My Mom Left Me in Charge

Whenever my mom has to leave somewhere in the morning, I'm usually asleep. (I DO NOT accomplish anything before 10. I vowed never to wake up early again after having my 6 a.m. custodian job at SUU. I did my time, people) And she likes to leave me instructions for stuff that needs doing, stuff other people need to do, and such. But here's the problem. I am laying in my bed, which is also my favorite place to be in the morning, and I'm half awake. So my brain is pretty much thinking, "Someone is talking to me, try to understand what they are saying. Who is it? Is it Mom? I think it's Mom, I think she wants me to do something. Okay, try to remember what she wants me to do. Okay, okay, now concentrate really hard and don't forget what she is saying."

I forget everything she says. I fall back to sleep for another little while, wake up, vaguely remember someone entering my room, and now I'm left to panic thinking that if I don't remember what needed doing, the house is going to burn down, someone is going to catch swine flu, kids are going to miss school, food is going to rot....

That scenario happens pretty regularly and today is just such a time. As I am typing this, I think that there is something I'm supposed to be doing other than typing this....hmmm. Guess I'll go clean something and make sure my dog is still alive. But guess what! Happy RIB COOK OFF!!!!!!

This is from last year. I've never seen Gabe this happy, which is saying something, cuz he's usually pretty dang happy.

Peace and blessings!! :)

Weekly Wisecrack(s) #3

So, I'm still doing weekly wisecracks, even though I did miss last week after only 3 total weeks of doing it. K guys, for some reason my f key doesn't want to type so well, so if you see a strangely placed o or i, they are probably supposed to be "of" or "if". I'm trying really hard to make sure that doesn't happen though.

My weekly wisecrack this week is brought to you by my 6-year-old cousin, Carson. He is one of the little guys I got to hang out with over the weekend.

So brief story, we (Carson, Audrie, Kate, Reed and myself) were watching Star Wars episode 1 on a projector in the loft. Everything was going smoothly, Carson had done a great job of setting it up (I know, genius 6-year-old) and yeah. But suddenly the screen goes blank and me, being VERY technologically challenged, did not want to fix it for fear I'd ruin some very expensive equipment. So I of course say, let's just leave it and finish watching it downstairs on the regular TV. Again, Carson being the genius kid set it up downstairs for us and as he was fast forwarding to the spot we left off, he decided to go a little faster and said,....

"I can concentrate really good, cuz I have great eyes."

To which I replied "yes you do!" and had a little silent laugh to myself at the clever and funny and cute things little kids say :)

Thanks, Carson, for my Weekly Wisecrack!

Weekend-ing in Gilbert/Camp Lomia, AZ

So, very unlike me, I took a semi-last minute trip to AZ last weekend. I flew down Friday morning and back Sunday night. As I flew in, I took a mental note of all the pools in backyards that looked like little blue jewels from the plane and braced myself for the physical melting I was expecting to do. I totally lucked out though as it was only in the 80s or 90s on Friday, practically parka weather! It was totally great because I got to hang out with my awesome cousin Christa and her family. Her husband Scott, and four little ones. They are seriously the cutest kids, I'm not exaggerating AT ALL. Then I joined up with my new friend Rachel and her twin sisters Katie and Amy to go to a singles campout up by Payson. (sp?)  Gorgeous, gorgeous area. And we stopped at walmart in Payson on the way, where a spunky little boy was selling candy bars. I'm a sucker when it comes to kids selling stuff, I really will buy anything they try to sell me. I have like a million coupons that I will never use, but that $20 bucks went to a good cause!! So of course we promised to buy some on our way back out. Well I had to buy some hot cheetos inside because I am also a sucker for those, and when we get back out to buy our candy bars, little boy is like, "can I have a cheeto?!" Heck yes you can, little boy. Ps, I am also a sucker for cowboys (confession sesh right now I guess) which I noted Payson had a lot of. I may plan my next vacay there.

Some beautiful scenery around the camp ground

Nice path for like poems and metaphors and stuff

more nice path

Cute boys Reed and Carson

Bright-eyed baby Kate, too cute!!

Carson, Audrie, Kate and Reed in front of the Gilbert temple which is under construction

Reed wasn't liking the height too much. Gilbert temple spire. There is actually a building holding it up, you just can't see it.

Deciding which Star Wars to watch

My beautiful cousin Christa, baby Kate and I in front of the Gilbert, AZ temple.

