My top ten...

In response to the swine flu pandemic, my top ten list before I die.

1. Visit Mexico without coming home sick!
2. Find a hairstyle that I actually like.
3. Get lasik.
4. Go back to school and earn a degree.
5. Invent a truly amazing kitchen tool for Billy Maze to announce on an infomercial.
6. Learn to like poetry.
7. Beat Trevor in miniature golf.
8. Overcome my fear of heights.
9. Become a master gardener. I'm shooting for the stars on this one. I really just want to grow a successful garden and some fruit trees.
10. Finally, learn to spell (without spell check)!

New Phraseology

Carson and Paige have picked up on a few new phrases. (Thank you Lance, Eric, & Devon) I just thought I would share them so everyone understand what they are talking about. It's good to be up on the hip new lingo the kids are using these days.

Nueb pronunciation{ new-b }
-noun, slang.
1. a stupid or ridiculous person; nerd; silly.
2. a form of endearment used for a sibling or parent when they do something salty.

Usage examples...
Paige talking to Carson after he took one of her markers. "Carson, don't be a nueb. Give me back my marker!"

Carson talking to me after I served his snack on a pink princess plate (what was I thinking???) "Oh Mom, you're such a nueb. I hate princesses!"

Salty
-adjective, slang
1. uninspiring, lame, nuebish
2. the opposite of something "totally sweet"

Usage examples...
Carson spilled something at dinner. Eric promptly responded. "Way to go Carson that was salty."

The Goose Girl

The Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale. Loved it! It was such a cute story. I liked the characters and the writing was cleaver and full of imagery. It is a young adult story and plot but it really held my attention. I was anxious to find out the ending but I also found my self savoring the story and reading slowly so I didn't get there too soon. That to me is a good book. When you can't wait to find out what happens, but you don't want to finish too quickly because you know you'll feel sad when the story is over. The other thing I enjoyed about this book was the happy ending. I hate a happy ending that comes too easily and just fall out of no where (i.e. Breaking Dawn from Twilight). As all happy endings go, it was little predictable but it didn't come easily. The plot was completely developed and resolved reasonably. I am going to keep this on my book shelf for Paige. I have also heard that there are two other books that follow some of the characters from Goose Girl. I'll have to find them.

Easter Sunday

I love how all our kids have chubby cheeks!


The tie was ditched seconds after the photo, and the shirt was never tucked in...sigh.


Paige and her sponge rollers! She loves'em. She thinks she looks like Snow White with "short curly hair".

Cheese

Trevor is such a dork when it comes to taking photos. He hates to be in pictures so we usually have just the kids, or me with the kids, or this....



After coloring eggs he said he would cooperate and let me take his picture. This is what I got...

Easter Eggs-travaganza

The kids died Easter eggs on Saturday. Paige was so surpised each time she took an egg out of the cup. It was like magic for her. Carson was very careful and precise in his egg coloring techneque. He finished about thirty minutes after everyone else and then he had me cattologe each egg with a seperate photo. These are just a few of the highlights.

The longest day of my life...

I'm sitting here typing away while on hold with my property management company. I have to schedule my check out so they can nickle and dime me for every mark on the wall and spot on the carpet. They like to whittle down your deposit. It moves me one step closer to getting out of here. And on a day like today, that is a good thing. The packers are here. Need I say more? There is nothing more annoying than annoying people! I don't like them touching my things and then talking to me about everything.

Examples: "Oh that's a cute picture. When was that taken?" "Wow, you sure have a lot of dishes." "Look at that, you must be LDS. I knew it when I first walked in."

That's right one of the packer is also LDS, AWESOME. You think? He's got me all set up with his sister who is a Realtor. Lucky me she lives in LAYTON! He is talking non stop about his ward, my ward. His time at BYU and my time at BYU. It's like my life is now an open book because he has unlimited access to rummage through my drawers and all my stuff. I'm going to loose my mind. I don't know if I will make it in Utah. I'm really not a nice person. A nice person would enjoy these little pleasantries and I just want to tell him to SHUT UP and get a move on. I hope I live through this day. See I'm not very nice, I'm not going to fit in up there.