My Movie Which Best Describes Me....Totally Scientific Testing!

'What Movie do You belong in?' at QuizGalaxy.com

For Women Who Read:

My sister sent this to me and I thought it was very smart:

One morning, the husband returns the boat to their lakeside cottage after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap. Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take the boat out. She motors out a short distance, anchors, puts her feet up, and begins to read her book. The peace and solitude are magnificent. Along comes a Fish and Game Warden in his boat. He pulls up alongside the woman and says, 'Good morning, Ma'am. What are you doing?'' 'Reading a book,' she replies, (thinking, 'Isn't that obvious?').'You're in a Restricted Fishing Area,' he informs her.'I'm sorry, officer, but I'm not fishing. I'm reading.''Yes, but I see you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment. I'll have to take you in and write you up.''If you do that, I'll have to charge you with sexual assault,' says the woman.'But I haven't even touched you,' says the Game Warden.'That's true, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment.''Have a nice day ma'am,' and he left.

MORAL: Never argue with a woman who reads. It's likely she can also think.

100 Things About Me (If you care or not!)

1. I am impatient.
2. I procrastinate paperwork.
3. I love dark chocolate.
4. I yearn to travel (although it rarely happens).
5. I adore my family.
6. I am the youngest sister.
7. I like being short.
8. Unless I am reaching for something way up high.
9. Then I wish I had extend-a-arms.
10. I grew up in Alaska (if you consider me grown up ;0)).
11. Meat sometimes disgusts me yet I eat it anyway.
12. My favorite colors are orangy red, yellow, and turquoise.
13. I want to own a mini-farm anywhere it is most feasible.
14. Some people think I am smart but I usually think I am an airhead.
15. I love the sun, but like it best when I am in water.
16. I love anything sweet really.
17. Except baklava-long story short - Arabic engagement, raw meat, baklava, deathly sick, never baklava again.
18. My mini-farm would include alpacas and a goat (the goat for Jesse).
19. I love surprising people with good deeds.
20. I yearn to own a dog.
21. I got all the way through high school AP English classes without ever actually reading a single book. (NO I did not cheat).
22. I am competitive.
23. I like to act like I do not like frilly things but sometimes- through my tough exterior- I am a hopeless romantic.
24. I graduated college while taking care of my 2 year old and baby at home.
25. I loved working my paid for pennies airport ramp job.
26. I like to play board games.
27. I like to play group games (charades, etc.)
28. I love organizing once I get started.
29. I like to move it move it....to DDR....
30. I have an odd fascination with my husbands bum - OK maybe that was a TMI (too much information)...
31. I think hands down my kids are the cutest in the world (sorry all you other moms out there)!
32. I also loved my paid for pennies job at a camp for children.
33. I like being the boss.
34. I looooove to go camping and fishing.
35. I always seem to like the extreme of things but settle for the ordinary. (Home decorating, clothing, etc.)
36. I love compliments (give and take).
37. I have a hard time playing girly things with our little princess Lexi..poor child!
38. I love the beauty of Alaska (and the family close) but hate living here.
39. I hate to cook but learn something new every day about it.
40. I like spending my time better outdoors.
41. I experienced being pulled over 6 times by the police and only received one ticket (I got caught by The Black Pearl - beware of him)!
42. I like being a student.
43. My favorite word for the past several years is "swanky".
44. I really like lists.
45. I have a weird fascination with picking scabs.
46. When I was a little girl I used to snag little things from my family and hide them in my room somewhere. (Don't worry - I no longer snag things except a good meal here and there!)
47. I would love to go somewhere tropical for once in my life!
48. Although I would love to not feel like a complete blimp if I go.
49. I feel like a complete blimp lately...
50. I love to run but find it is hard to do with so much extra baggage.
51. I found when I did run, I desired healthier food (fresh produce, salad, etc.)
52. I am not afraid of spiders unless they crawl on me - but I pretend to so my husband can "save the day" and take care of it for me.
53. I desire to be the good housewife.
54. I am a complete failure at being the good housewife!
55. I love to go to the temple.
56. My week goes so much smoother if I attend sacrament - and on time.
57. I like to organize but hate to clean.
58. I enjoy a good deal and am considered frugal by some.
59. I just learned how easy and fulfilling it is to reduce, reuse, and recycle.
60. I fill my house with stuff from freecycle.org - and give away stuff there too.
61. I desire to be more artistic.
62. I don't know how to play chess or checkers.
63. I like to rock climb.
64. I love to catch my husband talking to himself in the mirror.
65. I think my husband can be funny (when I am in a good mood :0)).
66. For some reason I usually pick the hard way of doing things.
67. If someone tells me it can't be done (not shouldn't) - I go out of my way to do it.
68. I thought I would live in some fancy house with a dog, big yard, picket fence, etc. by now. Well I guess we are close - but not there yet.
69. I wish my husband would try to be more romantic (although he is a good husband and father still).
70. I wish I could be organized enough to arrange a babysitter for a date every once in a while.
71. As a teenager I dreamt of being a rock star and model- lots....
72. In my mind I am a rock star (drummer), artist and model...although the mirror doesn't agree with me!
73. I sing loud in my car - especially when I am alone.
74. Some people think I am shy when they first meet me - HA!
75. I love the smell of Pine-Sol (original).
76. I always envied my sister's red hair and smooth complexion.
77. I love to hear my children giggle.
78. I received a red convertible Mustang back when I was single from a way older man that I would occasionally house sit for. He found out it was my dream car and bought it as a Christmas gift for me down in the states while he was away on a trip. He brought it back in his suitcase..:0)
79. I truly miss my friends who live far away yet I have such a hard time writing them...
80. I love getting paper mail (the handwritten sort).
81. I have a list of 100 things to do before I die - but I am scared to do them all...because then what else will I have left to do?
82. I regret not staying a summer with my Great Aunt Bea in Washington when I was young. She was in her late 80s/early 90s at the time and I was invited to stay at her house and drive her around town and stay all summer.... now she is in a senior home and in her 100s.
83. I also regret not asking my paternal Grandmother more things when I was younger before she passed away. So I ask my Grandparents who are still alive lots of questions.
84. Sometimes I don't like the answers; most of the time I love the answers my grandparents tell me.
85. I wish I saved more money when I was single and when I was newly married.
86. I believe debt is a noose - I am free of soon! (Yeah)
87. I wish my parents gave me more guidelines when I was a youth (although I am not sure I would follow them to a T).
88. I love my parents and am thankful for their love for me regardless of the above mentioned.
89. I know my children will have things they wish I did/did not do when they grow older - and this just kills me inside.
90. I love a good musical (especially Fiddler on the Roof).
91. My favorite food is sushi.
92. I love tree frogs.
93. My favorite vacation ever was my honeymoon to Seattle.
94. I love swirls.
95. My favorite ice cream is mint cookie.
96. I want a tree house so I can hide away every once in a while and read or do whatever I fancy up there!
97. I would love to have a set of fresh flowers on the table every week or two!
98. I love handmade and natural products.
99. And last but not least (reveal) when I was a baby/toddler I would smear my poo everywhere (so now my family can quit repeating the story to everyone they meet through me)!
100. I love that I am now done with this blog post! Now tag - you are it!

