You know when you have that feeling. You know the one. The gut wrenching, oh dear heavens how could it be, I feel so stinkin' sick feeling.
No, no babies yet. I am talking about the blog procrastination feeling. And I have it in a BAAAADDDD way.
We've been busy, don't get me wrong. But there is simply no excuse to leave my one poor follower of my blog high and dry. 'Most apologetic stare' here.
I feel like a blog virgin once again. What to say, what to mention, what's TMI, what's so and so going to think of me if I say that?
So here I am, at the ledge of blog journalist and blog junkie once again trying to decide, how much is too much and how little is too little?
How about I stop worrying about it and get on with a post? Why yes, that does have a ring of truth to it. Come on Dover, move your bloomin' a...
I feel like everything should have a theme song to it. Been watching a few musicals lately. Juan's been getting some extra sleep thanks to it too. Who can complain with benefits like that? I get my music and Juan gets sleep. He's kind enough to lay right there beside my and let me snuggle up to him while I watch the movie and he sleeps. What a catch! Early on, I would try to convince him watching the musicals was mandatory. I would laugh and then pause the movie b/c he wasn't laughing. What's this, you are sleeping? No, wake up, I want you to see this funny part. I would rewind and play the part again. He would say 'ha ha' and go back to sleep. Talk about piping mad. I would rag on him, nag him, and terrorize him to get him to wake back up and watch it again, because it's just so funny. He wasn't impressed. Kinda took the fun out of it, ya know? So I've learned to laugh on my own (it's really fun) and to be happy snuggled up against my sleeping catch of a husband, watching my musicals/broadway movies.
Here in Texas, things are a little crazy when it comes to football. We live, eat, and breathe all according to our football season schedules. Homecoming games in the high schools have a whirlwind tradition of "mums and garters". The Mum is a flower up top with streaming ribbons and attached trinkets flowing down the length of the girl. Traditionally, the mum is so heavy, you have to put yourself in an awkward position when taking pictures with your date, so you can hold the mum up with one hand, to keep it from ripping your dress right off you. These things are so heavy, after the pictures, you take it off and "coat" check it at the door, before going into the dance floor area. The girls make "garters" for their homecoming dates. I know...what's this? A boy wearing a garter? Supposedly, goes back to the tradition of taking off a girl's garter at prom and then the guy places it around their bicep for the remainder of prom. So the guys have these garters at homecoming that are usually heavier and crazier than the girls' mums, just in a shortened version. The garters get "coat" checked at the door too.
Why oh why did I just explain that to you? Well, I got to direct the making of a garter this past weekend and it was SOOOO fun. My friend and coworker's sister has homecoming the 18th of October and so we made the garter at my apartment. I will post pics later. I must say I am rather proud of my clothing clad little bears. One is a football player and the other is a drill team "rangerette". You'll see why I am so proud when you see them.
So no news is good news? No house just yet. Not that we've stopped looking or anything. We just haven't found "the one". Yes, I am a hopeless romantic. I truly believe we will find "the one" that suits our needs perfectly. So until we find it, we keep looking. With the mortgage scare going full force...we will probably find ourselves plopped down in the middle of a great deal too good to believe...at least I sure hope we will.
No babies on the horizon. "Why do we keep waiting?" "What's the deal?" "Why no babies yet?", these are the questions we keep hearing. I finally told one older lady..."Well, we are having so much fun practicing, we want to get it perfect before we try for kids". Talk about dead pan silence afterwards. Seriously? Seriously, stay out of people's kid making business. This is not to say I mind friends/family asking, cause that's a whole different scenario, I know these people and it's okay to talk about the intricate details of our lives, but a stranger you're meeting for the first time who hears you've been married for a year and decides to ask "Why no babies yet?", LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
Well, now that's off the chest...let's talk about busy! I just got called to be acheivement days leader for the girls 8-11. It's soooo exciting! I really think the girls I have will be great. They are all so smart and so talented. They each bring a very special talent to the group and need someone who can keep them busy. That's where I come in....I know I can keep these girls so busy they don't have time to think! I am sure they will teach me alot too! AND....I still get to teach my sunbeams for the time being. YAY! I love my little sunbeams.
Not too much else I have time for now....but my lone blog follower, I sure hope this satiates the thirst!
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Nope, no house yet...
Okay, we just found out the house we wanted to buy is on two different foundations. It doesn't scare me if the home was all on cylindrical pier and beam, but the back half was added sometime later says our inspector and it's on concrete pad and cinder block. I have seen too many issues come up with that type of foundation working insurance and maybe the house hasn't fallen yet, but we just don't want to take any chances.
Hopefully, the seller won't hate us for forever. We really feel bad, but had we known it was on two different foundations, we never would have signed the contract to begin with. Plus we would feel obligated to disclose that fact straightaway when we went to sell the home and I am sure I am not the only one it scares.
So we will be back on the search again in the near future. Keep an eagle eye out College Station 2nd Ward goers!
Hopefully, the seller won't hate us for forever. We really feel bad, but had we known it was on two different foundations, we never would have signed the contract to begin with. Plus we would feel obligated to disclose that fact straightaway when we went to sell the home and I am sure I am not the only one it scares.
So we will be back on the search again in the near future. Keep an eagle eye out College Station 2nd Ward goers!
Friday, July 18, 2008
Waiting for babies to arrive...
Juan's sisters, Celeste and Maria, are having baby boys very soon. Celeste has a 2 year old son named Exzavier and Maria has a four year old son named Isaiah. Celeste is due any hour now. Her new baby boy will be Ayden Kevin. Her due date is the 19th, but her doctor says she is ready to go....just waiting for Ayden to agree basically. Maria is due August 9th or 8th and it's a baby boy named Manuel Dalton.
Maybe I am excited or just bored. Can't put a label on it exactly. Since I don't have hours of homework or babies of my own to cater to I decided it was high time to do something creative. Uh-oh, messy kitchen is what that means. Don't you fret, I am spastic enough to clean as I go. And I organize my materials as I use them, yes, sadistic punishment when trying to complete a craft/creative idea. I wantonly imagined at one point in my life, having things organized and "just so" may be leading to lack of originality or a capping the creative juices.
