The Dangers Of Dragging Out Christmas

Folks tend to get a little goofy.

Again with the giant head! I think I will go and cry my giant tears on my giant pillow.

Christmas Has Been Canceled

For the first time in the history of man, Christmas for the Reynolds family was canceled. My parent's got a huge snow storm with about 8 inches falling in the morning so my dad called and told us not to come. It was Kent's Christmas wish come true. He likes my family, but he likes to stay home even more. We had a nice quiet Christmas and got to play with all of our new toys. Kent got this snazzy new helicopter.

I got Wii Fit but luckily there aren't any pictures of that. It asked me if I found myself tripping a lot (sad thing is, I do). And after playing with it just the one day I was actually stiff! We had a very good Christmas and we get to do it all over today because Christmas was rescheduled for Sunday.

On Christmas Eve we had the annual Willie Christmas party. There were lots and lots of little boys running around. Here's a picture of me with Noah or as he put it "Noah and Kentandaimee"

I just realized this is the only picture of Kent and I together this Christmas. Man, I have a huge head.

And finally.....that huge storm that hit my parent's house on Christmas morning came to our house Christmas night (ok, I'm no meterologist, but I think it was actually a different storm). So the next morning Kent finally got to use the new snowblower. It was a pretty big storm so there was lots of snow to blow and the neighbor would have been working all day to get us all dug out.

Happy Festivus!

I have been waiting all year for the airing of grievances and the feats of strength. I still haven't found exactly the right Festivus pole but I am sure it will be made of aluminum. Kent and I will soon be having our wrestling match since we can't decided which of us is the head of the family and there are basically just the two of us here anyway. Whoever gets pinned to the floor first gets to be the head I guess.

Festivus, a holiday for the rest of us!

New Holiday Tradition

I have decided to make a new holiday tradition. An annual trip to Insta-Care for an infection! Flonaise, decongestants, antibiotics, yogurt to fight off the effects of the antibiotics, these are all things I will think of when I think of Christmas. It is the season of giving so I also decide to wait until the weekend to cave in and see a doctor so I can go to Insta-Care and let someone there give me a nice virus to go along with my sinus infection. It's all in the spirit of giving. This year the doctor even gave me a bonus gift of a nasal irrigator and it wasn't even on my list! I am truly blessed this holiday season.

I went back to my blog entry last year where I decided to turn Insta-Care into holiday date night and read then next entry where Kent got the flu, so I am really hoping that doesn't turn into a tradition too.

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

It finally got around to snowing, which you know in a couple of weeks I will be complaining about it, but you have to have snow for Christmas right? I kept telling people that it wasn't going to snow this year because we bought a snow blower. So I was really excited to see it snowing Saturday morning. It started to let up and I had said something to Kent about going out to clear the walks and then I got in the tub. I heard someone outside with their snow blower and I said to Kent "Someone is already out doing their walks." Turns out someone was out clearing our walks! And the driveway. Dang good samaritans! I was actually a little ticked off that we still have not gotten to use the snow blower but it was really nice of our neighbor to do it.

Erin's Shower

Time is passing so quickly and Erin is getting married just 2 weeks from tomorrow (holy crap! two weeks from tomorrow?) Last week Muriel and I threw her a shower. She got some really nice stuff and some a little naughty.

From Boring to Busy

Where did my weekend go?! It has been crazy busy. On Friday we had our annual work Christmas party. We bought out the movie theater and saw "Bolt". It was a very good movie, highly recommended. But most of the time our work party is more stress than fun to me and I get very ornery before it. By the time it was over I had a killer headache. I went home and rested and then Muriel came over so we could buy gifts for and plan Erin's wedding shower. During this I got to only stop for two seconds at KimberLeigh's baby shower. (Sorry KimberLeigh, I feel bad I couldn't stay longer) Then we went to pick up Erin and low and behold she had a beautiful engagement ring! We went to dinner and did a bit more shopping before I decided I better head home and get some rest for the next day ahead of me.

