two truth's and a lie

OK, here goes the answers!

1. Twins!! Love it. TRUE. I have always wanted them. (usually glad when I don't though, how funny is that?) I do pick out twin names every time. But I'm sure the Lord knows what I can handle. SO I am grateful for what I have, But who says I can't day dream.............................

2. Diet Coke, TRUE love it, gotta have it. Although I'm better now, it's not EVERY DAY.

3. False, don't love internet shopping. I do a fair amount of it though. I prefer the textiles of the real thing. I am often frustrated by the online thing, because I can't feel it and try it on. (Which I always have to do) I like shopping, I just prefer the store.!! Haha

Thanks for playing this was fun. I liked hearing all the responses.!!

sorry

I had a link on this site to view the movie trailer THE GOLDEN COMPASS. I am taking it down. I urge all of you to go to snopes.com and read about this movie. I most certainly won't be viewing this movie. Or my kids. I was mislead and hope none of you will be as well. This isn't something I want my kids to be exposed to. SO SAD because the movie looked great and I couldn't wait to see it. so check out the link and then let me know what you all think.

who's lying now?

I saw this on a Lisa's blog. It's two truth's and a lie. Guess which one is the lie...........Now the hard part, I have to decide which thing I don't mind others knowing but still try and trick you all into picking the wrong thing!

1. I have always wanted twins. I figure why not? I've got 5 kids anyway!!??!! What's 2 more in the mix? I have even picked out names, every pregnancy hoping for a 'suprise' baby.

2. I LOVE Diet Coke. I have been known to load all the kids in the car, just to go through drive through and get one. I love the fountain drinks. It's more than the taste, I love the ice as well. Even the sound of the ice is intoxicating. I know it's bad for me, but yet I can't resist. I would barter for this to anyone.

3. I love internet shopping. The thrill of shopping isn't lost on the computer! Anytime, anywhere I can fill my obsession.

Go ahead, Let's see how convincing this is. How well am I known by others? good luck.

Fearless

Tonight was a night that I was totally wishin' that I had a digital camera. WE carved pumpkins for family home evening! I was fun to see what the kids came up with. And the funky faces they drew on the pumpkins actually looked fairly good on the jack-o-lanterns. So they were totally proud of themselves. Brock thought that they were 'scary' in the dark and Alexa wouldn't even come near them. Funny. I think they look great.

Brynlee gave her speach for her campaign today. she was so nervous to give it, she was even shaking. She looked great though. and I'm so proud of her, that she gave the speach despite her nerves! That's courageous, to not let fear dictate your life!

Robert is sick again with another abcess. Poor guy. Pretty miserable. We have been able to keep him out of the hopsital though. so I am happy with that. Grateful for whatever I can get these days.

We're all set for Halloween now. I can't wait!

fun run

So for my personal accountability I decided to post the 5k runs in our area.

2008 5K Run/Walks

March 1 Community Park
May 17 Community Care Health and Fitness
June 21 Scenic River Run
July 21 Race ya to the Playground
August 02 Rock Roll and Run
September 20 Run to Break the Silence
October 11 Run for the Cure
November 27 Run to Feed the Hungry
December 13 Jingle Bell Run


Maybe this can motivate one of you to finally go for it and try out a race!!

lots on my mind!

Update: Brynlee was picked to run her campaign at school. SO the game begins!! We now have posters and stickers to produce. Also campaign slogans and what not. I'm thinking : Vote Bryn and you'll always WIN! not sure what she thinks yet, but we're taking all ideas at this point. I am a little suprised that she wanted to run. She has seemed a little nervous in front of others for speaches and what not. But she was determined that she wanted to do this. She does alot of Speached in PACE. and I'm sure that has helped with her stage fright.

On a different note, tomorrow I'm going to the Lane Bryant Grand opening here in Idaho Falls. WHAT FUN!! All you Chubby Bunnies out there know what I'm talking about. Exciting- that I get to go with some friends of mine.

My girls are starting piano lessons Nov. 2nd. Very exciting stuff around here. They are super excited and so is this Mom. I want them to learn about music. And having that extra activity is a bonus in their lives, I think. Y0u know, positive outlets and all that stuff.


I have decided that I want to run in a fun run: a short 1 or 5k race. I picked up a schedule for 2008. And I'm making some decisions on what to do. I think that having a deadline will really help me with some motivation. Still getting up at 5:30 am (most mornings) although its getting awfully tough with the cold. It screams at me in the morning to STAY IN BED!! so I just need to figure out how to conguer this monster!!

