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So just a year to remember so many things....
Monday, December 31, 2007
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Thursday, December 27, 2007
So here we are ...
2 days after Christmas and 4 days from the New year. Lots to think about and ponder. Was this year a good Christmas? What did I do wrong? How can I correct it next year? What are the new years resolutions? Did I even meet my resolutions from this past year? Lots of thoughts running through my mind this year.
So I just looked up my New Years Resolutions from this past year....
1. actually know the lessons in RS and SS AHEAD of time this year.
2. no excuses (unless of course I am in the hospital) go to church.
3. keep a neater house and happier family
4. lose weight.
Okay ummm well I tried!
1. I did study some of the SS lessons well 1/2 of them ... I got to about June or so....
RS I never did get the calendar telling us where we were so nope never happened.
2. Well I went from zero attendance to probably 50% attendance. Lots of sickness this year. While we may not have been in hospital we were sick quite a bit. Anyways from inactive to 50% is good. This year hope to make that number higher.
3. I forgot about this one totally so I dont think I did so hot at it.
4. I did lose 8 lbs.... not so much to lose but hey I did lose weight. HAHAHA
Anyways I guess I am going to pray and ponder over my new new years resolutions for a few days. I will post them and I think I will have to resurect them monthly so I can see them every time I come on so I am constantly reminded.
How about you readers how did you do with your resolutions this year?
So I just looked up my New Years Resolutions from this past year....
1. actually know the lessons in RS and SS AHEAD of time this year.
2. no excuses (unless of course I am in the hospital) go to church.
3. keep a neater house and happier family
4. lose weight.
Okay ummm well I tried!
1. I did study some of the SS lessons well 1/2 of them ... I got to about June or so....
RS I never did get the calendar telling us where we were so nope never happened.
2. Well I went from zero attendance to probably 50% attendance. Lots of sickness this year. While we may not have been in hospital we were sick quite a bit. Anyways from inactive to 50% is good. This year hope to make that number higher.
3. I forgot about this one totally so I dont think I did so hot at it.
4. I did lose 8 lbs.... not so much to lose but hey I did lose weight. HAHAHA
Anyways I guess I am going to pray and ponder over my new new years resolutions for a few days. I will post them and I think I will have to resurect them monthly so I can see them every time I come on so I am constantly reminded.
How about you readers how did you do with your resolutions this year?
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Looking for friends....
So anyways I went about reading my blogging friends pages... so many to read I only get to read a few of them at a time. Well I was missing someone.... I couldnt find her. Her page was saying no known blogger.... I was freaking out. I knew she didnt just quit without saying goodbye!.
Anyways there was a blip and her website was lost... I am so sorry Kathleen.
So my blogging buddy has a new site! Its awesome you can even see snow falling across your screen... check it out here at Kathleen's New Home We are glad your safe and sound and not gone to us blog reading people....
Anyways there was a blip and her website was lost... I am so sorry Kathleen.
So my blogging buddy has a new site! Its awesome you can even see snow falling across your screen... check it out here at Kathleen's New Home We are glad your safe and sound and not gone to us blog reading people....
Friday, December 21, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
12-Christmas-Things-About-Me-Hoopla...
1. I LOVE LOVE LOVE (in case you didnt understand I LOVE) Christmas Music. I usually break it out about a week before Thanksgiving. I love all types because I love all the remakes they are all so funny.
2. I am married to a bah Humbugger. It doesnt always match up, BUT for the first time in ever he is almost done with his own shopping for me YEAH!!!
3. I love watching my kids trying to figure out what they got. How excited they get. Its fun.
4. My Christmas' past always make me more into the Christmas spirit because my mother doesnt celebrate Christmas. Which meant I always decorated my own room and had lights in my window but the rest of the house looked sooo drab.
5. After this year we are going to the 3 present rule (because my children fight over who gets what!) and we are happy with that. Lots of my friends already do this and it has us intrigued.
6. I love what Christmas symbolizes vs. what it has become. It really irritates me to see Christmas being hyped in Sept! Or lights up before Thanksgiving HELLLOOOO Let me get through ONE holiday at a time.