The weekend was very fun, I enjoyed the campout and meeting new people and making new friends very much. Shout out to Amy and Katie for being so nice right off the bat and Rachel for showing me the ropes and giving me a piece of the Gilbert temple to remember everything by. And for just being willing to schlep a random stranger around AZ. And especially thanks to Christa for inviting me out and treating me like queen while I was there. I loved every minute I got to spend with you and your family!!

Peace and blessings!

I'm not a big girl

I shouldn't be this deathly afraid of needles, right? I mean, c'mon now, I've had about a million go into me at multiple points in my life. But it is 1:15 a.m. and I can't sleep because of my fear.

I can just picture myself walking in tomorrow to get the bone scan injection. I'll be acting all cool and collected, but inside I will be yelling, "What the aich ee double hockey sticks am I doing here?! This is going to hurt and I'm getting outta here!!!!"

Big girls don't have fears of needles do they? I don't want to be a big girl. I want my mommy to go with me and hold my hand and I want the nurse to say it will just be a little pinch, then give me a sucker and a sticker afterward and tell me I did such a good job.

worst pic I've ever put on my blog. Terrible stupid evil thing.

My mind is making a bigger deal out of it than it actually is. But man, there are few things I dread this much. Tuesday, August 21st has been a dark day in my mind for the past 2 1/2 weeks.

Oddly enough, blogging about it has made me feel a tiny little speck better. Thank you, Blogger. And here goes nothin'!

Weekly Wisecrack(s) #2

Well guys, so far the great Kimmy J. is in the lead as far as funny quotes of the week go. But to be fair, I did spend a total of about 17 hours in the car with her, there was bound to be some gems in those conversations.

K, the first quote happened while we were eating wings at Buffalo Wild Wings. We were watching some women's track events in the olympics and commenting on how freaking fast those ladies are. Kimmy piped up with, "How much of a head start would I need if they were all wearing snuggies?"

Okay, another of my favorites was during the car ride coming home from Utah. We were listening to the GPS on her dad's car give us directions. Kimmy said, "I wish the GPS would tell me to do something illegal, like, 'if no one is looking,....'"

The last of my favorites happened as we were driving back into Reno. I-80 was totally backed up and I asked, "why are people driving so slow?" "Shark Week." answered Kimmy. Duh, what a stupid question.

These were probably the top 3 quotes, though rest assured there are more.

Keep being funny, also, keep listening to other funny people, haha!!

Peace and blessings :)

Reunited

The Moth House Gang got back together for about 2 and 1/2 glorious days in good ole Midvale, UT. I was finally able to make it out there after about 8 months or so of promising a visit, largely due to my awesome friend Kimmy, who needed to drive out there for a wedding and was looking for a road trip buddy. As soon as she mentioned it back in May or June, I jumped at the chance to hitch a ride and see my former roommates Hailey, Jessica S. and Jessica D..

It was just like in the old days of Cedar City when we would all hang out, go out to eat, watch friends and chick flicks and giggle and talk about boy problems and just gab. It's good to be a girl with girlfriends :) I did miss Dani, Ashlee, and Ashten. But there will definitely be other visits as well as phone chats. No way I'm losing touch with these gals!!

Sunday night was a squealing reunion with Jess D. and Hailey, when I was shown my "rodent" food. Story behind that is that back in the day, my roommates were convinced I had Raynaud's, Celiac, and asthma, and that therefor, I was diseased, much like a rodent. So that was one of my awesome nicknames. Monday I got to go to Jordan High School where Jess D. works in the ceramics studio. She let me try to throw a pot on the wheel. I thought it looked pretty hard and it WAS. Want to see my pathetic excuse of a pot? Yeah, not gonna show you. But I loved trying it and Jess was very patient with me, letting me try 4 TIMES before I finally settled with the squatty little shape I had made. I splattered clay in my face too, which actually made me feel cooler because...I don't know why actually. Then Monday night, the four original Moth House Golden Girls got to hang out at a YSA bbq and 7-11. Don't worry guys, I gorged myself real good on candy and junk food the whole trip. I also got to visit Dayne's, which is the Salt Lake area's Steinway dealer. I love that place, it's pretty much a piano paradise.

Tuesday was a trip to the new City Creek mall in downtown SLC. Very beautiful mall, only about 2 stores I can afford to shop in, but still a fun visit. Also visited and ate at the Cheesecake factory. Of course, being gf, I ordered a sundae, but I did get to scrape some cake off the top of Jessica's piece and it was heavenly. Tuesday night was out to eat with the gals, and Erika also joined. She is a former roommate of my former roommates, so I've known her for a while as well.

