Today's busy day

Hello. I have to say that I am so appreciative of all your comments and encouragement. You are becoming the BFFs I don't have in my "real" life. I know, it sounds pretty pathetic, doesn't it? My sister was asking me the other day if I have a BFF I can hang with. I had to tell her not really, not anyone who lives in my neighborhood, or in my ward. My BFF, my true BFF? I'd have to say Carrot. She's always been my true-blue friend, even when my supposed-BFF in high school turned on me, she was always there. When I went to Ricks, still there. On my mish and her married? Yep, you got it. So now you know. :)
Today is going to be a crazy day; good thing the laundry got folded while yelling at the boys to get to the bus stop, you'd better hurry! being screamed pretty loudy. jeesh. I swear one day my neighbors will come by and wonder how a woman like me can have such a loud voice! :) Really, it was just me, panicking about having to drive the boys to school due to a missed bus, and not enough gas in the van to get everything done. whew.
So Emma
has a doc appointment today at the Bellevue satellite clinic for Children's Hospital with a new neurologist. Some of you know that Emma has had some pretty scarey febrile seizures, including me needing to give her CPR this last one that lasted 20 minutes. S.C.A.R.E.Y.
That was last summer. She's had 2 EEGs, one was abnormal, the other was normal. Mary Bridge neuro docs said she's "normal" whatever that means! :) But my brother was up from Cali for Thanksgiving and his son (who is absolutely adorable, by the way) has familial epilepsy, so he urged me to get a 2nd opinion. So that's what we're doing at 11. Wow! I'd better hurry! I just looked at the clock!
So from Bellevue, we stop by my gastro doc's office to pick up my lost paperwork. Yes, before I got my wonderful mesh organizer I lost this paperwork and my 5-year colonoscopy is set for Monday and I need to get my scrip for that awful-tasting drink. Yuck!
Then we rush home, get Tommy from the neighbor's house that he's going home from school with today, then lunch, naptime (yea!), then pick Will up from school at 3:30, get the stuff from Tommy's teacher to work on from home, then to Dr. Oriel (the pediatrician) for the boys to get their H1N1 shots (finally got those in!) and then home. For awhile, just enough to fix dinner and kiss the hubby.
Then I have a family history meeting for all consultants with the area director at the Auburn FHC at 7. I'm exhausted already, and it hasn't even happened yet! Good thing I used my CPAP last night! I'll need the energy.
Yes, I'm a FH consultant, a calling I'm obsessed with. If any on you need tips on the Family Search site, you just let me know! :)
So I'll get going for now. Gotta get dressed and get Emma dressed and begin our crazy-busy day.
Cheers!

A funny thing happened on the way to clean my house today...

So I had to do an updated posting. My sister has said that I've become a "writer" so here's my attempt at being a "clever writer" for you all!
Okay, so this morning I went to do a load of laundry and I was struck at a common theme. Let me upload these pictures for you, and you tell me if you can see a common theme running through. I laughed. Tommy just shook his head and said he hates this smell. Too girly. I don't care.




Funny, huh?
Next I have to show my other miracle, the thing that has bugged my mom the most. My kitchen counters.


Cheers!!!!

The original Pants on the Ground song

It occurred to me after I'd signed off that some of you
may not know about this song.
(ah hem, are you living under a rock????)
So, just in case you don't understand the referenced song
that Brett Favre "sang" in the locker room,
here it is:




Now, to continue with what I really wanted to blog
about tonight: it's baaaaccckkk! Yes, my mojo has returned.
Thanks Carrott!
Just how, you might ask? Well, in the form of a little wire
mesh organizer I have hanging on my wall, just above my desk.
Why did I buy it, you are asking yourself? Well, it all boiled
down to a lost school paper, almost lost school-library
privileges, and a teary-eyed kindergartner.
I'm not one to like my children to be teary-eyed, especially
when it's because of me! (ok, so SOMETIMES it's ok, like
when they're crying cuz they're busted for something,
but not normally)
So last time I was at Costco, I found this wall organizer
and just had to buy it. Only $11 and it's saved my
marriage and my family!





Now I don't have a cluttered
kitchen counter (which makes Ryan very happy. I've discovered
he absolutely hates clutter, something I never
knew until recently about him) and all our papers are
organized and we can actually find the water bill on time!
(BONUS)

So now my life is less hectic, and I have been getting comments
from my family and friends that I sound happier, lighter.
And yes, I am still losing weight! I haven't weighed myself
lately, (our batteries died in our scale) but I feel
thinner in my tummy area. Hey, I'll take it!

So I say goodnight now, I'm off to watch the Sunday night Masterpiece
Classic on On Demand. It's the 2nd part of Return to Cranford.
If you haven't gotten addicted to this quaint little
town with Dame Judy Dench (sp?) as the lead lady, then
you're missing out! What a fun story. But to do it justice,
you really need to see it from the beginning, from Cranford before
you watch Return to Cranford.
Sort of like you don't just jump into Avonlea before reading Green
Gables first. Same diff.
Enjoy!

Brett Favre sings Pants on the Ground in the locker room

We all watched as that funny man on American Idol
rapped his way to stardom last week when he "sang"
Pants on the Ground. That was sooo funny! I just had
to find the version Ryan told me Brett Favre
did in the locker room.
Here it is for your viewing pleasure!

