The never ending project

I decided to take on a project that will hopefully continue on until I die. Or get too old to write. Or my life gets too boring.

A few weeks ago my mom gave Lance and I a rifle that was my great grandpa's. It's pretty

antique-y and I can't wait to find a good place and way to display it. It's neat to have something that my great grandpa used to hunt back in the 1900's.

Over the last few years I have been thinking lately about having items to pass on to the generations after me. About a year ago I bought a ring to pass on to a daughter. If I have more than one daughter, looks like there will either have to be a dual or more rings bought :)

It's nothing crazy ornate but I think it'll serve the purpose.

The project I mentioned before is just a little composition book for now, but I started writing all the memories I have from when Lance and I were dating and engaged. I hope to keep up with the book as the memories happen. Sure, I have this blog, but I would love to have a journal or book that has my grandma's handwriting. Hopefully my kids or grandkids will be as interested as I am.

I feel kinda silly writing the stories down but it's been fun remembering the times. I really hope I am able to keep this up and that it turns out pretty cool. Maybe I'll even include pictures...?

As my little side story for this post, Lance and I went to the Cairo Branch to listen to his sister

and friend sing in their sacrament. On our way home we passed a cow pasture and awed and ooed at the baby calves they had. Then I saw a cow laying on the ground weirdly. It wasn't like how a cow is normally chilling on the ground. Then I noticed the sack protruding from it's backside. So we turned around and sure enough the cow was having a baby. When we walked up it was only the hooves sticking out but by 15 or 20 minutes the whole thing came out. The momma cow was made into quite the attraction. Another car had pulled over and joined us. We waited another few minutes to see if the calf would stand but we had been out there a good while

already and decided to go.

I told my mom about this and her reaction was "birth is amazing. does that make you want a

baby?"

It was sweet and all but no thanks, that after birth hanging out of her junk and the blood on her utters was a little much to make me think about having a birth of my own.

She's one step closer to ruling the world

If you like Oprah, please don't read any farther than this line.

Why does Oprah need a whole channel to play her shows 24/7?

She took over an education channel. I liked watching surgeries and other weird gross shows that came on Discovery Health.

Now I haven't touched it in weeks.

Why couldn't she take the soap channel?!

Please tell me this Oprah-thon ends in a few days and my regular tv shows start back up.

10 Facts. Love me or hate me.

I've compiled a list of 10 weird/unknown facts about me. The inspiration came about last night as I laid in bed when number 1 happened and thought to myself that it was weird that I enjoy it. SO here's the list, have a laugh or think I'm weird.

1) I will always love when Orion stands up with his front paws on our bed, because without fail, he will let a little toot out.

2) When I'm laying down before bed I'll usually play a game of bejeweled or two then when I close my eyes to fall asleep, I picture a bejeweled screen and start moving the pieces in my head.

3) When something funny, serious, or annoying happens to me, I think of how I would post a facebook status about it. Ex- at work I constantly answer phones, I have thought many times to post a rant about people getting phone manners. This is strange because I don't do statuses often.

4) I hate feet. I don't like when feet touch me and I don't like to touch feet BUT when someone is wearing sandals I have to stare at their feet.

5) When I cook marshmallows over a fire, I burn the outside and pull off the burned layer and eat it then stick it right back in and do the same thing. You can get a good 3 layers out of them doing that.

6) I am not a rule breaker. If someone wants to do something that's against the rules, I have a slight anxiety attack. I fear getting in trouble.

7) I love to eat lemons like you would eat an orange.

8)When I was in 5th grade I was on bus probation. The relentless 5th graders ruled the back seats and wouldn't let anyone not in 5th grade, or anyone who wasn't cool enough to sit back there. Maybe this is where number 6 started.

9) I can not mix my foods if there were not prepared mixed. I will eat one item until it's gone and then move to the next.

10) I have little faith in society. This could be because I watch so many crime shows that I freak myself out. I wont leave my car unlocked for even 5 minutes. I am constantly looking around for sketchy people. When I cross a road I worry about a random drive by shooting. Living in the sketchy part of town doesn't help.

So there are some random facts about me. Take it or leave it.

On another note, this was my fortune from the chinese buffet today. I hope it's winning a million dollars and not a baby!

Is this week over yet?

Work this week has been hell.

Monday I had too many phone calls to count. Yesteday I tallied 256. Monday was probably double.

I could not wait for 5 to roll around.

I did not want to do a single thing the rest of the day.

I walked in the door and there stood my love with a cup of hot chocolate.

I drank it, and got in bed and stayed there the rest of the night.

That's why I love him.

3 Goals

I've never been one to write lists or make up goals.

This year I want it to be different.

So I made three little goals. Hopefully making them public will make me stick to my guns.

1) Get back to my pre-wedding weight.

In 5 short months of marriage I have gained 10-15 pounds. Before this weight gain I had been the same weight since 10th grade. I can't run in the cold without my throat closing up so I'm solely working off of portion control and not allowing myself to snack. This shouldn't be too hard as my weight varies anywhere from 5 pounds day to day.

2) Stop drinking sodas

It's not like I drink soda non stop or think they make me feel extra gross. This is more of just a challenge to see if I can do it.

3) Save monies.

By the end of the month Lance and I wonder where all of our money goes to. I'm going to be more cautious of when and where I spend our money. I'd rather have extra money to spend on cool souvenirs from Brazil then have the unnecessary things I buy here.

The good thing is, these all kind of go hand in hand. The main thing I need to start doing is bring a healthy lunch to work instead of going somewhere to eat. I'm going to give myself until the day we leave for Brazil to make these changes.

Wish me luck!