I quickly hussied up my work space, spilling a few embellishments across the table, taking all my punches out of their slide out organizational systems, leaving all the markers on the table, rather than place them back to their rack after each use. I sat, I thought, I thought some more. Pressure, coming down on me, coming down on me... One hour later, I frantically corralled the embellishments back into their compartment, gathered my punches by incremental sizes and replaced them in their lonely bins, swiftly made sure each marker was in it's designated spot (yes, each marker has a spot of it's very own on the rack). Rapidly after, 4 scrapbook pages lay completed on the bar. Humph, here's to you whacked out OCD-ers. Whacked out OCD-ers! You may not always get the recognition you deserve... I get it, but nothing changes the fact we still need therapy for our addiction.
Oh the point of this post. I wanted to show you what I did with my spare time for the babies, Ayden and Manuel. I stole the idea from a Utah craft store for the most part, but hey, what's that they say about copy-catting being the highest form of flattery? Right, so here are the pictures. I made a diaper cake for Ayden (Celeste's baby boy) and a sock bouquet for Manuel (Maria's baby boy).
Anyway, I figure I should one day do something with all this creative energy, any ideas? GO easy on me, I am a newbie at asking for idea advice :).
Maybe I am excited or just bored. Can't put a label on it exactly. Since I don't have hours of homework or babies of my own to cater to I decided it was high time to do something creative. Uh-oh, messy kitchen is what that means. Don't you fret, I am spastic enough to clean as I go. And I organize my materials as I use them, yes, sadistic punishment when trying to complete a craft/creative idea. I wantonly imagined at one point in my life, having things organized and "just so" may be leading to lack of originality or a capping the creative juices.
I quickly hussied up my work space, spilling a few embellishments across the table, taking all my punches out of their slide out organizational systems, leaving all the markers on the table, rather than place them back to their rack after each use. I sat, I thought, I thought some more. Pressure, coming down on me, coming down on me... One hour later, I frantically corralled the embellishments back into their compartment, gathered my punches by incremental sizes and replaced them in their lonely bins, swiftly made sure each marker was in it's designated spot (yes, each marker has a spot of it's very own on the rack). Rapidly after, 4 scrapbook pages lay completed on the bar. Humph, here's to you whacked out OCD-ers. Whacked out OCD-ers! You may not always get the recognition you deserve... I get it, but nothing changes the fact we still need therapy for our addiction.
Oh the point of this post. I wanted to show you what I did with my spare time for the babies, Ayden and Manuel. I stole the idea from a Utah craft store for the most part, but hey, what's that they say about copy-catting being the highest form of flattery? Right, so here are the pictures. I made a diaper cake for Ayden (Celeste's baby boy) and a sock bouquet for Manuel (Maria's baby boy).
Anyway, I figure I should one day do something with all this creative energy, any ideas? GO easy on me, I am a newbie at asking for idea advice :).
Thursday, July 10, 2008
I am 25 going on 18, I'll take care of you...
So Alicia tagged me and I am going to do something I don't believe I have done before....respond. Wow, am I moving up in the blogger world or what? If anyone can find the lyrics to the song in The Sound of Music where Lisle is in the gazebo with her about-to-turn-Nazi stud, I sure would love you for forever :).
So here goes the I like talking about you, you, you usually, but occasionally I wanna talk about me....
I am: an amazing insurance sales representative, meticulously organized, and good with difficult people (even when all I want to do is punch them square in the face, you know who you are).
I know: a lot 'bout living and little 'bout love. Wait, really I know a whole lot about living. I am still alive, right?
I want: to know what it feels like to have a baby
I have: an addiction to watching the TV series Bones, don't eat while you watch.
I wish: at 11:11, 12:12, 1:11 and 3:33 for something good. I ALWAYS miss the others, funny huh?
I hate: it when people do mean things for no reason. Like shoot puppies because it's "funny" to hear them yelp. Or shake babies because they are crying.
I miss: the days of being a size 6 and thinking I was fat.
I fear: the end of the world as we know it is closer than we realize.
I feel: like singing/whistling all the time. It takes everything in me to fight it at work.
I hear: selectively. AND I do it without even trying now. How's that for talent mastery.
I smell: the dang nail salon fumes next door. And Jerry can't figure out why, when I have babies, don't just build a nursery in the back of the office? HMMMMM....I wonder.
I crave: steak every day, the aromas waft over me from Outback Steakhouse, as I walk home to my apartment.
I search: Crate and Barrel, Potterybarn, Williams Sonoma, Restoration Hardware, Bed Bath and Beyond and Pier One for a deal with a diligence level that would put a Navy SEAL to shame.
I wonder: why each little bird has a someone, to sing to, sweet things to...
I regret: nothing. I live in the present, learn from my past and plan for my future.
I love: Juan. Unconditionally and irrationally at times.
I care: enough to buy "green" bags for shopping and then forget to bring them with me, 8 times out of 10.
I always: clean the bathroom first, then the extra bedroom, our bedroom, the kitchen and last, the living room.
I am not: tired and I am tired of people asking me why. What an oxymoron statement, huh?
I believe: in the 13 articles of Faith. Even though one of them (11th?)says 'we claim.'
I dance: along with the princesses in Disney movies.
I sing: to Jefferson on the phone to get him to smile and sometimes talk to me
I don’t always: remember to be patient with others. I mean I should if they put up with me, huh?
I fight: to be a stronger, better person each day.
I write: flagrant stories loosely based on actual events.
I lose: my temper and my birth control is my prime suspect. Zero to sixty in 2.0 flat is NOT how you want your temper described.
I win: smiles from my Sunbeams when I have a really good object lesson for them.
I never: forget to thank people for their generosity. If you feel you have been forgotten, let me know, I promise to get you a thank you somehow!
I listen: to what people say and do it if I feel like it.
I am scared: I might one day be the crazy mom who won't let her kids get wet at a Fourth of July breakfast.
I need: more money but I know it's God's way of keeping me in check.
