whitney houston is dead.
i can't, but then again i can. look what she's done to herself...it's very sad to see someone with such singing talent waste their life away.
i sure loved her music...i have these two albums of hers.
her songs are classic. they remind me of my childhood and growing up.
i want to dance with somebody...birthday party at chuck e cheese.
greatest love of all, saving all my love for you, you give good love, all at once, didn't we almost have it all, where do broken hearts go, run to you, i have nothing, i will always love you, i'm every woman, how will i know...i can still hear my mom singing all of these in her firebird. and me lip-syncing them in the backseat to my cousin making her laugh!
when you believe...love that song from the prince of egypt movie. sung with mariah carey, my favorite.
heartbreak hotel, exhale, it's not right but it's okay, my love is your love, fine, i wanna dance with somebody remix...i played these in my firebird along with her older songs.
she has sooo many good songs...love them all!
After I took pictures of my kids after church, Gulianna said to me...
"Mom, can I take a picture of you, you look beautiful!" ahhh thanks Gulianna! I let the girls take pictures at the gardens so now they always ask if they can take a picture.
Sure...if this is the only way I can get a picture of me since I'm always behind the camera...
I painted my toenails and washed my hair...therefore I was late to church that afternoon.
my favorite necklace!
PS my hair is long, I wash my hair two times a week, before I would wash it three. And I haven't actually "brushed it" with a brush since maybe high school! I comb through it once, after I wash it.
true story.
We've had a busy couple months, non stop with family visiting and birthdays and summer fun! Getting ready for Anthony's first birthday tomorrow!
On my way to Salt Lake for some shopping by myself... and I had to laugh, because right in front of me were my two cars that I love, both black! In high school I really wanted a black 3000GT. Couldn't ever find one, I bought a green camaro instead which later I traded for a black firebird. I would love to have a new camaro now...black of course! We said we would buy one when they came out, of course our finances and common sense say no :) We are finally past the point of wasting thousands on car payments, it's not worth it. Having a vehicle that is paid for and runs is good enough!
*And then I passed them just like that...because I have more power than them with my hemi!
Levi and I were talking about how much we enjoy our hobbies and why it makes us happy! I can't quote him exactly...but he was saying how some people just don't understand why he would spend thousands of dollars into building his bronco, he does it because it allows him to be creative and build something that he loves. Same goes for me and scrapbooking.
Hobbies are a passion. It gives you that drive to think and dream creatively. The inspiration that we get to cReaTe. He loves to walk into his garage and just open up all his drawers and see his tools so neatly organized, and see his Bronco next to mine, and his road bike...and everything else in there! He said he's just like me when I walk into my scrapbook room. We have everything there and when we have an idea we can just walk right in and create something. "You grab a photo, pick out your cardstock and paper, and ribbon and 'fibers' and create that page that you had in your head"...yes Levi said that! He knows too much about scrapbooking, but it's because he knows that I love it, and I'm passionate about it! He said something that stood out to me..."as much as we love what we do, it doesn't matter if we ever get it done, although I will finish my Bronco, but it's that creativeness that we need and thrive on..."
I don't worry about being "caught up in scrapbooking" {although it would be nice!} I know I will never scrapbook every photo I ever took. I'm not on a deadline. I just enjoy making whatever I want, when I want.
This hangs on the wall in the garage next to all of Levi's photo collage of broncos...I gave it to him for Christmas. It's a reminder that I am always right :)
{ok, and him too! although, last night he admitted that I am almost always RIGHT! so I win!}
This quotation says it best:
"Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievment, in the thrill of cReaTiVE effort."
This is what I'm using right now...
I was talking about these embellishments the other day, that is why I have been dying to find that Making Memories houndstooth paper! To use with all this stuff!
Talking about passions...made me think of this page I finally finished last year...in Cherry's circle journal. Her book was on passions & pleasures. {sorry it took me for.ever!}
What are you most passionate about? What are your hobbies?
Tonight while Anthony and Gulianna were taking a nap...{yes, I said Gulianna!} Isa and I shared a blue symphony bar while I searched for a recipe to make something with chicken...and whatever else we had on hand.
I found 3 recipes, although I didn't have all the ingredients, I was just going to use what I had...then I began to trim off the excess fat on the chicken, and got disgusted when I found several white flat 'things' running through the chicken! I usually don't get grossed out...but when I saw those things, all I could think of was that they were flat worms! That was the end of it..