Something my husband would find interesting (WOW)! This is what my World of Warcraft character would be:

Night Elf Priest

Night Elves are the sexiest of the bunch. They're the hot flower children of Warcraft: at one with nature, and dancing all the while. As a priest, you are mostly concerned with others. You like to be sure that everyone is safe and healthy - because, if they die, you might get booted.

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Question Of The Week.....

How do you tactfully dismiss the pizza delivery man from your door? "Brandon, come help me carry the pizzas!" "Brandon? That's the name of my favorite movie actor...do you know who Brandon Lee is or The Crow?" "No." "Dude, The Crow is my all time favorite movie. You've got to see it....blah blah blah he got shot and died during the shooting blah blah blah it was terrible maaaaan how do you go on knowing you shot Brandon Lee to death...that would be the *$#%! "Thank you for the pizza and have a good night" Shut the door.....what was that? Ugh!

Holiday Candy and McDonald's

Two things I can do without! Now to convince my family.....

What's Our Story?

• How did you meet your spouse? I didn't know Jesse but met him in high school when he was dating my friends little sister. He moved to "the big city" and I didn't see him our junior and senior years. He went on a mission. I became best friends with that friends little sister - Brittany. She would tell me about Jesse every once in a while. I thought nothing of it other than how sweet he sounded. We ran past his parents house one day and I said, "why don't we stop in and say hi?" Jesse's mom let us in and showed us a huge picture album with all these pictures of him and I still didn't think anything of it. I thought he was an untouchable since Britt liked him. Britt married off and moved away before Jesse's return. Jesse showed up to Young Single Adult FHE and volleyball one night. I mentioned I knew who he was through Britt. He invited me to Village Inn. The rest is history!


• How long have you been together? We started dating in 1998. That makes it 10 years....


• How long have you been married ? 8 years in August.


• Who said I love you first? I am sure I told Jesse I love you first since he is not a big mushy talker. (Still working on that one ;0))


• Who is taller? Jesse is 5'11'' while I am 5'1.5" Jesse looms over me all the time like a big ape! Ha - had to razz him since he is always picking on my vertical challenges...


• Who sings better? I enjoy the church choir...Jesse sings if he has to..


• Who is smarter? I think Jesse and I are smart in different ways.


• Who does the laundry? I do unless I want to cringe when I open the dryer!


• Who does the dishes? Now it is me and every once in a great while Jesse, when we didn't have a dishwasher - Jesse was the dishwasher! Now I feel bad if he feels he needs to dredge the trenches.


• Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? From our angle or yours - I sleep on the left side from your angle.


• Who mows the lawn? What lawn?!


