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Sleepover With The Laundry

Why me?
Why do I have piles of never ending Laundry, yet a closet full of clothes that I NEEED but don't ever wear?
Why do I allow myself to live from a recurrent pile of clothes on my floor (clean...I'll give myself that) for the past TWO months? It's True.
Why do I avoid folding, and putting it away...at ANYcost?
Why does my washer sound like a dying woman, or child? It's horrible.
Why am I blogging and NOT laundering?
Why do I love to buy laundry baskets?? It's not like I use them!
Why do I feel like: But do nothing about it.
SOMEDAY i'll have this:

But for NOW, I found these: , , , and I feel MUCH better!

Pssst...one more thing.

I want to hear your laundry TIPS!!!
please :)

a tad of SNOW and a bit of PRETEND

Happy Day!

It snowed, and Olivia has been eating it all day.

Four whole weeks with the tree up and today is the day that it finally feels like Christmas! All we needed was a little cold sugar!

Livi has been working hard on her imagination. Today she played some major "pretend" while we were stuck inside! I love this girl :)

AND NOW....
Hope you're enjoying it as much as we are!

Need a Good Laugh? I did.

HAPPY FRIDAY!
Today I'm providing all of you lucky readers with a Good Belly Laugh, to get you prepared for a GREAT weekend!
Here you go!

Cover Look in the 80's.
from L to R...Leanna, Me and Tami. Sisters. In disguise.

Merry Christmas, wouldn't you like to get one of US on top of your presents?

'Wonder where I could get an entire outfit made out of pink Seran Wrap?'
Are we serious? really.
The lighting, the make-up, the jewelry, the hair. It's all Perfect. I sure miss the days of hair-spray, and wings.

For the GRAND FINALE...MY BEST Napoleon Dynamite Pose.

I never realized how cool I was. Until now.
P.S. You should see how hard Johnny laughs when he sees these.

I hope you HAVE a Great Weekend!

J MAN is in the TRIB!

See. On November 14th there was this awesome article by T-Dan Workman posted in the Salt Lake Tribune abount my "family man" aka "The Mechanic" aka "small cage fighter" aka "Mr. J" Johnny Jo Miller. I'm so proud of him working so hard and then getting recognition. :) This is Great. Thanks Dan for the awesome article! Now for all of you whom are laughing about MY little Blerb...Dan got it from a little note I posted in Facebook months ago. I was going to rephrase on the rough article but then...i didn't. so there.

I did write this tho..."I think that I can speak for most of our close family and friends, as well as myself, when I say that it is a bit nerve-racking to watch Johnny fight. On the other hand it is a relief to know that everytime Johnny climbs into the cage he is completley prepared both mentally and physically for each fight . Johnny is a very calm and relaxed fighter watching him battle so calmly is very reasuring, I know that he is strong enough for anything!. Johnny is truely passionate about training and fighting, because it is something he loves I completley support him with all of his MMA goals!"....which they didn't find interesting enough to publish.
Oh, well.
I think I'll keep my J MAN for one more year!

Google Tag. i love google.

I think I have a crush on google. i love to google and i love to save all of my awesome google finds to my favorites. you should see my favorites. I recently had to spent several hours organizing my favorites. it was ridiculous.

anything you could possibly ever want to know...google knows. WOW. isn't that amazing. It just now, amazed me AGAIN. who is this google anyways? She is really smart. I'll bet she's a red head. i'd like to meet her someday.

Here's a google game. Go to Google [Images] and search these topics about yourself. Insert the FIRST picture that appears on your results. Here are MY personal google image results! about me.

MY NAME

resemblence too, weird.

same last name as this guy!

CITY WHERE I WAS BORN

Salt Lake City

PAST LOVE

i'm not kidding. i have a thing for older men.

FAVORITE ANIMAL. hmm. how about
LEAST FAVORITE ANIMAL:

this nasty thing. chinchilla. insert back-story here.

FAVORITE OBJECT AS OF LATE


FAVORITE CITY

Saw'n Di-ahgo

FAVORITE FOOD

FAVORITE COLOR

BAD HABIT

FIRST JOB

tanning salon. i'm sorry skin for what i've done.

FUTURE JOB

PLACE I'D LIKE TO VISIT

Thailand

*WHY FOR ME:

*WHY FOR MR. J:

MY AGE

in T-Minus 18 days.

your turn. i'd love to see your googles, if you'll let me.

*good call chels!

I like a good Giveaway!!
I've got NO furniture, so I think these would really ADD!
http://grosgrainfabulous.blogspot.com/2008/12/scribble-it-giveaway.html

Dumpster-Find Christmas!

