Day Twenty nine

What are my hopes, plans and dreams for the next 365 days?

Well, here is one:

Now, I am only 9 weeks (on Saturday) so the baby doesn't look like much more than the back of a gummy bear. But on the screen you could see the little heart beating :) The little circle next to him or her is NOT the baby, so no gender thing or whatever you're all guessing.

Doc said that all is well. Chances of a miscarriage are at 10% at this point, less than 1% by my next sonogram in 4 weeks! So cool :) It helped to go in. It got me excited again. And he made me feel less of a blob. Said this time I am going to get hit harder, faster. So I dont feel like such a lame boob. Dont get me wrong, I'm no kickboxing instructor until the day I deliver, but hey, I'm a Becky :)

So, having this baby complication free is a hope and dream AND plan. Boo-yeah.

Another hope, dream and plan is to take on potty training. Chloe fits all the "profiling" you can do for when a child is ready except for one thing, an interest in taking off their pants. Yeah. She takes off shoes, socks and often asks for her shirt off. But that's it. So, we're waiting probably about 6 more months for that one.

I am also hoping our rent wont change so we can stay in this apartment. It is definitely in the outer rims of what we can afford, but I feel safe here. I haven't totally meshed into the ward, but I still know we're supposed to be here. And I think part of that is our new callings. Not to mention, I've been to several other apartments or heard of them and they all say ours is an incredible deal. Not a bragging thing, but another confirmation to me that this is a good place. A good plan.

I hope to donate my hair. I cant be sure how serious I am going to be about this, because I really want to do it. And I love the idea of doing it. Here's the thing. I contracted myself not to chop it off again until after I have the baby. I dont want to do the classic chop mistake. I want to love it--which means I am going to be picky about how short it goes. I am going to want it long enough to still do stuff with. And I dont know if it will be. Also, the haircut I want, I have a feeling will be very popular when I do it. 1. It'll be summer and 2.It is in an upcoming, predicted (by me) hit movie...at least with women. And as we all know from little Hermione Granger, all the women love her short hair and all the men hate it. So all women will be chopping their hair to look like gorgeous Julianne Hough. Sigh.

I plan on starting to train again to do another race with my Mom and sister. My Mother has very graciously agreed to hold onto one more half marathon after her possible retirement after 60 for me. Hopefully it'll be a Disney one :)

Life is good y'all. Life is hard. Life is short. And I am incredibly blessed to be living mine.

Day Twenty Eight

My year in great deal.

We applied to schools. We spent a lot of money on a lot of "no"s.

We applied again, but only schools in Georgia. We got in to the one he wanted!

We had one of the worst moves known to man.

We got over it.

We got pregnant.

We accepted our current lot in life and embraced it.

That is all the details you are going to get. It's like they dont expect us to blog before this and you not to read and need a review, in great detail, of our year.

I want to tell you... about this baby. First, let me tell you about my friend and her baby. She is 28+ weeks pregnant and has gained 2 pounds. 2....pounds...
Now let me tell you about my baby. My baby only lets my tummy relax when I am eating. So I eat a lot. Which is annoying. Especially cause I just came off this huge high! I was running like a beast, training, at my most fit ever and now I am sleeping all day long, eating like it's going out of style and... blah. In my defense, I am not eating crap. I am eating oranges and protein and applesauce without the sugar. Even if the only drink I can get down is lemonade... It's just annoying that I am already gaining. I was really looking forward to a fit pregnancy. So I am trying, even if it is just walking at a high incline.

First appointment tomorrow. I'll let you know how it goes, and probably have to tell you about the last decade in great detail :P

Day Twenty Seven

Now I am getting a little sick of this. Describe my month in great detail.

So let me just say this. Jamie was very sweet and bought me some surprise presents on Black Friday and I didnt have to wait for Christmas! I am watching one tonight. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.
I LOVED the books. LOVED LOVED LOVED the books. I will read them again. That being said, this movie is only 32 minutes in and I'm incredibly sad at how they've gone about this. Watching it as another entity is kind of fun. It is engaging, although confusing cause you wouldn't know right from left about this movie without it.

But that being said, it is missing a lot of stuff I loved. But I think I will use my gift of separating church and state and love them both for what they are.

He also got me a bag of potatoes :)

Day Twenty six

My week in great detail.

Gonna bypass this one again.

