Thankfully Ryan is feeling better this morning - We think he might have eaten something and gotten food poisening - which is scary, because I ate the same things he did yesterday, but I feel great!
I feel so awesome today! I had some frustrating moments at one this morning while I was trying to change the background of my blog....on my SideBar, look for "BLOG DESIGN HELP", or click there...and this site walks you through how to change your backgrounds, etc. I must really be blonde, because it took me over an hour - but I went to bed happy and 1:30 am!
After Tanner woke us up by using our bed as a trampoline, we dressed and drove out to our garden and spent some much needed time pulling weeds and tilling. I know - It's nearly July 1st, and I'm going to plant my garden tomorrow. Pathetic is an understatement. I hope I get anything out of it besides a sunburn and two cranky boys - make that three. I asked Ryan if he was feeling up to helping, and since he didn't have to work until 11 this morning, he consented - against his will. :) But he was so sweet to come and help me, because there is no way I could have figured out how to run that beast of a rototiller. Now I just have to go rake up all the dead weeds - they were some seriously tall weeds - about a foot - and I've got to get rid of them if I'm going to plant anything at all!
Just a quick update...Thanks for tuning in!
Monday, June 30, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
All in a Day's work - on the Sabbath
We decided to take a nice afternoon stroll over to a local park and try to get some fun shots of the boys and a less than professional family picture...we got three blocks and went home, but it took us well into two hours.
Tanner decided that he didn't want to stay with mommy and daddy and decided to go tearing off through a cemetery (we took a short-cut through a cemetery to the park because it isn't so stinking hot, and less traffic). We decided that because we had told him we were leaving without him, we needed to follow through and we would 'let him get lost'. So we hunted our child for almost two hours. I'm telling you - the kid is fearless. We began by continuing on our walk, and when he was a few hundred yards behind us, we hid behind a tree - thinking he'd be scared and start screaming, and then we'd say, "There you are! We lost you! And You couldn't find us! You'd better stay with mommy and daddy!" - well, almost two hours into our 'hunt', he finally found his way back to the main cemetery road (this cemetery is ancient with gorgeous tall trees and headstones everywhere...kindof morbid, come to think of it - but it's nice and cool, and quiet.) and onto the park.
The thing is, to get from the cemetery to the park, you have to 'sneek' through the fence, where it ends about a foot from a canal - barely wide enough for a stroller - and Tanner didn't even care!!!!! I was mortified! Ryan was within five feet of him, but just the thought of my little 2 1/2 year old going to the park by himself and past that canal...I don't know what we're going to do in San Diego. We thought this 'experience' would help him to see that he could get lost if he doesn't stay with mommy and daddy, but it didn't work...all the way home he kept wandering...ADD? Bad Parenting? I don't know.
After our 'excursion', we had a yummy dinner of Pork Ribs, potatos and green beans, with a cheapie little Jell-o brand desert...and then poor Ryan just hurls it all in the bathroom...the man completely emptied his dinner in the toilet, on the wall, the rugs and the shower curtin...so now my Sunday has become Wash-Day, and I think I'll spend the night on the couch. I hope he gets to feeling better - he had a fun day planned tomorrow - frisbe golf with the buddies at seven and then work from 11 am - 11 pm...It stinks to take a day off and not even be able to enjoy it!
Tanner finally crashed - after a car ride around Idaho Falls. I just caved. I couldn't do it tonight...So let me hear it...I drove my kid to sleep. As soon as those towels and rugs are washed and dried, I'm getting some shut eye...then on to tackle another day...
My goal is to get my 'garden plot' cleared out Monday morning - I am too late to plant anything much, but when I went to check up on my squashes, they were doing pretty good! I think I'll plant a few rows of green beans...maybe beats and radishes, and pray that something comes of them...I asked for a plot, so now I better use it!
All in a day's work, a good laugh, a teaching moment and life experience! Here's to today and my wonderful tomorrow.