ASB

Brynlee is running for ASB vice president of her elementary school. Does this seem a little weird to anyone else that there is ASB for elemnetary? I just was a little suprised. Anyway, I am very proud of her. She has worked really hard on her speach and the next step is to see if the teachers will nominate her to run. They have quite the process here, for this whole thing. A few hoops to jump through. I don't think i have ever met a child who took their studies as seriously as she does. It is very important to her to do her best at all times. I am very proud of her. But sometimes I have to remind her to be a kid. On another note, she is a great babysitter! I can see that teenagehood isn't going to be fun (she's 11 this year) I'm am desperatly trying to figure out how to dodge that one, but so far haven't some up with anything !! :-) So for today I want to say GOOD LUCK, Brynlee!!

10 things.

• Ten things you splurge on and ten things you save on. I saw this on my cousins blog, And I encourage you all to post it on your own bog!
  
  Splurge items
  
  1. date night dinners-gotta be good when I go out with my hubbie!
  2. make-up. Love it. Gotta have it!
  3. quality food for the fam. (doesn't mean name brand, just well prepared)
  4. shoes. love good quality shoes. They last longer and wear better.
  5. Hair cut. (for me) Love it at the salon!
  6. Cascade dishwasher soap. I think it works the best.
  7. Jeans for Robert. He rips out the cheap ones in 3 days!!
  8. Facial moisturizer. (for me) can't beat a quality face!!
  9. good BRA. Need's to fit the best. And I care where I buy this one!!
  10. jewelry making supplies. Fun, Fun, Fun.
  
  
  
  Save money items
  
  1. Halloween costume. make it or borrow it, or get it at D.I. not worth spending lots of $$
  2. Albertson's case lot sales. I buy 1-2 times a year and not again until the next sale. I get cereals for 50 cents and I buy the cream of mush. soups (and chicken) by the case as well.
  3. Hanes her way cheap t-shirts at walmart. I even by them on clearance. They are a great "uniform" to wear to clean the house in. They cost $5.50 normally unless you get on sale for like $3. I love this b/c if they get stained while cooking or cleaning I don't mind and I can save the good stuff for public.
  4. Canning free food. Like the neighbors apples or plums. Saves money in the long run and better quality too!
  5. Microfiber mop. Best investment ever. This thing is so good it doesn't even use cleaners to clean the floor. This way I only use water to do the floors and they look fabulous.
  6. Hair cuts for Ian and Brock. I even do Robert's. I don't love this but it saves alot of $$.
  7. Baking bread. Hardly ever buy the stuff anymore.
  8. paying bills online. Never send them snail mail. This way I save time and money (stamps)
  9. buying milk at the Dairy here where it is drive thru. Not going to the store when I don't absolutly have too keeps my money in my wallet where it needs to be!! (the drive thru milk thing is the best and I don't spend extra on stuff I don't really need!)
  10. planning a menu and sticking to it keeps us on a budget.

Alexa

Alexa is my cutie pie. She is so funny sometimes. Just very busy, busy, busy. She runs cirlces around Brock or stuck to me. It's kind of funny how hot or cold she can be. She is either stuck like glue to me or off going crazy with Brock. She seems to always want to be near me. And this gets old when I have a lot of work to do. like the canning or some other chore that can't be done with small children in tow. She is content to just rub my leg and suck her thumb. Sometimes it's awfully endearing. And other times I just worry about her. Wondering if she will create her own identity. SHe is very bossy when she is with Brock but I sometimes wonder if she's like that because he is so forceful. (he's a boy!) anyway. Just thinking of my Lexa tonight!!

sicky?

Brock came to me today and said "my nose hurts". Well I have had a pretty bad cold and I thought oh he's getting it too. His nose was all red and inflamed and runny, and he was about crying. SO I gave him some cold medicine and told him to lay down and he would feel better in awhile. SOoooo, awhile later he comes back to me and says "Mom it still hurts" and now it looks even worse and he was crying. SO I figured maybe he was getting a sinus infection or something, (do 3yr olds get sinus infections?). To try and do something I told him to go get some tissue, thinking I would help him blow his nose and maybe that would relieve some pressure. A few minutes later he comes running into the kitchen very happy and yelling "Mom, I got it!" holding a mint in his hand. Yup!, you guessed it. he stuck a mint in his nose. I said to him did you put it in there and he answered, "yup" Well I said don't do it again. and he just looked at me, So I 'm sure we will visit this again. Hopefully not soon though. His nose looks so much better though. I'm sure it was burning his nose and that's why it was running and inflamed. He could probably even breathe in the vapors!! LOL Well, I guess it's paybacks for getting into my purse, or do Mom's not get paybacks with their kids? Is that not a good Mom to think that? I'm not sure if it is or not, but I know I think it every once in awhile. things like this happen and I think " serves them right " I guess that's not to charitable is it? oh, well. something else to work on i guess!!

