Kellee's Blog

Love your body 6k (race #5)

2011-11-02T19:15:00.002-06:00

Before the Race

After the race
I looooooved this race! Seriously loved it. It was through the gardens at Thanksgiving Point and I thought what I saw of it was beautiful. I didn't take my Ipod so I was fairly focused on counting my breaths more than looking at the scenery but I was able to run more than 2 miles without stopping! It was awesome. :) My time was still slow. I wanted to finish before an hour and I can't remember my exact time now but I think it was 55?? anyways.
It was way fun to spend time with Dusty and Bethany. We need to hang out more!

Temple 2 Temple 5 Mile Run

2011-11-02T19:13:00.005-06:00

So I didn't train for this race... like at all. SO I'm not at all surprised that it took me 1:11 to finish. Seriously guys an hour to run 5 miles?? SO WEAK!
Must improve.
And my camera died immediately after this picture. Jaci's parents were awesome and took pictures of us crossing the finish line.. but they are not fit for publication!

Midnight Moon Run! 5k #3

2011-08-14T13:36:00.005-06:00

I really, really enjoyed this race. As a new runner, I felt a little out of place and was definitely trailing almost everyone but this course was HARD! It starts out with a hill that is almost a mile long. The upside to the crazy hill at the beginning is that the rest is almost all down hill or flat. I speed walked up the hill and then tried to run the rest straight. I didnt quite do it but I did CRUISE down the hill. I didnt try to slow my momentum at all and just ran as fast as I could down the whole thing. It was pretty fun. I finished in 41.20, averaging 13.18 minute miles. It was 214th overall (just out of the women) and 23rd in my age group, which apparently is 20-24. GO figure! I was SUPER HAPPY with this time! It's not my best time but this course was harder than anything I've trained on and I felt good at the end! My form must be improving because while my legs are tired, they aren't super sore.

GLOW STICKS!!!

Tracy's first 5k!

Me and Dusty, before the race.

All 3 of us before. Our original group was 7 people. But it ended up just being us 3!

one last before pic

About 10 minutes after the end of the race. We had a bet to see who's face would be more red. I think I won, but Tracy said he thought she was darker. I pointed out that her skin tone is naturally way darker than mine so I was a brighter true red... You guys can decide.

Tracy at the end. He finished in 40.37 143rd place over all and 14th in his age group. Not bad for his first run!!

This is my reward... virgin margarita!!!

Celebrity Morph by MyHeritage

2011-08-08T21:03:00.001-06:00

MyHeritage: Celebrity Morph - Yad Vashem research - Geneology

If I ever was RIDICULOUSLY rich

2011-08-03T21:29:00.003-06:00

I would seriously buy these shoes...

and this dress (a few inches longer, and definitely not with those booties... ugh)

and I'd wear them around to clean my house, cause I'd be filthy rich and wouldn't care if I ruined $5000 heels doing dishes or vacuuming.
Or I'd wear them to watch the maid clean.
Either way.

4th of July!

2011-07-05T01:11:00.005-06:00

Maddie does this a lot this time of year

There was this whole group of cars with hydraulics, and one of them died right in front of us and had to get jumped, it was awesome!

YAY MENCHIES!!! We love menchies, we go there ALL the time.

This was so cool! The sign says Miss Hotwheels... and she's in a wheelchair!

I love the 4th of July. I love America and I REALLY love fireworks. The 4th of July is one of the only holidays that we have traditions for. We always go to the West Jordan Parade, then have a bbq and fireworks at Tracy's parents house. The parade itself was good, but the people around us were annoying!! Tracy's dad always goes super early and sets up chairs for us so we get a good spot and all these people decided that they didnt want to sit on the sidewalks and sides of the road, they wanted to stand IN the road, the police had to push them back repeatedly, they kept getting closer and closer and closer. It was really annoying because they were blocking our view. Mikey almost got into a fight when one lady started swearing at Tracy's mom. I'm not generally a mean person but this lady... and all of her friends... they were very large people, if you know what I mean. VERY VERY large. I dont usually freak out about little kids running in front of us to grab candy or anything like that but seriously... if you are an adult, and a large adult at that, you had to know you were blocking everyones view. Is grabbing candy really that important? Yes that is seriously why they were that close, so they could grab candy.
After the parade I took a nice nap and then we went over for the bbq. Everyone had grabbed some daytime fireworks, like snaps and snakes and parachutes and smokers and we had fun setting those off while waiting for it to get dark for the big ones. I can't remember how it started but someone taped one of the parachute guys to an exploding ground flower and we became obsessed with trying to blow up the little guys. Tracy's mom donated a bag of little plastic fireman and police officers and we sent them for rides. The best was to strap them to parachutes cause they would just fly into the air. It provided hours of entertainment. But I totally felt like Sid in "Toy Story" I kept waiting for them to come out of the sandbox and freak us all out.

2011-06-30T22:26:00.000-06:00

American Fork 5k or Race #2

2011-06-25T20:03:00.005-06:00

(yes my face gets that red when I run... so unattractive)
SO this morning was my June race. 7 AM in American Fork, which means I had to wake up at 5:30 AM.
That is insanely early since I didn't fall asleep until around 4 (stupid insomnia.)
I loved this race. The route isn't easy but it was fun. It was nice and cool so perfect to run in. Everybody got a bib (your race number) with a timing chip in it so you didn't have to time yourself. (I did anyways of course) The time posted online for me was 39:48. That is a whole 3.5 minutes faster than my 5k last month AND this course had a HUGE hill. It wasn't very long but it was really steep and slowed me down SO MUCH!
My shins are killing me! It was so hard to push myself through to the end but luckily I caught up with Jaci and we were able to push each other through to the finish, crossing the line exactly together.
I finished 40th in my age group, 254th overall.
Stacey, who was running her first 5k ever, is apparently a master runner and finished in 27:52, 8th in our age group, and 72nd overall. It was amazing!
Julia finished 34:54, 29th in our age group and 192 overall! And the girl just had a baby 4 months ago!!! She even won a prize drawing.
Their food was awesome too. I totally loved it. I might have to make this race an annual thing.
the bad news is, I totally have shin splints... which means no running for at least 3 weeks... There goes my July race!
Definitely not the best but a huge improvement which is what I'm going for.

Running and running and running

2011-06-24T00:17:00.002-06:00

I have a new goal people... 6 5k's in 6 months.
that's right.
6 races.
My first 5k ever was in May. My 2nd 5k is tomorrow. I'm signed up for one in August, and a 5 mile run in September, and of course the Zombie Run in October... so that means I need to find one more run in July to accomplish my goal. I'm sure I can find one. I've been training 3 nights a week (at least) and each time I run, I go for a full 5k. I still can't run it straight through but I am getting better.
The second half of my goal is to be able to run the full 5k in October. No walking!
Wish me luck!

BLAH!

2011-06-12T19:56:00.004-06:00

I'm so upset. Seriously. I just found out that this guy...
Tyler Hoechlin (who I LOOOVVVED on 7th Heaven btw)

Lost the roll of Edward Cullen in the Twilight movies to him...

Honestly.
Robert Pattinson IS NOT HOT!!!!
:( Boo.
That is all.

Bitter much?

2011-06-01T00:55:00.003-06:00

Do you ever look at someone else's life and wonder why they have everything good and everything crap comes your way?
That's pretty much me right now.
I'm not even going to try to hide it for the next few months. I have the worst luck ever. For some reason every one else's bad karma comes my way but I have almost zero GOOD karma. I dont really understand. I'm not a horrible person, I donate to charities, I rarely swear, I'm not a child molestor, abuser or murder. I'm not a homewrecker or a rumor spreader. I dont steal, I dont cheat, I don't break most traffic laws.
So why can't I catch a break?
I might have to take a break from blogger so I dont see everyone's fabulous life for a while.
No offense to everyone's happiness.
I'm just not feeling it.

My first 5k!

2011-05-09T20:55:00.002-06:00

So about six weeks ago my BFB texted me(and the girls) and asked if we'd all like to join her in the Susan G Komen race for the cure 5k in salt lake. Since one of my goals this year is to get in shape I was super excited for this challenge.
I enlisted my sister in law, Alesha, and her treadmill, and we got to work. We trained for 6 weeks, 4 days a week, 4 miles a day. All together I ran about 96 miles before the 5k.
That's a lot of miles.
Want to know how much weight I lost??
Zero pounds.
Seriously.
ZERO.
How sucktastic is that???
The last week of training before the 5K was the worst. I had a horrible cold and could barely breathe let alone run AND breathe. I was convinced I was going to end up walking the whole thing (which would have been fine but not what I was training for.)
But being there totally motivated me and my ipod was playing some awesome songs! I put it on random and I swear it played everything I needed. I wont lie and say I ran every step but I ran over 2 miles of the 3 mile run. My time was just over 43 minutes.
But I'm not stopping there. I'm working on getting together a team for this run!
http://www.kissmedirty.com/
If anyone wants to join, let me know! It's also for a great cause and will be a lot of fun I think!

