>..this post is mostly for me. I have so many things I want to blog about and haven't that I decided I needed to blog them in a list so whenever I have a few minutes I could.
4TH OF July -meeting Uncle Sam
24th of July - waving at Pres hinckley and playing in blow up toys
Wakeboarding Firsts (sorry to all you wakeboarding fans but I am really a skier)
All the pics on our camera
New car possibilities
Renter woes
Rodeo
ok, I am stuck and I know there is more than that!
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Friday, July 20, 2007
Maybe this is why I miss the radio....
...so those of you familiar with Nikkala/Karisa's family, may have already seen/heard this. But those of you who haven't, check it out. Well worth the run down memory lane. I am not big in knowing, let alone recognizing most songs out there but I think I recognized all but one in this medley.
What an entertaining commentary on the merits of today's pop tunes!
Check it at www.chrishartwell.com or YouTube
What an entertaining commentary on the merits of today's pop tunes!
Check it at www.chrishartwell.com or YouTube
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Procrastination...
So I was tagged a while ago (or so it may seem in blog world) to list 7 random things. I have been putting it off because I wasn't entirely sure I could think of 7 random things that people either would want to know or didn't already know about me. For that matter it is highly likely that I had already blogged about anything of real value to you, the reader, but here goes, who knows, this might end up being a work in progress....
1. I went to 10 schools before I was in 9th grade and I turned out ok (correct me if I am wrong)...so don't be afraid to move your kids. They adjust.
2. I like to read instruction manuals. I read any instructions for anything and everything, even if I have already figured it out without them. I read them anyways. And I read them all the way through. Sometimes more than once. Steve prefers to just go ahead and do it himself, so when he gets stuck, I ended up saying the cliche "well, if you would just read the instructions..."
3. Up until a month ago, I have been in Young Women for 5 years and yet never been to girls' camp as a leader, a story for another time. In fact, Steve will make it to girls' camp before me (as a high counselor). I have been Beehive advisor clear to Stake YW presidency. I am now in Primary...I consider any prior learning in YW completely useless in dealing with 4 and 5 year old little boys/girls in my CTR 5 class (except maybe to rely on the Spirit).
4. I am blind as a bat....almost literally, meaning that my other senses including sound and touch are better than my eyes when without my glasses (I have to pay extra to have them thinned enough to put into wire frames) or contacts. Lasic (sp?)... hear I come.
5. I would rather cook than do dishes any day. I don't measure (except with choco chip cookies-which I am anal about measurement). I don't worry about how many dishes I am dirtying when I cook which is probably why I don't like to clean up after cooking....thank heaven's for Steve.
6. I read and read and read and read. I read somewhere that most people read approx 10-15 pages/hour of average adult-level reading (not medical journals or textbooks obviously). Based on my experience with my lastest book, I read approximately (and I was shocked to realize that this wasn't an exaggeration) 100+ pages an hour. In fact, I have been known to finish an average novel in about 2 hours. Unfortunately for me, I have a hard time stopping the reading...must be slightly OCD. I have been trying this summer to change from novels to more informative reading figuring my time would be better well spent, plus I find it easy to quit reading BEFORE I finish the book.
7. I had an amniocentesis when pregnant with Bella. My two-bits: if you know you would never go for an elective abortion, you have no risk factors and you don't NEED to know what's going on. Don't bother. In fact, stay away! Otherwise, be prepared for the actual procedure to be relatively painless and the afterpains barely worth the peace of mind.
I am going to go with Nikki's cop-out here, since most of you that I know have possibly been tagged already....if you are reading this, consider yourself tagged!
1. I went to 10 schools before I was in 9th grade and I turned out ok (correct me if I am wrong)...so don't be afraid to move your kids. They adjust.
2. I like to read instruction manuals. I read any instructions for anything and everything, even if I have already figured it out without them. I read them anyways. And I read them all the way through. Sometimes more than once. Steve prefers to just go ahead and do it himself, so when he gets stuck, I ended up saying the cliche "well, if you would just read the instructions..."
3. Up until a month ago, I have been in Young Women for 5 years and yet never been to girls' camp as a leader, a story for another time. In fact, Steve will make it to girls' camp before me (as a high counselor). I have been Beehive advisor clear to Stake YW presidency. I am now in Primary...I consider any prior learning in YW completely useless in dealing with 4 and 5 year old little boys/girls in my CTR 5 class (except maybe to rely on the Spirit).
