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I was calling in on a radio contest (of course I was calling in on a radio contest–what else do I do?), and they said if they guess your weight, then you win tickets to the State Fair. It’s RADIO, right? So, a lady gets through, and he guesses 130. “I used to be, ” she says. She doesn’t win. Another lady gets in. He guesses 129. “No, darn.” She doesn’t win. They remind people that if he guesses CORRECTLY, you win. May I remind you that this is radio? Two more people didn’t win, until one semi smart person (not me, I’m still not getting through at this time) says yes to his guess of 135 or something like that.

Are people just not paying attention? The radio DJs had a good laugh, at least.

Shower, shower, washing my hair. Love the hot water ***Knock knock knock (at least she knocks)***
“What?”
“mumble, mumble something”
“WHAT?”
“mumble mumble”
ok–turn off the water and listen–“What?”
“mumble–drip drip” still can’t hear.
“Say it one more time, please.”
“How do you spell ‘choir’?”
It’s Natalie writing in her home journal. She’s supposed to write every day and I got on her case this morning because she hasn’t written for about a week. She’s probably writing something about how she hasn’t seen mom in 4 or 5 days because Mom’s in some kind of ‘bell choir’. I’ll have to go sneak and read it later.
After my shower.

Well, our rehearsals are starting earlier and going longer. Last night after we ended rehearsal at almost 10:00, we took the bells in to the big auditorium to practice with the choir tonight. Once we got them all set up we had to play a song–just to see. So, I ended up getting home about 11:30. Tonight we need to be there even earlier, and I seem to be having a babysitter problem. I’ve had three flake on me this week. I’ll get right on that.

Well, it’s crunch time. No, not crunches time–although it really should be crunches time. Maybe I’ll do a few crunches just for good measure. Anyway, it’s crunch time for our Bell Choir. Rehearsals all this week, with our concerts on Friday and Saturday and a broadcast with the tab choir on Sunday. I figured with driving time, we’ll be putting in over 30 hours this week. EEK!

Thinking of Hurricane Katrina and all the displaced families leaves me feeling very small. What can I do to help? After donating some $ to the red cross and the church humanitarian fund, I still feel like I need to do more.

So, this is motivating me today to purge a few closets. Our ward is having a DI drive this weekend, and while I would normally have a box or two full of stuff to give (or get rid of), I’m feeling extra motivated today to give a little (hopefully a lot) more. It’s easier to give away those cute baby quilts that each have special memories of who gave them to us, and how darling the little ones were when they were that size. But when there are no more little ones, it doesn’t make sense to clog up the closet with those darling blankets. (I am selfishly keeping the personalized ones and a few of the handmade quilts and afgans–I’m not that motivated!)

So far I’ve gotten one bag of garbage and two large trash bags full of useable items –clothes, blankets and such, and I’ve not hit my closet yet. Wish me luck in my purging, and may these things go to people who need them more than we do.

Happy Birthday John! We had a fun filled day! First we went to the doctor’s office (the picture below is of John and Jenna in the waiting room of the doctor’s office) to have his 2 year check up (complete with shots–ow). After that we decided to go to the mall and try the Kiddie Kandids thing. They had a big wait, so we had to do some shopping, go have lunch, and then have his picture taken. John was great all through the mall and we had a fun time–until we went back to Kiddie Kandids and some strange lady tried to get John to smile. I got a really great grumpy shot and one serious one. The smile attempts did NOT work, no matter what the lady says about those being cute smiles. I know what a cute smile is, and he wasn’t doing it.

Anyway, later last night we had his Birthday dinner of hot dogs and macaroni and cheese, then had his “party” with presents and cake and ice cream (Thanks, Julene, for decorating the cake!). His favorite present was undoubtably the three matchbook cars that Julene had on the cake. He wouldn’t go to bed without them, and he’s been playing with them all day so far. I don’t know why I bother getting him other toys–he’s happy with a couple of little cars (two for each hand, to be more specific).

We’re happy to have such a darling boy in our family, and he had a fun Birthday. For more pictures of his birthday celebration, Click Here

Quick–What’s your favorite movie of all time? Just blurt out the first thing that comes into your head! Stop thinking about it–you’re thinking too much.

Mine would have to be Raiders of the Lost Ark followed closely by Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

Others in my top 10 list would be….
Sleepless in Seattle
Little Mermaid
It’s a wonderful Life
and…
I can’t think of any more at the moment. What are your favorites?

We had a super fun time at Ryan’s company party at Boondock’s last night. We rode the bumper boats, go carts, did laser tag and arcade games, even rapelling. It was a lot of fun!

I can be random. My whole life is just a bunch of random things that I try to categorize and organize. My kitchen looks pretty random right now, in fact!

–I don’t fold laundry, anymore. I don’t. What’s the point? Those kids aren’t going to put it away nicely folded, they’re just going to shove it in a drawer–if it even ends up in the drawer at all! So, I have seven laundry baskets in the laundry room, and I toss each person’s clothes into their basket. Once a week or so, I ask the kids to put away their own stuff. I do fold and put away my stuff, and John’s stuff, but not Ryan’s stuff. Therefore, my dear husband usually gets dressed in the laundry room, after pulling clothes out of his basket. Too much information?–I thought so.

–I do not like the Wiggles or the Doodle-Bops. They are creepy.

–I do like Steve from Blue’s Clues (Not Joe–Steve).

–In fact, I like most people named Steve. Ask any of my college roommates, and they will tell you that I was destined to marry someone named Steve. Heaven knows I tried, but apparantly people named Steve don’t like me. Oh well.

–My office is a complete mess.

–I buy fabric with no specific project in mind, always thinking I will use this lovely piece of fabric. I don’t.

–My favorite “knock knock” joke is this:
“Knock knock.”
“Who’s there?”
“Impatient cow”
“Impatient…
“Moo” (interrupts)
It’s better if you hear it, really.

–My kids can somehow print full color from the Blues Clues game, but when it’s my turn to print up one single sheet black and white for primary or PTA, the printer jams or I’m out of ink.