Things you Learn from Movies.

Things You Learn from the Movies
1. Large, loft-style apartments in New York City are well within the price range of most people - whether they are employed or not.
2. At least one of a pair of identical twins is born evil.
3. Should you decide to defuse a bomb, don't worry which wire to cut. You will always choose the right one.
4. Most laptop computers are powerful enough to override the communications system of any invading alien society.
5. It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts: your enemies will wait patiently to
attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessors.
6. When you turn out the light to go to bed, everything in your bedroom will still be clearly visible, just slightly
bluish.
7. If you are blonde and pretty, it is possible to become a world expert on nuclear fission at the age of 22.
8. Honest and hard working policemen are traditionally gunned down three days before their retirement.
9. Rather than wasting bullets, megalomaniacs prefer to kill their arch enemies using complicated machinery involving fuses,
pulley systems, deadly gasses, lasers, and man-eating sharks, which will allow their captives at least 20 minutes to escape.
10. All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets that reach the armpit level on a woman but only to waist level on the
man lying beside her.
11. All grocery shopping bags contain at least one stick of French bread.
12. It's easy for anyone to land a plane providing there is someone in the control tower to talk you down.
13. Once applied, lipstick will never rub off--even while scuba diving.
14. You're very likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture of your
sweetheart back home.
15. Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German or Russian officer, it will not be necessary to speak the language. A German or Russian accent will do.
16. The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.
17. A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating, but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.
18. If a large pane of glass is visible, someone will be thrown through it before long.
19. If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange noises in their most revealing underwear.
20. Word processors never display a cursor on screen but will always say: Enter Password Now.
21. Even when driving down a perfectly straight road, it is necessary to turn the steering wheel vigorously from left to right every few moments.
22. All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they're going to go off.
23. A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.
24. If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone you meet will know all the steps.
25. Police departments give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned a partner who is their total opposite.
26. When they are alone, all foreign military officers prefer to speak to each other in English.

Elf Time

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Need a good movie to see?

GO SEE AUSTRALIA.
Trust me - you will love it. I will admit that it does have it's slow moments, but really thinking about it, they could not loose those slower moments because it would mess with the story line.
Why, you ask, do I like this movie? Relatively clean language, and content. It is a very powerful and moving story.
And- HUGH JACKMAN. I always forget how much I love Hugh Jackman, this is a great reminder
Also the boy who plays the character Nullah, is an amazing actor.
The Cinematography is incredible. The director, Baz Luhrmann, is one of my favorites. For those of you who are not as fanatic (read crazy, or obsessed) with movies as I am, Baz Luhrmann directed Moulin Rouge, the Romeo and Juliet with Leonardo Decaprio, and Strictly Ballroom.- Those three movies are know as the "Red curtain" trilogy. If you have seen those movies, you know that they sometime feel like a little bit of a drug trip. That was just his style for those movies- But they are all AWESOME movies.
But- Australia has no drug trip sceens. It is awesome. SO go see it- let me know what you think.

Festival of Trees

I would like to encourage any and all of you who are in Utah to go to the Festival of Trees this weekend. It is way awesome- and so worth it. Every single penny that is made- including the entrance fees- go to Primary children's Hospital.
After everything that happened with Bronson, I have decided that I will do everything in my power to help Primary Children's. The people there are amazing. It is a sad place to be, but the nurses, and doctors and the whole staff do an amazing job. My nephew was so incredible blessed to be helped my the devoted and loving people.
The money from festival of trees goes to help the families whose Children are at Primary Children. Also, most of the trees that are decorated, the treat made, the people volunteering, all have some tie to Primary Children's. It is an amazing event.
It runs through this weekend.
Check out the website for information http://www.festivaloftreesutah.org/index.asp

False Advertising.

BIG Pet Peeve for me- If you have a company- do not advertise with an item that you do not have. Has this ever happened to any of you?
So I see this advertisement for a shoe company- Nine West. In their ad- it shows a pic of these shoes


Super cute right? I love shoes- so I go and look for them on Nine West's website. Also on the website, they have the picture of them Right there. So where are they? Other than in the picture, they do not exist. I looked in every possible category of shoe. Seriously, they do not have them.
Why use them for advertising if you don't have it? That is the only reason I looked on the site in the first place. They likelyhood of me buying them was not great, but that would have depended on the price. But I will never know that, and will never buy them becuase they do not exist.
UGH

Did you hear a pop?

