The 2wenty 4our saga continues...

(I like this picture; Jack is kind of like the modern day Chuck Norris)
See?? The huge picture of them dominating the landscape... you don't wanna mess with these guys! Even the mountains and huge sky scrapers are scared of them!

I'm not a huge fan of 24- but because Brett is, I watch it too.
During the show however, I'm usually saying things like this:

• "That would never happen!"
• "Someone would notice her!"
• "They would so be caught by now."
• "The bomb would not blow up like that"
• "He would have been dead by now"

Usually, 3/4 of the way through the episode Brett has to tell me to be quiet and not say anything else like this. I guess I ruin if for him.

I don't like watching 24 or a few reasons, 1) During the show my heart is beating so fast, and I get so nervous that I feel sick 2) After the episode is over I am convinced that the world is ending in real life, and 3) After the episode, every corner I turn in our apartment I feel like there is a gunman who is silently waiting for me.

I guess I have a hard time separating fake, TV life from real life.
Does that have a name??
"Failure to separate scary TV shows from real life syndrome?"
Sounds like that's what I have!

Although I just rambled on about how much I don't like the show, guess what??
I have to watch every episode every Monday.
Do you know why? Because those screen writers are dang good at what they do... Every episode ends in a twist of catastrophic events that just will make me cry if I don't see the next episode!

Go Jack! Save the world!

Tonight I...

Milked A Goat!!!

Yes, you read that right.
I milked a goat... and it was fun!

We went to Brett's great-aunt Ginger and great-uncle Jesses' house tonight for dinner,
it was really fun and it's fun having family who live out here in the boonies with us.

I feel like my goat-milking days are ahead of me...
getting milk from a goat seemed so resourceful and useful, Aunt Ginger, and uncle Jesse's family don't even drink cow milk anymore.

But... there is a lot of poop all over the ground...
so you couldn't really let your small kids out to go play with goats
and accidentally eat goat poop...

They said I can come out anytime and milk their goats...
isn't that sweet?

p.s. Carrie- Are you jealous of my goat milking experience? And are you going to plan for goats in your future too?? Maybe we could live by each other and share our goats?? :)

p.s.s. Sorry I didn't have my camera... I was so sad. It would have been an awesome picture.
Imagine me and this large goat crammed into a small shed and me trying to figure out what to squeeze...
(It was a funny sight)

who would have thought?!

A couple months ago I was at the grocery store,
checking things off my list as I went.
Toilet paper was on my list... so I went to the aisle, and found the best deal. When I say the best deal I mean, no- I did not purchase the 20 ply, made with silk, and real silk worms and velvet toilet paper. ( I made this up if you couldn't tell, I don't think they put silk in any toilet paper, but you get the point) Instead, I bought the toilet paper that was about a step above the walmart brand. Ya know, not the best but not the worst. Toilet paper is not something that I have ever felt I needed to spend a lot of money on. Well, that is before I got married.

I came home from the store with this toilet paper, I set the bags down and went in the back room for a minute. While I am back there Brett begins taking the groceries out of the bag..
Then I hear him- " Oh, no!" he cries, " This is awful!"

I am still in the back room, and hearing him moan and gasp- I'm thinking he has witnessed a horrific car accident outside our window, or maybe he accidentally grabbed my woman's materials out of the bag. So I come out promptly to see what the problem is-

I come out to see him standing there holding the toilet paper I bought. "We can't use this!" he exclaims desperately. I then go on to tell him, that if he really can't handle that toilet paper then he could return it. ( I say this thinking of course he will not go through all the hassle to return it, he'll just use this toilet paper and see that it's not that bad) But I was wrong!!
Brett took the toilet paper back to walmart!! And bought the toilet paper that he wanted.

Come to find out- I guess from serving his mission in some under-developed areas, and having some bad toilet paper experiences, he is appreciative of quality toilet paper...

So this morning when I got home from the store, he double checked the toilet paper I bought.

My husband is NOT a picky eater, nor is he picky in any other way.

But picky in toilet paper?? Who would have thought??
They say a lot of times the things the parents are picky about, the children will be picky about.
Am I going to have a bunch of toilet paper picky children??

