First day of school

School has started!! Today Cora came home from school and told me that "Cody in the 4th grade has a crush on me." Great. Older guys already. We always do the "first day" photo with the new back to school outfit. Here is Cora's for this year:

(Kelly, Cora would prefer if Isaac saw this picture and not the goggle one.) Cora's school in Utah was amazing, and I was worried about the transition to this school, but I don't think I am anymore. The school calender for this year is PACKED with things and activities the school puts on for the kids, and the quality of education here is exceptional (and that is why the taxes in Nebraska are so high). Anyways, Cora is excited about learning cursive and multiplication in 3rd grade this year. While I'm highlighting Cora...She wants to be a rock star and made me take a video of her for the blog. She is amazing on the air guitar AND the air drums. Watch.

And I know I have shared those fun moments where potty words slip through my innocent children's lips, and I could never understand exactly how my husband can think it's so funny...until yesterday. I was on the phone with a telemarketer who calls for some Michael M. every stinking day, and I had had enough. Oh yeah. I was a little frustrated. When I hung up the phone Cora seemed really embarrassed and said, "Geez mom. Don't you think that was a little &itchy?" She told me later she said pitchy, but I heard the other word that starts with a b, and I laughed, and it was funny, and then I explained to her what was wrong with the "b" word, and that's when she told me she said pitchy. Why it's so funny...I do not know. But I laughed.

So first days of school went well, everyone is fine and dandy. This week is Air Force week in Nebraska, and so there are a few cool things going on. Like right now some jets are practicing for an air show on Saturday and they are doing crazy fly-bys. Last weekend was the opening ceremony for Air Force Week at Rosenblat Stadium, and I realized something; If I didn't have 4 kids, I would be in the military. I miss it. There are even moments where I think I could join the national guard or something, but that would never work. As a stay-at-home mom I know there are many personal sacrifices I've made, and they are all worth it-all of them. I love being my kid's Mom. But as I watched new Airmen being sworn into the Air Force that day, I was jealous, and a yearning from deep down crept up and brought tears to my eyes, as I realized how much I missed being in the military. But I have no regrets. So all you FemiNazi women out there relax. No matter what, I still feel staying home and raising my children is the greatest work I could ever do for my country. But that's just me, and how I feel.
A few things that drive me crazy. When you have a credit card in your name, and you get a bill with some funky charge on it, so you call to try to figure it out, but you can't because you aren't an "authorized user on the account." Let me get this straight...I can have a credit card, and can max it out if I so choose, but I can't call to ask a question about the bill because Mark Peterson opened the account?? The same thing happened to me the other day when I tried to call Red Box about a movie that wasn't returned properly. Red Box for Pete's sake!!!!! It drives me crazy. Also, when people use "Excuse me" to make a point of you being in their way. Like it should actually be me saying excuse me, but then they say it and walk around me. You know what I mean? Let's say I'm looking at a shirt on a rack, and someone else is searching the rack for a shirt as well. They get to where I'm standing and say "excuse me" and then walk around to the other side of me. Or if I'm at the zoo standing against the railing, looking at the monkeys, and someone is walking along the railing and has to go around me and they say "excuse me." Seriously!! Excuse you for what?? Did you fart or something?? (I actually think that sometimes.) Just walk around me. Don't say excuse me because if anyone should be saying excuse me it should be me, but I'm not going to because I was here first!! Both these things happened to me today and that's why I'm wasting time writing about them I guess.
I really need to start blogging more than once a week because I know there are more important things to write about than the improper use of "excuse me". O well.

Before I get going with this, I just have to say that I am not the world's best commenter on other people's blog. And I know it seems that it is proper blogging etiquette to comment on people's blogs who comment on yours-and I want to-but sometimes I don't have time. Sometimes I get on to post and then I don't get back on for days. Sometimes I read other's blogs but just don't comment because I don't feel like it. Sometimes I just don't know what to say and I don't want to force-comment if you know what I mean. So please know I love reading your comments on my blog even if I don't comment on yours because I do still care and do read when I find the time to!