I got to bed early, then woke up at 2:30 and couldn't go back to sleep since I knew I had to wake up early in the morning. So I got up and wrapped a few presents. In the middle of the night! I finally got back to sleep at 5:30 and had to wake up at 7:15 to get ready to go to Salt Lake for the Festival of trees. There were so many trees this year! It seemed like more than ever. I didn't get many pictures though because the battery on the camera died but here are a couple. We went to lunch and then went to Ikea. From there we went to Tai Pan. It was a very busy day. Today we mostly got to take it easy but we got a little cleaning done. I am hoping this next week slows down a little but it looks like I'm busy until sometime in January. Wish me luck.

Since I haven't had anything to blog about lately I thought I might as well do this.

Copy and paste this into your own post, and BOLD the one's you've done.

1. Started your own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii 5. Watched a meteor shower 6. Given more than you can afford to charity 7. Been to Disneyland 8. Climbed a mountain 9. Held a praying mantis 10. Sang a solo 11. Bungee jumped 12. Visited Paris 13. Watched a lightning storm at sea 14. Taught yourself an art from scratch 15. Adopted a child 16. Had food poisoning 17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty. 18. Grown your own vegetables 19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France 20. Slept on an overnight train 21. Had a pillow fight 22. Hitch hiked 23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill 24. Built a snow fort 25. Held a lamb 26. Gone skinny dipping 27. Run a Marathon 28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice 29. Seen a total eclipse 30. Watched a sunrise or sunset 31. Hit a home run . 32. Been on a cruise 33. Seen Niagara Falls in person 34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors 35. Seen an Amish community 36. Taught yourself a new language 37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied 38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person 39. Gone rock climbing 40. Seen Michelangelo’s David 41. Sung karaoke 42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt 43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant 44. Visited Africa 45. Walked on a beach by moonlight 46. Been transported in an ambulance 47. Had your portrait painted 48. Gone deep sea fishing 49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person 50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris 51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling 52. Kissed in the rain 53. Played in the mud 54. Gone to a drive-in theater 55. Been in a movie or on a TV show 56. Visited the Great Wall of China 57. Started a business 58. Taken a martial arts class 59. Visited Russia 60. Served at a soup kitchen 61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies 62. Gone whale watching 63. Got flowers for no reason 64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma 65. Gone sky diving 66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp 67. Bounced a check 68. Flown in a helicopter 69. Saved a favorite childhood toy 70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial 71. Eaten Caviar 72. Pieced a quilt. 73. Stood in Times Square 74. Toured the Everglades 75. Been fired from a job 76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London 77. Broken a bone 78. Been on a speeding motorcycle 79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person 80. Published a book 81. Visited the Vatican 82. Bought a brand new car 83. Walked in Jerusalem 84. Had your picture in the newspaper 85. Read the entire Bible 86. Visited the White House 87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 88. Had chickenpox 89. Saved someone’s life 90. Sat on a jury 91. Met someone famous 92. Joined a book club 93. Lost a loved one 94. Had a baby 95. Seen the Alamo in person 96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake 97. Been involved in a law suit 98. Owned a cell phone 99. Been stung by a bee

Boring People

We don't have much going on right now. We wore ourselves out on Kentikah I guess. Or maybe it's that we are resting in anticipation for Black Friday. I've been keeping my eye on the internet to see each which ads have been leaked. There are already quite a few out there. I heard that the stores are leaking these things early to try to boost sales this year which just seems logical to me. I always thought it was stupid the only gave you one day to map out your shopping strategy. Here are a few websites with the ads if any of you are interested.

www.blackfriday.info
www.bargainist.com
www.dealtaker.com
www.bfads.net
www.theblackfriday.com

Hope to see you all out there bright and early, but don't get in my way.

Successfull Kentikah

I think Kent would agree that this year's Kentikah was a success. On Friday he was gifted with a new waffle maker and he promptly made us waffles for dinner. Saturday he received a label maker. I was a little reluctant to buy him a label maker even though he has been wanting one for quite awhile. You see, he has threatened to label all of the cabinets in the kitchen because he has a hard time finding stuff. But I gave in and he was very happy I did. So far he has only labeled one thing of mine. On Sunday he got two Cabela's hunting games for the Wii and a Wii rifle. He seemed pretty excited about it and we went downstairs to play his new games. In the one game he had to climb a cliffside and once he reached the top there was a big bear that roared at him. We both screamed! His mom and dad invited us out to dinner with them and Kent's grandma and Uncle Dean. He wanted an Obama cake in honor of the election and that is what he got. I think it turned out pretty well but I am not too fond of the border I put on it. Oh well.

