Well, I think I am going to be working less. It will be better for everyone, I think. I can't wait. Griff had a game tonight and he did freakin awesome. 12 points, woot, woot! I spent the day running Valentine errands with Brittni in the morning. The afternoon was spent making sugar cookies and watching Sleeping Beauty. It was a nice day!

Giggity, Giggity

I have 2 new addictions. Cafe World and Family Guy. I play Cafe World while watching Family Guy. I figure it saves time. I dream about my Cafe rating. I have had friends come to my house and get my food off the stove when I have been gone. Blake, Griff, and I all have a Cafe, and you would not BELIEVE the time it takes to manage 3 successful cafes. Some of my friends have cafes and Brittni and Jordon also have one. The first 10 minutes of conversations are made up of Cafe World chatter. I just now laughed out loud at Stewie........"not much really, just me and my pubes....haaaaaaaangin out." I love that baby! Summer,........i need you!

...our pets headsarefallinoff!

For the last 6-7 weeks my fridge has been making strange noises for a fridge. Like, a semi. So, we decided we better get a new one. After waiting 2 weeks for it to get here it arrived with missing paint on the door, and a HUGE feakin scratch. After 7 calls to Sears's awesome (not) customer care center, they are bringing another one hopefully tomorrow. So, we will see how that goes. Then, my washer stopped spinning the water out and instead started leaking it all over the floor. Yay! So we had to replace the pump in it. Then, maybe the worst of all, our Xbox DIED. Yes, died. Our means of entertainment. Just before Christmas, and Christmas break. Now, I have heard bad things happen in 3's so I thought we were covered for the next little while. I was wrong. Blake was at a friends and the friends Guinea pig bit his finger. Hard. His poor little finger is practically black from bruising. He bled like crazy. The kids mom came over all apologetic, saying they would pay for Dr visits, blah, blah. Did I mention this is the neighbor that our dog bit about 5 years ago? And yes, we paid her Dr visit. How's that for Karma? Later that night, Ben went to adjust his sleep # and the little remote didn't work. WTF? This was very concerning to me. I don't enjoy having my sleep messed with. I love my Sleep Number bed, but didn't realize how addicting it is. It's like crack for sleeping. Ben fixed easy enough, but come on! 2010, bring it! (not really :), go easy on me!)

I am off Chinese restaurants. Last night I got food poisoning from Bejing Buffet. I have had it twice, and both times were from Chinese places. boo :(

I got Griff from school today and took him on a lunch date. He had a report to do, and he HATES reading. I don't get it. To me, reading just isn't that hard. He despises it. So naturally he was throwing a fit about the report. I told him IF he changed his attitude, and IF he got the report done on time, I would take him to lunch. Yes, I am a briber. I have no problem with it.
We went to a Chinese place and when we got our fortune cookies, I opened mine and it was empty. EMPTY! What is that about? Then he opens his and it says "You will inherit an unexpected sum of money within the year." I am kinda scared for my life!

My friend, Jerri and her husband had the following conversation after she returned home from a movie and he was shoveling snow;

Husband: Hey, hon, I could really use your help.
Jerri: Blech, I don't shovel.
Husbad: Well, Ang was out helping Ben. If she can do it, you can do it.
Jerri: Helping Ben, when?
Husband: While you were at the movie.
Jerri: Today?
Husband: Ya, today.
Jerri: Um, she was sitting by me during the movie.
Husband: Today?
Jerri: Ya, today.

Men.

I Am My Sisters Sister

So, today at work we ran out of some things, and since I do the order, I felt partially responsible so, I went to Tree-town to borrow. I needed butter pats, tortillas, and a few other things. As I was leaving the Tremonton store, I stepped down a curb and my legs disappeared. I fell. And not just a little trip, skippy, recover. I freakin fell. On my knees. My shoes even came off. It was like when people get hit by cars and they go flying, but their shoes stay. Little butter pats went flying all through the parking lot. Like 250 of them. The kid that was helping me was like, "Uhhhh....are you ok?" And I wanted to DIE! Now, it was a blustery morning. Papers that I was supposed to keep track of were flying through the air, and I had to go get them. My hood from my jacket and my hair were blowing in my face and I kinda had my eyes squinted, so I naturally didn't see the effing TREE in front of me. I bonked my head into a stupid branch that was sticking out. And all I could do was laugh my ass off. My knees kill and so does my toe. :( Brittni, I feel your pain.

WeNdOvEr!

Lacy, Julee, Renee and I went to Wendover the weekend of my birthday. As always, it was fun! Except this time we ALL lost. What the duce!?!

Brittni made me a Rainbow Brite cake this year. Cutsie, right? It was delish. Griff and Blake gave me a cute pair of boots, Ben got me a necklace. Brittni gave me a track suit from my favorite store in Oceanside, and my mom and dad gave me a cute Hello Kitty hoodie, and some lip tint. I also got yummy smelly lotion from some friends. And a Caramello. :)

I got all 29 with one blow!