I'm currently listening to my daughter screaming murder from her room fighting bedtime. Saturday night Chloe climbed out of her crib 7 times. The 6th time she fell and was very angry. So I decided that after church the next day, we'd take down the side panel and make her a day bed.

Originally I thought we'd wait for an actual bed so we wouldn't have to do it twice, but it was to the point of safety being more important.

The first night she was a dream. Went down, only popped up once during the early evening. And slept in to her new normal of 6. Ouch. But, still.

Last night was a little more difficult. I had to start the cry it out method almost immediately. It lasted from 7:30 to 9. She woke up twice in the middle of the night but it wasn't a big deal. It wasn't until 5am that it got rough. It wouldn't have been so bad if it just got me up, but Jamie has this weird disorder where once he is awake, he cant fall back asleep. Weird. My disorder is I cant sleep when Chloe is crying. So we both got up and I agreed with Jamie to keep her in bed until 6:30.

I immediately prayed for Chloe to have comfort and to go back to bed. Jamie was so frustrated because he just has not been sleeping enough. She cried from 5-6:30, when we let her out. The excuses already started. "Mommy, water?! Mommy, food!?"

To help avoid this tonight we were going to put Chloe to bed earlier for her nap so she'd have more time to use up energy. She ended up climbing up on her toy chest, turning on her light and playing for an hour, so she actually got to bed a half hour past her normal time. She did wake up at 3:15 exhausted so we're hoping her not getting enough of a nap will help.

I dont hear her screaming anymore, or I even fidgeting. So, here is hoping. I dont think we could do another 5am wake up call. Any of us.

Day Twenty five

My day in great deal.

Honestly, you have more important things to do than read my day. So I am going to use this for a good ol' fashioned blog about thoughts with some things about my day.

Starting with this blog a day thing, at first I thought I was doing it because I needed prompts. And yes, I think that's true. I needed something to push me. But as I've written, I've learned that it wasn't that I didnt have things to write, it is that I didnt want to. I had all that craziness with the move and it just never stopped. And I didnt want to dwell, but I would share when anyone asked. I dunno, kept me quite I guess.

Something cool about that, I've been called as a Primary teacher and until New Years I am teaching the CTR 7 class (7 and 8 year olds). It's been really a trial by fire. My co-teacher never comes, so they called me to be someone more stable for the class, which I didnt know when they called me. Well, I was preparing for a lesson on forgiveness and it hit me that I could not teach them about it when I was not forgiving myself for the move. I was never angry at the people that did it. Weird? Sure. I was angry at me and I couldn't get over it being my fault. So I had a super awesome prayer and it's been an incredible healing process for me. The hardest part of the move was seriously the PTSD it brought me cause all I could do when I closed my eyes was see myself looking at the safe in the car and choosing not to bring it in, or relive hitting the floor when I walked in the door to call the police. And since my prayer and teaching these children, I haven't seen those things unless I purposely bring it up. And that has been amazing. I am so grateful for the gospel and prayer. Prayer is the ultimate.

Good news that did happen today, we got our insurance cards! We applied for Chloe and me but the big surprise is that Jamie got a card! We're super excited to see what this means for us, if that'll save on how much we spend of our loans or what not, but it is a huge relief. Especially cause I am in serious need of a nurse hotline! This pregnancy is so different, I just need some good ol' nurse lovin'.

Jameson had a final presentation tonight! Last week he is DONE with his FIRST semester of GRADUATE school! I am so proud of him. He has really risen to the occasion with school and then to add work on top of it when we saw the loans wouldn't be enough. He isn't sleeping much because he is up with Chloe at 6am then working the late holiday hours of 11:30pm. He is one of my heroes. I am so blessed to be married to a man so dedicated to his family.

And, back to the "topic at hand" I ended my day watching Dancing with the Stars finale and the Voice *curse curse curse* I'd rather be watching The Sing Off. Except Nicholas. He makes it worth it. And you know how I know I'm pregnant? I cry through every performance. Every. Performance.

Ending the night cleansed of poisons and full of homemade berry lattice pie :)

Day Twenty four

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Something I crave often.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

That's a phenomenal question. A year and a half ago I would've said Taco Bell. And that isn't to say that it doesn't sound good from time to time. But the year without got it mostly out of my system.

What his baby wants, which, is the size of a kidney point and shouldn't have that much of a say, is Jimmy John's Beach Sub: turkey, lettuce, tomato, avocado spread, on their 9 grain, with a pickle. Ohhhhhhhh yeah. Pickle.

