How Strong Are You Now?

1. Put your iTunes on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Commentary is fun too!

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
“Better When We’re Together” – Jack Johnson
True, true...

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
“You Raise Me Up” – Josh Groban
Sure!

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
“One Rock ‘n’ Roll Too Many” – Seyesha Mercado
That's right! One rock 'n' roll too many, one night's sleep too few...

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
“Let’s Dance” – Miley Cyrus
Actually, no, I'm feeling pretty uncoordinated today...

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE??
“Wind Beneath My Wings” – Bette Midler
Yes, I can fly higher than an eagle...

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
"Secret Smile” – Rascal Flatts
Can a smile be secret?

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
"Home Life” – John Meyer
Yes, probably true. I'm either home, or someplace exotic like the middle of nowhere China, or in central Ohio...

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
"I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” – U2
Yes, all the time!

WHAT IS 2+2?
Track 7, “Every Saturday” - Sweet Haven
Yup - I can add!

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
"Sing, Sing a Song” - VoiceMale
She does sing a lot...

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"I Can Sing” - BNL
I'll have to look for that quality!

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
"As I Am” – Miley Cyrus
Yup - all about me!

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
"No Reins” – Rascal Flatts
That's right, baby!

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"First Dance” – Jim Brickman
Yes, this might be what I think...

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
"Break Away” – Rascal Flatts
I'm sure they'd love that!

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
"Never Give Up” – Ryan Shupe & the Rubber Band
Hmmm... no comment!

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
"New Shoes” – Paolo Nutini
This one might be better for Joee!

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
"One Step At a Time” – Jordin Sparks
Walking? Running? No! Following patterns or craft directions? Yes!

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
"I Know Where I’ve Been” – Queen Latifah, Hairspray
That's right - I know, and you don't!

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
"Hungry Like the Wolf” – David Cook
Yes, definitely starving!

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
"Go to Hell” – Ryan Shupe & the Rubber Band
Very true!

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
"Start All Over” – Miley Cyrus
Reincarnation?

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
"Help Me Remember” – Rascal Flatts
My memory's not that bad, is it?

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
“Here’s To You” – Rascal Flatts
Do you make me laugh?

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
"Popcorn” - BNL
Yup, I'm a sucker for a big bowl of popcorn...

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
"You Are the Music in Me” – HSM 2
Kind of goes along with that 'I Can Sing' with the person I like question...

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
"Always Be My Baby” – David Cook
A baby who always is one? Yeah, that's pretty frightening!

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
"Good Morning Baltimore” – Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray
Maryland, here I come!

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
"How Far is Heaven” – Los Lonely Boys
I don't get it...

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
"You’ve Got a Friend” – Brooke White
Yes, I do have friends, so that's not the problem...

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
"How Strong Are You Now?” – Rascal Flatts
That's right - aren't you stronger now that you've read to the bottom? :)

I either need to re-shuffle my iTunes and try again, or load on a different variety of music!

Tubby

I've got to face it... Tubby isn't coming back...!

Tubby... Fuzz Bucket... Fuzz Butt... Fur Face... Tubastian... Snuggle Bunny... Tubster... has left us! (Maybe it was the awful nicknames that drove him away!)

He came into our lives in December 2006. He was hanging out at a house across the street, sleeping in a flower pot and looking in their windows longingly during their dinners. Our neighbors knew we were looking for a new cat, and so we tried enticing him over. He'd have none of our cans of tuna (he ate it, eventually, but not willingly), but came right over for the cheapest box of dry food money could buy. He was so hungry and so skinny, he hardly chewed, and he snuggled right in with us. We decided to keep him around, but not inside... We tried that out, and let him back outside after he leaped on top of the piano with the greatest of ease. So we let him sleep in the bathroom during that winter to keep warm, and would often find him in the mornings, sound asleep and spread out in the bathtub. He also put on quite a tummy that winter - so we named him Tubby.

