Well, I've already failed...on 2 counts

Don't you jump to conclusions! I didn't cave on the sweets! This is officially my THIRD day sweets-FREE! More on that later.

The obvious one is- I didn't write a blog post yesterday! Woops. I kept saying I was going to- and I had it all planned out...but just never did it. Oh well, the great thing...is I can always do it from here on out. The second one is- I haven't done 15 minutes of activity! All three days! Nothin! I might drop that one. I don't know. We'll see.

So first off, let me tell you about yesterday! It was great. I ground wheat in my new wheat grinder, made whole wheat pancakes on my new griddle that I bought with Christmas money, and ate them with canned peaches (Clay with syrup) right on top of my homemade place-mats, along with my homemade napkins. I pretty much felt SUPER cool. I've decided I'm in-love with my wheat grinder, along with my griddle. I can't wait to make bacon on it.

Later that day we watched Star Trek.
And with that viewing, I decided that if Clay and I were living in the "Trekkie" time....oh BOY would we be Trekkie's. We LOVED it! And got it too. I for one, am a particular fan of Spock. If you haven't seen it, it's pretty much awesome.

I also made home-made-ish popcorn for everyone. It was classic. You pop kernals in a bag in the microwave. Put canola oil on it. Put popcorn seasoning on it. Mix with hands. Taste. Add accordingly. Final product: tasty. Are you wondering if this falls in the "sweets" category? Well, it doesn't. Popcorn is a snack in my eyes...especially when it's not coated with butter or caramel.

Today was our first day teaching the CTR 4 class. 4 year olds. Oh how I love them. Some of the things I particularly enjoyed were:

• Closing prayer, where a girl said, "Please bless us that we wont trip today"
• Middle of the lesson when a boy raises his hand and asks me if I've seen teenage mutant ninja turtles.
• How a certain number of boys seriously had to go to the bathroom about 3 times in two hours, and we didn't feel like we could tell them no because we didn't want to experience the reality that they are at the age where peeing pants is kinda normal.
• One boy who was so so so sweet. So quiet, so smiley and turned to me about every minute holding up his picture he was coloring to get my approval.

However, there are definitely a few problem children who need LOTS of attention. One boy wanted to tell stories THE WHOLE time...about basically everything and anything. One boy simply doesn't want to look at or acknowledge me at all. Either way, we are pretty pumped because they are just pretty funny. They asked me about 10 times if I brought a snack. I guess I didn't realize...but now I do. These kids need snacks!

So...this is my third day without sweets... third day without chocolate. How do I feel? Empty. I'm not joking you. I feel like something is missing. I am CONSTANTLY thinking about it...but I haven't come close to caving. I just don't really know...Lori, my friend who is doing it with me (who did it before for 6 months), said the first two months are the hardest. I believe her. But, I'm carrying on. It's really funny...every once in a while I get all worried that I'll forget that I'm doing this, and accidentally eat a treat. But I don't really know why I would forget. I dunno.

Alright...I'm off. There's a roast in the crockpot, Clay is sleeping (I already took my nap while we watched Transformers 2- talk about boring), Dante is wandering the house doing who knows what! And I want to watch some teli. Till next time!

Farewell 2009, Welcome 2010!

So first of all, I'd like to say farewell to 2009. This post would probably be better posted yesterday or something, but you know...there wasn't much time. 2009 was very kind to Clay and I. VERY kind. It wasn't so kind to others. It wasn't so kind to A LOT of others. But, like I said...2009 pretty much spoiled Clay and I. Let's recap.

• Clay and I graduated! College has been the center of our lives for 3.5 full years. Yep, it was a happy day...to say the least! We both graduated on the same day. They said my name, and then Clay's. It was great fun.
• Before we graduated, Clay learned web-design. Why is this on the list? Well...it's a pretty big deal. He has been making all sorts of websites and plans on continuing...and really, MY ideal goal, would be for him to eventually do it full time! This is one of the websites he built for the law firm his mom work's at. Puuuuuurty cool!
  