7. This year we do not have lights up because my baby has been sick and my son has had a ton of appts so I have been super busy... normally they go up on Dec 1 though.
8. I prefer only Blue and White... I know shoot me. I hang up blue and white lights outside and blue and white on the tree. The ball ornaments are frosted or blue. The kids ornaments go haywire... dora, elmo, trucks, homemade etc. (so sad but even my stocking is blue and white!)
9. Christmas cards are wonderful I love them but rarely get them out on time. Sometimes never lol.
10. Even though I am not of other religions I love the idea of midnight services. Something about it just brings so much more to the day than nothing at all so I have been known to attend Midnight Mass on those nights.
11. I am a planner... I am already planning next years presents and we havent gotten through this years... but I also am done with all my shopping and have pretty much been since Thanksgiving LOL!
12. I love snow. I love snowy Christmas (like Cindy) I dont get as into Christmas when I am in a warm climate. It depresses me to be hot on Christmas.
Ok, I'm suppose to tag specific people, so here goes Lena,Kathleen,Heidi (if you want) and Meadow ..... Here's the rules........
1. List 12 random things about yourself that has to do with Christmas
2. Please refer to it as a 'hoopla' and not the dreaded 'm'-word
3. You have to specifically tag people when you're done. None of this "if you're reading this, consider yourself tagged" stuff is allowed...then nobody ends up actually doing it. The number of people who you tag is really up to you -- but the more, the merrier to get this 'hoopla' circulating through the blogosphere.
4. Please try and do it as quickly as possible. The Christmas season will be over before we know it and I'd like to get as many people involved as possible.
5. If you want to -- please give me, Cindy, some link-love as the 'Hoopla-Creator'. I love new blog-traffic.
2. I am married to a bah Humbugger. It doesnt always match up, BUT for the first time in ever he is almost done with his own shopping for me YEAH!!!
3. I love watching my kids trying to figure out what they got. How excited they get. Its fun.
4. My Christmas' past always make me more into the Christmas spirit because my mother doesnt celebrate Christmas. Which meant I always decorated my own room and had lights in my window but the rest of the house looked sooo drab.
5. After this year we are going to the 3 present rule (because my children fight over who gets what!) and we are happy with that. Lots of my friends already do this and it has us intrigued.
6. I love what Christmas symbolizes vs. what it has become. It really irritates me to see Christmas being hyped in Sept! Or lights up before Thanksgiving HELLLOOOO Let me get through ONE holiday at a time.
7. This year we do not have lights up because my baby has been sick and my son has had a ton of appts so I have been super busy... normally they go up on Dec 1 though.
8. I prefer only Blue and White... I know shoot me. I hang up blue and white lights outside and blue and white on the tree. The ball ornaments are frosted or blue. The kids ornaments go haywire... dora, elmo, trucks, homemade etc. (so sad but even my stocking is blue and white!)
9. Christmas cards are wonderful I love them but rarely get them out on time. Sometimes never lol.
10. Even though I am not of other religions I love the idea of midnight services. Something about it just brings so much more to the day than nothing at all so I have been known to attend Midnight Mass on those nights.
11. I am a planner... I am already planning next years presents and we havent gotten through this years... but I also am done with all my shopping and have pretty much been since Thanksgiving LOL!
12. I love snow. I love snowy Christmas (like Cindy) I dont get as into Christmas when I am in a warm climate. It depresses me to be hot on Christmas.
Ok, I'm suppose to tag specific people, so here goes Lena,Kathleen,Heidi (if you want) and Meadow ..... Here's the rules........
1. List 12 random things about yourself that has to do with Christmas
2. Please refer to it as a 'hoopla' and not the dreaded 'm'-word
3. You have to specifically tag people when you're done. None of this "if you're reading this, consider yourself tagged" stuff is allowed...then nobody ends up actually doing it. The number of people who you tag is really up to you -- but the more, the merrier to get this 'hoopla' circulating through the blogosphere.
4. Please try and do it as quickly as possible. The Christmas season will be over before we know it and I'd like to get as many people involved as possible.
5. If you want to -- please give me, Cindy, some link-love as the 'Hoopla-Creator'. I love new blog-traffic.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Okay...