PDA

So today Robert and I finally got PDA's. Very exciting. We can now beam each other. I have grand ideas of no more forgotten grocery lists, and other info that's important for filling out forms for the kids. Like immunization records and other need to know info. -Like social security numbers. I can now access them all from my Pocket PC. I can be an organized me. Church will be cool when I get the scriptures down loaded on them and I am wondering if I can also get the church manuals, too? That would be nice. I carry alot of baggage at church and this would be one less thing to have to bring along!! Robert and I can also beam each other our calendars, task lists, and other fun stuff like a cool scripture(during church). Hopefully this can make my life easier if I learn to use it correctly. ie bring it to meetings and such so my calendar has the proper input. This way to I will be less likely to overlap the kids schedules. Did I mention that I'm excited?

happy moment

So as I was taking my husband dinner tonight, (I wanted a little alone time with him as he has been gone most of the day) I got into the car and the radio was blaring and it was a song I loved. I had the most satisfying feeling of 'oh ya' I've still got it! That feeling of when you have a really good hair day, or a great outfit on.And it's all gelling together and life feels wonderful. That's the feeling I'm talking about. And all because I was alone in the mini-van rocking out to some great music. And then I remembered that I am in a mini-van. I did come down to earth so to speak, by the time I came home and had my mommy role back on. But of for that 15 minutes today it felt great -just being me!!

kids

I wanted to add that Brock is a busy kid. He's one of the most busy 3 yr. olds I have met. And strangely enough it's not when we have company, I think he is subdued around strangers. but in our everyday lives He constantly keeps me on my toes. He is a cutie as well, but that is beside the point. Lately he has taken to playing in the car. (in our garage) Well he doesn't shut the door and the battery gets run down. So I think 4 times last month I had to call my husband (frantically) to "jump" our car. So I could get to places.Now we have had many 'talks' with him and he always nods and says 'yes, mommy' but does he listen? NO. So I have taken to locking the car and this worked for a few days until today. I caught him running outside with my keys. And I called him back and took the keys from him. And he says but I need them, to open the car. that TURKEY!! he so knows better. But at least that was a crisis averted. I'm not sure or not if he could actually unlock the door. But if anything I kept from losing my keys OUTSIDE. Our garage is unattached, so it's very unlikely I would find my keys when I need them.

daily workout

I am going to renew my weight loss efforts. I am still exercising on a consistent basis. But it has been a little more sporadic of lately. But I am wanting to renew my efforts. I am feeling the need to step it up lately. So I am trying to make my workouts this week more effective. I started exercising 4 months ago. And I have enjoyed it. My goal when I started was to form a habit of early rising and to just do it 6 days a week. That has been accomplished. ANd I feel good about it b/c when life's challenges came up (like sickness, and vacations) I still got back to everday 'life' and continued on. Somedays I really think I was sleepwalking but I do think it helped. I have not lost a lot of weight but I do feel much better and stronger and I didn't gain. Which for me is a plus. So Now I want to up the goal to myself and i am going to try to rev it up this week and workout HARDER I think I will thank myself later -I hope.

Conferance

I can't wait for conferance tomorrow. It is the high light of my week. I have been thinking of it all week and I can't wait. This year seems a little more highly anticipated than normal. But I have lots of plans with being with my family on this particular weekend. I also will be making Picallili sauce tomorrow as well as some green tomato salsa! I am even going to try some pickled green tomatoes. The lady at Robert's work swears by them. And I had never even heard of them!! But i have a TON of green tomatoes from the garden and so I am going to get adventurous and use them up!! We ate fried green tomatoes today for lunch and I liked them, but I'm not so sure that the kids were diggin' it. SO I am excited for the other sauces though. They are good on sandwiches (so are the pickled tomatoes) and the picallili sauce on crackers and meat. Apparantly in other parts of the nation it is considered a staple. I suppose like ketchup is at my house :-) !! So why not give it a try? The canning season is almost over. And I have yet to do applesauce. I'm getting a little nervous my trees didn't produce hardly any apples and the people who were going to give me some didn't end up with extra either. So I will make do. I guess. Also, a new concept was addressed to me today.And that is paying tithing on your garden. I think we'll start to do that. I had never heard of it before and was very intrigued. But I did think Ignorance is bliss and now that I know I will have to do better. So I guess this applies!! But really I am happy to do it since paying 1/10th is better than paying for the whole thing. ANd I would like the Lord to continue his blessings, soooooooooo............I think this is what we need to do.I hope all your conferance weekends go well. We're watching movie tonight so I've gotta go-bye'

