Lucky 7s

Heather, Laurie, Scott and Stephanie: I have now tagged you and you MUST do this survey (pretty please?) Everyone else, I'd love to see your answers on your page too!

7 THINGS I LIKE
1. Buying a brand new book. I get a total high when I pick out a new book and take it home with me. It's a darn good thing I get a discount at B&N!
2. Laying on the couch with Levi. I absolutely adore lounging around with him and watching our favorite tv shows and movies.
3. Being close with my family. Having amazing siblings and 10 hilarious nieces and nephews is a blast.
4. Driving to Utah. I actually love the 5.5 hour drive down there, it's the coming home part that sucks. I usually cry from Orem to Brigham City.
5. Anything to do with summer: baseball season, 4th of July, swimming, Redfish Lake, ice cream, the smell of cut grass, reading in the sun, etc. I HATE WINTER!
6. Crossword puzzles: I am my mother's daughter.
7. BT Cake. Just about everybody reading this blog will know what that is and can understand the greatness of it.

7 THINGS THAT SCARE ME
1. The thought of infertility.
2. Clowns. Really, does anybody actually LIKE clowns or find them funny??
3. Fish. Everything except maybe goldfish give me a huge case of the heebie jeebies.
4. Alligators. This goes back to a recurring dream I had when I was five years old. I can't even go into the reptile house at the Hogle Zoo. I get goosebumps even thinking about it.
5. The current economy.
6. Lots of scary movies, though this will never stop me from enjoying them (not the gross gory ones, but the suspenseful, well-made ones.) How come I'm the only one in the family that loves a good scary movie?
7. Any creature that is creepy or crawly. I just got shivers thinking about it.

7 THINGS I HATE
1. Papercuts.
2. Running late for something, which is funny because I'm always late. You'd think I wouldn't hate it since I do it so much. Hmmm.
3. When people use words like "Unthaw" or "Irregardless". They aren't words! You don't "unthaw" meat. You thaw it. And irregardless doesn't mean anything. You can use the words "regardless" or "irrelevant" but combining the two doesn't make a word!
4. When my neck goes out, especially when I can feel it start, like when I'm blowdrying my hair, and I can't do anything to make it stop.
5. The smell of cat poop. Yes, my cats are indoor cats but there has got to be some sort of magic litter that masks the scent.
6. When drivers have a green arrow to turn left and there is 100 feet in between the cars as they make the turn. C'mon! We're only going to have the green arrow for 30 seconds! Execute!
7. Self Improvement books written by people that are bigger messes than you or I could ever hope to be.

7 THINGS IN MY ROOM
1. This bed from Ikea (yay for Ikea and a wonderful big brother willing to deliver it! Love you Scott!)
2. This rug from Urban Outfitters.
3. Books and magazines and a few more books
4. Several semi-empty cans of Mountain Dew and Diet Pepsi
5. A cool picture of Jesus that my mom framed and gave us.
6. Two alarm clocks. Both set anywhere from five to ten minutes ahead. I'm not sure why we do that, it obviously doesn't work.
7. Two fat, lazy cats.

7 THINGS ABOUT ME
1. I am married to my best friend. If you haven't met Levi, he's the best kind of company to be around. He's funny, smart and always has a good story to tell.
2. I am very close with my family. I have been so blessed with amazing grandparents, parents, siblings, in-laws, cousins, etc. All my fellow managers that I work with are amazed at how much I talk about my family.
3. I am completely hooked on icanhascheezburger.comThere is something insanely funny about pictures of cats with misspelled captions.
4. I am a total movie geek. I think imdb.com is pretty darn awesome.
5. I really want to get my mom onto Deal or No Deal. Please let me know if you know how I can sign her up.
6. I think a pint of Ben & Jerrys, pajamas, Netflix defines the perfect date.
7. Naps=heaven. I've never understood people who say they don't like naps. That's just crazy talk!

7 THINGS TO DO BEFORE I DIE
1. Have babies
2. Complete one goal that I've been putting off (write a short story, learn how to cook, learn another language, etc.)
3. Finish my wedding day scrapbook LOL!
4. Take Levi to Lake Powell and get him to enjoy being in water.
5. Go to NYC with my Mom. We've been planning it for a while, and hopefully it will happen within the next two years.
6. Read Crime and Punishment.
7. Complete the Fuddruckers Challenge.

7 THINGS I CAN DO
1. Have entire conversations just using movie quotes.
2. Do crossword puzzles in the bathtub: Again, I am my mother's daughter.
3. Talk politics.
4. Polish off a one pound bag of Peanut M&Ms in less than 24 hours. And I wonder how I gained all this weight??
5. Scare people. I love hiding behind doors and jumping out and I love Levi's reaction to this more than anything. Heather still has the top honors of scaring him the best though!
6. Make a mean pot of Pasta Roni. What can I say, it's a gift.
7. Cry over just about anything.

7 THINGS I CAN'T DO
1. Stay mad at somebody for extended periods of time.
2. Cook.
3. Clean.
4. Do anything domestic for that matter.
5. Run.
6. Give up caffeine, and yes I've tried and I've accepted that it just isn't going to happen.
7. Go more than one hour with getting extremely worried about something.