Tanner decided that he didn't want to stay with mommy and daddy and decided to go tearing off through a cemetery (we took a short-cut through a cemetery to the park because it isn't so stinking hot, and less traffic). We decided that because we had told him we were leaving without him, we needed to follow through and we would 'let him get lost'. So we hunted our child for almost two hours. I'm telling you - the kid is fearless. We began by continuing on our walk, and when he was a few hundred yards behind us, we hid behind a tree - thinking he'd be scared and start screaming, and then we'd say, "There you are! We lost you! And You couldn't find us! You'd better stay with mommy and daddy!" - well, almost two hours into our 'hunt', he finally found his way back to the main cemetery road (this cemetery is ancient with gorgeous tall trees and headstones everywhere...kindof morbid, come to think of it - but it's nice and cool, and quiet.) and onto the park.
The thing is, to get from the cemetery to the park, you have to 'sneek' through the fence, where it ends about a foot from a canal - barely wide enough for a stroller - and Tanner didn't even care!!!!! I was mortified! Ryan was within five feet of him, but just the thought of my little 2 1/2 year old going to the park by himself and past that canal...I don't know what we're going to do in San Diego. We thought this 'experience' would help him to see that he could get lost if he doesn't stay with mommy and daddy, but it didn't work...all the way home he kept wandering...ADD? Bad Parenting? I don't know.
After our 'excursion', we had a yummy dinner of Pork Ribs, potatos and green beans, with a cheapie little Jell-o brand desert...and then poor Ryan just hurls it all in the bathroom...the man completely emptied his dinner in the toilet, on the wall, the rugs and the shower curtin...so now my Sunday has become Wash-Day, and I think I'll spend the night on the couch. I hope he gets to feeling better - he had a fun day planned tomorrow - frisbe golf with the buddies at seven and then work from 11 am - 11 pm...It stinks to take a day off and not even be able to enjoy it!
Tanner finally crashed - after a car ride around Idaho Falls. I just caved. I couldn't do it tonight...So let me hear it...I drove my kid to sleep. As soon as those towels and rugs are washed and dried, I'm getting some shut eye...then on to tackle another day...
My goal is to get my 'garden plot' cleared out Monday morning - I am too late to plant anything much, but when I went to check up on my squashes, they were doing pretty good! I think I'll plant a few rows of green beans...maybe beats and radishes, and pray that something comes of them...I asked for a plot, so now I better use it!
All in a day's work, a good laugh, a teaching moment and life experience! Here's to today and my wonderful tomorrow.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
40 of the Blondest Things
I’m a blonde – a dirty blonde – and embarrassingly enough, I have accomplished some of these tasks…how about you?
1. Gum has fallen out of your mouth when you were talking
2. Gum has fallen out of your mouth when you were NOT talking
3. You have walked into a glass or screen door
4. You have said 'love ya, bye' to a complete stranger at the end of a phone conversation out of habit of saying it to loved ones
5. You have thought of something funny and laughed, then people gave you weird looks
6. You have walked into a tree
7. It is possible to lick your elbow
8. You just tried to lick your elbow (I couldn't reach my elbow)
9. You never knew that the Alphabet and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star have the same melody
10. You just tried to sing both songs
11. You have tripped on your bare foot and fallen
12. You have choked on your own spit
13. You have seen the the Matrix and still don't get it (or any of the Bourne Series)
14. You didn't notice that in the last question 'the' was spelled twice
15. You just looked at it
16. Your hair is blonde or dirty blonde
17. People have called you slow
18. You have accidentally caught something on fire
19. You tried to drink out of a straw, but it went into your nose, or worse, your eyes
20. You have caught yourself drooling
21. You look up gullible in the dictionary because you were told you picture was there (mine is not! - I checked!)
22. Sometimes you just stop thinking (I do this willfully)
23. You are telling a story and forget what you were talking about (more frequently than necessary)
24. People are often shaking their heads and walking away from you
25. You are often told to use your 'inside voice'
26. You use your fingers to do simple math (I cheated on a fourth grade math test - I still feel guilty - by using my fingers. I still use my fingers.)
