Bold Tag

I've been seeing this tag on several blogs and I thought I would try it: You can do it too!! Just bold everything on this list you have done. As you will see by my list I haven't done much!!LOL

1. Started your own blog 

2. Slept under the stars 

3. Played in a band  

4. Visited Hawaii  

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity 

7. Been to Disneyland  

8. Climbed a mountain 

9. Held a praying mantis 

10. Sang a solo  

11. Bungee jumped  

12. Visited Paris 

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea  

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch  

15. Adopted a child 

16. Had food poisoning 

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty  

18. Grown your own vegetables 

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France  

20. Slept on an overnight train 

21. Had a pillow fight 

22. Hitch hiked (I've picked up a hitch hiker)  

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill  

24. Built a snow fort 

25. Held a lamb  

26. Gone skinny dipping 

27. Run a Marathon  

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice 

29. Seen a total eclipse 

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset  

31. Hit a home run  

32. Been on a cruise  

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person  

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors 

35. Seen an Amish community 

36. Taught yourself a new language  

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied 

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person  

39. Gone rock climbing 

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David 

41. Sung karaoke 

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt 

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant 

44. Visited Africa  

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight  

46. Been transported in an ambulance 

47. Had your portrait painted  

48. Gone deep sea fishing  

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person 

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris  

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling  

52. Kissed in the rain 

53. Played in the mud 

54. Gone to a drive-in theater  

55. Been in a movie 

56. Visited the Great Wall of China 

57. Started a business 

58. Taken a martial arts class 

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen 

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (no but I've sure purchased my fair share)   

62. Gone whale watching 

63. Got flowers for no reason 

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (tried but the sight of the needle made me almost pass out)

 65. Gone sky diving  

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp 

67. Bounced a check 

 68. Flown in a helicopter  

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy 

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial 

71. Eaten Caviar 

72. Pieced a quilt  

73. Stood in Times Square  

74. Toured the Everglades 

 75. Been fired from a job 

 76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London  

77. Broken a bone 

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle 

 79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person  

80. Published a book  

81. Visited the Vatican  

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem 

84. Had your picture in the newspaper  

85. Read the entire Bible 

86. Visited the White House  

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating  

88. Had chickenpox 

89. Saved someone’s life  

90. Sat on a jury  

91. Met someone famous  

92. Joined a book club  

93. Lost a loved one  

94. Had a baby  

95. Seen the Alamo in person  

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake  

97. Been involved in a law suit  

98. Owned a cell phone 

99. Been stung by a bee

Can I Get A Tissue Please?

I'm sure you have all heard the song Christmas Shoes by Bob Carlisle. The first time I heard that song I was driving in Utah and it made me cry so hard that I had to pull over because I couldn't see through my tears!!

Anyway Russell and I were looking for movies in the Redbox and saw they had a movie called Christmas Shoes with Rob Lowe and Kimberly Williams Paisley so being in the Christmas mood we have been in we decided to rent it.

Now I am not the type who cries in general let alone at movies. I may occasionally tear up but I never cry. Well my friends this movie put me over the top. I was not only crying I was sobbing, bawling, sniffling, tears streaming down my cheeks crying at this movie!! My loving caring sensitive husband was laughing at me with every sob!! It is such a great movie!! Parts of it were a little cheesy I must admit but all in all it is a great tear jerking movie!! So run down to your nearest Redbox (or any movie rental place) and pick it up and make sure you have plenty of tissues!!!

Here's a sample of the Christmas Shoes song for those who haven't heard it.

Might Over Mouse

Over the last week and a half I have been fighting a losing battle trying to catch this really clever mouse. Sunday before last Russell said that while I was at church he saw a mouse run across our bedroom floor and under my sewing table. So I of course tore everything out from under there and cleaned my entire bedroom and couldn't find it. That night I slept in the recliner because I didn't want to find a mouse my bed in the middle of the night. The next day I cleaned my house top to bottom in search of this pesky mouse to no avail. So then I remembered we had some glue traps that the pest control people had given us to try to catch lizards so I set those in places that I had found mouse droppings and the next day I looked and the stinkin thing had been caught and somehow clawed it's way off of the glue trap. So my sister Diana gave us some Di-Con to try and get it that way, still no luck. Then our pest guys came for their routine spraying of the house and I asked what they recommended and they gave me some snap traps and said to put peanut butter on them so I did that and still no catch. Then I decided the peanut butter wasn't tempting enough so I put some cheese on it and the next day the cheese was gone and still no mouse. So Sunday I was cooking and saw the little monster run between the dishwasher and the sink so I set a trap outside the opening and put a piece of popcorn on it thinking for sure I would catch the dang thing, but of course the next morning the popcorn was gone and still no mouse. So tonight I thought hmm.. what if I put two traps down by the crack and put crackers on them I wonder if that would work? And guess what? Success!!! I was laying in bed about to go to sleep and I heard the joyful sound of BOTH traps snapping!! Hallelujah!!! I caught the stinking thing!! It actually got it's arm caught in one and it's head in another!! I am so happy!! So now I am off to a peaceful mouse free sleep!! Goodnight!!

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas...

Inside our house at least. Over the weekend we set up our Christmas village. We started collecting for our village a few years ago. It has been a really fun tradition. And of course being in Texas this is the closest we are going to get to snow so we decided to put it up early so we can get in the spirit!! 

Our Village even includes a Wal-Mart

A Home Depot (New this year) 

                 and a Train (also new this year)

                                            

OUCH!!!

As you can see by the time-stamp below it is 3:15 a.m. and I have been up for an hour. What am I doing up you ask? Well the last few days I have had an awful earache and haven't been sleeping well. So I went to the doctor yesterday and found out that I have a massive ear infection with a perforated eardrum. OUCH!! I am in so much pain!! I have been taking ibuprofen to help ease the pain but for some reason tonight it is not helping!!! So I am trying to keep myself distracted since I can't sleep because of the pain!! How embarrassing I'm an adult who has an ear infection!!

P.S. The doctor prescribed an ear drop($101.00) and an antibiotic ($6.50) and since I don't have insurance I had to pay in full plus $59.00 for the doctor visit! But if I would have just let it go and not gone to the doctor my eardrum would have burst and it would have cost me a lot more than that!!

Halloween 2008

Well as you all saw in this post. Kennadee decide to be a Butterfly Princess for Halloween this year. She had a blast getting dressed up and she especially loves getting make up on. We went to our ward Trunk or Treat. They had it on Halloween so that was the only Trick or Treating she got to do. She had a blast though. Here are some pictures:

 Kennadee & Ajia  

Kennadee, Reba, Aunt Leena, Hannah, & Ajia

I Did It!!

Okay so as most of you know I can't make pie crust to save my life. Well the other day Russell was craving pumpkin pie (as he usually does at this time of the year) so I decided that I would attempt to make it. So I tried the food processor method and it worked beautifully!! In one crust I added a tsp of Cinnamon which made it even more delicious!! The only trouble I had is that I thought you had to poke holes in the crust before you put the filling in and it leaked out and stuck to the bottom of the pan so it made it a little difficult to get out of the pan but it didn't burn and it was still delicious!! I can't wait until Thanksgiving!!!