So I know I am not the cool with it mom but this is a band my oldest monkey likes... so we go looking to get it for her and we were like NO WAY! because this album has a song on it Faking My Own Suicide... okay so if you saw that as a song and didnt know anything about this group what would you be thinking? Especially if your child was going through a complete I HATE YOU AND EVERYTHING YOU STAND FOR phase? Come to find out its a punk rock CHRISTIAN band. Still dont know if I will like it or not but the YW pres let them listen to it on the way to LA a few weeks back when they went to some YW thing for the whole of southern cali.
Anyways I am still not sure I am going to like it but I guess if its Christian it should be okay... right?
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Reading along....
Okay so I am a REALLY BAD GIRL! REALLY bad girl! Instead of doing my homework (like I tell my kids!) I read, and read and read and yes I finished the book. HAHA! I just got it today. Monkey #1 had a docs appt at 2 we finished at 315 ish and while driving home I missed the turn for our freeway... well Deseret books had called about 3 wks ago I guess saying I had some books come in. Yes I finally picked them up. Yes I finished one tonight. HAHA! It was The Bishop's Wife. It was quite cute. Glad I took the time to read it. Next up mafia to mormon and another one plus book 3 of the twilight series.
Anyways another thing is go through my blogs I read. One has always intrigued me because of some of the things she has going on. Well tonight I dug back and sure enough she has a disease I have done research on before because a good friend has the same.
Anyways it brought back some old memories. Some good and some not so good. Some that terrify you and some that you just cant ever shake. Anyways take the time when you read this to remember some of the memories you hold dear. Some that while they may hurt help you to remember days of old that are good,bad or funny.
Anyways another thing is go through my blogs I read. One has always intrigued me because of some of the things she has going on. Well tonight I dug back and sure enough she has a disease I have done research on before because a good friend has the same.
Anyways it brought back some old memories. Some good and some not so good. Some that terrify you and some that you just cant ever shake. Anyways take the time when you read this to remember some of the memories you hold dear. Some that while they may hurt help you to remember days of old that are good,bad or funny.
I have read this before and just wanted to remember it so I am putting it here....
WILL THE CHRIST CHILD COME ?
(Author - Gaye Willis)
Halfway through December, we were doing the regular evening things when there was a knock at the door. We opened it to find a small package with a beautiful ceramic lamb inside. We looked at the calendar and realized that the 12 Days of Christmas were beginning!
We waited excitedly for the next night's surprise and only then, with the gift of a matching shepherd, did we realized that the lamb was part of a nativity set. Each night we grew more excited to see what piece we would receive. Each was exquisitely beautiful. The kids kept trying to catch the givers as we slowly built the scene at the manager and began to focus on Christ's birth.
On Christmas Eve, all the pieces were in place but the baby Jesus. My 12 year-old son really wanted to catch our benefactors and began to devise all kinds of ways to trap them. He ate his dinner in the mini-van watching and waiting, but no one came. Finally we called him in to go through our
family's Christmas Eve traditions. But before the kids went to bed we checked the front step -- no Baby Jesus! We began to worry that my son had scared them off. My husband suggested that maybe they dropped the Jesus and there wouldn't be anything coming.
Somehow, something was missing that Christmas Eve. There was a feeling that things weren't complete. The kids went to bed and I put out
Christmas, but before I went to bed I again checked to see if the Jesus had come -- no, the doorstep was empty.
In our family the kids can open their stockings when they want to, but they have to wait to open any presents until Dad wakes up. So one by one they woke up very early and I also woke up to watch them. Even before they opened their stockings, each child checked to see if perhaps during the night the baby Jesus had come. Missing that piece of the set seemed to have an odd effect. At least it changed my focus. I knew there were presents under the tree for me and I was excited to watch the children open their gifts, but first on my mind was the feeling of waiting for the ceramic Christ Child.
