Music

I'm a huge fan of music from the 70's and the 80's. I'm still surprised I didn't know some of these songs existed until a year or two ago. Just so some of you can "discover" them in case you haven't yet, here they are.

Gerry Rafferty Right Down The Line
Melanie Brand New Key
The Who You Better You Bet
Led Zeppelin Stairway to Heaven
(Yes, I didn't know this song until recently.)
Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb
Heartbreakers Don't Come Around Here No More

And while we're on songs, here are some of my current favorites. (Thanks to "Scrubs" for many of them.)
Peter Gabriel Book Of Love
Plain White T's Rhythm of Love with Lyrics
Jason Mraz I'm Yours
The Blue Sky Project Pirates and Mermaids
Michael Montes Journey
Brett Dennen Ain't No Reason
Ben Folds Five The Luckiest
Green Day Holiday
Hellogoodbye Here in your arms

And my all time favorites.
Bon Jovi It's My Life
Weezer Island in the Sun
Tom Petty Won't Back Down
Tom Petty TIme To Move On
Tom Petty Wildflowers
Sophie B. Hawkins As I Lay Me Down
Red Hot Chili Peppers Hard To Concentrate
Rufus Wainwright Hallelujah
The Turtles Happy Together
The Beatles Here Comes the Sun
Simon and Garfunkel The Boxer
Jimmy Eat World The Middle
Mr. Big To Be With You
Right Said Fred I'm Too Sexy I love this song!

Getting To Know You

Last night we had a Relief Society Birthday/Getting to know you night. We did a speed dating activity and whenever I was asked what I like to do when I have free time or for fun, I drew a blank. I feel bad about it. I love so many things. This post is to make up for my lack of answers last night, not because I feel you are all deprived of not knowing all the details of my life, but because I want to share somethings some of you may not know about me.

*I have a produce sticker collection with over 600 different stickers...from pul-qua to apples. (I don't know what pul-qua is either.)
*I never want to own a Kitchen-aid mixer because I like mixing or kneading by hand.
*I love foreign films. Seeing other cultures is amazing to me.
*My favorite flower is a tulip.
*My favorite tree is a Maple.
*My favorite animal is an elephant.
*I keep secrets from everyone except Tristan, unless you specifically ask me not to tell him. :)
*I love listening to wind chimes.
*When I hear birds singing, I think of the spare room at my grandmother's house.
*I never pressure anyone into telling me something or doing something they don't want to...no matter what the reason...I don't care.
*In my spare time I surf the internet...and saying that encourages me to be more productive.
*Going to the mall makes my eyes go red if not bloodshot...I don't like spending lots of money and get overwhelmed just thinking about it.
*My favorite time to be outside is after the sun is up, but before the world is up, or at dusk.
*I know how to use a hand gun, but don't like to. I prefer a .22 rifle. :)

That'll do for now.
(PS- I did something similar 2 years ago...only if you are interested/bored.)

Blueberries

Just about the closest thing to heaven.

Cars

If he could:

He would live, eat and breathe "A-keen." For those of you who are unfamiliar with the movie, that's Lightning McQueen.

And just a side note, his favorite characters are Bessie and Frank. You'll have to really know the show to know that those are the smallest role characters.

He thinks for breakfast you eat losers.

And on the dot after Mater yells, "Oh Shoot!" So does this tyke, only it sounds somewhat like another word.

Fish Story

Yesterday we went fishing with Tristan's parents. I caught a large mouth bass right away and it was huge!!! Tristan held it for the picture because, yes I am scared of them. They are so slimy and I don't want them to get my fingers! :) Tris guesses he was about 5.5-6 lbs.

(This one is fuzzy but shows the size better.)

Just so you don't lose all faith in my touching icky things......

G spent his time collecting rocks and throwing them for the locals.

Gotta Get Going!!

This is a good time for the Tom Petty song, "Time to Get Going." (Awesome song!)
Several months ago I made a list of 40 things to do before baby came...one a week. I'm so far behind! I have about 12 done and I'm 28 weeks! Granted I was waiting for spring since most were outside projects.
Anyways, if you want to see how I'm doing on the list, I added a link on the side.
Or see it here.

Garbage Days

This is where G spends most his Tuesday. Any sight of a truck makes it a great day.

New Camera!

We got an AWESOME new camera! It takes great pictures. I decided to test it out on G.

"Smile!"

"RAWRRRRR!!!"



Okaaaaaay.........that's new..."Smile!"

"RAWRRRRR!!!!"



Okay...one more time.
"Smile!"

There you go!

Build and Grow

Lowe's had a Build and Grow for kids to make racecars. Since G lives and breathes Disney's Cars, I took him and it was SO cute to see him hammering away. Thank goodness all the holes were pre-drilled. He insisted on taking it to bed with him for his nap. After which all the stickers mysteriously disappeared.

Tangled

We went and saw Tangled in theaters and happened to be the only ones there. When the pocorn ran out, G could do nothing but use the theater as his playground. I could do movies like that more often!

Fishing

G is pretty obsessed with fishing. We took him on a freezing day in January, and the fish decided not to play along. Or maybe they didn't like hotdogs. But it was fun to get out.

Snow

So, a while ago we got snow. I'm not sure how much, about 6-9 inches. But because of the "wind sweeping down the plains" there were huge drifts. School was cancelled for 4 days. It was awesome!