Save A Grizzly

Love A Werewolf

That was what I was wearing on the back of my shirt on Friday night, at midnight, at Borders. And I came up with it all by my little self. So if you think it's stupid, that's why. If you think it's clever, that's why too. Regardless, that is what I came up with. I finished Breaking Dawn Tuesday, and didn't know what to do with myself. I did LIKE it, but... So now I'm reading Harry Potter starting from book #2. No I haven't read them yet so they better be worth all the hype because I can't take another let down anytime soon. I figured Harry Potter was safe. That's all I'm going to say about Breaking Dawn.

That's the front our shirts. I wanted the book cover on the back, but I didn't want my friend to think I think my ways are always the best ways...Not yet anyways. So I didn't push the matter. We had fun. While we were waiting for the release some jerk screamed out a spoiler and what page it was on in the book before running out the door. I hated that dope and wanted to slap him hard, but it turned out to be a joke and didn't really happen in the book so I don't hate him anymore. He had me thinking throughout the whole book. I just kept waiting for something to happen that never did, though I wish it had, but I'm not Sister Meyer, but she should have asked me what to write because my ways are always the best!!! Anywhoo..we had fun being excited girls for the night!
Other summer happenings in the last few weeks are as follows:
Swim lessons. The following videos are not for your viewing pleasure. They will probably bore most, but I figured someone in my family far away will care about my kids learning how to swim, and might even laugh at how funny my kids are.

I made Cora keep her goggles on for the picture when she tried to take them off. She was worried that I would put them on the blog. Valid concern. Cora LOVES to swim (actually has a beautiful back stroke), and has decided she wants to try to be on a swim team. We'll see how that goes.

Garret is not so natural in the water, but he tries really, really, hard. He is actually swimming now and loves to practice whatever the life guard teaches him how to do. He is like that with most things; you show him how to do something and he will practice and practice until he can do it. I'm really looking forward to kindergarten at home with him this year!

AJ is always so excited to get out of the house and go anywhere. Often times I swear I can hear people's minds as they silently express their belief that my A.J. needs Ritalin. However, I know the truth; he just loves life and gets excited about living it, and is loud about it. He sings to himself all the time, and tells people "Excuse Me!" when they are in his way, and runs around in a Bat Man costume all day...I love it!! I caught a video of what he does when I try to take a picture of him. He says cheese and then breaks in to some form of karate or something. It's funny.

Cora has become really good friends with a girl across the street, and recently came to the conclusion it was time for her to get her ears pierced. She was brave and loves having her ears sparkle! Now I just get to clean her ears 3 times a day for 6 weeks. Ok. Whatever. Try once a day if we're lucky.

There is a burger place here called Kong Burger or something like that, and they have a 2 lb. hamburger. 2 lbs.??? Why would you eat a 2 lb. hamburger?? It makes me want to puke just thinking about it. We ate lunch there, and the kids had fun climbing on the monkeys afterwards.


I got to see my very very good friend from 9 years ago this last week. She was driving through NE on her way to Kentucky with her family. I get to see her every 4 years or so and every time I see her she has a few more kids. They have 6 kids 9&under. I love my dear friend Megan!! Such a strong woman. We have about 6 different ways at least 1 of our kids can marry each other so Meg and I can be eternally bound.


And Lastly, but certainly not leastly:

Happy Anniversary Honey!!!

9 years ago today I married the man of my dreams. As I said before, I was way smarter than mature when I said yes to that poor guy, and I think he was more mature than he was smart when he picked me. It has been quite the ride so far with a many ups, and a few downs, but always someplace new to experience it. Mark, thank you so much for picking me to spend the rest of your existence with. It could have been some other girl with bad habits and a "trucker's" mouth, but you picked me, and helped me see and appreciate who I really am, and you continue to love me for just that. Thank you.