Girl's Day

2011-03-19T23:01:00.004-06:00

So I was going to do some special post for my 200th post and I just couldn't ever think of anything exciting or fun so... screw it. I'll get around to a super special post one day but for today I'm blogging about something that actually happened TODAY! that never happens so enjoy.
So once a month, a bunch of us from high school try to get together. This never actually happens once a month, but we usually manage a few get-to-gethers a year.
This month, we met at Applebees at the Gateway. We ate yummy food and then wandered outside in the freezing cold. Ok not completely freezing cold, but close enough. We went to Barnes and Noble and then walked around Gateway taking pictures and laughing A LOT! It was tons of fun and we SOOO need to do it more!!
Here are a few of our pictures (don't kill me girls!)

Catch up

2011-02-24T18:54:00.004-07:00

So I havent blogged in like a month, and it's not because nothing has happened but mostly because I've been to busy with my NEW JOB! And lets be honest, I'm lazy.
So to play catch up...
-I started my job January 31st, it totally kicks A$$.
- February 4th... came home from awesome new job to see Kelcy's awful self inflicted hair cut. She just had school pics taken today so if you're all dying to see it i'll post it soon.
- Jujube had an ADORABLE baby boy on Feb 8th, I totally called it. Jaci and I were talking the night of the 7th and I said I bet jules goes into labor tonight, cause of the snow" and she did. i rock at predicting babies.
-my NEW CAMERA (remember my goal list?)Arrived.. It's amazing and I love it and it was so worth every penny!

-Tracy had class on valentines day so we postponed it til the 19th and what did we do?

That's right! The BALLET! I LOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVEEEE the ballet! It's sooo beautiful and it was Sleeping Beauty which I was DYING to see. I never in a million years thought Tracy would have the idea to take me to the ballet.

You have now been caught up. :)
Tune in next time for a special 200th post...post. anyways. Time to watch wipeout.

Thankful

2011-01-18T17:43:00.002-07:00

So I remembered last night at almost 1:00 AM that I hadn't checked the mail for a few days. So I put on my boots and coat and walked out to the mailbox. It occurred to me, as I was walking through my complex in the middle of the night, how thankful I am to live in a neighborhood safe enough for me to do this.
I've lived in a lot of cities. My mom couldn't keep an apartment to save her life. We moved every year without fail, if not sooner. I can't tell you how many times I came home from school to see the bright yellow eviction notice on the door. Trust me, it's not fun. And being just a kid there wasn't a thing I could do about it either. I didn't understand at the time that my mom was just NOT CAPABLE of being an adult. She didn't care about anything or anyone but herself, even now at almost 53, she is still this way. But I digress...
The point is, I've lived in a lot of places, there have been places where I was scared to walk alone, EVER, let alone in the middle of the night. This is the only city that I've ever felt at home in, safe in. That's why it's the only city I'll buy a house in. I want my kids to have that same safe feeling every day. I never want them to step outside and have the urge to run back inside cause its safer.
I'm not saying this city is perfect, because I know it has its faults just like every city, but I love it here. Lucky for me, Tracy agrees! :)

2011 Top 5 List

2011-01-14T02:07:00.007-07:00

To steal a term from the boob nazi... these are the guys that I'd totally give up my morals for this year. (Not really, but it makes me sound naughtier than I'll ever be. Seriously. I'm good, I swear!)
#5- Joseph Gordon-Levitt

While he'll always hold a special place as the long haired alien in Third rock from the sun, he's also totally adorable. I loved him in 10 things I hate about you and in Inception he proved he's all grown up now. I love it!
#4- Jared Padalecki

He's a recent addition to my list. I never really "got" what girls saw in him until I caught an episode of Supernatural one morning. I've watched the show since it started but missed all of season 4. Anyways there was this one episode and it just clicked! He's totally hot!
#3- Ashton Kutcher

I started watching that 70's show reruns and I forgot how funny that show was! He's totally hilarious as the dim-witted Kelso (ironically what one of my friends calls me) and I caught a few movies that he's been in and voila he's back on the list!
#2- Jensen Ackles

I heart him. His face, his deep voice, the "smoulder" I love it.
#1- James Lafferty

He's totally one of those guys that is just getting hotter as he gets older. I know that part of my "crush" on him is the character he plays. I'm a sucker for a good husband and father. ;)
But, alas, not only am I totally married (cause thats the only reason we could never happen HAHAHA. Sarcasm people. It's a unappreciated art form.) he's currently dating Bono's daughter. Who can compete with Bono's daughter?? Bono's other daughter maybe?

Anyways. There you have it. The 5 actors who I'm crushing on this year. Honorable mentions go to Daniel Radcliffe (but only when he's playing Harry Potter) Rupert Grint (I love gingers), Ryan Reynolds (newly single!!) and Ian Somerhalder (mmm vampires are yummy)

2011 wish list

2010-12-30T00:19:00.000-07:00

1- to become DEBT FREE. This is something we've been working on for a few years now and we are SOOOO CLOSE. If I get a job sooner rather than later it can definitely happen this year.

2- NOOOO this is not an announcement for me. But My favorite aunt, as well as one of my really good friends are pregnant and expecting in 2011. I wish for their babies to be happy and healthy and delightful. Especially my poor aunt who is pregnant with twin boys!( She's 41, 42 when she delivers and these are her first kiddos)

3- To lose weight! My weight has been fluctuating like mad this year and it's really bothering me. Tracys going on a hardcore diet in January so I'm hoping it helps me too.

4- To get my craft on. I got a sewing machine and a cricut this past month. I'm going to put those bad boys to work and make stuff! I dont know what yet but you can be sure I'll blog about it.

5-ADVENTURE- It doesnt have to be as awesome as Bill and Ted's but I want to do something fun this year.

6-The crafty will also get helped out when I save up enough money for this! I so love this camera and can't wait to see the awesome pictures I will take with it.

7- Friends- I want them all to be happy and get what they wish for too. I also want them to know I love them and am here for them no matter what.

8-Honesty. Sometimes I feel like I can be too honest with some people, but with other people I'm constantly blunting how I feel. I'm going to work on finding a happy medium. I also want everyone to be honest with me. I hate being lied to. HATE IT. I think its one of the worst betrayals. I'd rather you tell me the truth then lie to me and have me find out later. Especially if you are just lying to "spare my feelings" or whatever. Just spit it out. In the end I'll respect you for your honesty and we'll get along better anyways.

9- I dont know if I truly believe in this one anymore but I wish for it anyways. I wish it for all of you as well. This is not to say that I don't believe in happiness. I just dont know that the complete utter contentedness where everything is blissful exists. Happiness is fleeting and it is what you make of it. I do believe how you react to things impacts your feelings about them and with how emotional I always am, maybe its just me who struggles with happiness. I'm going to work on that in 2011

p.s.... does anyone else feel like this year passed REALLY quickly???

Christmas!

2010-12-28T10:31:00.004-07:00

Christmas is too exhausting for words. Naturally the batteries in my camera died on Christmas eve so Christmas morning I had to use my cell phone for all the present opening. I can't tell you how bugged that made me. Who forgets batteries at Christmas?? Oh yeah that would be me.

Maddies Dolphin Pillow Pet. She named him Aqua

Kelcys Unicorn Pillow Pet, She named her rainbow

The finished temple pic. I thought my Grandpa was going to cry. It was totally awesome.

Maddies Santa Presents

Kelcys Santa Presents- Her lalaloopsy is already MIA. We've called everywhere we went and searched the car. She might be gone forever. So awesome that I went to 6 stores to find her only to have her lost within 6 hours of opening.

My present. Cant wait til it works great! It keeps acting like it cant pull the thread and I think the needle threader is broken already so it might have to be exchanged or something. We shall see!
I hope you all had a great Christmas too!!

Christmas Eve

2010-12-24T21:51:00.003-07:00

So this year, I had to bring a dessert to the Hieb Mansion for our annual Christmas party. Now normally, I'm not very adventurous and would have bought cookies or something. Not that I can't cook, just most of the time I choose not too because I hate how long everything takes. I'm all about instant gratification. However this year, I saw a recipe online and I couldnt stop thinking about it, so... I made it.
and it was AMAZING!!! It might have to be the new "Christmas dessert"

Recipe can be found here

Gingerbread Houses!

2010-12-22T17:23:00.005-07:00

This is the first year that we've done gingerbread houses and I think it might become tradition. Although the girls are totally sneaking m&m's and skittles here and there...
we had a contest and I'm going to let you, my awesome readers,... all two of you.. decide who wins.
Team K- me and Kelcy

Team awesome- Tracy and Maddie

In progress:

The finished products:
Team Awesome:

Team K:

The yummy dessert to follow

Ok so just leave a comment and let me know who wins so I can give them a prize!! :)

Whats On Kellee's Cell Phone

2010-12-16T22:08:00.004-07:00

For your viewing pleasure... 5 random pictures and a video from my cell phone.

When you wrap EVERY single present you are giving out and stick them under your tree, your Christmas looks much more prosperous than it actually is. However, it also looks very festive.

Madison's awesome new day bed. Courtesy of my little sister. She loves it, I love it, and it was free. BONUS! Madison is obviously doing her fake smile in this picture.