27. You have eaten a bug (and a lot of other weird things)
28. You are taking this test when you should be doing something important
29. You have put your clothes on backwards or inside out, and didn't realize it
30. You've looked all over for something and realized it was in your hand or pocket or on your head.
31. You write yourself little notes as reminders, but forget anyways, because you misplaces the notes
32. You break a lot of things - unintensionally, of course
33. Your friends know not to use big words around you
34. You tilt your head when you're confused
35. You have fallen out of your chair before
36. When you're laying in bed, you try to find pictures in the texture off the ceiling/wall.
37. The word 'umm' is used many times a day
38. You called a friend and then completely forgot what you were gonna’ say
39. You’ve gone to put something away, and automatically put it in the fridge (like pliers or a hand mixer - didn't find either one of them til the next day!)
40. You have spelled your name wrong on a check or important document
P.S. Could you imagine me doing that stuff?!? Do tell what you’ve accomplished!
1. Gum has fallen out of your mouth when you were talking
2. Gum has fallen out of your mouth when you were NOT talking
3. You have walked into a glass or screen door
4. You have said 'love ya, bye' to a complete stranger at the end of a phone conversation out of habit of saying it to loved ones
5. You have thought of something funny and laughed, then people gave you weird looks
6. You have walked into a tree
7. It is possible to lick your elbow
8. You just tried to lick your elbow (I couldn't reach my elbow)
9. You never knew that the Alphabet and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star have the same melody
10. You just tried to sing both songs
11. You have tripped on your bare foot and fallen
12. You have choked on your own spit
13. You have seen the the Matrix and still don't get it (or any of the Bourne Series)
14. You didn't notice that in the last question 'the' was spelled twice
15. You just looked at it
16. Your hair is blonde or dirty blonde
17. People have called you slow
18. You have accidentally caught something on fire
19. You tried to drink out of a straw, but it went into your nose, or worse, your eyes
20. You have caught yourself drooling
21. You look up gullible in the dictionary because you were told you picture was there (mine is not! - I checked!)
22. Sometimes you just stop thinking (I do this willfully)
23. You are telling a story and forget what you were talking about (more frequently than necessary)
24. People are often shaking their heads and walking away from you
25. You are often told to use your 'inside voice'
26. You use your fingers to do simple math (I cheated on a fourth grade math test - I still feel guilty - by using my fingers. I still use my fingers.)
27. You have eaten a bug (and a lot of other weird things)
28. You are taking this test when you should be doing something important
29. You have put your clothes on backwards or inside out, and didn't realize it
30. You've looked all over for something and realized it was in your hand or pocket or on your head.
31. You write yourself little notes as reminders, but forget anyways, because you misplaces the notes
32. You break a lot of things - unintensionally, of course
33. Your friends know not to use big words around you
34. You tilt your head when you're confused
35. You have fallen out of your chair before
36. When you're laying in bed, you try to find pictures in the texture off the ceiling/wall.
37. The word 'umm' is used many times a day
38. You called a friend and then completely forgot what you were gonna’ say
39. You’ve gone to put something away, and automatically put it in the fridge (like pliers or a hand mixer - didn't find either one of them til the next day!)
40. You have spelled your name wrong on a check or important document
P.S. Could you imagine me doing that stuff?!? Do tell what you’ve accomplished!
Sunday, June 22, 2008
So much to do...
...and so little time! I feel like I've been neglecting so much lately! Taylor's head just keep's getting more bald on back (I promised my brother it would be grown back in time for his wedding August first) and Tanner just keep's up his 'smart' act...he really is too smart for his own good. And mine. :)
Really though, I can't complain. I am just going to ramble, with no order to my thoughts. Feel free to 'check out' if you'd like!
Ryan got a wii...yes, something we're 'caught up on' - we don't have cell phones, or a house, or children who sleep through the night or behave in sacrament meeting (or anywhere else, for that matter), but we have a wii. So now we can be cool. The wii fit - it's great! I have a fitness age six years beyond my current age, I have poor posture (I didn't need the wii to tell me that, but it definately confirmed my suspician), and I haven't figured out what the A button is on the controller. I'm struggling!!! Nevertheless, it's fun, and now I can pathetically exercize on a little white box in the stuffiness of our small apartment. We were going to keep it on the down low, but whatever...the cat's out of the bag now! Truth be known, I'm pretty excited about the whole wii thing, but it is pathetic that we are exercizing in our small living room on a little box thingie, watching tv - which regrettably returned from our garage....
