Friday Five

1. A THREE day weekend!

2. Random people who comment on my blog. It makes me feel popular.

3. Lunch with my sisters today. Missed you Jess! Thanks Liz and Jean!

4. Central air.

5. A VERY good interview today. I applied for a promotion, and things are looking good! (I'm sure it helps that nobody else in my office applied for it, but whatever...)

Happy THREE day weekend!

My Shoes are Out to Get Me

I can't walk in heels. I admit it. This morning I was crossing a busy street downtown and tripped over my heels so bad that BOTH of my shoes came off. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.

I bet I made someone's day, though. Nothing like starting your day off laughing at the expense of someone else, in this case, me.

My Thankful Five:
1. Flats.
2. I made it through the first day of school.
3. My kids made it through the first day of school.
4. My husband made it through the first day of school.
5. The Old Testament. This morning I read a great story, which I wrote about in my other blog.

Sleeping With the Enemy

This is what Darin captured today during my Sunday nap.


Attractive of me, I know, but I thought it was funny, me being the great cat-lover that I am (not).

Here are my five:
1. Pres. Hinckley's book.

We've been reading about gratitude, and I've realized that I need to be more grateful. Aren't we so lucky to have a prophet?
2. Sunday naps.
3. My kids getting hold of the camera. If they didn't, I wouldn't have pictures like this:

4. Or this:

5. Digital cameras.

Laziness

Sometimes I wish I could eat Nutter Butters all day.


What do you do to be ambitious?


My 5

1. Lunch with Liz the other day.
2. Saturdays
3. Swimming lessons for the kids
4. Soccer starting
5. Nutter Butters

Boys Will Be....Where are you?

The other night I went down to hug and kiss my boys goodnight. They were not in their beds. They were not on their beds, under their beds, or anywhere to be found. Looking around their eerily quiet room, I noticed this...

"Oh those silly boys," I thought. I decided to be really sneaky and quietly go up and tickle them. Tip toeing, I went and scared them.

They weren't there.

They TRICKED me!

Yes, my ingenious boys made it LOOK like they were hiding under their blanket. They were really in the closet and hidden on the lower bunk bed.

And they were quiet as could be this whole time. Boys will be boys, right?

Pandora

So I love pandora.com, where you can enter in an artist, and they will play music similar to the one you typed in. This is very useful when you sit at a desk all day. I thought you might be interested (because really, why wouldn't you?) in a few of my playlists.

1. Matchbox 20. Because Rob Thomas is not a rockstar: he's a normal person. Him and his wife reuse plastic sacks to save money.

2. Bon Jovi. I need good sing-a-long music every afternoon when I've got the after-lunch slump. And sometimes I do sing along, in a whispery voice.

3. Mormon Tabernacle Choir. There are only 2 people in this office that bug me. So after talking to them I have to play Mo-Tab so I have more Christlike thoughts.

4. Barry Manilow. When I want to go back to simpler times, I listen to Barry. He reminds me of my three years working at a Chinese restaurant. Life was so much easier back then: I just worked in a restaurant that nobody went to. The owner always played FM100, so now whenever I hear Barry or the Bee Gees, I think of egg rolls and long, easy going evenings.

Those are a few of mine. What are your favorites?

My 5 for today:

1. Diet Dr. Pepper. For medicinal purposes, of course. I'm really tired today!

2. Veternarians. It's good to know that our kitty Jayna is really a Jayke.

3. Positive reinforcement. Darin calls this "bribery" but whatever it is, I love it!

4. A normal workday. No meetings, no presentations, nobody out sick.

5. Pandora.com

I'm "Breaking" up with Edward

I have to admit: I don't like the book so much. I'm on page 572 and I'm giving up. I already know everybody lives: I've read the last chapter. But for some reason I'm just not into it.

I might even get rid of my "I *heart* Edward Cullen" tee shirt.

Seriously.

I'm not sure I like kitties anymore, either. They pooped in my son's drawer.

And I broke the whole, filled up water cooler container this morning trying to change the darn thing.

Breaking up is hard to do.

My Five for Today:
1. My husband, who waited patiently until my crush with Edward subsided. And who stuck with me through it all.

2. My sis, who may have been the wrong baby for some, but is the perfect sister I had been praying for.

3. My thoughtful kids, who dressed in their best basketball outfits for their cousin's party because they knew he liked balls. It was their own idea. He would even appreciate it if he wasn't just two (well, he says he's four, but whatever).

4. My whole family. I love them all, and it was fun to hang out with a bunch of them last night.

5. My neighborhood. I feel lucky to live in such a safe, nice place.

It Just "Dawned" On Me...

I've been taking a break from blogging to read "Breaking Dawn."

You know you all haven't even cared because you're too busy reading it, too.

Except Jess.

Hi Jess!