Kelcys new pet rat, Pepper. Her rat Rita died a few months ago, and I'm a sucker, so she has this lovely new pet. She was really skittish at first but she's mellowed out considerably.

Scabby, Kelcy, Maddie and Nana- Best Cousins!

I really adore this bedding. Tracy is getting me a sewing machine for Christmas (I don't know which one or anything like that but I specifically asked for one so I know I'm getting it. Kelcy wanted to get me one that changes colors, but I don't think they found one that does that,) so I might have to make new bedding or something to customize my bedroom exactly how I want it. Although that usually changes every two months. I'm very indecisive. Or I just like a lot of things. I haven't made up my mind yet. ;)

Yes my children are delightful. Kelcy's face in this video cracks me up.

P.S. If you google image search for lalaloopsy, my blog is the number one result! How cool is that!!

My husband the artist

2010-12-14T11:20:00.002-07:00

I'm sure most of you know that my husband is an Visual Art and Design major at SLCC. He took a watercolor class this semester and this was his final. We're going to frame it and give it to my grandparents I think. I am debating on keeping it because of its awesomeness. Please excuse the cell phone picture. I had to snap it while it was drying still. His teacher is currently still grading it but was very complimentary and even used it to give pointers to an advanced watercolor student.

The Christmas Tree

2010-12-07T21:58:00.005-07:00

Ok so the very first year Tracy and I were married he had a part-time job at target. It was awesome because we decided we wanted to buy an artificial Christmas tree and we got a discount on one. I love that tree. It's gorgeous, it always looks great and its easy to take up and put down, although time consuming because I am a fluffer. This year when Tracy pulled it out of our storage unit one of the legs was missing. We've searched and searched and we can't find it.
What's a poor (literally) girl to do??
I went to walmart and bought the cheapest artificial tree they had. It was 38 dollars and it was prelit. Now I'm one of those people that thinks the more lights the better, so I was fully anticipating putting more lights on the prelit tree. However, when I got it home, at midnight, I just wanted to decorate it and be done. The front room was covered with Christmas boxes from storage and I just wanted them all to be put back away. So I set the tree up and decorated it with our new decorations. We actually bought the purple and pink ones, and the garland, a few years ago after Christmas for like 90% off, I just never wanted to use them because I liked our snowman tree and then our black and white tree. But this year I decided to go for it.

I love the garland! By far my favorite part of the tree this year. I also love my little penguin that sits on a sleigh under the tree. The only presents under it are for the girls so far. Those are from mom and dad. The rest are going to be from santa!
I was able to snag two Lalaloopsy dolls today at toys r us (my sixth store and second toys r us)It's all Madison asked for specifically so I had to get it for her.

Kelcy wanted one too but she was much more flexible on which one, so LUCKILY the toys r us had the exact one that Maddie wanted and another very cute one! I'm super excited.

I dont know what I'm going to do when Kelcy starts reading my blog...

Boring!!

2010-12-07T01:14:00.003-07:00

I really wish that I had more to talk about lately, but really all I've done is job hunt, interview, be denied and then clean. I suppose I could post pictures of our Christmas tree because that's the only new thing lately!
I revamped my resume at the suggestion of the lovely people at workforce services so hopefully that helps. Also they helped me work out some good answers to the "Why did you leave your lost job" question.
Being fired for no reason really has its disadvantages!
Cross your fingers for me!

Kelcy is freaking hilarious!!!

2010-10-15T17:03:00.003-06:00

So now that I'm unemployed I seem to spend a large portion of my day aimlessly browsing the internet. Let me just tell you the internet is NOT big enough to keep me entertained. However, while browsing Regretsy today I came across this.

Tracy was on his break from work and we both sat there and laughed for a few minutes at the shear ridiculousness of this. Seriously. So after we stopped laughing I ask out loud, "What do you even do with this??"
and Kelcy looked at it and goes: "Throw it in the dumpster."
Yep!
P.S. I am in no way dissing Etsy. Etsy is amazing and there are some SERIOUSLY talented people selling their handmade goods and art.
However, there is a lot of random crap on there too. :)

Hieb Look-alike Meter

2010-10-12T02:32:00.003-06:00

So I posted Kelcys kindergarten pics on facebook and lots of people have been saying she is a mini me. This is confusing to me because i've always thought that Kelcy looks way more like Tracy. Actually I think both my girls look more like him. So I decided to settle the debate... and according to my heritage... I am wrong! lol
she looks more like me by 8%... go figure.

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Family heritage - Family genealogy

P.S. I had so much fun with kelcys I decided to do one for Madison as well... it said she looks equally like Mom and Dad.

Stress and Distractions

2010-10-11T00:49:00.006-06:00

So my stress level lately has been at an all time high. Why?
I got fired.
That's right. Fired. Laid off, let go, terminated... however you say it, it only means one thing. I'm unemployed.
Do you know what that means??
No money.
None.
Christmas is coming. We now have no health insurance (this is very very temporary problem but still)
I'm seriously freaking out.
Unemployment only goes so far (pray that it gets approved PLEASE!!)
I have an interview lined up and am submitting resumes every day but seriously, sooooo stressed. Can't even tell you how stressed.
So in addition to job hunting,I've been filling my days with distractions including cleaning (i need to do this even more still!), reading, playing with my girls, working out and doing "fun" cheap things.
We went to the pumpkin patch:

We took the girls to see Toy Story 3 at the dollar movies. And as part of an assignment for Tracys art class, we went to the Utah Museum of Fine Art

All of these pics were taken with permission from the museum and they were all flash free.
It only cost us $7.00 to go the museum and we took the girls too. Totally a good deal! Tracy and I could have spent hours and hours in the museum and had an awesome date, but since we took the girls we were only there about an hour and a half.
Anyways, if anyone hears of a totally awesome job... Hook a friend up!

Happy Birthday Madison!

2010-09-28T22:06:00.005-06:00

My baby is 3!!! I can't even believe it! She is getting so big its totally freaking me out. she talks, she has hair now. It's such a huge change! They grow so fast!

Maddies First Haircut

2010-09-28T22:01:00.004-06:00

After we dropped Kelcy off for her first day of school, we took Madison in for her first haircut. She found scissors and we needed to do a little fixing to make it presentable.

Before

We thought they both deserved ice cream for their big days

unfortunately for us Maddies haircut lasted about a week before she found scissors again... yes really. I dont know how.

First Day of School

2010-09-28T21:48:00.003-06:00

Going out the door!

Bye Daddy!

Saying bye to maddie!

walking on the wall

Jumping!

Going in!

This is how Maddie reacted to driving away and leaving Kelcy at school

Kindergarten Baby!

2010-09-07T20:21:00.004-06:00

In honor of my sweet Kelcy starting school we decided to have a photo shoot! I decided this is going to be our yearly tradition. She was so excited. She picked the 3 outfits herself out of her TON of school clothes she got. She matched them all with her super cute twinkle toes. They were her special starting school prize. Madison got a pair as well but they are for her birthday in two weeks!

I decided to experiment with photoshop elements... i'm not very good yet but hopefully i'll get better!!

The one in which I was McGyver!

2010-08-28T23:27:00.003-06:00

Most of you will remember my blog posts from a while back where I talked about the horrible messes my girls decided to make by raiding our pantry in the middle of the night. Well we solved that problem by switching their doorknob around so it was on backwards and literally locking them in their room at night. (don't worry we only ACTUALLY locked it for a week until they got it in their heads that they couldn't leave the room at night. then they just thought they couldn't)
I digress.
In June, Tracy went on a road trip to the Oregon coast with one of his high school friends. Leaving me alone with the girls.. for a whole week (pictures to follow cause they are cool). He left Saturday morning. That whole day was ok... it was Sunday that was the bad day. The girls were miserable. They fought with me, cried for their dad and were just generally misbehaved. Needless to say that night they were locked in their room. However, at around midnight they were still awake and I went into their room to yell at them to go to sleep. Unfortunately for me, they had placed Madison's potty-training potty behind the door. Even more unfortunately... they had used it. Cue ick factor.
Naturally, I ran to grab the carpet cleaning stuff, the whole time yelling at the girls about how horrible they were being to me. I threw the frog potty in the bathroom sink with the hot water running to sterilize that and crouched down behind their door to start scrubbing the carpet. Their door was ticking me off. It kept swinging open and I had to keep batting it away from where I was furiously scrubbing the carpet. I got so angry that the 5th time it swung open, I slammed it shut. I finished cleaning the carpet and stood up to leave... only to find that their door was somehow still locked. I obviously unlocked it to get into their room... so I don't know how it was locked but it was.
I freaked.
I was now locked in their bedroom, at midnight, with water running in the bathroom. I had no cell phone, and the only way out was through the window, which would have done me no good because I knew every other door and window in my house was locked or shut. My sister in law lives in our apartments but I knew that she had taken a sleeping pill earlier that night because she'd had a hard weekend so even if I escaped through the window there was no one to help me back into the house. I searched the girls room for something that I could use to unlock the door but there was nothing. Their room was literally empty from our spring cleaning. Every toy, every hanger, every everything, except their bed and dresser, was gone from their room. The girls of course, thought this was hilarious and kept laughing and saying stuff like "haha now you have to sleep with us"
I was freaking out. Full on freaking out. The kind of freaking out where you start thinking you think the doors not actually locked, its just stuck right? I think I spent 15 minutes trying to twist the door knob hard enough for it to just magically pop open or break the lock. That doesn't work. I searched their room again.
Still empty.
I tried the door knob again.. Still locked.
I searched the room again. Yep... still definitely empty.
By now its got to be 12:30 at least. The water is still running and I've just about convinced myself that there is no way out for the night and I should stick it out til morning when I can escape through the window, find my sis in law and get a key to the front door...
but then I notice it. The top hinge on the door is about an inch and a half pulled out. I stare and it... and stare at it some more. and then a plan forms!
If I can find something... anything.. that can pop that hinge out, then I can simply pull the door out of the frame and be free!
But I've already checked the room.
So I check again, and that's when I see it!