9 Reasons why I love my husband:

1. He is so selfless, and would do anything for me and the kids, always seeking ways to serve us. He is dedicated to this family 100%, and has made us one of his greatest passions.


2.
Such dang cute kids. We do good work don't we?!

3. I have to say being married into such an amazing family has to be one of the reasons I love my husband

Look at us all! The biggest group of amazing people ever assembled for a family picture I'm sure. I love each one of you! Thanks for being such amazing people and loving me. Especially you two girls:


4. He hates confrontation and will apologize for anything just to stop contention. Sometimes I hate that, but most of the time I really appreciate his humility, and have learned a lot from him.

5. He LOVES spending time with his family. I'm pretty positive he would rather spend time with me and the kids than anything else, which is a must if you are to be married to me because I am not so understanding when it comes to sacrificing my time with him. In other words, I'm demanding, and I can't stand to be apart from him if I know he is in the same state as me.

6. He cries in sacrament meeting when he talks about his mom.

7. His dad is still his hero.

8. When I send him to the store for milk, he comes back with 5 cartons of ice-cream, 4 things of cookie dough, 4 bags of chips, and he can always find the good deals on cereal.

9. He still loves me and stands by me after 9 years. I can't help loving a man who can survive being my husband for 9 years, and love me more than the day we were married.

Thank you for 9 amazing years. I love you...always have and always will.

Late night thoughts

Well for anybody out there that thought I was going to be a regular blogger again...you were so wrong. What were you thinking? I don't have time for this-still. But it's late and I can't sleep so I thought I'd post about random things I've been thinking about or am thinking about now. Like the fact that I have no boobs anymore. My milk is gone leaving my boobs deflated bags of skin. Usually I'm still breastfeeding or pregnant again at this point, but since we are actually waiting a little longer for the next child I get to experience saggy boobs. Super. What else is on my mind...hum...The Twlight series baby!!! 5 more days until Breaking Dawn. I hope Mrs. Meyer can find some way to kill off Edward, have Bella end up with Jacob, and still have everyone love it. That is my hope, but I'm sure it won't happen. Sorry ladies, but Edward just isn't good enough for me. I want Bella to end up with someone she can actually have a FAMILY and NORMAL life with. But that's just me I'm sure. My friends and I are actually going to be there at midnight to buy the book wearing T-shirts with girly Twlight fan crap on them-just to be stupid. Any ideas for what my "I love Jacob" shirt should say? Jorie is doing things. She can say "please", "that" while pointing, and understands a few commands like "get me a diaper you stinky kid." When we are all wrestling on the floor Jorie will come over and throw herself on the pile screaming. It's fun. Cora is starting to get really good with her and actually likes doing things with her for me. Jorie loves her big sister now. Well...That's about all I have left for tonight. Pathetic isn't it. I haven't blogged in over 2 weeks and I can think of nothing else. Now you all understand why I don't blog anymore. Just know that life is good, and corn grows really fast in Nebraska.

When we sat down to read scriptures tonight AJ wouldn't let us start until he found just the right page in his Book of Mormon. When he was ready, he just started reading, "And it came to pass that the Lord commanded me, and behold I Nephi. And he said unto me." Then he had to turn the page and start over...5 times. As parents we were beaming with pride. We bought AJ a plastic lawn mower so he can mow the yard with dad. This time he got a little too close to dad, and got a little too frustrated. Watch...

Quote of the day Friday: Cora

Friday is sugar cereal day, so when Mark saw Cora eating regular Cheerios for breakfast he asked her, "Is that what you eat for breakfast every Friday morning?" Cora looked at her cereal and then looked at the ground and said, "Today's Friday? Damn." Mark's theory is that if we just don't make a big deal out of these things they say, then they will just stop saying them. I'm not sure why it's always Mark who hears all these bad things the kids say...Further more, I'm not sure where the kids hear the things they say!! Cora wanted to record a message for Jaxynn today So this one's for you Jax!!

