It was green, I mean radioactive green. It was long, coming down to her chin and it was thick it looked like the size of an earthworm. You know the ones that come out after a rainstorm and you think they could burrow through concrete they are so big. Ya that's what was hanging from her nose. A long, earthworm size, radioactive green snot string....and it was nasty!

So I bend down to get the tissues from the floor board and when I sit back up Juliet is laughing and the booger is gone.

Where is it Juliet?

hahahaaa

Juliet, stop laughing and tell me where it is?

she keeps laughing.

I'm thinking she either sucked it back in or worse, put it in her mouth (ok even writing that made me gag!)

Until I see her little finger still shaking from laughter point at me. I followed her eyes and pointing finger to my hair....ya that's right you read it right. It fell in my hair.

I had to wipe it out and I couldn't go back home and wash my hair before I had to get back to work. Uck it was so gross and yet so funny. Juliet and I laughed about it for a good five minutes. It still makes me gag a little to think about it.

Priority might be off......

So my good friend and I are trying to be healthy and all that goodness. So when we saw a flier for a wellness fair with a seminar.....we decided to attend.

The seminar was awesome, it really motivated us to start doing what we need to be doing and to stick on track. It gave us some helpful hints on what our course of action should be since everyone is different.

So after the seminar, which happen to be in the evening, we were about to leave when a lady and her husband are leaving. This is the conversation we hear:

Husband: No I don't want that
Wife: well where do you want to eat?
Husband: I don't know somewhere close and good
Wife: well we could go to the Circus circus they have a buffet.

Um I'm sorry, did you not just attend a wellness seminar about how we should be taking care of our bodies and our eating habits and what can and will happen when you do not.... You are not even out of the room and your talking about going to Buffet.

I just thought it ironic and funny and a tad sad too. Those poor people sat there for 2 hours and got nothing out of it!