A terrific 21st Birthday

Before I get into the deets about my birthday I need to tell about our quick trip to Utah... We went down so that I could help my wonderful sis, Kate find a wedding dress. It was the quickest Utah trip of my life, but it was a nice break and we found her dress!

Sorry we weren't able to see everyone we would have liked to in utah- I tried to convince Brett to let us skip a few days of school but he wouldn't do it!
We played the game, 'Ticket to Ride' a lot. It's a really fun game, but I must admit that when certain people (Clark) block my train that I slaved so patiently to build it's a tad frustrating! :)

I loooooove Kate's ring.
Of course I love my ring, but my next choice would definitely be a flat ring like this.
They are just really classy- and beautiful!

We enjoyed Baskin Robbins from some old gift certificates we found in our drawer
I love finding things like gift certificates in places where you forgot you put them!! They are so fun to use up! Maybe I should intentionally hide a $20 bill somewhere and then find it in a few months.... no that would defeat the purpose...

We ate dinner at the Blue Iguana that night in SLC. It's super duper yummy Mexican Food. But of course I didn't get any pictures while we were there.
I think I was to focused and concentrated on the food to think about anything else like taking pictures

Who would have thought that in downtown SLC they have these awesome 'metal pretend-biker men' strewn about the sidewalks. Just what every city needs!
I thought they were to tie your horse to. I was quickly corrected.
(and laughed at)

Onto the 21st Birthday...
My day started with Brett bringing me French toast in bed at 6:30 am. (no pictures because I'm pretty sure I was still half-asleep... so the thought of a camera did not cross my sleepy mind)
Then off to class I went.
They sang to me (against my will) in both my classes. That is the nice thing about going to school here, people actually know your name and the professors care enough to sing to you. :)

Brett then surprised me with this:

A pedicure!
He knew just want I wanted! It felt soo good, and my feet and toes desperately needed it since they have been crammed into shoes all dang winter long. (I don't think in my whole 21 yrs of existence my California feet have taken that long of a break from sandals!)
Don't feel awkward for the lady painting my nails- I asked her if I could take a picture...

(on the couch left to right: Mallory & Lane, Arron & Nicole-please don't ask me why brett thought it would be hilarious to pretend he was a butler and hold the towel that way- I don't have a clue why)

That night some friends came over and we had cake and ice cream and watched 'Paycheck'- a cheesy movie with Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman. (Ben is just not the action movie actor- it was comical watching him fight- and Uma- what's with the raggedy Anne doll hair?)

Side note: Did you think for a minute that Aaron (guy in blue on couch) was Brett?? They are the same height and are built the same and look uncanny when your looking at the back of them- Sometimes when Aaron and Brett play basketball together Nicole (Aaron's wife) & I have a hard time telling them apart if they are far away...

It was fun. We also played scategories and everyone let me win since it was birthday! They let me count Tiger as a farm animal... which now I will admit it is not a farm animal... but I still won :)

Brett wanted to make me a cake without me doing anything.
So I didn't do anything- just watched and took pictures!

They looked good in the oven- But then were a little to soft when they came out- he just decided to work with it though.
They crumbled a bit- but luckily Brett called his mom who saved the day with her awesomely yummy and perfect chocolate frosting!

So- although the cake looks like he had some trouble with it, Brett informed me that he meant for it to look this way- It's a 'mud-slide' cake....
It was super yummy!


Mallory (pictured above on couch) knows how much I love the Cocoa Bean cafe here.
She brought me a Snickers cupcake for my birthday- it was so thoughtful and I ate the whole thing all by myself... and it was dang good!
Do you also like my new 'mini-cupcake platter?'
I got it from D.I. today...for .75 cents.
Oh- how I love D.I.
It's green, and so cute...
Since I have this cute platter, I will need to have a cupcake every day to put on it... right?

Overall, it was a great birthday. Turing 21, I don't feel much different.

I was thinking that to celebrate I should go by a six-pack of Budweiser and then return it right after buying it. I was thinking it would be fun to show the cashier my i.d. and be 21.