The TV returned becasue we needed Tanner to 'chill' while Ryan did his finals this week. Typically we just stick in a DVD into the computer, but our computer went kaploot on Father's Day, (goodbye scrapbooking and serious blogging until it's fixed) and so Ryan brought in the TV, VCR (yes, we still have one) and DVD player. Now Tanner can fashionably watch movies on a TV instead of the Computer.
I just asked my son a question, and his reply was, "Uh, Yeah-uh... (duh, mom)" like a little school girl...ARRRRGH! It was kinda cute though!
I spent the weekend at my mom's getting reading for a bridal shower in Utah (Thursday) which was fantastic, and one this Monday...Hope I can pull it together in time! My pet peve is when people say they don't have time, and my thoughts are "everyone has the same 24 hours...get with the program and plan accordingly...we're all just as busy as the next person" and now I'm finding myself telling myself this same thing!!! I really just need to get with the program and plan accordingly! Hah!
Maybe with our 'regular' computer on the fritz, I'll get something done. Maybe I'll plan better. Maybe I'll be productive, but then again...
...Alright - no more rambling today. Thanks all for reading if you got this far...better read promised for next time!
Really though, I can't complain. I am just going to ramble, with no order to my thoughts. Feel free to 'check out' if you'd like!
Ryan got a wii...yes, something we're 'caught up on' - we don't have cell phones, or a house, or children who sleep through the night or behave in sacrament meeting (or anywhere else, for that matter), but we have a wii. So now we can be cool. The wii fit - it's great! I have a fitness age six years beyond my current age, I have poor posture (I didn't need the wii to tell me that, but it definately confirmed my suspician), and I haven't figured out what the A button is on the controller. I'm struggling!!! Nevertheless, it's fun, and now I can pathetically exercize on a little white box in the stuffiness of our small apartment. We were going to keep it on the down low, but whatever...the cat's out of the bag now! Truth be known, I'm pretty excited about the whole wii thing, but it is pathetic that we are exercizing in our small living room on a little box thingie, watching tv - which regrettably returned from our garage....
The TV returned becasue we needed Tanner to 'chill' while Ryan did his finals this week. Typically we just stick in a DVD into the computer, but our computer went kaploot on Father's Day, (goodbye scrapbooking and serious blogging until it's fixed) and so Ryan brought in the TV, VCR (yes, we still have one) and DVD player. Now Tanner can fashionably watch movies on a TV instead of the Computer.
I just asked my son a question, and his reply was, "Uh, Yeah-uh... (duh, mom)" like a little school girl...ARRRRGH! It was kinda cute though!
I spent the weekend at my mom's getting reading for a bridal shower in Utah (Thursday) which was fantastic, and one this Monday...Hope I can pull it together in time! My pet peve is when people say they don't have time, and my thoughts are "everyone has the same 24 hours...get with the program and plan accordingly...we're all just as busy as the next person" and now I'm finding myself telling myself this same thing!!! I really just need to get with the program and plan accordingly! Hah!
Maybe with our 'regular' computer on the fritz, I'll get something done. Maybe I'll plan better. Maybe I'll be productive, but then again...
...Alright - no more rambling today. Thanks all for reading if you got this far...better read promised for next time!
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Tag, You're it!
I'm avoiding my dishes and preparing for singing time. So, I have this monsterous post/tag, and it actually turned out kinda' fun!
Two Names I Go By: Deanna, Mommy
Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now: Glasses and a lovely sunburn
Two Of Your Favorite Things To Do: Be with my family and be with my family
Color of Choice: Earth Colors, accented with Red. I suppose I'm drab - I love to decorate in Brown, Black, Cream and Red. I don't mind blue and green, but I like mostly 'shades' of colors. 
Dream Career: I've always wanted to be an archetect or interior designer. I love architecture from the early 1900's (which encompasses a lot) and the 1800's. 
Love the styles: of Eddie Bauer and JCrew. Simple, mostly modest (at least I can find modest things there) and nerdy. Yes, I'm a nerd and like preppy clothes. 
