Giggles

Today is a beautiful day out. The sun is shining, it's warm... it's the kind of day that is sure to have many cars being washed. I am not going that far but washing the windshield comes to mind and that causes me to remember a very funny incident.

This happened almost two years ago, not long after we bought the Yukon. It was spring; James and I were out running errands and stopped at a traffic light. I hate a dirty windshield so I was cleaning it off with the wipers and washer fluid that comes out through the wiper blades. The washer fluid was spraying pretty far (but then the Yukon has a huge windshield) and I pressed the button several times. Just then James tells me to stop cuz it's hitting the fellow in the car next to us. This guy had been enjoying the wonderful warm weather with his window down and was getting a shower from my washer fluid spray! He was hopping mad and I was surprised. As much as I felt bad about spraying this guy, it was all I could do to keep from laughing in front of him. Luckily the light finally turned green and we all went on our way but I still giggle and laugh whenever I think about this little incident. I couldn't have done better if I'd tried!

It's My Party And I'll Cry If I Want To... cuz we were all laughing so hard!

What a busy week it has been. We celebrated my birthday early, on the 8th. Everyone came over and we had a blast. Blasts start with super yummy food ya know... we had turkey and all the trimmings, cake and ice cream. Yah, super yummy food is pretty much standard issue for Moseley parties. Then as we gathered together to open presents, the little ones started showing off.

We're all just sitting there and all of the sudden Sami hops up on James' shoulders like an expert trapeze gymnast. He was a little surprised but took it all in stride... he's such a good uncle. Next thing he knows he can hardly breathe with Sami's hands clamped over his face in a death grip and with kicks in the ribs to get a move on. Sami clearly thought she was riding her favorite bronco. Just look at that adorable smile.

Addie got in on the action too making faces with her hands. Then she started terrorizing all of us with her roars. Addie made sure each member of the family was scared to death as she told each of us "RAWR" and we dutifully showed our terror. However, when Addie went up to Auntie, she must have lost her nerve because her roar became quite timid, "er, er... rawr?" Oh my gosh, we laughed till our sides hurt. Encouraged by all our laughter, Addie continued her reign of terror the rest of the evening.

Thursday we went to Desert Star for the hilarious show "Home School Musical" starring Zach Teflon, Amanda Hugginkiss, Linoleum Dynamite, LaVelcro Edwards, and Palmyra Kirtland. It's truly a delightful show and runs through March 21, 2009.

Friday I spent my actual birthday getting stuff done that I've wanted to do, like pinning a couple quilts so I can move on with the stitching. I also had fun transporting Tasha from Bountiful to Aunties. The day ended with a nice dinner out at the Magic Wok.

Saturday, 4 of the 5 family members with a February 13th birthday got together for lunch at grandma's. There was me and dad, grandma and grandpa, Alice and Jeremiah, and Todd and Dori. Everyone brought the required super yummy food for a Moseley bash and we had a great time eating and visiting. I hadn't seen Todd in a while and don't recall ever meeting his wife Dori so that was quite a nice treat. It's been a wonderful week for all it's busy-ness cuz this is the kind of busy I like. Bonus, a friend gave me a present at church today. I love when my birthday lasts all week!

Oh, the things you can think up if only you try!

A couple days ago James took up hanging out on the top of the wall between the stairs. Today I caught him playing games on his cell phone while hanging out on the wall and was able to capture it on camera. He makes it look so comfy but I'm quite sure it's not... or wouldn't be if I tried it! I'd probably fall on my head.

I can't believe you did this to me!

25 Random Things

1. We're a family that enjoys medical things so I bought my husband a book of medical history. I had been so proud that I had a 'doctor' in my genealogy until I found out from this medical history book that he was basically a butcher!

2. Soggy bread GROSSES me out too. The guys at work enjoy teasing me when anything is brought to me on my lunch that is soggy... like bread pudding. Ugh!

3. I helped build my ward... and the Jordan River Temple.

4. Exercise is a double 4 letter word! I need to get into something fun... like line dancing I can do by myself.

5. I would like to take a dance class with my hubby but I think I'll have to settle for the couch potato class.

6. I want new carpet, new vinyl, a new deck, a new shed, a trailer... oh, and shoes!

7. I can usually find something better to do than housework.

8. I also like my dishwasher loaded a certain way. If dad does it....my OCD brain cells rear up. He can unload it tho... I'm cool with that cuz I hate to do it.

