Yay Earth!

So Today was Earth Hour and of course Steve and I participated. We tried to get everything together before it was lights out time so we wouldn't have to go fumbling around in the dark or with a candle like it was the 1800's. Well I forgot there was a good smelling candle upstairs and Steve needed some sniffle medicine. So we ended up using my super crazy bright flashlight to look around (anyone who went backpacking with us will remember this thing). No worries... rechargeable batteries Jennie. If someone happened upon our window they might worry about a break in! But we did our part (even in the smallest way)!

Stochastic Questions

Random Questions

Random questions..... borrowed from Kristy... Jennie and anyone else! Your turn!

1. Do you like blue cheese?Oddly enough... Sometimes yes in small amounts in a salad

2. Have you ever been drunk?I had a bad patch in my life.

3. Do you own a gun? Oh wow... Steve has like 7

4. What flavor of Kool Aid was your favorite? oh yum cherry and grape

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments?Nope. Love Medicine.

6. What do you think of hot dogs? Guilty pleasure. DO NOT want to know truly what is in them

7. Favorite Christmas movie?Muppet Christmas Carol! Family Tradition

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Starbucks. A must to function.

9. Can you do push ups? Yuppers. But not a fan.

10. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? Hmm don't really wear jewelry. I like the necklaces Steve got me! Can't wear jewelry in uniform tho

11. Favorite hobby? Scrapbooking and making cards

12. Do you have A.D.D.? not that I'm aware of... my thats a pretty bird

13. What's your favorite shoe? I love my running shoes and flip flops

14. Middle name? Rachel

15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment? I am tired... I can't wait till the weekend... and I'm thirsty. I am seriously focused on immediate needs right now. Normally my thoughts revolve around fanciful things.

16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? Smart water, Root Beer and Star Bucks!

17. Current worry? Neurosurgery...

18. Current hate right now? people who interrupt me. Seriously. It is getting out of control as of late.

20. How did you bring in the New Year? Steve at home. Very laid back.

21. Where would you like to go? Arizona. Always and forever Arizona. I just like home. I love San Fran and other places but hey...

22. Name three people who will complete this?Um... not sure, someone and somebody else?

23. Do you own slippers? Nope. Socks or barefoot is the way to go!

24. What color shirt are you wearing right now? Purple and white stripes

25. Do you like sleeping on Satin sheets? I thought I would but no. I slip all over the place and they make me way too hot.

26. Can you whistle?yup

27. Favorite color? You know... I like everything depending on the day but orange.... Purple and pink rock tho.

28. Would you be a pirate ?The cool kind with striped shirt and shoulder parrot. Not these new ones who can't behave.

29. What songs do you sing in the shower? I only have a few minutes in the shower in the morning so I really don't sing.

30. Favorite Girl's Name? McKenna

31. Favorite boy's name? Wyatt

32. What's in your pocket right now? No pocketts

33. Last thing that made you laugh? Steve

34. Best bed sheets as a child? Probably Disney

35. Worst injury you've ever had as a child?Jennie was the one getting hurt as a kid

36. Do you love where you live?Um... welll... it's nice and green...

37: What is your favorite mythical character? Mythical like sleeping beauty? Well then that one.

38. Who is your loudest friend? April

39. How many dogs do you have? Sign. Evil cat.

40. Does someone have a crush on you??Hopefully Steve

41. What is your favorite book?I like (like everybody else) the Twilight series but I'm reading Peony in Love.

42. What is your favorite candy?CHOCOLATE

43. Favorite Sports Team?ASU

44. Song you want played at your funeral? Dead on arrival by Fall Out Boy... kidding haven't given it much thought...

Enchantingly delightful Capriciousness

I have way too many pictures to post! I recently went home to AZ with Steve and saw my family. I took oodles and oodles of pictures! So I just thought I'd pick out a few...

Peeps! Jennie was not pleased with the blue mouth and fingers.

Family! Well Minus Ivy who couldn't sit still, Steve took the picture and Uncle Fred didn't get up in time.

Playing at Grandma 'Gees... Ivy found the airvent and Riley found some flags.

Next came Riley's Birthday Party!

Cheese!


My cute little snuggle-bunny... time to say goodbye... :(

Conundrum of the Day...

I love snow but hate the cold and ice that comes with it. This came to mind because yesterday we had a fabulous snow storm (in March!). So around here when it snows I bundle up as tight as I can... dash out... take oodles of pictures and dash back inside. Seems to work well. This year I prepared for winter with gloves, jackets and scarves. I just think snow is so pretty. Last year at the clinic I remember standing outside with my Doc and just listening to the silence that comes with the snow. Almost magical. And almost as magical is Spring! I heart spring and all being able to start running outside again!

Starting to snow!

Guess No BBQ-ing tonight!

Too True

It's like all wars, I guess. The undertakers are winning. And the politicians who talk about the glory of it. And the old men who talk about the need of it. And the soldiers, well, they just wanna go home. - Charlie Anderson (Shenandoah) talking about the Civil War

I'll have pictures from my trip up shortly. I just thought I'd share this quote... Watched the movie today and it totally rang true.