• Who cooks dinner? Jesse and I share this one but if Jesse is home I let him do the cooking most of the time- poor guy!


• Who drives when you are together? My poor husband has to listen to me gripe about putting both hands on the wheel when he drives so I would say I usually drive so he doesn't have to listen to my passenger seat driving.


• Who is the first to admit when they're wrong? I am never wrong! :0)


• Whose parents do you see the most? Mine. Jesse's parents are extremely busy people.


• Who kissed who first? I am sure it was mutual. I know it was at Bear Paw.


• Who proposed? I hounded Jesse a long while before he proposed to me in his bedroom at his parents house while I helped him pack for his trip to San Diego. I waited for a week or so to see him after he proposed to me! Stinker!


• Who is more sensitive? What? I am not sensitive! Whaaaa!


• Who has more siblings? Jesse has a brother and I have a sister. No wonder we have a hard time understanding the opposite gender!
  

I tag everyone else! Let me know how you & your sweetie are connected!

Do you reduce, reuse, recycle?

I am increasingly aware of the impact I make in this world when I do/don't conserve. I recently read an article which stated if you want to help with conserving energy: Don't eat meat, ride a bicycle and be a frugal shopper.

Apparently packaging and transporting that big slab of meat from one place to another wastes quite a bit of energy. Sometimes I look at a slab of meat and am unamused. My taste buds do not call out, "yipee!" I am not hungry for meat usually. I just feel like I need to eat it. I think it is a habit. Many times I stare at my plate and imagine the meat as the animal it came from. This is VERY unappetizing indeed.

Riding a bike sounds great to me. How do I do it with three little ones, though? Especially while Jesse is at school and we live in a not-so-nice area of town...I will try harder. I will see if I can figure something out. This one may not happen so soon - esp. while living in this cold place which does not allow for bike riding many months out of the year.

Frugal shopping - well I would like to think I am already living under that label. I mean c'mon - we lived in a 1 and 1/2 bedroom house with no dishwasher nor tub while raising little ones for four and 1/2 years and I think that at least labels me frugal for the next 20 years of my life! What do you think? What are you doing in your life to preserve energy and reduce, reuse, recycle?

20, 10, 5, 3, 1, now, soon....

**Thanks Taryn for the great idea (taken from your cousin)! ;0) **

• 20 years ago:
  I was 11. I was in the fifth grade and I was boy crazy. My good friends were Brandy and Catrina. I played the flute in band and discovered I really liked listening to my own music (not that I played but from the radio).
  
• 10 years ago:
  I was 21. I just broke up with a scrub of a boyfriend and swore off dating to go on a mission (eventually). I started hanging out with a good friend from high school alot. He was not LDS but was a good person to go hiking, etc. with. Then in June of that year, Jesse and I found each other and the rest is great history.
  
• 5 years ago:
  I was no longer working outside the home. Jesse just graduated from college with an AS. Brandon was a year old and we just moved to a tiny 1 and 1/2 bedroom duplex to save money so we could pay off bills and buy our own home (little did we know I was pregnant with Lexi already mmmm happy SURPRISE).
  
• 3 years ago:
  We were still living in the tiny duplex. I went to Minnesota to visit my good friend Brittany in the fall. I stopped training for the marathon so I could get through my classes and graduate from college which I did that May. We bought the Subaru. My dad was not feeling well and went through many health trials.
  
• 1 year ago:
  Tyler was born (that summer). My hands, mind, and soul got much busier with three little ones under one tiny little roof. I was worried I would go insane....or did I?
  
• So far this year:
  We spread out into a three bedroom in "the big city" while Jesse started school to get his BS. Although, he is good at that on his own....;0) I was recently called to be the Stake Primary Secretary. I found I like frozen meal groups and book clubs. I decided I needed to do more things for myself again and get healthier. I love decorating our 'huge' apartment. The 2 older ones are about to outgrow me! I love having Brandon in school yet I miss him yet I know this summer may be tough for us all.
  
• In the near future:
  I would like to volunteer with the community more, start training with TNT to run a marathon, get the house completely organized (almost there) and get most of our debt paid off (again almost there).

Jesse appreciates me more now!

I spent a few days half comatose with some kind of mysterious illness (the doctor thinks it might be pneumonia) that left every inch of my body aching and then my lungs gurgled for a few more days. I am OK now. Jesse stayed home to tend to the children while I was seriously out. The house was thrashed. Everything was a mess. I am still cleaning it up a week later! I called Jesse up at work the day he went back and asked him if he understands now how much I pick up after everyone and how hard it can be to tend to the children and balance that with all other responsibilities and wants... he says he appreciates me and sees how organized I truly am - or something to that nature. The next day he came in the house and said it is amazing to him how I can take a horrible mess of a house that he couldn't seem to make tidy for three days and 30 minutes later I can make it look fabulous. I don't think he understood how long it truly took me to get to that point but it was a very sweet comment indeed! Now if only I can get to those other projects....