MOVIE

Saturday we saw

I Am Legend.

I am not sure how I felt about it, no I am sure. I felt like I was flung out of a rollercoaster at the top of the highest peak, then had to hope that I would land somewhere soft.

The movie was going, going, then it suddenly ENDED! It was harsh! It was scarry.

Who has seen it - and please comment your thoughts!

Just a Little Catch Up

I need to catch you all up on a few pictures!

I'll start with Easter.

Here are some pictures:

Easter eggs that we colored. It was fun, and somewhat of a competition.

Quinn's is the bottom left green one, dad's is the yellow, colorful one above it.

Mine is the one with the 2 yellow stripes, that is another of Dad's next to mine (green with dots and yellow).

Kylie's loot.

Griffin's loot.

Zak and Quinn's loot.

This video is of our annual Easter Egg hunt. It is only mildly amusing. I find it too hard to video AND enjoy the action.

Kylie had her Highland Oaks Talent Show. It was fine. Her group talent was very good. Her girl scout troop did a dance to "Car Wash". I thought I was videoing her performance. I guess I wasn't because I don't have it. Today, out of frustration, I tried to see what the problem was and see if I could video. I guess I can, but not in the dark, under stress and duress.

So, here is that video, on Sunday. Only Zak has the duress (he has loads of homework to do).

Festival of Colors (Holi)

Steven and I went to Festival of Colors at the Krishna temple in Spanish Fork. You can look up what the holiday actually is, but basically there are thousands of people throwing colored powder at each other. It is crazy. I got a bunch of pictures which you are sure to enjoy.

Clamato

Ever hear of Clamato? It is a combination of Tomato juice and Clam juice. Quite possibly the worst concoction ever invented. I can't believe anyone would drink this stuff. Anyway, our roommate Joel was born on St. Patrick's day. He had a birthday party last night, so naturally we played (mormon) beer pong. It was quite a game. I ended up drinking 3 full glasses of a weird soda/grape juice cocktail, but the real kicker was that I had to drink the nasty point cup. It had a real combination of all sorts of things, but the taste of clam overpowered it all. I would never suggest trying this stuff, I was tasting it all night. Steven got away with an easy one glass.

Still

Kylie is STILL sick.

I am STILL doing laundry.

Griffin is STILL making big messes in the family room.

Zak is STILL talking football all the time and begging me to pick a favorite team.

Quinn is STILL joining in on the football talk, and (happily) doing his homework.

Dad is STILL trying to work out an offer on the Larkfield house (thank goodness!).

Throw-up & Clean-up

After 25 years of mothering, I had a child throw-up IN the car, not in a carseat. I guess my time had come.

Kylie went to her baseball game on Saturday, but felt too sick to play. We stayed until all the tissues were used up that I had, then we drove home. On the way one, she announced she thought she might have to throw-up. She did.

It turns out she has an upper respiratory infection. She has anti-biotics, so she should get better soon!

It took hours to clean up, hence the picture.

New Favorite Food Place

Since Chase is talking about favorites, here is my new favorite food place. Great Harvest is right by us, and at lunch time they do these great sandwiches. Not only that, but you get a free slice of bread. A HUGE hunk, where they put butter and stuff on it for you. I always get the Cinnamon Burst bread. Mmm. And, guess whose photo is posted on the counter? You guessed it. Our very own mission president.

UPDATE

Ok..it's been a while since I posted anything so I owe everyone an update. I think I mentioned it somewhere else, but starting last week I had a midterm in every single on of my classes, so I have been studying, going to reviews, doing homework, and writing essays all day almost every day. I got home past 10pm for 3/5 school nights last week. But, it is all over now so Im going to have a break for a while. I did pretty well on all of my midterms, except for I didnt do too well in econ. I missed a really important review because I was taking an in-class midterm for art history. Things are not looking good for that class because there are only 2 tests and a final, so if you mess up on one then you are in trouble. Hopefully things will start to go better for that class.

