Family Movie Night

Last night was Family Movie Night at the school.  They didn't do any parties or parades during the day, but they invited the kids to dress up in costume for a Halloween Family Movie Night.

My kids were so excited! 

It took us almost 2 hours to get ready!  Don't ask me why!  I only did make up and hair for the girls and I kept it pretty simple but somewhere between the ironing of the costumes and getting out the door  - I was glad I planned early.

When the kids were all done up, I asked them to stand by the wall and smile so I could send a picture to their daddy.  This is what I got!

I think they planned that!  What do you think?  LOL

Rocky Horror

Over many years I have heard many RHPS stories!  I remember watching the show when I was a teenager and thinking everybody was INSANE!  I'm not sure if I even got through the whole thing.  I just don't think I "got it". 

With buying and LOVING the Glee CD and really enjoying the tribute episode, I thought I should give it another shot.  So I rented it from the library yesterday, sent the kids downstairs (for those that were worried) with their library movie and sat down to give RHPS another shot. 

This time around, I found the humor in it.  And I realized it is just one big spoof.  LOL  I don't think I understood that the first time around.  Sometimes it takes me a while.  LOL

I don't think it will be added to my movie collection (yet), but I was at least able to enjoy it.  Tim Curry is just awesome!  What a crack up!  And BTW - The Glee versions of the songs - much better!  Please don't through hot dogs at me!

What I got the biggest kick out of though was the special features on the DVD.  You can actually watch the movie with participation prompters!  HAHA!  A little pop-up type subtitle appears in the corner:  "Throw rice now", "Don your party hat",  "Throw your toast".  Too funny!!

ALSO - you can watch the movie along with a live audio taping of one of the midnight showings.  This was a little more frustrating than enjoyable.  There are so many chants and such that it's nearly impossible to hear the actual movie and I couldn't understand MOST of what the audience was saying.  But boy howdy!  They could sure cuss!

All I gotta say is WOW!  You guys were crazy!  NOW I understand why Nana felt it was appropriate to do the Ninja Rap in the middle of the theater!  I miss you Nana!  I love you mucho mucho!  XXoxoxOXOOXOXOxooxoxOXXxoxoxOXoXooXoOXoOXoOXOXox

More Happy Glee Day

As if my Gleek jokes weren't enough to celebrate my new favorite day of the week..here is some extra special news!!

A GLEE CHRISTMAS CD!!

Can I get a Woot Woot??!!

The CD is scheduled to be released on 11/16!  I can hardly wait!  A Christmas themed episode is scheduled for 12/07 named Yuletide, however it has not been confirmed if all the songs on the album will be from the episode!

•  We Need A Little Christmas (Jenna Ushkowitz, Amber Riley, Chris Colfer)
• Deck The Rooftop (Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Naya Rivera, Kevin McHale, Heather Morris, and Jenna Ushkowitz)
• Merry Christmas Darling (Lea Michele)
• Baby, It’s Cold Outside (Chris Colfer and Darren Criss)
• The Most Wonderful Day Of The Year (Chord Overstreet, Mark Salling, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, Jenna Ushkowitz, and Heather Morris)
• Last Christmas (Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Amber Riley, Kevin McHale, Mark Salling, Jenna Ushkowitz, and Chris Colfer)
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Lea Michele, Amber Riley, Naya Rivera, and Jenna Ushkowitz)
• O Christmas Tree (Matthew Morrison)
• Jingle Bells (Cory Monteith, Mark Salling, and Kevin McHale)
• You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (k.d. lang and Morrison)
• Angels We Have Heard On High (Amber Riley)
• O Holy Night (Lea Michele)

Just food for thought...Isn't Rachel Jewish?  Maybe she's pulling a Barbra!  And is there a possible boyfriend for Kurt?  It's a male duet for Baby, It's Cold Outside.  Hmmm...

You Might Be A Gleek...

Happy Glee day!  Don't forget to tune in tonight for The Rocky Horror Glee Show!  Woot Woot!! 

So I was bored the other day and I needed something to cheer me up so I sat down and started writing "You Might Be A Gleek" jokes.  A few of them are actually funny!!

You might be a gleek if you are considering switching satellite providers because your current provider doesn't subscribe to Sue's Corner.

You might be a gleek if you eagerly set up your next dentist appointment in hopes that you too can have a Britney daydream sequence.

You might be a gleek if you have signed up for Asian Summer Camp and you are not Asian.

You might be a gleek if you have searched Amazon to see if you could buy an Acefellas CD.

You might be a gleek if you now prefer to karaoke Proud Mary while sitting in a wheel chair.

You might be a gleek if you think that Clariton D is a vitamin.

You might be a gleek if you are disappointed every Sunday when Single Ladies does not play over the sound system when watching the kicker prepare for his field goal.

And of course, You might be a gleek if you are actually writing "You Might Be A Gleek" jokes.

HaHa  - More to come.  If I ever open my Glee blog, I'll have to include these!

HOT Salsa

Last week was crazy.  Without going into details, I was really thankful that my sister was there, although, we didn't get a whole lot of "sister time".  It seemed like we were constantly running errands.  And if we weren't, we were trying to think of other errands we COULD run.  It was such an odd feeling.

Friday everything came to a head.  We went home completely exhausted from the emotional strain. 

Shawn had the night off, so we pulled out a deck of cards and the three of us sat at the kitchen table playing cards all night.  It was great!  We had to sit through a few John Denver and Hank Williams (NOT Jr) songs, but it was worth it.

Shawn taught us a new game called Knock Knock.  He's tried to teach me before, but could never remember how to play.  I still think he was kinda making it up but it was fun, nonetheless. 

