Most Eligible Bachelor

Sorry to all you other available boys out there to announce the news. Mason hopes you'll still be his friend.

If you're feeling lonely

Before the Flylady
This picture adequately describes my life and looks. A friend of mine jumped on the bandwagon of the fly lady. She is always dropping fly lady language at me and making promises that if I signed up I'd see productive results in my life. So I gave it a shot. Her website is a little overwhelming (www.flylady.com) but there were definately ideas that I wanted to try. My favorite suggestions were:
1. Tthe shining of my sink every night, and that after 28 days it would be a habit so I marked it on my calender to really see if it would become a habit and started shining my sink each night before bed. As promised by the fly lady herself it made me smile in the morning.
2. Getting dressed to the shoes - I really do try this to be completely ready before any kids arise, or at least in my gym clothes and bag packed if I'm getting ready at the gym that day. I'll admit that I don't put my shoes on because I really don't like wearing them in the house.
3. The bedtime routine, I'm starting tonight!! This includes setting clothes out for everyone for the next day.
4. The control journal, haven't done it yet but plan to. This is just some massive big cute binder that holds any and all information important to you, phone numbers, take out numbers, babysitters numbers, Dr.'s, Dentist's, ward list all the info you are always needing that is never in one place.
If any of these ideas seem like they would make your life easier then you should join the list. Also, if you're feeling lonely and just need a friend you should join too! I've had my days a letdown as I open the inbox to find nothing. Since joining the flylady I always have someone trying to stay in touch. Afraid that she might take over my inbox,(I'd been warned) I created my own special account just for her. I signed up and neglected to check it for a few weeks, when I did I had over 300 emails. Today when I checked another 313. I never read them I just go look from time to time to see how many are there.

After the fly lady! If you check out the website and the only thing you take away from it is the shining of the sink it'll be worth it. If you're afraid of her or don't want to look like the finished product picture I'll understand that too.