I famous tradition of a touch football game on Thanksgiving day... oh the fun. Till someone gets hurt.
This particular year- I was that someone who got hurt. I normally am the sit back and watch the people play, while I am the sports photograhper- especially when it comes to playing football with boys. While this year, I decieded to play. We we doing awesome, having fun. Then, Kelli was the QB. Tim and Nate are in the backfield. Kel lobs a long one to Nate ( long was not very long, because the field was really small. Play with waht your given...) But It was a nice pass until Tim decieded to intercept it. Then, me and nate went up to try and block it. Nate came down, tumbled and rolled right on to my left leg. I felt like I was watchin it all in slow motion. I remember thinking "Man, this is really going to hurt, and do some damage, and there is no way that I can avoid it"
Well Nate got up, I did not. Nate came over and saw me grasping my ankle. He asked me if I heard a pop. I really do not remember. But my dad said that he heard it, and he was like 10 ft away. Well Nate was doing different stretches and things to make sure it was not broken. It wasn't thankfully, but my football career was over.


This is what my foot looked like about two hours later.
Nice huh?
So what was I thankful for this Thanksgiving? Having a Brother-in-Law who is a trained EMT. Thanks NATE!

ABC's of Me- The Fearless F

is for FOOTBALL
I am a HUGE Football fan- particularly BYU Football.
When I was little, I hated football. I would go with my Dad to games and was bored out of my mind. The only reason I wanted to go was for the food. There is just something about concession stand food that I still love...
Usually by Half-time I was ready to go. I did not know what was going one, so I did not care.
This all changed in High school. I learned more about the game, and LOVED it!

There is nothing like Cheering on your team with hundreds of people. Especially games that a super close. I have come adopted my Dad's philosophy that you do not leave the game until the clock is down to zero. Especially with BYU games. You just never know what will happen in those last seconds. This is why I love football- the game can change drastically in a matter of seconds, and you are always on the edge of your seat.
The Best example of this was the BYU vs Utah game in 2006. WOW that is all I have to say. 4 seconds left, Utah was up. BYU had to Score a touchdown, or else they would loose, a field goal would not cut it.
Well, John Beck has the ball and is searching for anyone who is open. A ute is coming up on his left, he runs right to avoid him, then Suddenly he see Johnny Harline, completely open and in the end zone! The Perfect Pass, Johnny catches it, games is over BYU WINS! I literally could not breathe- It was amazing.
I LOVE FOOTBALL. And even better I understand football- unlike most girls. I am even starting to get into Pro-football a little.
So, even though BYU had a sad ending to a good season- I will always stand by my cougars- even if I never go to school at BYU.

Rise, all loyal Cougars and hurl your challenge to the foe.
We will fight, day or night, rain or snow.
Loyal, strong, and true
Wear the white and blue.
While we sing, get set to spring.
Come on, Cougars, it's up to you. Oh!
CHORUS:
Rise and shout, the Cougars are out
along the trail to fame and glory.
Rise and shout, our cheers will ring out
As you unfold your vict'ry story.
On you go to vanquish the foe
for Alma Mater's sons and daughters.
As we join in song in praise of you our faith is strong.
We'll raise our colors high in the blue
And cheer our Cougars of BYU.

A letter to Boys

Dear Boys,
I witnessed something today while at work that made me stop and think. Now that I have a beautiful window to look out, I watched an older couple coming from their building to their truck. Nothing to extraoridnary right?
Well the elderly man happened to be blind and was holding a walking stick with one hand, and holding on to his wifes shoulder with the other.
Again, nothing to extraordinary, that is until they got to their car. This man was one person that I would allow to give the excuse to not open the door for his wife, but that is exactly what he did. I watched him as he worked his way around to her door, opened it for her, and then walked around to the passenger side and got in.
Now boys, Let this man be an example to you ALL. There is not reason why should never open a door for a lady. If an elderly blind man can open a door for his wife then so can you. There is alot to be said for chivalry and being a gentlemen.
Now that is not to say that the girl is not capable of opening the door herself, but if you treat her like a lady that is exactly how she will act. Never hurts to win brownie points.
Thanks-
Me

