mamma bean

here's a pic of the kitty. yes, she has gone surfing down the stairs in a laundry basket. she didn't have as much fun doing it as brandon and i had watching. but, she survived. a true story that speaks to her resilience. way to hang in there mamma!

ma'am? ma'am?? ma'am!!

oh, you're talking to me? it seriously bugs me when people call me ma'am. especially when they are not much younger than me. apparently I look old enough to be a ma'am but it sounds gross and I don't like it. so stop!

another random thought i've currently got is: wow, the snow. i love it! brandon took pics of the car buried in the driveway. tasha got stuck on the street...like three times. **side note: for those of you who don't know, tasha is brandon's cousin. she's been living with us for about a month.** the roads were clear by the time i left for work so that was awesome and it just looked so pretty! oh, how i love you snow:) plus, on sunday it was snowing all day long. great for staying inside and watching football.

agh! i missed another day

seriously, this weekend was not a good weekend to choose to start my "blog every day" goal. but i'm still committed to it.

so yesterday we (my parents, my sister and brandon) spent some time with some family friends of ours. we met them the day we moved to salt lake in august of 1996. they were moving that same day into the apartment right above ours. they had one son who was about six months old at the time. i was so excited to be his babysitter the next summer! anyways, we have been in each other's lives since. so, yesterday we had a belated celebration for my mom's 50th b-day partay and let me just say, oh my, teenagers are an interesting breed! that six month old i was talking about is now 14 going on 15 (shout-out to my g-ma moen!!-inside joke...sorry, i couldn't help myself) and wow. i have really been noticing lately how awkward and weird that age is. of course it didn't feel that way when i was a teenager but now, i can't help but be weirded out sometimes.

i'm not sure what it is about that age. but, i just can't help but laugh uncomfortably at them. i see a lot of teenagers in my job too. my experience with those gangly kids has increased greatly over the past few months. almost to the point where i don't want to ever have children because they will one day become teenagers and i'm not sure i can deal. they say and do awkward things. they don't quite make sense in what they're saying. and they are awkwardly learning how to be in their "changing" bodies. ugh! that just sounds gross!

however, it was interesting to see lil "big al, rubber baby buggy bumpers...chicken...alfredo sauce" grow from a wee tot to a budding adolescent!

black friday

first off, i know what ya'll are thinking...no blog post yesterday. it's taken only 1 day to mess up my goal. i'm sorry. i promise i'll make it up to you. i just got so busy that i couldn't possibly bring myself to blog before crawling into bed at 6:30 this am. our thanksgiving was awesome. good times with family! i loved it. as for black friday, aye. walmart started early (at midnight) so we went over there at 11 pm to gather our awesome deals. it was a madhouse. so hectic. so crazy. i thought my mother-in-law might have to take someone out!! then we went back to her house til 3:30 when we headed over to penneys and the night went on from there. needless to say, i was so tired when i got home i couldn't even talk straight. but i got up to meet my parents, brandon's parents, and my sis and her main man for brunch and then back to shopping! i was able to get everything i wanted...and more. plus, i even got some things for other people:) yeah, for starting christmas shopping early! what's even better is that it's only friday! two more days without work or responsibilities!!

thanksgiving eve

i love thanksgiving. it's one of my favorite holidays. we usually host a dinner at our house and this year is no different. i'm ready! the house is clean, the turkey is thawed and i think i'll only have to make one more trip to the grocery store...i hope. i'm waking up bright and early tomorrow to go buy a newspaper since i'll be out before the sun on friday to spend some sweet cash. then i plan to watch the parade (until football starts:) and figure out which stores i need to go to. i'm looking forward to a relaxing day, filled with family and food.

so, apparently the big "salt lake blizzard of 2010" turned out to be a dud. although the commute to work this morning was about twice as long as usual because of the ice covered roads. at one point i felt like i was in a race in mario kart. you couldn't see the lanes and cars were just randomly driving anywhere. i just went slow and tried to avoid the banana peels! it was reminiscent of winter roads in north dakota.

hopefully if you are traveling, the roads will be nice to you and i hope you all enjoy your holiday weekend!

goals

currently i'm working on about a million goals to become the "person i want to be" type thing. HOWEVER, my newest goal (as of 30 seconds ago) is to blog once each day for a month. wow. i'm already a little freaked out by this commitment but i was thinking earlier today about possibly ending the blog since i never post. and then i realized that i do enjoy it from time to time and i need to make more of an effort to actually post what's going on. somewhat censored, of course.

note to self:

ALWAYS check your teeth after you have lunch at work!!

i went through 4 clients and several chats with co-workers with some huge black speck on my front tooth. i realized it was there on my way home when i glanced in the rear-view mirror. oh, how i wish someone had informed me of this blunder!

i'm taking any advice you're giving out

i'm not in a very good head space this week. a lot is going on and i just feel like i can't take time to process anything because then something else happens. my hope is that this weekend i can recuperate and figure some things out...just not sure how. any suggestions?