LOL

I was backing up some documents on an old computer yesterday and ran across this little gem.

Funny things my kids have said:

Seth (age 5)

Seth:  Mom, do we have tornadoes in Magna?

Mom:  No, I don’t think so.

Seth:  Oh good.  Now we can all relax!

Alex (age 11)

While watching an interview with Harrison Ford for the new Indiana Jones movie in 2008, Alex says:  Wow, that guy looks like a really, really old Han Solo.

Nate (age 9)

Nathan is laying on our bed next to Shawn, comes right up to his face, looks at him for a few seconds and then says, “Hellooooo, baldy.”

Oh thank you January

I just wanted to take the time to express to the wonderful month of January my deepest thanks.

Thank you for being the worst month of the year.  Thank you for your gray skies, your sub-freezing temperatures, your short days, your long nights and your singular lack of interesting holidays.  My gratitude to you for making my life miserable;  for ruining the air with your inversion;  for causing much post traumatic stress, but most of all thank you for being OVER!

Until next year....

I will not be missing you.

Love,
Megan

Feeling grinchy

Some of my favorite movie quotes of all time, courtesy of The Grinch:

The Grinch: Blast this Christmas music! It's joyful AND triumphant!
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The Grinch: The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me down there - on such short notice! Even if I wanted to go my schedule wouldn't allow it. 4:00, wallow in self pity; 4:30, stare into the abyss; 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one; 5:30, jazzercize; 6:30, dinner with me - I can't cancel that again; 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing... I'm booked. Of course, if I bump the loathing to 9, I could still be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling and slip slowly into madness. But what would I wear? 
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The Grinch: All right, you're a reindeer. Here's your motivation: Your name is Rudolph, you're a freak with a red nose, and no one likes you. Then, one day, Santa picks you and you save Christmas. No, forget that part. We'll improvise... just keep it kind of loosey-goosey. You HATE Christmas! You're gonna steal it. Saving Christmas is a lousy ending, way too commercial. ACTION!
[Max knocks the red nose off]
The Grinch: BRILLIANT! You reject your own nose because it represents the glitter of commercialism. Why didn't I think of that? Cut, print, check the gate, moving on.
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Cindy Lou Who: Santa?
The Grinch: WHAT?
Cindy Lou Who: Don't forget the Grinch. I know he's mean and hairy and smelly. His hands might be cold and clammy, but I think he's actually kinda... sweet.
The Grinch: SWEET? You think he's sweet?
Cindy Lou Who: [nods] Merry Christmas, Santa.
[goes upstairs]
The Grinch: Nice kid... baaad judge of character.

In a nutshell

I sooooo don't have time to be doing this.  But oh well.  Here we go anyway.  I just have so much to say that every time I think about posting something new on this blog I get overwhelmed and push it to the back of my already bursting at the seams brain.  So here is my life in a very condensed set of small sentences in no particular order.  The so-called nutshell.  (Note to self:  research this phrase sometime in the future and find out what the heck it really means.  Cuz I'm kinda nerdy like that.)

1.  Guess what?  I passed THE test!  Woo hoo!  It was harder than I thought it would be.  Kinda thinking I'm also not as smart as I once thought I was.
2.  Shawn quits his job in one month and starts school 3 weeks later.  This brings two thoughts to my mind.  First, what in the HECK are we thinking?  Second, it's possible that those 3 weeks might end in divorce. :)  What am I going to do with him for that long? (No Craig, not that.)
3.  I miss my friends in Maine.  I cried for 45 minutes last night because they called and left us a funny message on our machine.  Didn't realize how much I really, really wish they were here right now.  (Love you guys!)
4.  I am approaching this holiday season with the same amount of usual dread, but have found that I have this one little irritating ray of hope and anticipation sparkling somewhere in the darkness.  Ok...this is new.  What do I do with that?
5.  I made Barbie clothes for Abby the other day.  It was like an eruption of spontaneous creativity that I just had to get out.  So I neglected everything else in my life and worked for 2 hours until I created this one little dress for her Barbie.  2 hours people!  What is wrong with this picture!?!  It is pretty dang cute though.  And modest, which is so unlike the Barbie we know.
6.  Abby turned 3 last week.  She is so flippin' cute.  She acted like a princess all day, saying things like "Why thank you." and "Whatever shall we do?".  She is an actress in the making, I tell you.  I also made her a beautiful cake.
7.  I feel like I have totally neglected my boys the last few months.  I am experiencing huge amounts of guilt about that.  But I don't know what to do to fix it.
8.  I have been actually exercising in a sort-of consistent way with my friend Heidi.  She is way awesome!  And the fact that she still likes me even though I completely sleep in and ditch her sometimes makes her an angel in my book.  I love her!!
9.  I got a new calling.  I was the Primary pianist but now have been promoted to Primary chorister.  I do not have feelings about this yet, only that I am bummed that Heidi (see number 8) won't be there anymore to chit chat with me.  I'm also unsure if I will be able to muster that much happiness for such a long period of time.  Primary choristers are just so dang enthusiastic and fun!
10.  I hate cars.
11.  I hate driving cars.
12.  I hate spending hundreds of dollars to repair cars that I don't even like to begin with.
13.  I think I'm stretching now for things to say, so I must be done.

That will be all.

Scary!

Dang! I love Halloween!

Oh dear...

So I'm getting ready to walk out the door yesterday. I grab my keys and turn to Abby and say, "It's time to go, sweetie. Can you get your shoes on?" Her face lights up as she responds...

"Can I drive?"

I guess I don't have to exercise anymore...

Did you know that banging your head against the wall burns 150 calories an hour? I know. I can't believe it either. And to think I wasted all that money on a treadmill.

My latest project

I know....it's destined to end up on my pile of unfinished crafty and sewy things, but I just can't help it!! I HAVE to make this for Abby! Or start to make it anyway.


I found it here, just in case you were wondering. ;)

Garden as art

I just picked these today! Aren't they beautiful?

bleh...

Yet another month flies by. Two camping trips passed without disastrous incident. I'm behind on everything else in my life, like usual, and feeling a little inadequate at the moment. Ok, A LOT inadequate. Don't you hate those moments when you feel like you are ok at most things, but just not good enough at anything? I feel like blowing a great big raspberry at life and if I was good at typing sound effects, I would do just that.

So anyway, I will postpone the pity party I was just having with myself and I will catch you all up on my life as of late.

Like I mentioned above, we had two camping trips with two very different groups of family members in the space of two weeks. We came home from the first, had two days to prepare for the next, then left to spend four more luxurious days in the high Uintahs. (did you catch the sarcasm there?) I will spare you the details, but will just say that both trips were very fun in different ways. I didn't catch a single fish, though. I am a little irritated to say the least. Abby, however, caught at least ten, but they were all plastic and colored hot pink. Dang...she is so cute!


The two middle children start school next Monday and not a moment too soon! I love their guts, but I am craving routine, a cupboard that still has food in it and most of all, a quiet moment here and there. I know, I know...in a couple of months I will be wishing I didn't have to worry about homework, getting up early and wanting more time to spend with them. But we always want what we don't have, right?

Abby is finally potty training. Well, let's say that Shawn and I have finally decided to make her because we are sick of diapers. The funny part is that Abby is totally capable of doing it, but she simply doesn't want to take the time out of her full-time playing and movie watching schedule for such things. So we have a few little accidents (the latest was in my bed this morning...UGH), but she is doing pretty well. We have figured out that bribing her with pink, sparkly Hello Kitty stickers is a nice incentive.

Well, life is calling me and I am experiencing a rare moment of motivation right now, so I better get off this computer and go do something and only get half way through it. :)