HUGE post on the famliy blog!

It's all about the River! Go check it out:
Click here!

The Cruise to Mexico!

Josh posted a few new posts on our blog. Click HERE to see the Cruise post and HERE to see the funny faces post. :)

The Swagger Wagon:

This is seriously priceless. Watch it all. Please. Because when my sister showed it to me... I died. SOOO perfectly funny. Clean, happy, funny. :)


Click here to see it:
SWAGGER WAGON
at about minute 1:53 to the end... it's the best. You must watch that part at least!

(ps: I have quite a few new posts on my family blog, in case you haven't checked in a while. Click here! And have fun! You might have click on older posts too, to make sure you see all the new ones.)

New post by Josh

New POST!!!

Click HERE to view the new post on our family blog. :)

My child hates the shower.

Every time I turn the shower on... he screams. Not just whimpers. SCREAMS his head off. It's an immediate reaction. No matter what I do! I'll prep him for it by starting a smaller noise of some kind. Or I'll be really close to him for a while so I can comfort him while the shower is on and getting warm, then I slowly try to creep away. Despite all my efforts... he screams. Through the whole shower. And my dilemma is this: Our shower is RIGHT next to his room and the pipes are totally loud... so taking a shower while he naps doesn't work. I've tried it many times and he wakes up mid-nap. So, I choose to take a shower while he's awake, but he screams. I guess a 5 minute shower of him screaming is better than him waking up from his nap early and being a crank fest the rest of the day. Oh, and he does the same thing with the blow-dryer and the vacuum. Yes, I have a sensitive child. He's just like his father. :)

American POOP Idol:

Is anyone else as disappointed in American Idol as I am??? I mean COME ON!!! They scour the country for the best singers and this is what they get??? I thought I could handle one more week and hope they got better after last week. But tonight was just like last week to me. Too bad, so sad. All of them... are not that great. There's NO wow factor in any of them. And I am officially un-interested. Sorry AI. This season I will only be watching the finale. Maybe. If I hear there's a good performance, then maybe I'll look at it on You Tube. But for now... there are better things I can do with my time. Wow... I didn't realize I was so passionate about this. It just really frustrates me. These people are singing KARAOKE!!! Oh boy. Sorry if you all are loving this season. I just don't love it. At all. :(

New Post:

On my family blog! Go see it here.

My small crush:

I have a [because he won the gold medal and did it so well and wore an awesome costume] crush on Evan Lysacek.

And someday very soon my honey love Josh will be doing this pose for the camera. All he will need is a little spray tan, oily slicked back hair, and a little scruff on the face. Oh, and a black leotard with silver snakes on it.

Does anyone else think Josh looks a little like Evan? Maybe it's just me.

Just a Stray Junior Mint

Oh my goodness. If anyone is looking for a laugh today... go read this blog post on Just a Stray Junior Mint. It's all about couponing, handsome men at the checkout register, and the steady decline from coolness to geekiness. Thanks M for sending it to me!

Here's the link:

http://ginnysee.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-love-you-cliff-r.html

FOUR New Posts:

Hello everyone!

You can see all four posts if you click HERE

Or you can see each one individually by clicking the following:

1. Islands
2. Ethan's Photo shoot
3. Valentine's Day
4. Valentine's Day 2

New POST!!!

Click HERE to view the new post on our family blog. :)

The Body Bugg:

Yes, I have acquired a body bugg. You know... that thing that the people on The Biggest Loser wear all day? Oh my. It truly is a glorious thing! (thanks mom)

I've only had it for a day, but I can already see how awesome it will be. There's no cheating. No messing up. No pretending like you exercised more than you actually did. Complete accountability.... to a little thing that goes on your arm. I love it. And the website that goes with it is super cool too. That's where all the info goes and they analyze your stats and give you meal plans and just keep track.

One of the first indications that I really need to be losing weight and that my body is just waiting for me to do something was what happened the very first day I used this body bugg.........I lost 3 pounds. That says to me that my body is probably jumping up and down in side and saying, "finally! She's actually trying!" Weight only comes off that fast when you have a lot to lose and you previously haven't been trying too hard because you're so depressed over it all anyway. So, depression better take a back seat and healthy living better take the front. I feel inspired quite often to be healthier and get skinnier... and some times I follow through for about week... but hopefully this time I'll stick with this until I reach my goal. I am in a better place spiritually, which always helps me to be motivated and follow through in OTHER aspects of my life. It's interesting because when I read my scriptures in the morning... I always find time to exercise that day. When I don't read my scriptures, the only exercise I get is lifting my big baby boy all the time. So, I've been better with scripture study, and hopefully that means I'll be better with exercise. That would be really happy. I'll let you know how it goes. :)

A post of pictures:

I posted a picture filled post on our family blog. Go check it out if you want to!