I forgot to mention that the reason for me attempting to make something was because Levi was working late...he cooks dinner for us almost every night! You can either look at this as being spoiled or the fact that I don't have patience for cooking we work together in our home. You see, I take care of our kids all day,while he goes out and works...I usually always clean the house, but he helps too. What? You say your man doesn't clean? Oh...he's not the oldest in his family? Uh make him do it anyway! Just a little sarcasm there, if you didn't clue in on it. Any way...we both have always just done our chores in our home, dishes, laundry, vacuum, floors, toilets etc...so it has never been a problem with us. For the longest time Levi would just wash his own laundry, because, well he's cool like that. I understand that may be foreign to some of you. :) He changes diapers, bathes the kids, even puts pony tails in the girls' hair.
I don't even remember where I was going with this...
ah yes...sometimes...only sometimes, I feel bad for not having dinner ready for Levi when he gets home from work every night. I do have a few select things that I will make...so with that being said...
about ME! okay you most likely don't!
Or maybe you do? Let's see...here we go!
1. I am really finicky {definition: excessively particular, as in tastes or standards; fussy}with just about everything...I have always been that way. I was born that way, ha ha! I like to organize everything. I like a place for everything. I like to have things a certain way, at its best. I don't like it when anything is done half assed...it drives me crazy! Like say...you can't just wash dishes and say your job is done. You wash the dishes. Clean the sink of all it's crumbs and such...Wipe the counters, tables and chairs. Put the clean dishes away...and then you have to sweep the floor, because well...that's just how I do things. I think this goes to number two...
2. I like to always have a clean house, and clean bathrooms. This does not mean my house is always clean. But I am always cleaning it. I do not like clutter. I still have clutter. But it is not visible to others. This does not mean that I shove things in closets! Because that drives me nuts, just put things away in it's proper spot, so that you don't have to do it again when you open a closet! Right now it just ends up in the basement because I don't have the proper storage, or it goes to the DI. I vacuum daily. Sometimes twice a day or more, when my girls sneak into the cupboards and then eat in the living room. {Because they can't wait a mere twenty minutes while I am taking a shower, mind you they had breakfast maybe 5 minutes before!} I love to vacuum. I always have. Don't get me started on the vacuum lines...you'll think I'm crazy. I often think one day I could turn into Howard Hughes...
3. I am a creative person. I like to make things. I like to scrapbook and to decorate. It makes me happy! But before I can sit down and do something creative, my house has to be clean and in order. It clutters up my brain if my house is messy. I enjoy being surrounded by beautiful things! I love walking into my home that I decorated. I love sitting in my scrapbook room and going through all my stuff. My ideas are neverending. That doesn't mean I never get stuck in a creative rut. I think creatively, I dream creatively.
4. I am the oldest of six kids in my family. And Levi {my husband} is also the oldest in his family. This is where we get along so well, and have a lot in common. But at the same time it brings about the perfectionist in each other, and who is more perfect, and more right! Of course we know we are far from perfect. We both know that we have to take care and look out for our siblings and others. It's how we grew up. We both are diligent with our responsibilities, and just get things done. Take care of it-if you will.