I am happy about: all the fun times we will have getting our first house all set up!
I tag: Jackie, Hillary, Lindy and Meg. And I don't expect anything! Only do it if you want to.
That was fun! I should do these tag thingies more often. Is thingies a word? Don't answer, it's rhetorical.
So here goes the I like talking about you, you, you usually, but occasionally I wanna talk about me....
I am: an amazing insurance sales representative, meticulously organized, and good with difficult people (even when all I want to do is punch them square in the face, you know who you are).
I know: a lot 'bout living and little 'bout love. Wait, really I know a whole lot about living. I am still alive, right?
I want: to know what it feels like to have a baby
I have: an addiction to watching the TV series Bones, don't eat while you watch.
I wish: at 11:11, 12:12, 1:11 and 3:33 for something good. I ALWAYS miss the others, funny huh?
I hate: it when people do mean things for no reason. Like shoot puppies because it's "funny" to hear them yelp. Or shake babies because they are crying.
I miss: the days of being a size 6 and thinking I was fat.
I fear: the end of the world as we know it is closer than we realize.
I feel: like singing/whistling all the time. It takes everything in me to fight it at work.
I hear: selectively. AND I do it without even trying now. How's that for talent mastery.
I smell: the dang nail salon fumes next door. And Jerry can't figure out why, when I have babies, don't just build a nursery in the back of the office? HMMMMM....I wonder.
I crave: steak every day, the aromas waft over me from Outback Steakhouse, as I walk home to my apartment.
I search: Crate and Barrel, Potterybarn, Williams Sonoma, Restoration Hardware, Bed Bath and Beyond and Pier One for a deal with a diligence level that would put a Navy SEAL to shame.
I wonder: why each little bird has a someone, to sing to, sweet things to...
I regret: nothing. I live in the present, learn from my past and plan for my future.
I love: Juan. Unconditionally and irrationally at times.
I care: enough to buy "green" bags for shopping and then forget to bring them with me, 8 times out of 10.
I always: clean the bathroom first, then the extra bedroom, our bedroom, the kitchen and last, the living room.
I am not: tired and I am tired of people asking me why. What an oxymoron statement, huh?
I believe: in the 13 articles of Faith. Even though one of them (11th?)says 'we claim.'
I dance: along with the princesses in Disney movies.
I sing: to Jefferson on the phone to get him to smile and sometimes talk to me
I don’t always: remember to be patient with others. I mean I should if they put up with me, huh?
I fight: to be a stronger, better person each day.
I write: flagrant stories loosely based on actual events.
I lose: my temper and my birth control is my prime suspect. Zero to sixty in 2.0 flat is NOT how you want your temper described.
I win: smiles from my Sunbeams when I have a really good object lesson for them.
I never: forget to thank people for their generosity. If you feel you have been forgotten, let me know, I promise to get you a thank you somehow!
I listen: to what people say and do it if I feel like it.
I am scared: I might one day be the crazy mom who won't let her kids get wet at a Fourth of July breakfast.
I need: more money but I know it's God's way of keeping me in check.
I am happy about: all the fun times we will have getting our first house all set up!
I tag: Jackie, Hillary, Lindy and Meg. And I don't expect anything! Only do it if you want to.
That was fun! I should do these tag thingies more often. Is thingies a word? Don't answer, it's rhetorical.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
With A Little Bit O' Blooming Luck...
we'll have a house in all of about 4 weeks. YAY! How exciting. Juan is getting more comfortable with the idea the house will be ours and he is watching horrified as I schedule appointments to go look at the progress being made toward completion of the home and proceed to measure every window, every wall, every closet, nook and cranny. Literally. With a Stanley measuring tape.
Just in case, is the slogan of the month. You know, just in case, by happen-stance, I am walking around Bed Bath and Beyond, pull out my Stanley to survey just how well that vanity sink might fit into the bathroom. Just in case I happen to be in the same neighborhood as Pier One, with by best shopping buddy Laura, and they just happen to have their annual summer sale going on and that wonderfully cute 4 poster, ditressed white bed HAPPENS to be too good a deal to pass up. If I chance to come upon a Potterybarn or Restoration Hardware and their furniture or linen sales are going on, shouldn't I have measurements, just in case?
Be Prepared. You'd think with Juan being a former 11 year old Scout Leader, he would know these things. He tells me he does.
Juan: I think you might be abusing the Scout motto.
Kourtney: I am just trying to be prepared in any way possible for things that just
might go perfectly in the home.
Juan: I get the feeling if you would stop looking, you wouldn't need to carry a tape
measure in your purse.
Kourtney: You are acting like the only thing I use the tape measure is for house
stuff. I use it all the time for other things.
Juan: I'll give you 3 seconds to name one other thing.
Kourtney: Umm, my phone is ringing...I will tell you when I get off.
After an hour conversation with my mom on my phone.
Kourtney: Okay mom, I will talk to you later...Uh huh, love you too....kay
bye...bye....bye....ya I did that already....Mom, I will talk to you later,
kay?....I love you too...bye...bye...bye (OH, come on, you know you do it
too)
Juan: So what's that other thing you use the tape measure for?
Kourtney (very sheepishly): To make sure my subs from Subway are 6 inches?
Juan: Riiiight.
Okay, so he's right, he's caught me red-handed, standing in the kitchen, arm all the way to the elbow in the cookie jar, metephorically speaking. But what's an OCD like me to do, oh sorry Steven, a detailed oriented, meticulous person like me to do when I know we will most likely be setting up house in a few more weeks? Please tell me you understand my plea here?
Few things in life are free, but you can find FABULOUS deals all the time! So we have decided to go with Flagstone acid stained a sandstone color for the back patio. Very excited about getting that done ASAP when we move in. Guess I can show you a few other things I have been looking at for the just in case moments:
Office Ideas:
Outdoor ideas (I am a sucker for darkwood! and I will definitely do a different color, white is too much, even for me):
The dining table I am in love with, it comes with an extra leaf for more space:
And my favorite new obsession, beds, bedding and anything for the bedroom suite:
Also, if anyone has seen an ultimate organization system for everthing from pantry to bedroom, bathroom, living room, let me know....I will be forever grateful to have you share in my OCD with me!