7 FAVORITE MOVIES
As I've said in previous blogs, I have no way to name my absolute faves, so I'll just name 7 that I really like.
1. What's Up Doc?
2. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
3. The Big Lebowski
4. Just about any Martin Scorsese movie
5. Caddyshack
6. Amelie
7. The Godfather

7 THINGS I SAY THE MOST
1. "No way!"
2. "Awesome!"
3. "Stoked"
4. "Wait, say it again?"
5. "Sorry"
6. "I'm so tired"
7. "Levi, let me sleep!" LOL!

Splurge

I don't know why I even try saving money. Every time I commit to really save money, no matter how tempting something is, I just cave in. This time it was for Marc Jacob's Daisy perfume. I do, however, want it on the record that I have been wanting this with all my heart for over one month now and it wasn't until just barely that I gave in and bought it. THAT is self restraint!
Anyways, if you haven't smelled this perfume you are missing out. Imagine what heaven would smell like if it were bottled up and packaged with cute flowers on top of the bottle. That is what Daisy smells like.

Can't wait for next season!

Well, the season is over for the Red Sox, but what a season! I can't wait for next year, and if I'm not pregnant, we'll be seeing them at Fenway next summer ;) I hope this doesn't mean that Wilson stops wearing his Beckett t-shirt; He looks so darn cute in that thing!






AND JUST AS A REMINDER....THIS IS HOW CLOSE I GOT TO JACOBY ELLSBURY THIS YEAR (AS WELL AS JASON VARITEK!):

Nice Visit

We were lucky enough to have my brother Scott and two of his girls, Cassidy and Whitney, come up for a little visit yesterday. Levi, Heather and I had bought some furniture at Ikea during our last visit to Utah and we didn't have enough room in our car to bring it back to Idaho, so Scott was our hero and brought it all up here in his truck. It was so wonderful seeing the girls and catching up with them. They are the most kind, polite girls and have a wicked sense of humor. Girls, I'm so sorry the cats kept you awake during the night...they tend to do that to everybody, including us! Scott, it was so fun having you in our home and we'll have to make a tradition out of this. I can't wait to have Athena and Stephanie up here as well :)
This morning we went to breakfast at Elmer's and I introduced the girls to the famous German Pancake. Yum Yum!! After that we went to Barnes and Noble and I loved hearing what books the girls liked. They are both so smart and you can tell that Scott and Stephanie place a huge emphasis on their education. You guys have three very smart daughters!
We were sad to see you leave today and I definitely hope to see you guys up here again someday soon.
Love you!!

Updates

Wow, I can't believe I went 11 days without a new entry. That's sad. What's even more sad is that I don't have a whole lot to write about.
We just got back yesterday from a weekend trip to Orem. Heather, Levi and I drove down on Friday morning and spent the weekend helping my mom get all of her stuff moved and decorated. It was so much fun and my mom has a new glow of happiness about her that we're all so grateful to see. Heather, Laurie and I joked about moving in with my mom and living as Golden Girls 2008. Ha ha!! We did so many fun things, my favorite being going out to Brick Oven with the ladies and watching Death at a Funeral with Laurie and Justin. If you haven't seen that movie, I highly recommend it!
While on vacation, I finally got my monthly womanly visit (I hadn't had one since mid August, which was why I had two bloodtests and took a million home pregnancy tests, all with negative results.) I guess my body just felt like skipping a month, which was upsetting to say the least, since we're trying to bring a screaming bundle of joy into this world. Next week I have an appointment with an OBGYN to make sure that everything is "working properly." LOL! Wish me luck :)
Last week I booked a flight for my nephew Ryan to come visit us for a weekend. You just can't believe how fast he's grown up! One day he's a little scrunchy poo-bear and now he's this 12 year old young man with a witty sense of humor. I can't wait to have him up here. Laurie made me promise I won't take him to The Dark Knight , even if he begs. Sorry Ry, I can't break a promise to my sister :)
I guess that's about all I have as an update. Sorry if this was a little boring, hopefully future posts will be more entertaining.

Thank you

For those of you who haven't heard, our dear dog Lola was hit by a car tonight and died minutes after the accident. It was a blessing that she went so quickly, but that doesn't mean it hurts us any less to lose her. Heather, thank you for rushing over and I hope that Eliza understands how sad I am that we can't go to See Spot Walk on Saturday. Well, enough about that...it just makes me too sad to even think about.

So....now for the giant elephant in the room:

Thank you so much to all the family in Utah that are helping my mom through this insanely difficult time in her life. Heather, Levi and I are absolutely dying to get down there and help out and we appreciate everybody in Utah chipping in and helping her get her feet on the ground. There is nobody in this world that has supported me and loved me the way my mom has and I'm so grateful for her opportunity to find peace and happiness. Please know that your helping and kindness is very appreciated.

Now, only two things are going to cheer me up tonight: Watching Joe Biden kick Palin's butt and re-watching the Red Sox beat the Angels. I think I'll attend to both now.




R.I.P. LOLA. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. WE WERE SO BLESSED TO HAVE YOU IN OUR LIVES. TRIPS TO HOME DEPOT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.