If we're talking not dish and thinking ONE thing, bebe likes apples! Which means mama LOVES apples.

The one thing I am not craving, is sweet. I had half a piece of cake tonight. But I hate sweets. No chocolate. No sweet. Which is why I am eating my deliciously tart cranberry relish of orange, cranberry and very little sugar.



Sandwich....

Day Twenty three

Post a youtube video. First of all, watch my video AFTER you check out Jamie's Christmas list videos/playlist. It is the culmination of hours of hard work and he looks forward to it every year, as do I. So please, check it out.

That being said, this is my video. I love it. I smile with it. I laugh with it.

Enjoy.

Christmas Playlist

So I hesistate to write this because Becky has had a great thing going with her daily blogs, which have been fantastic. If you haven't read them, do it! But it's time for my annual Christmas playlist, as it is past Thanksgiving, and I want to share the joy with you. I've mixed things up a little this year, and searched pretty hard to find some good songs that people may not be familiar with. I've gone through literally hundreds of songs, but also note that my selection is fairly limited, and classics are all but absent in this playlist which does give me some cause for regret, but I figure a lot of people have those so I'm sure you can find them. Here goes!

1. Little Saint Nick - The Beach Boys
2. Holly Jolly Christmas - The Format
3. Put The Lights On The Tree - Sufjan Stevens
4. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Daphne Loves Derby
5. Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guaraldi Trio
6. Away In A Manger - Casting Crowns
7. Winter Wonderland - Phantom Planet
8. Mele Kalikimaka - Bing Crosby
9. You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch - Deanna Kirk
10. Carol of the Bells - The Bird and the Bee
11. All That I Want - The Weepies (LOVE this song)
12. Happy Holiday - Bing Crosby
13. White Christmas - Bright Eyes
14. Elf's Lament - Barenaked Ladies (feat. Michael Buble)
15. Little Drummer Boy - Jars Of Clay
16. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Norah Jones
17. A Visit From Saint Nicholas - John Williams: Boston Pops Orchestra (read by Robin Williams
18. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow - Matthew West
19. Must Be Santa - Bob Dylan
20. Oh Holy Night - Eisley
21. The First Noel - Lady Antebellum
22. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bruce Springsteen
23. The Peace Carol - John Denver & The Muppets
24. Angels We Have Heard On High - Chris Tomlin
25. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon and Yoko Ono
26. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Amy Grant

While I made each song have an audio link, there are several that are free to download. I can provide sources upon request. Hope you enjoy! Merry Christmas!

Day Twenty two

The story behind our blog's name.

Yes, I took Thanksgiving off and this was "yesterday's" post. Get over it.

Our blog title "Lucky in love" comes from our song :) Because our courtship and engagement were spent at least one state away from each other, our song was "Lucky" by Colbie Callait and Jason Mraz.




That's right. Bask in our sappiness and love it.

Dat Twenty one

A recipe.

No lie, thinking about food isn't my favorite thing right now. Unless it is food I want. Like Five Guys. mmmmmmm Five Guys. Burger. bacon. cheese. green pepper. lettuce. mustard. pickles. big bag of fries. Mmmmmm....

So what recipe shall I share?

In the spirit of Thanksgiving and pumpkin pie, I give you, a family favorite:

Pumpkin Pie Cake!

Crust:

1 pkg. yellow or white cake mix

     remove one cup and set aside

Add 1 cup melted butter and 1 egg

Mix together and pour into Pam sprayed 9x13 dripper pan.

Filling: Mix together:

3 cups pumpkin

2 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1/2 tsp cloves

2 tsp ginger

1/2 tsp salt2 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp nutmeg

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

3 eggs

2/3 cup canned milk

Mix well and pour over top of cake mix.

Topping: Mix until crumbly and sprinkle over filling:

1 cup reserved cake mix

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup butter

Scatter 1/2 cup or more slivered almonds (or pecans) over top of cake

Bake @ 350 for 45-50 minutes until knife comes out clean.

Served with whipped cream on top.

 

Let me know if you try it! Cause.... it's fabulous.

Day Twenty

 A picture of me and my family. This is my super nuclear family :) I would post a more recent one like it requires... but you've seen all my post run pictures. Me as Mario, Chloe as Princess Peach, Jamie as my awesome husband being surprised by this Fathers Day Party!