Two Names I Go By: Deanna, Mommy
Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now: Glasses and a lovely sunburn
Two Of Your Favorite Things To Do: Be with my family and be with my family
Two Things You Want Very Badly At This Moment: Sleep and my dishes to be done
Two Things You Did Last Night: Folded Laundry (a miracle!) and got Taylor to take a bottle
Two Things You Ate Today: Cotton Candy and Tanner's potty treats - gummy bears. :)
Two Things You Did Last Night: Folded Laundry (a miracle!) and got Taylor to take a bottle
Two Things You Ate Today: Cotton Candy and Tanner's potty treats - gummy bears. :)
Two of the Last People You Talked To: Tanner and Ryan
Two Longest Car Rides: Back East to Nauvoo and comming up trip to San Diego
Two Favorite Holidays: July 24th (Pioneer Day - yes, I'm from Utah) and Christmas
Two Favorite Vacations: What's that? just kiddin - I loved our trip to Nauvoo (summer of '02) and am looking forward to our trip to San Diego the last week in July
Two Favorite Drinks: Spring water from Chesterfield, and Barq's Root Beer (I used to think it was Barg's - I'm still trying to convince my mom, but we grew up calling it Barg's.)
Two Favorite Holidays: July 24th (Pioneer Day - yes, I'm from Utah) and Christmas
Two Favorite Vacations: What's that? just kiddin - I loved our trip to Nauvoo (summer of '02) and am looking forward to our trip to San Diego the last week in July
Two Favorite Drinks: Spring water from Chesterfield, and Barq's Root Beer (I used to think it was Barg's - I'm still trying to convince my mom, but we grew up calling it Barg's.)
PICTURE ME Tag - go to google images and find answers to these questions.
Birth Place: Payson, Utah - this is a picture of Maple Mountain - I grew up in Springville, Utah -This was the view from out Kitchen window until my parents renovated our 100 year old family home, and then it was the view from the Library.
Color of Choice: Earth Colors, accented with Red. I suppose I'm drab - I love to decorate in Brown, Black, Cream and Red. I don't mind blue and green, but I like mostly 'shades' of colors. Dream Career: I've always wanted to be an archetect or interior designer. I love architecture from the early 1900's (which encompasses a lot) and the 1800's. Guilty Pleasure: Florence's Chocolates. Ryan introduced me to Florence when we were engaged, and I've loved the woman and her chocolates ever since!
Hobbies looking to re-surface: Machine Quilting, Stitching, and Scrapbooking - if I had no children, this is what I'd do all day long.
Love the styles: of Eddie Bauer and JCrew. Simple, mostly modest (at least I can find modest things there) and nerdy. Yes, I'm a nerd and like preppy clothes. 
Flowers to adorn my gardens some day: Hollyhocks and Roses. I grew up with my mother's immaculate flower gardens and I loved to watch her garden - my mother tended her rose bushes like she did her children, and my dad loved to plant and re-seed and re-seed hollyhocks every year. The picture of the "Girl and the Hollyhocks" was painted by John Hafen - it's said that the hollyhocks were near the springs by our old house in Springville. I love this picture and can't wait to get my copy of it framed for a little girl's room some day....and no I'm not making any announcements!
I tag anyone between the ages of 18 and 80. That should get most, if not all of you!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
The New Do...
Are you ready? I don't have a before picture - I guess go to some previous post, but here I am now! (I'm making a really weird face, so just ignore that...here it comes!
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I went to the Defining Line in Idaho Falls, and Absolutely LOVE the way my hair feels now - Hope Ryan likes it! I need to touch-up the ends a bit, curl them out a bit, but other than that, I really like what they did! Thank you all for your suggestions! And a HUGE THANK YOU to Rachel for watching my boys while I went and pampered myself at this awesome salon!!! (They offer you water, hot chocolate or coffe - I had water - while you get your hair cut - and you get a great head massage/treatment!!! ) THANK YOU RACHEL - AGAIN!!!
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I went to the Defining Line in Idaho Falls, and Absolutely LOVE the way my hair feels now - Hope Ryan likes it! I need to touch-up the ends a bit, curl them out a bit, but other than that, I really like what they did! Thank you all for your suggestions! And a HUGE THANK YOU to Rachel for watching my boys while I went and pampered myself at this awesome salon!!! (They offer you water, hot chocolate or coffe - I had water - while you get your hair cut - and you get a great head massage/treatment!!! ) THANK YOU RACHEL - AGAIN!!!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
What's in a Name?
