My friend Amy tagged me...
My 4 favorite:
Places I go
1. California
2. Target (good one Amy)
3. Ikea
4. Bed
People who email me
1. Megan
2. Bernie
3. Facebook
4. Pops
Favorite Foods
1. Churros
2. Chicken Parmesan
3. My neighbor's tacos
4. Guacamole
Places I'd rather be
1. On a roller-coaster
2. At a concert
3. Making-over my house (that I don't have yet)
4. In, I mean, watching the Twilight movie
Movies I could watch over and over
1. Best In Show
2. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
3. Arrested Development DVDs?
4. Elf
People I think will respond
1. Ashlee
2. Megan
3. Livi
4. Andrea
Consider yourselves tagged!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Twilight Trailer!
Okay, I've tried not to giggle and squeal too much about the book Twilight on my blog, but...IT'S TIME. THE OFFICIAL TRAILER!
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It's pretty short, so it's more of a teaser trailer I guess, but HELLLOOO! Finally a real trailer not created by fans' anime! Haha. I know half of my "readers" are fans, so the rest of you can laugh at us all you want. Edward!
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It's pretty short, so it's more of a teaser trailer I guess, but HELLLOOO! Finally a real trailer not created by fans' anime! Haha. I know half of my "readers" are fans, so the rest of you can laugh at us all you want. Edward!
Happy Birthday Mom! AND Happy Mother's Day!
Mother's Day is always really close to my mom's birthday, so she always gets a double-dose of celebrating. Or everything gets piled into one thing...like this :)
My mom's the best. I wanted to share some fun memories of my mom. Some may be too inside-joke-ish, but oh well.
* When I was younger, I had a sleepover with a bunch of girls. Of course we were 12 or something and couldn't drive, so guess who volunteered. My mom :) She was so funny how she was excited to be our getaway van. She made sure we all had enough toilet paper, and when we were done, we all jumped in through the sliding door and sped off!
* At my little brother's 8th (?) birthday party, all the little boys were trying to burp, and when Jeff told them his mom could do it on purpose, they all chanted, "Burp on purpose! Burp on purpose!" And then she did :)
* My mom dances with her fingers in the air and shakes her hair around. Megan and Jeff know what I'm talkin' bout.
* I remember almost crying because I wanted short shorts and my mom just wouldn't let me. I'm glad we had rules like that. Even though my sister will say I got to break more than she did. Looking back, short shorts weren't even as cute as the long ones are now!
* My mom let me dye my hair bright red in the 5th grade for Halloween, because I was a she-devil that year. Afterwards we decided I looked pretty cute, and she let me dye my hair years after that. Now it's almost 100% natural, but it took a long time! And man, was I cool in the 5th grade.
* One time I was really upset about something, (not sure if it was the sandwich throwing incident or something else) but my mom took me to see Practical Magic at the local theater. It was just us, and made me feel better.
* This sounds really lame of me, but it happened okay? When I was in 4th grade I missed the old elementary school that I used to attend, and my mom called them up to see if I could go to class there for just one day and sit with my friend Stephanie. How nice is that?
* My mom cheers a certain way that you can always pick out: "WOOhoo! Go Hilary!"
* The Barbie and Dinosaur/Stop in the Name of Love Song.
* Once in a while I'd go with her to work, and the big therapy room with the huge swings and big rubber balls for the handicapped kids were the best.
* I was the first girl in the 5th grade to shave my legs. Thanks, mom :)
* She taught me one of the most valuable things in life: How to pluck and shape my eye brows.
* Dress shopping was always fun. My mom always made me feel like I looked good.
* I used to feel bad when I'd get teased for being so short, and my mom always tried to remind me that I was just petite, and that was the way to be! Took me a while to understand what petite meant, and I'm glad I never tried using that as a comeback, but it made me feel better.
* I learned to like most foods, thanks to my mom. I've always been glad she was a good cook and didn't feed us junk.