• We both got jobs. For both of us to get jobs in 2009, is NUTS! Clay is a credit manager at Wells Fargo Financial, and I am an accountant. Yes, we sound boring...but I promise, we are actually pretty cool people:)
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• We bought a house! Pretty exciting. But you've heard plenty about that.
  
• Got a dog- he is cute, smart, funny, crazy, annoying, huge, still growing, and loving.
• Got addicted to Bachelor/Bachelorette. Yeah...I'm not gonna lie, I've probably mentioned the new season of the bachelor to Clay like...every day for the past week, since I saw a preview for it. Is it shallow? Yeah...Is it unrealistic? Yeah...is it OH so entertaining? Yeah. So, we watch it, and we love it!
• We joined the massive cult following of the show Glee. Pretty fun. I'm going to confess something. Clay and I always watched it online with our friends days after...and sometimes it took a while for us to find time to get together to watch it. I was so friggin anxious to find out what happened, I would go online and read recaps, and totally know what was going to happen. Just one of those flaws I have...I am sooooo not opposed to spoilers.
• Took sewing classes that boosted my sewing confidence 10 fold. I have made pants, dress, shirt, skirt, duvet cover, curtains, place mats, aprons, bags, and much much more. I've said it a billion times, and I'll probably say it a billion times more: the best decision I EVER made in college, was to take those stinkin sewing classes.

Like I said, 2009 was generous to us, and we are so grateful!

Now, I want to welcome 2010 by making some New Years Resolutions. I know a lot of people don't really believe in New Years Resolutions, but I for one- DO. First off, we were basically assigned that topic to talk about in church last Sunday. Being that Heavenly Father has told us in scriptures and through prophets that we can CONSTANTLY be improving...I think it's a pretty good idea to make some goals. I HONESTLY believe I can achieve all these goals. Here we go!

The following are daily feats I need to keep at:

• Read the Book of Mormon RIGHT when I wake up. Directly after my morning prayer, I read 3 pages of the Book of Mormon. I don't care if I'm running late, or starving. This is just how it has to be for me.
• Eat breakfast every day. This has been a struggle lately.
• Write a blog post every day. Not a huge fatty one like this one, but just one. Every day.
• 15 minutes of activity. Whether that's walking the dog, yoga, cardio, weights, etc. 15 minutes. I've read and been told that if you want to keep your heart healthy, 15 minutes is essential.
• Here's the big one. My family will freak. Probably wont have faith in me. Probably doesn't think it's possible. BUT, I am so doing it. I have a friend doing it with me, who actually was the one who told me to do it. NO SWEETS! NONE! I thought about doing once a week, or something like that. But decided...the first time I eat them, I will just fall back into it. So, I am committing to a year with no sweets. I haven't quite decided what that means for birthdays and such...but I really believe I can do it. And I want to. I need to be healthier. I even have a bag of milk chocolate chips upstairs that I bought with some Christmas money, and some leftover DELICIOUS cookies I made for the new years eve party...and guess what? Not eatin-a-one of them. Anyone want to join the force of me and Lori (my friend who is also doing this...right Lori? You're still on?) and ban sweets? I want to go at least a year...and then after I know I can go a year, I figure I may just have enough discipline to control myself to a treat every once in a while. Anyway. I'm excited. And pathetic. It's only 11:51am and I've already thought about those chocolate chips like....three...four...a bazillion times.

Alright. Now for the resolutions that I simply have to do in 2010. It doesn't have to be a daily occurrence...it just has to be done! Here we go:

• Start a business. It will probably be small. I know I'm a weirdo...but I just really want to do it.
• Paint our bathroom cupboards and walls.
• Paint our hall closet.
• Pay off student loan.
• Pay off Car.
• Complete a years supply of food storage.

