If you need a good laugh for your Friday morning, go here:
I'd like to add corners and cheese graters to that list. No matter how wide I swing, the corner always jumps out and tags me. Cheese graters, don't like fingers. Enough said.
Have a great weekend!
October 19, 2012
October 15, 2012
Traffic and Updates!
Yeah maybe I'll be a little more patient with our construction induced traffic after looking at the traffic in Albania.... Elder Francis.... good luck keeping your sanity while driving in that!
Updates:
Parker and I went bowling this weekend - my first time dusting off my bowling ball and shoes in about a year! I'm pretty sure I'm a little sore from the 3 games we played. It was a lot of fun though :)
I finished the Office season 5! My mom just re-activated her Netflix account so now I can watch seasons 6-8 too! I'm obsessed....
I started my messenger bag that I mentioned back here! Sewed my first lined pockets all by myself :) Huge personal victory. Fist pump.
And last but not least, my grandpa turns 91 this Wednesday!!!!
October 11, 2012
Overwhelmed
First off, happy 10/11/12 day! This won't happen again until next year on 11/12/13, so savor this day......
So lately I've been wandering off into the blogging word, trying to see what is really out there. Honestly I feel the way I did when I first started Facebook. I looked at everyone and anyones pictures, and eventually I would realize I had ended up looking at someones pictures who was a friend of a friend of a cousin's friend, wondering how I got there.... you get the point.
While I've been searching, who knows what for, I've come across some absolutely fantastic blogs/websites. Here's a list of my new favorites: (Click to view their awesome websites)
Blissful and Domestic
High Heels and Grills
Nice Girl Notes
Cold Hands Warm Hearts
Elle Apparel
After finding Blissful and Domestic today, all of a sudden I became overwhelmed. There are a million people out there that have fantastic websites/blogs on every type of subject: crafts, food, DIY, finances, work, sewing, time management, stress relief, exercising, etc. I want to buy a house now while the interest rates are low and I have little expenses, and I want to set up all my food storage, I want to sew a cover for everything...the list could go on and on! It's exhausting to think about all the things I 'could' be doing. I feel like I want to research all of it, make all of it, but there is so much information I couldn't possibly apply it all. Everyone has their awesome tips, tricks and secrets, and I don't know how I can possibly remember everything. Honestly, my compulsive need to put everything in a chart or report is eating away at me right now - I would LOVE to make an excel spreadsheet with individual life categories with little tips under each one. Basically I want to put my brain and everyone elses brains on paper and make it all organized and neat. But, where do you start?!
So, I've decided I'm starting with a budget. That's something I feel like I can tackle right now. Next month, maybe it will be setting up a cleaning chart/schedule. Who knows.
And to wrap up this explosion of thoughts, if anyone has any great tips on budgeting, let me know. I'll be trying to figure out all my options, and making one work for me that is realistic..... wish me luck!
So lately I've been wandering off into the blogging word, trying to see what is really out there. Honestly I feel the way I did when I first started Facebook. I looked at everyone and anyones pictures, and eventually I would realize I had ended up looking at someones pictures who was a friend of a friend of a cousin's friend, wondering how I got there.... you get the point.
While I've been searching, who knows what for, I've come across some absolutely fantastic blogs/websites. Here's a list of my new favorites: (Click to view their awesome websites)
Blissful and Domestic
High Heels and Grills
Nice Girl Notes
Cold Hands Warm Hearts
Elle Apparel
After finding Blissful and Domestic today, all of a sudden I became overwhelmed. There are a million people out there that have fantastic websites/blogs on every type of subject: crafts, food, DIY, finances, work, sewing, time management, stress relief, exercising, etc. I want to buy a house now while the interest rates are low and I have little expenses, and I want to set up all my food storage, I want to sew a cover for everything...the list could go on and on! It's exhausting to think about all the things I 'could' be doing. I feel like I want to research all of it, make all of it, but there is so much information I couldn't possibly apply it all. Everyone has their awesome tips, tricks and secrets, and I don't know how I can possibly remember everything. Honestly, my compulsive need to put everything in a chart or report is eating away at me right now - I would LOVE to make an excel spreadsheet with individual life categories with little tips under each one. Basically I want to put my brain and everyone elses brains on paper and make it all organized and neat. But, where do you start?!
So, I've decided I'm starting with a budget. That's something I feel like I can tackle right now. Next month, maybe it will be setting up a cleaning chart/schedule. Who knows.
And to wrap up this explosion of thoughts, if anyone has any great tips on budgeting, let me know. I'll be trying to figure out all my options, and making one work for me that is realistic..... wish me luck!