Monday morning Garret told me he had such a silly dream. When I asked him what it was about he told me that angels were all around him just staring at him not moving or anything. He just thought it was so silly...I thought it was pretty special because he NEVER seems to remember his dreams. Speaking of dreams...Garret loves playing Mario party on Nintendo 64, and he says it is his dream is that Yoshi will win once instead of Princess Peach, and this ALMOST happened today, but AJ turned the power off. Garret was devastated and said that his dream was ruined!!

I've finally got Jorie off the boob! Hurray for me! Now she just walks around screaming for food, and she thinks she has to scream for anything else she wants, AND she thinks she can have whatever it is she wants. Thus, she screams all the time these days. It's great. We love her!

And today is my birthday. The big 29...which means 30 next year. Oh joy. Can't wait. The next video is what happens to me when my children wake me up with way too much excitement and expect me to share their same enthusiasm for my birthday. I tried really hard...a little too hard if you ask me. Nobody should ever try to dance to the happy birthday song while half asleep. And that video won't upload so you all are missing out on my birthday dance!! So sorry...

Our summer so far has had some fun like going to the zoo

Don't you just love it when parents let their kids do whatever they want in public places?

The zoo here is amazing with many indoor exhibits so that even in summer you can enjoy it! I've never seen so many different types of animals at a zoo. We had to go back twice to even see anything. They have a butterfly exhibit right now that is so neat. The butterflies fly all over the place as you walk through. The kids just stood there with their arms outstretched hoping a butterfly would land on them. One landed on Cora and she was just thrilled. We went to a fire hydrant party the other day. The fire department came and hooked up this attachment to the hydrant that shot water all over the place.

I forgot to bring anything to cover AJ's cast so he got it really wet...so I took it off because I was sick of dealing with a cast during the summer. He seems fine. We go to the doctor next week for an x-ray, and they can tell me then if I've ruined my kids wrist by removing his cast prematurely. I hope not.

Briefly...

4th of July in a state where fireworks are legal...Pure insanity. The videos below represent the scene for over 2 hours!

At the end of this next video you can hear the 5-8 year-olds arguing about where to throw the fireworks when they are lit. It's ok to let the kiddies light the "not-so-big" fireworks in NE... I swear people here must spend more on the 4th of July than Christmas.

This is what the fireworks table looked like after 2 hours!!!

And for the front yard finale we have... The Pounding Force!!



I couldn't breath the next morning when I woke up because my lungs were so full of that "after-a-firework-explodes" smoke. Probably took at least 2 weeks off the time I have to live.

AJ shared a yogurt covered pretzel with Jorie without asking us first...


While waiting for siblings to be done with gymnastics we had some fun with cones. AJ ran around the gym chanting "I am a temple. I am a temple."


Purple does look good on her don't you think?


Cora is really getting into cooking this last week. We checked out a book from the library that teaches kids to cook and she has made beef stew, cookies, eggs for lunch a few times, and chocolate bread. The other day she wanted to make lunch again, but we didn't have the ingredients for anything in her book. So she said, "I'll let somebody else make ME lunch for once." For once...I love it! 8 years I've been feeding this child lunch, and she makes eggs twice...She thinks she's somethin' else that girl. Anyways...that's some fun we're having here...Miss all you people out there that miss us! If you don't miss us we probably don't miss you. I'm just sayin' is all...
Oh and guess what concert I'm going to see July 22 at the Qwest Center in Omaha...!!!!!???

