What You Missed

Being the exciting, world-travelling, always in demand, fantastically fabulous, busily busy family that we are, this blog has been neglected, not for lack of ideas, but lack of time....and internet...we didn't have internet for a week. Because we moved. To the most exciting place that could handle people like us...Springville, Utah....yeah, maybe not.

But we're here! And because my camera is broken (aka it ran out of batteries and I can't find the charger, therefore it is broken by my standards), you'll have to use your imagination. But it looks a little something like this:

Great, huh!?

In other news, Mr. Mister (aka Finn) is settling in great. There is a playground at the complex and he totally digs the slides and can go down them sans me now. Which is a total thrill for the independent little guy. Also the library nearby has a train set that parents like to take their kids to and sit back and watch as the kids duke it gladiator-style out for the last train. It is BRUTAL. Finn got shoved and stepped on by some nasty 2 year old girl who wanted his train. I was like, "Finn, she is a GIRL! Hit her back!"...because its never too late to start encouraging misogyny, right?

Also, due to the absence of my mom being upstairs I have to work out at 6am in the morning before Luke goes to work. Which is fine because I'm a morning person if I can't sleep in and go to bed at 830pm the night before. There is a workout room in the clubhouse (yeah, we have a clubhouse, waddup) and there is always the same three people working out there every morning. I desperately want to be welcomed into their group so I can talk about 'pumping iron' and 'protein shakes' and 'calories burned' with them...you know, everyone likes to feel welcome. But unfortunately I have not broken through yet and as a result they watch me in silence as I wog slowly on the treadmill or struggle with the weights. Sigh. One day.

And for now, I'll leave you with the image of me wogging on a treadmill, which won't be getting any better because tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I aim on gaining 5 lbs on stuffing alone :)

Read This, Skip That...

A few things I've been pondering:

-I had another surgery on my tooth yesterday and as I stared in the mirror afterward I couldn't tell if my cheeks were a bit swollen from the surgery or if they have, in fact, gotten a bit chubbier.

-Finn slept all night last night. Like ALL night. Seeing as he was up a whopping total of FIVE times the night before, this was an amazing occurrence.

-We are moving in a week and my packing strategy goes as such: pack up one drawer, call it a day. Repeat again tomorrow.

-I told the owner of the condo we are moving into that I wanted to come measure some of the rooms to see if our furniture would fit...but really I just wanted to see it again so I could envision where all our furniture would go.

-Luke and I have been watching the BBC show Merlin and while I totally dig it, the character of Merlin totally bugs the crap out of me.

-I decided this weekend that I was going to become a master chef/baker because I had found all these recipes online for muffins and goods made with pumpkin. I had dreams of opening my own pâtisserie! But I ended up making a batch of microwaveable muffin mix and calling it good. I believe the moral to this story has something to do with a tiger (me) not be able to change it spots (baking).

-I did make a pork loin with stuffing though, thus redeeming my self-esteem.

-BYU sent me an email asking me what I did with the major I graduated in...I don't know if I was in a self-depreciating mood or what because I actually took the survey knowing full well my answer would be 'basically nothing' or seeing as I majored in English, "speaking it".

-And finally, my kid is pretty cute, huh?