My family of origin minus my eldest brother Marshall but with my Mother's Father. This isn't recent... but it is the most most of us have been in one place. Sad day! Family reunion!!!! Of course... it's looking like it'll happen when I'm pregnant. Yay for us together! Aww for me being uuber pregnant when we take the picture.

Day Nineteen

What nicknames have you had and what are the reasons behind them?

The first I remember is Becky-bear. I dont know if it stemmed from one particular teddy bear present or if it just worked out that way, but my wall hanging was a teddy bear (now in Chloe's room), my Mom was given a teddy bear as a surprise right before she had me and now it's Chloe's :)

Then it's Becky. I was called that because Mom named me after her best friend Rebecca Hunter and she goes by Becky.

Becks was just always there...

Becka. I gave it to myself. When moving from California to Colorado I felt like I wanted a more grownup nickname going into junior high. So I switched it, didn't like the "cc" and made it "ck".

Usagi. It means bunny in Japanese. My friend and I watched a lot of anime and drew a lot... and what not, so it stuck :)

Bex happened in high school. My family called me "Becks" but that didn't seem much of a nickname cause it wasn't shorter, so it turned into Bex to make it shorter to write.

Which is why my name in a friend's phone is "Bex with an x". He had another nickname for me but he cant remember what it was. I think it is convenient memory loss because I've heard the nicknames he has given girls that married into the Budge Boys or didnt...

Nothing too exciting. But there you have it.

Day Eighteen

Plans/Dreams/Goals I have.

Well, plans feel like something more practical than the others. So, my plan is to get Chloe and I insured. I plan on having a baby in July. I plan on sticking with running/walking through this pregnancy.

Dreams are much more fun, in my opinion. I dream of traveling again. More than anywhere, I really want to go to Ireland and Scotland again. Something about knowing I came from there just really draws me. I actually MISS it. I dream about going back to our honeymoon hotel just Jamie and me.

I dont mean to go all deep on y'all, or maybe it will make me seem more shallow, but I dont feel like I really dream toward anything outside traveling. Just because we're taught to live in the now and not live in the future. And I feel like thinking about what I want that far down the road will cheapen what I have now. Not to say you shouldn't have direction or look forward to it, but, I just haven't in a while. So much has happened to me lately that I dont feel like looking far forward. I dream just to get through every day. Maybe that makes me short sighted. But I like to think of it as living in the moment and being pleasantly surprised with whatever comes my way. As a girl you dream about school, marriage, family, etc. And I've found all my dreams... what more could I want? Just a continuation of what I already have really.

Goals, now that is something I can talk about. I have a goal to always fit into my wedding dress between babies, to be able to play every song in the hymn and children book, to be able to do "man" push ups as easily as "woman" push ups, to donate my hair to locks of love, to clean my kitchen every night, to be a good mother/teach my children about the gospel, to show my husband I love him as much as I tell him I do, to make my bed every morning.

My goals may seem small and they may seem mundane. But those are the goals that set up bigger goals to happen. I consider it my domino effect. My doing the small things, great things shall come to pass ;)

What else is there?

We'll know, come July 7th :)

Day Seventeen

Put your ipod on shuffle, list the first 10 songs that play

1. So I thought---Flyleaf
2. Okay, so this is a little embarrassing... but... "I Wanna Touch your Soul---Benny Benassi & The Biz
3. If I Could Reach Your Heart--Cirque Du Soleil
4. Awake---Secondhand Serenade
5.Filling the Air With Music---Skye
6.This Never Happened Before--- Paul McCartney
7. Paper Thin Walls--- Modest Mouse
8. O Holy Night---Martina McBride
9. Our Song--- Taylor Swift
10. Good Mornin' Life---Dean Martin

I need to remember some of these, I miss them! I sure do love me some Skye...and Dean Martin...

Two of these are soundtrack songs, one I didnt even know I owned, one Christmas song and two were gifted to me. The rest are pretty much my originals :)

Day Sixteen

A song that makes you cry, or nearly cry.

I dare you not to.

Day Fifteen

What is your favorite song?

This song kind of spans the time... I always go back to it. It always makes me smile. And you can rock out to it :)



That being out there, I love Lucky by Colbie and Jason because it is my and Jameson's song. I love Sara B's Gonna Get Over you music video.