Thats right. A bookshelf holder. A metal bookshelf holder. Lying against the baseboard in their room. I grabbed in triumph, squealing with delight. But there was something wrong... I had no leverage to push the pin up any higher. I had nothing to stand on and I just couldn't get the top pin to pop out no matter how hard I pushed. I slumped to the ground in defeat, but I decided to try one last time to pop the bottom pin out. To my delight it popped out on my first try!
I then used the bottom pin to pop out the top pin and VOILA!! FREEDOM!!!
I seriously ran around my apartment in pure joy!
Then I put the door back on, told them to go to bed and went and took a shower. Panic makes me sweaty apparently.

the things i do for a frosty

2010-08-25T23:18:00.005-06:00

The other night my sister in law asked me to watch her two girls so she could go to the DMB concert at Usana. My girls naturally adore her girls so of course I said yes and we had quite the night.
The first thing they did was each put on a pair of my high heels. So of course I busted out my camera and took pics of them.

Maddie always runs around with no pants on. but she is rocking one of my favorite pairs of black heels. Thanks A'gaci

Miss M, modeling my brand new, can barely walk in them 5 inch heels. How sad is it that she can walk in them better than me?

My Kelcy, posing like a model. I dont even know where she learned that she just started doing it. You should see the pics she takes of herself on our DS. She is wearing what she calls my "cinderella" heels.

and finally miss A, she liked the brown heels the best and I gotta say the girls got style! ;)

Then after that we decided to do hair and makeup and take more pics just for the fun of it. I tried to make them all pose but the younger ones didn't quite grasp the concept of blowing a kiss.

Kelcy's profile shot

Maddies profile shot. I love how she posed in this one.

Miss A thought most her poses up herself. This one is like... "home school glamour shot"

This one makes me think she's giving a speech to be class president

Muah!

seriously... is she 5 or 20?

I'm trying to blow a kiss... really I am

Me too!

We had to do the obligatory one on one shot with me of course!

Kelcy Welcy- (I love it when maddie calls her this. its so cute. she'll be like where's kelcy welcy?)

Nana Banana

Scabby

Maddie Baddie

Then we had a dance party!

I took videos of them dancing around to some unintentially inappropriate songs. However watching some of their moves totally cracked me up.
All in all a very fun evening and it earned me a frosty!

it's me... on the internet

2010-08-16T19:57:00.003-06:00

Enter to win if you are a Red Sox fan!

a snippet

2010-07-16T21:30:00.002-06:00

Tracy and I have been together for over 12 years now. And I know that we're soulmates. You can laugh and scoff all you want but how else do you explain this??

Tracy: What are you doing right now?
me: eating sunflower seeds
Tracy: lol me too

Thats right folks. We're in two different places (he's at work) and what are we both doing? Snacking on the same thing. Lucky for us we even agree on what brand of sunflowers seeds is our favorite. It makes purchasing treats easier.

i get bored at work sometimes....

2010-07-16T13:17:00.000-06:00

I’m building a wall around my heart
Brick by brick, one day at a time.
To protect it from thoughtlessness
And keep it safe inside.

I need to keep it from being broken,
It’s already so damaged, you see
For I trusted it to someone who
Didn’t care about it, or me.

Cracks and chips mar its soft skin
And one more hit will be the end
So brick by brick, day by day
I try to help my heart to mend.

The road is hard and very long
The bricks are a heavy load
But to help protect my heart
Each day I travel this road.

Once the wall is complete
My heart will be safe inside
Swords and arrows and barbs of hate
Will no longer make me cry

and there I’ll be
alone, but safe
inside my empty heart.

insomnia sucks

2010-07-02T01:04:00.001-06:00

seriously. i want to be asleep, but instead im laying in bed wishing i didnt have a sudden intolerance to lactose that only complicates the insomnia. blah. forgive the complete lack of punctuation. im to lazy to click between keyboards on my phone.

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What I love!

2010-06-29T18:22:00.002-06:00

I love summertime with my girls! I love watching them run and play with their friends and try new things like swimming with new smaller floaties and jumping on trampolines. I love the random dancing and singing we do when daddy's at work and hearing them giggle uncontrollably. I cant wait to take them camping and to the zoo and to the aquarium.

Monday!!

2010-06-28T23:20:00.003-06:00

I'm hoping to reinstate my previous blogging schedule!! So today what I hate is doing dishes!!! Seriously, it's the worst when my girls don't pay attention and put their cereal bowls in the wrong side of the sink so then when I do dishes, I not only have to deal with the food on the dishes, I have to deal with the food IN the wrong side of the sink!!! I have serious food issues for anyone that didn't know. I love to eat food, but I can't stand touching most of it! Let alone actually EATING most of it. Especially anything gummy, or mushy. UGH I shudder just thinking about it. I think most of this stems from childhood issues with my mother... honestly!

ive always wanted to blog on the go

2010-06-20T12:24:00.001-06:00

and now i can. i love my droid.

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Lagoon

2010-06-13T17:25:00.006-06:00

So my work does an annual Lagoon day and this year they decided to step it up a notch and rent out the entire park! They even paid for lunch and parking! Now normally when you to got Lagoon you stand in line for hours and hours just waiting to go on rides. NOT THIS TIME!!! With only about 3000 people in the ENTIRE park (minus lagoon a beach and pioneer village) I didnt have to wait in line for a ride at all! Within the first 15 minutes of getting to Lagoon we rode Wild Mouse, The spider, Wicked, and colossus and the sky ride!!

lol ok now i know the sky ride isn't the coolest ride there but it is one of my favorites just because of the views of the park. However, i panic whenever I see someone with a baby or small toddler on the ride. like seriously. I cant even look at them.

Notice how empty all of the other cars are and the walkways.

Unfortunately for me, I get motion sickness and the long lines between rides generally help me recover before the next ride! So we had to take a break and play some game. Tracy won 3 prizes at games. one for me and one for each of the girls. Our good friends Erin and Jordan came with us, and since Jujube works at Overstock too, her and Dustin were also there and Chuso brought Jaci. It was a G&S reunion. And I just realized that even though the group of us hung out for several hours we never went on any rides together.

I really hope Overstock decides to do this every year. It was so awesome not fighting people for rides and just relaxing. And as you can see by the pics the park was almost totally empty! It was so great! My favorite part of the whole day was, when we were leaving at about 8:30 or so, we were walking across the parking lot to the car and a group of teenagers were walking towards the ticket gates. Ignoring all of the signs that said lagoon was closed for a private function they tried to get in. We could hear them talking about how they were season passholders and how they drove an hour to get there so they WOULD get in. It was hilarious to see them turned away. It made me laugh because the one girl was SOO insistent that they would be let in and her friends were trying to convince her that they wouldnt.

Sadly I forgot my camera so all of these pics were taken from my OLD cell phone because I got the new fabulous Droid Eris by HTC and i SOO love it.

IM BACK!!

2010-06-13T11:48:00.001-06:00

After a very long spell of no internet or cable, We have them back! Hooray! Im totally excited to resume my posting because Ive missed it. Stay tuned for all of my regular posts!

Monday Monday Monday

2010-05-10T10:09:00.002-06:00

I hate being sick. Bronchitis, Pneumonia... Who knows what I have. I do know that I hate it and am SO OVER IT!!!! The coughing, not having a voice... Can I PLEASE just get my healthy self back??
On the bright side... There are several things i'm looking forward to this summer!
Three Musketeers Thursday! My work is awesome YET AGAIN and Tracy and I get a dress up date to a Fundraiser at Hale Center Theatre!
Lagoon Day at Overstock! We rented the WHOLE PARK! That means if you were planning to go to Lagoon on June 4th, you better be an overstock employee or guest! WAHOO!!!
Our Anniversary, June 15th, Dinner at La Caille! WOO!!
Tracy is looking forward to his road trip with Chuck, He'll be leaving me for a whole week in June to go camping. I'm not looking forward to that so much cause I'll be lonely, but lets go girls day!! YAY!

I know its Monday but....

2010-05-03T15:54:00.003-06:00

Today is a Things I Love day!
Its May 3rd, which means 12 years ago today Tracy kissed me for the very first time and decided that we were officially together. His exact words? "So I guess this means we're together now."
Swoon.

