Happy 30 November 2009

So Kellie and my Dad asked why I hadn't been blogging.. Today is best friend growing up's birthday... Amber... Happy Bday! Had a wonderful thanksgiving. I went up to Dad and Lorie's... It was way yummy. I spent the weekend puttering on my house. I move crap from one location to another and I am pretty sick of it.. I need to just get rid of stuff... Design Sponge the blog that I look at constantly. I look at it and they have sterile environments. I really like that look but don't know how to get there...I also have this genetic defect that contributes... I like to have stuff.. There is an author (Henry David Thoreau) , he wrote about Walden Pond. He would decorate his table with three rocks and when they got dusty he would throw them out and start with three new ones.

Status of my house....
Huge Huge thanks to Lorie, she has come to my house, which is so helpful. I get to points when I am like WTH, I don't know what to do... She came and gave me marching orders... Which I am so grateful for. Who knew that I would like to be told what to do.. :) so happy about it

My bedroom is done... There are a few things that need to be done, but they are cosmetic. Well and if would quit putting stuff in there..

Office furniture is in it... I have a old metal file cabinet and I have literally moved it five times. Well this weekend I decided it is going out of my house, it just doesn't work in the flow of my office... (it is all about the flow) I am going to move two book shelves in there and put my cook books there.. Maybe I will actually cook.. Wow that would be so cool. I moved a whole bunch of stuff from the familyroom into the office, to go through and the familyroom served as my office.. I also moved a whole bunch of clothes into my bedroom, that I need to go through (dry cleaner stuff) Hence the move stuff ... from one location to another...

Hall is done. I even did the floor this weekend.
Main Bathroom - Needs toliet/mirrors/lights... Need to also go around wood trim with goof off/and old english scratch cover
Master Bathroom - Needs toliet/mirrors/lights... Need to also go around wood trim with goof off/and old english scratch cover
Livingroom - Lorie needs to touch up the beige paint.. she is the master toucher upper... I can start moving stuff back into the room. Although I had a rug in the familyroom that I want to move into the livingroom, until I find one that I love.
Familyroom - is pretty much cleaned out... I need to clean the rug and I am painting a end table/mirror thing/mirror trim/drawer/stool/lights for bathroom/in the familyroom. I hope to get that started tonight... I would love to get it finished but not sure will make it with the hours that I have tonight... Then I have to sand...
I told Lorie that I keep finding jobs that I like less than the last job... for example... I hated removing wall paper/then I hated sanding/then I hated painting/I really hate the clean up from all the painting.. that is my least favorite so far..
Lorie also was looking at a paint job that a "professional" did and she was like paulette and I better than the professionals... We aren't for hire..

Familyroom -- then texturized - primed ( 2 hours) - painted (2hours) - painted (2 hours) - the clean up - putting the furniture back/which I will need help because some is in the garage and Shaun and Kevin moved it out when we did the floor. - decorate..

Kitchen and diningroom is going to take forever because it has been my staging area and full of stuff from all the other rooms. My tile floors are trashed because of the all the paint and stuff on it.. ought to be fun to take care of. Plus the dust.. You wouldn't believe the dust in my life... Not sure that I am ever going to get rid of that.. :(



Laundryroom bathroom- mirror/light/toliet

Laundryroom - finish about a quarter of wood work with old english scratch cover / i also need to clean out the closet so I can put things away properly... (Yeah I know novel concept)

Objective is still to have it done by christmas morning.
Seriously, don't ever do nine rooms at a time... Insanity.. I am going to be so happy when it is done.. I can't visualize that... being done.. it seems like a wonderful dream.

I will try and be better about blogging... but I get overwhelmed with how much I need to do and how long it takes, plus my computer is still not completely hooked up... Wish me luck on that.. :)

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Lots of luvs,

More pictures of brie's wedding..

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Tam Sabrina's aunt on the left put the decorations on my head...

What is a girl to do.. :)

Me and Jessica

Sabrina's cute mom Judy Carol .... I don't know her new last name. :) Brie's Dad James Calvert

Chayse (Shaun and Sabrina's baby) Brie's baby brother..

