1/30 Things: 20 Facts

List 20 random facts about yourself:

1. I am married to a wonderful man.

2. My grandmother, also my namesake, is my best friend. I don't know what I would do without her.

3. I am the middle(ish) child of 7, but I'm the oldest girl.

4. I sing almost constantly. I'm sure my neighbors love me. :)

5. I taught myself to play guitar when I was 16.

6. I love to drive, especially on long road trips. Mike says I'm ruthless though, because I hardly ever stop for breaks. 

7. I'm very accident prone. I've broken 3 bones, and almost cut my toe off twice, among many other mishaps. Between Mike and I, I'm sure our children are doomed.

8. I have nightmares almost every night since I was a kid. I'm mostly used to them now.

9. I was born 3 months early. I've always been just a little impatient.

10. I'm scared to death of heights, but I love roller coasters.

11. I'm from Texas, but most people say I don't have an accent. It's unfortunate. I love Texas and anything from the south. Listening to old southern ladies talk is my favorite. :)

12. I played soccer from when I was about 6 until I was in high school. I was on an all boys team and my mother made me quit after I kept getting injured.

13. Someday I'd like to live on a farm.

14. I love to dance. I'm trying to get Mike to go to lessons with me so he will be more prone to take me. :)

15. I get stressed easily, but I'm trying to work on that.

16. Mike and I own a record player that we like to listen to when we're feeling silly enough to dance around the kitchen in between doing dishes.

17. My hands and feet are always freezing. It drives Mike nuts.

18. I feel like I was born a couple of decades too late. 

19. I love making people happy. I'm a bit of a pushover at times.

20. I always talk during movies.

....Asleep yet? Almost? Great. :) 

The List

So I found this little list of cute ideas and questions to answer on Pinterest, and thought I'd share it on my blog.

The link to the original list is here.

THE LIST:

1. List 20 random facts about yourself.

2. Describe 3 legitimate fears you have and explain how they became fears.

3. Describe your relationship with your parents.

4. List 10 things you would tell your 16 year-old self, if you could.

5. What are the 5 things that make you most happy right now?

6. What is the hardest thing you have ever experienced?

7. What is your dream job, and why?

8. What are 5 passions you have?

9. List 10 people who have influenced you and describe how.

10. Describe your most embarrasing moment.

11. Describe 10 pet peeves you have.

12. Describe a typical day in your current life.

13. Describe 5 weaknesses you have.

14. Describe 5 strengths you have.

15. If you were an animal, what would you be and why?

16. What are your 5 greatest accomplishments?

17. What is the thing you most wish you were great at?

18. What has been the most difficult thing you have had to forgive?

19. If you could live anywhere, where would it be and why?

20. Describe 3 significant memories from your childhood.

21. If you could have one superpower, what would it be and what would you do with it first?

22. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 15 years?

23. List your top 5 hobbies and why you love them.

24. Describe your family dynamic of your childhood vs. your family dynamic now.

25. If you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be and what would you eat?

26. What popular notion do you think the world has most wrong?

27. What is your favorite part of your body and why?

28. What is your love language?

29. What do you think people misundertand most about you?

30. List 10 things you would hope to be remembered for.

I'll start number one on the next blog post. It's sure to be a real snooze fest for ya.

Empty house...

If you'd prefer not to listen to me moan and complain, you should probably just ignore this post...

This girl is really missing her hubby. He's only been gone since Saturday, but I haven't heard from him since Sunday, when he got sent on a fire somewhere in NV (I'm guessing). I got back from Texas on May 31st, after being gone for a month, but I feel like I have hardly seen Mike since then, between his work schedule and crazy fire season this year. This house is just way too quiet all by myself. 

I need to find the dogs some of those collars like on UP so they can talk to me.haha

Then again, that's a scary thought...

Looking for a place to live is seriously stressing me out. Mike is gone, so no input or help there. Not to mention the 2 smelly mutts who live with me who somehow make rent cost a fortune around here. That's if we can even find a place that allows them. 

Sometimes a girl just needs a break!

It's been a while..

Let's just go ahead and put it down that I am the worst blogger in history. So much has happened since I last wrote on here. I got married to a wonderful man in January, acquired a beautiful step-daughter in March, and have had a ton of life happening the past few months. I'm sure most of you who read this (...anyone out there??) are friends with me on facebook, so I won't bore you with a ton of wedding pictures or anything like that. Since I haven't written on here in forever, I guess I'll just jump right in..

Fire season is here again, and Mike has been a busy bee. Because of how green everything is from last year, and how dry this past winter was, fire season has been so crazy already. I dropped Mike off this morning in Draper to go on a detail in Nevada with the Lone Peak Hot Shot crew for a while (a few weeks?) I will miss him, but I'm so glad my husband has a job that he loves and that provides for us.

Ziva was here visiting this week! Mike and I were so excited to get to spoil her! I hadn't seen her since the middle of April, and this girl is turning into a little chunk!!

I love her little smiles, they melt my heart. :) She is one stinky girl though! Haha, must have gotten that from dad, along with her blue eyes. She has his olive skin too. This girl is tanner than me!haha

There she is right after a bath. Isn't she a doll?

I'm taking her back to her mom tomorrow, and I am sure going to miss her!

We're currently in the process of trying to find a bigger place around here, but our lease isn't up until the end of August, and we are afraid to wait that long to find a place because of all the students that will be moving back around then for the fall semester. I have found a few places this week that I'm going to look at with my friend Sam while Mike is gone, but then I have to figure out either getting out of our lease or selling our contract soon. Eek! 