WOW! Okay- that all sounds like a lot. But you have to realize...my life doesn't involve kids, cancer, illness, or really much stress at all. Yeah, I get stressed...A LOT- but for no real reason at all. The past few months, I have felt like my life had NO PURPOSE. I'm not exaggerating. I bawled my eyes out to Clay telling him there's no point to my life. I feel like a Lamanite. Or Nephite. Depending on the time. You saw, 2009 was amazing for Clay and I. But I feel like emotionally and spiritually, I was worse than I've ever really been. How does that happen? I have no idea. I want to do these things...so that I feel I have more purpose. Anyway...wish me luck! I already ate, read my scriptures, wrote a blog, haven't eaten sweets, and I'm planning on walking Dante later in the day...so far, so good! I do understand that it is only January 1st though:)

I also feel like I should share this experience. When I prepared my talk, I found quotes that were like, always be prayerful when making goals...Heavenly Father may see a different path for you. Well...I had some other goals I thought would be pretty freakin saweet and awesome...but I got a distinct feeling that I shouldn't commit to that right now. Also, when I decided on the food storage, I got SO STINKIN scared. For some reason that is SUCH an intimidating thing for me. So, I said a little prayer asking if I should really make that a goal and INSTANTLY heard in my mind a capital YES. I was like...uhh...I don't know. And I kept hearing and thinking, Yes Yes Yes. You can do this, you have to do this. So, I'm doin it.

Things I'm not committing to:

• Quit biting my nails
• Quit watching trashy shows like the bachelor....grey's anatomy...private practice....you know, all of them.
  
• Keep kitchen spotless
• Keep floors mopped
• Keep sewing room clean
• Serve someone x times a week
• Reach perfection

Yeah...there are a TON that I could do and I decided...nope! Not gonna commit to that. These are the important ones. For me. Right now.

My whole point is- if you get super inspired by my goals and decide to make some for yourself, my one piece of advice is: pray about it! Why would he lead you to make goals he doesn't think you could keep? Or doesn't think you need? Or should do? Ya know?

Aight, I better ACTUALLY get started on my day. I have some errands to run. Peace OUT. And Happy New Year!

After a month of no posting....

Well, I have been ultra, ultra busy. I promised myself I'd take pictures of all the gifts I made...but only ended up taking ONE! Dangit. I'll upload it lata. Maybe I can get everyone I gave gifts to take a picture. To give you an idea, I made Patty a Santa Apron- it is SO CUTE! It is an apron that is basically like a santa suit, but an apron. Classic. I think everyone needs one...including myself! So I also made Megan and Greg aprons- with a red/black theme to them. I also made my motha an apron. Her's was darling. Screams the whole GRANDMA idea. It is heart themed. Sounds cheesy, but it's pretty awesome. I also made Makayla a friggin saWEET bag. It has a magnetic snap, ribbons, buttons, applicae, OH dear it's great. I was planning on making Harmoni a bag as well, but ran out of time...so ended up giving her a kinda crappy gift. "13 going on 30". Lame, right? Well...yeah. That's what I did...and on Christmas morning I felt so stupid that I made Makayla this awesome gift, and not Harmoni, that I decided I'm gonna make the bag anyway and just give it to her when it's done. So yeah.

My mom and dad, megan and greg, and amy and mike all came for Christmas. So, with that happening, I had all sorts of things to take care of around the house before they got here. Then of course, they were here! It was soooo wonderful to see them all.

All in all, this month has been CARAZY! Pile ontop of that-working, STILL getting settled in our house, chiropractor, dog, husband...it just has been busy. I know it could and will get busier. That's just how life goes!

Well, guess what happened while the whole fam was here? The dishwasher up and decided to start leaking like MAD! Actually, it already had been leaking, Paul looked at it, tried fixing it, and the problem got worse. Worse, at the WORST time. When tons of people are at the house! So we decided we couldn't run it anymore because it leaked way too much. So, we ordered a new dishwasher...it's pretty exciting. Pretty sure this is the one...

But want to know what's REALLY exciting? We have been talking about getting a new oven since we moved in becuase my oven takes at LEAST 30 minutes to preheat to 350, the degrees are always off- inconsistently, and it's just ANCIENT! So we finally decided, HECK- why not just get both while we're at it?! So we ordered a new oven too! I tried lookin, but I'm not POSITIVE...but I think this is the one we got...
It's a beaut' ainit?

