Spaces and Spots

I feel like I haven't written for a while. And there are fun stuff to write about. lol.

I have my 2012 planner/calender all set. I'm glad I have it done that way I don't have to do it in the new year. I even wrote in what my Grobie Sister's addresses. That way I'd have them for easy access. I highlighted birthdays and anniversaries like I always do. I even penciled in some key events that I already know about. At the back I have a list of birthdays and anniversaries for my family. I put it on a shipping label in the very back cover of the planner. I think I'll do that from now on. It is very convenient.I like that I have to carry around two planners every December. It's funny. I'm glad they are different colors or else I would get really confused. lol.

I have been moving into the "new" bedroom the past week or so. It's all painted and ready. I moved furniture in with some help. Dad had said I can't put anything on the shelves for a couple of days so I haven't done that yet. I know I can now but I've been busy. The only things in there, besides the furniture, is the books on the tall bookshelf and my hanging up clothes. I plan on moving my drawer clothes in there tonight. (I did laundry yesterday and I need to fold them.) I have been sleeping on my bed but it isn't totally made. I put a blanket on top of the mattress which I sleep on top of. And I have my two comforters on top of that. I need to put the bed-skirt and correct sheets on the bed. It fun to have my saucer chair back. I like sitting in it and reading or being on the laptop. Although It does need some big pillow for back support. I guess I'll pull out my toss pillows from the garage when I go looking for the sheets. I might not have any stuff put away but I pretty much planned it all out on paper (random sketches) already. So it shouldn't take too long to put everything where it is going to belong. I am hoping that everything will have a spot and I will be able to keep this room clean. I feel like the other room had no room. lol. I post pictures soon.

Satine is still in the other room. I did find her a new heat pad. It is not what I was looking for but it still works great. It's probably better because it can hide completely underneath the tank because it is a small heat pad. While I was at the pet store, where the heat pad was bought, I saw something that I thought Satine would like. Since she is a python and likes to hang from stuff I got her some bamboo branches. I haven't put them in yet but I'm sure she'll like them.

The Saturday Song posts for December need to be created but I know what songs are going with what week, so that part is done. They are all Christmas songs but they are my favorite. I listed all my favorites and then picked five I really like. I might do a bonus post because I really want to do one song but it is instrumental.

I have been thinking I might make a quilt to go on my bed. It's just gonna be a light blanket sort of quilt that is bigger then a queen-size. I can use it for when I watch movies and stuff too. I want to make it with greens, teals, some white, and possibly a park purple for pizazz. I want it to bigger then a queen-size so that I looks good on my bed. I have to figure out the measurements still. I think a king-size would be too big. I really like the pattern (or lack of pattern) of this green quilt so I was thinking of doing something similar. But I also don't want binding (hard to explain that ... I'll have to show you) and I plan on tying the blanket with white yarn. It'll have a thin batting in the middle for warmth and stability.

I have been watching 'Stargate SG-1' still. I am on season five. Since I started working I have slowed down on watching them. I think I have four or five more episodes until the end of the season.

This weekend Kimberlee and I went to dinner and to see 'Breaking Dawn'. I thought the movie was really good. It follows the book really well which is great. They split the four book into two movies and I like where this first one left off. I think it;s perfect. I really liked the second half of the book so it;ll be interesting to see how they do that. The second part comes out in November, 2012. (I thought it came out in the spring but I guess I was wrong.)

Dad has been redoing the bathroom for a while now. He painted the room and redid the counter top already. And he ripped out the shower. I think they picked out tile because Dad is going to tile the shower on Wednesday. And then the shower glass guys have to come and install the door soon after that. So I think I get to have the bathroom back next week or the week after. Right now I am sharing the upstairs bathroom with Steven.

Long Day

Today I worked all day. I brought my computer so I could watch some ‘Stargate SG-1’ if I get really bored. At around 3ish I did watch an episode. I also put ‘The Lion King’ CD and ‘Aida’ CD on my computer. When I get home I need get the album information. I think I’ll watch an episode of something I’ve been missing and then go to sleep early too. I work tomorrow from 1pm to 6pm. When I got to work today I checked to see if I got my paycheck and I did. I don’t do direct deposit so my check gets mails to my house. Work was pretty slow. In the morning we did finish up stuffing envelopes for next sports tickets. I was mostly on the phones. I think I got five or six calls all day. Most of them were asking about what time the Black-Out Game starts on Oct. 29. But since this week’s game is an away game it was pretty quiet. At 5pm I was so ready to go home. Near the end I was yawning a lot. I had no doubt I’d sleep on the train ride home, which I did.

I went shopping with Lauren yesterday. We went to the dollar store and D.I. We were looking for good costume ideas and stuff. I already know what I’m doing this year for Halloween. So I was just collecting pieces for it. I have the main stuff now. There are a few minor detail things that would be fun to have but not necessary. And I don’t want to say what I’m doing until later. I’ll have a post on my costume closer to Halloween. (Probably on Halloween.)