* If she'd make me a school lunch, I'd find a bite taken out of my sandwich. She said it was a "love-bite". Thief ;)
My mom is beautiful and self-less. When other women in the ward would gossip, I'd never hear her say anything bad about anyone. This is silly, but I think if Jesus had a job, he would be a physical therapist. Like my mom. Hehe. Whenever I'm a butt-munch, she loves me anyway, and never yells at me or puts me down. She'll do anything for you. She's not perfect, but that's what keeps things interesting and makes her more likable. Love you, Mom!
My mom's the best. I wanted to share some fun memories of my mom. Some may be too inside-joke-ish, but oh well.
* When I was younger, I had a sleepover with a bunch of girls. Of course we were 12 or something and couldn't drive, so guess who volunteered. My mom :) She was so funny how she was excited to be our getaway van. She made sure we all had enough toilet paper, and when we were done, we all jumped in through the sliding door and sped off!
* At my little brother's 8th (?) birthday party, all the little boys were trying to burp, and when Jeff told them his mom could do it on purpose, they all chanted, "Burp on purpose! Burp on purpose!" And then she did :)
* My mom dances with her fingers in the air and shakes her hair around. Megan and Jeff know what I'm talkin' bout.
* I remember almost crying because I wanted short shorts and my mom just wouldn't let me. I'm glad we had rules like that. Even though my sister will say I got to break more than she did. Looking back, short shorts weren't even as cute as the long ones are now!
* My mom let me dye my hair bright red in the 5th grade for Halloween, because I was a she-devil that year. Afterwards we decided I looked pretty cute, and she let me dye my hair years after that. Now it's almost 100% natural, but it took a long time! And man, was I cool in the 5th grade.
* One time I was really upset about something, (not sure if it was the sandwich throwing incident or something else) but my mom took me to see Practical Magic at the local theater. It was just us, and made me feel better.
* This sounds really lame of me, but it happened okay? When I was in 4th grade I missed the old elementary school that I used to attend, and my mom called them up to see if I could go to class there for just one day and sit with my friend Stephanie. How nice is that?
* My mom cheers a certain way that you can always pick out: "WOOhoo! Go Hilary!"
* The Barbie and Dinosaur/Stop in the Name of Love Song.
* Once in a while I'd go with her to work, and the big therapy room with the huge swings and big rubber balls for the handicapped kids were the best.
* I was the first girl in the 5th grade to shave my legs. Thanks, mom :)
* She taught me one of the most valuable things in life: How to pluck and shape my eye brows.
* Dress shopping was always fun. My mom always made me feel like I looked good.
* I used to feel bad when I'd get teased for being so short, and my mom always tried to remind me that I was just petite, and that was the way to be! Took me a while to understand what petite meant, and I'm glad I never tried using that as a comeback, but it made me feel better.
* I learned to like most foods, thanks to my mom. I've always been glad she was a good cook and didn't feed us junk.
* If she'd make me a school lunch, I'd find a bite taken out of my sandwich. She said it was a "love-bite". Thief ;)
My mom is beautiful and self-less. When other women in the ward would gossip, I'd never hear her say anything bad about anyone. This is silly, but I think if Jesus had a job, he would be a physical therapist. Like my mom. Hehe. Whenever I'm a butt-munch, she loves me anyway, and never yells at me or puts me down. She'll do anything for you. She's not perfect, but that's what keeps things interesting and makes her more likable. Love you, Mom!
Monday, May 5, 2008
An eventful weekend
On Friday night we got a invited to go camping with AJ's friend Richie and his wife Lori. They live in Salt Lake so in the past we didn't get to see them very much, but now that we live closer it's a little easier. We met at Crystal Springs (close to Tremonton) where they have hot springs and a campground. It was the first time being there for all of us, and we didn't realize the campground was so...civilized. It's basically a field mowed flat. There's like one tree per campsite with a table and a fire/trough looking thing. And it's all right next to the pools. Hehe. I recommend it if you are the type who needs bathrooms and showers while camping. The pools were really cool. There was one big pool, a couple hot tubs, and a water slide. It feels sooo great, but it's mineral water so you have to wash it off when you're done, and their showers were COLD! What's the point of getting all warmed up if you're just going to freeze afterward?