They shouldn't come for probably another week, but I am SO PUMPED! I know I will make just lovely meals in/on it and clean the dishes just perfectly! Yay!

Clay and I have phones that have internet on them. It pretty much rocks. I'm sitting at the Chiropractor's office, waiting to get in...and while I'm bored out of my mind because I've already looked at the dozens of magazines they have...dozens of times...I check my e-mail. HECK, I even WRITE an e-mail! It's pretty cool.

Clay is going to teach me how to make websites. Did you know that he rocks at it? Yeah...he's only made a few, but he is currently signed on, or set up, or whatever...to build like 4 more websites for people, and so it's pretty cool. I thought I'd be good at it. Clay thought so too. So, he's gonna teach me...and who knows- maybe we'll make this killer team who rocks the world with our web-building abilities. And become billionares.

Dante is good. He's huge. And expensive. We feed him 7 cups of food a day...and he is only like...5.5 months old. Can you believe it? Not only that, but he "grows out of" his toys. So....we spent a wopping $40 on toys for him last night. What? I don't even spend that much on myself for toys. How annoying. Clay said, "Don't you love him?" Uh...yeah! But I don't think he needs 4 brand new toys. 2 of which he's already torn parts apart. The joys of pet ownership. He is pretty dang cute though. Except when he scratches me in the face. Which he did. And I have two scratch marks under my chin. Now THAT'S cute.

Tax season is coming up. I'm excited. The days will go faster. I don't like being bored at work. Tax season will probably not leave much time for boredness.

So I got some bright purple leggings for myself last night. With Christmas money. I decided I will wear them on New Years Eve. I'm excited. I will take a picture.

Idaho is cold. I know I always talk about it...but I'm not sure I will ever get over it. Seriously COLD. I get depressed almost every time I step outside. The snow is SO. NOT. WORTH. IT. I just wish there were more sun...more warmth...maybe some sand...palm trees...you know. I told Clay that someday, we will take surf lessons. He said he has no desire to surf, he's seen too many people get shark attacks. I said, "PAH!" as in- "like I would ever get attacked by a shark". So, I guess this dream is for me only. I really really want to do that. Doubt I'd be any good. But when I envision myself surfing, I am pretty much professional. With a really tan and toned body. And long wavy blonde hair:)

Well...I think that's pretty much life. For now anyway. CyA!

First Presidency's Message...and otha stuff.

Oh..............just got over. Did any of you watch that? It was SO wonderful. First, I LOVED LOVED LOVED the tabernacle choirs singing of Handel's Messiah. Soooooooooooooooo much talent. Soooo beautiful. I loved it soooo much. Then the talks...I loved President Monson's story he told. I am a sucker for good Christmas stories like that. Then Silent Night just made me happy. I went back to last year when we were there at the devotional in person, and it was SO powerful...the moment that everyone joined in singing the 3rd verse of the song. I am pretty sure I want to go again next year now.

So I was trying to clean up my sewing room...I've kinda stuffed random stuff of mine in there that I didn't know what to do with...such as old journals. I ran into the journal I had my sophomore through senior year in high school. Wow. I was surprised. For sure, there was definitely talk of boys and how obsessed I was...but, there was also...in like...every entry- talk about how much I loved Heavenly Father, how blessed I was, and WITHOUT fail, every single entry I mentioned how much I loved my family, and how I thought I had the best family in the entire universe. I swear...I don't remember this, but in my journal I always talked about how I was struggling with something, and so I prayed about it...and then that struggle went away. I had SO much faith. Then I went and read old blog posts- and same thing...but guess what? This past like year...it hasn't really been going on. I haven't been as faithful in scripture study, or really much of anything. I can tell the difference. I know that my life was blessed, and felt the need to write about it, because it works. Scripture study, and real- actual thoughtful prayers make life so much easier and so much happier. I dont' mean that trials don't come...they definitely came when I was doing those things...but I just know that when you're in that constant habit, you're so much closer to the spirit and to Christ, that your perspective on things are so different, in a good way. I always wonder how I get out of the habit and out of the zone...but it somehow happens. I think this has been my longest rut yet, and I can feel it! Not in a good way! I always ask my mom- I'm thinking- am I stupid? How could I witness something so amazing, and do such an easy thing each day, and have such amazing results, and then just stop doing it? She tells me that this is why we are on earth...and we are human...and everyone struggles. Anyway. I've definitely decided that I HAVE to get back in that zone. I HAVE to get back to reading my scriptures, and honest to goodness praying with good effort...because I know my life will be so much better if I do. I also decided that since I live 10 minutes from a temple...I am going to go once a week for this whole month. I know some of you probably think...uh, shouldn't you go once a week always? How hard is it when you're that close? Well...you find excuses. We do, at least. I don't know if Clay will go with me each week, but I'm going to go! This is my commitment. That's another thing. It's like...we've been PROMISED that if we go often, we will have soooooo many blessings. Why would I avoid getting those blessings? I don't know.

