A Psychotic Bedtime Medley

Normally, I can fall asleep in 2 seconds flat. But when I am really tired, for some reason, my mind starts racing and even though I am exhausted, I can't fall asleep. Well, last night was one of those nights. I collapsed into bed and then it started. It started with a little

Jai guru deva

om

And then one thing led to another and my mind started its racing thing. It was going 1,000 miles a minute. This is how it went:

Jai guru deva, ommm...nothings gonna change my world-

Joy to the world, all the boys and girls, joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea, joy to you and
me-

Joy and pain, like sunshine and rain-


Blame it on the rain, yeah-e-yah, blame it on the stars-


Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are, up above the world so high-


You raise me UUUUUP, so I can stand on mountains(I can't stand this song btw)-

Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere, go tell it on the mountain, that Jesus Christ is born-


Born to be wiiiiild, born to be wiiiiiild. Get your motor runnin', head out on the highway-


Get your kicks on route sixty-six, well you go to St. Louis, Joplin Missouri, Oklahoma city-


OOOOOOOOOk-lahoma!

But then that was the only part of that song that I knew and I couldn't think of another song with Oklahoma in it.



But then it didn't take me long to come up with this:

He was born in Oklahoma, his wife's name was Betty Lou Thelma Liz, he's not responsible for what he's doin', his mother made him what he is. And it's up against the wall redneck mother, mother who has raised a son so well. He's 34 and drinkin' in a honky tonk, just kickin' hippies booties and raisin' hell-


Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned-


Woman. Woe-man. Wooooooooah man. She was a thief, you gotta believe, she stole my heart and my cat. Betty. Judy. Josie and those hot Pussycats. Girls of cartoons, won't leave me in ruins, I want to be Betty's Barney-


YABADABADOOOOOO! Flintstones, meet the Flintstones, they're a modern stone age family, from the town of Bedrock, they're a page right out of history-

And then I thought about history and that made me think of Martin Luther King and then I thought, "I have a dream"-


To dream the impossible dream-


Dream a little dream of me-

And then I thought, "Dream". That is what I should be doing right now. And by that time my little brain was all tuckered out and I was finally able to fall asleep.

Flashback Friday - Birthday Boy

This post is dedicated to my brother, Sam, who turned 23 years old today. He had the misfortune of growing up in a house with 4 crazy older sisters. He returned home a year and a half ago from serving a 2 year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Mexico City. He is taking a break from Idaho this summer and is living with my sister Farrah in Dallas. My kids are sad he is not spending the summer in Utah. They LOVE Uncle Sam!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM!

Monday Morning Musings - Where Did All The Monday's Go?

Wow! I blinked my eyes and an entire week has come and gone. I can't believe how fast time is flying this summer. The kids and I are staying super busy and having fun. Steve is staying super busy at work and catching a moment of fun here and there when he can. I can't believe that summer is 1/2 over! Really, it needs to slow down a little.

So today Addy comes up to me with a tape measure and said, "Let's see how big mommy is". I am not sure how I feel about that. Kinda funny, kinda not.

So Steve has been taking turns with the kids taking each of them to see a movie with him. Last week was Emily's turn. He took her to see "The Last Song" with Miley Cyrus. I don't think it was the kind of movie she thought it was going to be. She came home all upset and said, "That movie was rated PG, but it should have been rated PG-13! It had way too much swearing and way too much kissing!" Oh Em, I love you!

We went the weekend before last to see Toy Story 3 with the whole family. I was getting a little emotional as we were getting ready to go. The first Toy Story came out when Zac was just a wee li'l babe. He used to watch that movie over and over. And he had all the toys from the movie. And when he was 3 or 4 he had a Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Birthday Party. I can't believe he is all growed up now! And I LOVED TS3 just as much as 1&2. And a little tiny tear or two may have escaped me eye at the ending of the movie. Maybe. You know what would be really cute? If a few days after watching the movie, I caught my almost 13 year old son up after everyone else was asleep, watching Toy Story 1....Funny how a cartoon can stir such emotion.