ABC of Me -Elegant E

It has been a while- so I almost lost track of which letter I was on.
So here is E

Is for Ernie.
Ernie was my all time favorite on Seasame Street. For those of you who don't know, I have 4 sisters. I am the second oldest of four girls in a row, then it is my only Brother, then it is my littlest sister. Well the four oldest girls tended to compete over everything- and I mean everything. Most especially me and my older sister Brenda.
Usually what would happen is that Brenda would pick her favorite of whatever, and then we would all fall into place and pick our favorite too. Usually Jen, who is very quite, would not pick so much as getting stuck with it.
Well you could not pick out the same thing that someone else already chose, so often times someone got a raw end of the deal. When I am telling you we did this with everything I literally mean everything. Movie characters (Land Before time, Cera was my favorite) Mouseketers, Disney Movies, Disney princess'... it goes on for a while.
I have many memories of getting the Christmas Toy catalogue from JC Penny and we would all sit on the couch and look through it. We would race to pick out what we wanted.
Anyways- back to the point. Ernie was my choice. Not something that got shoved on me. Another interesting point- Brenda and me would always pick the related things, but the exact opposites too. So Naturally since I picked Ernie as my favorite Seasame street character, she could not pick Big Bird, or Snuffleupagous. She had to pick Bert as her Favorite.


How boring is Bert? Seriously? Well over the years- he has still been my favorite, and I have come to realize why. He totally reminds me of me. Ernie was a bit of a tease- especially to Bert. He would tease and pester Bert relentlessly. And now that I think of it, Bert is kind of like Brenda. Interesting. I am going to have to explore this idea a little more...

Bummer dude...

Ok that last post was totally bummer- there's my surfer dude attitude- It sounded worse then it was- promise- I just need to organize my thoughts- I am happy. I promise- just a down day.
I found a quote-- I think this might become my new motto-
"Live out of your imagination, not your history"- Stephen Covey.

Well Happy Halloween! I am going to play tonight- I am going to be a blonde Hippie...

Grumpy gray days

You ever just have one of those days that you just feel grumpy and groggy for no explainable reason?
That is me today. Which really sucks cause it is Halloween- and I love Halloween.
I think things have just been building up and for some reason it all seems to hit me today.
It is nothing serious, I just have felt in this rut for- well years now- and I feel like everytime I try and pull myself out of the rut, it does nothing. I feel like I am eternally stuck with what I am and have. But I know that it not the case.
What is it about today that suddenly everything is hitting me really hard- and so unexpectedly?
Well- I am looking a fool at work- sitting at my desk crying- so I can't keep writing about this right now. Need to organize my thoughts

Just to make you feel Smart

This Lady is amazingly.... DUMB... seriously...

MARCH 3RD

Mark your calendar's for March 3rd. That is when my brother Kevin gets home from his mission! Yay!!!! I miss my Bro, and I am soooooo excited for him to be home!

Wedding Themes

NO- I am not announcing anything... I have just been looking at this really cool party planning blog- (I love a good party) and now I have a million Ideas for when I ultimately get married. I use to have certain ideas about what kind of wedding I would want depending on the season, but now I have like two or three for each season. How will I ever decide?
Well here are some of my favorites- by season- from www.tastefullyentertaining.com.
Tell me what you think.

Spring- I have always loved cherry blossoms.

Summer- I REALLY love this one. I used to want a Luau themed wedding for summer. But this might just top it

Fall- How elegant is this?

Winter- I refuse to do a "typical" winter wedding. There will be NO fake fir trees with Christmas lights at my wedding.


Here is one that I really love- very unique colors.. good for anytime

Bronson's 1st Birthday

Tim made this video montage for Bronson. It is pretty good- It is kind of long so it is in two parts

He made it!

My Nephew Bronson turned ONE yesterday- It was quite the celebration. He is so spoiled- but that comes from being the only grandchild on either side of his family.
I love my Nephew- He is an amazing kid. He is so strong and such a fighter.
Bronson was born with a heart problem- When he was three days old he had his first open heart surgery.