Anyway- Christmas. I feel cheated. I don't have like...any christmas movies. Well- I have 2. But I haven't watched any Christmas yet! I've listened to plenty of Christmas music though. I love it.

Have any of you seen Angel's and Demons? Holy. Freakin. Smokes. That movie was well made, intriguing story-line, greaty acting...BUT- I can never see that movie again. I got physically ILL watching it. And I even cried. Lame, right? But I'm not joking. I cried, and got a major stomach ache. Something about branding makes me ill...that's for sure- I felt that way in Planet of the Apes...but also the slow horrific deaths. dfjkl;asdfkljal;s. Yuck. Anyway- I can definitely say it was a good movie, but definitely not my thing. I'll just watch New Moon again.

Well...I have major sewing ahead of me. I have 1...2...3...4...5..6! projects to sew. For presents, of course. Hopefully they all turn out well. Clay was like, "Make presents, it'll be less money" I say, "If you want me to make nice presents, it will cost just as much as buying a present" Clay says, "Not if you choose for it not to be" I say, "Yeah...I could make them an ugly rag, that wouldnt' cost much...but I'm making them good presents" Anyway...........I have purchased most of the materials and supplies, and what do you know...it's costing JUST as much...if not more! than what I would've just purchased. Oh well. These presents are more from the heart now!

Today I called my dad on the phone to see if he'd give me the recipe to his hot chocolate. He makes the best hot chocolate I've ever personally tasted in my life. It's basically the bomb-dot-com. SO- here's kinda how the conversation went down...

Me: So dad, I was hoping you could tell me how you make your hot chocolate.

Dad: Oh really...

Me: Yeah- do you have like specific measurements?

Dad: *laughs* Uh...no just a little here...a little there...

Me: So how do you do it?

Dad: Well, first I warm up the milk...you can't put the cocoa in before it's warmed...then you put the cocoa in...

Me: About how much?

Dad: Until it is the color of what hot chocolate looks like.

Me: So you go by color?

Dad: Yes, I go by color. You know, I think I'm going to write that out on paper and patent it.

Me: That's a good idea. So you go by color...and then...

Dad: And then I put a LOT of sugar in. I mean...a LOT of sugar. You really can't have too much sugar.

Me: Okay...a lot...of...sugar...

Dad: Then I take the biggest salt shaker, and put quite a few big shakes in.

Me: So like...an actual salt shaker? Or mom's salt thing...

Dad: No- an actual salt shaker. I would say that if you were making hot chocolate for two people...so about 4 cups...then I would put 5-6 big shakes in there.

Me: Okay...anything else?

Dad: Then I taste it...and if it's too bitter...more sugar...too chocolaty...more milk...you know, I adjust it after I taste it. OH- and don't forget the whipped cream on top. That's a verrry important part.

Me: *laughs* alright. Lots of whipped cream. Okay, well thanks dad!

Dad: Good luck.

Yeah. You know what I did? I actually wrote down his instructions. Typical me. Can't trust myself to remember simple things like...add some cocoa sugar and salt to warmed milk and your good. Anyway...good news is, I made it and it tasted DELISH! Thanks dad!