But after some thought and talking with my smart hubby, I realized it would be to much hassle to explain to someone I knew if they saw me buying it. For instance, if our stake president just happened to see me buying it- it may not go over well explaining to him I just wanted to show the cashier my i.d. since I'm 21 now.

I think you dropped your banana....

Let me paint a picture for you.
It's early morning, I am in the library.
I am not usually here early but I had an early morning appt at the health center to get a Tuberculosis test done. I will be working in a pre-school next semester so they make you get the TB test so you don't kill any children.
I almost passed out.
But, more on that later...

So, are you still with me? I'm in the library on a computer. I'm doing some homework and I send a few pages to the printer.
I walk over to the printer and print my pages...

Are you wondering yet how a banana comes into play???

Well here it is
As I am walking back to my computer I notice that there is a banana on the ground kinda under this guys chair. My first thought was, someone dropped their banana!
But then I thought, No that's silly... it's probably this guys.
But there was no back pack or anything else by it

I mean, who would bend all the way over just to place a banana under their chair when they have a desk right in front of them??

Well- The thought that it wasn't his banana did not process and
stick in my mind.
Instead the thought, "He is going to roll over the banana in the rolly chair he is on and then it will ooze every where!"
Came into my mind.

Oh, how I wish it wouldn't have.

Without thinking, I tapped him on the shoulder.
"Um... your banana is on the ground" I smiled
"I don't want you to roll over it!!" I giggled.

"ummm" the banana man said, (looking at me sooooo strangely)
"Ya.... uhhhh... thanks" he says, slowly leaning over to pick up the banana while staring at me like I am the craziest lady alive
And that was it.
Then he turns right back to his computer and starts working.

I walk away feeling sooo awkward!!
Why did i say that???
Why did i even care if it was his banana and if he rolled
over it and squished it all over the place??

I was so intensely embarrassed to walk by him again.
Was it even his banana??
I'll never know.

My Super-Sonic Sweetie

Brett is a skier. I mean a Hard-Core skier.
You know those crazy skiers you see speeding down the mountain and when they pass- you think, "Does that guy have any brains?!"
Well, my husband is one of those skiers.
He feels no fear from super sonic speeds and drools at any chance to get that thrill from skiing.

This is why it was so difficult for me to convince him to try
snow boarding one time.
He finally agreed.
We hit the slopes and he stood up on a snow board for the first time. And He did great!!!
I knew Brett was a natural at anything sports-related anyways~ but this was amazing!!

Getting off the ski lifts on a snow board...ummm.. lets just say that will be mastered on the next snow board trip?! (Brett took me down a few times getting off the lift...
I have the bruises to prove it)

Like our matching Chilean beanies??

My cute snow boarder!

Disclaimer before you watch this video:
First Brett wants the readers to know that this was his very FIRST run on a snow board ever!
So, he was not aiming for speed on this run...

Secondly, I yell, "TURN" in this video. I sound like a bossy, crazy wife. But in reality I am none of those things and I yelled "TURN" because I was twisting awkwardly to film him - and I wanted him to go the other way so that I wouldn't break my back. See? I'm not crazy nor bossy!

Also- we went Night Snow Boarding so it is pretty dark
Luckily the best part of the video (bretts crash landing) is in the light

It was a fun trip over all. Although I think that lack of speed in this first try was a little aggravating to Brett. He kept pointing at skiers going by and he would say, "I'm faster then him on skis" I know he is. But can't he just like the art and fun of snow boarding more? What's with guys and the need for speed?? I may never know.

5 weeks and counting

(in case you have not noticed, i LOVE these funny animal pictures...and i guess i like to relate to them...is that weird?...
it sounds weird when i type it out)

This is me when there is 5 more weeks of school.

I feel so behind in classes, and tests and house work-
Although I have not yet fallen asleep in my food, I'm pretty sure i could.

Lucky for me I have an amazing husband who keeps me happy and does the laundry and cleans the house 'just because'

This is me when i come home to my wonderful husband and he surprises me with a clean house.

(ok, I promise this will be the last "relating-to-animals" post for a while... I'm sure this creeps someone out, and I'm sorry... they just help express how i feel!!..
and how can you not think that is cute?)
I know, I know, - I can name a few of you reading this who do not think this is cute.