What's Cookin' Wednesday - Crunchwrap Supreme
Last night I made a homemade version of the Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme!! I got the recipe here, and figured it was within my skill level. HUGE SUCCESS! I highly recommend this recipe! It's fun to make, and they tasted so good!
I didn't have time to take a picture of the inside because
I ate it too fast.... :)
*Only suggestion: make sure to cook the corn tortillas as long as you need to to make sure it's really crunchy. Mine took longer than 3 minutes...
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Mine.
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I didn't have time to take a picture of the inside because
I ate it too fast.... :)
*Only suggestion: make sure to cook the corn tortillas as long as you need to to make sure it's really crunchy. Mine took longer than 3 minutes...
October 10, 2012
Manual Training
Parker and I practiced driving my car in the church parking lot last night! Parker had never driven a stick shift before and asked me to teach him. no pressure.
He started off perfectly his first try! Then he got comfortable, made a few mistakes, then started over thinking everything.... and then the whiplash started. :) Overall he did really well, just needs a bit more practice! Looks like I know what we'll be doing this weekend!
He started off perfectly his first try! Then he got comfortable, made a few mistakes, then started over thinking everything.... and then the whiplash started. :) Overall he did really well, just needs a bit more practice! Looks like I know what we'll be doing this weekend!
October 8, 2012
October To Do List
I think I'm going to start doing To-Do lists for projects I want to do during each month. They might actually get done if I set a time frame, eh? I can only hope....
P.S. click on the de-junk link, you'll find an awesome list of questions to ask yourselve while de-junking!
OCTOBER TO DO LIST:
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| Paint |
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| Sew this Messenger bag |
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| De-Junk bathroom and kitchen storage boxes |
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| Sew this iPhone case |
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| Start going to the cycling class with my mom |
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| Watch this. |
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| Finish this. |
I'm off to a good start if you ask me! I found the bookcase at a yard sale for $15! Booyah! (So much better than the cheapest one I could find....$75) I have been trying to figure out how to keep my shoes organized and I think this will work! This way I can look at all my beautiful vans, and none of my shoes will get squished. I bought the fabric and have it all cut out for the messenger bag and I'll use scraps I have to make the iPhone case. I have a few more hopeful items I could add to this list, but I'll start here first. Don't want to get too ambitious. :)
P.S. click on the de-junk link, you'll find an awesome list of questions to ask yourselve while de-junking!
October 5, 2012
Daybreak
Guess where I was able to go yesterday?!
This was my first trip to South Jordan and can I just say I was more than impressed. The Oquirrh Mountain temple always scared me with it's odd name. Is that terrible of me to say? It's terrible huh? Face into palm. Usually I don't trust things I can't spell. So I practiced the spelling a few times, got down the pronunciation and I was good to go! :) First off, this temple is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I don't know if you're supposed to pick favorites, but my mom said it was okay, so it's settled, this is my new favorite. It's on top of a hill, right in Daybreak and is just so aesthetically appealing. Secondly, Daybreak..... WOW. I had heard that it was quite fantastic, but no one prepared me for how adorable every single house was. They were still pretty good sized houses for being so close together, and the whole neighborhood was immaculately clean - decorated in the style I currently can only Pin about. Seeing all those cute houses made me want my own so badly! I have to admit, I've been looking at them all morning. Yeah.... looks like I'll just have to keep pinning my Daybreak house dreams for awhile. :)
I am so grateful that I was able to go to the temple yesterday. I can't even describe the overwhelming peace, happiness and spirit that I felt the instant I walked through those doors. I need that peace in my busy life, and I need it more consistently. I've made an October resolution, that I will go to the temple every Thursday to do Baptisms. We'll see how it turns out, but I'm really excited to give it a try!
Here's to a good weekend - and a happy birthday Mr. Mitchell!
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| Oquirrh Mountain LDS Temple |
I am so grateful that I was able to go to the temple yesterday. I can't even describe the overwhelming peace, happiness and spirit that I felt the instant I walked through those doors. I need that peace in my busy life, and I need it more consistently. I've made an October resolution, that I will go to the temple every Thursday to do Baptisms. We'll see how it turns out, but I'm really excited to give it a try!
Here's to a good weekend - and a happy birthday Mr. Mitchell!
September 28, 2012
I Love Commercials
I seriously cannot get enough of this. I think about it every time we have tacos, and whenever someone does a "wave-your-hands-in-the-air" dance I think of it. haha so good.
*Why did I think of it right now? Because I just did the "wave-your-hands-in-the-air" dance. :)
*Why did I think of it right now? Because I just did the "wave-your-hands-in-the-air" dance. :)
September 26, 2012
I'd Like to Retire Now, Thank You.