I found this little baby on Tracy's art clipboard that he does all of his paintings for school on. it made me smile, A LOT.

Random Thought Wednesday

2010-04-28T10:41:00.002-06:00

I have a lot of my mind today, not all of it good. However I'll just share the funny parts.
When we lived in Arizona, I noticed something rather odd. Their closets are backwards. I know I know, how is a closet backwards? Ok well let me try to explain. When you are hanging up clothes in your closet the hook of the hanger generally faces AWAY from you, like towards the bar that you are hanging it on. When we were in Phoenix every closet I saw (granted it was only like... five maybe) was the OTHER way. The hook on the hanger would face TOWARDS you resulting in some very funky maneuvering to hang up your clothes. I have had issues hanging up clothes ever since then... coincidence? I think not.

My other random thought of the day is actually a song. A flashback song.

OH thats right! I still remember the dance to this song and when this song came on the radio yesterday I found myself dancing along in my car, I seem to do this a lot. If you ever see me on the freeway I bet I'm hilarious. Singing and dancing. Yeah I like to give people a show~

Happy Birthday Tracy!!

2010-04-23T10:33:00.004-06:00

The big 2-8!
I hope your day is amazing and that your present comes soon :) Its your fault its late for making me order it online!

a combination

2010-04-20T17:50:00.002-06:00

Kelcy is sick yet again. A combination of daycare and abnormally large tonsils has left my poor child struggling to breathe as she deals with Croup, Strep and an ear infection YET AGAIN! I talked to her doctor and she is recommending that her tonsils come out!

Amazing doctors who make me feel so much better about the whole situation and also health insurance that makes it affordable. Hooray.

Sometimes I think of the future

2010-04-15T13:37:00.004-06:00

My SHOE future! HAHAHAH ok so I'm totally lame. Moving on! I blogged a while ago about how much I ADORE my new Reebok EasyTone shoes. My friend Julia and I have been walking twice a day at work around the building and trust me you can FEEL these shoes!! I can feel them from my hip flexors down to my shins, my calves burn as we speed walk and my thighs are definitely slimming down. Well today, I was thinking of when these shoes wear out what I want my next ones to look like and I came across a little something on the Reebok website... CUSTOM EASYTONES!!! I played around with it and decided these are TOTALLY my next pair of EasyTones!

Helium

2010-04-14T13:23:00.004-06:00

Thats right. Its official. Last night was the first time I ever got Helium to work to alter my voice. I've tried it before but it never worked. My awesome friends gave me 5 helium balloons for my birthday. Not the crappy kind, the mylar kind. So somehow, even though my birthday was over a month ago, they were still floating. Last night I put a small hole in one and Tracy entertained the girls for a few minutes with his voice until I thought we'd used all the balloons up. Then Kelcy comes running out of her room with one that we'd forgotten. They went to bed and after Glee was over Tracy put a hole in it an made me try it. He was so excited. He referred to it as my Helium Virginity. I started trying to suck in the helium but the balloon wasn't very full and the hole was really small so he pushed it in my face. The very first words of my new helium voice were:
"Why would you do that?" immediately followed by laughter that slowly went to a normal octave again.
So then I was intrigued. Would it work again?
Yes by jove it did!
My next phrase was
"Here kitty kitty" I dont know why Tracy wanted me to say that but it was pretty funny.
So the question is...
what is your favorite thing to say while on helium!

Things I love

2010-04-13T10:52:00.001-06:00

We went to Dairy Queen last night and had amazing ice cream with the girls. The best part was when Kelcy and I did an impromptu duet of Lady Antebellums "Need You Now" It was super cute.

Things I hate

2010-04-12T15:25:00.002-06:00

People who talk on their cell phones in a public restroom. Seriously. When did this become ok?? Its one thing if you are at home and can be discreet and not flush the toilet or something (which by the way I still dont do cause I think its gross,theres just something about doing your business while on the phone that squicks me out, however it is more acceptable than a public restroom)but to do it while at work is just nasty. Seriously. It makes things uncomfortable for everyone, including i'm sure the person on the other end of the phone who has to hear not only you, but everyone else that goes into the bathroom as well. Bathrooms echo people!

Things I hate ( a day late)

2010-04-06T11:36:00.002-06:00

Not having internet at my house. Seriously. I'm starting to go insane but am boycotting comcast and qwest because of past and current issues I have with both companies. We bought an antenna for our tv and just watch local channels now, but internet is a different matter. Our neighbor and friend is going to buy a powerful router so we can use his crazy fast internet soon, which is so awesome, but at the same time.. I miss facebook, and you know.. the rest of the whole internet. except the porn. so really I guess I only miss 1% of the internet!

a question

2010-04-01T14:08:00.002-06:00

I used my boobs to help me shut a very full UPS box today at work...
Good or bad?

Things I love

2010-03-30T14:18:00.002-06:00

Waking up to notes from my husband on the bathroom mirror! Makes my whole day!
*I tried to take a picture but the camera on my phone is tempermental and didnt want to work today.

Things I hate

2010-03-29T16:18:00.000-06:00

I have a stye, on my eye
Why oh why, do I have a stye?
It hurts so much, I want to cry,
Stupid stye, on my eye.

Tonight

2010-03-19T11:52:00.003-06:00

I'll be dining here for free, while getting paid cause its a work event. and the dress that won?? *cambria dont judge me its borrowed!!!

Thanks Jujube!

Things I love

2010-03-16T10:57:00.002-06:00

My Happy Bunny desk calendar. It tells the future!! You all think I'm joking right now but seriously. Its scary how accurate it is somedays!

Things I hate

2010-03-15T09:52:00.000-06:00

Having to drag yourself out of the most comfortable bed ever on a Monday morning!! My pillow was perfect, my blankets were perfect, it was the perfect temperature, my husband wasn't even snoring! Then the alarm went off. BLAH!

Things I Love

2010-03-11T20:20:00.001-07:00

Those days when you look down and think... WOW. My boobs look so good today. *Boob Nazi I'm sure you have those days EVERYDAY but for us normal girls... especially us normal girls with kids... days like these are to be cherished!

Bonus Birthday Post

2010-03-08T20:40:00.008-07:00

**The following post contains stick figure porn. If this offends you please don't read!!!

Today was my birthday. The big 28! I feel very old some days. But I have been incredibly happy over the past few weeks so I will absolutely not complain! 2010 is going to rock.
Highlights of the day include:
-Finding my desk decorated
-Shellie surprising me with princess balloons and an Indiana Jones cake! (birthday cake is my favorite!!!)
-Jaci taking me for a coke break and me oh so gracefully tripping over my heels and falling into her car
-Tracy surprising me by making a cake AND cleaning up the girls huge mess from this morning!
-My Grandparents stopping by
-While at dinner, asking Maddie if she was done eating and having her open her mouth to show me the delightfully half chewed french fry.
-running into Alesha at Smith's marketplace
-Tracy's small pornographic drawing on my birthday cake, it made me laugh. Kelcy called it birthday Kellee. Please realize that she did not understand what it was!!! It even took me several minutes to figure it out, because i'm slow, we aren't seriously perverts.
-Me finding a picture of Tracy where he is flipping off the camera and Kelcy seeing it and lecturing Tracy about how that's the bad finger and he can't ever do it again, which made me laugh like a loon
-All of the facebook birthday wishes! Thanks!!!
-Tracy gave me GLEE volume one!!!! HOORAY!! and (this ones for you jaci) Volume 5 and 6 of the Vampire Diaries!

My desk at work

The crazy balloon hat that my boss wanted me to wear all day! hahaha

My girls being cheese heads while Tracy was lighting the candles

Blowing them out

POSERS!!

The porn cake. It made me laugh a lot when i figured it out. and dont worry. we cut that part up first!

SO HAPPY! Love you Tracy!

Things I hate 5

2010-03-08T09:44:00.003-07:00

Waking up to this... ON MY BIRTHDAY!!!!
SEVERE GRR. The count this time was 5 boxes of macaroni and cheese, a package of oreos, 2 boxes of cereal (that are out of the picture) They also had Vitamin C gummies and a bottle of 409 spray cleaner just for good measure.

Option 3

2010-03-05T12:13:00.004-07:00

So I see all kinds of blog posts about mom's who when they discover their childs room a mess, laugh and take a picture of it and share precious stories of how great their kids are. My question is... how do I become THAT kind of a mom? Because seriously, when I walk into my girl's room first thing in the morning, and I discover 4 boxes of macaroni and cheese (unfortunately the special spongebob and scooby doo macaroni that is WAY more expensive than regular macaroni), 3 compleats meals, and blankets concealing a whole seperate mess all over the floor... I YELL! And trust me I yelled A LOT. By the time I was finished both of my girls were crying and saying they were sorry. The thing is... this is NOT the first time they have done this. Because they share a room, if one of them wakes up they wake the other one up and they have little parties in the middle of the night. Usually they are loud enough it wakes me up and I am able to circumvent the mess, but not last night.
I obviously dont want to lock them in their room because they need to get out to potty and you know if our house burns down or something, but at the same time I can't afford for them to continually RUIN food! I can't even tell you how many times this has happened. We even had a moratorium against cereal for several months because that was their midnight snack of choice.
Grr. Then AFTER the lovely mess/fight that made me late... I go outside to rush the girls to the sitters and hop in my car and find this!!!
NATURES MESS! SERIOUSLY???