More Pictures of Brie's Wedding...

Brie and the cake.. :)

One of Brie's Cute family

Shaun and Sabrina

Don't they look good.

These are tissue paper flowers..

they are really pretty huh?

More... decorations...

Jamie and Randall Blog

Jamie and Randall have a blog.

http://fifty50fifty.blogspot.com/

If you want to check in on them and see what they are up to...

Start of my Vacation! Woohoo!

Yesterday was the first day of start of my vacation. ;) I am happy I can hardly stand it. Well yesterday. I slept in... I know that you are all shocked. I got up and ran some errands. I came home unpacked my car. I was tired. I still am recooping from my brush with death. Nope I am not mellow dramatic at all. I got up today. I was going to go and get day lillies and I called the lady I was getting them from, they wouldn't be home until three.. it was 11. I went to boones and had lunch. I came home and cleaned my familyroom (aka bedroom) . I went and got the day lillies. They asked me how many I wanted. They are tubers I said I would like six to a dozen. when someone is giving you something you don't want to ask for to much. I was thinking of a single tuber and in a few years they would be absolutely fabulous, that is I can control the damn grass in the flower bed. Oh on friday I got japanese maple. I got one the year that Grandpa Cook died. I killed it. :( Well they had them for $20. I love the look of japanese maples. I decided to plant it right outside my front door. Wish me luck. There is a story that Carol tells about me and trees. I don't have a good history. Some of it my fault some not so much. :) Well back to day lillies. They gave five five gallon buckets full of day lillies I am like oh my.. what am I going to do with that many day lillies. I am going to plant them... if they survive the round up then you all can have some in a few years. I have a plan to do battle with the grass in my flowerbed.. Another wish me luck. There has to be a way to get rid of the grass where I don't want it and have some grass in patches my front yard where sammy sleeps. Go figure. Lorie called and gave me instructions from Dad. he came and mowed my lawn on thursday... woohoo! Thank you... I came home and adjusted my sprinkler days... then sprayed eight gallons of round up. yep eight gallons. seriously I have sprayed either 16 or 20 gallons of round up and 4 gallons of sterilant.. you would think that I wouldn't have anything growing.. I still do.. UGH.. I am working on it though.. one good thing is that along my west fence I have thissel and stickers and I have pretty much got it knocked out. My neighbors to the left have a damn mess. I hope to work some on that. I would really like to do some damage to the nasty weeds... I watered my pots and the plants that I haven't planted yet.

My plan Sunday:

I am going to go to church.

I am going to go help a friend move.

I am going to go with BriAnne and Austin to preston.

My plan monday:

Come home from Preston

Plant all the plants that I have left to plant..

Spray sterilant

Clean

Sand

I hope all is well..

Lots of luvs,

pc

Happy Father's Day

I am last day of lock down. woohoo! I don't think that I have ever been home this long and done nothing. Oh wait, I went outside and watered my plants got the news paper. Sent out father's day cards. Ready to go and take another nap... (lol) When I woke up at 2:11 pm, I thought oh my I might be in trouble come tomorrow morning. It isn't a matter of having my nights and days messed up, I was a little concern about that... This crap that I have is nasty.. nasty... nasty.. It definitely has knocked me down. ugh. Enough about me. :) My aunt Sandra sent an email this morning about memories of Grandpa. It was a great tribute to him. I will put in the lower part of this. It got me to thinking of the great father's in my life. Of course this is my Dad and my stepDad. I was pretty lucky to have my two of my Grandfather's as long as I did.

I was thinking of the top five things that they have taught me:

1. Love of God.

2. Love of Family

3. Love of country... (Dad stole my flag because it was in such sad state and I think he thought that I might keep it up ( he was probably right) )

4. Love of nature

5. Importance of education

6. Importance of service




I am very blessed to have such good men in my life. I would include my little brother in that group. He is a good man too. Well Happy Father's day! I hope that you all have a blessed day.

I was gonna swear... I thought I lost this post. :) I didn't.. woohoo!