Yesterday we started the tournament for our coed softball team! Our first game..... not so great. Well the ending wasn't. We played really well throughout the game, just couldn't pull it out in the end. I happened to catch a pop fly in left center. NBD, just a nice little personal victory for me! Okay, maybe it wasn't such a personal victory, I did do a little dance and threw my hands in the air in excitement. Todd just shook his head and laughed. :)
Second game the score went back and forth and everyone was hitting so well! 7th inning came around, the time was up and we were last at bat. Score: 10-15 them. We had a lot of ground to make up, and to be honest.... I was doubtful. So we cheered everyone on and finally things started dropping for us! By that, I mean that we couldn't get a strike pitched to save our lives. Normally we all have a little too much pride to walk, but at a time like this all of us decided if we can walk everyone to get some runs, we'll have a fighting chance. So it continued. Jeff was walked (even though you could tell it pained him to do so) with a girl walking behind him, then Matt walked (barely, you could tell he wanted to hit it so badly), then another girl, then Kurt hit a few people in. Now I was up. Two strikes on the board, so I knew I couldn't get out. So, I walked up there - super cool strut, and got in my "I'll-pretend-I-know-what-I'm-doing-stance." Well..... Strike. Apparently I wasn't ready for that one. Next pitch.... perfect. It was one of my best hits, right between 2nd and short stop and just over their heads in the gap! I hurried my legs to first base and was beaming just to know I didn't let my team down this time, I made it on base! Little did I know, it was a bit more than just making it on base. Everyone started walking back to the dug outs and my team was flooding the field. I couldn't figure out what was going on, and I was quite confused.... Wait! ....but I made it on base! They didn't call me out! Everyone was giving me high fives and I finally asked, "wait is it over? Did we win?" Everyone screamed, "Yeah!! We were tied at 15's and your hit sent Camie home to finish the game!!! You won the game for us!!!!" Wow.
After the game all the little nieces and nephews were calling me to come out. Once I did, they told me to lay on the grass. They are too cute to resist, so I did, and they performed a proper victory doggy pile. Corbin said, "Hailey! You won the game for us! Now we can come back and watch again, and play with our friends! Thanks." haha best. fans. ever. If I'm being honest with myself, it's probably a good thing I didn't read the score board, and didn't realize the pressure I had to get on base. Thank you blonde hair. I think I'll keep you. :)
Oh and you know I did a celebration dance all the way back to the dug out. And maybe one in the parking lot. Domination.
Second game the score went back and forth and everyone was hitting so well! 7th inning came around, the time was up and we were last at bat. Score: 10-15 them. We had a lot of ground to make up, and to be honest.... I was doubtful. So we cheered everyone on and finally things started dropping for us! By that, I mean that we couldn't get a strike pitched to save our lives. Normally we all have a little too much pride to walk, but at a time like this all of us decided if we can walk everyone to get some runs, we'll have a fighting chance. So it continued. Jeff was walked (even though you could tell it pained him to do so) with a girl walking behind him, then Matt walked (barely, you could tell he wanted to hit it so badly), then another girl, then Kurt hit a few people in. Now I was up. Two strikes on the board, so I knew I couldn't get out. So, I walked up there - super cool strut, and got in my "I'll-pretend-I-know-what-I'm-doing-stance." Well..... Strike. Apparently I wasn't ready for that one. Next pitch.... perfect. It was one of my best hits, right between 2nd and short stop and just over their heads in the gap! I hurried my legs to first base and was beaming just to know I didn't let my team down this time, I made it on base! Little did I know, it was a bit more than just making it on base. Everyone started walking back to the dug outs and my team was flooding the field. I couldn't figure out what was going on, and I was quite confused.... Wait! ....but I made it on base! They didn't call me out! Everyone was giving me high fives and I finally asked, "wait is it over? Did we win?" Everyone screamed, "Yeah!! We were tied at 15's and your hit sent Camie home to finish the game!!! You won the game for us!!!!" Wow.
After the game all the little nieces and nephews were calling me to come out. Once I did, they told me to lay on the grass. They are too cute to resist, so I did, and they performed a proper victory doggy pile. Corbin said, "Hailey! You won the game for us! Now we can come back and watch again, and play with our friends! Thanks." haha best. fans. ever. If I'm being honest with myself, it's probably a good thing I didn't read the score board, and didn't realize the pressure I had to get on base. Thank you blonde hair. I think I'll keep you. :)
Oh and you know I did a celebration dance all the way back to the dug out. And maybe one in the parking lot. Domination.
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