Did anyone see this tonight? I went to get the kiddos some good ol' Kentucky Fried Chicken and as I was driving home this is what I got a pic of! When I was in Maui we saw these everyday but usually here they are not this bright.

Friendships!

So the last post explained a cute story of how I met one of the best people in the world. I noticed a comment one of you left that said funny how we did not like each other in the beginning. That got me thinking about my other really close friendships. Julie Spils and Ronny happen to be two of the most awesome friends I have had also. Both are really funny stories too. So here they are.

Julie- I met her at a book club we both were in. I was not really liking her to much. She talked way to much and I felt she was very ignorant/naive. I really did not know anything about her except that she was LDS and that I thought at the time was much younger than I. (only 4 years)I did come realize how wrong I was, thank goodness. In most book discussions I thought she had some weird ideas and of course there were some religious differences too. So not a great friend at the time but definitely tolerated each other (no drama). Until this very interesting night that is. A mutual friend of ours was having a little birthday get together at my neighbors house and we both were invited. The party was going great until we, meaning me and about 10 other girls, got into a religious conversation. that soon turned into a debate and by the time we finished we, meaning Julie and I, were going at it like you would not believe. Now I know what they mean by do not discuss religion with friends. The end result was both of us left very emotional and not in the best way. So the next morning being Thanksgiving I called her and wanted to talk this out. Jeremy said she was in the shower, which I did not believe at the time but later found out she really was. She did call me back and everything got smoothed out. Our friendship was OK from there but still not great no issues or anything. As we started talking more we just seemed to "get" each other and we really started to get very close. Here we are today talking on the phone 17 times a day and pretty much know everything there is to know about each other. We have the absolute best debates about religion and are able to walk away just fine disagreeing. We laugh at the funniest and stupidest things. We support our crazy lives together and are even complete goof balls. I absolutely love her and can not imagine life without having someone to understand me even when I am being completely irrational. Thank heavens my first impression was so off key and I DO NOT feel any of those things about her today!WE definitely have had our share of disagreements but it does not seem to make a dent in our friendship.

Ronny- Well she was actually one of the girls at the party mentioned above. She however left before we really got in the debate. We never really knew each other well and she was good friends with two of my neighbors but not me. She always rubbed me wrong and I felt like she had it in for me. I could never quite figure her out. I had never had much interaction with her so I was confused why I felt like she did not like me. Come to find out later after we became great friends she really did not like me! She thought I was like another person we know and do not really like to much but that is another story. She also knew I was investigating the LDS Church and did not want to be friends with me only because she wanted me to convert to the religion. I am really not sure how it all changed but I do know that we eventually started hanging out and after a few times of cracking up laughing together we realized we both were missing out on a great thing. We went to Utah together and that just embedded in us that our friendship is definitely something worth having so form there we have just got to be stronger friends. I can not tell you how much I learn from her and how much she enriches my life. She has to be one of the most giving people I know. She would give you the shirt of her back. When we were in Utah there was a girl who commented on how much she liked the ring she was wearing. At the end of the trip we dropped the girl off and she yelled out the car look in your pocket and what do you know the ring was in there. She had given it to her. Just a great gal.

ORGANIZE!

So I am obsessed with Oprah okay! She had this great show recently and I am so planning on trying a few of her recommendations on how to organize and declutter.

• First great one is you put all your hangers in your closet backwards. When you wear something or wash it you put it back on the hanger and hag it right. After 3 months everything that is in your closet backwards gets donated immediately. You have not used it so why keep it right?
• Second great idea. Get a box and empty your utensil drawer into it in your kitchen. leave the box in your pantry and when you need a utensil go get it. After it has been washed place it in the appropriate place. After 1 month you donate the entire box of leftovers. I mean think I have 4 spatulas! I probably only use two. One when dirty and My most favorite.

Well that's my 2 cents for the day! Hope it helps more than just me!

Funny things!

ok I just went to answer the phone and picked up the mouse and put it to my ear. To much computer perhaps!!

My Weekend!

This weekend I decided to go to see one of my best friends in the entire world. I have known her since I was 6ish. The story is quite funny as to how we met that is. We both were on a soccer team and we decided we really did not like each other and we continued to fight and argue on the field. Our coach had enough of us and benched us. So instead of fighting we decided to make friends and that is exactly what we did. We have been the greatest friends to each other during some of the hardest times in our lives. I can honestly say I can depend on her for anything. She is not just a friend but a part of my family. Here is her family. Callie with Kaleia and Kamaya.

MORNINGS!

My mornings are so hard! I wish I had a better routine but it really doesn't matter what I do something unplanned seems to happen every morning. I try to send my kids to school on a happy note each day but I tell ya it is getting really hard. The last thing you want to do is being yelling at kids as you say "have a good day" while they are walking out the door.

Here is what I saw today as I am walking out the door with my keys in hand and about a minute to spare! I could not believe my eyes. A pile of clothes that were on a certain Kindergartner about a millisecond before. I am yelling HUNTER where are you?
This is the response I get "I am right here mom"! As you can see he was right there. My lovely son has an issue about when nature calls he has to remove all clothing right down to the socks!!!!

You hate to be mad so today i thought OK if it was me I wouldn't want someone yelling at me to hurry up. (Not that I ever have any more than a minute in the bathroom but hey). So I started laughing so hard and just decided to be patient and wait it out. It was definitely tough when you have two Girls 11 and 10 stressing out because they might not be at school in enough time to socialize. We did get there in time with no one being late and everyone pretty happy. I just wish I could remember to be this patient every day!

Finally something on the wall!

We remodeled our house in May of this year. When we did that I had to paint the entire living room to match because the walls were shared with the ones we tore down. So we took everything off the walls and painted, Moved the cable line and then it made it possible to have the T.V. on a different wall. It left this big space empty and I really had no idea what to do with it.

Now before I go on with this story I have to tell you it is no easy task decorating my home. First off I have no decorating sense to begin with. To add to that with regards to my home my husband has a opinion for everything. I am not exaggerating at all I mean the most opinionated in the world! I love it and hate it. It is great when I need help coming up with an idea however I can not stand it that we have such different ideas. Sometimes it is just so frustrating.

Soon after the remodel was done my husband and I went shopping and found this great rod iron "thing" I call a doily. I know it's not really called that but hey just another weird name. So we put it up and left it there with nothing under it for like 3 months. I went shopping at Sam's Club and found this great set of frame for only $6.88 yeah that's right so cheap. I had to buy them. It just so happens I had 6 5x7 pics one of each of my little munchkins. Julie printed this pic of me and my hubby off her computer for me. I told her to come by and look at the pics I put in the frames and tell me what she thinks and like an hour later we had this great looking wall! It was so frustrating trying to get them on the two little hooks in the back and Thanks to Julie it finally got done and looks great.

So after it taking so long and was a bit frustrating to put up i still had not even mentioned it to Steve. I was so anxious about him not liking it I never even showed him the frames I bought I just put them up and if he didn't like them I figured he could find a better solution right? He came home and loved it. He doesn't like the pic I chose of us but loved the idea and the look. YEAH! I leave for school come home and realize my picture is not centered anymore. He took it off the hooks that took us like an hour to get up and tried to be sly and put it back up! I told him last night how hard it was to get those up and he better have it done before I got home from school and look it was done. However he did tell me that Julie and I are dorks because those hooks are there to have string attached so you do not use the hooks for hanging!!!!!!!!UGGGGG. Frustrating but hey they are up and I love the addition. It is the only thing on all the walls other than a mirror above the couch but hey I getting there.