Lots of luvs,
pc





Sandra's email:

Dad you may have thought I didn't see, or that I hadn't heard, life lessons that you taught to me. I got every word and perhaps you thought I missed it all and we grew apart.

Dad, I picked up everything, it’s written on my heart and without you I wouldn't be the woman I am today.
You built a strong foundation and no one can take that away and I remember the summer trips to Yellowstone with all of my cousins. I grew up and found my own dreams and value of hard work and very glad that you taught them to me.

You made every holiday and event an adventure even if it was the Fourth of July parade around the square or the 24th of July Parade and the pain of waiting to see what Santa Claus brought waiting for Grandma and Grandpa Cook.

From cement ditches to Park valley excursions for Rock for the basement we floated down the drain ditches on inner tubes. Day trips and watching you graduate from College pursue your dreams. The Cabin and Charlie’s Pride the Angus Bull, Snake my horse. My first car the Dodge Dart and not getting mad at me when I hit the stalled truck of Indians going down 12th street.

All of the memories and adventures were meaningful.

So here's to you, dear dad even though you’re not with us.
From your forever grateful kid

PS MOM thank you because without your execution of all of his plans we wouldn’t have our foundation or memories

Happy Fathers day

So much fun... err not really

More likely I have H1N1 (swine flu) they aren't testing for it. A bit of fyi, in the event that you want to catch this crap... biggest symptom is fever.. then cough... you can have other symptoms, but those where mine. they say to rest, drink lots of fluid...The really fun part about it.. you are contagious for seven days, little people are contagious for ten days. Totally makes sense to me why utah has so many cases of it. if you go to the dr within 48 hours from the onset of symptoms they can give you a shot. Not sure what the shot does I missed the window. Wash your hands.. wash your hands.. wash your hands.. If you think you have it don't go out. I think that I got it at Brie's wedding... I have that kind of luck.. Out of a thousand people I find the one person with and get sick... Bet you wish that you had my kind of luck. well probably not.

Here is more information about it... in the event that you are interested...

http://www.cdc.gov/H1N1FLU/

Symptoms:
What are the symptoms of swine flu?
Although uncomplicated influenza-like illness (fever, cough or sore throat) has been reported in many cases, mild respiratory illness (nasal congestion, rhinorrhea) without fever and occasional severe disease also has been reported. Other symptoms reported with swine influenza A virus infection include vomiting, diarrhea, myalgia, headache, chills, fatigue, and dyspnea. Conjunctivitis is rare, but has been reported. Severe disease (pneumonia, respiratory failure) and fatal outcomes have been reported with swine influenza A virus infection. The potential for exacerbation of underlying chronic medical conditions or invasive bacterial infection with swine influenza A virus infection should be considered.

The end of my weekend after the wedding...

I didn't get home until midnight on friday night, well thursday night also. Saturday I slept in, I got up and had some errands to run. Dad came and mowed my lawn on Friday. It was so nice of him. Thank you. I still haven't gotten my garden planted.. Soon. :) Sabrina, Shaun, and Chayse came and spent the night at my house. Sabrina has shingles.. Sunday we got up I went to sacrament meeting, came home and then took Sabrina to now care. Got a young doctor, he is looking up shingles online. wow.. I new world huh? he gave her prescriptions. Her symptoms aren't typical. She has them on both side of her head. Sabrina found a picture online on Saturday that did look just like what she had. Had we known the DR. was going to be looking up online I would have brought the url ...I talked to her today, the meds don't seem to be helping, but she is in a lot of pain. I don't know. Well Monay morning I started with a dry cough. I didn't think anything of it. Well later in the day, body aches and a bit of a runny nose. Came home and took my temperature and it is high. I have visitors at work all this week. I am sure that they don't want me to get them sick. So I stayed home today and slept most of the day. When I got sick in October last year, they gave me these golden peas, for coughs.. I have been taking them, they help so much. I would be in sad state without them. It feels like an elephant on my chest and it hurts so bad when I cough. ugh.. Well I am off...

a few weeks ago, sabrina said that if she had money she would hire me a gardener. so when they came on saturday she was like your yard looks so good. which it does thanks to Dad.

lots of luvs,
pc

Brie and Austin's wedding part two

I got to thinking that some of you might not know who BriAnne is.