They had lockers, but no locks on the lockers...and when we were done changing, AJ informed us that someone had stolen his wallet right out of his jeans. Great. We were pretty mad that anyone would do something that low. What compels someone to do something so selfish? Luckily AJ doesn't carry around cash, but we blocked our credit cards, and it's gonna be a pain to get all new IDs and replace our credit cards. Lame. There were a few groups of boy scouts up there, so it was either them or some other local person. I didn't have cash either, so the rest of the weekend's activities depended on if people took checks.
The camping part was pretty fun. We roasted hot dogs and had s'mores. I forgot to bring the stakes for our tent (whoops) but everything worked out. We love our tent <3 I borrowed a sleeping bag and it didn't hold heat well at all, so I was cold all night. Oh yeah, this campground also has a railroad track running right by it. Trains woke us up a few times in the night, and I was sure the train was 2 feet from our tent, but too tired to care. Haha. All in all, it was fun. Except for the whole stolen wallet thing.
The next day I went with my buddy Blaire from work and met Crystal (a guy we work with's wife) at a bead store called Beadles. Cute huh? Anyway, I've been feeling like a crafty mama lately, minus the mom part, and I want to make some jewelry. Crystal is a genius and works part time there, so she helped us find what we needed to make everything right. Blaire and I already have "Top Model" nights (we just watch America's Next Top Model on Wednesdays) and now we're going to add making jewelry to that night. Blaire's place doesn't have a lot of room, and Crystal's in the process of moving, so we're gonna do it at our place. Yay! I hope Crystal bring her lil 5 month old chubby Logan. SO cute. I've already made a few things, but I'll have to wait until after Mother's Day to show them off *wink*
Then our neighbors invited us to go to Salt Lake with them to a huge Swap Meet. They are the nicest people. They are Mexican, and the guy (Juan) doesn't speak English too well, but he knows enough to talk to AJ about cars and make jokes. He grills tacos for him all the time. Rosa is his fiance. She's really sweet. She has a 9 year old, Jacquie, and just found out she's pregnant with twins! It's crazy because she's had a hard time with pregnancies in the past, and she's been super sick the first few months of this one.
It's fun to try and catch words and phrases in Spanish that I actually understand. 4 years of taking Spanish didn't exactly make me a pro. At the swap meet there were tons of Latino folk, and they sold fun nuts and fruit and stuff. AJ looked at lots of tools they had there. He ended up getting a Coleman lantern for $10 (we had to beg the guy to take a check) and he got a framed picture of a Mustang the same year as his, but a fast-back. I think he's cute that he's decorating the garage :)
After the swap meet we ate at this tiny Mexican grocery store that makes reeeeally good tacos, etc. I got Gorditas. Oh man, probably my new favorite. It's nice to have friends that direct us to the best stuff. It's also nice when Juan tells those evil munchkins next door to quit cutting my flowers off. I want to show pictures of them, but I'm ashamed of how sad they look after those kids get to them. They even sat there and dug up a few of them and threw them all over the grass!!! Oh they make me so mad sometimes. There's dirt all over our front porch. So Juan asks them and of course their like, no, it was my brother! Whatever. Liars.
Okay, that was a super long post, so I apologize. I'll try to post more often! Starting now!
They had lockers, but no locks on the lockers...and when we were done changing, AJ informed us that someone had stolen his wallet right out of his jeans. Great. We were pretty mad that anyone would do something that low. What compels someone to do something so selfish? Luckily AJ doesn't carry around cash, but we blocked our credit cards, and it's gonna be a pain to get all new IDs and replace our credit cards. Lame. There were a few groups of boy scouts up there, so it was either them or some other local person. I didn't have cash either, so the rest of the weekend's activities depended on if people took checks.
The camping part was pretty fun. We roasted hot dogs and had s'mores. I forgot to bring the stakes for our tent (whoops) but everything worked out. We love our tent <3 I borrowed a sleeping bag and it didn't hold heat well at all, so I was cold all night. Oh yeah, this campground also has a railroad track running right by it. Trains woke us up a few times in the night, and I was sure the train was 2 feet from our tent, but too tired to care. Haha. All in all, it was fun. Except for the whole stolen wallet thing.