A Fractured Arm That Isn't and Fireflys

Happy Birthday to Jorie on the 21st! It's sad after the first child how little I have done for the others on their first few birthdays. Garret woke up on Jorie's B'day expecting balloons and streamers that were not there. I guess a 5-year-old wouldn't understand Jorie is only 1 and has no clue it's her birthday, and that his Mom is going to get away with not having birthday parties as long as she can...We did sing to her and got a cake. She just played in it

Until

That's enough of that. She really didn't know what to make of the whole cake thing. We got her a forward facing car seat that she just loves. Every time we look back at her she just gives us the biggest smile. Here is a singing video for anyone who wants to hear Happy Birthday being sung to my baby:

I don't know how many times I've thought over the last year how happy I am that she's a girl, and not a boy like they first told me she was. I'm just more comfortable with boys for some reason, and another girl really made me nervous. She is such a tiny thing, but so strong willed and almost as intense as AJ. Sometimes she just looks at situations around her as though she is trying so hard to understand everything, and has eyes that seem to see right through you. There is a certain smile of hers that is reserved for when she knows she has done something wrong and you say her name. I am scared. She is a joy to her sister and brothers, who just love her so much. Happy 1st Birthday Angel! We love you!

Last Thursday, Cora told me about how she wished she could break her arm. I told her how lucky we are that no one in our family has ever broken anything, and that instead of wishing for bad things to happen to her, she focus on being thankful she has such a strong body. Then, last Friday:

Yes, that is our son lying on a hospital bed with a supposed fractured wrist. The doctor since then has told us he can't seem to find anything wrong on the latest x-rays, but AJ still has a cast on for the next 3 weeks. AJ tried to do a trick on the tramp and it didn't work out so well. Mark took him to the emergency room on Friday night, and, of course, I ran out the door after him with the camera so he could take pictures for the blog. Almost every picture Mark took, AJ was doing a karate kick or punch with his good arm. Nothing slows this kid down except sleep!

In our backyard are many mating fireflys, whose butts light up every night around 9pm. Last night we got some video of the kid's and their fascination with these cool little bugs. Mark is just as excited about them. It's fun. You can hear Air Force One (one of the planes are stationed here) in the background, and we often see it up in the air with pilots practicing special flying things. It's pretty cool to see.



And hey!! There's our backyard!
The other night while I was tucking Cora into bed, she told me she left me a HINT for someplace she wanted to go on the computer. I walk into the office to find this SONG taped to the computer:


(I don't wanna wait, wait, wait. It's bader then pait, pait, pait. I wanna go to the zoo, zoo, zoo. So come on...Let's do, do, do. Do you want what I want? I bet you do oo oo. So come on let's go, go, go to the zoo!!! So come on man! Can we go to the zoo please with puppy dog face?)

I'm still trying to figure out where she wants to go...
I love that child, and I'm so glad she was born first. She is so resilient and has really done a great job of compensating for my lack of enthusiasm at times. I guess I need to start planning our trip to the zoo.

Not My Proudest Moments...

This post just has to happen. I'm not sure why it HAS to happen, all I know is for the last 10 minutes I have been torturing myself with memories of things I have done/said that should NEVER have happened. The times where you hang your head in shame and say,"I can't believe I did that." I need to confess.

1. I argued with the cashier at Deseret Industries over something I thought should be less than $3. For those of you who don't know what Deseret Industries is, it's like a Goodwill. It actually took me 30 seconds to realize what I was doing and how WRONG it was...and this was only 2 months ago!!!!!

2. Equal opportunity employees. I'm all for giving everyone a fair chance at employment, but sometimes I actually have the nerve to think in my head, "My cashier is defiantly one of those equal opportunity employees because he/she is just way to slow." I don't know where thoughts like that come from, and they are gone as fast as they come in, but still...shameful.

3. One of my good friends had to go on meds. for bi-polar, and wouldn't be able to have kids for a long time. She wanted to buy our camera, and I told her I needed a porta-crib so we could just trade. Practical...yes. But what was I thinking being that insensitive??? I can't even believe myself!!!

4. Garret got his first hair cut when we were living in Taiwan, and it only cost $3. I did my math wrong on the cost of a previous haircut and thought it was only $1.50 (it was actually $5.00). So when the girl told me $3.00, I told her I wasn't paying that much. And I ended up giving her $1.50. Isn't that horrible. I used what broken Chinese I had to argue a $3 haircut down to $1.50.