Yes, you read that correctly. I enjoy a good Dumpster Dive from time-to-time. I wouldn't consider myself a 'diver' per say, since "my find" was neatly perched right on top, but...yea, I got our Christmas tree from a dumpster. The Story. One SUMMER several years ago Johnny and I were doing a little yard-work and house cleaning to gather our (usually quite generous) contribution to the annual neighborhood clean-up dumpster. Whilst weed-whacking (yes, I do this) I glanced toward the dumpster noticing how unusually full it was so early in the day. Then, with a wondering eye I spied, the most beautiful charlie brown Christmas tree, and I sighed. Yes. I really need that tree. We didn't have one. We'd spent WAY too much in past years on a REAL one. I knew I had to get a little closer to inspect the "damage", it must be damaged right? For some one to throw away a perfectly good tree already covered with fabulous twinkle lights, it must. I decided to weed-whack my way over there and get a closer look. After looking it over I quickly made a necessary decision...to give this "doomed" tree a real chance I needed to hastily get it home, and give it a proper 'once-over'. So that's what I did. I did a hurried glance around the neighborhood to make sure that no-one was watching, I didn't want to go to jail. You know they actually leave notes on your door telling you NOT to take from the dumpster. Huh? Weird. That's gross anyway. Hoping that not a soul would see...I made some lightning fast attempts at grabbing the tree, then I got a hold of the trunk. The look on Johnny's face as I rounded the corner, Christmas tree in tow...oh, it was priceless. (I would've taken a picture but unfortunatley I didn't find any ill-fated cameras). "You DIDN'T" he says...Oh, I did. Turns out, besides a bit bare from the waste down, there was NOT a THING wrong with this cute tree. Good and Free, my kind of Find! 3 years and going strong. We've decorated our charlie brown tree this year with a couple of my favorite ornaments. To share. Miss Crocodile w her high heal shoes and tiny trees on her back, she's adorable. The One, The Only...Elvis The Famous perched Cardinal and for Johnny, Every year he wants a canoe for Christmas and this is what he gets... Lastly, MY favorite Decoration this year, Three Wise Men Nutcrackers :) They're so cute. So Wise.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY DECORATING!

Confessions

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i park illegally at work every day.

when i get hurt i use half of the f-word. (fuuuuhhhhh!).

i like country music.

i am always late but wish i could always be on-time.

i like one of my dogs better than the other.

i always sing the wrong words to every song but pretend that, that's how it goes.

i have not driven the proper speed limit in years.

i have perfected the art of sneaking in shopping bags/removing tags/stashing in backs of closets/saying "what, this old thing?"

when i make a bagel and give half to someone else, i always keep the fatter half for myself.

when i bought Christmas presents for the moms and sisters i also bought October presents just for me.

i like coffee. and the smell of burnt grass.

my house is in constant disarray and i can never find what it is i need.

i roll my eyes at people behind their backs.

i have been known to dislike people's kids. specific kids.

i am planning to gain 10 lbs this season.

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your turn: confess! you'll feel better. i promise. i won't judge. much.

NOW: THIS IS :GETTING GOOD:

28 Reasons Twilight The Movie Is Better Than Twilight The Book

Found this with a fellow blogger hee hee

and added some touches.

1. First of all, the demands of compressing a 500-page book into a two-hour movie means that most of the boring scenes of Edward brooding about stuff have been cut. In fact, for the entire middle third of the movie, Edward seems happy most of the time, which Robert Pattinson frankly plays a lot better than he does the dark, serious looks.

2. The movie adds an amazing sequence in which Edward takes Bella to the top of an enormous tree for a view of the mountains and river below. It actually totally rules.

3. In the movie, vampires make an unnecessary but awesome whooshing sound when they jump around.

4. Bella's new friends in Forks have been given the Catherine Hardwicke treatment: They're cooler, funnier, more multicultural, and way more interesting than they are in the book, where they're mostly there to serve as distractions that Bella ignores on her way to Edward. For instance, Eric -- described in the book as "a gangly boy with skin problems" who's "the overly-helpful chess-club type" -- turns into a hip, attractive Gaysian. And when everyone goes to the beach, they don't just take boring walks to the tide pools; they go surfing!

5. Who knew Charlie's mustache was so awesome?

6. At the movie, you get to hear teenage girls shrieking, "I love you, Edward!!!" before the opening credits even begin.

7. We predict at least one actual Team Edward vs. Team Jacob riot in a movie theater somewhere in America; the rivalry gets much more visceral with audience members cheering the arrival of their heroes.

8. While the baseball scene can't completely avoid seeming like the campy miscalculation it is, we love that the vampires wear old-timey baseball uniforms.

9. There are jokes! Like, people tell jokes! Instead of just glumly or romantically talking about things! Bella and Edward even tell jokes to each other!

10. We guess because the movie was made by non-Mormons, there's a joke about Speedo-stuffing! And two jokes about boobs.

11. For no apparent reason, the alluring young waitress who can't stop flirting with Edward in Port Angeles has been transformed into a weird hipster chick with a hilarious bouffant. (and a tattoo on one of her breasts...thanks to Nikki for being the only one to spot it out!)

12. When Edward explains to Bella that he can read thoughts, he points around the restaurant and tells her what every one's thinking about: "Money ... sex ... sex ... money ... cat."

13. In a touching ode to primitive research technology, Bella actually reads a little bit about vampires in a book! Before going straight to Google.

14. Unlike in Twilight the book, in which Edward's afraid to even describe a hunt, we actually get to see Edward chase down a deer in the movie.