5. I am ME {and nobody else} I am happy with who I am. I like to dress up and do my hair. I take a shower, brush my teeth and put on makeup every day. Even if I am just staying home and not going any where. I always like to look my best. I paint my toenails, and that's about it. The last time I painted my finger nails was when I was in high school. I don't go out to get manicures and pedicures {uh...please don't make me say it...hearing "mani's and pedi's makes me cringe. yeah, I can't even believe I just typed that!} I don't like acrylic nails on ME.{they look good on other girls} I've only had them once, and I did them myself, and I instantly hated it. I have flimsy finger nails. I can bend them and they won't break. That is until they get longer. Then they will. They are naturally very white. I get asked all the time what I do to make them so white. Hmmm...I don't know? From washing dishes?! My feet are very ticklish...though over the years, I have overcome that. Levi desperately wishes that I would go out and get a pedicure, but I can't bring myself to do it! My feet used to be a small size 7.5 {actually that is huge...compared to my mom and sisters' feet, my 'honkin' shoes were always in the way, and they still are according to Levi!} but since being pregnant they have grown...I wear an 8-8.5 sometimes. I don't like that. Levi says that my feet used to be pretty and small, now I have ugly ogre feet! And I could care less. Sure I wish they were smaller, but oh well. I am funny. Actually to myself I am hilarious, I crack myself up, I laugh at my own jokes! Sometimes I think that you can't tell my humorous personality when I type, because you can't hear me. But I can hear myself, and sense my own sarcasm. Most often I'm just trying to make you laugh! My favorite movies are Dumb and Dumber and Little Women. Such a contrast right! But they remind me of my personality...and that's why I love them. I quote lines from Dumb and Dumber daily.I am a lucky person! I most always win! I have won countless random contests and prizes and such. I always know when they will pick me. If it is a contest on the radio...I know that I'm supposed to call, and when...and I just win! I'm psychic. Not psycho...ok maybe sometimes. Well it hasn't happened in a while, probably because I'm not in tuned like that now, but I remember in middle school, and high school, I knew what song would be next on the radio, before they played it, before they announced it. Almost every single time! I could hear the first couple lyrics and the melody in my head just seconds before they played that song. Wierd, I know. I am stubborn. I choose not to elaborate on this. I just like things done my way. Which turns into selfishness. Yes I am a selfish person. Example: I have a very hard time when I am shopping for someone else. Because I instantly always find something for me. Most of the times I will buy it for myself. But at the same time I have the will power to put it back...and go with my original intentions of shopping for someone else. But I am stubborn and selfish! There is always room for improving myself. I am a hardworker. I've had lots of different jobs. Wow...I think that was more than ten things just there!
6. I am married to my best friend. We are almost exactly the same. We think the same way, we have the same interests, we love the same things. Of course we have our differences now and then, but who doesn't. We both had the same qualities that we were looking for in a person and more. We were meant to be. I love him so much!
7. I am scared of the moon. Isn't that the most ridiculous thing you've heard! I guess I could say that I'm not as scared as when I was little, but I choose to not stare directly at it for a long period of time. When I was younger, I would look up at it, and I would see that the moon had a scary, freaky looking face! Not kidding. It would look at me, and then its eyes would follow me where ever I would go, I would be so scared! Now it's kind of funny. Just a little.
8. My favorite color is ...green.But not just any green. A lime green. Celery green. Avocado green. Chartreuse. That puky green color that looks like something that I won't mention! Yep. My favorite! I make green look good! Of course I like other colors too: pink, red, blue...I would say that I am a very colorful person. I have always needed color in my life! Color also makes me happy!
9. I miscarried a baby. 5 years ago with my first pregnancy, I was almost 4.5 months along. I possibly could have died. I had an emergency d&c on Christmas evening in 2005. It was horrible. I remember every last detail...and I choose not to talk about it right now. Only those very close to me know about it. I think about that baby every day. But I know that it was supposed to happen. I now have 3 very close little ones...I love them so much!
10. I intimidate others. Well mostly other girls. I was just talking about this with Levi the other day. I don't know why??? Well of course I'm lying. I'm perfect. They are jealous of my beauty. I make people stop what they are doing to look at me. I distract others. Wait...that coming from Levi too, not just me! But actually it is true. People do tell me that I am beautiful. Gorgeous...blah blah blah...I know already! Totally kidding...but with that being said, I don't go looking for compliments, I just accept them somewhat shy and kindly. But beauty comes within...that is most important.
Now the irony of all this...is that I just typed this post, and I haven't showered, or cleaned my house yet for the day...but we did all have breakfast, and lunch, and I nursed Anthony for the tenth time already, and it's not even 1pm yet...because life just happens...and today is one of those days!
Enough about ME. Tell me something about you...maybe do your own post of ten things about you {or more!} and then let me know here, so I can check later!
28 years old, and yes I just cooked eggs for the first time. Ever.
Thanksgiving morning...while Levi was gone, I decided to just finally try. I mean what could go wrong? If they didn't turn out, just throw them away, lol!
But they did turn out! And I made them again this morning, while Levi was home...he was quite shocked himself! Ha ha I can make eggs now :)
Yes, I am sure this may sound ridiculously pathetic to you right now, but if you know me, I don't cook. Really.