The next day I went with my buddy Blaire from work and met Crystal (a guy we work with's wife) at a bead store called Beadles. Cute huh? Anyway, I've been feeling like a crafty mama lately, minus the mom part, and I want to make some jewelry. Crystal is a genius and works part time there, so she helped us find what we needed to make everything right. Blaire and I already have "Top Model" nights (we just watch America's Next Top Model on Wednesdays) and now we're going to add making jewelry to that night. Blaire's place doesn't have a lot of room, and Crystal's in the process of moving, so we're gonna do it at our place. Yay! I hope Crystal bring her lil 5 month old chubby Logan. SO cute. I've already made a few things, but I'll have to wait until after Mother's Day to show them off *wink*
Then our neighbors invited us to go to Salt Lake with them to a huge Swap Meet. They are the nicest people. They are Mexican, and the guy (Juan) doesn't speak English too well, but he knows enough to talk to AJ about cars and make jokes. He grills tacos for him all the time. Rosa is his fiance. She's really sweet. She has a 9 year old, Jacquie, and just found out she's pregnant with twins! It's crazy because she's had a hard time with pregnancies in the past, and she's been super sick the first few months of this one.
It's fun to try and catch words and phrases in Spanish that I actually understand. 4 years of taking Spanish didn't exactly make me a pro. At the swap meet there were tons of Latino folk, and they sold fun nuts and fruit and stuff. AJ looked at lots of tools they had there. He ended up getting a Coleman lantern for $10 (we had to beg the guy to take a check) and he got a framed picture of a Mustang the same year as his, but a fast-back. I think he's cute that he's decorating the garage :)
After the swap meet we ate at this tiny Mexican grocery store that makes reeeeally good tacos, etc. I got Gorditas. Oh man, probably my new favorite. It's nice to have friends that direct us to the best stuff. It's also nice when Juan tells those evil munchkins next door to quit cutting my flowers off. I want to show pictures of them, but I'm ashamed of how sad they look after those kids get to them. They even sat there and dug up a few of them and threw them all over the grass!!! Oh they make me so mad sometimes. There's dirt all over our front porch. So Juan asks them and of course their like, no, it was my brother! Whatever. Liars.
Okay, that was a super long post, so I apologize. I'll try to post more often! Starting now!
Friday, April 25, 2008
Presenting...me...at work.
It has come to my attention that this blog is full of pictures of AJ and not me. Well the last couple of days I've been showing off my camera on my iMac (i have the only one) and this is what happens...
This one is for Megan. I told everyone that was in here, "okay group shot!" Craig is the one that looks a little gay in the back (he's trying to haha) and that's Casey on the right in the old man hat. Good times.
These next ones were experimental. Ashlee told me about myheritage.com, and how you can upload of picture of yourself to see which celebrities look like you most. I won't post the results for the next two, but the first one I was trying to look like Mary Kate (or Ashley?) Olsen, and the next one is Jay Leno.
For the last one I just decided to make the ugliest face I could, and see what happened. Pretty funny!
I promise I did lots of work yesterday too!
This one is for Megan. I told everyone that was in here, "okay group shot!" Craig is the one that looks a little gay in the back (he's trying to haha) and that's Casey on the right in the old man hat. Good times.
These next ones were experimental. Ashlee told me about myheritage.com, and how you can upload of picture of yourself to see which celebrities look like you most. I won't post the results for the next two, but the first one I was trying to look like Mary Kate (or Ashley?) Olsen, and the next one is Jay Leno.
For the last one I just decided to make the ugliest face I could, and see what happened. Pretty funny!
I promise I did lots of work yesterday too!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Mr. Tough Guy
The first bit of news is that AJ bought some pretty wheels! We had to post a couple pictures of them. He also got some other car parts the next day, including bumpers, and some other things. He's moving right along with his Mustang. I'm proud of him :) Once he makes some finishing touches under the hood, he said next is body work. Yay!