So my good friend Stevie did this on her blog, and it looked like fun...I had to do some digging with Ryan's mom...but in the end, this is the results...
Ryan Lynn Poulsen - Ryan claims he was named after a lake called Ryan - but his mom begs to differ, saying she'd call me back as soon as she remembered why he was named Ryan. The Lynn is after his uncle Gary Lynn Frazier.
Deanna Crandall Poulsen - I was named after my dad's 'favorite' mission president's wife, Deanna Flake. I have met Elder and Sister Flake and they are just the most wonderful people! And Crandall is my maiden name.
Tanner McKay Poulsen - Tanner was 'junior' while in the womb, and after he was born - for about a week. I was extremely anxious to leave the hospital without a name for my child, but the nurse assured me it would be okay (they called every day to see if we had named him). We finally settled on Tanner after N. Eldon Tanner (but the real stor is: I had a wonderful friend growing up named Tanner that my parents and his parents were adament that we married - lucky for the both of us I moved when I was too young to date him and we were just good friends - plus I really liked the name). McKay after David O. McKay. We wanted something noble, but not stuffy. That way, if we messed up as parents and he never turned out normal, he would at least have his name to live up to! :) So Tanner it was and Tanner it is!
Taylor Lynn Poulsen - Taylor was fortunate to have his name on his crib card - because of our last experience, I called Ryan at work about three times one day from the hospital and told him his son needed a name. He told me I could pick, but all I had was girl's names - so we talked about James or Brady for his side of the family, but I liked Parker after Parley Parker Pratt or Taylor after John Taylor. Ryan suggested Taylor Lynn and I thought (still do) that there were too many 'L's, but I obviously got over it enough to name our second son Taylor Lynn Poulsen. It's a mouthfull, and hopefully he never has to say it with braces and headgear on... :)
Our next child's name is already decided - but I'm not telling. Some may know what it is and that is fine, but I am not saying until she is born, whenever that may be....in three years? :)
Ryan Lynn Poulsen - Ryan claims he was named after a lake called Ryan - but his mom begs to differ, saying she'd call me back as soon as she remembered why he was named Ryan. The Lynn is after his uncle Gary Lynn Frazier.
Deanna Crandall Poulsen - I was named after my dad's 'favorite' mission president's wife, Deanna Flake. I have met Elder and Sister Flake and they are just the most wonderful people! And Crandall is my maiden name.
Tanner McKay Poulsen - Tanner was 'junior' while in the womb, and after he was born - for about a week. I was extremely anxious to leave the hospital without a name for my child, but the nurse assured me it would be okay (they called every day to see if we had named him). We finally settled on Tanner after N. Eldon Tanner (but the real stor is: I had a wonderful friend growing up named Tanner that my parents and his parents were adament that we married - lucky for the both of us I moved when I was too young to date him and we were just good friends - plus I really liked the name). McKay after David O. McKay. We wanted something noble, but not stuffy. That way, if we messed up as parents and he never turned out normal, he would at least have his name to live up to! :) So Tanner it was and Tanner it is!
Taylor Lynn Poulsen - Taylor was fortunate to have his name on his crib card - because of our last experience, I called Ryan at work about three times one day from the hospital and told him his son needed a name. He told me I could pick, but all I had was girl's names - so we talked about James or Brady for his side of the family, but I liked Parker after Parley Parker Pratt or Taylor after John Taylor. Ryan suggested Taylor Lynn and I thought (still do) that there were too many 'L's, but I obviously got over it enough to name our second son Taylor Lynn Poulsen. It's a mouthfull, and hopefully he never has to say it with braces and headgear on... :)
Our next child's name is already decided - but I'm not telling. Some may know what it is and that is fine, but I am not saying until she is born, whenever that may be....in three years? :)
Sunday, June 8, 2008
C'mon. Be honest.
Okay. So I think I'm having a mid-life crisis. I'm getting a wild hair - going out on a limb - and seriously thinking of CHOPPING my hair. I'm sick of it!!! Done with it!!! and ready for something new. This is now. It's my fall-back style. I'm comfortable (and homely) in my long-ish (it's been longer and shorter) hair style. And Ryan's tired of dishing out $$ for gel, hairspray, etc, etc, etc. (I'm tired of it too. Change is good, right?)