IA Halloween

I decided at the last minute that I wanted to be a punk rocker but Rachelle and I had already bought the stuff to be witches so I just came home and punk rocked myself after work. That's me in the bottom left corner.

And you should too!

Happy Blogiversary!

It's my one year anniversary of blogging! Sorry I haven't been better at updating my blog but it has been fun writing it. If you feel it neccessary to send gifts then I will be forced to accept them.

Happy first day of Kentikah everyone.

Shalom

Mark Your Calendars!

Welcome Home

After a very long day of traveling yesterday we finally made it home. We woke up in Maine and went back through Lexington to see if Ron and Mary Jean's camera battery charger was at the hotel there (it wasn't). Then it was on to Rhode Island. We had just enough time to maybe see a bit of downtown and grab some lunch. Providence was a very confusing city. We made our way to the outskirts of downtown and Kent parked the car in a spot we both knew was still a ways from the city center but others thought we should park so we did. We walked about 5 blocks and luckily found a pretty good restaurant. We ate up and headed out the the car rental return. That damn GPS, sometimes it comes in so handy but others it can lead you so wrong! We turned about 2 buildings before the right spot and ended up way lost. We pulled over and figured out where we were and got back on course. We finally got to the airport and of course my suitcase gets picked to get searched. We got there really early so we wandered the airport killing time. We finally got to Detroit and something was wrong with our plane so the moved us to another terminal and we were about an hour behind schedule. We finally made it home about 10:30 and made the long drive back to the valley by 12:30. Which of course was 2:30 eastern time. So I had been up from 7:00am to 2:30am. I was dead on my feet. I fell asleep in about 2 seconds. I was exhausted from my vacation and now I need a vacation from my vacation.

And Even More Vacation

Day 7

Well today I got to "sleep in". We didn't set a time to get up but Kent has readjusted to eastern time pretty quickly and he got up again at 6:50. I couldn't get out of bed until at least 7:30 though. We went out for breakfast and I got awesome blueberry pancakes. I guess Maine is famous for blueberries and Massachusetts is famous for cranberries. We headed north today to see a bit more of Maine. We went to the oldest lighthouse in Maine which was pretty. The coastline of Maine is seriously rocky I don't know how anyone could be a sailor in this area. Then, being so qualified at finding alcohol in most any state (except the one we live in), found a vodka distillery. We took a short tour on how vodka was made. They set us down the road to a really nice restaurant to get Mary Jean the lobster she had been wanting all trip. We looked like serious tourists when we started snapping photos of the lobster there in the restaurant. I actually tried it too. I really didn't understand what all of the fuss was about, it was a bit rubbery to me. We then hit the road again to go down this little finger of land that came south off of the state. It was an awesome drive, there were points on the the road where you could see the ocean on both sides of the road. Ron had absolutely no faith in my navagation skills but I got us right down to the very tip of land. It was cool.

Still Vacationing

Day 5

Sunday, the day of rest, and we sort of did. We decided to just stay in Ogunquit mainly today and just relax. We sort of slept in and just got ready as we felt like it. We took a walk down town and then walked down to the beach. We had picked up a pamphlet about an outlet mall about 14 miles from here and we decided to go check it out. It was huge! It had three stop lights running through it. I spent waaaaaay too much money but I got some good stuff. They had a Lindt Chocolate outlet! I was in heaven. I love Lindt Lindor truffles they are my absolute favorite and they had big bins of seconds that were $6.50 for a pound. I found out that a pound of Lindor's is a lot of chocolate. They also had red chili flavored chocolate that I bought for Kent. Kent and Ron gave up on the outlets pretty quickly and went off to find some boat store. It was really nice to not have to run around for one day.