He surpassed anyones expectations in healing- The doctors told us that he would be in the hospital for a month. He was out withing two weeks after surgery.

Well unfortunately when he was six months old he had to go in again for another heart surgery. This time he was out of the hospital in less then a week after surgery- He is a fighter and has been so incredible blessed.
I love his smile, and his personality. I makes my day to see him light up when he sees me. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRONSON!


By the way- Bronson cardiologist said that Bronson is doing awesome- way beyond expectations- and he will not need to see the cardiologist till next year. We worried that he would be slowed developementally- but he is quick, intelligent and amazing.

Yay for Equal-opportunity suffering

For those of you worked with Security alarm companies- and possibly with me at Firstline or Vision- (yes I am still doing alarm crap ugh...)
I happened to be on SAI's website today and I found this to be EXTREMELY funny
This is what SAI's wesite says about the service they give to "Dealers"
If you know SAI, you will know how wrong it really is.

SAI treats all of its
dealers like Big Fish.
No matter how small or large your
business, our pond isn't so big that
you're not treated like a Big Fish.
As an SAI Authorized Dealer,you get the attention
you deserve.

That's right- They treat all companies big or small the same- So when they say that they can't pay one company it means that they can't pay the other ones too. When they tell you that they have no idea why they billed a customer 5 times in a 2 days period, that means that they did it with all other dealer's customer's and all the dealer are having the same crappy problems with their crappy Customer service that SAI reps have... Isn't it good to know, for those of you who have worked Securities ( and particularly had to deal with SAI crap), that we were not the only ones suffering? SAI believes in equal oppurtunity suffer. YAY for them...

Pestering and Piano

My dad is a pest. You learn very quickly to not sit by him if you don't want him to tease you. In this video he is teasing Bronson
When ever anyone is playing the piano Bronson like to join in and help. Here he is helping Tara

Patty Cake

Bronson does patty cake now. This is something that my Dad did all the time with me and all of my siblings. And he does it all the time with Bronson. Bronson sometimes will sit there in you lap and if you start doing patty cake he will grab your hands and hold them while you do it. When it comes to the part where you "throw it in the oven", he won't lift his hands because he know that he will get tickled. It is adorable. Yesterday, we were all sitting around talking, and Bronson is walking around and talking to himself (cute in and of itself) But as he past my dad, my dad started doing Patty Cake. Well Bronson started doing it by himself. He clapped his hands, kind of shook his hands on the "roll it and roll it" and when you "throw it in the oven" He threw his hands up in the air copying Grandpa. It was the first time he had done it on his own and it was the cutest thing. I wish that I had caught it on camera I am so amazed at how big he is and how smart he is. You can just see his mind working like crazy. He loves to be chased, loves to play peek-a-boo. I love that kid so much. I did not catch the original on camera, but he does patty cake here with my dad's help... but he does a cute little scream when he "throws it in the air"

UMMMM CAKE

I found this video- Jim Gaffigan is his name. Funny guy.

ABC's of Me- Those Daring D's

is for the DARK SIDE.

Meaning- evil. Some may know, other don't, that I planned on being an evil ruler of all things.

My desire to do evil has mostly stemmed from watching movies. Sure, most people cheer for the bad guys to die in a movie- and they usually do. When I am watching movies, I find that I am acutally cheering for the bad guys. In fact, I am thinking of things, that if I were the evil ruler, I would change. You can learn alot from movies, here are a few things that I know would help me to succeed as a Leader of the Dark Side.

1- Dressing in Black.- Yes this is a dapper color, but Bad Guys always dress in black. Think of any movie- the bad guy, the evil leader is always dark. Maybe this is because it matches his dark soul-less life- but by dressing in White, or any color at all, you would confuse the "good" guys just enough... see the movie Rustler's Rhapsody if you don't believe me ( See the movie anyways it is funny)

2- Army Training.- you ever notice that when good guys and bad guys are fighting, (other then both sides seeming to have an endless supply of arrows/bullets/ things to blow out of a canon...) the bad guys are shooting over and over and not getting anywhere close to hitting the "target" of the good guy. The good guy in the meantime is running away like a coward, and takes one shot in all the confusion, ( not really having to aim either) and hits his target perfect- usually right between the eyes or something like that. You notice that?