We had opened just about all of the presents when one of the children found one more for me buried deep beneath the limbs of the tree. He handed me a small package from my former visiting teaching companion. This sister was somewhat less active in the church. I had learned over time they didn't have much for Christmas, so that their focus was the children. It sounded like she didn't get many gifts to open, so I had always given her a small package -- new dish towels, the next year's lesson manual -- not much, but something for her to open. I was touched when at Church just before Christmas, she had given me this small package, saying it was just a token of her love and appreciation.
As I took off the bow, I remembered my friendship with her and was filled with gratitude for knowing her and for her kindness and sacrifice in this year giving me a gift. But as the paper fell away, I began to tremble and cry. There in the small brown box was the baby Jesus. He had come!
I realized on that Christmas Day that Christ will come into our lives in ways that we don't expect. The spirit of Christ comes into our hearts as we serve one another. We had waited and watched for Him to come, expecting the dramatic "knock at the door and scurrying of feet" but He came in a small, simple package that represented service, friendship, gratitude, and love.
This experience taught me that the beginning of the true spirit of Christmas comes as we open our hearts and actively focus on the Savior. But we will most likely find Him in the small and simple acts of love, friendship and service that we give to each other.
Don't forget the reason for the Season!
(Author - Gaye Willis)
Halfway through December, we were doing the regular evening things when there was a knock at the door. We opened it to find a small package with a beautiful ceramic lamb inside. We looked at the calendar and realized that the 12 Days of Christmas were beginning!
We waited excitedly for the next night's surprise and only then, with the gift of a matching shepherd, did we realized that the lamb was part of a nativity set. Each night we grew more excited to see what piece we would receive. Each was exquisitely beautiful. The kids kept trying to catch the givers as we slowly built the scene at the manager and began to focus on Christ's birth.
On Christmas Eve, all the pieces were in place but the baby Jesus. My 12 year-old son really wanted to catch our benefactors and began to devise all kinds of ways to trap them. He ate his dinner in the mini-van watching and waiting, but no one came. Finally we called him in to go through our
family's Christmas Eve traditions. But before the kids went to bed we checked the front step -- no Baby Jesus! We began to worry that my son had scared them off. My husband suggested that maybe they dropped the Jesus and there wouldn't be anything coming.
Somehow, something was missing that Christmas Eve. There was a feeling that things weren't complete. The kids went to bed and I put out
Christmas, but before I went to bed I again checked to see if the Jesus had come -- no, the doorstep was empty.
In our family the kids can open their stockings when they want to, but they have to wait to open any presents until Dad wakes up. So one by one they woke up very early and I also woke up to watch them. Even before they opened their stockings, each child checked to see if perhaps during the night the baby Jesus had come. Missing that piece of the set seemed to have an odd effect. At least it changed my focus. I knew there were presents under the tree for me and I was excited to watch the children open their gifts, but first on my mind was the feeling of waiting for the ceramic Christ Child.
We had opened just about all of the presents when one of the children found one more for me buried deep beneath the limbs of the tree. He handed me a small package from my former visiting teaching companion. This sister was somewhat less active in the church. I had learned over time they didn't have much for Christmas, so that their focus was the children. It sounded like she didn't get many gifts to open, so I had always given her a small package -- new dish towels, the next year's lesson manual -- not much, but something for her to open. I was touched when at Church just before Christmas, she had given me this small package, saying it was just a token of her love and appreciation.
As I took off the bow, I remembered my friendship with her and was filled with gratitude for knowing her and for her kindness and sacrifice in this year giving me a gift. But as the paper fell away, I began to tremble and cry. There in the small brown box was the baby Jesus. He had come!
I realized on that Christmas Day that Christ will come into our lives in ways that we don't expect. The spirit of Christ comes into our hearts as we serve one another. We had waited and watched for Him to come, expecting the dramatic "knock at the door and scurrying of feet" but He came in a small, simple package that represented service, friendship, gratitude, and love.
This experience taught me that the beginning of the true spirit of Christmas comes as we open our hearts and actively focus on the Savior. But we will most likely find Him in the small and simple acts of love, friendship and service that we give to each other.
Don't forget the reason for the Season!
Monday, December 10, 2007
What do you think...
When you think about the election coming up? The media portrays it as Mormons are so bad. No one likes Mitt... however the early polls totally disagree with this notion.
