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This is what we woke up to . . . And it didn't stop all day long! I hate that! Even more than I hate eating fish. (And I really hate fish.) Any how, I've decided to pretend like it didn't snow today. Imagine with me, if you will, a beautiful day in a far off place called Provo last Wednesday. . .

Today (last Wednesday) it was finally windy enough to fly kites. YAY! I love flying kites and we were especially anxious to go because we had two, never-before-been-flown specialty kites. One is a pirate ship and the other is a World War II fighter plane. So we packed them off to the park to see how cool they would look up in the air. We ended up not getting a very good idea because we couldn't get them to fly. Apparently the pirate kite takes more wind than we had. It would stay in the air for a minute or two and then slowly sink to the ground. It was pretty sad. The WWII plane wouldn't fly either, but we think it wasn't put together quite right. It stayed in the air for about 15 seconds, and it looked great while it was there, but then it took a nosedive like it was off center or something. We're going to have to see if we can't fix it before next time. Fortunately we had one of those cheap, triangular kites that flew really, really well. All in all it was a good day.

Consequences

So I've been crocheting like a mad woman ever since I started that first baby blanket. I'm halfway through blankie number three, which is by far the best. In exchange for the countless hours I've spent working on those things I got . . .

my very own wrist brace. That's right folks, crocheting can give you carpal tunnel. YAY! I woke up yesterday to a cold, swollen, achy, tingling hand. It was slightly frightening, but more annoying than anything. And now I get to wear my stylish new brace for several weeks while I let my wrist rest. That's not the worst part though. What's even more horrible than having to keep my wrist practically immobile is how incredibly bored I am! Since I've been pregnant I've felt like I should spend every waking moment doing something. It doesn't matter what, as long as it's something. As soon as I run out of things to do I get incredibly, out-of-my-mind bored. Since I'm at home most of the time this has become something of a problem. I found that I ended up doing the same things over and over again. (Clean, crochet, read, watch a movie, repeat.) At the beginning of the week I reached the point where I didn't want to do any of those things ever again. Seriously, the thought of doing any one of those things was enough to make me want to cry. So instead I started coloring. That's right, I've colored dozens of pictures of Disney Princesses including, but not limited to, Halloweenderella. (That's Cinderella in black and orange in case you were wondering.) Any how, now that I'm temporarily disabled I can't crochet at all and coloring is even getting difficult. I think I might drive Ty crazy with "what do you want to do now?" moments. At least it's only two weeks.

And I did have another form of distraction this morning. There was a bridal fair at Provo High School. I went with Ty's sisters Krystal and Melissa. We thought it would be funny to tell everyone there that I was engaged. (Keep in mind I'm six months pregnant.) It ended up not being that great because everyone was too mature about it. No one acted shocked or horrified. I was hoping that someone would at least give me a "what a dirty tramp" look, but no one did. Oh well. At least I got to get my hair done and sample lots of yummy, free food.

Jealousy

I've been reading a bunch of blogs lately and I got jealous of the super cute, scrapbook paper backgrounds everyone else had. So I decided to get my own. Thus the new look. Ta-da!

Any how, I'm having one of those "I'm fat and lazy and disgusting" mornings. There are a bunch of things I could be doing, but instead of being productive I've been playing Solitaire and hoping this day would end quickly. I kind of want to cry, but I decided that I'm too lazy for that too.

Instead I'm going to think up 25 things I love and hope that puts me in a better frame of mind. Here they are (in no particular order):

1. Cookies (doesn't matter what kind)

2. Windy days for flying kites

3. Little things growing in my garden

4. Watching/feeling Leo moving around in my tummy

5. Sunshine

6. Watching movies

7. Making stuff (sewing, cooking, crocheting etc.)

8. Hanging out with Ty

9. Singing

10. Good books

11. Taking walks when the weather is nice

12. Eating*

13. Finishing the laundry (even though it's only finished for a day)

14. Playing Games

15. My family

16. Roller skating

17. Dance Dance Revolution

18. Flying instead of driving

19. Thanksgiving

20. Anything that makes me laugh

21. Coloring books

22. New crayons

23. Organization

24. Pictures

25. Indoor plumbing

Hey, I think it worked. I don't feel quite so much like a slobby blob. Have a great one!

*Funny story about how much I like to eat. Ty and I went to Bombay House last week. They have such amazing Indian food, and we were hungry. Any how, our food came and we proceeded to eat every last bite of it. It was so yummy! Just as we were finishing the waiter came up, looked at our plates and said, "So, would you like a big box for all of this leftover food?" I just smiled and said, "No, thanks!"