LOL how to explain. :)

My X husband's brother's daughter.

Sabrina Brie's mom and I are close.

All of the kids still call me Aunt Paulette.

What is kind of cute, is Chayse (Sabrina and Shaun's little one) calls me aunt paulette.

He is also mad at me and I am not invited to his baptism. I hope he changes his mind. :)

The pillars that Shaun built.. Pretty huh?

Brie and Austin cutting the cake..

Wrong cake. :)

My new best friends.. jo and amanda and me.. :)







Sabrina's peeps.. Lylene, me, and Jessica

Brie and Austin's Wedding Pictures

Brie and Austin's Wedding cake...
Aren't they beautiful...
Look at the rocking decorations..



Shaun built the pillars.. Painted them and put them all up..
You can't really see but there are latterns and flowers hanging everywhere in it.. So pretty huh?






Okay this table is one set of the table decorations.. See the cute guy hanging in the background. This is Shaun's Dad... He is so cute and I adore him. well and he adores me too. :)




Nother view other thing that Shaun built.






Welcoming peeps..





I will write more later..

BriAnne and Austin's Wedding is today!!!

Picture of Brie and Austin


Well BriAnne's wedding is today. It is kind of strange, I was thinking this morning I remember when she was born. Does that mean??? hmmmm I think it might mean that I am getting old. :)


She and Austin get married in the Salt Lake Temple this morning.


At two is a luncheon at some church.


Reception at 6-8 outside in the grandparents garden.


Which by the way is beautiful. Small problem weather has been unsure.. :) Lots of the decorations can't be wet at all. So pray for no rain. They say it is suppose to start after nine.





I am checking under weather.. fabulous site.. Dad showed it to me. Hmmmmm 30 % chance. well we gonna have to bet on the 70 % no rain. :)





Oh yeah! I forgot to mention.. I get to spend all day with my X in-laws.. Woohoo! :)





Wish me luck.. Lots of luvs,
pc

PCs FAMOUS BROWNIES

HERE IS PCs FAMOUS BROWNIES… THAT IS SO DANG FUNNY.. THEY ARE BOX BROWNIES FOR

2 BOXES MIXES OF BROWNIES (OR BAGS) (IT REALLY DOESN’T MATTER WHAT BRAND, BUT THE CHEAPER THE BETTER)
1 CUP OIL ( I USE OLIVE OIL(IT IS WHAT I BUY))
½ CUP WATER
4 EGGS
2 LID FULL OF VANILLA (2 TSP)
CHOCOLATE CHIPS (ON TOP/INSIDE)
NUTS IF YOU LIKE
(IF YOU LIKE THEM WAY GOOEY) I USE FOUR SQUIRTS (ABOUT TABLESPOON) CHOCOLATE SYRUP.
BAKE 350 FOR 25 MINUTES

YOU CAN TOTALLY DISCO THEM UP… THEY CAN BE WHATEVER YOU WANT.. THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT YOU USE VANILLA.. I THINK THAT IS WHAT MAKES THEM DIFFERENT THAN HOMEMADE…
I HAVE USED DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHIPS ON THEM.. MINT/CARMEL

PUMPKIN SPICE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

I am a HUGE FAN OF PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES... except it means fall to me.. you start seeing them in the store in the fall.. These ones are fabulous. Way easy and way tasty.. Enjoy..


PUMPKIN SPICE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
(Weight Watchers)

1 package Spice Cake Mix
1 small can Pumpkin
1 bag chocolate chips
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon

Mix ingredients. Refrigerate dough. Drop on parchment paper cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes on 350 degrees.
(1 cookie=1 point)

BLACK BEAN SOUP

Not a fan of beans.. but hey if you like them then here ya go... mom says it is to die for good.. Perhaps that is because it kills you.. :)

BLACK BEAN SOUP
Loretta Swan From the Oregonian Food Day

Serves 6 (1 ¾ Cup).