Day Fourteen

What would you find in my bag?

I'm going to translate "bag" to "purse". Because I do not have a purse, I am then going to translate "purse" to "Chloe's bag" because... that is all I carry.

Inside Chloe's cute new backpack from my mother you would find...

Diapers, Wipes, Lightning McQueen and other various cars, Little Blue Truck, Who's That Baby?, a bag of grapes, her new water cup, a noise maker from Aunt Bonnie and my wallet.

Not super exciting. But the bag is! It's a little blue owl with bright straps. I've gotten a compliment or two on it. Ironically, I got said compliments when Chloe wasn't with me.

Huh.

Day Thirteen

A picture of somewhere I've been.

This is the beautiful Aran Island. I went on a British Literary Tour while attending BYUI. We hit Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England and France. It was fabulous! If I could go back to any of those places, it would be here. Ireland and Scotland were incredibly beautiful!

This was while we were on a bike ride around the Isle and up to the cliffs. How do you beat that? I mean seriously.

Gorgeous.

Day Twelve

 A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you.
It doesn't really feel right only having one picture of one person.

 

 Here stands the love of my life on our first married Valentines Day.

He has been so influential in my life, it kind of surprises me when I sit down and think about it. He makes me smile every day, he helps me work through my crazy, he has taught me to relax! Which, I am not good at all the time, but I think that is the biggest thing. He just has this attitude of everything will work out and he BELIEVES it! Which helps me believe it. I cant tell you everything he's done for me because I know that I dont even know it all :) But I look forward to learning more ways to be better with my husband.

It is impossible to do a post on "the most influential people" without my parents. They are the most amazing people I know. They raised me right, taught me right from wrong, supported me, pushed me, and loved me through it all. I couldn't have gotten here without them.

Day Eleven

A photo taken recently...

Just cause I like to brag, I choose:

I like this one cause I kind of stand out :) But when you're surrounded by blondes that choose dark shirts because of their hair color, it makes your dark hair and light shirt glow :)

First Race!

Day Ten

A picture taken of you over 10 years ago.

Lucky for you, I happen to have many of the memorabilia binders my mother kept for me. I was going to go far enough back that I looked cute and girly. You see, in Kindergarten I still wore shorts and bejeweled outfits, Mom would braid my hair so it would look like Shirely Temple the next day and I looked cute.

And I looked at some of those. But the two pictures I am going to show you say a lot more about me and give me more fun stuff to say about my embarrassing past. Now, before the first picture I need to tell you something. We do not have a scanner. So these pictures are courtesy of my itouch snapping a picture of pictures. These are from the 4th grade.

First up:

 Now who does not want to squish that cute little pudgy face?! I love this picture. So much love and charity...humility...honesty...love...
This is a child that was born in the 80s, to grow and flourish during the fashionable 90s! Boom-shakalaka. I chose this picture, other than for the obvious reasons to show you the bangs through the hat style I sported. And to document the Pooh bear phase that transitioned into the Tweety Bird phase that actually ended tragically because I got wind that he was actually a he.... Or maybe it was because I got sick of telling people he was a he. I cant remember which.

This little golden nugget has a rich background. This is my school picture.
My hair is growing out from one of my many chop mistakes.
If you are wondering about the baggy shirt and if that is just an illusion of the stripes, no. It is not. I was in the stage of wearing clothes bought at the store my high school aged brother was shopping at. I liked his clothes better than girl clothes, I had no confidence in my body and the best thing to do was to cover it up and not deal with it.
My lovely toothy gap caused me to beg my dentist for braces every time I went in and every time he said no.
The gold chain was from a trip to a gold mine in Oregon from a family reunion.
And you cant tell me you didnt love overalls at one point or another... Maybe I need to find me another pair...

So there you have it, my attitudeliciousness, my bagginess....

Quick side note about my baggy clothes. If they weren't baggy they were ridiculously short cropped (baby belly poking out if I raised my hands) and over compensating the other direction. This lasted until I moved to Colorado where I was forced into a middle school dress code of which I fought rigorously and found many ways to bend,  brake and otherwise protest the rules. I actually got a yellow slip for having a sweatshirt tied around my waist (another Becky staple as I felt this hid my rather curvy booty). They cited it as a personal hazard in case it got caught on a stair and made me fall. As if. I wrote a lengthy response on the comment section before I showed it to my mother, to whom I told I was erase it. She encouraged me to keep it. Thus began Ms. Harvey's and my lovely banter for the next two years. 

