Tag Tuesday Week 3

A: ATTACHED OR SINGLE? Attached
B: BEST FRIEND? Donald Adams
C: CAKE OR PIE? Lemon Meringue Pie
D: DAY OF CHOICE? Friday
E: ESSENTIAL ITEM? Kleenex
F: FAVORITE COLOR? Pink
G: GUMMY BEARS OR WORMS? Worms
H: HOMETOWN? Provo, UT
I: INDULGENCE? Alfredo
J: JANUARY OR JULY? January Cody and Connor were both born here and it always is like you can start over with the new year.
K: KIDS? 4 Boys
L: LIFE ISN'T COMPLETE WITHOUT? Dr. Pepper
M: MARRIAGE DATE? March 19
N: NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS? 1 brother and 3 sisters
O: ORANGES OR APPLES? Oranges
P: PHOBIAS? Spiders, Heights
Q: QUOTES? Satan trembles when he sees even the weakest saint on their knees.
R: REASON TO SMILE? Christmas
S: SEASON OF CHOICE? Spring in Utah-February here in Logandale when my Flowering plum trees get their pretty pink flowers.
T: TAG SEVEN PEEPS!! Mom, Suzanna, Lori, Audrey, Paula, any of my blog stalkers
U: UNKNOWN FACT ABOUT ME? I hate folding socks.
V: VEGETABLE? corn on the cob
W: WORST HABIT? Not tightening the caps on medicine bottles
X: X-RAY OR ULTRASOUND? ultrasound
Y: YOUR FAVORITE FOOD? Currently Peppermint Ice Cream and Milky Way candy bars-not together though
Z: ZODIAC SIGN? Sagittarius

Memory Monday-I seriously could not think of anything to write about yesterday!

Cayden came home from school coughing his guts out and proceeded to do that the rest of the night. He is the worst medicine taker ever-literally throwing it up so I had those Triaminic melty strip things that had cough medicine in them. I gave him 2 and waited a good 2 hours for them to start working. It did not completely stop his cough but it settled it down a little. He woke up with croup at 3 and we were up until 4:30. Where is my husband you might wonder-he is in Kansas. Oh it was bound to happen. It is the story of my life Don goes on a trip-kids get sick. Oh hey and guess what-yesterday I washed all my bedding so Cayden could cough and sneeze on them all night! Wasn't that nice? Cayden is home today and he is starting to cough alot again. I am going to try a trick my friend told me about today to see if it works. Vicks on the feet and then thick socks-weird but she swears it works. Thanks Lisa :)! So the memory for today is a time that you were sick as a child.

When I was in 3rd grade I got the chicken pox. It was awful! I remember how my throat just hurt and itched because the sores were way down my throat and how my head just itched and itched! But the worst part about it was when I went back to school. I still had some of the sores and scabs and Rhett Thomas and Devin Rigby called me the Polka Dot Door. The Polka Dot Door was show that used to be on PBS. I hated them for calling me that.

I also remember when I had my tonsils out. I always had ear infections and tonsillitis so I went to the hospital and they took out out my tonsils. Laurel had to have here tonsils out soon after I did and I was so mad because when she came out of the surgery room my parents gave her a big Bugs Bunny stuffed animal. I did not get a Bugs Bunny stuffed animal-I did not get any stuffed animal at all! I was pretty irritated by that. Connor and Cody both have had to have their tonsils out. They both got stuffed animals.

Please forward this to the complaint department!

OK I have my complaint now! I have been trying for over an hour to upload pictures on the previous post but it will not work! When I finally get the pictures to upload I can't publish the post because it keeps giving my some error code. I seriously have tried 7 times to get it to work. I quit! So this is me complaining!!! AAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!

Slacker Saturday-but only for the blog!

I have not posted like I wanted to this week but I have been busy! Today's postings were supposed to be Sucky Saturday-insert complaint here-but I really don't have a good complaint right now. OK I could just put in a random complaint here but if I am going to post it it has to be a really good one so I will save up for next week maybe and then add 2 complaints-if I have any. Then there is Super Service Saturday of which I can't think of anything super spectacular in the service department that I did this week so I will have to do better next week. Then there is the Survival Saturday part-see below about the pomegranates. Recap for the last week-Connor and Don had a camppout last week with Connor's 11 yeard old scout troop that I did not post about but Don only took one picture so that is my excuse. They went out above Carp/Elgin and camped overnight. Connor is always glad when Don goes with him on campouts. I feel quite a sense of relief when Don goes with the kids on things like that. Last Saturday was really busy after they got back from camping. Don and the boys went to the yard of an older couple in the ward and helped pick pomegranates for them. This week we were rewarded for their hard work with a gallon of pomegranate juiice. You will see above my hard work for today as I made 24 bottles of pomegranate jelly. Rewind back to last Saturday-Cody had to sing at the Pomegranate Festival so we went to watch him. I took my regular camera and videoed him singing so I will try and upload a song. Taylor got to sing too because although she is at the middle school they have the same choir teacher. After the Pomegranate Festival we went to a semi-final football game at the high school. I left early with Cayden and came home to sew. Flash forward to this weekend. Last night the grocery store had their annual Holiday Open House. They had entertainment going on through out the night and Cody's Encore group got to sing there too. They did a really good job even though the acoustics in the store are yucky. They sang for about 30 minutes and sang a bunch of songs-new ones that we have not heard him sing a million times. I only had a few minutes left of record time on my camera but I was able to get one song on video. Today was another semi-final football game. I stayed home this time with Cayden and made jars and jars of pomegranate jelly. It is amazing what a gallon of juice will make. I also made a rather tasty cheesball and stroganoff for dinner in between batches. I also sort of watched the BYU game while jellying and had Aerosmith and Guns and Roses for company.