1 (16-oz) package Black Beans 1 tsp Oregano
6 Cups Chicken Broth* 1 tsp Salt
2 TBS Butter* 1 Cup Shredded potatoes
1 Cup Chopped Onion ½ tsp garlic powder
1 Cup Chopped Carrots ¼ tsp pepper
1 Cup chopped Celery 3 TBS Lemon juice*
1 Bay Leaf Sliced lemon, if desired

Soak beans as directed on package; drain. In a large, deep pot, bring beans and chicken broth to boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered, 1 ½ to 2 hours.
In a large skillet, melt butter. Sauté onions, carrots and celery for 3 to 5 minutes, until crisp-tender. Add sautéed vegetables and other ingredients, except lemon juice and sliced lemon, to beans; stir well.
Simmer, covered, an additional hour. Just before serving, remove bay leaf and stir in lemon juice. Garnish with lemon slices, if desired.
Per serving: 356 calories, 22 grams protein, 8 grams fat, 2 grams saturated fat, 54 grams carbohydrate, 17 grams fiber, 0 milligrams cholesterol, 1,241 milligrams sodium.

***I sometimes make it with vegetable broth instead of the chicken broth, also I use olive oil to sauté the vegetables. I also only add the lemon juice to what we will be eating as it makes several meals for us. We love it with fresh lemon juice. Sometimes we sprinkle cheese on top of the hot soup.

Forever Strong

I forgot to tell you all.. I watched this movie.. I loved it.. It as about the ??? Rudgy players (SLC, UT) It was a REALLY good movie.. That is what I am getting my Dads for Father's day... I love it.. You will have to watch and let me know what you all think... BTW.. You gotta watch the interview with the coach in the extras..

My Hero...