He loved sitting with Dad with a blanket over them, and liked sitting in between legs on a recliner, or even propped up to 'watch' TV with us. He enjoyed snuggling in bed with me in the mornings after Mom left for school and before I got up. He often 'helped' Mom grade her papers by sitting all over them. This summer, he spent a good deal of his time in the yard keeping Mom company. If she was in the backyard, so was he, sitting among the flowers. If she moved to the front, he snuggled into 'his' camp chair to enjoy the evening. He loved being around us, and was a nice person to have around.

Where he's gone, who knows? Hopefully he just decided to move on to another house, or was carried off by someone who will appreciate him for the nice cat he is. We'd gladly take him back if he finds his way! I'll miss his nose prints on the front door, looking in the back windows, jumping up on the car, scratches, playing with bugs, and trying to keep him out of the house when getting the groceries in. I'll miss snuggling with him, taking pictures of him, watching him humor Zoey and try (unsuccessfully) to get into Regina's stash.

I'll miss you, little buddy! Come back any time!

Happy Birthday to Joee!

Joee beat me to the punch on her blog to celebrate our birthdays... so now I've got to fill in what she left out!


22 MORE reasons we're sticking to 22!

1. "One time I hired a monkey to take notes for me in class..."
2. Movies... good ones, bad ones... in the theater when we were rich and single, and from the Redbox now that we're poor and one of us is married...
3. Old Navy
4. Piano boys at FAO Shwartz
5. Frankie and lounges in Vegas
6. Watching Utah Brides
7. Notes in institute... about institute... and not about institute...
8. Making CD mixes for ourselves (and our boys...)
9. Counseling sessions
10. New Year's Eves at the Tabernacle
11. Helping me get my classroom set up (and packing it all away)
12. Getting me in top card and Apples-to-Apples condition for the pageant
13. EFY counseling (different years and experiences, but still very bonding)
14. Joee's wedding and wedding showers and the appropriate drama and trauma associated with each
15. Loooooong talks on the phone
16. Colors and Ryan Shupe & the Rubber Band
17. Blogging and emailing
18. Curtain-making
19. 'Relief Society' in sewing class in high school!
20. Road trips to see our boys
21. 'Watching' ER together
22. Experiencing first hand that speaking slower and louder does not help you understand Chinese!

And about a hundred other things...
Next time you want to be 22, let me know!

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OSUtes!

The age-old question... am I a Ute or a Beaver?

The age-old answer... I am a Ute!

Last night the Utes played the Oregon State Beavers. Since Mom and JoAnne are OSU alums, they wanted to go, so we got tickets and had great time. Mom, JoAnne and Holly all wore orange... I was the lone red-woman in the group. Fortunately, I had about 46,000 other red people surrounding me once we got to the stadium!


The game was crazy... the Utes were down most of the time. With 2 minutes remaining in the game, OSU scored a touchdown, making the score 28-20 for OSU. (I texted Dad at this point, he texts back "That sucks". Yeah it does!) We then put together an amazing run and scored a touchdown of our own with about a minute and a half left. We went for 2, OSU got pass interference (I could see it from where I was sitting! I'm glad the ref saw it too!), we tried again and the QB ran it into the endzone! Tied!

OSU got the ball back and had to punt it away. We got back down the field pretty quickly, and ran down the clock to 2 seconds for a shot at the last play. Dad called then to see if it was over, and so he got to hear the yells and shouts that only come from a successful field-goal attempt at the end of the game for a win!

What a great game! Makes me so reminiscent of so many seasons when we had season tickets and all the fun: hot dogs (yum-o), the kid-tunnel, sitting on the blacktop at the north end zone, witnessing a few defeats of BYU, heartbreaking shanked kicks off the goal posts, snow, Davis, the first-down section, dancing tubas, and more...

A UTAH GIRL AM I!!!

"We're the Deerfield _____ and we're swoopin' along!"

The kids today had to choose a different mascot for our school - the Deerfield Eagles. Some of the responses:
The Deerfield...
Hippos
Sugar Gliders
Wild Boars
Deer
Cougars
Bees
Flying Squirrels
Flamingos
Clock Watchers (wow! I didn't know school was so bad!)