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Thursday, September 9, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Craigslist
As i sat here posting new things on craigslist (again) i realized how grateful i am for craigslist! We have furnished our home from craigslist, made a 2nd (& 3rd) income off craigslist & have been able to purchase items that we NEVER would have been able to afford through craigslist. My daycare kids were found on craigslist, and i've been able to sell unused items, upgrade items & trade items for HUGE profits and/or NOTHING out of my own pocket! What a blessing! Every piece of furntiure in our home was "previously owned" except for 3 items.... our entertainment center (bought new for us), our bed (bought new for us) and our beautiful crib, which was hand made. Everything else... craigslist. If i buy something i have a nack for remembering what it cost us, even years later and when we are done with that item, put it back on craigslist for the amount we paid for it or a profit (90% of the time, a profit)! We are able to do SO much through craigslist! Recently, we wanted to the take the kids to the fair but knowing how much it actually costs to go is a nightmare! Well, i was able to sell a bunch of unused items for a good stash to take the kids, PLUS i was able to find tickets on craigslist to allow us to go TWICE! For a fraction of the cost!
The biggest blessing of craigslist is the random kindness of strangers! There's been a couple times we've posted for things in need that we haven't had the money for at the time and the NUMBEROUS responses of people's willingness to help a complete stranger is amazing! Then turning around and being able to help others when they are in that time of need leaves me with a wonderful feeling and is a great teaching lesson for our kiddos.
Do you craigslist?
Kind of a random post, but i just wanted to express my feelings and my gratitude towards craigslist this evening! :)
The biggest blessing of craigslist is the random kindness of strangers! There's been a couple times we've posted for things in need that we haven't had the money for at the time and the NUMBEROUS responses of people's willingness to help a complete stranger is amazing! Then turning around and being able to help others when they are in that time of need leaves me with a wonderful feeling and is a great teaching lesson for our kiddos.
Do you craigslist?
Kind of a random post, but i just wanted to express my feelings and my gratitude towards craigslist this evening! :)
Friday, September 3, 2010
1st annual sisters weekend
End of July my sister Kiersten and I decided to take a weekend (with no kids!) to go visit my other sister Kelli who works at Yellowstone. I kept a "mini journal" (more for humor purposes) of our trip. So here it is:
Day 1:
Left 1.5 hrs late
Saw Coyote
Followed herd of buffalo (too dark for camera)
Joked about bear attacking car
Laughed at "welcome to yellowstone warnings"
Kelli's sucky direections look us 30 miles the WRONG WAY
(2am) finally made it
Got locked out of dorm room
Went outside dorm room to see mama and baby calf, heard it move, ran away (slowly)
Kelli stepped in cow pie on the way into her window
Went thru 3 pens writing this silly list
Watching backside for "Goring"
(4am) (i've been up almost a full 24hrs) laughed ourselves silly and made a new friend, Gordon Ramsmee
Day 2:
After going to bed after 5am we're awake by 9am :(
Went back to sleep til 11:30-harder to wake up than at 9
Watched bisen and cub from dorm window
Pulled over to see Elk on the side of the road
Souveneir shopping
Waited and wait for Old Faithful... it was.... eh....
Went on 3+mile hike to morning glory... saw tons of geysers
Back to hotel, ate frito salad (YUM)
Facebooked the hubs
Day 3:
Wanted to be gone "early" left at 11:30am
Took us 42mins to drive about 1.5 miles because of darn bissen crossing. (They aren't nearly as cool anymore)
Finally got to Uncle Tom's Trail. It was extremely steep starting off. It made me tired thinking about walking up & nervous seeing obviously very well fit men and women heavily breathing on their way up.
Made it to the bottom-one word-GORGEOUS!
Dragged outselves back up, 335 STEEP stairs (i almost fainted)
Watched in awe as boy with 1 leg ran passed us
Recovered-went on a new, ,shorter trail to Brink of Upper Falls-Fun, Easy, Beautiful!
Started to rain & storm w hile on trail-we didn't care, stayed and took pics
Started to hail-already soaked, we ran to the car.
Drove back to hotel-listen to Kiersten complain about bissin traffic, i took more pics & still wished one would come up to my window- or ram us :) Does insurance cover bissen? hmmm...
Went to Kelli's resturant for dinner. Had Antelope (tastes JUST like hamburger), Bisen (chewy but GOOD), Elk (YUM!) & lobster tail (tastes like cheap crab)$80 later for 3 meals... ouch!
Attempted to have a mini fire on the beach for S'mores... FAILED!