The object of the game is pretty simple.  Each person is dealt 4 cards face down.  You can only look at two cards.  You draw and discard one card at a time, trying to get the lowest points.  When you think you have the lowest points, you knock on the table.

We made a rule that the loser had to take a big ol chip full of Shawn's, now famous, habinero salsa!  Ouch!  It is pretty hot!  It burns your nose just smelling it!  And it's just as hot going in as it is going out, if you know what I mean! 

I don't know why we made this rule, but it made the game really fun!  And poor Jenn was the biggest loser!  I think she lost almost every game!  The maximum points you could have was 40 and she ended almost every game in the 30's!  Poor thing!   But she was a good sport about it!  We laughed and laughed.  Just what we all needed! 

I love you Jenn!!  And I miss you so much!  I can't wait for our next game of Knock Knock!

::sniff sniff::

A few months ago, I went through the majority of my baby things and donated them to Big Brother Big Sister.  It is so hard on my heart, that I just couldn't go through all of it, so I left the last bit to go through at a later time.

Yesterday, Shawn asked me to please go through the the rest of the things so we can get rid of them.  Part of me wanted to just get rid of everything without even looking at it, but the other part wanted to keep a few special outfits for my kids.  So I went through them. :(

It is so hard.  Especially knowing this is the last of it.  It's like I'm giving up on the idea of having more babies.  I always thought I had one more waiting for me.  :*(

However, as hard as it was...I remembered to text my sweet cousin last night and ask her if she wanted any of it.  She will soon be a newly wed and although babies aren't in her IMMEDIATE future - they are in her future.  When she said she wanted it, it made it just a little easier, knowing that they were going to someone I love and will be worn by a future someone I love!  :) 

What I found most odd was, although I always wanted another boy - it was the little girl things I found harder to give up.  I guess it is easier for me as a girl to give up trucks and trains - blue and green, than it is to give up cute little princesses and flowers, purples and pinks!

Anyways, point is.  It's done.  ::sniff sniff::

My NEW living room!

After months and months, we are SOO close to being done with the living room.  The only thing we have to do now is touch up paint on the trim and finish decorating!  I am so excited!

I really wish I would have taken a before pic with our old furniture, but alas, I was far to anxious to get things started to stop and take a picture.

Here is the after.  I wish I had a better pic - it doesn't really show off the room the way it should. Plus it was dark and taken from my phone.  And I couldn't really get a very good angle.  But enough with my excuses.

He has done A LOT!  We extended the wall (and of course when I say "we" I mean him.), bricked and walled in half the window, replaced the window, replaced the sliding door with beautiful french doors, put in recessed lighting, refinished the wood floor, textured the ceiling, repainted, and replaced all of the furniture.

Who knew that ALL of this would come from asking for a fresh coat of paint! It was worth the wait!  I can't wait til it's fully decorated! 


AND I was able to talk him into a new TV!  We will be picking it up today!  He resisted at first, but once he realized I was right (of course!) or rather that I wouldn't stop talking about it, and that we could pay for it out of our savings, he agreed.  I am so excited!
 
Thanks for ALL of your hard work, Baby!  I love you!

"I'm sure you're aware, but..."

So today a friend kindly inquired about my blog.  "I'm sure you're aware, but hasn't it been a while since you updated your blog?!?"

Yeah, I know...  I'm sorry.  :)

So here's a fun little story I've already shared with people, but I still think it's blog worthy!

Thursday I found myself driving in Downtown Salt Lake.  Ugh!  Not a favorite pastime for me!  I dread it and avoid Downtown like the plague.  However, there are those times that it is just inevitable.  And Thursday was one of those times.  I had to go down to the Social Security Administration to get a new SSN card.  -I'm still aggravated by this so I won't go into details on why!

So I got Downtown pretty easily and to the building I needed (or so I thought) without much stress.  So far so good.  Now it's time to park.  Oh my!

All I could find was meter parking on the street.  Which would have been fine if I had any change.  Unfortunately, I planned on paying for parking...with DOLLAR BILLS!!  Imagine that!  What was I thinking!?

So I turn into the building and find some parking but it's all permit parking.  I'll just go a bit further and see if I can find some regular parking. 

Soon, the drive turns into a one way road...and gets very scenic.  There are beautiful flower beds, fields of grass, park benches....hmm.  That's weird.  And since when have there ever been statues in a parking lot. 

It was about then that my eyes popped out of my head and my jaw dropped to the floor.  The horror on my face was undoubtedly priceless as I realized that I was not in any kind of parking lot but was actually driving along on the walking paths of the city building! 

Oh no!  What to do?  What to do!? 

I can't turn around.  It's definitely a "one way" road - for a car at least.  If I attempted at all to turn around I would have ruined a beautiful garden bed or hit a statue!

I hate Downtown!  I hate Downtown!!  Sweat started pooling up on my brow as I anxiously look around for some kind of out and to my dismay, I only find odd expressions on strangers faces as they exit the building.

My only option is to keep going.  Oh please help me! 

And then, there it is!  The small opening between two cars parked at meters on the street!

The only obstacle in my way is two nicely sized statues.

Can I do it?  Can I squeeze through?  What other options do I have?! 

So I squeeze my boat of a car through the statues with great success and jump the curb!  Yes!  I'm back on the road!!  Phew!

So I drive a few blocks, find an actual parking structure and walk back to the building only to find it is the wrong building. 

Luckily for me, the correct office was just across the street!

And I'm happy to report that after all that stress (and a little flirting - it's good to know, I still got it!) I walked out with a smile and a paper saying I'll be mailed my SSN card in 7-10 days!