4. I am blind as a bat....almost literally, meaning that my other senses including sound and touch are better than my eyes when without my glasses (I have to pay extra to have them thinned enough to put into wire frames) or contacts. Lasic (sp?)... hear I come.
5. I would rather cook than do dishes any day. I don't measure (except with choco chip cookies-which I am anal about measurement). I don't worry about how many dishes I am dirtying when I cook which is probably why I don't like to clean up after cooking....thank heaven's for Steve.
6. I read and read and read and read. I read somewhere that most people read approx 10-15 pages/hour of average adult-level reading (not medical journals or textbooks obviously). Based on my experience with my lastest book, I read approximately (and I was shocked to realize that this wasn't an exaggeration) 100+ pages an hour. In fact, I have been known to finish an average novel in about 2 hours. Unfortunately for me, I have a hard time stopping the reading...must be slightly OCD. I have been trying this summer to change from novels to more informative reading figuring my time would be better well spent, plus I find it easy to quit reading BEFORE I finish the book.
7. I had an amniocentesis when pregnant with Bella. My two-bits: if you know you would never go for an elective abortion, you have no risk factors and you don't NEED to know what's going on. Don't bother. In fact, stay away! Otherwise, be prepared for the actual procedure to be relatively painless and the afterpains barely worth the peace of mind.
I am going to go with Nikki's cop-out here, since most of you that I know have possibly been tagged already....if you are reading this, consider yourself tagged!
Saturday, July 07, 2007
I really don't have time for this, seeing as it is 11:15 and I am exhausted but I couldn't resist.
For all of you who are raising little girls any where around the 3 1/2 range and wouldn't mind an arranged marriage for your little one, we are currently accepting applications for Conner. Of course they will have to be exceptional :) and ready to go to the temple. Tonight while reading scriptures, there was a verse that used the word wife. Conner wanted to know what a wife was and so we spent some time talking about mommy being a wife and how some day he would marry some sweet girl and then she would be his wife. I didn't think anything of it, because we spend more scripture time explaining words than we do actually reading verses (try explaining "concerning" or "abominable" to a 3 year old). Afterwords we were having prayers and during his prayer he said, "Thank thee I can have a wife" so my darling 3 year old is already praying for his future wife. I hope I can remember to tell her that someday because I think that is the most tender thing I have heard.
For all of you who are raising little girls any where around the 3 1/2 range and wouldn't mind an arranged marriage for your little one, we are currently accepting applications for Conner. Of course they will have to be exceptional :) and ready to go to the temple. Tonight while reading scriptures, there was a verse that used the word wife. Conner wanted to know what a wife was and so we spent some time talking about mommy being a wife and how some day he would marry some sweet girl and then she would be his wife. I didn't think anything of it, because we spend more scripture time explaining words than we do actually reading verses (try explaining "concerning" or "abominable" to a 3 year old). Afterwords we were having prayers and during his prayer he said, "Thank thee I can have a wife" so my darling 3 year old is already praying for his future wife. I hope I can remember to tell her that someday because I think that is the most tender thing I have heard.
Monday, July 02, 2007
Happy 4th....
We watched fireworks tonight. We have plans to watch some tomorrow and Wednesday and maybe even Thursday. I guess that is what happens when the 4th falls in the middle of the week.
However, for FHE tonight we talked with Conner about why we watch fireworks. About how it is our nations birthday. Then we listened to the story of the "Star-spangled banner" I have heard pieces of it before but not all connected together. Let me know if you want me to email it to you. (it is mp3). It was really, um, I am at a loss for words...maybe it's because I grew up a military brat or maybe I am just more sensitive in my "old" age...but in any case I was really thinking tonight of how grateful I am to be an American and how proud and protective I am of our heritage and of what those who have gone before stood for. Thank a veteran. Thank a public servant. Thank the Lord for the bounteous beauties of the land in which we live and the freedoms we enjoy.
However, for FHE tonight we talked with Conner about why we watch fireworks. About how it is our nations birthday. Then we listened to the story of the "Star-spangled banner" I have heard pieces of it before but not all connected together. Let me know if you want me to email it to you. (it is mp3). It was really, um, I am at a loss for words...maybe it's because I grew up a military brat or maybe I am just more sensitive in my "old" age...but in any case I was really thinking tonight of how grateful I am to be an American and how proud and protective I am of our heritage and of what those who have gone before stood for. Thank a veteran. Thank a public servant. Thank the Lord for the bounteous beauties of the land in which we live and the freedoms we enjoy.
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