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Mid-Week Highlights

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If you don’t follow me on Twitter, you really should.  Most of my efforts toward blogging are being sent in 140 characters or less throughout the day.  There are even pictures sometimes!

  • I was so tired today I fell asleep in the car line which NEVER happens.  In fact, I have a really hard time falling asleep ANYWHERE besides a bed or couch.  Which really means I should go to bed right now instead of typing this.
  • Scott and I spent the entire evening last night at his work Christmas party.  Boy was that fun! Nah, it was good seeing everyone and really, the food was GUD.

So see.  I’m BUSY.  Which is why my eyes won’t stay open right now and I’M GOING TO BED.

Weekend Highlights

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  • Friday night the girls ended up staying with MIL last minute.  She came to see Lexi’s hair and ended up taking them.  Jake and Jill showed up right after that for coffee and we ended up going to Mom & Dad’s theater room to watch The Hulk with Edward Norton.  The movie was great and I still love Edward Norton.
  • Saturday we slept in, took the kids to choir practice, cleaned, ran some errands, took the kids to a play date and then spent Saturday evening over at Jaynee‘s house for their White Elephant Exchange.  They snapped one picture of us there.  We had a good time talking to a few people we’ve seen the past two years and also meeting some new people.  And of course, the food was delish.  Oh, and we came home with a fondue set and some handmade potholders.  Two of the better gifts there!

  • Today we had a Sunday School Christmas dinner after church.  I took the turkey I cooked last weekend.  Unfortunately it was pretty dry.  The broccoli casserole and pumpkin pie were good though.
  • I won an iTunes gift card.  Yippee!
  • We’ve got drama going on at Scott’s work and our church.  Please say a prayer for us!
  • Lexi’s hair is slowly growing on me.  It’s been REALLY nice for it not to be so tangled and so nice to brush through after baths.

Poetry Assigment: phone book

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i thought about him
when I saw the stranger in the
brown coat buying tulips.

it made me think of the night
he gave them to me,
told me he’d never leave me.

he hadn’t lied.
i thought i’d known what i wanted
when i walked out the door.

so i went home
picked up the phone book
since i’d long forgetten

i cried when a woman answered
hung up
and threw away my tulips

See the poetry assignments here

Lexi’s Hair Drama

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Dad: Lexi is in trouble
Me: Why?
Dad: I’ll let Mom or Scott tell you
Dad: It has to do with hair fashion
Me: as long as she didn’t cut her hair
Dad: bye!
Me: noooooo

That conversation started all kind of drama today.  Minutes later I was sent these pictures.

Then the emails and phone calls started.  And of course I chose today to go into the office.  The story as I think I finally understand it is Lexi and her friend that lives across the street from Mom were playing dress-up in Mom’s walk-in closet which is located in her bathroom.  Heather had just checked on them but apparently they had decided to have a fashion show and had gone in Mom’s bathroom drawer and gotten her scissors out and wanted new hair cuts for their fashion show.  Mom first finds the “slaughter house” of a bathroom floor full of hair and then finds the girls hiding in her clothes.  They come out flipping their hair saying their having a fashion show!  They are excited about their hair!  Poor M, she has taken chunks out of her hair up to her scalp in some places.

I finally pick her up from Mom’s after work and take her to a new salon in town.  The place is getting ready to close and the one free lady has foils in her hair doing her own hair.  She takes pity on us though and cuts it anyway.  Poor Lexi must have gotten the drift of what had happened because she had a frown on her face the whole time.  Or, she was just sleepy.  Because I think she fell asleep a time or two while she was brushing through her hair.

So, all is done.  She absolutely loves it.  I think it’s really, really cute although I almost cried when I find out and I still look at her missing her hair.  Lexi’s hair has always, always been her trademark.  I keep thinking about her in her pageant dress with her long pretty hair and all the times people comment “look how long her hair  is”.  I’ll miss running my fingers through when she’s sleepy and putting her to sleep and watching her swipe it to the side when it’s in her way or pulling at the back of it to get it out of a shirt.  I KNOW it will grow back but it’s just different now.  I don’t love her any less or think she is any less beautiful.  I just wasn’t ready to give my baby’s long hair up yet.  Anyhow, that’s my Mommy sad rant.  Here she is as soon as she got it done.