New Post:

Josh posted a post on our family blog. Go check it out if you want! :) He photoshoped a bunch of pics and he's pretty excited about them.

Frustrated.

I was anticipating a very important package this morning to be delivered to our apartment. Why is it, that when they say they'll be here between 7 and 9am, they come at 9:15am???? My package was very heavy, and it was curb side pickup, so Josh had to be here to help me get it up to our apartment. Well, he ended up being late for work this morning AND we didn't get our package because they kept telling us they were on time (would be here by 8:30am) and yet they never showed up. Only at 9:15am did we get a call saying they were here, but by then Josh was gone. My package was HERE! But because they "only do curb-side drop off" they wouldn't help me with the package and we had to reschedule the delivery.

I was really excited about my package. And now I have to wait all weekend for it. Silly people.

New Post!

There's a new post on my family blog!

click here to view it. :)

My New Background...

What do you think of this??

Some people think this is a puke-y color. It might be a little too yellow for me... but I'm not sure yet.

Or do you like these better? Man, I'm having fun doing all this stuff. It really doesn't take long either!

My honey is funny:

I was stitching my little squares onto my new advent calendar(see it here)... and Josh asked me what I was planning on putting in the squares. I told him maybe some candies with an act of Christmas-y service to do in each one. He goes,

"oh... you mean like clean up the house. (he's thinking...) ... and make your bed .... (more thoughts) ... like a manger."


That's his idea of Christmas-y service. Make your bed, like a manger. :)

Work in Progress:

I purchased my lovely wool felt today and cut out my tree. It was very scary to actually cut it out though because it was expensive stuff!! I didn't want to mess up. BUT... it turned out ok. :) And the color is much nicer than the pictures show. I like it WAY more in person.

I still have to put numbers below each row... so all the squares will have more space between them making the huge empty space at the bottom not so huge and empty. Right now it looks a little top heavy. But it'll all be even in the end. My squares are finished! Those boogers took forever. All that stitching. Now I'll put interfacing on the back of the squares, stitch them on the tree, stitch the numbers under the squares, then sew the tree pieces together and I'm done! Oh, and make a star for the top. And maybe put our name on it somewhere. Oh yeah, and make some little snowflakes on the tree. The end still seems so far away. I'm not tired of it yet though... so that's good. It's just a fun little project. Oh wait, I mean it's a fun BIG project. :)

Blog Backgrounds Tutorial:

Although I'd love to take credit on figuring our how to make a blog background... I am not that computer/photoshop savvy. So... for all who care to know...

HERE is the tutorial I found that I followed. Well, I followed it mostly with some tweaking. Enjoy!

Blog Backgrounds...

Are much easier to make than I thought! I made this background... and I'd like to know if any of you view it differently than me. I had to do some changing around so that it looked right on my screen... but if any of you have a wide screen and it looks hideously out of place... will you let me know please?

I only can see what I see on my screen. I'd love to know what you see!

A Post About Poop:

A new post on the family blog! But beware... it's all about poop. Click HERE to view it.

The Famous Cinnamon Rolls: Episode 2

A fantastic text came to us last night... on good old New Year's night. It read something like, "...we just took hot cinnamon rolls out of the oven and thought of you guys... want one?"

OH YEAH!!!!

The Peterson's graciously offered a few hot cinnamon rolls to us because they know we love them. And especially Josh loves them. If you need a refresher, you can look at a past post about our fun baking night where we were taught the art of Amelia's Cinnamon Rolls. However... this post is unfortunately about the state of my cinnamon roll after Josh came home from picking up a few hot ones. See the above picture. Yep. He took a bite. After having one scrumptious WHOLE cinnamon roll himself. He took a bite.

Last year in December, when the Peterson's offered Josh a cinnamon roll after Home Teaching them, (this was the beginning of his obsession, mind you) and then they gave him one to take home to me.... I never saw it. I only heard about how good they were! Never even knew they sent one home intending it to be mine. I was none the wiser until this year, when the truth was revealed to me. THIS is why after that awesome text telling us of hot cinnamon rolls to be had, I talked in length to Josh about actually coming home with a full cinnamon roll this time. He failed miserably. Because he walks in the house, plops the cinnamon roll in my hands, and I see a GAPING whole in the side. Josh is in big trouble. And next time I'm not sending Josh out. It'll be my job.

Thanks Petersons!!!! WE LOVED THE CINNAMON ROLLS! Or, I guess I should say I loved what I HAD of the cinnamon roll. :) The roll minus one big bite.