Day Nine

A photo that I've taken.
 Here is the REAL stretch... a photo I HAVEN'T taken. But I'll stick to the books on this one.

I love this picture :) I was wearing my dress after several years and Chloe wanted to play dress up with me. What mother wouldn't love this picture of their bebe?

Day Eight

This doesn't make much sense to me. Why on earth would you want to see a picture that makes me sad or angry? I dont really keep those kinds of things around.

I want to tell you why before I put up the picture because it isn't necessarily a sad/angry picture in the.... I dunno, traditional sense? It doesn't make me angry at all. It makes me sad in the, appreciative yet I wish it didnt have to be so difficult but know it had to be sense. So it falls under sad but incredibly beautiful picture that I love.

I love my Savior and am grateful that He went through this for me personally. It does make me hurt and feel sad knowing He had to go through it because I wouldn't be able to get through this test on my own. But I can be sad and full of love and gratitude at the same time.

Day 5.0

You know, cause 5.0 is the updated version?
Even though... it just looks like... a 5.

Anyway, this is my favorite quote:

"With any major decision there are cautions and considerations to make, but once there has been illumination, beware the temptation to retreat from a good thing. If it was right when you prayed about it and trusted it and lived for it, it is right now."

I have fallen back on this quote several times and it has brought me untold amounts of comfort when it comes to feeling like maybe I made a rash decision. It brings peace and confidence. And I hope it can help someone else too.

Where was it?
At the bottom of my daughter's toy chest. Found when looking for the little people for her school bus.

Day Seven

Again, "A" picture? Ha.

A picture that makes me smile. They are both pretty obvious, but I'll give you a little insight into my why. The first is actually a candid shot between real ones, but how perfect is it? Me looking at him all in love and joyful in him as a father and husband. Him looking at his little girl with wonder and love. It is just a perfect picture.

The second is one of the few pictures staged of me with Chloe girl. And it is one of the pictures that makes me smile the biggest. 

Common theme? My family :')

Day Six

A picture of me with my friends!

 A photo? 

A!? 

Not possible.

 In no particular order, these are pictures of me with friends! First up is Kass. We were mortal enemies as children, had a spiritual awakening together at girl's camp, became friends and ultimately completed the Three Musketeers of California with Jessica.

 Because there is no recent pictures of the three of us this is the other Musketeer--Jessica. We met several years after Kass and I ( she actually could probably take credit for Kass and me making up), was a roomie in college and is now finishing up her mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints.

Okay... so I know I said this was in no particular order...  But... This picture is missing some of them because well, that picture didnt get taken due to two newly born babes needing to be taken care of. From left to right:Marshall (Heidi), Bonnie (Kirk), Ken (Kristen), Bard (Ric).

My parents. I know I am supposed to be in the picture, but this alone should show you why they are my friends :)

 My daughter. She isn't old enough to know it, but she is.

This is my best friend. Jameson. If you didnt know that, you dont know me.

Day Five

My favorite quote.

I have two very meaningful quotes in my life right now. One is from Pinterest.

"Sometimes you are delayed where you are because God knows there's a storm where you're headed!"

I love this quote for a lot of reasons. The most obvious is our move fiasco. It wasn't supposed to go the way it did... you know, robbery, almost lose our apartment, lose tons of money... that sort of thing. This helps me remember that nothing goes without God's notice and that He is looking out for me. The one you may not know is that we were going to start trying for a baby in August. Granted, we aren't that off schedule, but we really wanted this baby and because of the bad move we knew we had to wait until all our identification documentation was replaced.

The grand-daddy of all favorite quotes, the one that has been in my bathroom drawer or wherever else I put it to save my day is:

Well shoot... I cant find it. I kept it in my journal. But I finished it so I moved it to my scriptures. But one day it fell out so I put it somewhere to stay extra safe. I am super frustrated. I'll keep looking at post it as a post-script to a later post.

But just so you get the gist, it is a quote given from an LDS talk I heard while at BYUI. It basically says that if you feel good about a decision when you make it, you cant give in to doubt later. It's awesome.

Day Four

As an English Lit major I get this question a lot,

"What is your favorite book?"