11/16, a little after 12:00 am as my sister Brittni and I were sitting in my car in her driveway after returning home from This Is It, (which I loved, by the way. That guitar playing girl was a total bad ass) we saw a brilliant light in the sky. We were like, Who would be doing fireworks now? Then, Wait a minute, its going down, not up??? What the duce? Then we looked at it a little closer.....it was like a blue/green fire ball surrounded in red with a long tail, rocketing across the sky. I was like, "Oh, great! The end of the world. I am so not looking forward to this." After it was gone, and nothing else happened, we looked at each other and said, "That Was AWESOME!!!!!" And it was.

Blake and I just got back from a date. We went to New Moon. It was pretty good. Blake loved it. Griff is at his buddy, Keaton's Birthday party. A bunch of boys DYING to see New Moon. Too funny. I am sure they will all love it!

Well.....thanks to my Magic Eraser I went to bed way to late last night, but my house looks fabulous.

I went to the Dr today and after an x-ray, it was determined that I have an "irritated ligament" in my leg, which explains why every 6 weeks or so it hurts like a mother. (even my ligaments are irritated, who knew) I got some steroid/anti-inflammatory which will make me retain water, BUT when I stop taking them, the retention "usually" goes away. I was like, thanks doc, that's awesome! I have been trying to look more puffy, and you have answered my prayers. I was also given some stretches to do. If it doesn't feel better in a couple of months, I have to get a stinkin shot. Since I was there, I just decided to save myself another lovely $35 co-pay and roll my "winter" appointment all into one. I really miss the sun and outsideness of summer, consequently, I have a hard time remaining stable in the winter. I can admit this. Happy pills and tanning, here I come!

This is just how I look when I do my naked stretching. Doesn't everybody?

PSA

A little Public Service Announcement to all out there. Please, please, do NOT wear grey OR brown stretch pants to the gym. Trust me. Nobody wants to see that. And by "that" I mean, sweaty ass crack. Stick with your basic black on the bottom and you should be fine.

To Flush or Not To Flush

We have a fish and I think it is depressed. Blake and I are the only ones who feed it on occasion. It is in a Mason jar because Griff dropped the fish bowl and broke it. Do fish die when they get flushed?
And if anyone is wondering, my new smell is PS I Love You at Bath and Body Works. PS, I love it!

A couple days ago Ben and I heard a commercial on the radio that Takara Sushi was having "All you can eat" for $25.50. We were like, "Bring it Takara!" So we went over last night for a little date and as always it was delicious. We brought Griff some home for his babysitting payment and he couldn't have been happier.
Britt and I went to see The Invention of Lying and let me just say, it totally sucked.
I started my Christmas shopping yesterday so that I won't have a repeat of last year. Brittni helped me since I enlisted her to be my boss for this year's Christmas shopping. It is nice to know that I'm about half done, and it was all done from home! I heart the internet!

My sister Brittni and I saw these hats on our recent Gardner Village excursion and decided we had to have them. It would have been to easy to just buy them while we were there the first time so on Halloween morning we ventured on down to West Jordan to get em. They are FABULOUS! And, it goes great with my broom!

My neighbor told me it must be such a relief to not have to dress up for one day a year. Nice!

I Heart Halloween!

Every year I like to add a few things to my Halloween decor. I love it.

An "I'm Melting" figure, and "Crushed Bone of Bat"

A jar of "Poison" that Blake checks the levels of every day to see if it has gone down. He must think I am trying to poison him.

Skulls in Blood

The best decoration I have ever bought. My Broom! I love it. We have started a tradition of going to Gardner Village for Halloween and all I wanted this year was to find a broom, and I did. Yay!

This year after we carved pumpkins I left them in the house for a couple days so we could light them and enjoy them. They turned out way cute.

!st Halloween Party of the Season!

Ben and I went to a Halloween party last Saturday at Patti and Kelley's house. Ben was Batman and I was Wonder Woman. Ben said it was the first time he had had a wedgie in years. Ha ha! We had lots of fun!


Me, Trish and a Spartan Cheerleader.

Ben and Kelley were the same thing. (total coincedense)

Patti was Catwoman.

In Blake's class they earn money for doing good things or doing well on their work. The other day they had store and Blake bought me this:

"to keep all my little jewels in". I love it. On his way home he fell skateboarding and it broke, but I glued it back together and convinced him that you can't even tell. I think it's perfect!
What a sweetie!

My New "Thing"

POLE DANCING! I went to a bachelorette party last night and we went to a pole dancing class. I am in love! It was so much fun. We learned some moves, and a combo, and how to hang upside down. I was actually too scared to hang upside down because I didn't want to land on my head. I would get half-way there and chicken out. The place was like a dance studio and they have lessons there. I am going to try to go once a month. It was a BLAST! After that we went back to Brooke's house and ate delish snackage, played a game, and sat around and chatted. I was the second place winner of Pin the Junk on the Hunk. Jealous?

During the summer I like to bring flowers inside and put them in little vases around the house.

Cutesie, huh?

After another exhausting day at the pool, my sista and I went to see The Proposal.

I LOVE SUMMER!

(the movie was pretty good too)