Something Wrong...

There may be something wrong in your life if:

1. Your morning routine involves anything called "Seafood Sensations" or "Chicken 'N Chops"

2. You try not to move your limbs while sleeping for fear of being chewed, clawed or licked

4. Pawprints on the windshield of your car that is always kept in the garage are no big deal

5. You call yourself "Mommy" or "Daddy" but are not parents

6. You understand varying tones of "Meow"

Yes, if any of these things exist in your life, alone or combined, there may be something wrong.

Unless, of course, you own one of these:

Smile and Have a Great Day! (photo courtesy of Kelly the Cat)

Cool Moms

Isn't that what we all want to be??? Eventually we want our kids to look at us and go, "My mom is so totally awesome!" Well, I'm far away from having any children say that to me personally, mostly because I don't think any kid really gets just how cool their mom is until they leave her! But I just want my mom to know that I think that she's a COOL MOM!!! Cool for teaching me to be good. Cool for showing all those twenty-year olds in college that she can kick their GPAs out the window while raising five children, being a great wife, preparing for weddings, missionary farewells, graduation parties and cruising in Mexico. And especially cool for always listening to me. My mom had a big test today, which, as far as I can tell, is very important in her interpreting program. She thinks she did "ok" but I know she did so much better than "ok". So everyone, tell your mom she's a COOL MOM too!

I've been tagged

Silly, but I have no other thoughts for this day, so why not!

1. Where is your cell phone? Night Table

2. Where is your significant other? Bed

3. Your hair color? Blondish

4. Your mother? Miss Her!

5. Your father? Dedicated

6. Your favorite thing? Music

7. Your dream last night? hmmm...I usually have something good too, but nothing today!

8. Your dream/goal? Have a family

9. The room you're in? Loft

10. Your hobby? Reading

11. Your fear? Being alone

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? With my hubby

13. Where were you last night? Home

14. What you're not? Perfect!

15. One of your wish-list items? Grand Piano...sticking with Erin on that one.

16. Where you grew up? Canada

17. The last thing you did? Took a bath

18. What are you wearing? PJs

19. Your TV? Gets way too much use! (Hey, I'm working on it!)

20. Your pet? Kelly the wild cat

21. Your computer? Also gets way too much use! (I'm not working on that one)

22. Your mood? Restless...perhaps I'll take a walk.

23. Missing someone? Yes

24. Your car? Clean (washed her myself)

25. Something you're not wearing? socks

26. Favorite store? hmmmm....I do like a good go at TJ Maxx, but I have recently discovered Barnes and Noble

27. Your summer? HOT

28. Love someone? Ryan

29. Your favorite color? I hate color questions! I love anything except pastels.

30. When is the last time you laughed? Tonight (at my husband..."I'm not laughing AT you, I'm laughing WITH you!)

31. Last time you cried? Not really a crier, but there have been funerals lately...so I'll say last week.

Home

I just have to say, this is the greatest time to live in St. George! To all of you who are not here right now, I am sorry! haha. The lack of leaves here(directly in relation to lack of trees) kind of makes you forget that the fall/winter season is upon us, but the cooler weather is definitely a welcome relief from the summer that just wouldn't stop simmering! I finally feel like we're starting to settle in here (after 2 years...about time, eh?) and that's a great feeling! Home is something I've never really thought about, probably since it's always just been where ever my family is at the time. Since being in St. George (farther away from my parents and brothers than I've ever been for any extended length of time) I've really had to look closely at what "home" is to me. It's been a long road...not easy...but I think that I'm beginning to feel as though home is just where I make it! I've tried to do a lot more cooking at home lately, in an effort to monitor a little better the things that we eat, and that's (surprisingly) made a huge difference in the way I view my 'home'. I love that instead of a place to eat, it is a place to gather, cook, chat, do dishes (ugh)! I've also tried really hard to look around me and realize just how blessed I am to have what I have. I have health, I have a loving extended family and I have an awesome husband who loves me, and as an added bonus, he agrees to eat the home cooking that was previously mentioned! So, to everyone who doesn't feel at 'home' make some potato casserole, do the dishes and count your blessings! Love you all, and Happy Monday!

Election 2008

I am so glad that all the drama is finally over! What will all the TV personalities talk about now? Oh well! haha. Ryan and I stayed up late (Yes, 11 pm is late for us!) to find out who won. We had the tv on ABC4 news, which I don't usually like to watch. They never have positive things to say about any church issue, and I just prefer the other 2 Utah stations for my news-getting purposes. But, for whatever reason, we had it on that channel when the "BIG NEWS" of Obama's victory came through. We then proceeded to watch John McCain's concession speech, which was good, covered all the bases that needed to be covered and wasn't too long (sitting for any length of time is difficult for multi-taskers like me!) Then, after McCain was done speaking, the network cut back to whoever was reporting (probably Charlie Gibson, but I'm not sure) and started playing the Pirates of the Caribbean Theme Song in the background! hahaha! I love it! The way I see it, that means one of two things....

One: No matter how big the race, it always comes down to who is the bigger Pirate :-)

(I don't really think that...I do have 'hope')

or

Two: No matter how grown up the issue, everything can always be explained with a

Disney Song!

I'm sticking with the latter!