Does Anyone Read Me Anymore??

I know I've been bad about commenting/reading everyone else's blogs in the past, but I *thought* I was doing better.

Two posts in a week and no comments.....

Maybe I'm talking to the great void....

Graduation for Jeremy and Embarrassments for Me

Why did I do this to myself?? I'm now a beta-zoid! Blogger has been hounding me each time I publish a post that they have my "NEW" version ALL set up...so I jump into it...BLINDLY! What a headache! I'm hoping that now that it's over I won't have any more issues!

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We did a round trip drive from my house to Logan and back under 12 hours! I'm just glad I didn't have to do the driving! That would have been ANNOYING! :)

Graduation was BORING, but isn't that what graduation is for?

We arrived at the stadium and tramped up and down stairs to find a seat, finally finding one that was directly in front of 2 adorable, wiggly little girls. I was kicked in the back of my head more times than I wish to count! Not only that, but as the program went on, one even sat on me. Yes, she sat on my back, even resting her head against my head a few times (I was hoping she didn't have head lice!) Anyway, since they were wiggling, I was wiggling too! After their daddy's part in the graduation was done the little girl who had been sitting on me announced to her mommy, "I peed!" Uh, SHE WAS JUST SITTING ON ME!! I was completely grossed out, but managed to get a happy smile once they packed up and left. (This picture shows the face I made when telling the wonderful story of "The Little Girl Who Peed!")

My sister was beaming with pride when her husband walked and got his diploma (well, just the empty case...) and we were all glad to have it over with. We were told that there were over 1500 graduates, but it only took them 2 hours for the entire ceremony, reading everyone's name! I was impressed...if not bored out of my skull!
We then took pictures and were off to Angie's to eat lunch. My sister had called earlier this week to make reservations, but they were swamped when we got there. So we had a group of 16 people spread over two tables in different parts of the room. My sister and brother were thoroughly upset, but it was all good.

I was so thirsty when I sat down at the table that I grabbed the nearest thing with water and took a long sip, not noticing that I was drinking out of the water pitcher. I would have gotten away with doing that if my younger brother hadn't noticed and asked if I had just drunk out of it. I sheepishly confirmed the truth, and he laughed SO hard....I was humiliated. For the rest of the meal he'd offer me my "cup," remarking how HUGE the cup was. I tried to laugh it off, but was really not feeling pleased with myself.

Anyway, it was a day full of laughs and boredom, but I'm home and surviving!

Pure Randomness...

I was just reading some things my hubby printed off of the computer and found them highly annoying and fairly accurate! I thought I'd share with all of my friends...beware, they may apply to you even if you aren't from Idaho!

If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Idaho.

If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year because Stanley is the coldest spot in the nation, you might live in Idaho.
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might live in Idaho.

If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the year, you might live in Idaho.
If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in Idaho.
If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might live in Idaho.
If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live in Idaho.
If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in Idaho.
YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE IDAHOAN WHEN:
1. "Vacation" means going east or west on I-86 for the weekend.
2. You measure distance in hours.
3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.
5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings).
7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
11. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.
12. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce.
13. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.
14. Down South to you means Utah or Nevada.
15. A brat is someone else kid.
16. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole shed.
17. You go out to a tail gate party every Friday.
18. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
19. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
20. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."

