Two Weeks Notice

I did it. I gave my two weeks notice on Friday. I was so nervous. My manager was so nice about it, but honestly what could she do, fire me? So I have two shifts left and then I just get to stay home and work on becoming a better wife and mom. How great is that? I think Mazee's going to get really sick of me. Anyway, Jake is loving his new job and all the perks that come with it. Whenever we go anywhere now he wants to take his new truck, but it's so dirty. What can I expect though, he works with asphalt. Needless to say, we're feeling very blessed.

Sincere Apologies

I have been feeling guilty the last couple weeks because I have not been the loyal, freak-out American Idol fan that I was in the past. I've definitely been watching, and we've still been having our weekly Tuesday night gatherings at Grandma Gunnell's house with our dinner assignments and all. But for some reason I'm just not as into it this season. Is it just me? I mean, I used to be calling and voting on both mine and Jake's cell phones for hours. I also went to their concert last summer with Jake's mom, sister, and aunt, which was way fun! I was 7 months pregnant and totally jammed out in loyalty to AI. What has happened to me? I'm just not feelin' it.

The guilt is starting to build inside me. I guess I felt the need to confess my sins today. I'm sorry AI Season 7, I'll do better.

Big Girl Blythe

Is 5 years old today! Happy Birthday Blythe! We love you!

A-Z

Shan tagged me, so here we go....... hopefully I get the alphabet in the right order.


A. Attached or Single: Attached to Jake & Mazee

B. Best Friend: Jake and then my mom

C. Cake or Pie: If the treat is going to be a pastry, I'd rather have a doughnut. I'm a sucker for doughnuts. Isn't that sick?

D. Day of Choice: Saturday. No obligations. No school, no work, just whatever we want to do.

E. Essential item: Hair wax to smooth down all my little baby hairs that are growing in after losing half my head of hair after having Mazee

F. Favorite Color: Probably black. It's just so classy to me and always looks good. Jake always asks me if I'm going "Goth"

G. Gummy bears or worms: Worms. The bears don't give me the "party in my mouth" kind of feeling like the worms do

H. Hometown: Mapleton, Utah

I. Indulgence(s): Diet Dr. Pepper, Redbox

J. January or July: July because we're going to Lake Powell!!

K. Kids: just my sweet Miss Mazee

L. Life is incomplete without: Of course Jake & Mazee

M. Marriage Date: December 10th, 2005

N. Number of siblings: 4

O. Oranges or apples: Well, I'm a huge fan of both, but lately I've been on an orange kick. There's nothing like a nice cold refreshing orange

P. Phobias or Fears: My biggest fear is losing Jake, Mazee, or my Mom and Dad. I would be lost without any one of them. I hope my mom and dad don't die until I do, how do you survive without parents?

Q. Quotes: I don't really have any, but Jake is always quoting Seinfield

R. Reason to smile: because Jake is loving his new job, he graduates in 3 weeks, which means I can quit work any time I want after that!!!

S. Season of choice: I love Spring because the flowers are coming out and it means warmth is coming, but I love Fall too because I just love the feeling of Fall

T. Tag: Tiff, Lacey, Carly, Aunt B, & anyone else

U. Unknown fact about me: I love bargain shopping and especially on eBay. My most recent purchase was the whole set of 25 Baby Einstein DVDs which I got for $35. That's pretty good when you consider one DVD is usually about $12.

V. Very favorite store: It depends what I'm shopping for, but I definitely love Sam's Club. I could spend hours and hours in that store

W. Worst habit: I'm a hoarder. I can't let go of things i.e. clothes, anything with sentimental value even things I drew/made when I was little, coupons- I'm always thinking "I might go shop there so then I could use this 25% off," when I've never even been to that store, and things my mom is giving away- even if I don't need it I think "Maybe I might need/use it someday."

X. X-ray or Ultrasound: Since I work around these, I'd have to say X-ray. They are so much faster and less complicated. The type of ultrasounds we do in the NICU are on the babies heads so it's not as exciting as if it were a pregnant momma's belly

Y. Your favorite food: Oh my lands! Where do I begin? If we're eating out we absolutely LOVE Bajio's, Fazoli's, and Red Lobster. At home I love chicken and rice as well as haystacks, but let's be honest, I don't cook a lot, poor Jake

Z. Zodiac sign: Scorpio. I googled Scorpio and it said this "Scorpio is considered highly passionate, imaginative, determined, persevering, inflexible and self-confident." Doesn't sound like me at all. Weird.

The Pageant

Kathryn competed in the Miss pageant this last weekend, and let's cut right to the chase, she didn't place. Now, I know I'm her sister, so naturally I'm a little biased, but c'mon, those judges had to have been deaf and dumb. Between Kathryn and our cousin Samantha, who also competed, they stole the whole show and it ended up neither placed. If you were there you would agree that the results were seriously wrong. They both had flawless piano performances and looked great in their swimsuits.

Sadly, I didn't get any of it recorded because I was so into the whole thing and so nervous I couldn't hold the camera still. So I only pulled my camera out at the end. Kathryn was absolutely awesome though and I was so, so proud of her. She had such a good attitude, even in the months preceding when everybody had a different opinion on how she should do her hair, what she should wear, and even how she should stick her swimsuit to her bum so she didn't get a wedgie when she walked. Now that's a good sport! Although, she did get a little testy on Friday when I was helping her pick out the make-up. She was a lot better than I would have ever been.




My mom, Kathryn, and I had many talks the weeks before and just talked about how important it was for Kathryn to be herself and do her best, and if she doesn't win then atleast she could just feel good about how she performed. And that's exactly what Kathryn did. Her piano piece was amazing, she was gorgeous and nothing was made up or fake about her. I had the worst attitude because the results were just so WRONG! I had a lot more to say than that, but I'll keep it to myself. (I really am coping just fine, I swear.)

Anyway, it was so fun to watch and to see Kathryn do so well. She's a good example to me. We're SO proud of you and love you Kat!

(The girl on the right was 1st attendant last year and got it again this year. AND the girl who got 2nd attendant (not in the pic) has apparently been in a TON of pageants and finally won something.)

Do I sound bitter? Oh well. I get really defensive when it comes to my family.