Well this has been a couple weeks in the making. :) Two weeks ago, I left work on thursday night and went and ran errands. I didn't get home until 830ish. I was planning on staying home and working in my yard on friday.. Oh wait.. I have to go back. My friend Charlie got my lawn mower back to me on Monday. I spent from 6 until 830 mowing my lawn and back pasture.. Charlies is definitely one of my heros. He couldn't get the rims off... He tried heat and as he said other than dumping the whole thing in pentrating oil... Those suckers aren't coming off.. We are going to have to cut them off, but we are planning that for a winter project. I needed my lawn mowed.. The battery was dead on my phone, my Dad texted me at 930 and told me he was on the way to my house. Which I didn't get until after he left and charged my battery... By the way my home phone isn't working. Well it doesn't ring at my house. I am not sure if is the phone or thingy that converts it voice over ip. If you want to get hold of me, use my cell phone... Back to my story. .. So Dad shows up at 10 to my house. I was still in my pj's. I told him that I would get dressed. He mowed for a minute then he weeded eated... I am not sure what I did initially... I got the task of raking up what Dad had weed eated. I raked it up and then I put in the garbage can and took it to my back pasture so I can burn it. Don't tell anyone. I do have a burn permit but it expired the end of April... Dad finished weed eating.. I have a back pack sprayer.. Which by the way I love... It is nice, but it is heavy when it is full.. I like being able to spray four gallons at a time. Dad sprayed four gallons of round up. I finished raking.. I had a four foot section and I am thinking in my mind several things.. First I am a damn bureaucrat.. I don't work this hard, I think he is trying to kill me. Then it was like I can do this.. I can do four feet more. I got that done and then Dad said I will mow your lawn once before I leave, but I had to pick up all that I had just raked.. I am like this will take 9 1/2 hours, he assured me it wouldn't.. He was right.. :) I had to rake it up and put in the garbage can and then take it out to the back pasture. I think that I took seven loads.. He mowed the lawn.. It looked so nice... I thought it looks like a dry golf course... It helped so much, I can't even begin to tell you.. Thank you so much Dad, I really do appreciate you and your help... We worked from 10- 3. Did I mention that I am a bureacrat and not used to working this hard physically??? Some would say that hard period.. Well... Then on Saturday morningI went to this very cool nursery that Lorie told me about, that Kim told her about. It is on the way to brigham across from the rock quarry... They are warehouse nursery but on Saturday from 10-2 they sale to the public.. I got marigolds (I hope that they aren't stick ones ( I am trying to love and embrace them)), I got geriumans, pototoe vine, grass, petunuas and one of the coolest things that I got.. I got morning glory (I am hoping it is domesticated) that is called Grandpa Ott... I am going to plant them around my telephone pole and in two of my pots. I thought that was so cool.. for those of you that don't know Grandpa Ott was my Grandpa Price's name. I planned to get some cherry tomatoe plants for my pots on my back porch... I ended up getting some veggies.. I came home and dumped off my pots and then went to Layton to Anna graduation. She got a BS in Computer Information System (or something like that) Then we went to her house and she had an open house in celebration of her graduation. Oh my heck.. I did I mention that I was SORE... I was sore in strange places the inside of my thighs and the side of my back.. Sunday... I was even more sore... I really thought he must of being trying to kill... You know me being sore wasn't my Dad's fault and never once did he say anything to me... but when you have help, you really have to take advantage of it... So on Sunday evening Paula, Tracey, and Jessie went with me to the cemetery to steal mums.. From memorial day, Paula said that I really wasn't stealing because the ones that I took are the ones that they put down. I did go and steal someone after that so that I really did steal them.. BTW This does sound horrible, but they just get thrown away and the cemetery workers helped Paula last year. You plant them and they will bloom again the fall.. So I talked to Dad through facebook on Tuesday.. Asked him to till my lawn spot. I got veggies that I would like to plant. He came on Friday, while I was at work. My garden spot looks so beautiful. I should have planted my garden yesterday but I didn't believe them about it really raining... My plants would have been so happy in the ground with all the rain that we have had. :) So on Saturday I got up and went outside about noon. That is more how I roll... :) I really like to wait until the heat of the day and go outside and work. I finished pulling grass out of the flower bed along my house. (during the week I had pulled out the other half). I sprayed four gallons of sterlant in my drive ways. I broke the handle on my weedeater... Gonna see if Charlie will fix it.. It is even worse than that. The string went somewhere in never ever land. I had to go get fuel. I unboxed my tiller. I got it for my birthday a couple years ago and I haven't used it.. I added oil and fuel and Tilled my flowerbed along my house. It rocks.. It is a little one.. It works so nice... It looks so beautiful... I have two trees in my back yard. One keeps growing something, Dad thought it might be quaking's .. It is growing at the base of the tree. I had cut it off before.. I cut it off this time. My drill wasn't charged so I couldn't finish it off.. I am not sure where I got this, but I had a tree that kept growing in the flower bed in the front of my house, I read somewhere that you are suppose to cut if off and then drill a hole and put round up in the syringe and shoot it up. I am not sure how or why it works... But when I was working in the flowerbed, I pulled out the dead rotting stump from the tree... So I am going to do it with the tree in the back, hopefull I won't be killing the tree that I don't want to kill.. Wish me luck on this one.. I changed out two sprinkler heads... I sprayed four gallons of round up... It was about 8 pm. Sammy and I went for a ride, went along 5900 to 12 street then went to 6700 and then back to my house... When we got back, my sprinklers was on.. here is the problem some of what I sprayed with round up was getting watered.. doh! I am hoping that it had been longer than 30 minutes because that is how long it says that round up has to be before it exposed to water.. I made sure that all the sprinklers on that setting where doing what they were suppose to. I really didn't believe that it was going to rain... So I kept my sprinklers going... I worked from noon until 8... Yep I am sore... I am so thankful for Dad's help. I have been able to do things that I wouldn't be able to because I would still be working on the things that he helped me with.. It does make a huge different.. Thank you Dad.. You are my hero... Well Sunday... church... nap.. I really love my sunday naps... I just read that Tyler and Kellie (my bro and sister in law) are having a little girl... :) I talked to my mom on the phone for 1 hour and 30 minutes I think... Or longer.. I was teasing her that we don't have that type of relationship, we just talk over email.. We don't actually talk to each other.. Then I started typing this up.. I was only going to type for 15 minutes until 9.. Well it is 936 pm... Well I hope that everything is well for you all.. Lots of luvs,
pc

