Grrrrrr.....

Yeah, yeah, I'm messing with the blog again :) It probably won't stay this way, but I'm definitely in a very restless mood right now. Probably because my dryer broke (AGAIN) and I can't make any progress on the laundry. And because doing my taxes is taking over my life and about to make me lose my mind. The sad part is I already exercised today so the usual mood booster I use to get out of these funks won't be coming. Which means I am just going to have to be mature and choose to act pleasant and happy of my own accord. Worst idea ever!!!

Oh, snap!

Just thought you should know I am writing this sentence from my iPod while watching Luke in his gymnastics class. I really, really think I may need to get an iPhone this year. Cool club, here I come!

It's Two, Two, Two Lists in One!

It may come as a surprise, but coming up with the actual topic for the top ten each week is definitely the hardest part. I got a great suggestion from my brother-in-law, Sean- which actually spawned about 5 different top ten lists last night at my dad's house - but here is Sean's requested list! And we threw in a bonus list just to show how much we care. ('We' being myself, Dave, and my dad.)


General Conference was held over the weekend and Sunday's session happened to land on April Fool's Day. I didn't notice anything different while we watched it on TV, but an excellent source of mine tells me that behind the scenes, it was a whole different story....

TOP TEN PRACTICAL JOKES THE GENERAL AUTHORITIES/Q of 12 PLAYED ON EACH OTHER OVER THE WEEKEND:

10. President Monson telling the new General Authorities "Nice beige shirt!" to see which ones would go home and change
9. Bishop Burton replacing all the choir's sheet music with copies of the autobiography of Al Roker
8. Elder Packer putting an "Obama is my Co-pilot" bumper sticker on the back of Elder Oaks' car
7. The annual "Quorum of the 12 Snipe hunt" for all new GAs on Friday night
6. Elder Bednar dusting off the ol' "The Three Nephites were in your apartment last night" trick
5. Elder Cook installing a giant timer on the pulpit that counts down time by 4s
4. Elder Perry tying together the other apostles' shoelaces before it's their turn to talk
3. Right before getting up to speak, Pres. Monson whispered to Uchtdorf, "Watch this, I am going to announce a temple in Cuba"
2. 'Someone' stealing Elder Ballard's talk and substituting every use of "The Holy Spirit" with "McGyver"
1. Every time someone got up to speak, Elder Hales ripped a giant piece of fabric

But wait, there's more!


TOP FIFTEEN WORDS WE REALLY WISH WE COULD HEAR FROM THE PULPIT AT GENERAL CONFERENCE:

15. Mookie
14. chimichanga
13. frenemy
12. ridonkulous
11. remote-controlled grinch
10. frothy
9. gingivitis
8. cyberslacking
7. unibrow
6. clown shoes
5. shasta beast
4. Djibouti
3. ShamWow
2. corn nut
1. Sweeneyville

Cindy Takes the Plunge

Well, Cindy is official now! She got baptized and confirmed on Friday night by her dad. It was a wonderful night and I really appreciate everyone that came (and especially everyone that helped me!). Even Cindy's little friend from next door came and that absolutely made Cindy's night :) Here are the few pics I managed to take:

*One highlight of the night I want to mention was Luke falling asleep during the video presentation and then snoring like a chainsaw during the closing prayer. (In his defense he did wake me up at 4:18 that morning telling me about the bad dream he had, so it was pretty much inevitable he would crash at some point...)






If Cindy ever went on trial being accused of being the luckiest girl in the world, this photo would be Exhibit A and the only piece of evidence needed to convict her.









After the baptism Cindy did get to have her friend Maddie over a for a night swim at Grandma Sweeney's. (We actually just wanted to keep Karl and DeAnne up real late so they would be totally wasted for their flight to Utah very early the next morning. That's what grandkids are for, right?)

It's Great to be Eight!

And now for your viewing pleasure, pictures of Cindy "getting her Aunt KaRyn on"...

















She had Krispy Kreme donut cake this morning and will be baptized tonight! I would consider that a pretty good Birthday, no?

You waited for this?

As you may know the supreme court is now reviewing the components and constitutionality of Obamacare. I read and interesting article the other day about all the surprising things they found in the written law. So as a public service, I just want to educate you...


TOP TEN SURPRISES FOUND IN OBAMACARE:

10. Obama's chief medical advisers were Drs. Pepper, Scholl and Seuss
9. All physicals would be required to be done in groups of 4
8. Only treatment allowed for strep throat is Popsicles
7. The 35 stanza rap by Pitbull on page 1255
6. Strangely, it doesn't correctly classify Liberalism as a horrific disease
5. Hospital coverage doubles when patient is wearing a hoodie
4. Little-known provision to raise an extra 13 billion dollars by charging a penny for every time someone says "this sucks"
3. All anesthesia would be replaced with DVDs of speeches by Joe Biden
2. KFC required to release their secret recipe
1. Everything in it

Good times :) Thanks Dad and Dave!

Juggle THIS!

I am working on the top ten list, slowly but surely. (I am babysitting again this week for a friend, so I am not at my computer as much as normal. "As much as normal" meaning 6 hours a day. In a row.) But while I finish that list off, I remembered something I wanted to share. While on our cruise we went to a show featuring the juggling champion of the world. It was pretty funny, the guy was obviously an amazing juggler, but during the course of the show, he gave us some background on juggling competitions and told us that he, himself was the founder of the World Juggling Federation. And he also told us that it was he who was responsible for getting WJF competitions televised live on ESPN. He showed us some YouTube videos to prove it, but he also showed us one of a new 'sport' he created, which is essentially a cross between juggling and tennis or football or something??? I think the entire audience on the cruise was confused and trying to decide if this video was a spoof that was part of his act or if it actually was a real event that is put on ESPN. Well, here is the proof: it is real. And awesome.

Off to Fight the Hottentots

You know what I love? Well, lots of things, really. Mini colanders, peanut butter on graham crackers, how whenever anyone insults Obama an angel gets its wings...But I digress! What I really love is hearing a certain line being sung in the movie Mary Poppins. Who else thinks it's awesome when Mrs. Banks, while robustly singing about women's voting rights, says the immortal phrase: "Though we adore men individually, we agree that as a group they're rather stupid." Eh?? It gets me every time! And it also proves once again that you could get away with anything in the 60s. Those really were the good old days.

Really?!

It's a good thing I didn't rip out all my pineapple plants on account of I thought they were only good for catching acorns. I just happened to notice this little guy outside yesterday. Crazy, huh?

Cattitude

I have noticed that much like sun and sand, ebony and ivory, Nutella and bacon or even Brian and Kelly, cats (wearing tiny human clothing) and the Internet are a match made in heaven. I came across this ad and just had to share. I do love the last 3 seconds...





And by the way, this cat is exactly what my cat Yoshi has turned into. And I don't even try to water her or put her in fancy water repellent jackets, so what's up with the attitude, huh?