I really need to find Satine a new heat pad soon. I’ll start looking online again once I know I have some money to buy one. I have looked in stores for one but it is impossible to find a heating pad that does not have an automatic shut-off. Since it’s getting to be winter weather I need to find her one soon.

Tomorrow some friends and I are going to a corn maze. Since I missed the ward FHE where they went to a corn maze, I’m looking forward to going to this one. We are going to Lauren’s house afterward for hot chocolate.

On Friday I need to do my laundry. I haven’t washed my clothes from the trip yet and I’m running out of things to wear. lol. I also need to wash my blankets and such. They are about due for a cleaning. So Friday will be a long laundry day not just a couple of hours. But that’s okay. I don’t have any plans to go anywhere. I just have a walk in the morning with Lauren and I might take a nap some time that day. I have a feeling I’ll be tired from working and the corn maze.

Josh Groban was on ‘The Office’ recently and I haven’t seen it yet but I’m sure he did a great job. The whole episode is on his website, via Hulu. I need to watch that sometime. Probably on Friday while I’m home. I think it’s great that Josh gets to do theatre/acting roles. That’s what Josh was going to school for before he dropped out to pursue his singing full-time. He loves both.

We have been watching ‘Person of Interest’ and I really like it. It’s a really interesting show. I love Jim Caviezel as a lead character. He hasn’t done small screen roles before this very often. There are a few odd jobs here and there but this show is his first big lead. I love it! I think Jim is a great looking guy. He’s 43 but I would not have guessed that. I thought he was in his mid-30s still. It seems like Jim has been on my actor radar for a while but he has only been acting in movies/tv since 1991. So in reality I would only know him from a few movies. I could probably name all the ones I have seen and heard of that he is in. I do remember seeing some movies, like Déjà vu, that Jim is in where I wasn’t expecting to see him. (He is awesome in that movie btw.)

Thoughts on Pain and Stuff

I thought I had a few more days before this crap took a hold of me. Headaches are not my friend. Chocolate and sleep is. At least it is a blessing in disguise. I won't feel like crap when we're at Bear Lake this weekend. I can enjoy playing in the water and perhaps knee boarding again.

Today I slept a lot which was in direct correlation with the a fore mentioned topic. I have headache all day. I took some ibuprofen a couple of hours ago. I think I'll take some more before bed.

Last week Mom tripped and hurt her knee. It has been hurting her still so she went to the doctor to have it checked out. They didn't think it was broken but she might have torn a ligament. She got a shot of Cortisone and an x-ray. So she'll know in a day of two if she tore her knee. Hopefully the drugs kick in and she gets better. I know it hurts her. She doesn't walk up and down stairs with out wincing a little. Mom bruises super easily and I'm hoping it just a really weird bruise and it'll get better with the Cortisone. Mom and Dad don't need any more problems then they already have. And I love my Mom and I don't want her in more pain.

I watched a couple of episodes of 'Stargate' tonight. I liked them. They were good.

My brothers and I have also been watching 'Firefly'. It's really funny and good. It is making me really want to watch 'Castle' because Nathan Fillion is the lead character in both shows. And I just think he such a cute guy. He is funny, good looking, and a great actor.

Babysitting and my Evening

I watched baby Joshua today. I got to their, aka my friend Laura's, apartment at 7am. Joshua was awake at that point. At about 8:30pm he finished his breakfast. I was holding him and he fell asleep in my arms. It was adorable. That was at 9:30am.

I watched 'Ramona and Beezus' today too. (While Josh was asleep.) I remember reading this book a long, long time ago. It was cute. The movie was really cute too.

At 10:30am Joshua was still sleeping so I got some breakfast. As I was looking for some cereal I found pancake mix so I made a couple pancakes to eat. They were yummy. I used a little pan and the second pancake took up the whole thing. It was awesome! :)

At 11:30am I checked on Joshua again. He was still sleeping and so out of it. I asked Laura if I should wake him up. She said just let him sleep for as long as he wants. So I watched tv while I ate my breakfast.

Then I was going to watch 'Stargate SG-1' but I decided while I have two hands free I might play on their Xbox for a bit. They only have three or four Xbox games and none of them looked like my cup of tea at all. (I mean really. Can you see me getting into 'Call of Duty' or 'Halo'. Actually I think I have played 'Halo' before and it wasn't bad. I did enjoy 'Battlefield: Bad Company' more then those games. But I never really liked the shooter games because you have to use one joystick to aim and the other to look around. I've never been good at that. lol.) But, in the end, I noticed that they have 'Hexic' on their Xbox so I abandoned any thought of playing a shooter game and played that instead. I love that game. I played the survival mode for a long time. It was fun. I love puzzle games.

Joshua woke up around 2pm. He gets cuddly when he first wakes up. So I held him. I fed him a bottle and we walked outside. Then played with his toys for a while.

Dylan and Laura both got home around 4pm. Joshua also went to sleep again around that time. I was still playing Hexic on and off all day.

After Dylan did his homework we decided to figure out if we could hook the Nintendo Game Cube to the tv. We were missing a cable. But we found the ones we needed for the Nintendo 64. So we played 'Bomberman' for a few minutes. Then I decided I should go home.