9. I love cute clothes, but I hardly ever buy me knew things because my body has gotten so hard to fit, plus finding something cute in my size is challenging at best. Seriously, do designers really think I want my neckline showing off my fat, flabby arms and sagging boobs? I still only need it big enough to get over my head.

10. I want to go back to school and get my bachelors degree. Now I need to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.

11. When Hillary was prego with Natasha she said they wanted to move to Oregon. I was totally freaked out wondering what weirdo would end up tending MY grandbaby.

12. I cannot put stuff I don't like into a recipe... even if everyone claims you can't taste it. For instance, no applesauce substituting for sugar in MY cookies!

13. I like the first bowl of cereal, as long as it's not too big. A second or bigger bowl makes me feel really blah.

14. I can tolerate most kinds of music. Mozart is awesome. Poison is awesome. Gorgeous George Strait? OH YEAH, he's still got it!

15. I have lived in Utah most of my life and have never participated in snow sports but I like water skiing.

16. I LOVE the movie Quigley Down Under. It's the most perfect couples movie. I do like westerns anyway having grown up on them but there is action, blood and guts to keep a man's attention and a great love story for the ladies.

17. I can do most things myself. Heck, I fished peas out of Roxanne's nose! I am no good at playing dumb girl to get others to do things for me. I must have Hillary teach me how!

18. I can't say that I loved having babies. I get no sleep at the hospital and I'm sliced open and owwie. I do love being a mom. Part of why I have a hard time knowing what I 'want to be when I grow up' is that I'm already what I always wanted to be... a mom and now grammie.

19. I am picky about my water. Most people love bottled water. I drink bottled water only when necessary because I don't like it. There is no taste to it and it leaves my mouth feeling drier. Spring water is better but I really love the water from my tap. Most of my neighbors think we live too close to Magna to have decent drinking water and will go to lengths to provide me with anything but tap water. Seriously tho, has anyone ever read those papers on how good the water is that Kearns Improvement District sends with the bill? It's fine, really.

20. I am envious of people who have lifelong friends they've known since high school or younger. The only friends I have that I've know a long time are the friends I have been and still am in the same ward with. I hope they don't move cuz I really like them and truly miss some that have already moved.

21. I have stolen most of this from Hillary and I'll have to say that I also get along with my siblings better now than I ever did growing up. I was like James tho, an only child from the time I was 13 so there was no one to get along with. I do remember some of the younger years and it was awesome when Adrienne would let me have a 'sleepover' in her room and watch scary movies. I will never forget The Tell Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum or The Birds. Of course, it may be because of those 'sleepovers' that I stay away from scary movies now... my sister scarred me!

22. I wear contacts but not glasses... very often. I usually only wear glasses when I'm camping.

23. I always said I am not a morning person. Then after a few kids and schedules I said I can do late nights or early mornings but not both. Then James got burned and I learned I can do early mornings and late nights at the same time but it's not fun and I was really ready to give it up after several weeks. Thankfully I could by then.

24. I want to go to Disneyland again before I am so old that all I want to do is ride the picnic table!

25. I HATE MICE! Stay out of my food, stay out of my kids beds, stay out of my piano... STAY OUT OF MY HOUSE!!!!

Scrappin Presents

A week ago Saturday I went scrappin with the girls. I hauled all my stuff over to Sonia's where Hillary, her friend Erika, Sonia and I set up all our scrap book supplies. I also took my computer and that was my downfall. I never did get to my traditional scrapping. However, having recently finished sorting the massive amounts of pictures from our cruise last summer, I spent the evening pulling the ones I wanted to share with Cynthia and uploading them to Snapfish to make her a nice book. Cynthia (on my left) was with a large group of women from her church who came on this cruise. She was very outgoing and was always delighted to see us. We had promised to share pictures but she doesn't have a computer so I'd decided to make her a book and with Snapfish's discount, it was as cheap to have them make this book as printing the pictures out. Plus, big bonus, I got another book free. That one is going to be someones Christmas present. Yep, I have already started on Christmas 2009 but only because I had a fabulous idea and Snapfish had a great discount and freebee.