Crazy

I had a crazy mother moment today. Just ask my kids. They wouldn't keep the door shut (and its cold outside). SO after they left (and I had yelled for the door to be shut, about a thousand times) I went ahead and locked it. (Both front and back doors were opened, so I locked them both) The kids took a few minutes to figure it out, and then I just said nope you can't come in. I needed a few minutes, and I wanted them to shut the door. And not for me to have to remind them every time. After all the cold air is just breezing on in. So by the time they were allowed in they were much more contrite, and amazed at this particular approach. besides the fact that they were a little chilled. And bored out there..Since I made them stay out they didn't want to be there. Although. they have remembered to shut the door the rest of the day. I think the crazy mom is gonna be here for awhile. Well, until at least my husband is done with overtime. It always makes me a little unnerved when he's gone at night. And I don't sleep well b/c of it. He has been working 6-8 hours at night and then 10 during the day. like he comes home at 3:30am sleep until 6:30 am goes to work at 7 am comes home at 7 pm and then goes back to work at night. like around 9:30 pm they are crazy busy at work lately. It makes us both tired. The up side is -the overtime is nice :)

Tempted

I am feeling so tempted lately. I want to go spend, spend, spend. We (Robert and I) have worked really hard to pay off all debts possible. we have no credit card debt, currently. And in a few months the car will be paid off. And we'll almost be home free. With that being said. TOday, I want alot of things. I sure hope my husband is strong enough to withstand my wants. I would love a new living room set TODAY!! I want to order exactly what I want, and I want it all now. I have found what I want and the store is carrying a 3 yr. no payment no interest deal, right now. I know it sounds good. But against everything that we have worked for. SO I 'm not even going to that side of town to avoid it all. The truth is, I have everything I need. The truth is that we have good money coming in, BUT Not so good that I can blow it all (and my budget in a furniture store) I shouldn't add another payment to my bills. SO deep breathe****sigh***** , another *****deep breathe****** And I will move on, hopefully. ANd try not to think about the new shoes I want, and how they will miraculously make me look like I lost 50 lbs. :-) B/c the world will be so caught up looking at my dazzling feet! **giggle** I'll move on to other things, maybe conference is coming just in time for me this year. I probably need to re-evaluate my feelings -just a little.

another day

I think I like the overcast day in a kind of morbid way. It matches my mood of lately. I will have my first Den Meeting today, it's making me a little anxious. For the last week I have been trying to figure why I have been giving this calling so much mental energy. I finally have pin-pointed it-I think!! I love to feel in my element and so I have worked very hard to create that in my daily life. And being a stay at home mom has afforded me that luxury of never feeling on the outs (mostly). Moving hasn't even worried me so much. I like the adventure part of it. But I take resposibility seriously, and I like to have all my bases covered. I enjoy my callings once I can figure it all out. Sooooooooo I just need time to figure this one out too. Actually figuring this part of my personality out this week has helped with the anxiety. Not understanding it all is most confusing! I am warming up to the whole idea. I will probably like it in the end. Of course, after I get it ---in and out!!

busy work

So my DH took a picture of my storage room. And the canning shelves. I thought I would give you all a sneak peak at what I have spent my time on lately. I do think the jars are pretty. I like all the colors!

My brother and his family were here this weekend. It was a blast to see them and have them here. The kids all had fun! and This mom had fun visiting with them, also. We are adjusting to the fall like weather. I think it's awesome on one hand and on the other I think it is bitter sweet to the fun summer weather. Any way, I am feeling anxious for the holiday season this year. Why is that? It seems like I probably shouldn't even be thinking about it yet. But I am. And I feel uncertain about the future. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's PMS. who know........

Robert has been super busy at work and I haven't seen him much lately. I think he is feeling alot of pressure that way, (from work) But we are excited that he will be getting ready for the testing phase of his process of being an architect. hope all is well. bye