Oh and here's a really cute picture of Juan and I before the big day, crazy it's been almost a year and a half now!!! Thanks again Meg for your photography expertise!
Just in case, is the slogan of the month. You know, just in case, by happen-stance, I am walking around Bed Bath and Beyond, pull out my Stanley to survey just how well that vanity sink might fit into the bathroom. Just in case I happen to be in the same neighborhood as Pier One, with by best shopping buddy Laura, and they just happen to have their annual summer sale going on and that wonderfully cute 4 poster, ditressed white bed HAPPENS to be too good a deal to pass up. If I chance to come upon a Potterybarn or Restoration Hardware and their furniture or linen sales are going on, shouldn't I have measurements, just in case?
Be Prepared. You'd think with Juan being a former 11 year old Scout Leader, he would know these things. He tells me he does.
Juan: I think you might be abusing the Scout motto.
Kourtney: I am just trying to be prepared in any way possible for things that just
might go perfectly in the home.
Juan: I get the feeling if you would stop looking, you wouldn't need to carry a tape
measure in your purse.
Kourtney: You are acting like the only thing I use the tape measure is for house
stuff. I use it all the time for other things.
Juan: I'll give you 3 seconds to name one other thing.
Kourtney: Umm, my phone is ringing...I will tell you when I get off.
After an hour conversation with my mom on my phone.
Kourtney: Okay mom, I will talk to you later...Uh huh, love you too....kay
bye...bye....bye....ya I did that already....Mom, I will talk to you later,
kay?....I love you too...bye...bye...bye (OH, come on, you know you do it
too)
Juan: So what's that other thing you use the tape measure for?
Kourtney (very sheepishly): To make sure my subs from Subway are 6 inches?
Juan: Riiiight.
Okay, so he's right, he's caught me red-handed, standing in the kitchen, arm all the way to the elbow in the cookie jar, metephorically speaking. But what's an OCD like me to do, oh sorry Steven, a detailed oriented, meticulous person like me to do when I know we will most likely be setting up house in a few more weeks? Please tell me you understand my plea here?
Few things in life are free, but you can find FABULOUS deals all the time! So we have decided to go with Flagstone acid stained a sandstone color for the back patio. Very excited about getting that done ASAP when we move in. Guess I can show you a few other things I have been looking at for the just in case moments:
Office Ideas:
Outdoor ideas (I am a sucker for darkwood! and I will definitely do a different color, white is too much, even for me):
The dining table I am in love with, it comes with an extra leaf for more space:
And my favorite new obsession, beds, bedding and anything for the bedroom suite:
Also, if anyone has seen an ultimate organization system for everthing from pantry to bedroom, bathroom, living room, let me know....I will be forever grateful to have you share in my OCD with me!
Oh and here's a really cute picture of Juan and I before the big day, crazy it's been almost a year and a half now!!! Thanks again Meg for your photography expertise!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Inspired Moments
I have no idea how people know how many posts they have made, but Eash inspired me, for my posterity's sake. That and I think I got tagged a few times and never even made an effort :). Classic. Here goes Kourtney's Confessional:
1) I fall asleep in the shower while shaving my legs. All the time. And I have only cut myself once.
2)I think I have an OCD, but I play it off pretty well in society. Just tell people you have an OCD and wait to hear, "Oh, okay, I get it". Wait, am I really that bad? Really? Does saying it make people "understand" me? They have no idea.
3)I want a baby. And I mean now. But I think it's mostly because I feel like I want a nursery in the new house. That's not really a good reason to have a baby, is it? Plus, we are way unprepared for a baby. There's just no way. Not now, not soon even. Maybe in a year we can try, right? (Can you see the inner struggle here?)
4)Juan makes me laugh. And I mean, hysterically laugh. Just the other night we were laying in bed, whispering "sweet nothings"....ha ha, that's not my life. We were talking about work and how busy we were and he said something a funny way and we laughed about it for 15 minutes. My abs are so sore!
5)I am a sucker for competition. I don't try to let people know it motivates me.
6)I make unabashed fun of how Juan sometimes says sister (sees-ter)and we are comfortable enough with each other to laugh about it.
7)Juan likes it when I iron, cook, clean, workout, anything that makes me sweat. He says it's "hot".
8)Juan and I had our first "date" at his company picnic in the summer of 2001. He helped me pick out my swimsuit for the occasion.
9)One of our favorite movies to watch together is "Serendipity" with John Cusak and Kate Beckensale. Terribly cheesy, but it was our first kiss movie.
10)I have an unhealthy addiction to Cheerios with a teaspoon of brown sugar sprinkled on top.
11)I work for Allstate Insurance. Some people think it's an easy job, but it's challenging. I am writing a book about encounters with some less than appetizing customers. Completion date scheduled for when I stop working and have the time to finish a book.
12)I am a old movie fan. Especially musicals. I LOVE musicals.
13) I DO NOT like High School Musical. And I tried. Hard.
14) I have a dog named Daisy I treat more like a best friend than canine. And I swear she understands what I am talking about most the time.
15)I read Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse in 3 days. That's with working 9-6pm and preparing a primary lesson. I HEART Edward Cullen and I don't care who knows it. I am so NOT above a good romance novel. AND one without a few pages you have to tear out is a rare find, let alone three with another on the way!
16)Juan thinks this is a waste of time.
17) I agree, but again, I am inspired and OCD, I HAVE to do it!
18)My first car was a Mitsubishi Eclipse. I even paid my parents completely back for it. I thought I was so cool because it was a manual transmission and I could beat 75% of people revving their engines next to me off the crosswalk line. "Hot" chick, huh?
19)Juan started dating me because he thought I was ambitious, beautiful, organized and fun. Little did he know I was vaguely aware, wearing alot of makeup and a push up bra, OCD and hormonal. Really.
20)I can roll my tongue, twirl my tongue, create a wave with my tongue (sometimes) and tie a cherry stem with my tongue. AND I think it's all a lie. I wouldn't say I kiss better than the average princess.