Zac and I were driving in the car the other day and I might have become a little confused with my directions. Zac had to put me back on the right path. He said, "You're sense of direction is WAY off. I'm glad I didn't get my sense of direction from you!" I am too Z. I am too.

Addy was watching Max and Ruby and she said, "Max doesn't tell the truth just like Emily".

Emily was watching a commercial and a Kidz Bop commercial was on. She got so mad and said, "MOM! Did you hear that?!? They totally messed up Hey Soul Sister!" Finally! She gets it!

Emily had her external speakers on her ipod and she was listening to some song by some girl. I asked her who it was singing and she said, "Justin Bieber". I was like, "Oh, well, he sounds just like a girl."

Flasback Friday - What A Drag

So Steve found some boxes of old pictures. I was looking through them to upload pictures of his family to post on Facebook. I came across the above picture. My first thought was, "Ugh. Who are those chicks and why does he have a picture of them and why am I oddly attracted to the one on the left?" Then I realized. Those were no chicks. Thank goodness, 'cause that would have been really sad if they were. Yep, that one on the left is my husband. It seems that one of his friends was getting married and was having a wedding shower. He and his friend didn't think it fair that they weren't invited just because of their gender. So they decided to crash the party. For the sake of all those involved, I will refrain from posting the picture of them in the bikini's they have on under these getups.

Get Out And Vote Utah!

It's voting day in Utah! So the kids and I had a little lesson on the voting process today. We talked about a lot of things. We talked about how important it is to be able to vote and choose the people who represent you in our government. We discussed the difference between a Republic and a Democracy and I made sure they understood that contrary to popular belief, we live in a Republic. We talked about the constitution and how important it is to make sure that we elect representatives now that will work hard to restore the constitution. We talked about how important it is to understand the constitution and why our Founding Fathers gave us the constitution and why they said that its only keeper is the people. We also talked about some other things that I firmly believe with all my heart and mind. We read some inspired words. And then we loaded up into the mini van and took a field trip to the polls where they were able to watch and see how to vote.

If you live in Utah and you haven't already done so, get out and vote! Preferably for Mike Lee!

Monday Morning Musings - Inspired By Sprinklers

I am lovin' today. I really am. I am just thinking about all that is good in life and am thankful for all that the Lord has blessed me with. I love being a mom and I love the blessed opportunity I have to stay at home with my kids everyday. I am so thankful for my husband who works so hard to make that possible. I love you babe!

I had a wonderful lesson in giving and kindness on Saturday. We are trying to get our sprinklers put in so we can get our grass to grow so we don't get fined by our HOA. The majority of the work on the sprinklers was done by someone we hired last year. We have decided that we are going to finish the sprinklers ourselves and there is this one place in the line where there is a leak. And Steve has tried to fix it several times, but it is in a tricky place and it keeps breaking again. Well Steve was trying to fix it again on Saturday and he was getting very frustrated. So I say to him, "Why don't you go and ask those people working on the sprinklers by the school if they will come and fix it for you and you can pay them 50 bucks to do it and get it over with."

Well, that was worth it to him, but apparently it isn't very manly to ask for help. However, if your wife asks for help that is a completely different story. I got in my car and drove down the street and stopped on the side of the road and asked the guy if he could come down and look at our leak and try to fix it. He came by and said he would be back later that afternoon and would fix it. He came back and in less than 15 minutes it was fixed! And he started to leave and I asked him how much we owed him and he was refusing to let me pay him. I was like, "No, we are paying you. We aren't just expecting you to come and fix our sprinklers for free just because some crazy lady stopped on the side of the road and asked for your help." He wouldn't let me write him a check so I gave him the only cash I had which was $19, which I had to force him to take.

After he left I was thinking, what a nice person. I mean really. To drive over to some strangers house to fix their sprinklers and to do it expecting nothing in return. When he left he said, "If you have any more problems, just stop by again." I am so thankful to him for being so kind and generous. And it has inspired me to pass it on. So this week I will be keeping my eyes open for a stranger that I can help in some way. So thank you sprinkler man for the inspiration!