Today was one of those "ugh" days! First off, Blogger was messing up my 13s, and by the time I got it all fixed I was planning on taking a shower. But then I noticed that we had a voice message from one of my husband's aunts asking us if she could bunk here for a night while they were going to a funeral. I had to call her back to tell her what she could do, and by the time I finished talking with her it was too late to get showered before Cam got off the bus. So I waited for him and figured that I'd shower after he got home. As soon as he was off the bus I was ready to get ready for my shower. I attempted to put in my contacts, the first one worked, but the second one caused instant pain. I pulled it out and realized that it was ripped right down the middle. Luckily I have a few spares, so I pulled out an old one and realized that it was dried beyond all recognition. I rewet it for about 5 minutes and when it was finally soft enough to put in my eye I noticed a small hole in the middle of it. I was quite annoyed, but found another spare contact and got it on. By this time it was 11:30....the regular drop off time for the little girl I babysit. I did the quick hosedown and jumped out and began to quickly dress, when I heard the door bell ringing! I threw the rest of my clothes on as I hurried down the stairs and as I opened it the phone rang. It was my husband wondering about the situation with his aunt. So I'm trying to talk with my friend while talking to Steve and trying to out talk a crying little girl. She wasn't feeling well at all. So I managed to juggle the three things and get the kids moved to the living room. Once there Cam put his hand on her shoulder to help guide her and she began to howl at the top of her lungs! Apparently she's extra sensitive to touch. Anytime he touched her all day long she'd scream and bawl. Well, at this outburst I was annoyed and I told her to stop crying for no reason to which she began to hyperventilate! I was beginning to get frazzled! After a noisy day with a wound up 5 year old and a screaming 19 month old I tried to relax and make dinner. But that was NOT to be. I ended up burning my dinner and filling my house with smoke! YUCK! Add on top of that family coming to our messy house after our vacation and it sounds worse than it should be. I guess it was just NOT my day! I'm sure it'll get better...right?

Well, I guess there is one thing that makes everything all right...my wonderful husband! A couple of weeks ago he whipped up a poem and entered it in a contest and he's a finalist! I'm so proud of him! I didn't even know he had written anything. Then to make my shock complete I found out that it's about me! It's SO sweet! Here...tell me what you think!

Love

I love you
you love me
we entered as two
and came together as one
bound with trust and love
taking the road of life together.
loving you and you loving me
the road, it might be hard.
it may be rough,
but with one heart
our love will burn
while loving you and you loving me.

Isn't he great?? I just love him so much!

Sniffle, sniffle!! SNEEZE!!

I've been hit with the latest "virus!" Diana from Toronto Teacher Mom Blog got me. It's called the Indie Virus. It's actually a good thing! There are 2 goals it has which are: To bring exposure to lesser known blogs (especially those outside of Technorati's top 100) and to explore the metrics behind a viral linking campaign launched by the "little guys" (less popular blogs) In other words, it helps lesser known blogs to be more visual! I'm so excited about it! I think I may try and see what blogs I can find by accessing the Indie Virus! But as the virus goes...I'm infecting some of you! Oooooohhh! Beware!!

• Carebearmommy from I am a Crazy Mom has the Indie Virus

• Frog Legs from My Rambling Thoughts and Jots has the Indie Virus

I would infect my friend Mattsmom, but she still wishes to only invite people to her blog! When you change your mind let me know! If anyone else wishes to be infected let me know! It should be fun!

Joining the 21st Century

Okay, so I'm done with my frustration over Dora. I guess I don't hate Dora as much as I hate the quirks it gives my son. I like the fact that Dora teaches other languages and learning skills, but the standing, yelling, and touching the tv are just plain annoying! I was even so annoyed with Dora that I looked up some anti-Dora sites and I realized that my frustration is just that...frustration. I don't have the same seething hatred that some other people have. Thank goodness!

This weekend was a fun one. I don't know if you noticed that I haven't updated my blog for a couple of days, it's because I forced myself to stay off and enjoy my husband's rare weekend off and spend quality family time together. We did some last minute preparations for our upcoming family trip next week. We hit a doorbuster sale and I finally relented and got a cell phone. I've been very anti-cell phones for a while. I was hoping to get a pay-as-you-go phone, but I gave into Steve's begs and we got on a plan. I've been giving into his wants a lot lately. Lucky man!

I found out on Friday that my sister and her husband had come up for a visit. I was hoping to go and talk with them for a while, but they were busy and I was stuck at home for a while. Luckily I did get a quick visit in before they had to go home.

We even had a date night this weekend with my cousins. It was so fun! We laughed A LOT!! We laughed so much and so hard that my head hurt afterward! I love refreshing myself with others and just having a good time!

On a final note, I'd like to say, "Hi!" to all of my new readers, which finally includes my hubby! I just love reading other people's blogs and finding a part of myself in their day-to-day activities, I hope others find the same in my writings! I'd like to post a link to your blogs on my page, so please let me know if you don't want me to. I'm too much of a people pleaser to hurt anyone's feelings. I just hope you all enjoy going along for the ride!