Funny Family Stories.

I LoVe my FaMiLy! LOVE THEM! They really are great. They are there for me when times are good and bad. There really isn't anything better than family. I have a few funny stories to share about them.
My mom is out of town at Girls Camp. When she leaves town everything falls apart at home. Its as if no one knows how to DO anything. My sister Autumn can take care of herself and helps the helpless, namely the males in the family. They don't know how to function. Especially Tucker. He is my dog. He goes into morning when she leaves. In fact, I think he's lost a few pounds, which is a big deal considering he weighs all of 17 lbs. He walks around like he's lost his best friend. He has for the week anyway. He has no one to shadow like he does my mom. You gotta love that little ball of fur though. Anyway, my sister autumn and my mom and I spent the week prior to her leaving making card kits for the girls to do for their craft. This consisted of 200 kits of 10 different types of cards and none of the colors could be the same! It was quite the task, but we had a blast doing it! It was really fun to do things together and we busted them out in a few nights! My mom is so creative. Probably the most creative person I know, its no wonder my sisters have creative juices coming out of their fingers, they have my mom. So we made 200 cards and then my mom announced that we had to make scrabble piece necklaces as well.....ha! I didn't really help with that one because I had to work but they turned out great! I hope my mom had a fun time at camp, (she's not really the camping type. Her idea of camping is the Motel 6!) I can't wait for her to come home though!
While she's been gone I have been spending time with my little brother all week. He has been laid up due to a surgery on his leg. 2 years ago in August he broke his leg. His fibia and tibia and had to have a titanium rod put in his leg. So, last friday he had it removed. I have been his maid all week, and to tell the truth, it has been pretty fun. He is 17 years old. Typical boy. Like boy things and nothing girly which is going to make these stories even more funny. He sits on the couch and plays games on his laptop while I subject him to whatever TV I want to watch, and whatever food I can find. He pretends he isn't interested but he really is because I keep catching him watching the TV. So far to date we have watched a lot of I LOVE LUCY, because well, I love lucy! She's one of my favorites! He would laugh and laugh. We actually haven't watched too many cooking shows which is unusual for me because I LOVE the Food Network. I also love TCM, Turner Classic Movies. LOVE IT! So, one afternoon I went to TCM and it was "Howl's Moving Castle" it is an Anime movie. He protested it at first. HA! but, I got him! He LOVED it! He wouldn't admit it until the movie was over though....hehehe. When it ended I was like, 'I liked that!' and he was like, 'yeah, um....can we rent another one?' HA! it was so funny! So the next day I asked him which one he wanted me to go and rent and he looked it up and picked, "Princess Mononoke". So we watched it and it is violent! heads and arms and things were flying off everywhere. He said he felt pretty gay watching it when I was putting it on, but in the end it was pretty good. Then I was flipping through the channels a little later and came across "The Devil Wears Prada" so I turned that on. Adam wasn't too interested but watched it with me and then his friend Taylor came over and he sat down and watched it too. I was vacuuming the whole house during commercial breaks and then I had to go to work and I told them they could change it but Taylor was like, "No, I kinda like it" HAHAHAHA! I left two 17 year old boys watching "The Devil Wears Prada", it was priceless. The next day I turned on TCM again and "How to Steal a Million" was on, Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole, and I started cleaning the kitchen...Adam caught me up on the movie a little later. It was so much fun to spend some chillax time with my brother. I feel like Adam and I bonded, over Anime, Lucy, chick flicks and TCM movies. Huh, never thought that would happen.

A few funny Kayt-isms. Kaytlynn is my oldest niece, she just turned 4. She is my older sister Amber's daughter. She shared these funny stories with me. She prefaced this with, "Kayt apparently watches too much TV and now is getting too smart for her own good..."
Amber told Kayt to go and clean her room the other day and Kayt's response was, "Mom, don't just clean it, OXY clean it!" Bwahahahaha!
Ok, next do you know the Nation Wide Insurance commercials on TV? "Nationwide is on your side!" thats their jingle. Anyway, Kayt came and sat next to Amber and said, "My name's Kaytlynn Belle and I'm on your side!" Hahahahahaha!
Last story: Kayt got up to the dinner table and they were about to say a prayer and Amber said, "ok Kayt fold your arms we are going to pray" and Kayt was like, "Wait just a second" and blew a pink BEAD out of her nose! and then folded her arms like it was all no big deal. Maybe she was just saving it for later? HA! The things kids do!
My sister Autumn was helping me wax my legs last night. She was ripping and I was screaming! Adam was making fun of me for screaming. So, autumn and I went and attacked him with the wax and waxed part of his leg just to show him how bad it really hurts! He didn't even flinch. We forgot. He is on Lortab from his surgery. Nothings getting through that! Maybe I should borrow some so I can finish my legs?

Creating things...

A friend of mine asked me what I have been up to lately. I told them, surviving. Breathing in and out and eating something so I don't die. Sounds dramatic. Then they asked me, no really, what have you been doing? I thought for a minute and realized that I have been doing some things. I have been trying to be a creator of things. I want to plant a tree. I know I'm not 'creating' a tree but I do want to plant one. Any suggestions on what kind? I want to be able to climb it one day... I made a diaper/baby wipes holder for a baby shower the other day. My sister walked me through it over the phone while looking at her own version of it. It turned out a little bit small but overall it looked AWESOME! The fabric rocked,(thanks mom!) and the Velcro was in the right place! Can you believe it?! I didn't realize how hard it was going to be to have velcro match up! but, I DID IT! I also went to the store, wrapped the present in a bag with MATCHING tissue paper(any of you who really know me knows this is a feat because my idea of wrapping a present is throwing it in a pillow case!), got a salad together and hand washed all of the pans in my parents kitchen by hand in one hour. Yup I actually accomplished that. The shower was awesome too by the way, lots of mission friends and lots of laughs. I forgot what it was like to laugh that hard. Other creations include, cutting out the fabric and laying it all out for a quilt. I have had this fabric for 5 years now with great intentions of getting it done but to no avail. I haven't, until NOW! I am going to sew that baby up and get it machine quilted! I have also tried a few new recipes. The Pioneer Woman's Lemon Pasta and peanut butter pie. YUM! If you don't know who the pioneer woman is you are missing out! She rocks my socks! look her up! thepioneerwoman.com. I have many more plans for creations: I want to build a couch. You hear me right, a couch. Go ahead and laugh, most people do but it is going to happen! within my lifetime dadgummit. I want to write a children's book. I have quite a few ideas in my head jumping around they will be freed soon. I am going to make a purse out of a pillowcase, (Thank you Martha Stewart) and I am going to scrapbook LONDON and MY MISSION! Whew! Thats a lot of stuff but I am DETERMINED, to get half of it done.....! I have also been doing other things as well but that is for the next post. So while I have been trying to survive by breathing in and out, I guess I have been doing some worthwhile things and hatching some crazy good ideas.

This is EXCITING!

Hey! I have had quite the accomplishment. I changed my blog skin and font and colors, ALL BY MYSELF! Can you believe that?! I looked it up on the internet. I KNOW! I am just as shocked as you are! For those of you who don't know this, I am computer "slow" I think they conspire against me I swear they do! So, normally in order to do anything on the computer I have to be shown how to do it multiple times, but today I was just like, "I want to spice up my life and I'm going to start with my blog" So I went to a website I stole off of Kellie's blog and went from there! I feel very empowered! I feel like I am on the top of the world! Like I can DO anything! So, if you are feeling a little blah or have extra time that you are just a'wasting, I suggest you try something new! Learn something new. Just get out there and do something hard or whatever! YOU can do it too!