Well...that'll be all for now. 19 days till Christmas! YIKES. I've gotta get sewing.

Things I'm just lovin.........

Christmas. It truly is the most wonderful time of year. I am a firm believer in that. Here is some proof that Christmas time just makes people happy.


Are you not happy yet? Okay, try this.

Josh Groban Christmas. HELLO happiness. I love love LOVE this cd. I tear up in half of the songs...no lie.

My Lamp I got at the DI for 15 bones. Woot!


I love when I come home from work (that alone is enough to be joyous about...being done with work), make dinner, set the table with the linens that I made myself, have the kitchen clean before Clay gets home from work, and then clean up dinner after we are done eating. Seriously? I think this is where I belong. The home. SUCH satisfaction in making dinner and cleaning up afterward. Oh!

Pumpkin Bread. I didn't take a picture. Why? It's night time...only daylight pics of food look good...in my oh so humble opinion. I'll take a pic tomarra and put it on the chef blog.

This lil guy. Actually, this BIG guy. He is so freaking huge. He is SO funny. He is big enough now, that he walks up to the couch and just rests his bum on it...like a person. Today, he was under the table when we were eating dinner, and all of a sudden...Dante is sitting on my knee. He is still on all fours, but he is resting his bum on my knee. We seriously crack up at this dog SO MUCH! He is so full of love, and we love him so much!

Lori's artichoke dip. Oh...heaven. Our bless-ed friend Lori brought over artichoke dip, french bread, and a recipe...and it was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! We are probably gonna make it again soon...so I'll take a pic and put it on the chef blog when I do.

Which brings me to...good friends. We have such good friends. We play games, we watch shows, we eat food, we stare at their babies...it's great.

My ipod nano. Did I ever tell you I have the coolest boss eva? Yeah- he just surprised us all with Ipod nanos one day. It freaking ROCKS! It take video, has a built in speaker, you can pause live radio, it is pretty much the best mp3 player I know.

Pie. I made this apple pie for thanksgiving. I think it's the most beautiful pie I've personally made...however, it didn't taste nearly as good as it usually does. I have no idea what happened. Maybe because there are holes in the top the juices didn't stay inside as much or the flavor seeped out? I have not a clue. But it looks nice. Either way...I love pie.

Halloween. I never posted pics. I know it's way late...but I want to document it anyway. We had a ton of fun at our friends house- we played all sorts of murder games and we all had pretty sweet costumes. I made a pumpkin roll for the event. It was aight. Dallin, and the Doman's came too...but they didn't dress up...so it wasn't quite as fun to take pics of them! Sorry!!!!!



If you are wondering if I am aware...I am. I know that if you cropped my head out of that pic I would look like a 12 year old girl with no boobs. Oh dear.


Jed pretty much rocked the costume idea. He definitely wins for making me laugh the most when simply looking at someone.


Brooklyn (baby Killian) was a bear (which her Grandma made the costume-by the way!) and the bottom right pic...I love! It looks like Lori is feeding a baby bear! But Brooklyn is in there! Promise!

And this is just a collage I did in my hallway. I particularly love it.

And for those of you who want to see the kitchen. BAM!


There tis. It used to be oak cabinets...They still are...just painted now. I LOVE IT!

We're alive!

Yeah, so...I personally haven't posted for an entire MONTH! First, I was at my parents house in Oregon for a week, then I was moving INSTANTLY after that...yep, we bought a house! Which actually consisted of a WEEK of prep work before we could move in such as: cleaning, painting, replacing floors, and random things like lights, blinds, toilets, etc.Then we moved in and it has taken us all week to get stuff KINDA in order. I basically only have books and decor to put away/up. The books...well, we needed a bookshelf becuase all the places we've lived have had built in bookshelves. Trully. We did. So now I have all these books with no home. Thank goodness, Patty just so happened to be not needing one of hers! Hoorah! The books will be put away tonight! During all of this we still work full time, take care of Dante, take Dante to puppy school (which he is ROCKING at, by the way), go to Chiropractor (I am trying to heal my back), obsess and get excited for New Moon (okay, that was just me), GO to New Moon (details on that next)....anyway, we've been BUSY! I promise I'll have a few pics later. I can basically only handle words for now. I have looked at blogs at work occasionally but haven't really commented on ANYONES. So, don't feel like I've shunned you.