Used a lighter in the car to roast marshmellows on a stick... still had my s'mores
Went the the Pub-played pool & table tennis (note to self:never enter contest with Kelli)
Day 4: (final day)
Headed home :(
Tried to get last of remaining license plate states: I did find Maine :)
All in all, it was a great trip, and we had a wonderful time!
Day 1:
Left 1.5 hrs late
Saw Coyote
Followed herd of buffalo (too dark for camera)
Joked about bear attacking car
Laughed at "welcome to yellowstone warnings"
Kelli's sucky direections look us 30 miles the WRONG WAY
(2am) finally made it
Got locked out of dorm room
Went outside dorm room to see mama and baby calf, heard it move, ran away (slowly)
Kelli stepped in cow pie on the way into her window
Went thru 3 pens writing this silly list
Watching backside for "Goring"
(4am) (i've been up almost a full 24hrs) laughed ourselves silly and made a new friend, Gordon Ramsmee
Day 2:
After going to bed after 5am we're awake by 9am :(
Went back to sleep til 11:30-harder to wake up than at 9
Watched bisen and cub from dorm window
Pulled over to see Elk on the side of the road
Souveneir shopping
Waited and wait for Old Faithful... it was.... eh....
Went on 3+mile hike to morning glory... saw tons of geysers
Back to hotel, ate frito salad (YUM)
Facebooked the hubs
Day 3:
Wanted to be gone "early" left at 11:30am
Took us 42mins to drive about 1.5 miles because of darn bissen crossing. (They aren't nearly as cool anymore)
Finally got to Uncle Tom's Trail. It was extremely steep starting off. It made me tired thinking about walking up & nervous seeing obviously very well fit men and women heavily breathing on their way up.
Made it to the bottom-one word-GORGEOUS!
Dragged outselves back up, 335 STEEP stairs (i almost fainted)
Watched in awe as boy with 1 leg ran passed us
Recovered-went on a new, ,shorter trail to Brink of Upper Falls-Fun, Easy, Beautiful!
Started to rain & storm w hile on trail-we didn't care, stayed and took pics
Started to hail-already soaked, we ran to the car.
Drove back to hotel-listen to Kiersten complain about bissin traffic, i took more pics & still wished one would come up to my window- or ram us :) Does insurance cover bissen? hmmm...
Went to Kelli's resturant for dinner. Had Antelope (tastes JUST like hamburger), Bisen (chewy but GOOD), Elk (YUM!) & lobster tail (tastes like cheap crab)$80 later for 3 meals... ouch!
Attempted to have a mini fire on the beach for S'mores... FAILED!
Used a lighter in the car to roast marshmellows on a stick... still had my s'mores
Went the the Pub-played pool & table tennis (note to self:never enter contest with Kelli)
Day 4: (final day)
Headed home :(
Tried to get last of remaining license plate states: I did find Maine :)
All in all, it was a great trip, and we had a wonderful time!
Favorites worth sharing!
Just for fun.... here are a couple of my FAVORITE dances from this season of So You Think You Can Dance...
This one is my NUMBER one favorite of ALL TIME!!! To make it even better while watching it... Alex (the white guy) is a trained BALLET dancer, Dancing with all-star hip hop dancer Twitch.... ENJOY!
Twilex!
Another favorite was by Robert and all-star Allison. "Fix you" Was choreographed by all-star Travis for his mom who has breast cancer and this was dedicated to fixing her. It's a beautiful piece!
Another one worth posting is from Bryan Gaynor who has tried out a couple of times for the show but due to the fact he has Scoliosis, he was never able to make it. He has since formed his own crew "Remote Kontrol" and they were the guest performance one night. It's amazing the way these guys can move!! And the story tops it off!!
This one is my NUMBER one favorite of ALL TIME!!! To make it even better while watching it... Alex (the white guy) is a trained BALLET dancer, Dancing with all-star hip hop dancer Twitch.... ENJOY!
Twilex!
Another favorite was by Robert and all-star Allison. "Fix you" Was choreographed by all-star Travis for his mom who has breast cancer and this was dedicated to fixing her. It's a beautiful piece!
Another one worth posting is from Bryan Gaynor who has tried out a couple of times for the show but due to the fact he has Scoliosis, he was never able to make it. He has since formed his own crew "Remote Kontrol" and they were the guest performance one night. It's amazing the way these guys can move!! And the story tops it off!!
Monday, July 12, 2010
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WARREN!
Today is Warren's 26th birthday (i think, right steph?) And while he is pretending to enjoy his day at work the kids and i are off to go "berfday" shopping for him! Kaylee wished her daddy a happy birthday via voice notes to his phone this morning and Landen is SUPER DUPER excited to go buy him ALL the toys he ever wanted (by HE i mean, Landen) :) Here's a little something fun!