UPDATE****
I came home to this:

Ah springtime in Utah. Gotta love it.

Read it.... NOW

2010-03-03T18:13:00.002-07:00

Thank you Erin Housley for insisting I pick up this book. I ordered it, and its sequel Catching Fire, from Amazon (ssshhhhh!!!!!) on her recommendation alone. I hadn't heard anything about the books, didn't know what they were about or anything. Luckily I am a huge reader and didn't hesitate to buy a new book.
I read the intro to the story and was intrigued but not dying to pick it up, so I finished the other book I was reading and then on Monday picked up The Hunger Games while I was waiting for dinner to bake. I was immediately sucked in and finished it last night and then started Catching Fire last night while dinner was baking. I finished that one today at work and I have to say I can not WAIT for August when the third and final book in the trilogy comes out~

While I'm on the subject of books, which I obviously love, I just want to say that I NEVER EVER EVER want a Kindle. EVER. They are brilliant inventions, I'm not denying that, but there is something so personal about a book! Does everyone remember this scene in Beauty and the Beast?

How much more dramatic would that scene be if he told her to open her eyes and all she saw was a bunch of empty shelves and a kindle? Yeah thats right. It would SUCK.

Maybe I'm being a little unreasonable here, but seriously. You want me to pay HOW MUCh for a book that I cant make notes in? That I cant mark up pages or dog ear corners? And what happens if I drop it in the bathtub huh? Goodbye money. What happens if I leave it in the car? Oh stolen. Yes I know its portable and yes I know you can take it anywhere. Two words... PAPER BACKS! Lightweight, portable and cheap!

I know its not like looking at a screen, its like ink and you can actually turn the page... guess what DON'T CARE! its not the same! Its cold and impersonal. My books have tons of history. I see the covers and I know exactly what the book is about, how many times I've read it, what chapters are dog eared for stopping, why the spine is bent and why one page is ripped. I know why the covers are missing from some, why whole sections have been glued back in. I know why I made notes in one, why I corrected sentences I think should be different in others.

I know which ones to read on rainy days, which ones to read before bed, which ones will make me cry. I know which ones I have lent to a friend, which ones a friend has lent me. I know which ones taught me lessons, which ones are just for fun, which ones make me laugh out loud.

My books, lame as this sounds, are my friends. They are always there. The library in Beauty and the Beast? That's my dream! Its ALWAYS been my dream. I've always wanted a room with shelves and shelves and shelves of book, comfy chairs, big windows a fire place. Maybe even a window seat.

Sorry Kindle lovers...Nothing will ever beat a REAL book in my eyes.

Things I LOVE 4

2010-03-02T13:35:00.003-07:00

*My post below contains serious run on sentences and bad spelling/grammar. Please keep in mind that I tend to blog at work in between everything else I do and I have to type quickly and secretly. LOL Ignore everything bad!

My new amazing Reebok Easy Tone shoes!!! When I first heard about these shoes months ago I immediately wanted them, their pricetag however, was a huge deterrent!! So lucky for me with Taxes and bonuses I was able to buy a pair! I checked some local stores only to find out they had absolutely none in stock until about May! Reebok.com was saying it was 5-6 weeks behind on shipments but I figured I could wait 5-6 weeks til May and maybe not get the ones I wanted or just order them off the site and get the exact ones that I wanted. Lucky for me Reebok is a big fat liar and my shoes shipped about 4 DAYS after I ordered them!!
I LOVE these shoes already! They work your calves, your hamstings/thighs and your butt more than you would wearing normal shoes but they are still cute to look at. I put them on and could immediately feel a difference in my hamstrings. I dont know how exactly they work but after I wore them for a whole day I could definitely feel a difference! Not like a full on ache like I worked out too hard, but a nice pleasant, I'm using these muscles kind of feel.

The box was totally cute!

EEE PINK!!

I love the random details on the shoes!

I'll give you another review in a few months! Its only been a few days of wearing them so I cant say for sure how they are doing just yet! ;)

Things I hate 4

2010-03-01T12:26:00.000-07:00

I've gained some weight back... Totally depressing.

Things I LOVE: 3

2010-02-23T13:21:00.004-07:00

Sweet Freaking AWESOME surprise roses from my husband!! I came home to these beauties yesterday when I got home from work! Aren't they GORGEOUS????

Things I Hate 3

2010-02-22T12:42:00.000-07:00

When people come up behind you at work, and just stand there and wait for you to notice them. Hello I do not have eyes in the back of my head, nor do I appreciate you looking at my computer screen to pass the time while you wait for me to notice you. Just say something or approach from the front!

Jason Castro Concert!

2010-02-18T16:04:00.002-07:00

You may or may not remember Jason Castro from American Idol a few years ago. He finished in 4th place I think and now has signed with Atlantic records. Lucky for me, my work uses Atlantic recording artists in all of our commercials, which means if an artist is traveling through town we usually get a free concert! I loved him! I thought his lyrics were amazing and he can definitely play and sing... I was worried about his hair though. I thought maybe he was going to snag it on his guitar and it was going to pull out of his head and then he'd toss it into the crowd like a souvenir. Luckily that didnt happen cause it would have majorly squicked me out! His eyes are amazing up close and I love that I had the chance to meet him and get an autograph. His new EP is out so buy it on Itunes for like 5 bucks I think!

Things I Love 2

2010-02-16T10:42:00.001-07:00

My Valentine's present from Tracy. I <3 it and was totally surprised! Always a plus!

Things I Hate 2

2010-02-16T10:40:00.000-07:00

Pretend this was posted yesterday! ;)

I hate the new facebook. Seriously. I dont care who is now friends with who or who is fans of whatever. Give me my old facebook back. Oh and I also hate how it defaults to Top News instead of Most Recent. WHATEVER!

Workout Thurdays

2010-02-11T13:11:00.002-07:00

This started out as work out wednesdays, but we never actually worked out on a wednesday so now its work out thursdays! Me and two friends get together at my house and do a random workout video while our kids destroy my house. Its freaking awesome and makes me feel like I'm doing something to better myself. We are supposed to somehow work on our self confidence at the same time, but really .. I havent had self confidence for almost 28 years now, I think its a lost cause! but I'll let them keep trying! ;)
If anyone wants to join us you are more than welcome! It usually ends with us all collapsing on my couch and talking for an hour. Great fun!

Random Wednesday

2010-02-10T10:56:00.002-07:00

So you all may have noticed (or probably not) that i'm trying something new with my little blog here. My posts will hopefully be more frequent. So wednesday is my designated random day. Somedays it will be me talking about random crap from the past, some days it will be me talking about new things I want to try or have tried, etc etc. Today it's something new I thought I'd try. I am very much an introverted person. I blush easily and am quick to be embarrassed by anything, so in an effort to break out of my shell a little I am going to try:
Modeling
Thats right I said it. My work is having a casting call for clothing models, faces will not be featured and thats why I decided to say I was interested. I'm not photogenic at all but I think I could work my legs a little. LOL
Stepping out of the comfort zone... I'll keep you posted.

Things I LOVE: part 1

2010-02-09T19:15:00.004-07:00

This guy. He's sick today, as are the girls, which is why I also love...

Penicillin and amoxicillin... ah the bubble gum medicine, the staple medicine of my childhood. I'm glad the girls seem to enjoy it just as much. Poor Tracy just gets regular penicillin, no flavoring there.

Things I hate: Part 1

2010-02-08T15:01:00.001-07:00

When you send your husband a totally cute text filled with love and adoration and he responds with "I'm tired."

Grr.

Fight

2010-02-03T15:52:00.001-07:00

I got into a fight with a tape dispenser at work yesterday.... I think I lost.

Serena Ryder Concert

2010-01-27T15:00:00.004-07:00

So as I've mentioned before my work frequently has concerts. We are partnered with Atlantic Records so any time one of their artist comes through town they try to make a stop at work. We've had Joey and Rory, Carolina Liar and most recently Serena Ryder. I had never heard of her but I thought she was amazing! She played 4 songs for us, in our break room and I just adored her!
Check our her songs on youtube. This one was my favorite:

But she also sang:
Sweeping the Ashes
Weak in the knees
and All for Love

Seriously I just thought she was so fun! She did it all acousic for us, no backup band and she had us all clapping and cheering along. That takes serious talent!

Dresses

2010-01-26T10:26:00.006-07:00

So I have some events coming up that will require me to have a very pretty dress. Ok really just one event, but I still want to look awesome! So I've been browsing online. I dont want to spend a ton of money and I want it to be functional as a church dress hopefully as well, so nothing TOO dressy.
Here a few that I've found that I really like so everyone voice your opinion!
P.S. Please keep in mind that I am quite a bit thinner than I am in the picture above!!! ;)
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weight loss

2010-01-07T15:55:00.003-07:00

So I hopped on the scale this morning, and was very surprised with what I saw. I am now 6 pounds away from my goal. SIX. And while I feel better I'm not quite where I want to be. So I'm going to drop my goal weight just a little. (dont worry folks i'm not getting into the underweight category here) So 16 pounds to go! WOO HOOO! The thing that REALLY bothers me is I've lost 31 pounds now. 31 pounds but how many sizes have I lost??? Oh that would be 1!! ONE STINKING SIZE!! LAME! So thats partly why I decreased my goal weight. Gotta fit into all of my OLD clothes!

