Sexy Rexy

I feel like I have nothing interesting to report, but I haven't posted in like 2 weeks.

Basically, I've been in Rexburg. My mom's having major back issues, and her favorite chiropractor/miracle worker is in St. Anthony, Idaho. She flew in to SLC from California. I picked her up, she stayed at our place one night, then we headed off to Rexburg. AJ's parents have been great and have been letting her (and I) stay at their place this whole time. She was only going to stay one week, but things just weren't improved enough for her to head back home. Her job is really physical, and she didn't want to waste the trip. So I'm in Rexburg for the second week of what will probably be 4. My mom's parents are in Wyoming (2 hours from here) so she figured she might as well stay through Thanksgiving, and since I was going to be here for Thanksgiving anyway, I'm staying here too.

A.J.'s at home (he's got a job and I don't!) and I miss him a lot. I surprisingly miss making him dinner too, mostly because I know he hasn't figured out how to make himself a decent dinner yet. I feel bad he doesn't get to come home, from working extra-long days, to a nice warm meal. Cereal and pizza just isn't the same. Luckily after a little drama he came up this last weekend. It was so great! Whatever he spent on gas...it was totally worth it. I think we forget how much we need eachother sometimes. He was really sweet and took me out last night. Out on the town! Haha. My mom has been at her parents' this weekend so it was good timing, plus, I got some work done, finally after being pretty busy all week.

By the way, I got my first full-body massage last week! I never do spa-type things for myself, and I had a 2-year old gift card, so my mom and I decided to go take care of it. (btw Natalie, Ashley from Sage says hi) It was pretty cool. I was scared about being nekkid...what a wimp. It was totally fine, so I dunno what I was worried about. The girl told me I need lots of work on my shoulders, and that I should have my husband help with that if I don't go see a professional. I think I need to buy some nice massage oil or something. I'll make him heal me :)

I think I'll stop here.

Desperate Housewives is awesome this season!!!

K, now I'm done.



Jack says hi! lolz.

Happy Birthday Dad!

Today is my dad's birthday. Sweeeeet!

I asked my dad what he wanted for his birthday, and he said, "Take your husband out for a burger or some spudnuts to celebrate my big day." Then I had to ask what spudnuts are.

That's just the kind of guy my dad is. You ask what he wants (it's hard to shop for dads!), and it's something for me. I hand him the money I get from selling my textbooks back (that he paid for) and he tells me to keep it. He pays for my wedding and then still buys us a gift (Groundhog Day/What About Bob set!). He gives his motorcycle to AJ to have him fix it, then tells him to keep it. Yeah.

Maybe some of your millionaire daddys do the same thing, but mine does it without the cash and twice the heart. It's incredible.

So Dad, I hope you have a great day today. I may still buy you something, but don't get your hopes up, because you told me a blog post or handmade card would do this year. Megan told me I could make you a necklace... And don't forget, you got to sleep in an extra hour on a Sunday! Happy Birthday! Wow, are you 40 already? ;)

I really wanted to post a cute pic of my dad on here, but he's usually the one behind the camera, plus, they're mostly at their house. The ones I had I used up in my Father's Day post. Okay, I had one more, but it was embarrassing. But here's a nice one of all of our parents...



psst! Hey Dad, I just realized where I got my love for dressing up, mentioned in my Halloween post. From you! It's genetic! Santa! Robin! Third Eye man! Road Kill! make up! wigs! haha. Now that would have been some great pictures to post.

edited later: Jeff sent me this pic, and I had to add it to the birthday post!

All Hallow's Eve

People, I love Halloween. I must have asked AJ about 20 times the last few days what we were going to do Halloween night. I was mostly just excited to dress up!

At one point there was a possibility that we'd go to the Howl at USU with a friend of his, but that didn't work out. Turns out the kid was unaware that you even had to buy tickets, and after I told AJ how much tickets would be, I think the plan fizzled away. It's probably a good thing though, because I hear the Howl is a total skank-fest. Like, if you are a girl that only wants to wear saran wrap, you'd fit in perfectly.

Oh, and I am quite aware that for most females out there Halloween is the one night a year you can dress like a skank-a-tron. But that is SO LAME. I think in Mean Girls it was said perfectly. Here's one of my favorite clips (sorry it was the best I found)

So, I had no plans, and no real reason to dress up, but I just couldn't resist myself. AJ went and saw a movie with a friend, while I was very content all by myself trying to figure out a costume. What I came up with is probably the girliest thing I've ever been, next to this:


(I'm on the far left. Refer to that Mean Girls video to guess what some boys' reactions were.)

I turned out to be some kind of spider lady. I decided if I'm ever alone and bored, all I need to do is start painting all over my face and I'll be happy. So, AJ thought it was hot (a first for my costumes), and I got TWO compliments from all the people that came by last night. Oh yeah.




I also finished my super-ghetto Halloween craft project. I wanted to line our sidewalk (so kids knew where we were) with these pumpkin dudes on sticks, but a big styrofoam ball was out of my cheap price range, so I decided to create my own. It got weird. What you're looking at is plastic grocery bags bunches together and glued to a smaller cheaper styrofoam ball, all covered in newspaper. Then I painted it orange and put faces on. A couple turned out okay, and the last one was pretty ugly. And to think I was going to make 5!

Ignore the garbage cans




I guess I wasn't entirely alone last night...I had lots of candy to keep me company...cute basket huh!?