Day 6

Today we were going to the White Mountains in New Hampshire which were about 2 1/2 hours away so we decided we needed to wake up early. Ron wanted to leave by 7:00 and me, not being a morning person, said 7:30 just to try to give me a tiny bit of extra sleep. Kent woke me up at 6:50 (I'm supposed to be on vacation right?!) and then he got in the shower. After him being in there for 20 minutes I went and kicked him out so I might actually get to have a shower before we left. I hurried, not even doing my hair, and was ready by about 7:35. As previously stated, I am not a morning person, so at this point I was already ticked off that I had had to get up so early and Kent had taken so long in the shower so when Kent opened the door to go to breakfast and Mary Jean was standing there and said they hadn't even showered, I said "ok, now I'm really ticked". We didn't end up leaving until close to 8:30. The drive to the White Mountains was beautiful. The leaves are very vibrant right now. We stopped at two covered bridges and a little road side stand where we bought pure maple syrup. We took a gondola ride to the top of some mountain and look out over the mountains and at Mt. Washington (the tallest point in the northwest). Then we drove back. It was a long time in the car but very pretty.

More Vacation

Day 3

We headed south today and started out at Plymouth Rock. Mary Jean was very disappointed to find that it is really just a big boulder. The portico it is house under is much more to look at than the actual rock. We walked over to the Mayflower II but we didn't go inside. Ron and Mary Jean wanted to go to Plimouth Plantation (nope I didn't spell it wrong that's how it's spelled) which is a living history plantation where everyone lives like it's 1620. Kent and I weren't very interested in seeing that so we dropped them off and managed to find the one winery in the area. It was a cranberry winery and they had cranberry fields all around it. The cranberries there had not been harvested yet even though it is harvest season. I took a picture but you couldn't see the berries very well. We tried to find some of the bogs being flooded so we could watch the harvest but we didn't see any. We saw big fields of cranberries though. After we picked up Ron and Mary Jean we stopped for lunch the headed down to Cape Cod. It was an absolutely beautiful day for driving down the beach. It was 70 degrees out and just so nice! We just spent most of the day wandering around the Cape then headed back to the hotel.

Greetings from Cape Cod!

Day 4

Today was our last day in Lexington and our last night in this super cushy bed. We had decided to leave the most local attractions until the last day. We started at the Minuteman National Park. I took this picture of the leaves there. The leaves are just starting to change and they are beautiful. We watched a short presentation on the beginning of the Revolutionary War which was actually quite interesting then we moved on into Concord to see all the sights of the literary greats. We started at Nathaniel Hawthorne's home and we took a tour which was a little on the boring side. Then we went on to the Old North Bridge. From there we took Ron and Mary Jean back to Orchard House, Louisa May Alcott's home and where she wrote Little Women. As I've said before, I'm cheap. Kent and I didn't want to pay the $9 for each of us to get in to the house so we let them go and we searched out a place to buy a sandwich for lunch. After lunch we went to Sleepy Hollow Cemetary and the "Author's Ridge" where Thoreau, Alcott, Emerson and others are buried. We headed on to Walden Pond but I think everyone else in the entire state had decided it was a great day to go to Walden Pond so we just took a good look and drove on by. I didn't even get a picture. We started to go north to Maine. We had to stop at both the New Hampshire and Maine welcome centers which seemed to be only about 10 miles apart. Ron and Mary Jean were so engrossed with all of the literature from New Hampshire that the missed most of the sights going into Maine. In fact they didn't even know we were in Maine and couldn't figure out why we were stopping again so soon. We found our hotel, ate dinner, and decided to head down to the beach. It was dark but the moon was very close to full so it was beautiful. We got a little cold and Kent apparently didn't want to have to snuggle up anymore so we headed back to the hotel (which is nowhere near is swanky as the last place).

We're On Vacation

Day 1

We woke up well before the sun. Our flight left Salt Lake at 7:25 which meant we had to leave the Valley at 4:30! I got everything ready the night before and figured we could wake up at 4:00 and be on our way. I should have discussed this with Kent. His alarm went off at 3:25.

We hit the road and as we were driving south we started talking about the new Legacy Parkway. As we got closer Ron kept telling Kent to get off on the new road. We dang near missed the exit but Kent got off just in time. Mary Jean turned to Ron and said "Is this a better road?" to which he responded, "No, it's a crappy road!" and he was totally serious. So there we were driving on this windy path to the airport.

