Happy Birthday to My Bestie!

Today is Lindz'z birthday, and she's so far away! Studying for her Masters at Oxford, puts her 7 hours ahead of me. I tried staying up late last night and calling, but no answer. So I guess a blog post will have to work.
Lindz, I have had such a great time being your friend (as evidenced by the picture above . . .:)) We have done so many harebrained things together, I couldn't ask for a better friend. You had just better hurry up with your Oxford degree so you can come back and we can move to New York like we planned ;). Love you chica, and think about you all the time! BFF's forever (tee hee!)

Birthdays Galore!

Today is a very special day- it is Trinity Lynn's birthday! She turned 6 today and kicked it all off with a very pink outfit and food! Just check out Sarah's blog to find out what I mean.

To Miss Trinity, I love you girlie! I miss you and wish I could be a lot closer so I could play with you all the time. I have a great time when we are together and I will always remember our fun times at Grammy's- watching Barbie and the Twelve Dancing Princesses, doing ballet for and with Uncle Curt, doing each other's hair and makeup for Thanksgiving, driving around with Boompa, jumping on the trampoline and shouting "For the DAY!", and tons of other things!

Here's to hoping the next year is a great one as well! Love you Miss Trin!

And thinking of you Sarah and Isaac. Love you too!

I like this . . . a lot!

Props to my sister Sarah for putting this on her blog. I like the idea. Let's see who gets this from me. Now those who know me know I like to do over-the-top things, so we will have to see how you do! I also know that not that many people look at my blog since I am a dork and don't update it as often as I should . . .

The first 5 people to respond to this post will receive something made by me to you....my choice...made especially for you.Of course there are some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!

2. What I create will be just for you.

3. It will be done sometime this year.

4. You have no clue what it will be... it may be a story; it may be poetry or an article on properly cleaning your face before a masque. I may draw or paint something; I may bake something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure.

5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must re-post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on their blog (Only if you really want to. I will still make you something). The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did will win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me!!

Okay....GO!!

Happy Valentine's Day to the Newly Engaged Couple!

YAY!!! Aunt Leslie and Rick made the leap and are engaged!!! Woo hoo! Rick proposed to Aunt Leslie on Valentine's Day, and they are getting married on July 2nd. Our family just keeps getting bigger and bigger- I love it!

Fireball Island Fiasco

Well, the law has finally caught up with me. And Fireball Island was my undoing. It all shook down like this . . .

Anne finished taking the GMAT tonight and wanted to do a victory dance. We called over a few friends for a good game of Fireball Island and treats. The game got a little intense so we opened the kitchen window to let some fresh air in. And the one's kept getting rolled so the game kept going on and on and got more intense. We were shouting and jumping up and down.

Apparently, the open kitchen window and the noise coming from our apartment disturbed some neighbors. At the same time, there was a rousing party going on down in 113.

The next day I got a call at work . . . from the Provo Police Department. One of their officers talked to me about how they had gotten a call from someone talking about "excessive noise coming from an apartment last night". Confusing 311 (my apartment) with 113, they had stopped by our apartment, and had heard us playing through the door. They knocked, but we were having such a good time we didn't hear. He also said that he didn't think the noise was excessive, so he knew it had to be 113 the person had called on. After telling me all this, and me freaking out just a bit, he added, "Fireball Island is a great game. Played it as a kid." Wow. That game gets everywhere!

This Is The Best Game EVER!!!

This is before the game- before things got a little crazy . . .

Today was full of lots of fun and friends. Church was a lot of fun and there were a lot of good things said and taught. We also got volunteered for hosting a brownie party that night after ward prayer, so we were busy with prep for that. At the party some people noticed Fireball Island sitting in the kitchen, and we got together a crowd to play. What followed was one of the most rousing, loud, crazy games that I have ever played. It lasted almost two hours!!! We were jumping up and down, shouting, laughing, joking, teasing, and cheering. Wow. This game has given me more joy in the last few weeks than I can even believe! It's just too fun to watch people revert to their childhood selves and enjoy some friendly competition. One guy even told me that he would see us next week for another game. Can't wait!

This is how the ending went. All good feelings toward each other completely gone! Can you tell who won from this picture?

An Eventful Day

I woke up late for work today. I woke up at 10, and was supposed to be at work at 10. Not a very good start to the day. However, it just got better from there. After work Rach and I decided that we wanted to do something artsy. We went to the dollar store and came up with the idea that we wanted to do a coloring contest. So we grabbed a box of crayons, a coloring book each, and headed home.

For the contest we chose three different themes, and we had to color our picture according to the theme. I had a Whinnie the Pooh and Tigger coloring book, so I thought I had a little bit of an advantage. I won two of the three themes! Woo hoo! Here is the picture of my "Thug Whinnie the Pooh"
Notice the bling around his neck, his notched eyebrow, the Adidas kicks, the green boxers hanging out of the sagging jeans, the Superman tattoo on his neck, and the big diamond earring. Attention to details, that is what I'm all about! Oh yeah, and Pooh was headed for a street ball game right after he made his deal- notice the basketball. Yeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhh boyyyyyyy!

We capped off the day with a birthday party for a friend and the movie Stardust. One of my faves. It's been a great weekend so far! Woo hoo!

New President

Today Barak Obama was sworn into office. I am full of mixed feelings. I want to believe him and his promises, but I am pretty skeptical. Personally, I don't think he will be able to make good on all the promises he made on the campaign trail. I hope he proves me wrong.

Regardless, his inauguration speech was very motivating. It was well written and inspiring. At this point, I think that is what the American people needed. Obama is now the president of my nation, and I respect him for that. This will definitely be an interesting couple of years . . .

Jane Eyre - Getting Better!

So over Thanksgiving break Jessie gave the women of the family a copy of Jane Eyre to read together. I think this was to give us something more substantial and less scandalous than the year before- when we read "Cowboy Vet" (Yeah. It's a cheesy cheap romance novel. It was amazing. How could you not love a book that has lines like "What woman's heart wouldn't melt for a man who doctored furry little things for a living?". Like I said- amazing).

Things got a little hectic for me before Christmas, so I couldn't read very much. Then I lost track of the book over Christmas. Then it sat on my bedside table for a long time. Just yesterday, when I was home sick, did I remember the book and how i was getting to exciting parts. I cracked it, and drowned myself in 50 pages before I knew what hit me. Nice.

So thank you Jessie. I am only at pg. 250, but I am really getting into the whole book. Jane just went to see Mrs. Reed on her deathbed. Rochester didn't want Jane to go and tried to con her out of her money. Good choice. I will keep you updated on my progress! Now it's off to bed and a little reading! Woo hoo!