1. When I fell in love my stomach did flip-flops.
2. I start to get scared for summer when the flowers bloom and it heats up outside!
3. Oh no! The internet connection is down, I guess maybe now I have to get a life.
4. Shameless is the craziest tv show ever. (This is a British series I was trying out, but I only made it through the first ten minutes. The title of the show says it all.)
5. Cheese and macaroni make a great meal!
6. I have always wanted a garden.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to Dan returning from his week out of town, tomorrow my plans include cleaning, sewing, painting, eating, reading and Sunday, I want to try to have a positive attitude about having two meetings to go to!
Sometimes you're in the mood to blog, and sometimes you're not! Lately I haven't been in that mood, but this is my only attempt at journaling and keeping a family history (my scrapbooking rate is about 4 pages a year), so I better get with it!
Last weekend was the Young Women's Overnighter. Why do we call it that? Why isn't it just called a campout? It was really fun, with a couple of downsides. It was in the parking lot getting ready to leave that I suddenly felt like there were suddenly about 5 knives stabbed into my back, and I hadn't even lifted anything. It was good to be at the overnighter, though, to keep my mind occupied, except that getting into and out of the tent was a killer.
Here's a picture of Kaylynn putting up our tent. I was pretty proud of her that she knew how to do it on her own and very successfully (and nicely) directed the other girls to help her put it up: 
Here's a little glimpse of the obstacle course the girls did to show they knew all of their camp skills, that Kaylynn and her friend Nicole won! It was so exciting--they had the fastest time! Go, Kaylynn:
This was just a cute picture of some girls you probably don't know:
We played a game that night that reinforced my "stupidity" complex. We had to say three things about ourselves, one of them being a lie, and everyone had to guess which was the lie. First I said that I was valedictorian, and the bishop right off says, "No way." Then I said I was a cheerleader. I figure people would think this was a lie because I am so quiet, and not particularly cheerleaderish. (In fact, when I did try out for cheerleading, I put my parents into shock, and people would say how weird it was, that it just didn't fit. I ended up only doing it for a year, and then became a marching band groupie my senior year,which was a blast!) The third was that I was in a high school production of Oklahoma. What does it say about me that everyone right off guessed that I wasn't valedictorian? It was the fastest guess than any other person. Then I said that I graduated 11th in my class, and the bishop asked, "Out of how many? 12?" But that's okay, maybe it will be easier for me to say no to a calling next time he asks me!
Here's a picture of our week of learning to play the guitar. Jeremy really wanted to learn to play, and instead of signing up for lessons, we decided to try to teach ourselves and see how he liked it before we invested a lot of money into it. Well, it turns out, he really didn't like it. The great thing is he decided this in one week, so I returned the guitar to Walmart yesterday. If he wasn't playing trumpet right now, I might have pushed a little more, but one instrument at a time is enough. It was also too big for him, so maybe in a couple of years when he's a couple feet taller than me, he can try again. 
I thought someone might need a good laugh, so I thought I would post this. For everyone else who did this, it seemed very accurate. I'm not sure if I'll do any of these things again, because so far I have been basically described as a "brown colon." Now what does that make you think of?
You Are a Colon |
 You are very orderly and fact driven. You aren't concerned much with theories or dreams... only what's true or untrue. You are brilliant and incredibly learned. Anything you know is well researched. You like to make lists and sort through things step by step. You aren't subject to whim or emotions. Your friends see you as a constant source of knowledge and advice. (But they are a little sick of you being right all of the time!) You excel in: Leadership positions You get along best with: The Semi-Colon |
I've done this three times. Twice I got colon, once question mark. I think too many of the questions have more than one right answer for me. Dan did it and was a dash, but I can't remember what it said, except there was something that said he was good with money. Anyone disagree with that?
I've been pretty busy this week, maybe I'll get to blogging about some stuff, but for now I thought the fill-ins would require the least brain energy:
1. The last time I lost my temper I did lots of deep breathing and put myself in time out!
2. Unflushed toilets is what I'm fed up with!
3. The next book I'd like to read is Love in the Time of Cholera.
4. Seeing Prince Caspian at the El Capitan Theatre in May is what I'm looking forward to.
5. If you can't get rid of the skeleton[s] in your closet, listen to some Oingo Boingo!
6. The best thing I got in the mail recently was Netflix movies.
7. (This is all in the past now, but. . .) And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to a campout with the Young Women, tomorrow my plans include book club and casserole exchange and Sunday, I want to rest(with a messed up back)!
1. I love springtime in movies!
2. Breakfast burritos are foods I love to eat for breakfast.
3. It seems I'm always searching for the meaning of life.
4. Reading is a great way to end the day.
5. I think I am losing my marbles!
6. Chocolate is what I've been craving lately. This is actually very unusual for me. I keep dreaming of Snickers bars.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to swimming , tomorrow my plans include too many things to list and Sunday, I want to go to church and relax!
Numero uno: I'd like to reintroduce you to two of my children whom you may have forgotten I had due to my previous self-centered blog posts. This is a picture of Kaylynn and Jeremy playing catch in our posh backyard. They like to count how many they catch without either of them dropping the ball. This day they got to 119:
Numero dos: Those of you that are addicted to Monk, and you know who you are, have probably already heard the sad news that the actor who played Dr. Kroger, Stanley Kamel, died of a heart attack. I can't imagine anyone else as Mr. Monk's psychiatrist, but it will be a while until we find out, since we're still on Season 4 DVDs and don't have USA.
Numero tres: Miraculously, we remembered to watch The Office tonight. Having watched the first three seasons on DVD, and forgetting to watch the early episodes before the writer's strike, I had a hard time with all the commercial breaks! It was good to see the gang again, but I think I like it better at the office, and I didn't really enjoy the arguing between Jan and Michael. But, yes, I did laugh many times--all Steve has to do is dart his eyes to the side or make a face and I'm laughing.
Numero quatro: I heard one of my favorite songs of all time on the radio this morning--"No One is To Blame" by Howard Jones. This song would probably be in my official "Top 5 Favorite Songs" if I had such a list. (It's surprising that I don't--maybe that will be a future post.) After they played the song, they were saying that Phil Collins played the drums for it and did the background vocals. I never knew!! Now that I've listened to it again, I can't believe I never noticed it before. Did anyone already know this? Here's the video. You gotta love the 80's hair!
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