Goodbye 2009!!!

2009-12-30T10:26:00.004-07:00

Thank God! I'm so freaking happy this year is almost over. 2009 brought a lot of bad crap and I can say its definitely one of my worst years EVER.
Christmas has come and gone. It had good times and bad and I'm not gonna lie and say its my worst Christmas ever but I definitely hope next year is better. So lets see... things I want in 2010.
1- To be happy and content. This one is definitely a stretch but I'm hoping some of our ducks fall into line or whatever the saying is.
2- To be FIT. I'm not talking about thin, although that is a bonus. Losing 27 (yay me) pounds this last year has helped me feel a lot better about myself physically but now I just feel flabby. Not toned at all. So I'm going to take up Yoga and maybe pilates to help tone those muscles!
3- A new job. I love my job. I dont just love my job, I LOVE my job. But I am SEVERELY underpaid. I'm not going to be actively hunting for a new job but I am going to be browsing around for something that pays better, unless I get a nice raise of course. So if anyone hears of an opening for an executive assistant please think of me! :)
4- To write more. I made a good start on this goal, this year, but next year I want to really pursue it. I have some good credit as a writer now. I have the most read article on our buying guides and it is also the most referred article. So not only are people reading it, they are sending it to their friends to read! That makes me so happy!
5-To take a vacation. A REAL vacation, possibly with an airplane. My cousin Jessica and I are planning a roadtrip for her Graduation present in June, so at the very least I have that! Tracy's brother is getting married in Mexico but unfortunately its during the middle of Finals and there is just no way we can go.
6- To try more new things. I did fairly well with this goal this year. I tried new foods that I'd never had including chocolate jalapeno potato chips and fresh figs. I was introduced to asparagus risotto and Manchego cheese (mmmmmmmm). I want to expand on this over the next year and try things that I've maybe written off already and are hesitant to try again. This does not include sushi however. I dont care how old I get I dont think I'll ever be ok with putting raw fish in my mouth. Gross.
7-To play with my girls more. Outside. I have issues with the outside. There are bugs, its hot, and I sunburn faster than anyone I know. So this year, I'm going to make being outside more of a priority.
8- Less computer. I feel like i'm on the internet 24 hours a day. If I'm not working I'm playing and while facebook and gmail are addicting, I really need to do something that doesnt involve me sitting on my butt.
Yeah I was gonna go for 10 things but apparently my 2009 complacency has caught up with me now and I'm going to get back to work!
I hope everyone has a fabulous new years!

2009-12-02T16:54:00.001-07:00

Dear God,
Please untie the knots
that are in my mind,
My heart and my life.
Remove the have nots,
The can nots and the do nots
That I have in my mind.

Erase the will nots,
may nots,
might nots that may find,
a home in my heart.

Relase me from the could nots,
would nots and
should nots that obstruct my life.

And most of all,
Dear God,
I ask that you remove from my mind,
My heart and my life all the "am nots"
That I have allowed to hold me back,
Especially the thought
that I am not good enough.
Amen

Author Known to God.

SADNESS!!

2009-11-24T18:50:00.001-07:00

Kelcy cut her hair today. I had to cut it to even it out. :( Check out her new hair.
She loves it of course. she keeps flipping it around like it was long still. I cut off six inches to even it out. :( Only her second hair cut EVER and both times has been because she cut it first. I told her next time she wants a haircut to just ask me cause i'd do it for her!

Exhausted

2009-11-24T13:12:00.002-07:00

How many times can you get sick in one fall? I'm up to 3. I know that stress is taking a huge hit on my immune system so I cant fight anything off right now. Lucky for us we got Swine Flu out of the way already. IT sucked. Dont get it ok? Right now I just have a cold but its kicking my butt. I can barely stay awake. I cant wait until the holidays are over. I dont usually wish for that but this year I'd love to fast forward to February.
However, since it is Thanksgiving I will do the usual list of things I am thankful for. So here it is, in no particular order!

1- My girls. They are my pride and joy right now. Yes they have good days and bad days but over all i'd give them a ten! :D
2-My job. Somedays I complain about it but when it comes down to it I really do love my job. I love my bosses and how easy they make my life at work.
3-Tracy. Even though times are rough, I'm still as in love with him as I was the day we got married. More so even. I want us to spend forever together.
4-My friends. Every last one of you, you know who you are. I know I can always count on you to be there for me if I need anything.
5-Singstar. This game makes me happy. Enough Said.
6-Books- Ah books. My escape from reality, what would I ever do without you?
7-Washers and dryers. Modern conveniences I could not live without.
8-Cable TV- what would I do to entertain the girls (when I need to clean. cough cough) without Spongebob??
9-Prayer- I've never been a big prayer person. In fact I used to NEVER pray. EVER. But after a lot of lessons this year on prayer, I've recently reminded myself how great it is to be able to pour your heart out to your father in heaven and know that he is listening. He might not always answer prayers as quickly as I'd like, or in the way that I would like, but sometimes, its enough to know he's there.
10-Financial aid for students I'm so grateful that Tracy took the time to look into this and decided to go back to school. He's doing an amazing job and will make an awesome illustrator/designer.

H-A-Double L-O- W-Double E- N Spells Halloween

2009-11-03T13:17:00.004-07:00

I dont really have anything to say. Halloween was fun. Enjoy the pics.

Lava Lava Lava Lava take TWO

2009-09-10T23:05:00.010-06:00

Thats right. Over labor day weekend we packed up the rendezvous and hauled ourselves back up to Lava Hot Springs, Idaho! This time it was just us and at first Kelcy was super upset about it but then she was so excited to be there that when the time came to leave she cried and said she wanted us to move there because she never wanted to leave! SO FUNNY.
I took almost 150 pics in like ONE day because my batteries were dead the first day so get ready for severe Lava picture overload.
We had drama of course when we were leaving. As some of you may remember in January our tire almost fell off of our car,well naturally when the car is loaded up and we are hopping on the freeway it decides to do that AGAIN. This time they were able to fix it and give us the good news that we need to buy a new rim for our car to take care of the problem. Lovely. So we didnt get to Lava until it was dark. We hurried and set up camp and then went to dinner. The restaurant we went to was nice and totally casual which made me happy because the girls were definitely wound up after being in the car.
The next day we decided it would be fun to drive into Soda Springs and see the Geyser. It was really fun and lasted a lot longer than I anticipated.

On the way to the geyser. we stopped for treats.

This is what the ground looked like.

Maddie gets scared of decks where she can see through the cracks and she freezes up and wont move. its actually really funny.

Exploring the walkways at the Geyser. It only goes off every hour on the hour so we had some time to kill.

MMM suckers

There she goes!!

It got really high. probably 50 feet or so.

YAY this is fun... is it over yet?
We drove past this cool barn on the side of the road on the way back to Lava

Then we decided to go to the arcade in town.

The girls played air hockey

Maddie got bored. So we went swimming in the cold pools. then when it got cold we moved to the hot pools. Kelcy made friends with a little girl in the pools and we all just lounged around before heading back to camp and roasting up some smores. Which i took pics of but really am to lazy to post right now.

I'm Published!!! (ish)

2009-08-21T13:19:00.002-06:00

I'm on our writing team at work which basically means when I have free time I pick an article from our list and I have to write it. I've been trying to stick to How-To articles (like Andie from How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days!!) but today's article is the top 5 Chandelier styles! Yesterday our lead came around and was showing everyone that MY article on how to clean down comforters has been posted on our website. It says Staff Writer but we are working on changing those so that we get some credit for it! This is just the first of MANY articles that I will be writing for work so please check it out! :) I'm really proud of it.

http://www.overstock.com/guides/how-to-clean-a-down-comforter

Boise!

2009-08-20T23:45:00.007-06:00

So my friend Jaci was going to visit her brother in Boise and asked if I would like to tag along with her. Naturally after checking with Tracy I said heck yeah and we set off on our adventure:

The first pic of the trip. Jaci calling her brother to say we are on our way!

I know how to relax on road trips! Except if you look at my left ankle you can see how jacked up it is... gross.

Random northern utah scenery. These little barns were in the middle of nowhere. It was kind of cool.

Welcome to Idaho!!

Really bad dust storm that we were in. It didnt show up well on camera but it was bad!

We passed this guy and noticed he was reading so we slowed down and i attempted a pic but missed and so we had to speed back up so i could capture his image. Seriously who reads while driving?? Apparently this guy does but we must have embarrassed him because he stopped. We passed him an hour later again after we took a potty break and it resulted in us pointing and laughing at him while he was laughing at us. Good Times.

The Snake River.

Flat topped mountains.

We ate dinner at this drive in. It was featured on Diners, Drive ins and Dives. It was ok.