My Long List

So I'm jumping on the list bandwagon. You're about to be filled with endless facts you never about me. Thanks to many of you for the idea to make one. It's been awhile of brainstorming and now, here it is.
1. I'm not creative
2. I met Chris on a blind date, my first one ever
3. We got married while attending Ricks College
4. We both graduated from Ricks in 1999 with Associates Degrees
5. We transfered to BYU and both got our B.S degrees there
6. I was born in Idaho Falls and my parents still live in the same house
7. I was a very outgoing child
8. My first time to Dallas was for Cheerleading Nationals my Junior Year in H.S.
9. I dated one of Chris's friends from the MTC pre mission
10. I kissed a boy at EFY
11. When I was a kid I would pick up smoked cigarettes that people dropped and smoke them
12. I'm never ever tasted alcohol
13. If I ever had I'm sure I'd be an alcoholic because I have a very addictive personality
14. I once threw a pampered chef party and no one came
15. I was Dopey in the play Snow White
16. I was Alice in Alice in Wonderland
17. I was Gretel in Hansel and Gretel
18. I traveled to NYC my Freshman year for 10 days to a junior actors competition
19. I once removed all of my mom's soup labels to win a prize at school. My had mystery canned goods for the next several years
20. I used to be fat phobic and would not eat any food with any fat in it.
21. I'm now the opposite of fat phobic and love to eat all things with fat in them.
22. Chris was the first person I tried meat with after a long sabbatical
23. I now love meat, especially a juicy steak
24. I love breakfast foods
25. I recently had a bad experience with sausage
26. I'm a total rule follower, I'm very afraid to break rules
27. I'm not rebellious
28. My first business was selling lilacs I picked to my neighbors
29. I'm not very good at business
30. I took my first pregnancy test (with Charlotte) at a gas station
31. Me and my friend saw a neud man in his car at the corner on the way to elementary school and we had to talk to the cops about it. I cried.
32. I was on the American Cancer Society Speakers Bureau and spoke at High School Assemblies
33. I gave elementary schools tours of the produce departments at grocery stores
34. In the Hartman Color Code Book I'm a yellow
35. In the Enneagram I'm a #2 Helper
36. I used to try to change so I wouldn't be a yellow anymore, it's hopeless
37. I used to watch Poka Dot Door and Today's Special as a kid
38. I love chick flicks
39. I really enjoy to listen to music and cry
40. I love feta
41. I'm a hypochondriac
42. I love yummy smells in my house
43. I love yummy smelling hair products
44. I love my clean smelling kids
45. I have a great great family
46. My parents were the most supportive ever
47. My parents never missed any event I was participating in, clear from the West Coast to East Coast and of course in my own home town
48. My dad has the greatest laugh
49. I love late nights with brothers and sisters talking and laughing
50. I enjoy down time after kids have gone to bed
51. I'm addicted to hot baths
52. I love short cut, filed fingernails
53. Long kid fingernails kind of gross me out
54. I don't have any cute clothes
55. I've always lacked style with clothing and hair
56. I have a charm bracelet watch that I love
57. I was National Dance Queen in 7th Grade
58. I cheered at Ricks College
59. I have no musical talents but sure wish I did
60. Sometimes I pretend like I can sing and am American Idol
61. I really wish I could sing
62. I really love Reality T.V. shows
63. I would love to go on Survivor
64. I love any and all things BYU, especially sports
65. I love going to BYU football games
66. Provo makes me happy
67. I own both the LDS super-hits of the 80's and 90's. Now that's some good music
68. I enjoy a book that makes me cry
69. When Mason was born I killed my tailbone and it still hurts when I sit. (like right now)
70. I'm scared to have another baby if my tailbone gets hurt again
71. While I was pregnant with Mason I also had pleuricy, again, very painful
72. I hate the smell of wet rags and towel. I get new washed ones every day
73. I'm not very good with money
74. I spend alot and never have anything very good to show for it.
75. Starting last month I only pay cash for things
76. I'm afraid of confrontation
77. I love the show "The Office"
78. I really can't wait for another Jim and Pam kiss
79. I've never seen an episode of Friends
80. I ran the St. George Marathon and had the greatest experience
81. I ran the Texas Half Marathon and did not have a good experience.
82. Long distance running is no longer for my body
83. I wish I was in an adult ballet class
84. I really like people and need them in my life
85. I clean best while talking on the phone
86. I love a clean house
87. Dirty houses are a little scary for me
88. I love the smell of clean laundry
89. I love dips, guacomole, salsa, 6-layer (hold the olives), cream-cheesy dips
90. I can't stand queso or velveta
91. I love to fly on an airplane all alone
92. I always sneek peeks at People magazine while in the check out line
93. I can't spell very well
94. I don't try very hard at things I do, I'm pretty lazy
95. I love competition and am extremely competitive
96. I'm not a poor loser
97. Giggle belly pain is the best kind of pain
98. I love holiday decorations
99. I don't love chocolate
100. I'm happy I reached a 100

A change of events

Yesterday marked my little guys 17 month birthday. Since a "31st" only comes around 7 times a year we really have to celebrate. I've been realizing how my life has changed since a boy entered our home. I used to feel so girly, all the toys were girly, the clothes, really the whole house. No with Rozzie going to preschool and Lottie gone all day there is plenty of mommy and son time and I love it. It really is so fun to have a boy. I now spend my days building tracks, throwing balls, wrestling, making animal sounds and watching dog movies. It's so fun to dress him and play and have a little mini Chris around the house. He has a few new tricks these days. He closes his eyes and flutters his eyelashes (with his eyeballs rolled up), he Calls Roz-GiGi, Lottie-Joe, Me-Mom (no mommy or mamma), and Chris-Da. This is his newest claim to fame because until just recently he only called Chris Mom. At church, in public, everywhere we'd go he'd point to Chris and reach his hands up to him and repeat again and again "mom, mom, mom". He also learned how to jump and loves to copy anything the girls do. He just has the best personality and makes us laugh all the time. So as a proud mamma, I just want to say one more time-I love my boy!!