21)Juan still gives me butterflies in my stomach. Especially when he surprises me.
22)I could eat steak everyday and not complain once. IF I have A1 every time. Yeah, it's that important.
23)If I had all the money in the world, I would be a mean, horrible miser. I am so glad God knows I can't handle it.
24)When I smell strong perfume, it makes me sick. Especially anything with satsuma in it.
25)I don't want to "talk" about it when I am mad. I want to vent and fume and plot out evil little plans of revenge for about a day. Then I am ready to talk.
26)I HATE it when Jerry (my boss) stands behind me and jingles his change in his pocket. And he knows, because I tell him every time he does it. I can handle the change jingling better than the standing behind me, but put them both together and I lose my cool.
27)My favorite color is red. Not an annoying bright red, but burgundy. Maybe it's better described as a blood red, after it's been oxidized for a few minutes, but not dry yet. Gross.
28)I am developing my Mom's "fear of talking about blood" disease. We had a doctor in the office talking about a surgery and I started to feel dizzy. I thought, "When's the last time I ate?", then, "Am I smelling something that's making me sick?". She stopped talking about the surgery for a few minutes and the feeling went away. Then when she brought up another procedure the surge of faintness returned. Hmmm, that's never happened before, I thought. Holy Hannah, I am getting dizzy typing this. Moving on...
29)If I could name other people's kids, I would. And generally speaking I would name them things like Micheal, Jon, Luke, Peter, Jacob, Jason, Thomas, Brian, Jane, Catherine, Deborah, Katie, you know anything but Apple, Coco, or anything related to food.
30)I love to scrapbook, but I am so OCD about it, I hardly ever do it anymore. What, it makes a mess in my apartment.
31)I don't care much for my nose. My mom keeps saying it is so "Roman-esque". Yeah, yeah, that makes me feel so much better.
32)I LOVE Greek mythology. Always have. I want so badly to take a trip to Greece.
33)I dream in color and nothing is fuzzy or hazy.
34)Juan dreams in black and white and everything has a haze across it.
35)I can talk in my sleep loud enough to wake me up. But then again, I don't sleep so well.
36)Once I had such a big crush on Joey McIntyre from New Kids on the Block that I demanded a "Joey" Ken doll. I then made Jesse get one for his birthday so I could have two to play with. SO sorry Jess!
37)I collect Willow Tree angels and I stole the idea from my Mom. I will only put a few out at a time though, because I don't want people to think I collect them! LOL
38)My best friends in no particular order are Juan, Mom, Jackie, Lindy (Lin-lee), Laura, Ashley, Hillary, Jake and Sarah. We all connect in a very unique way. In other words, they are about the only people who can put up with me.
39)Never feed me pickled okra. Never.
40)I can make chocolate chip cookies like no one's business.
41)When I grow up, I want to be a wedding/event planner.
42)There are days when yelling and throwing a little tantrum make me feel pretty dang good.
43)When I watch Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White, Mulan, or any Princess movie, I dance along if I am watching alone. Just like a ballerina. And yes, even to this day. Luckily, I don't do much watching alone.
44)I like how spinach, green beans, peas, carrots, asparagus and squash taste before I cook them, yep I am a raw girl.
45)If I could outsource me, I would be a millionaire. We all would. I just work that hard. :)
46)When I iron, I get mad because I'm hot. I know, weird.
47)I am spoiled. In fact, I am spoiled rotten and my darling husband is sweet enough not to remind me.
48)I can usually get more by staying quiet. But for some reason my motor mouth can't keep itself shut. I talk my way into tickets, going to concerts I don't want to go to, party favors and general hysteria constantly.
49)I really LOVE teaching my Sunbeams in Primary. I love object lessons and prepare one for each Sunday. I am pretty sure the kids appreciate it, right? I am sure 3 year olds know just how long it takes to cut out 15 perfect little fish. But they are so cute and so fun, it's worth every second.
50)If I was smart, I mean a genius, I would try to figure out things like were the dinosaurs here after the earth was formed or were the bones just in the matter God used to make the earth? Also, how long does a star twinkle and are we really seeing stars that no longer exist?
51)I let stupid things people do bother me at an unhealthy level.
52)I like to think I have everything under control. It makes me feel good.
53)When I was little, I would kiss frogs and store them in my play barn. My mom was not too thrilled about either.
54)I would tape Jackie (my sister) to the floor when she was a baby. I would also put her into the bookshelf, cover the space with a hanging blanket and tell her she couldn't move while I would read a book in the shelf below her. Her patience has always amazed me.
55)I am so opinionated, it hurts.
56)I have blue eyes and a little auburn in my "real" hair color. Thanks Grandpa Hansen! It's beautiful.
57)I have freckles and I really did try to get rid of them by rubbing lime juice on myself every night before I went to bed. That only lasted for a while. We ran out of lime juice and Mom refused to buy more. She switched to real limes, much bigger hassle, so I gave up. I don't know if she even knows I tried to get rid of them.
58)For a talent show once, I didn't want to do a step in my Mom's choreography and was being really obnoxious and disrespectful and she spanked me in front of my friends. That took a while to get over. I was about 11.
59)I got my Mom's blood a-pumping growing up. I can still remember running away from her wooden spoon (only happened once), her grabbing my hair and pulling me to watch her erase dollars from my "dollar tracker", and fighting tooth and nail because I didn't want to do what I was supposed to. And I love her more because we went through those tough times together. I think I may be the only kid who ever got my mom to cuss. Quite the accomplishment, huh?
60)I fight dirty. And I always hurt myself doing it.
61)I used to burn ants with a magnifying glass when I was little.
62)I can talk to my friends for hours. I can sit in silence with my friends for hours too and not feel weird at all.
63)I love blog stalking.
64)I keep dirty pots and pans in the dishwasher if company is coming over and I know I won't have a chance to clean up after dinner. I wash and dry them the second they are out the door.
65)I love playing tag with Daisy. I really think she gets it.
