Festivus

Jingle bells, my house smells
Eric has the flu
Oh, what fun it is to hide when germs come out to play. Hey!

Silent night,
Not a kid in sight.
All is calm
There's no fight.
Bathtime's over and jammies are on
Stories are read and lights are out.
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace.

Oh, the weather outside is frightful
But Molly's so delightful!
And since I have four-wheel drive
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

Oops, I did it again!

This post is dedicated to my brother in-law, Eric Selden:

Just when you thought you couldn't be more disappointed in my lack of interest in politics or the fact that Entertainment Tonight is 'the news' and Us Weekly is 'the paper'..... I just shelled out $150 for Britney Spears tickets.....again!

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I stole this little game from Lacey's blog. Keep in mind I'm in a stressed out mood right now just killing a few minutes before the doozy of a ward party needs setting up.
Rules: answer each question using only one word. (Very, very difficult for me.)

Where is your cell phone? no idea
Where is your significant other? bed
Your hair? longish
Your mother? strong
Your father? smart
Your favorite thing? tivo
Your dream last night? job
Your dream/goal? calm
The room you're in? kitchen
Your fear? insanity
Where do you want to be in 6 years? beach
Where were you last night? American Fork Junior High School
What you're not? zen
Muffins? blueberry
Where you grew up? Brandon Park
The last thing you did? cook
What are you wearing? jeans
Your TV? friend
Your pet? devil-pooper
Your computer? old
Your life? crazy
Your mood? stressed
Missing someone? no
Your car? new
Something you're not wearing? earrings
Your summer? HAPPY
Love someone? yup
Your favorite color? blue
When is the last time you laughed? today
Last time you cried? Wednesday

You're invited!!

I promise I'm not mad at anyone. I'm not in the witness protection program or hiding from stalkers. (Yes, I was actually asked all those questions.) It was just time to go private and I hadn't updated so I didn't bother to invite anyone. Now you're all invited!! Hurray! Do you feel super exclusive now? Good.

Here's a top ten list of what we've been up to while we've been off the radar:
#1 - I've been in party-planning hell with the ward party. (And I'll probably remain in hell for complaining about it.)
#2 - I got to go see the midnight showing of Twilight with some girlfriends!
#3 - Cameron started reading Twilight. She only got a couple of pages read before I put the kibosh on it.
#4 - Molly had a sugar induced seizure from too much Halloween candy. Oops!
#5 - Adam learned to write his name in perfect mirror image. Miss Mikki assured me that it's perfectly normal.
#6 - Luke got over his fear of Santa Claus and sat on his lap. It is still strange that a child so obsessed with zombies, skeletons and werewolves can be scared of a white-haired little old man....
#7 - Eric suffered great embarrassment when our neighbors decorated our house with U of U signs after the depressing loss of BYU.
#8 - I've been reading a lot of Seriously So Blessed. (And I've been seeing a lot more of myself in that blog than I want to admit...)
#9 - I've read 5 actual books! It's amazing how much free time I've had just giving up the computer for a couple of weeks.
#10 - We all had a very happy Thanksgiving! I am most grateful for the delicious squash I made - it's my favorite. And Luke informed us all over Thanksgiving dinner that he's most grateful for monkeys.

And that's that. Not too much to write home about, huh? If I left someone off the invitation list, let me know and I'll get it updated. We don't want to be TOO exclusive.