July Birthdays

Eleanor and Peter both had their birthdays in July so it is high time I post some photos to recognize their accomplishments.

Eleanor's birthday was Pink Day. She started the day in an all pink ensemble--two pink shirts and some crazy pink pants. Then we ended the day with a pink cake with pink frosting decorated with pink fruit snacks and pink ice cream. Delicious!

Peter learned to walk and go down the stairs all by himself just before his birthday. We are very proud of him. He is very confident on the stairs and getting steadier on his feet every day.

Tagged Again

Okay, let's see...

10 years ago I was working at Intel. I can't remember exactly when I moved in with my grandparents so I was either living in the Marriott's garage (it was converted into an apartment) or living with my mom's parents. That was a fun experience.

5 things on my to do list
1) dishes
2) Relief Society meeting
3) get a babysitter for our anniversary date
4) check out the next book for our book club
5) sort through the stacks of paper piling up all over

3 bad habits
1) watching tv on the internet late at night
2) picking my nose
3) leaving the dishes (and other clutter) for later (actually I'm leaving the dishes for Jeff as a test but he hasn't passed the test yet!)

Places I've lived: Provo then Springville, UT, Tacoma, WA, Lacey, WA, Provo again, Wichita, KS

What I'd do if I became a millionaire: buy my dreamhouse and hire a housekeeper

Jobs I've had: scorekeeper for the girls basketball team, Wendy's, manufacturing tech at Intel, several custodial jobs, Provo Rec. Center, mom.

Things you may not know about me: I've gotten pulled over like 10 times. But I didn't get a ticket all those times, whew! I think snakes are cool. I don't care for Anne of Green Gables and I'm not the only one. I crocheted 11 hats in the last 3 weeks for our ward service project. Okay, that's enought for now.

I'm not going to tag anyone. I hope that's okay. No one said that if you break the chain bad luck will follow you for the next seven years or whatever...

Umm hmmm...

So, every once in a while we have to drive up to Kansas City for various things. On the drive up there is this billboard that says, "Accept Jesus Christ something something (as your Savior or something like that)--or regret it forever!" I always get a kick out of this. It's just sooo WEIRD! It may be true but it sounds so threatening. I try to imagine other peoples reactions to this sign. I always chuckle and shake my head so there must be other people who do that too. There's bound to be people who are offended or riled by it. But, is there anyone who drives by and sees "or regret it forever!" and thinks, "oh no! I better straighten up and fly right!" Has that billboard changed anyones life? I guess it's possible.

Tagged

Okay, so I've been tagged by Amanda. Jeff had to tell me. It's been so long since I've done anything on the computer besides check my email and help the kids find nick jr. Here's the rules of the game: 1. Pick up the nearest book (at least 123 pages).
2. Turn to page 123.
3. Find the 5th sentence
4. Post the 5th sentence on your blog
5. Tag 5 people

The nearest book to me is...the phone book! The 5th entry on page 123 is "McDowell Chartered, 940 N Main St Wichita (8, H1)...........2690746"

So, if this company googles itself will my blog be in the search results? I'm actually between books right now, which feels wierd. Except the Book of Mormon of course but Amanda already told us what that says.

I tag Angi, Brenda, MaryAnn, and...um...that's all for now. Okay, you're it!

? for President

So, I've been hearing all of this stuff about the caucuses on NPR (and from Heidi who got to caucus this year in Iowa) and who different people, or organizations, are backing and it makes me feel like I better get behind someone quick. Then I remember that I'm not in a caucus state and I don't need to choose until November. By then all but two candidates will be gone and my decision will be much easier...hopefully. You know, when this presidential race started last year I thought that the democrats have it, easy. President Bush's ratings are so low right now that there is no way the republicans are going to win this next election. Actually, that's why this election is such a good one for choosing a woman or a black man as their candidate. But now I think it really depends on who their candidate is. I'm an independent so I could vote either way. Last election my vote was certainly swayed by the poor choice that the democrats made in John Kerry. I thought that guy was creepy. Now I hear he's supporting Obama which, sadly for Obama, brings him down quite a bit in my view. Anyway, the point is that I don't know who to support and I'm afraid that once I choose he or she will drop out of the race and I'll have to choose someone else. It's happened before.

Peter only woke up once last night.

Peter was born on July 23rd. I remember that when Eleanor was born it took about four months for things to even out. That's when I finally decided I did like having two children. So, I figured it would be about the same for Peter. I thought things ought to be back to normal by about Christmas. It has actually taken about five months this time. Maybe that is because of Christmas and all of the holiday craziness, but I am just now starting to get my life back together. All of the dishes from Thanksgiving have finally been done. There are still piles of laundry all over the house but it is all clean laundry. I hope I'm not saying any of this too early but, I'm finally starting to feel like I'm not going crazy any second. So here it is January 8th and I'm blogging instead of doing chores but everyone is dressed and we've had both breakfast and lunch and the baby is down for a nap and I already folded some clothes and ran some errands. Whew. I think I can do this.

New Year's Resolutions

Well, here it is. 2008. So far all of my resolutions are the same as last year so I kind of feel like I haven't made any resolutions at all. Which is kind of nice. No pressure. But it just doesn't seem right to start a year with no resolutions. I have a friend whose resolution one year was to improve her posture, to sit up straight. That may sound silly at first, but I think it's a good one. And it's hard to do! Maybe my resolution will be to do the dishes right after a meal. I never feel like doing the dishes then but...I never feel like doing the dishes. If I only did what I felt like I'd spend all my time at the library and my children would be unwashed heathens. Oh wait....
Just kidding. But seriously, here are my resolutions from last year that cross over: 1)Read the lessons for Relief Society and Sunday school, 2)lose 50 lbs., 3)have Family Home Evening every week. So, I'm adding on dishes and...helping the kids learn to do chores. That seems like plenty for one year. Wish me luck!