And now here's some picture spam of my visit in Texas and other miscellaneous events before I end this post:

 Miranda Lambert concert with my girls!

One of my best friends Shannon and I. We hadn't seen each other in 4 years! I missed that girl!!

Mike and I heading out for his birthday dinner

Alright, here's to hoping I can keep this blog up this time!!haha

Clay Walker Concert :)

I've decided I'm going to post a few different blog posts to describe the happenings in my life lately, instead of mushing them all together in one huge post. A week ago my mom flew me down to Texas for the weekend to go see a Clay Walker concert with her at Billy Bob's in Ft. Worth. I had such a blast!! In case you guys didn't know, I've been in love with Clay Walker since I was little, and I just couldn't wait to be in the same room with that hunk. ;) 

The start of my journey was a little scary...I'm not a fan of flying, and when I was due to fly out of SLC, some of the roads were closed to traffic because of high wind. I was surprised they didn't delay my flight, but we flew out of that airport during 80mph winds. I was petrified. I have never been on a flight with so much turbulence, for about 20 minutes straight. Some people in the back were comparing it to a roller-coaster. No thanks. The man beside me started whistling during all the commotion, which made me feel better, surprisingly. :)

On a side note, to show you guys how much of a procrastinator I am, I didn't even buy my ticket until 1am on Thursday morning (when I had to pack and get to the airport by 6am), using priceline. If you guys have ever bought plane tickets from that website, you would know that you don't get to find out the times of your flight until after you pay for the ticket. (Oh yeah, I'm such a risk taker..) Btw, cheapest way to get tickets if you aren't picky. So I got a straight thru (no layover!), round trip ticket to Texas for the grand total of $360 bucks. Go me. :)

Anyways...Wow, I tend to ramble.lol So my mom and I went to the stockyards where I met my friend Cheri, and her boyfriend Dustin. I missed her! I hadn't seen her in over a year! I'm so glad they got to come! Here's a picture of us. :)

Love that girl. :)

So after my mom and I sang a little karaoke (always a must), we headed over to Billy Bob's for the concert. Only problem was, we already had reserved seating tickets, and they didn't. So they got these awesome seats that just happened to be available on the front row, while mom and I were off to the right of the stage. Well, we decided to ask if just by chance, they might have any tickets closer to Cheri and Dustin. They did, the next table over, which also happened to be 5 feet away from Clay Walker. :) So we bought them, and I turned around and sold our tickets to the guys in line behind us, who were grateful. Now I will post a couple pics from the concert.

Did I mention we were 5 FEET AWAY from him?! :)

Me and my gorgeous mom :)

I had just gotten done taking a picture of him. I was pretty giddy. :))

Okay, enough picture spam. Now to tell you guys the most amazing event of the night. Clay Walker was getting ready to walk off the stage, and the spotlight was facing the audience, so he could see all of us. I stood up, and blew him a kiss and, Cheri as my witness, he looked right at me, smiled, and blew me a kiss right back. I think I just about fainted. Immediately after I turned to Cheri where she mouthed the words "Clay friggan Walker just blew a kiss at you!!!" Let's just say my night was made. :) I had an awesome time in Texas.

That's me, the slacker...

Wow, I have been seriously slackin' on this blog. Well the truth is, I work just about every waking moment of my life. It's sad really. So by the time I get home I just don't have the energy to try and be entertaining for you guys. But here goes anyway..

So I figure I would finally post pictures of Mike and I's thanksgiving dinner. I made green bean casserole, yams with marshmallows, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, deviled eggs, stuffing, and of course the turkey. Here's how it all came out...

I can't believe we cooked that much food for two people.lol It came out great though. :) Here's more random pictures of Mike and I's first thanksgiving without family...

We forgot to get a turkey baster from the store, so Mike went out and bought a baby aspirator instead..haha :)

I was really proud of our little feast. :)

Let's start at the beginning...

Okay, so I've been wanting to start a blog for a while, but every time I get close the thought of "who's going to read this stuff" pops into my mind. Well as you can see, I started it anyway. If anything I now have somewhere to vent a little, and maybe even fill in everyone back home so they can keep track of me every now and then. I don't promise it will be entertaining or even make sense, but here goes...

So the day after tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Mike is flying in from Texas tomorrow after being gone on a fire roll for two 1/2 weeks, so we've decided to keep it simple and just have a quiet holiday to ourselves. It will be nice to actually spend some time together, since I don't even remember the last time we had more than just a few days together without the threat of him leaving abruptly. Neither one of us have ever cooked a Thanksgiving dinner by ourselves, so this should be interesting. I have more faith in Mike's cooking skills than my own. I'm sure there will be pictures to come. 

The holidays coming up has me missing my family, but I am considerably less homesick than I was when we first moved to Utah in January. Guess it's a part of growing up. In case you guys didn't know, I finally turned 20 last week! Haha, I know, how exciting. On another note, I also may be less homesick because I know I am flying in to go see my family the weekend of December 2nd! My mom is taking me to see a Clay Walker concert at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth. Ahh, Clay Walker, only the man I have been in love with since I was probably about 4 years old (Sorry Mike!). :) I am definitely looking forward to that.

Well, I will keep this short and sweet. (And boring, I'm sure some of you are thinking) Got to get up early to go to work and wrangle a bunch of rugrats!