So, the Polls are now open, comment if you'd like, and please don't tell me to leave it as it is...I need a change and want a change (unless you really think I should leave it or reconsider my options).
Option A: SHORT BOB - I'd have to blow out my hair, and even then, I'm not sure I could pull it off after the cut...Lets just say I still have the baby weight on my face. 
Option B: SHAGGY - I think I'll still have to blow out the hair a bit - maybe not. This age thing is really loosening my curls, so this is a real possibility.
Option C: ???? I know this is a wig, and if this doesn't go how I want, I just might buy it...with my new good looks. But really, this style - think I can do it?
Option D: SHORT - I told a stylist this once, and I came out looking like this....all on the sides and back. HUMMM...I don't know if this is what it'll end up as....(this isn't me) but I think my hair would react similarly when cut short. Straight in front and side, and curly everywhere else.
What do you all think? My goal: something new, chic, and non-mommy (really I'm hoping for less hassle because I'm a mom - SOOOO tired of pony tails and the little twist-it thing where my bangs were - my hair naturally twists like that, I've been doing it so long!!! Impressed. Definately suprized and impressed.
I finally finished it. I completed my reading of "the Host" by Stephanie Meyers. 
I've got to hand it to her - the woman can write, and it's good. Needless to say it took my a while (week) to get into the book, but by day eight and page 63-ish, I was hooked.
I've got to hand it to her - the woman can write, and it's good. Needless to say it took my a while (week) to get into the book, but by day eight and page 63-ish, I was hooked.I won't spoil it, but I really liked the love 'square', if you will and how it ended. Definately a suprize!
Recommended read this summer! Star Scale: (out of five) Four point seven five stars. Satisfactory, and Likable.
It's science fiction, some weirdness, but the internal conflict is ... um ... interesting.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Love My Mom
So yesterday I wasn't feeling too hot - actually I was feeling very hot - maybe that's why I didn't feel so hot...Somehow I caught something. That something made my body ache, my head spin, my balance off, and my neck swollen. It also gave me a fever...not so pleasant! But it was alright...my sweet husband gave me a blessing that I'd be able to accomplish what I needed to do before he left for work.
So I took Taylor to his six month appointment, where he got shots. I went to my meeting after that, and I also went to my piano student's recital...where my sister played a beautiful piece on her violin and I was able to accompany her. It all worked out! (I even braved walmart with both boys to pick up ice cream sandwiches for after the recital...they were both well behaved! Yeah!)
My mom came up with my sister, to listen to her perform, and stayed aftwards to eat dinner and help me out while Stephanie was at a Cedar Badge meeting. She did my dishes, bathed the boys, played with them, fed them, and visited with me. She let me soak in the tub for a few minutes, and she did the most wonderful thing...She put Tanner to bed for me! I just love my mom for all these reasons, and more! It only took 15 times of walking him back to bed before he stayed, but the point is that he was asleep by the time she and my sister left. THANK YOU MOM!!!!
I am feeling much better today, and hope to go plant my garden this afternoon...we here in Idaho have been waiting for the rain to slow down to get any planting done...BTW - Kate, your garden looks beautiful!!! I'm so jealous you're already picking produce!!! I've got work to do, that's for sure!
So I took Taylor to his six month appointment, where he got shots. I went to my meeting after that, and I also went to my piano student's recital...where my sister played a beautiful piece on her violin and I was able to accompany her. It all worked out! (I even braved walmart with both boys to pick up ice cream sandwiches for after the recital...they were both well behaved! Yeah!)
My mom came up with my sister, to listen to her perform, and stayed aftwards to eat dinner and help me out while Stephanie was at a Cedar Badge meeting. She did my dishes, bathed the boys, played with them, fed them, and visited with me. She let me soak in the tub for a few minutes, and she did the most wonderful thing...She put Tanner to bed for me! I just love my mom for all these reasons, and more! It only took 15 times of walking him back to bed before he stayed, but the point is that he was asleep by the time she and my sister left. THANK YOU MOM!!!!