Don’t worry, she got back to her goofy self at home soon…


And just for the record, this is the last picture taken of her long hair…



You can see a bunch more pictures here

Search Terms

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I’ve always enjoyed reading people’s post where they take search terms people have used to find their blogs and then blogging about them.  Mine have never been very interesting but I’ve found enough to have a little fun.

edward face sucking venom looks weird – I just love that “Edward” and “sucking” are all in one phrase and they ended up here.  But yes, he looked weird in that scene
clogged bartholin gland – Girl, i know, it hurts.  It gets worse before it gets better.
meaning of the song flightless bird – You won’t find the answer here but let me know if you do find it.
spanking amy – Really don’t think I’ve blogged about that here.
outfit zebra heels – Ohh, my FAVORITE shoes.  Here they are.
“melissa oyler” – She’s my best friend and she shows up here sometimes but you’ll find her here for sure.
my brand loyalty to nine west – Oh, wanna go shopping?
meaning of let me sign rpattz – Please see my comment above about flightless bird
does david cook have an accent – No, but oh my lord, I wish he did!  Maybe he’d pretend for us a while.
deanna and jesse website – Sadly they’ve broken up and Jesse has taken over their blog
dry iphone in rice – I did it and mine still works!
rob pattinson kristen stewart – Nothing to say here.  I just like seeing their names
what is a clean freak – My husband

Have You Ever?

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From Cootiehog

(things i’ve done in bold)

1. Started your own blog – three of them!
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band – if my youth praise band counts.  I tried.  I really did.
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower – I’m pretty sure
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world – Once one I was 7 and a second time in 2002.  Planning next year as well.
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping – um, hello, we have a pool
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse – of the moon
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise – after college graduation!
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors – how far back are we talking?  i would say i haven’t.
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language – I taught myself a bit of Spanish a couple years ago.
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (badly) – just the other week with the girls from youth group.  not much of an audience but it counted!
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight – got engaged on a moonlit beach
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling – on the cruise!
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason – from Scott!
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma – i’m too scared i’m going to faint.  need to do this soon.
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy Mom still has my blankie and some stuffed animals
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square – In October!
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job – yep.  First job.  Couldn’t work the holidays at the video store and they fired me.
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book – hopefully soon!
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car – our van.
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper me playing volleyball in high school, engagement, wedding, article about my OTH site
85. Read the entire Bible just this year!
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox I think I was in 7th grade
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury – case of sexual harassment.  It was such a joke.
91. Met someone famous – American Idol folks, One Tree Hill folks.
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone – you just have no idea
99. Been stung by a bee in 7th grade. I dropped all my books.  It hurt so bad!

I think I need to get busy…

Flip Lives!

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I’m so happy! Look who I’ve been reunited with!

Lexi found it!  I had searched high and low for that little thing.  I figured Lexi had taken off with it somewhere but when I couldn’t find it ANYWHERE, I assumed someone had stolen it out of my van.  But guess where it was?

Here

Of course!  Lexi had taken it outside on some sunny day and left it in our glider.  In the rain!

Let me be a lesson to all….electronics CAN survive getting wet.

Awww…flip, I missed you!

On Classical Music

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I can remember being in the back of my parents car when I was younger and my dad putting on classical music.  Seems like I remember some eye rolling and a “Daaaad!”  Classical music was not cool.  Even with my six years of piano lessons, I did not appreciate listening to it.  As I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned to appreciate non-Top 40 music more.  I think the road to classical music started with Kenny G back in high school.  I really can’t recall how that started but I do remember one of my dates pre-Scott, no less being a Kenny G concert.  Not classical I realize but you know, no one was singing.

Then there was Enya in my early twenties (looking back, I think I can blame that one on The Titanic).  Still not classical but intoxicating all the same.  Then I moved to Folk/Celtic with Loreena McKennitt a few years back on a recommendation from a coworker.  And then Twilight came along in the last few months and I fell head over heels in love with Clair de Lune, something I had heard a lot of times but it really made me want to melt every single time I heard it.

So…I went looking for some classical stuff in my iTunes library and found lots of songs from a friend’s music collection he had let me copy.  And now…I’m listening to Beethoven.  And while I’ve heard his stuff so many times, all the sudden, I think it’s sexy.  Which I’m very sure is a sure sign I’m getting old.  In any case, it turns out he wrote this as a love song.  Who knew?  Maybe everybody besides me. So if you’re into Classical stuff, what should I try out?