Both of our flights took off and landed on time which was nice. We arrived very tired. Luckily our baggage arrived too. We rented a car and drove north to Lexington. Our hotel was very nice. We had a very tastey dinner. We're off to a good start.

Day 2

We were suppposed to meet in the lobby for breakfast at 7:30. Kent and I woke up at 7:15. We hurried and got ready and got downstairs to find Ron and Mary Jean had also woken up late. I guess that's a sign that the beds were really nice. They were, I don't think I have ever slept better in a hotel. We headed to the T station to catch the train into Boston. Amy, you would be very impressed with my subway skills! Even 7 years later I was still a pro.

We started on the Freedom Trail and I soon learned it was going to be a long walk. Ron needed to read us a narative of each spot on the trail. We trudged along through each spot brushing up on our history. They used to have the coolest headstones. Kent wants one with the skull and crossbones and he would like it to say John Hancock, not his name.

We ate lunch in the North End, I was a little disappointed that we didn't get Italian (the North End is the Little Italy of Boston) but it was good and especially nice to sit down. We at lunch fairly close to Paul Revere's house and I took this picture of it. We moved on to the burial grounds and Ron was very disappointed to learn that somehow he had completely missed Paul Revere's house. Luckily he was able to run back and see it. The last time I did the Freedom Trail we stopped at Copps Hill burial grounds and I'm sure glad we did because this time we did the whole thing and were completely pooped by the end. We got to the USS Constitution and could barely go on to Bunker Hill. Kent and I were really hoping for a taxi. About the time we got to Bunker Hill, our last stop, Mary Jean looked down and saw the red line beneath our feet. She said "Is this red line the Freedon Trail?" she didn't notice that we had been following it all day. She just thought we were really good at directons.

We decided to eat cheap for dinner and Kent put in fast food into the GPS and it proceeded to head us towards McDonalds. Well the GPS was about 100ft behind on the instructions so by the time it would tell us to turn be had already passed the road. It was completely comical getting us to McDonalds. We finally stumbled upon one and none of us had any idea where we were. Thank goodess for that GPS or we would never had made it back to our hotel. Turns out if we had turned left out of our hotel instead of right we would have been just feet from a McDonalds.

Not drinking carbonation has taken a serious back seat on this vacation.

Here Comes the Bride

My good friend Erin is getting married sometime (Erin have you decided when yet?) and this weekend she, Muriel and I went out dress shopping. She was so nervous about trying on dresses! When she tried on the first dress she was actually shaking! We kept bringing her dress after dress to try on. They were all so beautiful. Muriel and I were jealous, we want to get married again. When I got married I actually had two wedding dresses (well 3 if you count the one I wore to dinner) and I wanted another one to add to the collection. So here is Erin in her 27 dresses, ok, maybe a few less than that. If you have a favorite please feel free to leave a comment and that might help her narrow down the choices.

My Proudest Moment

I come from a long line of cheapskates. My family used to joke that my dad was so cheap that we bought two-ply toilet paper and rolled the top layer onto another roll to extend the life of a roll. Whenever I walk into the store I head straight to the clearance rack. I can not remember a time when I actually paid full price for clothing. Even my wedding dress was from an insurance loss sale and I got it for 60% off! A lot of people like to brag about how much something costs but I am the complete opposite. I love to brag about how little I paid for things and I can always remember the exact cost.

So last weekend I was out at Ron and Mary Jean's house and she was showing me some new pictures that she had bought at Michael's. Then she said "guess how much I paid? $10! And when I got them I thought, Aimee would be so proud!"

And I was!

Dark Fizzy Lover

I've been getting my feet zoned recently and I went this past week on Tuesday. Each time I go she lectures me endlessly about how much soda I drink. Just the day before I had had a 32 oz and two 44 oz drinks. She told me I needed to quit completely. "Cold turkey?!" I said, "cold turkey" she said. I tried everything to get out of it. I kept saying I would try and she kept saying no, you will stop. She gave in a little and said I could have one can a week. To which I said, "ok one a day", she didn't buy it. Finally she made me look her in the eyes and promise to stop. Very reluctantly I did promise her.

