...And Again

Britta got me again.

8 Things I am passionate about

Our family
Our friends
Food, especially baking
Starting to get really into politics
Global climate change
Buying our first home
Board games and card games
Our TiVo

8 words or phrases I often say

"Neato Frito"
"Schmidt's Pastry Taylorsville, how can I help you?"
"Let's make like a tree, and get outta here"
"Love you, bye" -when getting off the phone with Enoch, and sometimes random other people out of habit
"We're jiggling your brain!" - to Asher cuz he likes to bounce
"You're a weirdo" - to Enoch...it's pretty obvious why
"Schweet" - said in nerdspeak, like I have a retainer in my mouth
"Queso, mmmm"

8 things I want to do before I die

Go to Manhattan, NY
Have a hot swimsuit bod
I've always wanted to see King Arthur's grave in England, and while I'm there I may as well spend some time in all of Western Europe
Learn another language, like Portuguese
Go skiing or snowboarding
Throw a big formal party like a masquerade
Learn to live as "green" as I possibly can, hybrid car, recycling, eating organic, whatever
Go on a cruise

8 things I pray for

Our family's health and safety
Also our friend's health and safety
That world leaders will make wise choices concerning the people
To be grateful for our countless blessings
That those in need will be comforted
That we can get the rest we need and have energy the next day
That we can be good examples to others
That Enoch will make loads of money with the new company- just kidding...unless that's okay

8 things I have learned

You can never judge a person based on a first impression
Just because someone isn't religious doesn't mean they're not a good person and shouldn't be treated with the same respect and friendship as those who are (that's more something I wish others would learn)
Not as many electronic devices will damage a memory card as you might think
It's okay not to try to fill every minute of my day with something "important", it's just fine to schedule in relaxing, frivolous thing
That no matter how careful you are with your email address, you will still get spam for Viagra and online master's degrees
It's okay to make mistakes, just call them "life lessons"
How to check the air pressure in my tires and how to fill them
That a rifle won't do us any good during the "zom-pocolypse", no we'll need a shotgun for that

Once again I don't have anyone to tag who hasn't already done this... Until next time!

"It" Again

I guess I was tagged a while ago by Britta and didn't realize it so sorry for the delay but here goes:

7 weird/random facts about me:

*I can wiggle my ears (the right one more than the left one though...)
*I have an Associate Degree in general education
*My favorite color is teal
*I hate onions, but I do like a good onion ring every now and then
*When Enoch and I met my hair was dyed a strawberry blonde, and that's one of the things Enoch said he liked about me...oops!
*I will try almost anything once, especially food-but not heights, I don't do heights
*If I had to pick one place in the world to go on vacation right now, I'd pick Manhattan, New York

I would tag 7 more people, but everyone I know has already done this so hopefully I don't get caught by the blog police for not following the rules of the tag.

Wow, Where Did November Go?

Things have been so crazy this past month; it flew by!!! I didn't even have time to pull the camera out & get pics of the all the fun stuff we did. Until I can steal pictures from everyone else, go the the Rynearsons and Hughes blogs to see us in our Halloween costumes. We hardly got any pictures at Thanksgiving either, man we're horrible!!! In our defense, though, we've taken turns with a nasty two-week cold this month, and finals are coming up. Anyway, here's some old pics to keep you occupied while I hunt down some content for the next post which will be Tuesday, I promise!!!

From April 2007, camping with the Hughes

One of my favorite pics of Asher, he looks like a patronzing business man... "And I'm wasting my time on you why?"

I pulled this off of my drink at Subway a few months ago... I thought it a good representation of how life is a lot of the time

War for the Whitehouse

This presidential election is a big deal, no matter who you're voting for. I hope that everyone who reads this will take some time to look up the candidates if they haven't already and gain an opinion to take to the polls on Nov. 4. To help a little I put a newsreel at the bottom of the page with links to current articles on Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden, and Sarah Palin. The only reason I bring it up is because of the formatting on my page, whichever name is selected on the newsreel doesn't show up because the text is the same color as the background. So it would appear that I've left out a candidate, but I want to assure everyone that's not the case. So scroll down there and see for yourself: as soon as you click on someone their name disappears, but their news articles show up underneath... I can't figure out a way to fix it.

Disclaimer: Although absolutley hilarious, the Onion News and Saturday Night Live are not the most accurate sources for gathering information about the candidates...notice I said "most".

Ooogady-Boogady!

Sorry it's been so long since the last post, but Enoch and I have been spending all of our free time going to haunted houses with Scott,Skip, and Rachel. It's been pretty fun; the last time I went to one was about seven years ago in high school. I'm such a scaredy-cat, though. So far we've been to five haunts this year, a couple indoor and a couple outdoor (including one where they take you on a seven-minute hay ride & drop you off in the middle of freakin' nowhere so they can scare the crap out of you in a cornfield...yeah). Actually, one of those was in a park with three haunted houses inside, so we've really been through seven altogether. Scott likes to try to hit all the local ones every year, and I think they've enjoyed our company so far because I actually get scared and jump and scream (but they don't make fun of me, so that's good.) I haven't wet myself yet though!!! One of the best haunts we've been to is in an old, abandoned hospital and at the exit there's a sign that reads: "If you pee your pants, please let us know, our staff get rewarded for it." No joke! Also one of the haunted villages had a headless horseman on an actual horse gallop past the crowd- I honestly froze in fear for a second or two when I heard that horse coming from behind us in the dark like that!! But after all the haunts, we'll be broke next month so there should be more time to post. Toodles 'till then!

