It seems that everyone celebrated our New President...

Everyone must have shopped at the same store!

I think that National Treasure 2 pulled some strings for this one....
Auretha - you da girl... party on

RU Guilty? I am....

Ok - so my friend Alanna posted a blog about taking her favorite burrito to a movie inside her purse - to which I made some silly comment - which led to her asking what (if any - because I can't believe that anyone would think that "MmWAA" would ever do anything like that - wink wink) I may have previously packed in my purse to watch the flickage of choice. I believe that the most difficult items involved in piracy, would be an entire meal from McDonald's - because it was faster than waiting in line at the theater and I am a BIG fan of McDonald's Coke. It was difficult because I didn't want to spill the drink inside my purse and I looked pretty silly with the rolling luggage it took to get it in there (reminder to me - don't super size anything). So - I guess I'm also guilty of taking in several packages of licorice - red, black and my favorite chocolate licorice. Silly me - even after slummin' in the food - I'll get a large popcorn with butter half way up once I get there (a $50.00 total usually....) My daughters are probably guilty of the dirty stuff they can take in - so I leave the challenge to the 3 people that actually read my blog..... what's in your wallet? Gotta go - off to the movies....

Pitbull - You are an old....

..... friend and the best anyone could ever ask for. I love yer guts off Elaine. Random thoughts on your birthday today..... 1/2 of a toilet seat, the glow in the dark Fryer and Nun, stealing the U of U flag, basketball, volleyball, softball, children, husbands, weddings, grandchildren, burning of the worst ornaments, meeting at 250 North and 200 North (where ever that is), running backwards on the treadmill at Golds Gym, Rudolph with bloody arrows through it, chicken legs sewn to Barbies body, XXXXXXXXL boxers, and Elvis's hairy chest surrounded by a yellow tuxedo. Life without you - would have been no life at all. Thanks for your love and friendship over 20 years now - Happy Birthday - pictures of all of the above will be posted later - for a

price - I can be bought.....

Everyone should have a Jim

I love my neighbor Jim. Jim looks like Santa Clause. My kids all know who Jim is.... The first time I noticed him was when we moved into this neighborhood this big huge scary guy lived just around the corner. He's about 6"7' and must weigh 270. He has a grand total of about 10 Harleys in his garage and he looks like a freakin' giant on a bike. He has white hair and a long, white goatee - he wears the one in the back in a pony tail. His smile is so bright you have to wear sunglasses in the dark and his laugh is LOUD. I love this guy - he is so dang funny. Jim LOVES to talk - and Jim if you are reading this blog please repeat the 'I love this guy' line ok? Here's the scene: Driving home, dark, tired, hungry, ugly. Jim is out getting his mail and I'm thinkin' I should at least say hello -but hello (ALWAYS) turnes into about a one hour conversation - of Jim talking you you - and you just knod your head up and down or back and forth. So I give in and stop to be nice, and say, hi. In the course of the next hour here are (just a few of) the random topics he covered...

1. Where are my children and how are they doing - very nice question - but he didn't let me answer.
2. Why did you let Del put those gay pipes on your bike?
3. Corvette has really let down it's heritage.
4. I didn't like your husband for the first 10 years. I thought he was a smart $&%@(#. (again I didn't get to comment)
5. Is Mike going to be able to keep fighting in the Army?
6. Empty nesters have 2 lives - the one before children and the one after.....(brilliant)
7. We should all go out to dinner (I don't think there's a place open late enough - even if we went early!)
8. How is your daughter doing? (I have two - I was wondering which one - but alas didn't get to comment on it)
9. Men just don't get how women want to be treated.
10. Don't worry about the cars passing - I'll just wave them on...
11. I lost 70 lbs last year - then for Christmas I started drinking again and gained 20 Holiday pounds back. (wait isn't that what women talk about?)
12. .... you just need to get people laughing and they let their guard down
and lucky 13. I liked the soft top Viper Del had 2 Vipers ago, I guess I should come down and see the new one and ..... visit.... with him. (tee hee - I didn't tell Del he's coming)

My top two favorites were:

A. Why do you keep edging forward in the car?

and

B. When I told him that I really needed to get going that I needed to get the pizza home to Del he said: Isn't that one of those heat up kind? It's not like it's going to get cold or anything!