Ok, so you probably noticed there's
no title to this posting.
It's because I couldn't think of a
suitable one for what I want
to talk about.
Yesterday was payday Friday, so we
went and got our gourmet dinner
of
Costco
polish
dogs.
Yummo!
After that we felt compelled
to walk around the store.
No, not to look at what
we wanted to buy.
But to walk off the
calories. :)
As we are walking we ran into
a gal we lived near, before
we moved to our current home
over 6 years ago.
Let me start off by saying
that I really have mixed emotions
about her.
She was kind of like the leader
of the cool clique at church.
She was the one who correlated
the weekend parties at everyone's
houses. If you were "in" with her
then you were "in" with everyone
else in the ward.
You know the type of girl.
The snotty high school girl
who controls everyone's
popularity.
That was her.
And I've always wanted to be popular.
Oh, and did I mention she's stick thin?
Something I've always wanted also.
So you can understand when I tell
you that she makes me insecure.
Well there she was, with 2 of her
4 children in tow.
"It's the Shuler family!" could be heard
from the seafood display, the beautiful
crabs and lobster tails.
I dreaded seeing her. There she was, in
all her glory. Skinnier than I remembered
her, a little boy I later learned was the same
age as Tommy. And a cute little girl
about 14 months old. Snot. Not the baby. The mama.
We exchanged pleasantries and parted ways.
[sigh]
So I had been feeling really great about
my weight loss. Hey, I've lost 50 pounds, and
I feel thinner today even.
But as soon as I get around her, I feel like
the largest person, the tallest, fattest,
ugliest woman in the world.
I know I'm not.
Just feels that way.
I'm so glad high school is over.
I'm so glad I don't have to choose to be
around toxic people like her anymore.
I choose to be around people that make me
feel good about myself. Like my mom, my husband,
my children, Lefty, and Carrot. There are more in my
life that are positive to be around, and those are
the ones I flock to. Like Calamity Jane. What a trooper.
Major surgery, infection from the surgery, bed
rest hell, and still she manages to have a good
sense of humor and joke her way through her trial.
Gotta love people like that.
I love you. I love life. I love the fact that
since I'm using my C-PAP machine for my apnea
I've been losing weight. It's just falling off me.
I didn't realize how much weight and sleep are
so linked. But they are.
So here's to a new year, a healthier me, and a
more organized, peaceful home.
Cheers!

How to line up the columns

Okay, so I absolutely love what the last
post was all about, my son.
What I don't love?
How random the columns and pictures
are lining up
(or not, as the case may be)
Any thoughts?
I need help.
I am not a gifted blogger.
Maybe it's because I'm too
impatient to actually take the time
to read and learn about how to do
the things I want done.
I just want someone to tell me
how to do it.
I was just reading a blog which I stalk
frequently. In it Lefty says that she's
impatient.
I sense a theme.
Oh, did I tell you?
She's my sister.
Guess it runs in my family.
The impatience.
Maybe it's just a woman thing.
But then, maybe it's just
a
Christensen DNA thing.
My brothers aren't much
better for patience than
us sisters.
So my quest in getting my mojo
back is working.
I have finally finished taking down
all the Christmas decorations.
Ok, so they're not in the right part
of the garage yet.
But they're off the mantle.
I mean the Santa collection.
It's down.
Finally.
Ryan will be so happy.
He doesn't really like Christmas anyway,
but that's a topic for another day.
So I have my house, one room
at a time
getting decluttered
and beautified.
Thank you Carrot! You're the best!
Thank you Lefty for always
understanding the words that
I'm trying to come up with
now that my brain is
turning 40 in March.
Yes, I said it.
I turn 40 in 2 1/2 months.
Yikes. And I'm still not
skinny.
But getting there.
I'm wearing a pair of jeans
that I haven't ever worn yet.
Do you ever go to the store,
looking for pants that you
really like, knowing that
you'll fit into them soon,
so you buy them anyway?
Well, normally I don't.
This time I did.
Two years ago.
I put them on today
expecting them to be tight
and not be able to reach
the gap between the
buttons and zipper
as usual.
Imagine my surprise and joy
when I not only bridged
the gap
but
zipped
and
buttoned
all the way
and closed
and it didn't muffin me.
:)
Oh the joys in life.
Ok, I'm gonna go to Costco
for dinner now and have a
hot dog.
:)

Will's baptism

Saturday, January 9th,
will go down in the history books
as one that Will is never going to forget! :)

He was finally able to get baptised,
after having not one, but two baptism dates
go by and him not get baptised.



He flashed his megawatt smile
and it hasn't really left yet!

Poor thing though, after he had gone all the way under,
his foot popped up. So he's part of the
twice dunked club,
like his mama and his daddy.
My dad forgot my middle name, he was so nervous.

What they don't prepare you for
is the flood gate of emotions
that comes unleashed when you see your child
walking into the font with your husband,
about to perform one of the most sacred
ordinances Heavenly Father gives us.

Will already is such a missionary,
wanting to tell everyone who will
listen that he was recently baptised.
I just love my little convert!