The more recent news is that I bought some clippers to cut AJ's hair and when I tried them out last night, I accidentally cut it too short on the sides and long down the middle. NOT! I gave AJ a mohawk! He asked for it, and since he said please, I was down. It was pretty fun. As you can see in the first pictures it's pretty floppy and funny when his hair is dry.
The back is very reminiscent of a mullet. While I was cutting his hair, he was like, "You better not even touch that rat tail!" He's so proud. What can I say? I am too.
This next pic shows him (in a different mood and on a different day but in the same t-shirt) with his hair all gelled and spiked. Me likey. I think it looks pretty cool.
Those kids next door tipped over our garbage and started playing with it's contents (surprised?) and AJ barged over to them to tell them to stop, and they looked pretty frightened. Haha! The mohawk may serve to keep the peace around here! He looks pretty hard core. You don't wanna mess with this guy! (just had to thrown in an older photo to show how tough he really is)
Monday, April 14, 2008
Unknown Title?
The first item of today is that I woke up with the hiccups and I STILL have them. And it's 6:30pm. LAME. What did I do to deserve that? It's not like I ate anything strange before wa-king u-p. (those were hiccups)
Also, I've told several people this story, but I have to share. Just when I'm being nice to those kids next door, I go outside to find that not only did my daffodils bloom, but that they were CUT OFF! Those dang kids cut off the tops of all my flowers! I was so mad. There was a little metal fork sitting in the flower bed, and then they thought they'd re-plant all the flowers by digging holes and burying them. DUMB DUMB DUMB CHILDREN. AHHH!!! I never even got to see them before they were decapitated like Ed Truck. I wrote them a sign as nicely as I could at the moment and made my front yard look even trashier by posting it there. But I don't care. Someone needs to tell them.
So after we got home this weekend I found this:
The kids put fake flowers in my flower bed. At first I thought, aww they were trying to give back my flowers somehow. Then I noticed they threw someone else's flowers, roots and all, onto the pile. I'm thinking they just really want to play in my flower bed. I'm going to install an electric fence.
The other picture is the other side of our flower bed. So far it's safe.
On a lighter note, AJ is super hot and I took pictures of him working on his 'Stang today. By the way, today was beautiful. My weather widget says it's 77 degrees right now. Too bad it's dropping to 50 tomorrow. Anyhoo the first pic is me catching AJ singing. Sorry it's blurry, but that's what happens when you're sneaky. Then AJ wearing his new t-shirt from CJ Pony parts. Then AJ giving me a cheesy smile. The last one is him just lookin' good. Sorry if you're all grossed out that I'm so into him, but hey, if I had babies, I'd be showing you cute pictures of them. For now, it's AJ. Haha!
Also, I've told several people this story, but I have to share. Just when I'm being nice to those kids next door, I go outside to find that not only did my daffodils bloom, but that they were CUT OFF! Those dang kids cut off the tops of all my flowers! I was so mad. There was a little metal fork sitting in the flower bed, and then they thought they'd re-plant all the flowers by digging holes and burying them. DUMB DUMB DUMB CHILDREN. AHHH!!! I never even got to see them before they were decapitated like Ed Truck. I wrote them a sign as nicely as I could at the moment and made my front yard look even trashier by posting it there. But I don't care. Someone needs to tell them.
So after we got home this weekend I found this:
The kids put fake flowers in my flower bed. At first I thought, aww they were trying to give back my flowers somehow. Then I noticed they threw someone else's flowers, roots and all, onto the pile. I'm thinking they just really want to play in my flower bed. I'm going to install an electric fence.
The other picture is the other side of our flower bed. So far it's safe.
On a lighter note, AJ is super hot and I took pictures of him working on his 'Stang today. By the way, today was beautiful. My weather widget says it's 77 degrees right now. Too bad it's dropping to 50 tomorrow. Anyhoo the first pic is me catching AJ singing. Sorry it's blurry, but that's what happens when you're sneaky. Then AJ wearing his new t-shirt from CJ Pony parts. Then AJ giving me a cheesy smile. The last one is him just lookin' good. Sorry if you're all grossed out that I'm so into him, but hey, if I had babies, I'd be showing you cute pictures of them. For now, it's AJ. Haha!
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