5. I starved our first Guinea pig to death on accident. The bedding we had for it was purple pellets with corn and nuts mixed in...it really looked like food! So for the first 3 months we had it it would squeal all the time, but never ate it's food. "I don't know what's wrong with it. It has food..." Lenny finally starved to death, and I didn't realize why until I read the bag and it said, "Guinea Pig bedding" and not "Guinea Pig food". That made me sick to think that poor little animal starved to death.

6. Going way back...When I was in High School I snuck out my window for something and broke the ledge outside the window. When my Dad asked what happened I told him the wind must have blown it off. Oh dear...

7. I was 7m. pregnant with our first kid, and we had a lesson on food storage in Relief Society. The girl who was teaching it brought in granola for us to sample, and I liked it so much I asked her if I could bring it home and have some more. She said I could. So I did. 3 months later-and 1/2 the granola left-She came knocking on my door asking for it back because she wanted to can it. OOPS. I was pregnant what can I say...

That will do for now. I feel better.

Fun to do

I always read about all the funny things other people's kids say, and I always think, "I know my kids say some funny things, but I can't remember." I actually wrote some of those things down this week so that I could blog about them, in hopes that 50 years down the road, when I can't remember my own name, I can read about some of the funny things some kids said a long time ago. AJ seems to be full of funny things to say lately. He thinks that when he beats someone in a race of some kind he should say, "I beat you up!" instead of I beat you. He runs to the car: "I beat you up!" Or if Garret keeps beating him during a video game he'll say, "Garret is beating me up!" AJ also loves to sing, and he sings to himself all day long. One of his favorite songs from nursery is that Fun to do song: Eating a snack is fun to do, fun to do, fun to do. Eating a snack is fun to do, to do, to do, to do.... That song where you substitute anything at the front...reading a book, eating a snack, running around, clapping our hands, etc...The other day he sang it like this: "Beating you up is fun to do, fun to do, fun to do. Beating you up is fun to do, to do, to do, to do." It was funny hearing that come out of my 3 year old's mouth in the form of a song. Yesterday, AJ came up with a solution to a serious problem. Garret's frog, Jumper, jumped out of the Rubbermaid and is gone forever. Garret was really upset. AJ decided that next time "let's not get something that can jump or run. Let's just catch a stick." Sounds good to me!! Cora has always wanted a horse!

Speaking of Cora, she is finally back with us! Mark's parents flew back with her on Sunday night. We've been missing HER a lot, but her complaining...not so much. Garret was so excited to get her home, and was running around the house screaming and hugging me all day in anticipation of Cora getting here. She has liked Nebraska so far, but expressed some concern to me today when she asked me: "Mom...In Nebraska, do we always skip lunch?" Very valid question seeing as how we haven't had lunch the past two days. Why? I'm not sure why, but I did finish the book I was reading today! The Host. It was a great book! So tomorrow...we eat lunch!! The kids did eat lunch even though I didn't feed it to them. AJ ate half a bag of marshmallows, and a couple cold hot dogs, and Garret ate a cold hot dog too. Cora's old enough to pillage through the kitchen for something!! I don't know what her problem is...
We saw deers the other day in the neighborhood. "Look kids! Some deer!" AJ-"Can I pee on it?" I guess "Peeing on deer is fun to do, fun to do, fun to do. Peeing on deer is fun to do, to do, to do, to do." Who knew?