And I feel like, as an English major, I should have an answer. Truth is, I dont. Which is why I am glad I followed my impression that led me to marry Jameson. Some of you may know that the day before I met Jameson for the second time, Spokane was hit with a huge snow storm that would've made it very dangerous to try and make my GRE test the next day. So we canceled my flight which was canceled anyway, got the test refunded and the next day, when I was supposed to be testing, I saw Jameson.

I am not saying in an alternate decision making universe I wouldn't have done well and become a good English teacher. But I am saying I think I have a quirk that wouldn't be seen as a quality. I read for entertainment--to a fault. Sure I still pick up my Hemingway, Faulkner and occasional poets but I am perfectly satisfied with popcorn reading. To me, it's not a bad thing. I love it.

My favorite series, because it was my first, David Eddings Pawn of Prophecy. First real series suggested by my brother Ken.

My favorite classic is the Count of Monte Cristo. Great great great read! Dont watch the movie. At least not without the cut scene where Mercedes tells off her standin husband.

For some reason I keep wanting to say my favorite is Once and Future King. Time for a re-read!

Day Three

What is your favorite television show?

I need to find a better blog challenge...

Television shows are like popcorn to me. When I make a bowl it is delicious and I think, "Wow! I really like this popcorn!" I'll eat it all then not make it again for weeks. And this is why. I'll find a show, get really into it, like on Netflix. I'll watch the bajeebers out of it until one of two things happen.
1. I run out of seasons because they are either currently playing on tv and not all uploaded
or
2. I get disinterested.

As it stands, nerdy me and Jamie are loving Big Bang Theory. It's nerdy, it's funny, and clever enough to make you enjoy watching reruns.

My inner college girl loves Vampire Diaries. I love the complicated relationships and as a happily married woman I enjoy watching other people fall in love.

The practical me enjoys Biggest Loser. It is a great feeling watching people meet their goals and watching what the trainers do and try to apply it to me.

The Literary me adores Downton Abbey. I've only watched one season and I am thirsty for more! Old English, scandal, honor, family ties, desire to live how you want and not how society dictates... English Literature Major crack on a screen!

The adventurous me solves Castle. Who doesn't love a ruggedly handsome author falling in love with his homicide detective counterpart while solving crime!? Ummm... no one.

Again, "favorite"? I think not. Practical, literary, Adventurous and Nerdy do not agree but enjoy in their own sphere.

But lately, all I've wanted to do is read. Sorry shows, no offense, but reading is my leading man.

Day Two

What is my favorite movie?

I hate this question. What is your favorite Disney, Action, Romantic-Comedy, Documentary, etc. WHATEVER just be specific!

So here is what I am going to do. This is the question I am answering:

What is the movie right now in your life that you can put on, sit back and enjoy or, what is the movie that makes you feel better right now?

Still not a perfect question, but a movie that I can just put in and enjoy, knowing I'll be happy while I watch it counts to me as a favorite of the moment. And right now that moment creator is....





RED
Not what you expected? It has humor, honor, romance, action, witty remarks... I cant think of anything better right now. Sure there are other movies I am enjoying watching and I dont think there is a Cary Grant movie I dont love watching any time of day. But last week when I needed something, this is what I wanted and it didnt disappoint.

Looking for something more family friendly? AKA when Chloe is in the room?




I really do love this. Just a peaceful, beautifully sounding movie.

Ask me again in a week and things will change,  movies will move up and down the ranks, but they'll still be on the list.

Day One

I've been wanting to do this blog a day challenge for a while, and seeing as the move drama is mostly over I finally have the peace of mind to write.

15 Interesting facts:

-My big bottom lip isn't real, it's scar tissue.
-I was an alternate for State in highschool for the 100 yard butterfly.
-I was a horrible nail biter until a random day in college I just stopped.
-I used to put my spoon between my toes and use my feet to feed myself cereal.
-I've never broken a bone.
-I have a collection of Josephine Wall puzzles.
-I would pull my friend's teeth during recess for fun.
-I graduated with my Bachelors of Science at 20.
-I like to do portraits using graphite.
-I took Tae Kwon Do when I was young and made it to brown belt. Hi-Yah!
-I've beaten Zelda Ocarina of Time on the N64 7 times.
-My car's CD tray is full of musical soundtracks.
-My first week of college I changed my major with the school three times and proceeded to do it another three that trimester. It ended up the one I had in the first place-English Lit.
-I can beat my husband at Mario Kart.
- I ran a half marathon while pregnant