Anyway, a woman I like to go and read about on the blogger posted this...
Anyways those who loves us: Naomi Shaeffer Riley of the Wall Street Journal. One of my favorite Journal writers. Here's what she said in What Iowans Should Know about Mormons:
The young men and women at Brigham Young University are among the smartest, hardest-working and most pleasant college kids you will find anywhere. (For better or worse, I have visited dozens of college campuses.) The student body lives by the Mormon principle: "The glory of God is intelligence."
And here is Peggy Noonan, who writes about Romney's faith speech in Mormon in America:
Mr. Romney gave the speech Thursday morning. How did he do?
Very, very well. He made himself some history. The words he said will likely have a real and positive impact on his fortunes. The speech's main and immediate achievement is that foes of his faith will now have to defend their thinking, in public. But what can they say to counter his high-minded arguments? "Mormons have cooties"?
I love it. It is so funny because my MIL who I never would have thought would support Mitt and would totally be for Mike Huckabee said she is in Mitt's camp. Very strange since I KNOW she voted for Mike for governor... HAHA. I only know this because hubby's family is very firmly in the Republican camp.
I have not totally decided who to vote for but this much I do know... It will NEVER be for the freak Hilary. I would never in all my life vote for another Clinton to be in office, first woman or not. I couldnt stand Bill and I thought she was an idiot for the way she is so naive about his side diet of women and lies.
Anyway, a woman I like to go and read about on the blogger posted this...
Anyways those who loves us: Naomi Shaeffer Riley of the Wall Street Journal. One of my favorite Journal writers. Here's what she said in What Iowans Should Know about Mormons:
The young men and women at Brigham Young University are among the smartest, hardest-working and most pleasant college kids you will find anywhere. (For better or worse, I have visited dozens of college campuses.) The student body lives by the Mormon principle: "The glory of God is intelligence."
And here is Peggy Noonan, who writes about Romney's faith speech in Mormon in America:
Mr. Romney gave the speech Thursday morning. How did he do?
Very, very well. He made himself some history. The words he said will likely have a real and positive impact on his fortunes. The speech's main and immediate achievement is that foes of his faith will now have to defend their thinking, in public. But what can they say to counter his high-minded arguments? "Mormons have cooties"?
I love it. It is so funny because my MIL who I never would have thought would support Mitt and would totally be for Mike Huckabee said she is in Mitt's camp. Very strange since I KNOW she voted for Mike for governor... HAHA. I only know this because hubby's family is very firmly in the Republican camp.
I have not totally decided who to vote for but this much I do know... It will NEVER be for the freak Hilary. I would never in all my life vote for another Clinton to be in office, first woman or not. I couldnt stand Bill and I thought she was an idiot for the way she is so naive about his side diet of women and lies.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Momma meme---
i saw this meme on Kathleen's blog a today and thought this was so cute, i had to come back and finally do this meme.
1. How long have you been a Mom? Well officially or to the other kids I mothered BEFORE my first official child? I was a live in and a live out nanny for a few years before having my own. So including them... about 17 yrs not including them... almost 13 yrs.
2. How many children call you Mommy/Mom/Mama?: 4 Want one? Just kidding!
3. Girl? Boy? or both? Both... 3 drama queens and one drama boy
4. Did you know what you were having? The first one no. The second, third, and fourth yes. Although with the fourth I swore up and down they were crazy and I was not having another girl... well they were right LOL!
5. How old were you when you became a Mom? I was 24 and a half....
6. How long were you in labor? Hmm first time I went in around 430 am and had her at 1115 am never hit really hard labor with her so unsure how long it actually lasted. Second time I went in around 8 15 am and delivered around 1115 am the bad pains started around 530am. Third was the worst went in after a few hours in pain at 1030 pm and didnt have the lil turkey until 122 pm the next afternoon. Final monkey went in at 3pm they said your not in labor and sent me home and I came back at 10 pm and delivered at 1045 pm.