66)I could watch HGTV and TLC TV shows indefinitely.
67)I can generally reorganize a person's entire living room setup within 15 seconds of sitting on their couch. Visually, anyway. Not that there is anything wrong with any one's set up, it's just something I do, even to my own living room.
68)I wake up 3-4 times a night. Twice for a Daisy potty break and once or twice for no reason what-so-ever.
69)I DESPISE scary movies.
70)I am a Adam Sandler fan. And I am not sure why. Some of his movies are not the best, morally speaking.
71)I make up little songs and diddys to remember things. Especially when I was in college.
72)Juan wants to own an old pickup truck he can "trick" out one day.
73)I promised Juan a huge flat-screen TV if I could just get this house I wanted. And he loves me enough to let me, even with his reservations.
74)Talking about myself is funner than I thought it would be. Who am I kidding, I love to talk. About anyone, anything, myself included.
75)Juan loves live concerts.
76)Juan is a Metallica fan. And I never suspected until he bought concert tickets one day.
77) My favorite band is Nickelback.
78) Juan's favorite band is Linkin Park.
79) We both love classical music and that was very surprising to me.
80) Juan would like to take piano lessons.
81) I would have gladly let him have mine.
82)I drink Dr Pepper and try to hide it from my Mom. 5 days strong, Mom. SO sorry you had to find out here.
83)Juan sneezes so loud it never fails to scare me. It's pretty funny. He sneezes, I let out a whelp, he sneezes 4 more times before he's done and then usually laughs at me while he rubs his nose obnoxiously loud.
84)If there were no rules against it, rules of physicality, that is, I would want to be a dolphin, just for a day.
85)I always wanted to be a marine biologist growing up and then I realized, swimming is not my favorite.
86)Then I wanted to be a vet and I realized dogs and cats can be mean when they are sick. Not to mention, they don't make much money after all that schooling.
87)I will have to come up with something else I want to be when I grow up.
88)I make lists. Compulsively.
89) At any given moment, I have band-aids, lotion, make up, double-sided tape, hand sanitizer, Kleenex, sewing kit, rubber bands, paper clips, my card, tide to go... well you get the idea...in my purse. It's huge. I think it weighs about 15 pounds. Seriously.
90)I worry. And I do things like get safe deposit boxes at banks for all our "valuable" documentation with copies in a safe place at home because I feel it will better prepare my survivors when I die.
91) I am over insured and still thinking about my next insurance plan to purchase.
92)I like looking through magazines, especially Potterybarn and Williams Sonoma. I will even take my magazines with me when I am going over to a friend's house to look at.
93)I can whistle really well. Uncannily well.
94)I think out loud too often.
95)I should have kept some of these things to myself, but what can I say, motor mouth?
96)I usually choose the "safe" option, until I make it to the front of the line and then I change my mind in a split second and end up with a chilli-dog I really didn't want.
97)I spend cash like a rapper in a Bentley dealership. Checkbooks and debit cards make me infinitely more responsible.
98)I go around to apartment complexes and collect Bed Bath and Beyond coupons from the mail trashcan. You never know when you might need twenty or so of those bad boys.
99)If there is a solid wood table in a dumpster, I will jump in without a second thought to retrieve it and it's four legs. Yes, even with my OCD looming large.
100) I don't know how to stop when I get started doing something. I make time for it, even as it encroaches upon things like dinner time or appointments to be kept. Tsk! Tsk! As I go to bed after two hours of my poor husband asking when I will be coming to bed.
1) I fall asleep in the shower while shaving my legs. All the time. And I have only cut myself once.
2)I think I have an OCD, but I play it off pretty well in society. Just tell people you have an OCD and wait to hear, "Oh, okay, I get it". Wait, am I really that bad? Really? Does saying it make people "understand" me? They have no idea.
3)I want a baby. And I mean now. But I think it's mostly because I feel like I want a nursery in the new house. That's not really a good reason to have a baby, is it? Plus, we are way unprepared for a baby. There's just no way. Not now, not soon even. Maybe in a year we can try, right? (Can you see the inner struggle here?)
4)Juan makes me laugh. And I mean, hysterically laugh. Just the other night we were laying in bed, whispering "sweet nothings"....ha ha, that's not my life. We were talking about work and how busy we were and he said something a funny way and we laughed about it for 15 minutes. My abs are so sore!
5)I am a sucker for competition. I don't try to let people know it motivates me.
6)I make unabashed fun of how Juan sometimes says sister (sees-ter)and we are comfortable enough with each other to laugh about it.
7)Juan likes it when I iron, cook, clean, workout, anything that makes me sweat. He says it's "hot".
8)Juan and I had our first "date" at his company picnic in the summer of 2001. He helped me pick out my swimsuit for the occasion.
9)One of our favorite movies to watch together is "Serendipity" with John Cusak and Kate Beckensale. Terribly cheesy, but it was our first kiss movie.
10)I have an unhealthy addiction to Cheerios with a teaspoon of brown sugar sprinkled on top.
11)I work for Allstate Insurance. Some people think it's an easy job, but it's challenging. I am writing a book about encounters with some less than appetizing customers. Completion date scheduled for when I stop working and have the time to finish a book.
12)I am a old movie fan. Especially musicals. I LOVE musicals.
13) I DO NOT like High School Musical. And I tried. Hard.
14) I have a dog named Daisy I treat more like a best friend than canine. And I swear she understands what I am talking about most the time.
15)I read Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse in 3 days. That's with working 9-6pm and preparing a primary lesson. I HEART Edward Cullen and I don't care who knows it. I am so NOT above a good romance novel. AND one without a few pages you have to tear out is a rare find, let alone three with another on the way!
16)Juan thinks this is a waste of time.
17) I agree, but again, I am inspired and OCD, I HAVE to do it!
18)My first car was a Mitsubishi Eclipse. I even paid my parents completely back for it. I thought I was so cool because it was a manual transmission and I could beat 75% of people revving their engines next to me off the crosswalk line. "Hot" chick, huh?