Going to Oregon was GREAT! It was soooo great to see my Mom, Amy and Megan. It was nice to see Greg, Mike and my Dad....but let's face it. It was GREAT to see the ladies. Amy and I kinda just bummed around watching tv and stuff. It was perfect. Poor thing. It was hard to see what a hard time she's going through with the Chemo, but I was so happy to be there and help in any way I could. Which was basically just sitting there with her! She is amazing. Even with everything she is going through she always has a smile and happiness about her. Megan and my Mom were moving stuff most of the time I was there. My parents moved, so they were working on that. But I did get to spend some time with them, not as much as I would normally like, but it was great seeing them.

We love our house. Both Clay and I can't really comprehend that we are actually homeowners. It's still surreal. We always just look around and smile.

Well, today was pretty much a rockin' day. Why? We saw NEW MOON! Holy Freakin Smokes, it was amazing. I LOVE LOVE LOVED IT! Even as much as I tried to keep them low, I went in with high expectations, and they were met above and beyond. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh it was wondrous. Acting, filming, effects, EVERYTHING was sooooo much better. Jacob is smokin, his and Bella's chemistry is PERFECTION, the wolves rocked, the vampires rocked- the volturi? AMAZING! I want to go see that movie again. Right now. Clay, I'm pretty sure he won't get upset with me for saying this- loved it. He has read the books though. I have read and heard a lot that those who have read the books LOVE the movie, but those who haven't think it's slow. I think it's because they honest to goodness stay way true to the book. There was only ONE part....ONE, that lasted about 10 seconds...where I thought- 'oh please, just stop. That is way too embarrasing to watch'. For those who have seen it, the part where Bella and Edward are wearing clothes from the 50's and are running through the woods? Yeah. No thanks. They could've done that way better. But seriously? That was the only part that I cringed at. The rest was prime. Now I'm just way excited for Eclipse! Which comes out in less than a year!

I only work 3 days next week. This is a heavenly thought.

It feels like there are SO many things I wanted to blog about...but I'm tired. And I can't remember anything! I know I am excited about LOST, Jake on the BACHELOR, and AMERICAN IDOL to start in a few months. I'm super excited for Christmas. And I'm super excited for life to go back to normal...as in non-move mode.

Dante drives me more crazy every day...but I also love him more every day. I can't IMAGINE how much love I'll feel when I have kids. This always happens. I always thought that with my nieces and nephews, how could I love anyone more? I feel that same way with Dante. Sometimes I get these surges of love for him, that are crazy wild, where I just think- oh my gosh, kids are going to be awesome. Because I just love him so much! Like I said, he drives me INSANE sometimes, but a lot of times, he is soooooo stinkin cute and sweet that I just want to hug him and cuddle him on the floor. Yes, hug and cuddle a dog. He can just be the sweetest thing. I have changed so much since we got him. I used to HATE dog stuff...like shedding, slobbering, etc. Now I just don't care. I have just accepted that no matter what, my pants are going to be dirty by the end of the night with dog slobber. I don't even care. It's crazy. He slobbers on my newly painted cupbards in the kitchen and gets some sick-nasty mix of slobber/grass/dirt on them...and I laugh. I LAUGH! I don't even care. I just wipe it off. Anyway. He's awesome.

Alrighty. Love you all. Miss you all. I will be back to blogging regularly soon.

Halloween

This is Clay just uploading some pics for yall to view!

Our first Halloween with Dante, the Great Dane at 4 months.






Father and Son.

Patty and Dante.Waiting for his treat.



Makayla and Dante.



Such a stud...


Here we have...

Gracie: The late Cinderella!

Anna: The Amazing Ice Queen!

Aliese: The Ever Curious Goldy Lox!

Hope you enjoyed them, we have other pics of our costumes that Danielle will post soon I'm sure.