Amazingly, I have lived. The first day I had a killer headache but the next day I was fine and I've been fine ever since. I chose yesterday to have my one soda for the week. I cracked the cold can open, held it up to my lips, and drew a long, tastey, swallow. I looked at that can and said "hello my dark fizzy lover". It was awesome. But here's the truly amazing part... I got half way through with the can and I was done! I was satisfied and I figure I can drink another half sometime later in the week. Soon I think Coca Cola will be calling to find out what has happened to one of their best customers.

Aimee has the best husband in the WHOLE world!

So the reason I was mowing the lawn on Saturday was because Kent is a dedicated employee and had to go to work. He has been putting in tons of extra hours trying to get some big projects released and has been super stressed. He's got a great work ethic and works hard to make sure we have everything we need and he is really good with money. He is the BEST back stratcher on the planet and when he tries to stop and I tell him "one more minute" he usual gives me at least 2 more. On Tuesday I had to get my hair cut so he went and did the grocery shopping and came home with these. For no reason other than he thought I might like them. He learned how to make waffles and makes them for me almost every weekend. He can fix any sort of computer problem and is willing to help when anyone calls him (and lots of people do).

He makes me laugh on a daily basis.

I came home and saw the flowers on the counter, then turned around and saw this.

Apparently, along with the extra towels, the vases are hard to find too.

Kent has the best wife in the WHOLE world!

As I was mowing the lawn yesterday I got to thinking, Kent is one lucky man. First off, I WAS MOWING THE LAWN. He has someone to clean up for him, he has yet to clean a toilet in the 2 years we have been married. He has a personal chef to make him homecooked meals like the muffins, made from scratch, we had for breakfast this morning. Someone does a majority of his laundry, sometimes he helps a little. He has a personal shopper who buys all the gifts for his families birthdays, weddings, and Christmas. He hasn't had to pay anyone to cut his hair in probably close to 15 years now. He has absolutely no idea how much money is in our bank account because he hasn't balanced the check book in 2 years. He never has to remember when a bill is due because I'm on top of that. He most likely has never booked a hotel room because I have planned every trip we have ever been on. He needed an accountant, I called one up. He's even had someone deliever him an orange slush to his work on a hot summer day. Oh, and when he can't remember where we keep the extra towels and comes running out of the bathroom naked I find them for him.

MOOOOOve Over!

Today Rachelle and I went to the annual Day on the Quad at USU. This is traditionally one of our best recruiting days of the year. Last year we came home with 50 applications. We got there bright and early (turns out earlier than we needed to be there) and we got our table assignment. It was in a terrible spot, right on the corner that we just knew people were going to cut. Then the College of Ag starts to set up next to us and proceeds to plunk this down right in front of our table:Nothing like a double life-sized cow to block your view! After about a 1/2 hour of people walking in front of the cow, and away from us, I finally got up and asked them to please herd the giant bovine back about 20 feet. They were very nice and did just that. I am beginning to think there really isn't a great spot at Day on the Quad. Last year we were placed next to the most annoying Mary Kay sales lady I have ever encountered. I so desperately wanted to take one of our stress balls and bounce it off the back of her head. The year before that we were seated next to some sort of Medieval club who began a sword fighting competition in full chain mail, again, right in front of our booth.

On the plus side we did get 30 applications (yes, less than last year, I blame the beef), lunch paid for by some poor student who dropped money in the grass, Obama 08 signs, and a spiffy farmers tan.

P.S. to earlier posts: There is such a thing as bad cake, it's called fruit cake. I finished The Host without cheating and it was really hard!

Mmmmmmm Cake

I loooooove cake. Generally when people are asked what their favorite food is they will answer with say Italian, Mexican, Indian (although I'll never figure out why on that one). Me I say "CAKE!" There really isn't such thing as a bad piece of cake. Does it have frosting on it? Well then hand it over! I was reading another blog related to cake disasters and they posted this video. I was laughing out loud! Especially at the part about cake in the conference room because it is SO true!