I am feeling much better today, and hope to go plant my garden this afternoon...we here in Idaho have been waiting for the rain to slow down to get any planting done...BTW - Kate, your garden looks beautiful!!! I'm so jealous you're already picking produce!!! I've got work to do, that's for sure!
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Wow! What a Day!
It even started out with a bang! Taylor woke up this morning at one-ish, screaming (probably hungry) and that unfortunately and unusually woke up Tanner...the next three hours were terrible!!! By morning, Ryan and I were shot. Literally! We were barely functioning, but I got some much needed work done on the computer at six, so I was thinking it would turn out to be an okay day.
We took a quick and rather event-less trip to Shoe carnival to exchange some shoes (it's been way too long since I've bought shoes - for me - so I bought some running/jogging shoes and some fun dress-up or dress-down shoes.). I was amazed how well those little stockings you use to try shoes on with if you came without socks entertain two-year olds!!! Tanner had them on his hands, his feet, and then he took them off and put the handful of waterballoons (not blown up) in them and carried those around! It was really nice not to have to threaten to leave the store...he was rather well behaved! So I decided we could go to the grocery store...no biggie, right?
This is where it got really fun for anyone watching a tired mother haul two kids into a grocery store, finally settle on the ridiculous carts that have car fronts, and try to maneuver them through small isles. Who invented those anyways? Kids can climb out of them, and the seatbelts don't hold them in tight enough! PHEW! We were doing alright until checkout...I was third in line, and a new cashier motioned and commented that I could start a line and her register. So off I go, doing a five point turn to get out of one lane and into another, by this time, Tanner is climbing everywhere, running his hands up and down the rack with french bread.
But it's OKAY! I can do this!!! I load my groceries on the little counter thingie, and have them separated into two tabs, since some of the stuff was for piano, and I'm trying to keep the tabs separate. The lady that had me come over had left to talk to another lady (who probably really did need help or something) and left me standing there for more than five minutes!!! By this time, there's a line behind ME, and Tanner AND Taylor are crying, becasue Taylor doesn't feel good and I'm finally catching on that it's lunch time and Tanner has had it. But I just keep thinking, it's okay, I think I can do this.
Finally a gentleman comes over and askes if I had been helped, and I said I hadn't. He proceeded to ring me up, and about halfway through Tanner has chucked my keys, a pen, and his shoes. So, I tried a little trick I learned from "Parenting with Love and Logic" - I sang, infront of everyone at Albertsons, the "Uh-OH"Song. It goes like this: "Uh-Oh - time to ______(go to your room, etc.) sit on the floor by mommy's legs until you can quit having a tantrum." So I put him on the floor, it gets worst, and the dam behind my eyelids is about to burst open.
I don't think I've ever been so close to tears with my two boys in a public place! All while this is going on, the sweet lady behind me is smiling, telling me that she's been there (which I really appreciated) and that he's probably hungry, and it looks like it had been a long morning for us...duh - how about a long night, too!!! And to top it off, because I can't handle my own children, another mother in the line over, with her one year old, comes to see if she can soothe Taylor...who of course in unconsolable by now.
Keep Reading, though, becasue it really does get better. There is a happy ending!
I finally resorted to appologizing to the cashier, told him to end the bill, and appologized that the rest of it would have to be put back, because I was leaving the store. My dignity had left long before, and I wasn't about to stand there any longer.
By the time I got home, I told Tanner he'd be in time out for ten minutes, we briefly talked about how he disobeyed mommy, and I invited him to eat a peanut butter sandwich with me. To make it easier on him, I turned on a movie to 'eat to'. I went to my my sandwich and came back to a peacefull sleeping boy, doing the hu-hu-hu huuuh breathing after a hard cry...I'm sure you know the one.
I put him to bed, of which he stayed in for three hours! I got a nap, Taylor got a nap, we ended the day with some play time at the park with friends and dinner.
The best part of my day: The bridesmaid dresses that Tricia wanted - well they finally found my size!!!!! YEAH! I could have squeezed into the same size as my sister for one night, but would never wear the dress again...now I think I can wear it! And have my kids with me when doing so! (The too small one was a bit low, and too short...) Here's a picture...can't wait to try it on! This is the color, too...
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