THE TRAVELING GARDNERS

I was watching the movie The Family Stone today. I realized that one of the sisters in the movie(Susanna) is the same gal(Elizabeth Reaser) who plays Esme Cullen in Twilight! I knew she had been on Grey's Anatomy as a reacurring character and played the lead in short lived TV show The Ex List. But she looks so different in The Family Stone! Random fact for you for the day. :)

I got tagged by Heather! I feel so special. :) The rules are that I have to tag 7 other people and tell them how much I love to read their blogs. I have so many that I love, but I can only choose 7. Sorry! So if you are one of those 7 , feel free to post this on your blog and give some other bloggers some love. 1. Adele seizes the day ~ http://considerthedayseized.blogspot.com/ 2. Brenda's Alaskan adventures ~ http://bmjohnson.blogspot.com/ 3. Bling Blang Zangs ~ http://blingblangzangs.blogspot.com/ 4. Story Time ~ http://storyohana.blogspot.com/ 5. Heidi and her creative world ~ http://jasonandheidi.blogspot.com/ 6. It's a wonderful life ~ http://carlmelwhiting.blogspot.com/ 7. Jody, Tate, and baby girl to be ~ http://tateandjody.blogspot.com/ If you are not on here, you have probably been tagged by someone else and I didn't want to over Tag you. :)

10 years ago I: 1. was graduating high school 2. was driving a turquoise 82' Toyota Corolla(I miss it) 3. was working at Wicks N Sticks 4. had just cut my hair short for the first time 5. was moving out to be roommates with Tammy 5 things on today's "to do" list: 1. scan in photos to make them digital and organize all digital photos of baby Ben 2. call Pablo who mows our grass 3. call movers who broke our furniture 4. turn on heater for first time this year(it's raining!) 5. drink lots of water 5 snacks I enjoy: 1. string cheese 2. homemade smoothies with peach frozen yogurt, frozen berries, frozen bananas, and OJ 3. granola bars 4. cold cereal 5. pita chips 5 things I would do if I were a millionaire: 1. Be completely debt free, with a nice nest egg of savings for retirement, kids college 2. Dan and I could both finish our degrees without working 3. Buy new furniture for Master Bedroom, Ben, Zach, Kitchen, and Living Room 4. Purchase a house with land, a lake, an...

I was at a ladies get together tonight with some women from church. It was Hawaiian themed...a Luau! Dinner and free babysitting...how could I say no? I was sitting at a table with two women I had just met. One of the women had just moved onto the base and her husband was Air Force. When I asked the other women what her husband did, she responded after glancing between the other military wife and myself and said....."Well, he's not off saving the world........" I always said I would marry Superman....... My Super hero ~ I love you. Love, Lois Lane

So right now, we are currently in Arizona visiting Dan's family. And Dan and I went on a date night tonight. Jason(Dan's brother) was nice enough to watch Ben for us while we got away for a little while. We went and saw a movie and then grabbed an appetizer from Chili's. It was really a peaceful night. It was quite the opposite of what this morning showed on the news. I woke up to news announcing a possible US recession and stocks crashing. I saw that (to Dan's dismay) Fred Thompson had dropped out of the republican race. Then the news showed that the FED interest rate was dropped to 3.5% to prevent a recession. And in very sad news the actor Heath Ledger had died. As I was with Dan tonight I truly enjoyed being with him and just holding his hand. I have been very teary lately just thinking of him deploying. I just think with such hard times going on through out the world, we are truly blessed. We have our share of hard times. But for the most part, we truly live the go...

Am I the only one that feels like our lives are starting to sound like something straight out of a movie???? Heard about this yesterday as I was reading the Fox news website. Has anyone else heard about this???? More info at the following link - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,288540,00.html

I got this idea from my friend Heather. Thanks Heather for the idea! 40 things I want to do by the time I am 40! 1. Have a little girl. (Either through adoption or usual way) 2. Don't give up on getting my bachelors! Keep going until I graduate....one unit at a time! 3. Complete a triathlon, half marathon, or relay race. 4. Be debt free 5. Be an audience member on Martha Stewart or Oprah show. 6. See an NBA game in person (preferably the Bulls) 7. Eat a dodger dog at Dodger Stadium while rooting on the Padres. 8. Learn to sew! 9. Be at a healthy weight and stay there! 10. Go on a cruise with Dan to a tropical island. 11. Drink a frrrrozen hot cocoa from Serendipity's in New York 12. Go river rafting with Dan 13. Go to Disneyland as a family. 14. Learn to knit a scarf 15. Make a sock monkey 16. Go on a trip with family and visit (mostly)every baseball stadium and temple in US! 17. Meet my in-laws in New York! 18. Vacation at Turtle island in Fiji in a hut on the ocean 19. Learn ...

So tonight Dan and I had a "spiderman" date. My GREAT aunt Judy sent us monopoly spiderman version a few weeks ago! We have been meaning to play it for awhile now. And tonight we did just that. We ordered some pizza, popped in Spiderman the movie and played spiderman monopoly! So fun! It was a nice way to celebrate the end of my school semester. Today I took my last final! YAH! So you will be seeing more blogging from me now. I'm back....... And can I just say it is nice to have life back to a little bit more calm and normal now?!?!?!?!

If only life was this simple! With all the craziness in life...you sometimes just have to laugh...

So I am in a mass communications class. We were recently discussing our favorite commercials. This one definately makes the top 5! HAHAHAHAHAHHAA...I can not watch this without laughing....because who has not done this? Oh what i'm the only one that sings into the mirror when no one is looking....