My voter registration status:

NOT FOUND.

This last summer I was walking down Main Street and a woman at a table asked if I was registered to vote. So I told her not yet in Utah. She handed me a form to fill out and mail in. Wasn't that nice of her to volunteer and get people to register to vote?

So I took the form home. I filled it out. I mailed it in. In fact, I registered to vote in the state of Utah before we registered our car in the state of Utah. Wasn't that nice of me to be a responsible American?

Well, this last month I've wondered if I need my registration card to vote, and why I didn't get one. But AJ never got one when he registered at the DMV, so I figured we were safe. But I was a little worried so I told AJ about it. He went online and found this site where you put in your name and it tells you if you're registered. Well HE is, and I'm NOT. What?!

I called the county clerk today, just to make sure. The lady was very nice and really tried to help me see if I was registered, but she couldn't find anything.

Yeah, so I guess I'm not registered to vote, and it's way past the deadline. LAME! And I was actually trying to make an educated decision this whole time...what a waste.

So AJ takes this opportunity to tease me (surprised?). I'm annoyed at the situation so of course he has to push that "button" and remind over and over how un-American I am. Then he told his brother Matt, and Matt sent him this video for me to watch:

This one right here

It's hilarious. Of course I'm the most gullible person in the world and the whole thing scared me for about .5 seconds. (then I got teased again)

So since I won't be voting, hopefully you will all make the right choice for me. Vote for someone that will help me get a job, k? And may the best man win...


...psshh.

how smart is your right foot?

Got this e-mail from my parents today. I've done this before, but I forgot how crazy it is! :

You have to try this, it takes 2 seconds. This will boggle your mind and you will keep you trying over and over again to see if you can outsmart your foot, but, you can't. It's preprogrammed in your brain!

1. Without anyone watching you (they will think you are GOOFY.......) and while sitting at your desk in front of your computer, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.

2. Now, while doing this, draw the number '6' in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction.

I told you so!!! And there's nothing you can do about it! You and I both know how stupid it is, but before the day is done you are going to try it again, if you've not already done so.

Crazy 8's

8 things I'm passionate about:
1. trying to be being a decent person

2. trying to be being a better member of my church

3. trying to be a good wife

4. trying to be a better designer

5. my marriage

6. eating

7. nature

8. sleep

8 words/phrases I use often:

1. Hey baby

2. love you

3. whaddya wanna eat?

4. haha (typed)

5. how come you're so cute

6. I'm moving to the SLC area soon

7. I'm interested in your design position

8. Hope to hear from you soon

8 things I want to do before I die:
1. Have chillens (only cute ones or they're going back)

2. See AJ have a successful and rewarding business
3. Live in my dream house
4. be a super good cook
5. be a good runner again

6. do something I'm afraid of

7. travel travel travel

8. grow out my hair again

8 things I've learned in the past:

1. Patience is a gift that you have to work hard for

2. Don't try to change the other person, just try to love them

3. How to drive a manual transmission

4. I'm happier when I'm not trying to be something else

5. Women have a lot more in common than they give each other credit for

6. How to make a website

7. That I like reading more than I thought

8. How to make jewelry

8 things I currently want/need:

1. A JOB (a good one preferably)

2. A house

3. A dog

4. AJ to be in school

5. a shop for AJ

6. to clean

7. to figure out what's for dinner

8. to be in shape

8 places I want to see/visit:

1. Alaska

2. Italy

3. Hawaii

4. Ireland

5. New Zealand

6. Egypt

7. Africa

8. Jerusalem

8 favorite restaurants:

1. Blackstone

2. Olive Garden

3. Black Pearl

4. El Rosal

5. In-N-Out Burger

6. Chevy's

7. Bubba Gump

8. Grandma Holley's House :)

8 TV shows I can't live without (for the record I'm sure my life would still be intact without these):

1. The Office

2. Lost

3. Desperate Housewives

4. America's Next Top Model

5. Arrested Development

6. Flight of the Conchords

7. Project Runway

8. Seinfeld

8 people I tag (wow that's a LOT):

Blaire
Katie
Bernie
Kim
Jamie
Jennie
Kristin
Natalie Olsen

Sleepy Hollow

In the Halloween spirit, my book club has decided to read the Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. Fortunately, it's super short so I'm done early. In fact, I just found it online and read it in about an hour.

I'm surprised I've never actually read it before. There's some lingo from ancient times that wasn't too clear but I got the gist of it. It's a pretty cool little story. Because of my little vocab speed-bumps I wanted to watch a video of it (kind of to make sure I read it right). I remembered Disney did an animated version of it, and once I found it online, I realized I don't think I've seen that whole thing either. Where have I been? It was adorable. I love how Bing Crosby narrates it, and all those little Disney songs really brought me back to the good ol' early days of Disney cartoons (you know, because I watched them back in '58). Also, the cartoon was the exact same story that I read.

Can't say the same for Sleepy Hollow the movie, starring Johnny Depp. It's haaardly the same story at all. Again, where have I been and why haven't I seen this movie until now? Well, I'm literally watching it as I type this. This movie is gruesome. This movie is dark. This movie is pretty awesome. Can't wait for the ending, but things are slowing down due to my internet connection and the Chinese (?) site it's playing from. Yep, third time I found the Legend for free online.

This has been my life the last two evenings, so I figured I'd share. Better get back to the film!