Ecstatic

So I am super elated, ticked pink, joyous and pleased as punch! As some of you may know, the day after tomorrow I get to fly with Steve to Arizona to see my family and my little peanuts Ivy and Riley-Bug! This is a welcome respite as again some of you may or may not know I will soon be having surgery. Again. Sign... let me tell you how elated I am. It's an occipital subcraniectomy. Long story short it's to help my migraines, passing out, chiari malformation, numbness and tingling in my hands and face... I get it on the 16th! So it'll be nice to go home. So I might be out of the loop for the while. I have the probably wear a device and whatnot for awhile...

Lessons Learned... This Week...

So I had planned on posting this earlier this week as a lesson I learned but it quickly became another lesson I learned. I will explain.

1. Do not attempt to use quick drying glue after you take your sleeping medication.

- Some times after I take my medication I get "inspired." Please help me. Lock up the supplies. If you decide to glue half asleep you will wake up with your thumb and index finger glued together. You have been warned.

2. When the wind is gusting outside over 30 mph and you weigh barely 'a buck o' five' DO NOT attempt to run. You will fall. And look like a tooth pick caught in the wind... And pretty darn silly when your butt hits the ground. No Explanation needed.

3. Under NO circumstances should you attempt to blog after you have taken your medication.

- Oh my. Thankfully I remembered the next morning that "Oh, No.. I didn't.. Did I?" It looked like alphabet soup towards the end. It was comical in the beginning but at the end.. made no sense.

I'm not a fan of all this medication. But hey it's good for a laugh some times and some valuable lessons right?

I cook... Just not often.. or Well

Disclaimer- No person or animal was harmed in the making of this dinner ... I cannot say the same for my poor oven mitt.





For Valentine's Day Steve and I decided to cook dinner for each other. Now, for those of you that know me, you are familiar with my burning water fiasco. Great. Long ago I did have a few successes with shrimp scampi so I thought I'd go with what I knew. We had some red potatoes left over too so I thought I'd make my good-ole garlic mashed potatoes. Everything was going according to plan; I had a rhythm.. shrimp in the broiler, watch the boiling potatoes, watch the boiling asparagus... got it. Ok. Time to take out the shrimp. I needed room to put the hot pan from the oven so I decided to move both the pots to the back burner. Now... By this point I have already mashed my potatoes and am on the home stretch. Just gotta remove the shrimp from the oven. I have banned Steve from the kitchen even though we agreed to cook for each other; I was determined to prove I could cook! Now... just had to actually do it... Ok. So I moved the pots to the back pulled the shrimp out put it on the plate arranged it all pretty... Oh my goodness, I did it! Wait... Whats that smell?? Aaack! Yeah...I did turn the burner off.. but... They were still very hot. My poor oven Mitt. Never saw it coming. Dinner was great though. We had Strawberry's and Cool Whip for Desert. Delicious.. Steve Enjoyed the cool Whip a little too much and of course Oreo became interested as soon as he heard the sound of the Cool whip can...

All in all... It was a wonderful Valentine's Day. We were going to go out of town but oh my... wouldn't you know it... our luck we got sick. So we stayed in. Steve surprised me with a Nintendo DS which I have wanted forever! LOVE it! Love my man!

8008 Typed in a calculator spells BOOB.

How often have we found ourselves needing to know the time and also needing to know the square of pi? Or having to add large numbers? Enter the calculator watch. Many of us remember this gem from our childhood. I remember it being banned from math classes for it's wonderful ability to gives us a leg up on tests. These days it simply hasn't been able to keep pace with today's current math curriculum but I still find myself longing for the good ole days of slyly clicking away beneath my desk checking the likes of 455*999. Tonight when I saw it on a recent episode of my favorite show, my those happy memories were reignited and I promptly picked up my laptop and began my search. I found many results including one that appeared promising.

http://www.uncrate.com/men/style/watches/paul-frank-calculator-watch/



But there was one product that caught my eye.




I'm pretty certain it is love at first site. These are keepers... Not necessarily practical but I can not seem to pull my eyes away. I must have both. One for practical purposes such as telling time and adding up spots on the ceiling or times I space out during the day... and one merely because it is awesome. It it is a necessary complement to my awesomeness. :)


These days the calculator watch no longer says "I live in my mom's basement." It's no longer for the geeks and pocket-protecting patrons. Oh no. The market has expanded. It's now in the Retro market. I'm there.

Kim-Sicle

So it finally decided to snow! And freeze... Many of you may have heard on the news about this huge ice storm that rolled through here. At Fort Campbell at least the ice storm that came through a few months ago was worse, but this one hit some of my coworkers up north pretty bad. But this time it snowed pretty good. Like I've said many times, I don't like the cold. But I don't mind it if I can run outside for a second, catch a few snowflakes on my tongue and run back in. In the morning it started out raining then everything it froze (hence the first picture). It got pretty bad caused the roads that had previously been wet from the rain were now huge sheets of ice. And then it snowed for a couple hours. Alot of people didn't have to come in to work but I got labeled as essential personnel so had to come in and stay. I got to watch to snow tho!