7. what? there is no 7. weird meme :)
8. What was your least favorite thing about labor? umm back labor or labor in your hips are the worst.
9. Do you want more kids?: yes. One or 2 more. That would be nice...
10. Do you plan on having more soon?: Would love too but not sure if that will happen or not
11. Did daddy change diapers? yes, he did.
12. How many times have you been peed on? Umm I have a son... an only son and no nanny with boys... so he was my first and that meant a LOT! haha
13. Barfed on?: too many times to count...
14. Is your child named after anyone? middle names yes first names nope... My oldest shares her middle name with dad's mom and my 4th shares her middle name with my mom... my son shares initials with dad...
15. How did you come up with their name(s)? Number 1 is one of my good friends middle name spelled backwards... (how original huh?). #2 we took her name from the internet both middle and first name mean princess. #3 We wanted same initials so we went through the baby name book until we found one we agreed on. #4 is part french in spelling and most people cant spell her name right because of that.
16. When your child(ren) gets in trouble, who is the bad guy? mostly daddy. sometimes me. However if its me watch out I dont like being the bad guy and you really have to upset me to get me into this mode.
17. she didnt post this question so I dont know LOL!
18. What is the longest you have been away from your child(ren)? Well with my oldest I was still active duty so up to 3 mos at a time. With the rest the most I have been away was a few days.
19. Kids bedtime routine? 8 in room and 830 lights out~ weeknights... when you fall asleep weekends...
20. Are your toes painted? no I need to get it done though...:)
21. Last movie you saw in the theater? Its been awhile. I did attempt to go see Beowulf in the theater last but the imax was broken and that is what hubby wanted to see... so we didnt see it LOL! I believe it was ratatouille... it was good.
22. Last time you had a date? The friday that beowulf opened. So about a month ago??
23. One thing you will not give up just because you are a mom? reading and writing. still being an individual. Kathleens reply but its good enough for me too LOL!
24. One thing you did give up now that you’re a mom? I gave up the military. I would like to have stayed in but I knew I couldnt really be a good mom to my kids if I was constantly gone so I gave it up when I got pg with #2.
25. Best Mom you know? Best mom I know... oh boy thats a hard question...I would have to say Kerry or Lena. They make it sound and look easy.
If you want to do this go ahead... I have no specific tags...
1. How long have you been a Mom? Well officially or to the other kids I mothered BEFORE my first official child? I was a live in and a live out nanny for a few years before having my own. So including them... about 17 yrs not including them... almost 13 yrs.
2. How many children call you Mommy/Mom/Mama?: 4 Want one? Just kidding!
3. Girl? Boy? or both? Both... 3 drama queens and one drama boy
4. Did you know what you were having? The first one no. The second, third, and fourth yes. Although with the fourth I swore up and down they were crazy and I was not having another girl... well they were right LOL!
5. How old were you when you became a Mom? I was 24 and a half....
6. How long were you in labor? Hmm first time I went in around 430 am and had her at 1115 am never hit really hard labor with her so unsure how long it actually lasted. Second time I went in around 8 15 am and delivered around 1115 am the bad pains started around 530am. Third was the worst went in after a few hours in pain at 1030 pm and didnt have the lil turkey until 122 pm the next afternoon. Final monkey went in at 3pm they said your not in labor and sent me home and I came back at 10 pm and delivered at 1045 pm.
7. what? there is no 7. weird meme :)
8. What was your least favorite thing about labor? umm back labor or labor in your hips are the worst.
9. Do you want more kids?: yes. One or 2 more. That would be nice...
10. Do you plan on having more soon?: Would love too but not sure if that will happen or not
11. Did daddy change diapers? yes, he did.
12. How many times have you been peed on? Umm I have a son... an only son and no nanny with boys... so he was my first and that meant a LOT! haha
13. Barfed on?: too many times to count...
14. Is your child named after anyone? middle names yes first names nope... My oldest shares her middle name with dad's mom and my 4th shares her middle name with my mom... my son shares initials with dad...
15. How did you come up with their name(s)? Number 1 is one of my good friends middle name spelled backwards... (how original huh?). #2 we took her name from the internet both middle and first name mean princess. #3 We wanted same initials so we went through the baby name book until we found one we agreed on. #4 is part french in spelling and most people cant spell her name right because of that.