19)Juan started dating me because he thought I was ambitious, beautiful, organized and fun. Little did he know I was vaguely aware, wearing alot of makeup and a push up bra, OCD and hormonal. Really.
20)I can roll my tongue, twirl my tongue, create a wave with my tongue (sometimes) and tie a cherry stem with my tongue. AND I think it's all a lie. I wouldn't say I kiss better than the average princess.
21)Juan still gives me butterflies in my stomach. Especially when he surprises me.
22)I could eat steak everyday and not complain once. IF I have A1 every time. Yeah, it's that important.
23)If I had all the money in the world, I would be a mean, horrible miser. I am so glad God knows I can't handle it.
24)When I smell strong perfume, it makes me sick. Especially anything with satsuma in it.
25)I don't want to "talk" about it when I am mad. I want to vent and fume and plot out evil little plans of revenge for about a day. Then I am ready to talk.
26)I HATE it when Jerry (my boss) stands behind me and jingles his change in his pocket. And he knows, because I tell him every time he does it. I can handle the change jingling better than the standing behind me, but put them both together and I lose my cool.
27)My favorite color is red. Not an annoying bright red, but burgundy. Maybe it's better described as a blood red, after it's been oxidized for a few minutes, but not dry yet. Gross.
28)I am developing my Mom's "fear of talking about blood" disease. We had a doctor in the office talking about a surgery and I started to feel dizzy. I thought, "When's the last time I ate?", then, "Am I smelling something that's making me sick?". She stopped talking about the surgery for a few minutes and the feeling went away. Then when she brought up another procedure the surge of faintness returned. Hmmm, that's never happened before, I thought. Holy Hannah, I am getting dizzy typing this. Moving on...
29)If I could name other people's kids, I would. And generally speaking I would name them things like Micheal, Jon, Luke, Peter, Jacob, Jason, Thomas, Brian, Jane, Catherine, Deborah, Katie, you know anything but Apple, Coco, or anything related to food.
30)I love to scrapbook, but I am so OCD about it, I hardly ever do it anymore. What, it makes a mess in my apartment.
31)I don't care much for my nose. My mom keeps saying it is so "Roman-esque". Yeah, yeah, that makes me feel so much better.
32)I LOVE Greek mythology. Always have. I want so badly to take a trip to Greece.
33)I dream in color and nothing is fuzzy or hazy.
34)Juan dreams in black and white and everything has a haze across it.
35)I can talk in my sleep loud enough to wake me up. But then again, I don't sleep so well.
36)Once I had such a big crush on Joey McIntyre from New Kids on the Block that I demanded a "Joey" Ken doll. I then made Jesse get one for his birthday so I could have two to play with. SO sorry Jess!
37)I collect Willow Tree angels and I stole the idea from my Mom. I will only put a few out at a time though, because I don't want people to think I collect them! LOL
38)My best friends in no particular order are Juan, Mom, Jackie, Lindy (Lin-lee), Laura, Ashley, Hillary, Jake and Sarah. We all connect in a very unique way. In other words, they are about the only people who can put up with me.
39)Never feed me pickled okra. Never.
40)I can make chocolate chip cookies like no one's business.
41)When I grow up, I want to be a wedding/event planner.
42)There are days when yelling and throwing a little tantrum make me feel pretty dang good.
43)When I watch Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White, Mulan, or any Princess movie, I dance along if I am watching alone. Just like a ballerina. And yes, even to this day. Luckily, I don't do much watching alone.
44)I like how spinach, green beans, peas, carrots, asparagus and squash taste before I cook them, yep I am a raw girl.
45)If I could outsource me, I would be a millionaire. We all would. I just work that hard. :)
46)When I iron, I get mad because I'm hot. I know, weird.
47)I am spoiled. In fact, I am spoiled rotten and my darling husband is sweet enough not to remind me.
48)I can usually get more by staying quiet. But for some reason my motor mouth can't keep itself shut. I talk my way into tickets, going to concerts I don't want to go to, party favors and general hysteria constantly.
49)I really LOVE teaching my Sunbeams in Primary. I love object lessons and prepare one for each Sunday. I am pretty sure the kids appreciate it, right? I am sure 3 year olds know just how long it takes to cut out 15 perfect little fish. But they are so cute and so fun, it's worth every second.
50)If I was smart, I mean a genius, I would try to figure out things like were the dinosaurs here after the earth was formed or were the bones just in the matter God used to make the earth? Also, how long does a star twinkle and are we really seeing stars that no longer exist?
51)I let stupid things people do bother me at an unhealthy level.
52)I like to think I have everything under control. It makes me feel good.
53)When I was little, I would kiss frogs and store them in my play barn. My mom was not too thrilled about either.
54)I would tape Jackie (my sister) to the floor when she was a baby. I would also put her into the bookshelf, cover the space with a hanging blanket and tell her she couldn't move while I would read a book in the shelf below her. Her patience has always amazed me.
55)I am so opinionated, it hurts.
56)I have blue eyes and a little auburn in my "real" hair color. Thanks Grandpa Hansen! It's beautiful.
57)I have freckles and I really did try to get rid of them by rubbing lime juice on myself every night before I went to bed. That only lasted for a while. We ran out of lime juice and Mom refused to buy more. She switched to real limes, much bigger hassle, so I gave up. I don't know if she even knows I tried to get rid of them.
58)For a talent show once, I didn't want to do a step in my Mom's choreography and was being really obnoxious and disrespectful and she spanked me in front of my friends. That took a while to get over. I was about 11.
59)I got my Mom's blood a-pumping growing up. I can still remember running away from her wooden spoon (only happened once), her grabbing my hair and pulling me to watch her erase dollars from my "dollar tracker", and fighting tooth and nail because I didn't want to do what I was supposed to. And I love her more because we went through those tough times together. I think I may be the only kid who ever got my mom to cuss. Quite the accomplishment, huh?
60)I fight dirty. And I always hurt myself doing it.
61)I used to burn ants with a magnifying glass when I was little.
62)I can talk to my friends for hours. I can sit in silence with my friends for hours too and not feel weird at all.
63)I love blog stalking.
