Sunday, November 18, 2007

SOMETIMES DAD GETS CONFUSED



Friday night the phone rang at our house about 11:15. Ring, Ring, Bill answered the phone. It was Brittany on the other end asking him to do her a favor. He gets off the phone and I ask him "what did she want?" He replied, "She wants me to put the lamp from the piano outside behind the front bushes." I'm thinking "What in the world are they going to do with the piano lamp at this time of night. But he get up to do her bidding.




Around 12....We, normal people, have already gone to bed. Bill has dozed off (dead to the world according to him... as if that is hard for him to do), I am reading in bed by the light of my small lamp, the room is semi-dark, all is quiet. When suddenly the phone rings and Bill picks it up. It's Brittany on the other end asking Bill, "Dad? Did you forget to put it out front? Chris is out front and can't find it." Bill answers "yes, I put it right behind the bushes like you told me to." "You sure? It's not there, she replies." "You told me to get the lamp, which was on the piano, and put it behind the bushes!"




I can hear Brittany laughing hysterically on the other end and saying "No Dad! I told you to put my LONGBOARD THAT WAS BY THE PIANO, OUT FRONT BEHIND THE BUSHES! "At this point, I begin uncontrollably silent laughing Bill who apparently misunderstood what it was that he was to do. Nevertheless, Bill got up, went by the piano, where, who'd have known, was her longboard. He opened the door to find Chris standing at the front. Chris traded the lamp for the longboard and they went their separate ways.






So just a warning... even though dad is getting a complex...because everyone always calls and immediately asks to talk to mom, talk to him for a minute before you ask for me, and don't expect him to always be coherent late at night.




Saturday, November 17, 2007

SOME OF MY FAVORITE LITTLE PEOPLE

Have you ever seen a cuter group of kids? And we have THREE more on the way!

I'VE BEEN TAGGED

Four places I Worked:
1. Desert Schools Federal Credit Union-Teller
2. Montgomery Wards -Customer Service
3. Lou Coopeys Photography
4. Big Surf

Four Places I've lived:
1. Mesa
2. Tucson
3. Provo
4. Santa Ana, CA

Four Favorite TV Shows:
1. NCIS
2. The Unit
3. Dirty Jobs
4. Jag

Four Movies I Want To See:
1. Mr. Magoriums Wonderful Emporium
2. Enchanted
3. I don't get out much!!! But I saw these two advertised on TV.
4.

Four Favorite Foods:
1. Ice- soft crush
2. Dr. Pepper Berries and Cream
3. Nachos and Jalapenos
4. Shrimp

Four Wierd Things About Me, OK....Five:
1. I can't go to bed without a clean house
2. I have a silent laugh
3. If nachos don't have jalapenos, they are not worth eating
4. I still do ballet when I'm alone in my kitchen
5. I got fired from my first job as a married person because they found out I was pregnant!

Four Places I'd rather be:
1. San Diego
2. At the Lake
3. Kaysville UT
4. Queen Creek with my children and grand kids

Four People I'm tagging :
1. EVERYONE'S BEEN TAGGED (except Brittany who tagged herself)!!!

HOW CAN THIS BE.....BORING, DOMINANT, STUCK IN A RUT

***You Are An ISFJ***
The Nurturer
You have a strong need to belong, and you very loyal.A good listener, you excel at helping others in practical ways.In your spare time, you enjoy engaging your senses through art, cooking, and music.You find it easy to be devoted to one person, who you do special things for.
In love, you express your emotions through actions.Taking care of someone is how you love them. And you do it well!
At work, you do well in a structured environment. You complete tasks well and on time.You would make a good interior designer, chef, or child psychologist.
How you see yourself: Competent, dependable, and detail oriented
When other people don't get you, they see you as: Boring, dominant, and stuck in a rut
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Saturday, November 10, 2007

Ice Hockey and the Homeless






Ice Hockey and the Homeless don't always go together, but on Thursday night we had a night dedicated to the homeless, sponsered by the Destiny Haven Foundation. We went and collected jackets, new socks, and blankets donated by the attendees at the Hockey game. We came home with over 400 items. The girls sold hockey pucks to the fans, that were tossed out to the ice during the second intermission. the person who comes the closest to the Black dot in the center of the ice wins a prize. If you hit the black dot you win half of the money collected from the sales of the night and if no one hits it, it rolls over to the next night. Unfortunately no one hit it that night so it rolled over. It was worth over $1800.00 that night. We also get to see the last 2 quarters of the game. It was very interesting and had lots of fights. Someone said that these teams were arch rivals and had lots of bad blood between them. It was a long night, but we accomplished lots and met lots of very giving people, who thanked us for all our efforts.

Does this look like your car?




Does this look like your car? This was my top priority at work on Wednesday. Get it cleaned out and washed . I know we can all relate to this, but some of us have it worse than others. The owner of this car will remain nameless, as she didn't like me taking pictures of the car. Sometimes the truth hurts!!!!

Saturday, November 3, 2007

I've been trying to learn.....Why does it not work for me.

I've been trying to learn more about how to do "stuff" on my blog, and after 2 days of failure I finally got a picture to download for me.


I want everyone to see Brittany's first pie crust. We had a mid-week on making pie crusts. It seem that everyone had the same idea as I did, to bring your older daughters to learn also. Which was exactly what Brittany accused me of. But no there was no conspiracy in it at all. Just a good time to learn a new skill and to do it together. I hope she had as good time as I did.

When we got home there were 2 bikes out in front of our house. We guessed that the missionaries were probably visiting, But No......It was better... it was CANDICE AND MATT. We are so glad that Candice is finally beginning to feel a little better, and feels like she can get out and about. I'm so lucky that I will be getting 2 new grand babies next year. Cuz we love them so much.