16. When your child(ren) gets in trouble, who is the bad guy? mostly daddy. sometimes me. However if its me watch out I dont like being the bad guy and you really have to upset me to get me into this mode.
17. she didnt post this question so I dont know LOL!
18. What is the longest you have been away from your child(ren)? Well with my oldest I was still active duty so up to 3 mos at a time. With the rest the most I have been away was a few days.
19. Kids bedtime routine? 8 in room and 830 lights out~ weeknights... when you fall asleep weekends...
20. Are your toes painted? no I need to get it done though...:)
21. Last movie you saw in the theater? Its been awhile. I did attempt to go see Beowulf in the theater last but the imax was broken and that is what hubby wanted to see... so we didnt see it LOL! I believe it was ratatouille... it was good.
22. Last time you had a date? The friday that beowulf opened. So about a month ago??
23. One thing you will not give up just because you are a mom? reading and writing. still being an individual. Kathleens reply but its good enough for me too LOL!
24. One thing you did give up now that you’re a mom? I gave up the military. I would like to have stayed in but I knew I couldnt really be a good mom to my kids if I was constantly gone so I gave it up when I got pg with #2.
25. Best Mom you know? Best mom I know... oh boy thats a hard question...I would have to say Kerry or Lena. They make it sound and look easy.
If you want to do this go ahead... I have no specific tags...
So I know you all wanted to know...
Yes they called me to be a missionary. Well member missionary. I so do not do well in this kind of thing. Scary as it may be though I accepted it. I dont know many people in my ward and I figure this will give me a better way to meet some of them I dont know so well.
I didnt wind up making it because I woke up with a ice pick in my brain and kids who kept me up 1/2 the night coughing. (Why is mom's bed the cool place to be sick???) Anyways I feel horrid tonight too. I did get in 2 of the 3 projects for school. This week I dont have much I know I have 4 easy assignments so that wont take much there. I do have 4 chapters to read 2 for each class... that will probably take more time than the class assignments :P .
Anyways its late and I need sleep... and tylenol. I cant wait can you say it with me....13 days until break and 15 days til Christmas YEAH! Anyways I hope to have a good week and I hope you do too.
I didnt wind up making it because I woke up with a ice pick in my brain and kids who kept me up 1/2 the night coughing. (Why is mom's bed the cool place to be sick???) Anyways I feel horrid tonight too. I did get in 2 of the 3 projects for school. This week I dont have much I know I have 4 easy assignments so that wont take much there. I do have 4 chapters to read 2 for each class... that will probably take more time than the class assignments :P .
Anyways its late and I need sleep... and tylenol. I cant wait can you say it with me....13 days until break and 15 days til Christmas YEAH! Anyways I hope to have a good week and I hope you do too.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Well I have some news...
not official yet but I have a calling. (OH BOY!) haha. Just kidding. It isnt one I would pick in fact it is one I probably wont like much. I will tell you on Sunday because you know I have to be officially given it. I of course will be late on Sunday. I HATE standing up in front of EVERYONE. So I will be late. They know this because I told them haha. Anyways with the stress I have going right now I just didnt need a calling with a huge time commitment. So they felt this was what I really needed right now.
Anyways other than that I am up to my ears in projects. I have 3 assignments due over the next 3 days. JOY! Actually I havent looked at them so I probably should. I dont think 2 of them are very time consuming. One may be.
Christmas is coming and I cant wait for my TWO WEEK BREAK! YEAH YEAH YEAH! Now if we could just get some snow! haha not likely but hey we can dream right???
Anyways other than that I am up to my ears in projects. I have 3 assignments due over the next 3 days. JOY! Actually I havent looked at them so I probably should. I dont think 2 of them are very time consuming. One may be.
Christmas is coming and I cant wait for my TWO WEEK BREAK! YEAH YEAH YEAH! Now if we could just get some snow! haha not likely but hey we can dream right???