I stand all amazed

I actually wrote this Tuesday night, but never got around to finishing it. I feel it is a great way to begin this post:

What a great night...again! We all know and, hopefully, have experienced, the immense love our Father in Heaven has for each of us. Tonight, once again, I stand all amazed at that Love. You know those times when you feel the spirit so strongly you become as a child wanting to squeal with delight from your ears, and you can't stop smiling?...When you know, without one ounce of doubt, that there is a God, and He is so aware of you, and loves you, and has blessed you beyond what you can even understand? (Well that's how it is for me anyways, but you know what I'm talking about) That's how I feel right now. I know there is a God in Heaven...A loving, kind, understanding, patient, forgiving Father, who loves us more than we can imagine. He has the ability to take the worst of things, and make them beautiful and calm to bless our lives and the lives of others. He knows us...our fears, hopes, dreams, weaknesses, pains, and knows the very best way to make it all "work out in the end." I am so thankful for all I've gone through in life, and the challenges I've faced. I know I could not have known the happiness I do today without it all. I have been blessed with a testimony that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is God's church on the Earth today just as it was established by Christ long ago. I know this because I had a desire to find the truth. So I looked for it, and when I found it I asked Heavenly Father in prayer, for myself, if what I had found was true. My life hasn't been the same since.

Now back to right now...There are some passions I have in life even though sometimes I forget I am allowed to be passionate about anything other than my kids. I have been so blessed this week with so many opportunities to remember all the little things that really bring so much joy and purpose into my life. This post is going to be all about my week.
1.

My husband. I love him, and am so thankful I was smart enough to marry him even though I was way to immature to appreciate him. As I grow up, I appreciate him, and the amazing man he is, more each day. Especially since he got a new hair doo! (J/K)
2. My kids.



I do have 2 other kids I know. If you want to see pictures of them, there are plenty elsewhere on the blog. Jorie turns 1 tomorrow. How fast time passes! I have really been trying hard to be a more passionate mom (besides cooking, cleaning, laundry, blah, blah, blah...) I really want to find that joy and be able rejoice in them.

My list is going to get a bit more shallow from here on out!

3. Vera Bradley

Purses are my one girly weakness. This week at the store on the AF Base I was introduced to Vera Bradley...She designs fabric, and then somebody in a foreign country makes bags out of it. That is a picture of my new purse. I have a matching wallet to go with it. At this point, I'm hoping she only has two new collections per year...Spring/Summer and winter/fall.

4. Yard sales and thrift stores. People in Nebraska love yard sales, and there is an awesome Goodwill right down the street from my house!
5. Quilting.

4and5 go together because today I bought these two quilts at a yard sale for $8. They are vintage...right out of the 70's. I know some of you may think these are ugly, but for the others...Check these out!

Look at those fabrics in that quilt!!!



That is the real deal for all you fabric snots out there! I have my dear friend Vanessa to thank for turning me into a fabric snot. Thank you V. Here is the other quilt. Not as cool, but it's still awesome!

Last night at a yard sale I found 3 white 11x17 picture frames-which I had been looking for FOREVER-new, still wrapped up, for $2 each. I actually thought today, "I hope there's yard sales and thrift stores in the after-this-life."

6. A good hair stylist.
I can't tell you how many times I have gotten a really bad haircut. When I find a good hair stylist, it's like finding a good deal at a yard sale! On Tuesday I got my hair cut and colored! I always want to be able to see the color when I'm done, but always chicken out. This time I told her blond. I want parts of my hair to be blond!

I tried to get a good shot of me from the front...

but I couldn't seem to get one. Anyways, I was led to a good hairstylist by divine intervention (seriously!...I'm excited to see what comes of this friendship...), and that makes my heart and hair happy. Refer back up to the top for my feelings about this night.

7. Stephanie Meyer

And her new book...

I was up till 4a.m last night reading, and I didn't want to stop. Most of you have read or heard of her Twilight series. the host is her new book, and it is a little different, and a little slower, but it is just as captivating. I love her style of writing, and when I read, it's like I'm not reading. She uses such amazing detail it's like the words instantly become a movie in my head. Read the book before the last book in the Twilight series comes out in Aug. I think you will be able to appreciate it more if you do.

If I weren't tired of blogging at this point I would go on to name a few more like Provolone cheese, and my re-newed SERIOUS passion for running (thanks Kamille!), but I have to go rest. I hope all you out in the blogging world find a little passion in each day!