I love Jim.
He is a good kind enormously friendly human being - that the world needs more of. I look at it this way - when the Hell's Angels visit on their Harleys - I'll have at least one of them as my friend.

......just try to let him talk his way out of that one....

Blogstalking 101

So I'm just random blogstalking and I found Ashley and Mike's child. Can you make me one that looks like this? Please throw in the sweater also. Is this a dang cute kid or what? It's like a 4th generation blogstalk so please accept my apologies if this is actually your kid and I just posted his picture. Could we get a spare vile of your genetic make up? Missin' my Andypants today. Don't they let grandbabies fly free? They could just strap him in on the plane and I could pick him up... it's really empty around here. There is a box of Kleenexes next to the carseat in the basement. Pathetic. Update on Missionary Man - he's not only the MOST HANDSOME Missionary at the MTC but he's also doing GREAT things there! His letters are really wonderful - I think - well - his writing is so small I don't know if he's saying, "Mom I'm doing great" or "Mom meet me next to the gate" I trust it's the first one. District Leader dude - he's busy - and lovin' it all except for his companion. I asked him if he has mastered the art of saying, "Please pass the doorknob" at dinner since they can only speak Spanish now. Always get your daily supply of doorknobs son. Kinda lonely tonight - called my mom last night - not callin her tonight - I listened to the same story 8 times over with about 30 second intervals between repeats - please never let me get old. Called my mom last night - not callin her tonight - I listened to the same story 8 times over with about 30 second intervals between repeats - please never let me get old. Called my mom... Love ya mom! Hope you didn't mind me delivering your papers to you in my bathrobe last night Elaine. Keep it in the family. Put the fear of Old Lady syndrome in Cale right? Looks like the alarm is set in the middle of the night again - so perhaps I should take my Jamacian hat off and try to let the Advil work. Hope your day was random. Shout out to my kids - remind me to never yell at you to be quiet when you're little again - I miss and love your noise. Go Zoots - Obabma gonna loveya! And they say they don't pray at the U of U.... good thing that BYU tithing was put to good use...

Nanna loves Drew

Yesterday we tried to get our Skype working so that I would be able to talk and see Drew. Drew has been sick and the first thing I could hear was him crying his sad cry - then their Skype started streaming their faces. Bethany looked so beautiful - but Drewy was so sad. My streaming wasn't working and it was sad to not be able to see each other. For a split second my webcam started working and my microphone kicked in and then it froze. (Matt when are you coming home to fix this! (: ) Bethany and Drew's faces also froze on the screen but the look on Andy's face was priceless to me - he heard my voice, saw my face (and actually stopped crying believe it or not...) and he smiled. I think we're kinda connected at the heart. Get better Andypants - we'll try again later and we'll sing all our songs ok?! Love Nanna.

What to do to pass the time...... oh Gilbert..... mine's full!

While we were checking out the new neighborhood with Matt and Bethany in Washington - we noticed that their neighbors had a stash of old milk bottles with an intricate tubing system attached to it. Hummm I hadn't seen this set up since my youth in the Mendon Mountains of Cache Valley - looked like a brewery to me! Tonight - the "Biggest Losers at Home" saga continued as we ate dinner watching none other than the mind boggling epic "Anne of Green Gables" of which our family can quote any line, any time - so sad. Our favorite part is the 'Raspberry Cordial' part - ya - you know it (three tumblers full!). After we laughed ourselves silly over it we remembered the neighbors in Washington - and it hit us as to a. what we would do with our time, and b. How to raise money to buy plane tickets to Washington - we're going to make Moonshine!

Fatigue and confusion has set in due to lack of sleep - but I will end this blog by stepping up to the challenge Ashley sent out to me - by mentioning my random text to her today.......

"I hate nose zits."

Hi Drewy! Hi Matt! Hi Bethany! Hi Mike! Hi Ashley! Hi Mandy! Hi Ryan M.! Chalk hearts to you Elder H!