64)I keep dirty pots and pans in the dishwasher if company is coming over and I know I won't have a chance to clean up after dinner. I wash and dry them the second they are out the door.
65)I love playing tag with Daisy. I really think she gets it.
66)I could watch HGTV and TLC TV shows indefinitely.
67)I can generally reorganize a person's entire living room setup within 15 seconds of sitting on their couch. Visually, anyway. Not that there is anything wrong with any one's set up, it's just something I do, even to my own living room.
68)I wake up 3-4 times a night. Twice for a Daisy potty break and once or twice for no reason what-so-ever.
69)I DESPISE scary movies.
70)I am a Adam Sandler fan. And I am not sure why. Some of his movies are not the best, morally speaking.
71)I make up little songs and diddys to remember things. Especially when I was in college.
72)Juan wants to own an old pickup truck he can "trick" out one day.
73)I promised Juan a huge flat-screen TV if I could just get this house I wanted. And he loves me enough to let me, even with his reservations.
74)Talking about myself is funner than I thought it would be. Who am I kidding, I love to talk. About anyone, anything, myself included.
75)Juan loves live concerts.
76)Juan is a Metallica fan. And I never suspected until he bought concert tickets one day.
77) My favorite band is Nickelback.
78) Juan's favorite band is Linkin Park.
79) We both love classical music and that was very surprising to me.
80) Juan would like to take piano lessons.
81) I would have gladly let him have mine.
82)I drink Dr Pepper and try to hide it from my Mom. 5 days strong, Mom. SO sorry you had to find out here.
83)Juan sneezes so loud it never fails to scare me. It's pretty funny. He sneezes, I let out a whelp, he sneezes 4 more times before he's done and then usually laughs at me while he rubs his nose obnoxiously loud.
84)If there were no rules against it, rules of physicality, that is, I would want to be a dolphin, just for a day.
85)I always wanted to be a marine biologist growing up and then I realized, swimming is not my favorite.
86)Then I wanted to be a vet and I realized dogs and cats can be mean when they are sick. Not to mention, they don't make much money after all that schooling.
87)I will have to come up with something else I want to be when I grow up.
88)I make lists. Compulsively.
89) At any given moment, I have band-aids, lotion, make up, double-sided tape, hand sanitizer, Kleenex, sewing kit, rubber bands, paper clips, my card, tide to go... well you get the idea...in my purse. It's huge. I think it weighs about 15 pounds. Seriously.
90)I worry. And I do things like get safe deposit boxes at banks for all our "valuable" documentation with copies in a safe place at home because I feel it will better prepare my survivors when I die.
91) I am over insured and still thinking about my next insurance plan to purchase.
92)I like looking through magazines, especially Potterybarn and Williams Sonoma. I will even take my magazines with me when I am going over to a friend's house to look at.
93)I can whistle really well. Uncannily well.
94)I think out loud too often.
95)I should have kept some of these things to myself, but what can I say, motor mouth?
96)I usually choose the "safe" option, until I make it to the front of the line and then I change my mind in a split second and end up with a chilli-dog I really didn't want.
97)I spend cash like a rapper in a Bentley dealership. Checkbooks and debit cards make me infinitely more responsible.
98)I go around to apartment complexes and collect Bed Bath and Beyond coupons from the mail trashcan. You never know when you might need twenty or so of those bad boys.
99)If there is a solid wood table in a dumpster, I will jump in without a second thought to retrieve it and it's four legs. Yes, even with my OCD looming large.
100) I don't know how to stop when I get started doing something. I make time for it, even as it encroaches upon things like dinner time or appointments to be kept. Tsk! Tsk! As I go to bed after two hours of my poor husband asking when I will be coming to bed.
Friday, June 6, 2008
It's that time again...
Ready? I will not terrorize, melt into self loathing sarcasm or berate myself in general for not blogging recently. We simply MUST go on ;).
We have come so far. Applications have been completed, contracts officially accepted and are one week away from ordering an inspection for our new home! July 28th sounds so far away, but it's really just a matter of 7 weeks. So much time, so little to do. Stop, reverse that.
We have big plans and I do believe I will enlist your help.
Do we go with Flagstone or more traditional pavers (which we will be able to do ourselves)?
The Flagstone look
The Paver look
We are just so excited. All the remodeling should be complete by Monday! YAY! That means one step closer to making this house a home.
Here are some of the things we have been thinking about looking into:
Swedish wooden reinforced shelving from Williams Sonoma for our storage space off the kitchen...good news, we probably won't have to get the wine rack!
The Palladion Collection from Restoration Hardware...great media center, yes?
The Hudson Collection from Potterybarn...I know, they look almost the same...but I just can't decide...which would you choose? (They are the same price.)
Decisions, decisions....too bad we can't really buy any of this until we save up a little first.
But remember, by small and simple things are great things brought to pass...funny how that applies even to things like saving up to make a fun purchase!
Gotta run, but keep me posted on all your opinions...I know a few people who are very good at that ;) Love you all!
We have come so far. Applications have been completed, contracts officially accepted and are one week away from ordering an inspection for our new home! July 28th sounds so far away, but it's really just a matter of 7 weeks. So much time, so little to do. Stop, reverse that.
We have big plans and I do believe I will enlist your help.
Do we go with Flagstone or more traditional pavers (which we will be able to do ourselves)?
The Flagstone look
The Paver look
We are just so excited. All the remodeling should be complete by Monday! YAY! That means one step closer to making this house a home.
Here are some of the things we have been thinking about looking into:
Swedish wooden reinforced shelving from Williams Sonoma for our storage space off the kitchen...good news, we probably won't have to get the wine rack!
The Palladion Collection from Restoration Hardware...great media center, yes?
The Hudson Collection from Potterybarn...I know, they look almost the same...but I just can't decide...which would you choose? (They are the same price.)
Decisions, decisions....too bad we can't really buy any of this until we save up a little first.
But remember, by small and simple things are great things brought to pass...funny how that applies even to things like saving up to make a fun purchase!
Gotta run, but keep me posted on all your opinions...I know a few people who are very good at that ;) Love you all!
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