Thankful Thursday

This week I am thankful for good examples. This week a great family that we know lost their son. This son has been severely mentally handicapped and had serious health problems since he was about 3. He passed away this week at the age of 45 or so. His parents are the greatest examples of selfless and Christ-like service that I have ever seen. They have tirelessly and selflessly cared for this child their entire lives-this man who could hardly speak and who had a multitude of physical issues too. They have put aside their needs and wants to fulfil their duty to their son and to the Lord. This couple attended church at different times every week so that one was always with their son. They have done this for years and years. There were very few times that others came in to care for their son because they shouldered this huge responsibility and took it very seriously. They served and went to the temple at different times and I think that this week was the first time that I have ever seen them in the car together at the same time. They have devoted their entire lives to their son who could not care for himself even in the smallest degree. Their other children live out of state and came in to assist a few times but of course they have their own families to care for. Last night was the viewing at the church. This man was loved by his family and loved and cared for more deeply than most people could ever wish for. This could not have been easy for this couple and so I hope that I can try and be just a little better than I have been and be more patient and understanding to my children and others. I am also thankful for the Plan of Salvation and to know that while this man did not have much in what the world would consider, he has fulfilled his mission here on earth and will be waiting for his family on the other side. He will be whole and perfect through the resurrection and it will quite the day when he can tell his parents how much he appreciated all that they did for him to the exclusion of all else. It is so great to know that he has made it to the celestial kingdom and that we can strive to do and be all that we can so that we can see him there. I am thankful for good examples who inspire me to do better.

Wish Wednesday

So I have been really bad at posting this week. I have been super busy as usual and Don was gone so that makes me much busier and obviously more tired. So here is my wish for this week.

I wish that I was a morning person and could function on a lot less sleep. I really could get a whole lot more done and one of those things would be to exercise. I have totally fallen off the wagon in the last month or so in that department. I just really like to sleep and enjoy Sunday afternoons so much because I justify and rationalize a nap on that day. Saturdays and days when there is no school are the greatest because we sleep in and the kids are old enough to know that if they get up before we do to be quiet and let us sleep. If they are starving they can get a bowl of cereal until we get up and get breakfast for them. I have a hard time sleeping when Don is gone but it has gotten better than it used to be. He is gone so much now that I just end up being so exhuasted I just have to sleep. Plus I have learned that I sleep much better when the TV is off. I used to leave it on just for background noise but not anymore. I hate my alarm clock and purposely set it 20 minutes earlier than I want to get up just so I can hit snooze. I need more motivation to get moving in the morning but it is just so hard. So that is my wish for this week-to not need or want as much sleep as I do and to get up earlier so that I can and want to exercise. Any suggestions?

Memory Monday

I can't think of anything really profound to write about but since we took the kids to Madagascar 2 last night for FHE -it was hilarious by the way!-today's post will be about memories about certain movies or associated with movies.

My dad had tons of button up long sleeve shirts that he wore for work. I got the joyous privilege to iron them for 50 cents each. There were piles and piles of them. I don't think that I have ever seen someone with so many shirts. I remember that I spent one whole afternoon watching Gone With the Wind and ironing my dads shirts. Do you know how long Gone With The Wind is? That is why I do not iron unless I am being tortured. We go to the dry cleaners!

Another movie memory that I have is that on Sunday nights when we lived in Lindon the "Wonderful World of Disney" would be on TV. This is where they would play a Disney movie and we would watch it as a family. I remember watching Sound of Music although I don't think that was Disney. I think that we snapped beans and shelled peas while watching that.

During the summer the Scera theatre would have morning showings of older kids movies. I think that we could get a pass that was good for 10 movies that cost $10 and they showed the movies a few times a week or once a week or something like that. Then for another dollar you could get a little drink, a little popcorn and a small candy-like a package of Bottle Caps or Lemonheads or something. We did that a few times.

I may have posted this before butme and Erin, my friend from high school went to see Last of the Mohicans when it first came out. We loved the soundtrack so much that after the show we drove around to every K-Mart, and Shopko in the area to try and find it. We did not find it. That soundtrack is still one of my favorites.

Ok last one-I remember watching Sommersby with Cydnee. I hated it! I still hate it! You just can't end movies like that but my mother and Cydnee tried to reason with me that the way it ended was the only way it could end but I argued and will continue to argue till my last breath that it was totally wrong! He did not have to die! Yes, that was the honorable thing and he did it to save her reputation blah blah blah but whatever!

So as the end to post I will tell you what my favorite movies are.
1. Notting Hill
2. Mamma Mia
3. Nanny McPhee
4. Princess Bride
5. Sabrina

Ok one more thing-since there is nothing to watch on TV the last few nights I have been intirgued with Turner Movie Classics. I have watched 3 old old black and white films. Two with Dorothy MaGuire-for my siblings or any of you who question who she is, she is the mom from the old Swiss Family Robinson and the mom in Old Yeller. The movies were Invitation, and The Enchanted Cottage. I enjoyed them really and now with my Netflix subscription I am ordering old movies to watch while Don is gone. I watched Captain Kidd last night-could not tell you who the actors were but Cody came in and said that the man that played Captain Kidd was in Strangers on a Train that he had to watch for English. Go figure!