Well this comes from lack of serious training. The good guys were usually bred to be these fighters- thus years of pratice. While the evil armies usually are just created days before. (Created or thrown together) To often leaders of the Dark Side are too consumed with the "Evil Plan" that they forget the little things like training an army to aim. Tedious, but neccassary.

3- Army Morale- Granted the "scum" that you are most likely to find for your army are not a very happy/devoted/ loyal humans/orcs/ clones, but once you do create or persuade your army to join you in your evil cause, why not keep thier allegiances? To often has a Evil leader lost the support of the troops due to lack of gratitude and appreciate.

Calling your army scum and vile waste, is not likely to build the loyality. The second it might look like the "good guys" have the high ground (which is all part of your plan to plant a false hope in the good guys. You are always in control) you armies will cut and run.

But by creating an enviroment of loyalty, you will never loose your army- that is why the good guys stick together... they kind of like being together...

So this is my Dark Side. I have books on how to be a villian... if you are interested in joining my army let me know... Also you may join my force on facebook group... yes I am plugging my facebook group... hehe.. check it out http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2621920995

ABC's of Me- Brought to you today by the letter C

is Cake and Cupcakes.

My newest most favorite thing to do is decorate cakes. I love especially to come up with creative 3-D cakes. My favorite shows to watch are the Food Network Challenges where they compete for $10,000 by make huge elaborate cakes or larger sugar pieces that are like 5 feet tall. These are made completely out of sugar or cake and frosting. It amazes me what people can do with sugar and some talent. And Also- if you have never seen the show, they have usually only 6 hours to do it. And they have to make almost everything there. There is very little that they are alllowed to pre-make. The most amazing one I saw was when they did the Disney villians.

The Cake that won was of Captain Hook. It is incredible how detailed it is. And yes... Captain Hook is Balancing on the nose of the Crocidle, and it is ALL Cake and Foundant. (With a little bit of structure help.)

I have tried my hand making some coold cakes and cupcakes. I have been a little bit more successful with the cakes then the cupcakes. But I am still working on it. Here is a pic of my first attempt to creat a "cool" cake.

What's with the Drama?

I know that this will seem a little bit hypocritical- seeing as how I am a girl and all- but for the life of me I can not understand why girls cause so much freaking drama in thier lives. Do they like it? Do they have this unquenchable need to also be the center of everything? And why in the world can they not handle thier issues in a mature way? I am not talking about teenage girls or little kids. I am talking about adults. Seriously- how hard is it to confront someone you have an issue with or that you feel has issues with you in an adult way? Why do you have to go running to everyone else, who should never be involved in the stupid drama in the first place, and lie and complain about everyone? Mature, very mature.
I just don't get it. If you have a problem with someone- seriously- at least confront the situation in a mature way and don't go scampering around blowing everything out of propotion.
Ok- venting done.
Promise next blog will not be a vent session

There is no R.

Ok... venting for a second. Have you ever heard some say that they have to "warsh" anything? WHAT in the world is Warsh? There is no freaking R in the word Wash. You wash your car, and Warsh... SERIOUSLY.
Ok venting done. That just seriously bugs me.

ABC's of Me- the Letter B

IS FOR BURNT.

I love certain foods burnt. I realized my love of burnt fod when I was cooking popcorn one day. I always cook my popcorn so that a few kernals get slighty burnt. Not black and smoking burnt, just the lightly burnt. And it is not just popcorn. I love burnt cheese. When my mom makes lasgana, I love it when the cheese on top gets burnt.

When I roast marshmallows, I don't do any of this wimpy light toasting, I set it on fire and burn the sucker, peal of the burnt layer, eat it and start all over again.

I love a blackened grilled hot dog- the blacker the better for me.

Yes I know this is weird- that is why I am doing this- it is something unique about me. The only thing that I have found thus far that I don't like burnt is bread.



B is for BEATLES!

I love the Beatles. I first truly discovered the Beatles in 8th grade. They are the greatest.

VERY TALENTED.