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Well we went to the docs today...
and YES there is something in my monkeys knee. Unfortunately they dont want to remove it unless they have to. We should know if that is the case within the next 3 mos. They want him to return to normal everyday play. If it swells we go in and they check it out. EVERYTIME... GRRR! Anyways the biggest thing is its only about 3mm big. It isnt in the joint which is good or we would have been in surgery tomorrow and he would have been out of everything for atleast 6 wks. So they want him to play and see if it can withstand the every day rough and tumble of a 7 yr old monkey. (which we already know it cant cuz it swelled saturday after he was being that rough and tumble monkey!) However they have to be sure because it will be an invasive surgery if they have to do it. It could create even more problems which is why they dont want to do it. Anyways that is my update.
Christmas tag... Yeah!
1)egg nog or hot chocolate? HOT CHOCOLATE ALL THE WAY BABY!
2)Do you wrap your presents or not? There's ususaly a big present for each kid that isn't wrapped, but all the others are.
3)Colored lights or white? Umm I do colored... if you count blue and white! HAHA
4)Do you hang mistletoe? No we dont have any.
5)When do you put up your decorations? Usually the first week of Dec, however this year the kids have been bad so no tree until all the house is clean.
6)What is your favorite holiday dish? TURKEY!
7)Favorite memory as a child? I honestly dont remember much ... My mom doesnt celebrate Christmas at all. So the only ones we celebrated were when my step dad was around.
8)When and how did you learn about Santa? What do you mean? I learned about Santa around two ... he is this grand old man who is extremely fun and loving.
9)Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? yes, the kids get to open one present on Christmas eve, it's always pajamas and they usually match (you know this is my friends answer but it is the same for me so LOL!)
10)How do you decorate your tree? White and blue lights with white and blue ornaments and then the ornaments the kids get each year.
11)Snow...love it or dread it? I LOVE LOVE LOVE SNOW! It really makes Christmas, Christmas. I'm the same as Marie and Cindy, I haven't had a white Christmas for a very long time being in San Diego and Guam before this... no snow.
12)Can you ice skate? I did when I was a kid, but that was a very long time ago
13)Do you remember your favorite gift? when i got my first radio. I was 9 I believe.
14) What is the most important part of the holidays? Christ, Family, Love, and the spirit that emanates from the days as people try to be more Christlike.
15) Favorite holiday dessert? Cookies!
16) Favorite tradition? We always decorate cookies together as a family. We make up boxes or plates to take to our friends. We also try to get one name from an angel tree and shop together to select the items for the angel tree present. This year may not be able to do it though. :(
Thanks Cindy! (btw I love that song someone snitched on me!)
2)Do you wrap your presents or not? There's ususaly a big present for each kid that isn't wrapped, but all the others are.
3)Colored lights or white? Umm I do colored... if you count blue and white! HAHA
4)Do you hang mistletoe? No we dont have any.
5)When do you put up your decorations? Usually the first week of Dec, however this year the kids have been bad so no tree until all the house is clean.
6)What is your favorite holiday dish? TURKEY!
7)Favorite memory as a child? I honestly dont remember much ... My mom doesnt celebrate Christmas at all. So the only ones we celebrated were when my step dad was around.
8)When and how did you learn about Santa? What do you mean? I learned about Santa around two ... he is this grand old man who is extremely fun and loving.
9)Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? yes, the kids get to open one present on Christmas eve, it's always pajamas and they usually match (you know this is my friends answer but it is the same for me so LOL!)
10)How do you decorate your tree? White and blue lights with white and blue ornaments and then the ornaments the kids get each year.
11)Snow...love it or dread it? I LOVE LOVE LOVE SNOW! It really makes Christmas, Christmas. I'm the same as Marie and Cindy, I haven't had a white Christmas for a very long time being in San Diego and Guam before this... no snow.
12)Can you ice skate? I did when I was a kid, but that was a very long time ago
13)Do you remember your favorite gift? when i got my first radio. I was 9 I believe.
14) What is the most important part of the holidays? Christ, Family, Love, and the spirit that emanates from the days as people try to be more Christlike.
15) Favorite holiday dessert? Cookies!
16) Favorite tradition? We always decorate cookies together as a family. We make up boxes or plates to take to our friends. We also try to get one name from an angel tree and shop together to select the items for the angel tree present. This year may not be able to do it though. :(
Thanks Cindy! (btw I love that song someone snitched on me!)
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