Man, it was just a great trip!!! Love seeing these girls whenever I can, they made college life livable, they were a super huge blessing for me especially moving away from home and not knowing anybody.

okay, my "rodent" food, me trying to throw a pot, the gals, Jessica and her awesome skills, and yes, I did show you my pathetic excuse of a pot. Also, part of city creek mall and SL temple.

I am so grateful that I had Kimmy as my car buddy too. Seriously, the drive went by fast, I wasn't embarrassed at all when I almost pee'd my pants and told her to pull over the first chance she got, and we totally understood each other when it was time to buy chocolate or taco bell or a mcflurry...

Awesome few days, you guys!!

Peace and blessings!

August 10th, a great day in history

August 10th, 2000. The day my baby sister came to the world. Yesterday was August 10th, and of course we celebrated that great day. Trip to Tahoe was in order, getting buried in sand was a must, tanning our skin off, stuffing our faces with lake snacks. (lake snacks are different from regular snacks, they are much better and more appetizing)

Cousin Shelby is Sidney's best bud. She spent the whole day with us. Cute Mom, crashed in the car on the way home. (like asleep crashed, not crashed crashed)

Then last night we had to go check out the Hot August Nights cars because Sidney got a new camera for her birthday, and what a better way to use it than taking photos of all the pretty cars!!

Cars were sooooo much cooler back in the day. I mean, aquamarine paint jobs with matching interiors!! Why the heck did we stop doing that?! And look at those curves, smooooooth...

As we were leaving the lot at the GSR, we came across THE COOLEST hot rod we had seen all night.

The girls were so enthralled by its beauty. Sidney was speechless. 

Man, they don't make them like that anymore. I mean literally, they don't make this car anymore. Good thing I got one while I had the chance.

Anywho, it was a great day, and then we topped it off with pizookies at BJ's. Life can be such fun! I'm so glad my baby sis came to our family and I love her with all my heart!! Happy Birthday, Sidney Talia!!

Peace and blessings :)

New Ideer

I've been thinking I need to have some sort of regular post, you know, like a little something I post every week that goes into one category. And I've come up with an idea. I will do a weekly post on what I consider to be the funniest phrases I've heard during the week. I usually have quite a few, and by doing this, I will be required to remember them. I can call it Sunday Snicker or Weekly Wise Crack or something, we shall see what I decide. But this is a new experiment to see if I can actually be consistent with it.

SO! This weeks' funny phrase is brought to you by one of my bffs, the one and only Kimmy J.!!

Kimmy quite frequently says stuff that cracks me up, so I've taken to typing Kimmy quotes into my phone. This weeks' installment...

"Friends don't let friends have orange hair."

Let me splane.

Someone told Kimmy her hair looked orange, which she meant as a total compliment. When actually, Kimmy died a little on the inside, because, let's face it, no one wants orange hair.

So Kimmy told me this so that I could then either tell her that her hair really did look orange or I could reassure her that it didn't. Now, Kimmy n me spend a considerable amount of time together and I have never ever not even once had the thought, "Kimmy's hair looks orange." So reassure her I did, which she followed up with an "oh good" and the already mentioned "friends don't let friends have orange hair."

If I was to make a best friends rule book, that would definitely be one of them.

running changed my body

Want to know how? I'll tell you anyway.

I can eat. Like never before. It's amazing, let me tell you!! This was old me--->
1.Put a small helping of everything onto my plate.
2. Finish half of each.
3.Completely full and can't eat another bite (except for some dessert)
4.Repeat maybe 1 or 2 other times in the day.
5.Breakfast is usually skipped.
6.Never eat a full meal in a restaurant, always have lots of leftovers.

This is new me--->
1.Put large/generous helping of everything onto my plate.
2.Consume in minutes along with large glasses of water
3.Go back for large seconds
4.Consume those quickly too.
5.Find some sort of sugary dessert, even semi-sweet chocolate chips will do.
6.Consume those with large glass of milk.
7.Repeat several times daily. 2 lunches and 2 dinners are not unheard of.
8.Never miss a meal, never miss breakfast.
9.Never have any food to put in doggie bags at restaurants, can't count on more than one meal.

I have gained about 5 lbs total, which considering how much more I've been eating, isn't half bad! I'm actually grateful it's only been 5 lbs!!

Peace and blessings!