Funny story- I was living in Connecticut working as a nanny and a group of friend got together to play a trivia game. It was DVD Pop Culture Trivial Pursuit. Well, the guys in the group, decieded that it was going to be boys verses girls- thinking that they could totally take us. Well, little did they know we had some well round girls. I KNOW alot about pop culture, my friend Susie knew sports, and other girls had the other subjects covered. It is our turn, and the guys are deceiding what question to ask us. (By this point they are grasping at straws trying to stay in the game.) Tauntingly they read the following question, confident in the fact that we would NEVER get it-
"Which member of the Beatles died in 2001?"
The second that I heard the word "Beatles" I knew it was in the bag. Susie just laughed... oh the foolishness of the boys. Well I spouted off the answer before the guys even had a second to blink.
GEORGE HARRISON! (My favorite Beatle actually) The boys jaws dropped to the floor, stunned by the fact that I knew this. Susie just said "Andrea knows her Beatles"
I remember this old Video from Sesame street. It is a muppet band called the Beetles and they sing a song Letter B. (Get it, it is like the Beatles Let it Be.) I think of this clip everytime I hear the song.

ABC's of Me

So I had this idea the other day- and it all began with the letter B. (the idea does not start with the letter B, but the concept came to mind while I was pondering something that started with the letter B)
I have seen people so something like this, where the list 5 things on the fifth anniversary that they love about the significant other, or something like that.
Well I had the idea to do the ABC's of Me. If that title is not obvious enough, here is the explanation. I am going to write something unique about me, that most people will not know, something for each letter of the alphabet (A couple of letters might have more then one thing)
So to Begin-

is for AUNT. I love being an aunt to my nephew Bronson. He is my favorite. And I am sure that as soon as I have more nieces and nephews I will love them just as much too. (Ok maybe that was not really unique.)

is for ANDY. Bet you thought I would say Andrea. The name Andrea is somewhat easy to find nicknames for. But I do not fit any of those nicknames. I AM NOT AN ANDY!!!! In High school some of my friends decided that I needed a nickname and they tried to call me Andy. Seriously- do I look like an Andy to you? There are a handful of people that I will allow to call me Andy. Most of them I have known since 4th grade. Everyone else will get the look of death. If you need a nick name for me go with An or Anj... boring but you will live.

So there are the A's of me... I will post the B's later-- remember the B was the inspiration for my idea.

SUMMERFEST 2008

Ok I am sure for those of you who don't know what Summerfest is, I am sure you are thinking it is some sort of Music Festival that travels around in the summer (Like Oz Fest... but not with scary bands- it sounds more like a Folk Music Fest.)
Well it is a Festival for Orem city. And though they do have musical performance, there is so much more. There are games, rides, booths, a parade and Fireworks.
It is a tradition for my family- It is like a national holiday for my sister Kelli- bigger then Christmas almost.
We set up blankets on the corner- three days before the parade this year- and have a BBQ and a grand old time.
Here are some pics from Summerfest 2008

Tara and Mia watching the Parade

Tim with the SWET Delorean.

(That is the car from the movie Back to the Future)

Tara playing mini-golf
Waiting for the parade to come
Jen was worried that Bronson would not like the loud sirens and horns from the cars and truck. He was more annoyed with Jen hold his head then anything.

Rachel really loves Bronson. Though it may look like she is screaming at him in this picture. She was loving playing with him.

FINE....

Monica told me today that I need to update my blog already. I told her that there really is nothing to write about... boring life! But she said that I have to do it and that I should write about my boring work, the boring 4 jury duty notices i recieved (and never actually had to serve) and the boring fact that my mom and sister are at camp this week. (Well that last one is not boring for them)
SO- here comes the boringness... (is that a word? Well it is now)
Well we will start with Jury duty... I while ago I posted that I got jury duty. Rather disappointing I must say. Every couple of weeks I would recieve a letter saying that I had to report on such and such date, for jury selections for a trial. Well... the four times that I recieved the letter, all four times the case was settled outside of court and never went to trial. Very anti-climatic and very annoying. By the end (which I am pretty sure it is the end) I was kind of hoping just to be able to serve just to see the process- but no such luck. Guess I will have to wait till the next time I have jury duty to be the decieding factor in the trial of the century!
Let's see what's next- My mom and Tara going to camp- They are at Girls camp this week. Big Deal right? Other than having to cook dinner all this week... not really that much different. Though the process in getting ready for camp is always interesting. My Mom has be to girls camp- not include the 6 times she went as a youth- over 25 times (i Think) It is a natural thing in our family to have mom gone for a week to girls camp. And the preparing, and the piles of stuff that goes up to girls camp... it is like a routine now. It was nice though when I would go to camp to have my mom there.
And now- Work... really boring... We are super busy. I am the Billing and Funding manager- and really have not done anything to do with billing in ages since I started funding. But supposedly they hired someone to help me... have yet to see them though...
We are going to Flaming Gorge in a couple of weeks to go camping.. Very excited for that...
And that is the jist of my life right now...
So are you happy now Monica?

