Four Point Ooooooh

Yeah, she got a 4.00 in her first semester of Nursing School.


I couldn't believe it either.


Especially because she is psychotic and has decided to run a half marathon! I think she's in the running for the Athlete-Mother-Student-Wife-Sister-Daughter-Aunt-Of-The-Year award.


More reason to hate her.


In other news...I won tickets from Seven Clown Circus to the Casual Blogger Conference!





Whaaa???


Me? At a blogger conference? I know, I can't believe that either. But hey, it's in Utah, how lucky is that?


So Lindee and I will be hangin out there May 28th & 29th so you MUST come. We're also going to the Girl's Night Out on May 27th to enjoy Mani's, Pedi's, and massages!


Anybody else going? We just need to know because Lindee promised to bring gifts for everyone going.


Yeah, she wants to add Blogger-Of-The-Year to her title.


Biotch.

Ochoversary

Happy 8th Anniversary Albert!

Eight reasons Why I love Alex:

1. Because he always makes me laugh (But I'm still the funny one).

2. Because he loves me even though I'm the most awkward human being in the world.

3. Because he has the cutest "sad boy" face I've ever seen.

4. Because he always takes care of me when I'm sick.

5. Because he always gives me the best advice.

6. Because he has always been my rock (Not just his muscles).

7. Because he listens to me and is NEVER afraid to admit when he is wrong.

8. Because everything he does, he does for our little family and our future.

9. Because he has the best laugh ever.

10. Because he makes up songs and sings them to me daily.

11. Because I love the "Casual Friday" song he sings to me every Friday morning.

12. Because he can always be himself around me and he shows me a side of him that nobody else can see.

13. Because I know that I can tell him anything.

(Couldn't keep it at eight, sorry)

First Day we met (in person):

At our wedding dinner:

I actually proposed to him. Ok, not really.

Christmas Eve 2009

I love you Bert!

Get Your Vote On, Get into Heaven

If you don't know Karin Katherine then you are lucky you came to my blog today. I'll be expecting Thank You letters and gifts from those of you who I have enlightened.



Karin Katherine is a homeschooling genius. She is not your run of the mill mom/teacher either. I am amazed at how she teaches her children, she teaches through experience. Her children get to go on field trips and learn hands on! Her love of teaching is reflected through her children who have developed a love for learning.



You can check out her homeschool blog, Passport Academy, to see what I'm talking about. You'll fall in love with her too.



Because of her unique and successful approach to homeschooling she has been nominated for The Best Eclectic Homeschooling Award in the 2009 Homeschool Blog Awards!



That's right folks, you know what you need to do. Go vote for her! She deserves this award and I would love for her to win. So click HERE to vote for her blog Passport Academy.



P.S. I heard if you vote for her you will have good luck for the rest of your life and get a free pass into heaven. It's really a no brainer people.



P.P.S. Rob Pattinson, if you're reading this, I highly suggest you go vote to save your soul.

Why Today Is Going To Be A Good Day

Because I found a zit on my elbow.

Yep, right there on the outer portion of the arm hinge, the olecranon to be exact. Not on my triceps, not on my forearm, but directly smack dab in the middle of my elbow amidst that wrinkly pliable skin.

I have Elbow Acne.

I immediately went to demolish the sucker in the bathroom. Though a little challenging using one hand, I was able to contort my body into the optimal pinching position and I executed the problem at hand, and at elbow.

I never turn down a challenge.

Nothin better then that feeling of accomplishment you get after pinching such a ripe zit. In fact I've been so high on triumph that I didn't even notice the SNOW falling outside my window.

And you know what? I don't care, I got to pop a zit today. And not just any zit, an ELBOW ZIT. One can only hope and pray that this elbow acne continues.

Yes, today is going to be a great day.


(My apologies for creating a whole post dedicated to an elbow zit, but if you know me well, then you know how exciting this day really is for me. My apologies go out to all the normal people out there.)


(I'd also like to apologize to my elbow for such tactless exploitation.)

Beet Digger Wannabe

I was hesitant to write about my experience as a Beet Digger because I know it will resonate a lot of jealous and resentful feelings directed towards me and I would hate to be the source of such sinful thoughts and emotions.


Oh who am I kidding? Resent away!


I was honored to be accepted, if only for one night, as a part of the Jordan High School (home of the Beet Diggers) Popular Girl crowd. And not popular girls like in the movie Mean Girls popular, but popular girls as in the coolest chicks you'll ever meet kind of popular.


My friends Andrea & Talisia are part of this group of like 13 or 14 girls from Jordan High who are all good friends and every month they take turns hosting a get together. This month was Tara's turn and she wanted to go see Thriller! (Which I've been dying to see since poo poo head Andrea saw it without me.)


And they let me tag along.


Thriller totally rocked! For anyone that doesn't know what Thriller is, it's an annual dance production put on by The Odyssey Dance Theatre every year for Halloween. It's scary, it's creepy and it's amazing! The dancing is incredible!