26 Reasons why WE love Warren
(yes, Landen is helping me make this list)
1. He works very hard & gave up a lot for us
2. He's ALWAYS put his family first, without a 2nd thought
3. He is EXTREMELY patient!
4. He plays games with me (landen)
5. He lets me climb on him like a jungle gym (don't worry, this was landens too!)
6. He has an amazing musical talent (voice & instruments)
7. He sends me a text (almost) every morning just to say, "Good morning, i love you, have a great day."
8. He always fixes my plate first
9. He lets me sleep with the extra good pillow
10. Hes always willing to serve without expecting anything in return
11. Hes HOT! :)
12. He has more talents than anyone i know
13. He always gives me the "red ones" from his candy
14. He refuses to let me go to sleep til i kiss him goodnight
15. He loves chic-flicks ;)
16. Hes an absolutely AMAZING dad!
17. He compliments me every single day
18. He tries so hard to put Kaylee's hair up & on days I put her hair up but it looks terrible he lets me blame it on "him" doing her hair
19. Hes a very hard worker
20. "He makes me feel better when i'm scared of dragon kites & ghosts and scary things at school" (lol)
21. He still tries very hard to impress me
22. He holds the priesthood
23. He cleans up after my spills (landen)
24. Hes very smart!!
25. He puts up with A LOT from me (thats from both of us) :)
26. And last but not least, He is my best friend! He IS the love of my life and i wouldn't have it any other way! He is absolutely perfect for me in every way, (dirty laundry and all)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WARREN! 
Saturday, July 10, 2010
A Moment of VICTORY!
Have you ever held a black light up in your bathroom? Even after you've cleaned? Well if you haven't... i wouldn't recommend it. In fact, i would STRONGLY recommend you NOT to do this! You WILL be traumatized!
About a year ago I bought that "Urine Gone" (p.s. works great for potty training kids!) well with it came a black light to show "urine" gross, right? Well me being the crazy girl i am, put the black light in the bathroom to see what "treasures" i could fine. I about threw up at the horror of how disgusting my bathroom was! I could not believe how far urine could fly across the room!!!! To make it worse... i had cleaned the bathroom the day before!
About a year ago I bought that "Urine Gone" (p.s. works great for potty training kids!) well with it came a black light to show "urine" gross, right? Well me being the crazy girl i am, put the black light in the bathroom to see what "treasures" i could fine. I about threw up at the horror of how disgusting my bathroom was! I could not believe how far urine could fly across the room!!!! To make it worse... i had cleaned the bathroom the day before!
YUCK is all i can say!!
Well today I WOULD put the black light into any of my bathrooms... go ahead, come over and try me! The kids & hubby are out of the town this weekend so i took 4.5 hrs of none stop work and SCOURED my entire house!!! Every nook & cranny is completely clean. Every toilet, scrubbed. Every floor, vacuumed & moped. Every bed, made. Every piece of laundry, cleaned folded and put away. Every dish, washed and put away. Landen's room decorations, fixed and back up. Every dust particle, gone. The tracks on the train table, reassembled. Winter clothes, put away. My house is peaceful when it's clean. And this weekend i get to enjoy it, to myself, in peace & QUIET!! Quiet... hmmm.... what does that sound like....? Oh yeah.... this.... the only sound i can hear is the ceiling fan and the buttons on the keyboard as i am typing. It is a beautiful sound!
But i wish i could say i am going to lay down and enjoy the quiet the rest of the day but i've got errands to run, fondant to make, cake to decorate, bday presents to buy, and wedding crafts that need to be made!
HAPPY SATURDAY!
Well today I WOULD put the black light into any of my bathrooms... go ahead, come over and try me! The kids & hubby are out of the town this weekend so i took 4.5 hrs of none stop work and SCOURED my entire house!!! Every nook & cranny is completely clean. Every toilet, scrubbed. Every floor, vacuumed & moped. Every bed, made. Every piece of laundry, cleaned folded and put away. Every dish, washed and put away. Landen's room decorations, fixed and back up. Every dust particle, gone. The tracks on the train table, reassembled. Winter clothes, put away. My house is peaceful when it's clean. And this weekend i get to enjoy it, to myself, in peace & QUIET!! Quiet... hmmm.... what does that sound like....? Oh yeah.... this.... the only sound i can hear is the ceiling fan and the buttons on the keyboard as i am typing. It is a beautiful sound!
But i wish i could say i am going to lay down and enjoy the quiet the rest of the day but i've got errands to run, fondant to make, cake to decorate, bday presents to buy, and wedding crafts that need to be made!
HAPPY SATURDAY!
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