In Search of Myself

Soap Box

President Bush had this to say yesterday about stem-cell research:

"I made it clear to Congress and to the American people that I will not allow our nation to cross this moral line. Destroying human life in the hopes of saving human life is not ethical. And it is not the only option before us."

. . .

Funny, that's why I'm opposed to the war.

My exciting life

Yesterday after work but before I picked Jake up, I stopped by Cracker Barrel to buy Priscilla's kids some stuffed animals.  I baby-sat them on Saturday and they all wanted to play with the puppies Jake brought (umm, and Jake's not so good with sharing), and Elauna was sad that she doesn't have any puppies.  So I bought one for each of them, then at the check-out, I saw a picture of their dinner special: a chicken broccoli cheese casserole.  WOW.  Those are my 3 favorite foods, and anything combining all of them is just awesome in my eyes.

So why do I think my life is exciting?  (And I'm being sarcastic here, people.)  My mom is going to meet me after work at Cracker Barrel so we can have dinner, and I have been looking forward to it all day long.  It will literally be the highlight of my day.

But that's nothing -- on the days that I have left-over pizza for lunch?  (I LOVE YOU, PIZZA HUT!)  I obsess all morning about 11 a.m. coming around so I can freaking eat my pizza.

I'm pretty sure I used to be more interesting than this.

More silliness

First peek at our new backyard

Here you can see our new fence, and my AWESOME new swing.   (Obviously, we're not done yet with the landscaping.  LOL)   Jake seriously is obsessed with our new backyard and LOVES to just sit on the swing with me and talk.  It's SO SWEET!

Random funny

Someone at a message board I hang out at just posted this funny story about a conversation:

Me (speaking to my 3yr old son): This is Utah

DS: ME-tah??

Me: No (HAHAHAHA). It's, uh, er, uh...UTAH.

DS: Meee-tah? Is it mine???

And that made me think of a story of my own . . . only I wasn't 3 and cute.  I was like 15.

In high school my family was in South Dakota at the Mitchell Corn Palace (long story) . . . there is a big state flag display that you can walk around through. We were looking for the Montana state flag, which is blue, and I saw a blue one so I went up to it.

I said "HATU? Hatu isn't a state!!!!"

My sister Kathy came around from the other side and said "It's Utah, moron."

So now every time I hear Utah, I think "HATU?" hee

Bathroom humor and Father's Day

-- One day last week when Jake and I got home, I asked if Nana had given him a bath that day.  Holding his arm out to me, he said "Smell me."  HA HA HA.

-- And here's more proof I need to ALWAYS lock the bathroom door . . . but when I'm taking a shower I want Jake to be able to come in if he really needs me.  Anyway, I had just stripped for a shower, and sat down to go to the bathroom first.  In comes Jake, holding a Star Wars ship, saying "Mama, can you fix my spaceship?"  For someone who can't stand when I wear tank tops ('cause he doesn't like to see my shoulders . . . don't ask why, I'm not really sure myself) the sight of me buck nekkid doesn't phase him a bit.  Honey, your spaceship can wait -- let mommy take a freaking shower!

-- Jake and I got Lou some cards and a tool belt, which will come in very handy when we finish the playset later this week -- I think Lou is tired of me asking if he has his twisy wrench thing or if I need to find it.  He was so tired yesterday after working two shifts, when Jake gave him a hug and said "Happy Father's Day," he replied with "You're welcome."

Lou the builder

We're doing some work to our backyard right now.  Last week we got a fence put up.  (Or, rather, Lou wached as the friendly people from Lowe's put it up.)  Then Lou put together an awesome swing for me.  Now we're working on bulding Jake a playset.  It is HARD work, people, and slow-going.  We think we'll be able to finish up by working on Thursday and Friday, then Lou will finish landscaping as he has time.

note to self: any future yard work will take place BEFORE the end of April as to avoid the freaking HOT SOUTHERN HEAT!

another note to self: smart move marrying a strong guy who knows how to use power tools!!!

What happens when I let Jake have free reign

Seriously.  Bro takes like 5.7 seconds to COMPLETELY trash the living room.  But he was having so much fun drawing and cutting and stickering (yes, that's a word.)  Whatcha gonna do.

(and don't you love how he's looking at me like "WHAT?  I'm just PLAYING!")

Carefree Childhood

sidenote: being an adult is over-rated.  I miss the days when summer meant 3 months of goofing off!!!

Fishin' pole pics

Yay, I finally made a scrapbook page!  Just haven't had much mojo lately. The kit I used can be found here.