Random

When we first got married Ty would always use my toothbrush "on accident." When I would get mad at him he would say that it wasn't his fault because they were both green. They didn't look the same they were just both green. He said that he didn't pay that much attention, he just reached in and grabbed one. So for Christmas I got us both a new toothbrush. His was blue and mine was hot pink. Problem solved. Then I walked into the bathroom a few days later and he was using my toothbrush again! He said he didn't know how it happened, and I didn't know how he could still mix them up when they were now totally different. Well, in the past few weeks I've caught myself using his toothbrush two different times! I have no idea how I did it either. I told Ty that pregnancy makes you slightly retarded, but he thinks I'm making it up. Oh well, huh?

Happy Updates

This is a follow up of several things I've posted earlier, plus a few bonus happy thoughts.

*First of all our garden is growing! Yay! It's covered in little, clover-like sprouts. So far we have peas and radishes coming up. And an onion, but I don't think that really counts since it was sprouting before we stuck it in the ground. (Apparently if you leave an onion on the counter for a long time and it gets wet repeatedly it starts to grow. Who knew?)

*Secondly, van man moved out of our backyard. Yay again! We actually went over there and checked the van out a couple of times. There was never anyone in it, nut it was set up like a tiny little motor home. It looked pretty nice. Any how, on Saturday there was a man in the lot clipping tree branches. Then there were two men, and then there were a whole bunch of people. They cut down some trees, clipped off some dead branches and cleaned up the lot. Then they moved the van and we haven't seen it since.

*Third, we had the most amazing pizza tonight. It was shockingly good. I'm not kidding. We went to Papa Murphy's (only because we had a coupon) and got their five meat stuffed pizza. It's four pounds of meaty, cheesy, crispy-crusted deliciousness. And we cooked it ourselves! It only took 25 minutes. It made me really happy. I don't think we'll be getting pizza from anywhere else ever again. It was really that good. And cheap. (Which is also very important.)

*And last, the thing that made me even more happy than the pizza, I made the yummiest cookies ever completely on accident. I was bored and I decided I wanted cookies, but I didn't want to go shopping (which eliminated chocolate chip). So I pulled out my Betty Crocker Cooky Book and started browsing for anything that didn't require ingredients that we didn't have. I came up with Canadian Oatmeal Shortbread. It was so, incredibly easy and so very yummy. It might be my new favorite cookie. (I know they don't look that good, but they really, really are.) And they don't have eggs in them so I can eat the dough even while I'm pregnant. YAY! Speaking of eating dough, it's Ty's favorite part of anything, including bread and pancakes. (Sick, I know.) Any how, I'm such a mean wife and I never let him eat the dough/lick the bowl until I'm done making whatever it is that I'm making. Poor man! At least I let him have some of the cookies.

Random Easter Thoughts

I'd like to start out by mentioning that we got tickets to General Conference today. Hooray! I've never actually been to General Conference before, at least that I can remember, and I'm super excited. This is me being excited:

(I'm really excited.)

Also, I wanted to include a picture of our super-cute and kind-o-scary Easter eggs.

We didn't actually do anything with them. I mean, we had all these plans to hide them and other fun things. Then we ended up coming home from church hungry and deviled them instead. (They were really good!)

And finally I'd like to list a few things that I'm extra grateful for today. For some reason I've been thinking about my blessings and I thought I'd write them down. So, here they are:

~An amazing husband who loves me even when I'm crazy

~A healthy, strong baby boy and an even stronger uterus to keep him in when he's trying to kick his way out. (He's been quite the little kicky pants lately!)

~Beautiful, sunshine-filled spring days

~Snow that's way up on the mountains and not in my yard

~Our little garden (Things are actually growing and we're pretty pleased with our mad gardening skills.)

~Cheap flights from Salt Lake to Phoenix so I can spend extra time with my family

~Pie
(That one's kind of random, but we're having it for dessert tonight and I'm really looking forward to it.)

Any how, that's all for now. Happy Easter!

Flashback

Today we ran after the ice cream truck. We literally chased it down. It had been circling our house for quite a while and we could hear it but not see it. I finally saw it on the street behind our house heading away from us. Then it turned towards our house again and we took off. (Ty ran quite a bit faster than me because he doesn't have a baby in his tummy. He slowed the guy down enough that I made it though.) Ty got a really yummy strawberry shortcake ice cream. I got a really weird mango one. It had chili powder in it. Not really what I was looking for in a mango ice cream bar. Oh well. Any how, happy day for us.