Patience - I have none

This may or may not be something you know about me but I have very little patience. I was that kid who couldn't wait until Christmas and went looking through the house to find Barbie hidden in the bottom of the laundry hamper. I can't for the life of me figure out why someone would wait till the baby was born to find out the sex now that we have the technology to see that sort of thing! Most recently my patience was tested while reading Breaking Dawn. It was an awesome book and I was pacing myself because I knew it was the final installment and once I was done there was no more but it got so tense in one part that I cracked! I went and read the end! Yes, I'm terrible that way. I've cheated on tons of books, even movies. I was watching Definately, Maybe the other day and I went to the end, found out who the mother was then went back to where I was and continued watching the movie. I'm pathetic! But really, what's the use of me wasting my time if it's only going to have a crappy outcome? The only book I can think I haven't cheated on was the last Harry Potter book and I am currently reading The Host and I haven't read ahead on that one yet. I am terribly impatient. My mother-in-law on the other hand has the patience of Job. I told Kent the other night that she and I need to combine our patience and then split it back in half equally. That way I might not ruin the end of every book I read and she might get her bathroom remodel finished.

My Neck Belongs to Edward

Friday night as Kent and I lay in bed I was telling him how excited I was to go and get "Breaking Dawn" the next morning. I also told him about my friend Andrea's blog and how she had the saying "My heart belongs to my husband but my neck belongs to Edward". Saturday morning I woke up with this:
These two little zits on my neck to which Kent said "you look like a vampire bit you". Maybe he did. Maybe Edward snuck into my room Friday night for a small snack. Maybe I am in for some days of agony followed by eternal life. Guess I won't be seeing any of you until the next rainy day.

Bunny's Can't Take Time to Blog

I haven't been able to blog much lately because I am completely consumed by my new Wii game. Poor Kent hasn't been able to play his shoot em game in days. I'm completely addicted, my arms actually ache from playing the stupid thing, and I have the mouth of a sailor from swearing at the dang television.

A few bunny facts for you:

Nature's Bounty

Our first home grown cucumber from our very own garden!

IA Summer Pool Party!

You'll Shoot Your Eye Out Kid!

On Sunday Kent and I decided to buy ourselves a barbeque that we don't have to squat to use. We bought a pre-assembled one at Wal-Mart and figured we had better buy some bungee cords to secure it in the back of the truck. We bought two packs, just in case, but only used one to actually tie down the grill. When we get home Kent goes to open the other pack and, being Kent, stops and carefully reads the instructions.

Note number 3.

He then proceeds to hook the ends of two of them together and then hook them under his foot and pull. I was vacuuming and still heard the smack. Somehow they had slid out from under his foot and smacked him square in the eye. Luckily he was wearing glasses, not lucky for the glasses. The lense had fallen out and was on the floor. Glad we paid the extra money for the lenses that can take a good hit.

Kent said he was about to come and tell me to keep the cord away from face and body. I learned from example.

Like a Phoenix from the Ashes....

That dang lilac bush sprung new life! I hate being wrong!

After These Messages.... We'll Be Right Back

We interupt this blog for a few advertisements.

I have all of these things gathering up around my house so I have decided to put my blog to good use and try to unload some stuff. I know this isn't some online auction house but it is my blog and I can post whatever I want.

First item up for sale: This lovely Ikea shelf, new, still in the box

I swear, I measured the wall. I then took those measurements with me to Ikea and read their measurements on the box. Sure, this shelf will fit my back door entryway. I bring it home and wait probably a month to get it out of the box to put it together. I think to myself, self this shelf seems really long, you better take the longest board and see if it will fit. Nope, it's about 3 inches too long. So since I had waited so long to open it and I don't happen to live around the corner from Ikea, I didn't ever get around to taking it back. I can't even remember how much I paid for it but if you are interested we can work something out.

Next item up for grabs: A slightly used desk

Ok so it's not this desk and slightly used is sort of an understatement. My brother got me this desk for free because it was damaged and his store couldn't sell it. Then it has sort of gotten a little dinged every time I have moved. I've had it for awhile so I couldn't find a picture on the internet and I didn't want to go take one. It does look a little like this, it has a hutch across the top and has two drawers on one side and a cabinet on the other for the computer. If you want this desk it's yours. We may even be able to negotiate delivery.

I think that's it today for self promotion. Thanks for watching we now return you to regular blog reading.