Other than that..I've noticed that throughout most of my life I go through phases of having favorite foods/activities (ie. eating donuts every day after school). Here are some of my recent favorites:

Favorite Drink: Blue Powerade. I drink it every day. Whenever I get a meal anywhere on campus, this is the drink I get. Every time I go running or do any type of physical activity, I stop off at the creamery to get some Blue Powerade. White is my 2nd favorite, and Green is my 3rd favorite. I different flavors depending on the severity of my thirst and what mood Im in. And yes, I refer to the flavors by their color. The people who work at the creamery all know I get powerades all the time too. They try to guess which flavor I'm going to get...its pretty funny.

Favorite Meal: Almost every day I go to subway to get a Chicken and Bacon BBQ sandwich on Italian Herbs and Cheese bread. Im very specific with how they make it. I make sure they put BBQ sauce on before they toast it so it soaks into the chicken and bacon, then I put southwest sauce on after its is toasted. A lot of the people who work at subway started to recognize me and know what I get every time. One girl said she would be very upset and confused if I ever changed what I ordered.

Favorite Activity: Recently I taught my two roommates and one other girl how to play racquetball and were all addicted. We go every single Saturday and sometimes more during the week. Its fun to get out of the apartment and do something active every once in a while. I am currently the reigning champion.

Favorite Pre-Bedtime Activity: Every night before I go to sleep I watch Conan O'Brian, and sometimes Jay Leno. Conan is the most important one to watch though. I always change into my pajamas and lay on the couch to relax before I go to sleep. This also helps me not stay up too late so I get a good amount of sleep each night. My roommate Sam watches it every night as well. A lot of people know we do this, so we randomly have people over to watch it with us pretty frequently.

Favorite Weekly Restaurant: Almost at least once a week a bunch of friends and I go to an on-campus restaurant called Legends Grill. We can use our dining dollars here and the food is really good so we like to go there to get a decent meal every week. A lot of athletes from the basketball, volleyball, and football teams go there to eat because its right by the track and indoor practice facility. My roommate is friends with Harvey Unga's girlfriend because they were from the same stake, so theycome eat with us every once in a while.

Ex-Favorite Activity: Near the beginning of the semester, for like 3 weeks, a bunch of friends and I would play monopoly every night. We would get very loud and competitive. The games usually lasted 2-3 hours. We dont do this anymore because it was wasting a lot of time and it started to get a little boring.

This isnt really a favorite, but Ive gone classic skating with a bunch of people a few times. We've gone like 3 times on Friday nights when its disco night, so a lot of people dress up and its pretty funny. I also went to the tumbling gym two days ago. It was the same place that steven went to. It was reeeally fun. We are definitely going to go back again. We had a jumping contest with and without a trampoline. I won the jump contest without the tramp. We would run down this platform thing that was slightly spring then dive over this big box things and land in a foam pit. I cleared one that was up to my chin, so it was about 5'4ish. We tied for the trampoline jump contest. We got it up to like 7 1/2 feet...it was way high and very fun.

Hmm...thats all I can think of for now. Aside from that, Im finished with everything I need to do for my mission. Ive just got to meet with the bishop one more time then meet with the stake president. Ill probably get my call mid-April depending on when I can set an appointment with the stake pres.

Maintaining the Status Quo

Not much happened today - worth mentioning anyway.

One bad thing....the house got more messy.

I will really try to rectify the situation tomorrow.

Good news: Lost is on!

I Screamed at the Doctor's Office Today

Today I had an appointment at the doctor's office to get this little piece of (gross) hanging skin taken off. It WAS located right at/below my right eye. I was hoping my doctor would say she could not take it off, that I would have to go to a dermotolgist.

No, she offered to possibly cut or freeze it off. She said she would freeze it. Ok, just lie back, she asked. I did. Weirdly, as she began her very slow and demented work, I thought it felt like cutting. YES, she was slowly and carefully cutting at my skin!

Tears were streaming down my face, eventually I screamed....a couple of times.

The tag of skin is off now. I am grateful, but my eye area still hurts.

P.S. I wish I knew how to add a scream sound when you touched the word scream.