Totally Random!

Here are some random pics that I have had for a while- and just need to post them!

Tara- is doing her impersonation of Captain Stottlemeyer from the TV show Monk. She has decieded to start a new fashion trend of chewing on a toothpick
This is my nephew Bronson!- He is getting so big. This was him at 5 months old- right before his Second heart Surgery.
Bronson eating cereal
Every year at halloween- I love to carve pumpkins, and every year I try and carve an elaborate super cool pumpkin, and every year I inevitable fail and the pumpkin is ruined. But this last year I finally succeeded!!!! I made the most awesome pumpkin ever! This is my "Darth Pumpkin"
This is my little bro Kevin. He is the coolest little brother ever. He is a very unique person. Here he is doing Native American Fancy dancing. He is very talented!

ROCK ON!

So Kelli and Nate (my sister and her husband for those of you how don't know them) got Guitar Hero recently- we had tons of fun playing. Then for some reason they returned it - I think that there was something wrong with one of the guitars. So instead of getting a replacement Guitar Hero- they got Rock Band which is the same idea of Guitar Hero- for those who did not know that. So we frequent Kelli and Nate's house to play Rock Band. Some of us have gotten pretty good- Not me though... the drums are impossible... I got no rhythm.

But here are some fun pics from playing rock band last night.

My special Surprise!

So I got a very special surprise in the mail yesterday. Normally all that I get in the mail is someone telling me that they want me to go into further debt by getting thier credit card, notices telling me how much debt I am in (commonly called bills), an occasion notice about the Firstline Bankruptcy crap (which I do not understand at all) and every so often, a notice telling me that I could be a winner of $1 million dollars. (which I am still waiting for...)

But yesterday- that was special, at first I though it was just another bankruptcy notice, it looked very important with the offical state seal and everything, but low and behold, it was nothing to do with the bankruptcy notices.

I have been given a great oppurtunity, courteousy of the great State of Utah, and the wonderful law abiding citizens of Utah County to serve. Well it is really the lack of the law abiding citizens that allows me this oppurtunity. That right people- I got jury duty!

Yes- and according to the notice that they sent me, this is the best oppurtunity that I will have to do my civic duty! This, yes the wonderful burden I bare, is a blessing (according to the courts)

I have a 1 is 4 chance of being seleceted for a jury (and knowing my luck I will be picked)

So I will keep you all posted on the results of my selected blessing.

I think that if I am the one chosen, maybe I will be that one juror who will go against everyone. Everyone votes guilty because he is soooo clearly guilty because he was standing over the dead body with the gun in his hand even though he states that it was not him. I will be the only one to realize that critically piece of evidence and know that he is not guilty- and I will save his life! Yeah-- that will be me- totally. That is very afternoon special of me.

I am so smart....

I started this thing months ago, and did not take the time to figure it out. But now, I am so brillant, and did! WAhoo... so now I will be posting more frequently. WAHOO!
Well since the last post- alot has happened. If you are someone that knows me and talks to me frequently, then you know that I was laid off in January. And saying that I was laid off is a nice term. I, among several other people, got royaled screwed by a company called Firstline. but thanks to the support of my wonder parents and grandparents, and family, I made it through the month that I was out of work. It was not the best time of my life, though I did get use to sleeping in every day. It is nice to be back at work, and being productive again.
I am with another Security company (trust me, it was hard to trust another security company again after how I was treated with Firstline) Vision Security has been really great so far. It is a completely different enviroment from Firstline, and I am much happier now!
Other big news- I have finally picked a major. Behavorial Science- which I will either become a Marriage and Family counselor or a School Counselor.