Emily and I are so super-d-duper excited that our favorite summer show is on! Design Star! We are also excited for all the new episodes of Color Splash with our most fav-o-rite designer and the first ever winner of Design Star, Mr. David Bromstad. However, we are not sure how we are feeling about his move to Miami and his new crew. We loved his old crew and we are sad they aren't on any more. But we still LOVE David!

I am so sick and tired of my playroom always being a disaster. I am about ready to return to the days of the pioneers when kids were lucky if they had one toy. Really. I am so close to getting rid of every toy in the play room and letting the kids pick one toy they can keep.

Happy Monday Everybody!

Flashback Friday - Z

This post is dedicated my Zackiepooh. I said that cause I'm gonna tag this post on Facebook for all his friends to see and I want to embarrass him. Zac has been gone to Scout Camp all week long. This is the longest he has ever been away from home and the longest I have been away from him for his whole 12, almost 13 years of life. I am missing him. I dug up a couple of picture from when he was just a wee little tyke.

Yeah, I gotta cucumber on my head. Ya got a problem with that?

This was from way back in the day when it just used to be me and Z at home all day by ourselves and we used to travel the world. Or the city. It's hard to remember clear back to that time.

Taking Back The Country, One Representative At A Time

“The power under the Constitution will always be in the people. It is entrusted for certain defined purposes, and for a certain limited period, to representatives of their own choosing; and whenever it is executed contrary to their interest, or not agreeable to their wishes, their servants can, and undoubtedly will, be recalled.”

-George Washington

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Monday Morning Musings - Minty Fresh

So really, it is Tuesday afternoon, but it still feels like Monday morning to me. Why does time have to go by so fast?

Summer is here and it is in full swing! Yesterday morning I sent Zac off to his first year of Scout Camp. It is really strange to think that I won't see or talk to him for a whole week. I just hope the weather co-operates and he isn't freezing and soaking wet all week.

Speaking of weather and freezing and soaking wet. So the kids and I suffered through every day last month freezing because I refused to turn the heat on in May. Last Saturday, I leave the house for a few hours and I come back home and Steve has the heat on! I could not believe it. It made me feel like all my suffering was in vain. I immediately went around and turned all the controls off. Steve was like, "What are you doing? It is freezing outside!" And it really was. But I was like, "SORRY! It's JUNE. Suck it up and put on a jacket!" The good thing about it is we haven't had to turn on our air conditioner yet this year.

I put a post on Facebook the other day that said something about trying to teach my 12 year old son how to determine if an outfit matches. And after I posted it I read through it, and as I did, I could hear my dads voice inside my head saying, "Well, that's your problem right there, boys don't wear outfits! They just wear clothes." Oh dad. You're right.

What is the deal with The Olive Garden and their stingy mint policy? I mean really. They give out Andes Mints when they bring the check, but they only give you one per person. Like they are so expensive to buy in such a huge bulk like that, they cant just give you a handful like most restaurants do. Steve and I went there not long ago and our waiter was really nice and he seemed pretty normal. Until he brought out the check, that is. He asked if we wanted dessert and we said no, just the check. So he leaned over and asked "Would you like me to bring you some extra mints with the check?" Now, some time has passed, so when I remember it in my head, he does it like this:

Waiter: leans conspiratorially over the table, places hand beside his mouth and in a hushed tone says, "You want some extra mints with the check?" Then raises and lowers eyebrows while giving patrons a knowing smile.

Then he comes back and puts the check on the table with 4 Andes Mints and says,"Here is your check. I made sure to bring you the extra mints!" Again in my head he is saying this while smiling and nodding and winking. Anyway, I'm thinking to myself, "What? Does he think we are gonna leave him and extra tip because he brought us each one extra mint? Psycho! If he keeps acting weird what I'm gonna do is tell his supervisor that he is giving out extra mints with the check and then he is gonna get put in Olive Garden Extra Mint Dealing Time Out."

Blaze Of Glory

Steve and Dave are bravin' it at the Blaze game tonight with this little group of rebels. They are so brave they are even picking up another kid when they get down there. Have fun!