I just got this from my sister in an email, and wanted to share it with everyone. Go ahead and read it; it's a little different not just that same old "live like there's no tomorrow" message (not that there's anything wrong with that!)


16 THINGS THAT IT TOOK ME OVER 50 YEARS TO LEARN:

by: Dave Barry, a Southern Nationally Syndicated Columnist

1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

2 If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.'

3. There is a very fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness.'

4 People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

5. You should not confuse your career with your life.

6. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

7. Never lick a steak knife.

8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.

9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.

10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.

11. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.

12. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.

13. A person, who is nice to you, but rude to a waiter, is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.)

14. Your friends love you anyway.

15. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

16. Thought for the day: Men are like fine wine. They start out as grapes, and it's up to the women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.

Home Again, for Good

We're back from Moab, and it's the last trip we're taking until the weekend after Thanksgiving, when we're visiting Enoch's extended family. Thanks to Dad for putting the weekend together & getting a campsite. We were in the Sandflats area, but we spent most of Sunday in Arches hiking.

(We thought this angle of the Windows looked like a face, with a big pig nose sticking up in the middle)

Mini Vacation #2

Enoch, my dad, and I are going on a mini vacation this weekend to southern Utah, Arches National Park. It will be nice to go camping again before it gets too cold. We've only been once so far this year and I really miss it. Enoch and I have only been to Arches a couple times, so it will be nice to explore someplace new.

See y'all Tuesday!!

Fun Weekend

I just got home from a couple days in Denver with Kristiana. She wanted some company for the drive back so I went with her Sunday and flew home today. We stayed with her aunt and uncle, Nancy and Mac (thanks you guys for treating me like royalty, we are truly blessed to know you). My camera's battery died, so I have to wait for Kris to send me the pics we took before I can post them, but stay tuned because we snapped some good ones!!! Including a shot of me putting some cash in a belly dancer's waistband at dinner on Monday, wahoo! Nancy took us to a Moroccan restaurant called Mataam Fez, but I'll post more info once I get some photos.

Also, we kinda had a girl's night Saturday with Jenny and Frankie. They had dinner with us and Dad and Kyle, then we all slept over at my mom's. Frankie's looking cuter and cuter every time I see her, and she is growing so fast!! Can't wait for the next visit.

Evidence That We Actually Went to Bear Lake

(I thought that was a better post title than boring old, "Bear Lake Pics"... Enjoy!)

Dan and Jen arriving with the waverunners after a VERY long wait on the beach...

Which Enoch wasn't very happy about ;)

That's us (I think) We had soo much fun on those things!!!

The sunset on the first night we were there

That's us right after we tipped the first time

Everyone gathered around the campfire, I'm not quite sure what Joe is doing...

Dan...being Dan

That's us for certain, I can tell

Ahhhh...Bear Lake

I just want to thank Dan and Jen for putting together our Labor Day weekend at Bear Lake, it was so much fun. The weather was perfect (except Saturday night, when it was so windy Joe's tent collapsed...multiple times). The water was the perfect temperature, and the wave runners were freakin' sweet. And after we fell in the first time, it was even more fun to ride them because I wasn't afraid of tipiing over anymore! It was also kinda cool for the first time ever for Enoch and I to be the ones to have the stuff that everyone else forgot (like rain ponchos that converted to a rain fly for Joe's tent), and extra propane, and rope. We just stayed at the state park a short distance from the beach and close, but not too close, to the bathrooms. Honestly we didn't do a whole lot other than relaxin' and renting the waverunners, which was exactly what we all needed I think. I will post pictures soon, I haven't had a chance to organize them yet.

In the meantime: Another demotivational poster--

Zoo Baby

Last weekend we took Jenny and Frankie to a little zoo near where they live (after Frankie's nap, of course... look she woke up happy). I heard about it from Shelly at work (Thank you!). We had a fun time, there were a few more animals than I expected (like vultures and cougars) but mostly birds and ducks, etc. Frankie loved to point but once she got closer, she started to get a little scared...

...like when Grandpa let her look at the geese...

Although the pet rocks on display posed no threat

We also caught Frankie shakin' her booty to the music playing at the park... I don't think she can help herself!!

I'm not Hiding, I swear!!!

To all three of you who regularly check my blog, I must apologize for not updating it. The problem, you see, is that nothing very interesting is happening in my life right now. Well, actually Enoch is getting ready to go back to school for electronic engineering and starting a new job with his father developing some new technology. I understand what they're talking about a lot of the time, but honestly when they start going into specifics my eyes glaze over with stupidity and my mind wanders to less intelligent places (like whatever reality tv show I'm keeping up with --I know! Still so shameful!). Other than that, though we both go to work, come home, eat dinner, watch some tv, and go to bed. So I've tried filling my blog with pictures from my inbox, but alas, they apparently aren't working very well.

So I just wanted to offer my apologies for your boredom. In the meantime, here is another de-motivational poster.

Oh the memories

Just copyin' Britta again...

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I (or John) had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember.

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory of you. It's actually pretty funny to read the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Why Have I Never Done This Before!!!

My aunt Jodi took me to get my first pedicure last week, and all I have to say is : wow!! And look!!! It felt so good, I'm speechless!!!!! Thanks Jodi!!!!!!!

It Can Always be Worse II

I've posted this collection of pictures with the intent of proving that no matter how stupid you may feel at times, there is always somebody doing something stupider somewhere... like just now when I used the term "stupider"... Also some of these pics are just to make you laugh.














Have a nice day.