The host of Diners Drive ins and Dives. They have his picture up in several places.

The Boise Sunrise. yep thats right SUNRISE! We went to the Farmers Market in downtown Boise Saturday morning. I gotta say downtown Boise is cool but I really didnt want to see it at 7 am on a saturday. ok fine it was 8 am but still!

I was so tired and it was freezing, so I laid down in the sun.. and I fell asleep. Whihc is seriously CRAZY for me! I dont sleep with noise and the farmers market was NOT quiet. It just goes to show how exhausted I was. Luckily Jaci and her bro were nice enough to let me sleep while they slaved away selling granola bars (which are AMAZINGLY delicous by the way. Everyone check out www.loadedgranola.com and buy some. The strawberry cracked black pepper rocks my world)

Cool bike taxi that is free! If i would have known i would have cruised Boise instead of sleeping.

Just a shot of downtime Boise

After the market we ate lunch at this dive of a pizza place called the Pie Hole. I thought the decor was totally college town-esque and the pizza was awesome! Dives are the best places to find great food for cheap!

On the way home we stopped at Loves gas station. Because Jaci's a love. haha it was cool

Home again Home again!

Saw this cool barn thing on the side of the road on the way home. I love how this pic turned out. I dont know how i didnt notice it on the way up!
Thanks for the fun weekend Jaci!!!

BBC Book List

2009-08-19T12:11:00.006-06:00

BBC Book List

Apparently the BBC reckons most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here.

Instructions:
1) Look at the list and make those you have read bold.
2) Star (*) the ones you LOVE.
3) Italicize those you plan on reading

1. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte *
4 Harry Potter series – JK Rowling*
5 To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee*
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials – Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
11 Little Women – Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare (I've read about half of these...)
15 Rebecca – Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye – JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch – George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House – Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck I freaking hate this book
29 Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia – CS Lewis Well I've only read the first two.. but i want to finish them!
34 Emma – Jane Austen
35 Persuasion – Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis De Berniere
39 Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne
41 Animal Farm – George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney – John Irving
45 The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies – William Golding*
50 Atonement – Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi – Yann Martel
52 Dune – Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
62 Lolita – Vladimir NabokovI only finished half of it.
63 The Secret History – Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road – Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure – Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding*
69 Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick – Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens
72 Dracula – Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island – Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses – James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons – Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal – Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession – AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple – Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary –
86 A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web – EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven – Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection – Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory – Iain Banks
94 Watership Down – Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet – William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables – Victor Hugo

Stitch

2009-08-12T23:27:00.003-06:00

Introducing Stitch! The newest member of the H. Clan!! Today at work someone was like does anyone want a free chinchilla with a cage? and I jokingly started saying memememememe!! Well little did i know that he was serious and I really ended up with a free Chinchilla! Which is fine with me because I've always wanted one!! And it came with a HUGE cage! So BONUS! Today was an awesome surprise! :D

LAVA LAVA LAVA LAVA

2009-08-02T22:57:00.008-06:00

Ok the title is totally a flashback from choir tour my senior year. I'll give a dollar to whoever can tell me the name of the play we went to see! :) OK probably not really a dollar but I'll totally give you respect. lol. So we went up to Lava Saturday afternoon and we came back Sunday afternoon so it was a totally quick trip but I had to work Friday night so we couldnt go up Friday afternoon like every one else. Our campground wasn't the coolest campground ever, right off the main road and right next to a busy train track, everyone else seemed really bothered by it but honestly the only thing that bugged me was the stupid rooster that started crowing at 4 am. I can sleep through trains and traffic but not unfamiliar noises. and it was freezing!! Kelcy somehow poured water on me right before bed and i didnt have any extra jammies to change into so i just toughed it out. lucky for me i got snuggled in between the human furnace, Tracy and Madison who ended up in my sleeping bag. I thought it would be better for her to share with me than be freezing herself so we cuddled all night. It was both of the girls first camping trip and they loved it!! Kelcy is already asking when we can go back. One nice thing about our campground is it had a large playground right next to our spots. and it had goats, bunnies and mini ponies for the kids to feed and have fun with. Also flush toilets are a huge plus for me as i have severe issues with portapotties!!
We went swimming almost as soon as we got up there because it was ROASTING hot! I was dying so we all changed and climbed over to the newly revamped pool. ok maybe not newly but I havent been there since our honeymoon 7 years ago so its new to me! The funniest part is when Tracy went down the new curly water slides he created such a huge wave at the end that he scared the crap out of a lady waiting for her kids at the end. She seriously screamed HOLY CRAP and was clutching her chest. I laughed so hard I fell down the stairs. So we decided he should go down again and I would record it so everyone could enjoy. YOu can hear me say on the video the little girl that came down before him should get out of the way but what you cant hear is the little girl and her brother screaming in surprise at the wave when Tracy comes out. Its awesome! Enjoy pics of our mini-vacation and please tell me how funny the video is!

So ready to go home.

Kelcys poor I dont want to go home face!

Craving.

2009-07-27T13:04:00.002-06:00

I cant even tell you how much I want these today... If we werent going to lava hot springs this weekend i'd totally fork over the money for it!

A-MAZ-ING

2009-07-15T16:48:00.001-06:00

I loved it. It was awesome and brilliant and I cant wait to go again!

upcoming things i'm excited for

2009-07-01T23:05:00.006-06:00

I love Love LOVE the 4th of July and fireworks and the fact that even though I work at the call center and not the corporate office, its still considered our official company holiday on July 3rd so I get a three day weekend! Poor Tracy has to work though but then gets Saturday off. I cant wait for the parade!

LAVA HOT SPRINGS!!! WOO HOO! I cant wait! The First Annual H Family camping trip! Ok they dont know its annual yet but they will! Tracy and I havent been there since our HONEYMOON 7 years ago! We havent been camping since then either so this will be super fun for us and the girls!!

Harry Potter midnight showing! just hearing that Harry Potter music gives me goosebumps! I'm totally excited!

My cousin and her husband coming up from Florida for a visit! Can anyone say BARBEQUE!!! WOO HOO!

Lagoon

2009-06-24T20:23:00.006-06:00

I love Lagoon. And we rarely get to go so when our work does Lagoon day I love it! We took our friends Erin and Jordan and left the girls with Grandma. It was a perfect Lagoon day! Not to hot not to cold and the lines were all fast moving evne though it was packed! I love the pictures I took! Lagoon looked beautiful! And I love that I took a bunch of random pics of me and tracy on rides and waiting. We took a ton of us making funny faces or scared faces or whatever. It was so fun.

Happy Anniversary

2009-06-15T14:42:00.003-06:00

7 years today. Thats how long Tracy and I have been married. Sometimes it seems like no time at all and sometimes it feels like forever. I do know that I hope for 70 more years with him, at least! I know that there will be bad times and good times, ups and downs as we ride the roller coaster that is life, but when our time on earth is through I want us to look back and say WHAT A RIDE!
So Tracy, if you read this, I love you a lot and cant wait to see what the future brings. I love you so much!

more pics

2009-06-11T12:44:00.001-06:00

I got so many comments on the pics I thought I'd post more! :)
Thanks guys!

random pic wednesday

2009-06-10T11:56:00.001-06:00

Ok I totally just needed these pics for a project I was working on and for some reason paint wouldnt open them, haha but i outsmarted it! GO ME!

New Moon

2009-06-01T10:13:00.003-06:00

I hope you all saw the insanely awesome preview for New Moon on the MTV movie awards yesterday! And if you havent here it is! Let me know who's up for the midnight showing!!! I know Jaci and I will be there for sure!

Movie Trailers - Movies Blog

Trials and Tribulations

2009-05-27T12:19:00.002-06:00

I hate it then when I finally get truly optimistic about how things are going, something comes and pushes me back down. I know they say that He'll never give you more than you can handle but honestly I'm at my breaking point. I don't know where to go or what to do. I am trying my hardest to do what my prayers and what my blessing told me to do and I just feel like I'm lost in a maze that has no way out. There is no prize in the middle, just more corridors for me to wander through for eternity.
On the bright side, I am probably starting a second at-home job soon to bring in some extra cash. That will help a lot.

Sneak Peek

2009-04-29T11:08:00.004-06:00

Last night my good friend Julia was able to get us tickets from her friend to go see the sneak peek of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. It was funny and cute and predictable. Everything you'd really expect of a cheesy chick flick. I liked it and it has some seriously funny moments. I dont want to ruin it for anyone who is going to see it but I give it a B- overall. Definitely cute and worth seeing if you like drooling over Matthew Mcconaughey for 2 hours. I love Breckin Meyer and I was a little sad that he wasn't in a comedic role, but Jennifer Garner, as always, was flawless. Its nice to see Lacey Chabert overcoming her Party of Five past and taking on some roles where she can actually be funny.

Kelcy-ism's

2009-04-10T10:59:00.002-06:00

So last night we were sitting and watching tv. And Kelcy farted really loud. So I go Kelcy say excuse me. And she goes "No. Burps get excuse me's, not farts." So I go well what do farts get?" Her response...
"IT WAS MAMA!!!"