I thought I would update you on the cat situation.. No cats caught.. I got to get on it.. I am going to live trap them... I am a girl that has it all.. I have a live trap.. It goes back to my racoon issue... I am still hoping for luck on that one.. the people that are taking the kittens are on vacation so I have a couple of weeks..

ps.. again.. I will take some pictures and post them.. My yard is definitely looking better... woohoo!

~~~CRAP~~~~

Okay... If you wanna read about the story of Parvo and her kittens, I think that I blogged it. If not let me know. So I have been a responsible pet owner, right. I took Parvo and her brood in and got them all fixed. Good Girl pc! Well about a month ago a nice cat was in my garage, she would let me pet her and pick her up... Well two weeks ago, I went out in the garage and found three kittens.. I am like come on seriously... I can't have nine cats.. I would seriously be the crazy lady with all the cats... I was telling one of my co-workers about the sad state of affairs at my house. He suggested bullets.. I am like NO... I have been thinking about the pound.. The co-worker asked about the kittens in front of another co-worker... I told him the story.. he was like let me ask my wife and we will take them.. He said they will be outside, I am like I don't care and I don't care that there is a kill ratio.. There is a kill ratio, that is life.. They will have kids that love them and will take care of them... so I am happy.. Well the wife said yes.. I am like woohoo! Now I have to catch the little buggers... which could be a serious problem, I tried to get Brayden and Chayse to get them, this weekend.. No success... So if you have any "nice" suggestions how to get the little buggers... Let me know.. So the threat of me being a crazy cat lady is once again going down! woohoo!

Memorial Day Weekend

Well... I am envious of people that are consistent at anything. :) I wish that I had some more of that.



Here is a joke that describes me and members of my family.



How many people with adult attention deficit disorder does it take to screw in a light bulb????





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Wanna go on a bike ride.



(My mom says that she is on the tour de france)





My Friend Anna's Dad died on the 17 May 2009. His Memorial Service was Saturday. I made pasta salad, frog eye salad and brownies. I went to the service. The service was very nice. You know when you know someone but you really don't know them. He was a man that loved family, God and the US. You know if at the end of your life, people say the same about you, you have been successful... His service was good, his family and the paster did a good job.



You know I wonder if death gets any easier. Dad told me that the Grandpa Price missed the people that passed before him. It was one of those moments that I was like, how true would that be. I had never thought about it. When you miss your parents, brothers and sisters, spouses, family and friends. Even though I know that this isn't the end, why does it have to be so difficult.



Sunday, Sabrina and thirty nine of her children came. They hung out with me.



Monday, I puttered around my house. I hesitate to even say it, but I really need to get my house done. My mental health is in serious jeopardy.



I am grateful that I only have two more work days this week. Woohoo!

I have put mobile blog on my phone! This is to see if it works! Wish me luck!

Eve before Saint Patricks Day

I am waiting for a program to download. Ugh! Not very patiently. :) What have I been up to. Same ol' thing. I took a month off on my house, I am hell bent on getting it done. It is making me mad. I need to sand. I don't really want to sand. Having that kind of attitude really isn't going to help me all that much with getting it done. Tomorrow is the Jazz game, i am going with Katie, Dave and his wife Marisa. It is Dave's birthday. It should be fun. :) It is my three day weekend. I am pretty excited. I got my two rooms that I consider part of my house cleaned this weekend. I finally got a new phone. woohoo! I am loving it, but I am tying to get all the information that I would like on it. It is amazing how much stuff that you can find to put on it. :) Not even touching the surface as an iphone. I decided against an iphone. I struggled with what kind of phone to get, but I went with a blackberry.. woohoo! Now I can be a crackberry... gotta love that. Still waiting.. I am updating my ipod also. Technology can make you crazy. Well I am done writing for today. I hope everyone has a fabulous Saint Patricks Day. I hope to cook corn beef and cabbage, this weekend. Luvs,
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lots of luvs,