I already knew Tara and Dellany who are awesome bloggers and even awesomer real life friends, and I met the other girls for the first time that night at dinner.


At first I felt like that new kid in school with the glasses and braces who is ugly and awkward before she's befriended by the popular girls who then give her a makeover so by the end of the school year she gets asked out by the hottest guy at the school and they go out on a date but he's a jerk and just wants to have sex with her so she slaps him and then realizes that she's been in love with her nerdy best guy friend who she ditched to hang out with the popular girls and after she apologizes for her stupid ways he takes her back and they live happily ever after.


It was like that but minus the braces, and after we sat down and all got to talking, I realized they were all quirky like me so I felt right at home.


Thanks Dell for ordering nachos with me for dinner and for teaching me things that I didn't even know existed, like almond milk and, what did you call them? Vegetables? Yeah, that was pretty awesome.


And thanks Sara for freaking out about everyone having babies all the time and doing stupid stuff like getting married. Oh, and thanks for being so concerned about the audience at Thriller who were all coughing and choking to death from smoke inhalation.


As far as you know I didn't cough once. Shut up Andrea.


And thanks Tara for buying the tickets and letting me write you out a check like those annoying check writers in the grocery check out lines that take FOREVER! Good God people, ever heard of a debit card? Checks or SO 20th century. Oh and thanks for liking the ruffles on my shirt, they like you too.


And thanks Talisia for not having your baby right there on the steps in front of Kingsbury Hall. I thought for sure he'd pop out after that zombie girl snuck up on you and I would have to jump forward and catch him before he hit the cement and then we'd all have to take you to the hospital and miss the show all together. So yeah, thanks for not doing that.


And for not peeing.


And thanks Andrea...for something. I'm sure you did something I should be thankful for soooo...thanks...er whatever.


And lastly, I'd like to thank the Academy. It was hella fun!

Did I forget to mention...

...that we ran over a deer last weekend? Yep, on the way to the movies no less.


There we were, driving along Bangerter highway when it happened. Albert was driving while I was blabbering away, raising my voice in an attempt to be heard over the blasting music.


Rap music no less.


(Sorry, that's two "no lesses" in like four sentences, what does that phrase even mean anyway?)


Up ahead, Albert noticed a car oddly parked on the side of the road and a few cars touching their breaks. Then the car directly in front of us swerved to the right at which point we saw it, lying directly in front of us, a huge buck lying in the middle of the road, antlers pointing straight up.


Albert quickly assessed the situation and realized that we would not be able to swerve out of the way seeing as there were cars on either side of us. At first glance, I thought it was a pile of wood but that thought quickly changed when Albert said,


"Hold on, WE'RE. ABOUT. TO. RUN. OVER. A. DEER."


I grabbed the OS (Oh Shit) handle and braced myself for impact. I then heard a clunking sound as the buck's antlers passed underneath my feet.


And then it was over.


We had just glided over the buck with no problem at all. I should inform you that we were driving the Hummer so Albert was pretty confident that we would run right over the poor guy.


"Something definitely flashed there!" I said, still gripping the OS handle.


"Do you mean your life flashed before your eyes?" He smirked.


"Um something like that. I don't know what, but something definitely flashed!"


"Oh Poob." He said rolling his eyes. (He seems to do that a lot, I think he should get his eyes checked or something.)


"I felt his antlers under my feet!" I shuddered.

At this point we were both excited feeling indestructible and thinking we were pretty hot stuff for being alive at that moment.


I should have realized that the Buck was no big deal, during the winter Al constantly runs the Hummer through huge snow banks on the side of the road just because he can. And now he wants to sell it? I don't think so.


Bucks? Meh. No big deal.


Bring on the Elephants.

The Blondes vs. The Barbeque

You see this barbeque? It may not look that big in this picture, but I promise you it is a monster in real life and weighs a million pounds. For real.




(No it is not snowing here in Utah, this pic was taken last October. However I wouldn't be surprised if it was snowing in August, Utah sucks like that)


If you look closely, you can see the look of disdain on it's face.




It laughed at me & Lindee when it found out we were going to stuff it into the back of her explorer. But we were resolute and didn't allow the evil monster barbeque to intimidate us.


Although Lindee may have peed a little.


You may be wondering why we didn't just have the big brawny Albert pick it up with his pinkie and toss it in the back, but we wanted to prove to the world (and to ourselves) that "we don't need no big strong man" to save us from such laborious tasks. Well, and Albert wasn't home to help us.


But, as you can see, we did it.


All by ourselves.




We even used tools people! One of those wrench turny thingies and even a tape measurer.




We tore that monster apart before it knew what was coming. It cried and we laughed.





We pushed, we pulled, we let sweat drip into our eyes.


We got down right dirty.










It was the blondes vs. the barbeque and the blondes conquered!






Suck on that Big Al!