15. When Bella visits Edward's family, they charmingly attempt to cook her a meal. "We finally get to use the kitchen!" Dr. Cullen says.

16. The wall of the Cullens' house features a cute mural made up of dozens of the vampires' high-school graduation caps.

17. Due to Edward's chastity, at every point in the movie where you're expecting a sex scene, the filmmakers are forced to show long sequences of Edward and Bella lying down and staring soulfully at each other. They're even shot just like sex scenes! It's impossible to explain just how funny this is onscreen.

18. It really drives home the book's overarching message of the dangers of female sexuality when we actually see flushed temptress Bella, late at night in her bedroom, forcing herself upon Edward and the poor innocent vampire flinging himself against a wall to keep himself in check.

19. When Bella's mom hears that her daughter has a boyfriend, she demands, "Are you being safe?".

20. At no point in the movie does this scene occur. (Referencing the "YOU MADE ME FAINT!" scene).

21. Also, this scene was cut, thank God. (Referencing the "You're intoxicated by my very presence" crazy).

22.In general, we're just so relieved that the movie did away with most of the 1,000 scenes in which basically this exact thing happens: Bella: Don't go! Edward: I should go, but I can't. Bella: I am happy! Edward: You're an idiot for being happy. Bella: You are still totally gorgeous OMG OMG.

23. The other vampires - Laurent, Victoria, and James - don't just appear out of nowhere on page 375 because Stephenie Meyer belatedly realized something needed to happen. They make appearances throughout the movie, hunting and killing humans, which gives the movie not only little bursts of much-needed action but at least a game attempt at some suspense.

24. There's an actual fight scene between Edward and James, instead of Bella just passing out and getting told about it later. Mostly it's just them throwing each other through windows and crap, but in a story that's totally starved for action it's nice that they tried.

25. The movie answers in seconds a burning question the book never bothered to address: Do vampires in Twilight have reflections? Spoiler: Yes, they do!

26. Uh, Alice jumps onto James and TOTALLY BREAKS HIS NECK!

27. Movie prom is set in a gorgeous, opulent building with a twinkling gazebo for Edward and Bella's final dance! Book prom takes place in the gym.

28. "And so the lion fell in love with the lamb," Bella says. In the book, you just roll your eyes. In the movie theater, everyone cheers wildly!!

**A NOTE FROM MYSELF:

REMEMBER THIS??

AS IF YOU COULD OUTRUN ME. AS IF YOU COULD FIGHT ME OFF.

A PART IN THE MOVIE THAT I 'D CLEARLY OR SUBCONSCIOUSLY CHOSEN TO FORGET.

Why do we really like any of this, at all?

On the one hand, it was awful.

On the other hand, it was fantastic.

Special effects? Terrible.

Robert Pattinson? Swooooooon.

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I GUESS We'll NEVER KNOW!

YO GABBA GABBA!!

ANYONE HEARD OF THIS KID'S SHOW?

IT'S LIKE CRACK, FOR BABIES.

IT'S PROBABLY THEE WORST SHOW YOU'LL EVER SEE, at first. DON'T BE FOOLED BY YOUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS, THERE IS SOME FUNNY STUFF ON THIS SHOW and THERE ARE SOME ACTUAL LESSONS TOO! THIS SHOW IS ALL ABOUT MUSIC AND DANCING AND HAVING FUN...EVERYTHING IS MADE INTO A CATCHY SONG! THEY HAVE ALL SORTS OF CELEBRITY GUESTS, SOME BEATBOXING WITH BIZ MARKIE AND LOTS OF KIDZ SHOWING OFF THEIR "COOL TRICKS, COOL TRICKS!" IF YOU CAN GET PAST THIS GUY..."DJ LANCE"

YIKES. THEN THE SHOW ISN'T TOO BAD. ;) THERE ARE 5 DIFFERENT MONSTER CHARACTERS WHO TEACH THE KIDS LESSONS AND SING ABOUT EVERYTHING. OLIVIA GETS TO WATCH 1 SHOW A DAY (BUT SHE CAN'T GET ENOUGH) AND SHE LOVES TO GET UP AND DO THE MOVES THE MONSTERS DO WHEN THEY SING. IT'S REALLY QUITE CUTE. BESIDES THEY HAVE COOL MERCHANDISE LIKE THESE SHOES, AND THIS SHIRT: I TOTALLY WANT THE SHIRT. COME ON, IT SAYS "THERE'S A PARTY IN MY TUMMY" (SO YUMMY, SO YUMMY). YOU CAN BUY IT AT HOT TOPIC IN CASE YOU'RE DYING TO OWN ONE TOO.

JUST THOUGHT I'D GIVE A LITTLE "BEWARE", IF YOUR KIDS HAVEN'T FOUND "YO GABBA GABBA" YET...DON'T LET THEM. KIDS WILL GET ADDICTED & THE FIRST EPISODE IS ALWAYS FREE!

so i guess it comes down to ONE question...Am I a bad mother for letting her watch it? hmm.