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fAlLiNg OuT

I don't want anyone to fall out. :) So yep I am writing on my blog. My computer is still unplugged from the internet. I really didn't think that it was a good idea to use my work computer. Things are pretty much the same here. I am STILL working on my house. I don't want to talk about it. Tomorrow is my baby brother's birthday. I can never remember how old he is. I think 28. Hmmmm . Last weekend was President's day. I worked on Friday. I didn't leave work until 10:30 pm. I was incharge of our area so I was busy with that and I went shopping with KT for about two hours. I had to move my cubical. By the time I got moved and worked on my email for a couple of hours, it was 1030. When I got home, I had a treat from Dad and Lorie. I got a cookbook from there ward, which was fun, some yummy cookies and some kind of bread. The only really scare part of this was, that Lorie came into my house. My house is totally a HUGE MESS. (probably another thing that I don't want to talk about) Saturday I had a hair appointment. I got up and got ready, then I drove out to Sammy's kennel. I was snowing and nastiness. Well I got stuck in my back pasture. :( If you didn't know I have two other vehicles in the drive way. I tried to jump them but the charger wasn't charged. I call Paula and tell her that I have two cars in the drive way and my explorer is in the stuck, oh by the way, I have a hair appointment in 15 minutes. She was like you have problem. I said will you come and get me and take me to Grandma's I will borrow her car and go to my appointment. She came and got me, went and got Grandma's car. It was horrible driving. At one point I was parked on the freeway. Well my first call to the hair lady was that I was having technical difficulties and didn't know if I would be there or if I would be late. I told her I would call back. So when I got Grandma's car. I told them I would be late, would be in there in 20 minutes. I didn't plan on the parking on the freeway. Lots of slide offs. I got there fourty-five minutes late. :( I told her that if she didn't have time to do me, I was going to sit her for a little bit anyway. I got done with my hair appointment. I am back to the color that I like... so I was way happy. Well it was Valentine's Day. I decided that I was going to go eat suishi. I called Anna to see if she had someone to spend Valentine's Day with. She was with family, so I went and ate suishi. I then went to Barnes and Noble. Life doesn't get much better than that. :) I then went to Paula's house. They were baking sugar cookies. They had three different recipes, one from Grandma (not sugar cookies) then we were to decide which was our fav. Oh Brittany and Traedan are here. I offended Brittany, she is pregnant with a little girl and I asked oh what are you thinking about naming her, she is like Pheebie. I was like I really don't like that name. Oops. Grandma wasn't going to church so I could take her car. I went home. I watched movies that I had taped. I am kind of into the hallmark channel. I got up and went to church.. Nine o'clock church sucks.. I like that it is over, I don't like getting up in the morning... I went to church then I came home and read the newspaper and took a nap. :) I love sunday afternoon naps, except I don't sleep real hot that night. I watched tv and started organizing my planner. Dad texted me, yep they are texters, hehe, asked me if I wanted to go snowmobiling monday, I called him and told him about my little problem with the car. I said I would try and get it out and if I couldn't I would call him. So monday I get up and try to get unstuck. I can't. who knew that you might need to shovel. Is all I am going to say. :) Dad came and shovelled me out and drove it out. It looked like it was snowing in the valley so we didn't go snowmobiling. I came in and organized my life. LOL I had to make list, I don't function very well without them. NO comments from the peanut gallery.. My mom and I play these games, one of us call each other every hour and report how we are doing. My reporting goes something like this, sanding or making a list. I am not so fun. Well about seven or so I decide to watch 24. I hadn't watched any of it. Well at 330 am, I finish them up. I love Jack Bauer. Welll I obviously don't feel well enough to go to work. I sleep most of the day. Brie, Ellie, and I go to the Jazz game tuesday night. It was a good game. Dad and Lorie are going tonight, but it is a late game. No work tomorrow. I have one goal this weekend. I am not telling anyone, but I hope a whole lot that I get it done... Wish me luck... Hopefully it won't be months before I post again. :) Have a good weekend.