I made it home in time for some dinner and to head off to FHE. It was a stake one tonight. They had a concert type thing. I was very tired so I debated going in the first place. But I decided I need to see my friends and socialize. (Plus it's good practice for when I get a job again and I'll be working all day.) It was odd because I saw two of my cousins there. We see Corby all the time at stake activities but Becca is always elsewhere in life. But she was home today and came to the party. It was fun to see her. Steven and Brian got hung up afterward and I was very tired so Ammon gave me a ride home. Because he is nice like that. (Thanks.)

And now I'm writing and proofreading and adding the links to this post. (It's one of those ones that I have been writing all day as things happen. I do that a lot. lol.) And my tension/tired headache is starting to kick in so I guess I'll go to bed now.

Overall, I had a great day today. :)

Cayden and stuff

Today was okay. I looked for jobs and watched 'Stargate.' Also, Lauren and I moved our walks to half an hour earlier. So I got up at about 8:15am. It was nice walking at that time because it wasn't as hot.

Tonight I babysat my nephew, Cayden, few a couple of hours. We watched 'Cars' because he love "Queen" (Lightning McQueen) and cars in general. Half way through he got bored or something, he stopped paying attention to the movie so we went on a walk. And then when we came inside we watched the rest of the movie. I should mention that Cayden is two years old so he has a somewhat short attention span sometimes. But he is a cutie. After the movie we played outside for a bit. Cayden wanted to feed the horses apples because someone (*cough* Grandpa/Dad *cough*) showed him that a little while ago. Cayden just thinks it's the most awesome thing in the world to feed the horses. The problem tonight was that the horses who roam around in the back weren't there. Cayden kept asking about the "Neighs" so after we played with the ball we grabbed a couple of fallen whole apples and went around to our neighbor's backyard. They have two horses. We, I, threw the apples, one at a time, over the fence and we watched the horses eat the apples. After that we came back to the yard and played with my yoga ball outside. Cayden likes that ball. It's giant and bouncy. (It's not really meant to be outside. But I figure a two year old kicking it around on grass for a few minutes won't hurt it. The ball does need to be filled with air. But that too can wait since it's not really in use. Anyways ...) After Cayden and I were outside we came inside and I was running out of ideas. I knew that everyone should be home in a few minutes I just had to distract him for a little bit longer. So I pulled out our bucket of toy cars. He loved that. Then people came home and we had ice cream. Overall, I had fun watching Cayden. But it is a lot of work trying to keep a toddler interested and not asking where his mother is every five minutes. Seriously, he was sort of clingy. But he didn't through a fit or anything. He just kept asking. And I would answer. lol.

Shopping and TV

This morning I had fun dreams while my body was trying to wake up. lol.

Steven started school this week so he has been home in the mornings before his class. Today he just had a study group that didn't meet because there is nothing to discuss. So instead of that he went shopping and we, Mom, Brian and I, came too. It was okay until near the end. I got bored.

We got home from shopping around 3:30pm and we watched the last few episodes of 'White Collar' Season One. It's due back to the library tomorrow. I tried to renew it but it wouldn't let me. So we had to watch all three episodes today. But we have watched that many (or more) at one time so it's all good.

I also watched a couple of episodes of 'Stargate SG-1'. There was one part I was very intrigued with but that just me being girly. lol.

My hollow book is almost done. I was thinking about it today but I didn't work on it. I'll finish it tomorrow.

And now that it is almost 11pm I should go to bed. I have been trying to go to bed earlier. And walking in the morning (on MWT) helps ensure that because I have to get up earlier. I can't sleep in or I'll feel bad that I made Lauren wait.

This and That

Today Ammon, Kimberlee, and I went bowling. It was fun. I haven't been for a while. My thumb tip sort of is numb now. That always happens after a play a few games.

I watched a couple of Stargate episodes today. One of them was quite strange. lol.

I think I'll go to bed a little early today. I'm starting to get a headache.

Tomorrow I want to finish that hollow book. I have to glue the inside pages together then it's pretty much done.

The Past Few Days

Wednesday ... Not much happened. I looked for jobs like I do all the time. I decided to make a hollow book so I started that. And last night some friends came over and we watched 'Pride and Prejudice'. It was the version with Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen. I love that version. I need to buy it some time.

Thursday ... aka: yesterday ...

I finished watching season two of 'Stargate SG-1' in the morning. And I also watched the second part of the story in episode one of the third season.

I started cutting out the pages in the hollow book. I needed to find a newly bladed knife first though. But I know where Dad keeps them in the garage so that was easy. Although I didn't find any fresh blades with those x-acto knives. I know he has some somewhere. I should buy some replacement blades for my own knife.

Over at Spoonflower they were having their free swatch day. (Free shipping too.) So I tried to think if I wanted to order a custom design of my own or one of the fabrics I have been wanting. I ended up going with this lovely Gallifrey-esque fabric. I think this fabric might go on the back of my TARDIS quilt, when I ever make that. I have also thought it would be fun fabric for a tote bag. (Like this one here. Gallifrey fabric would be the lining and bottom. And solid blue for the "main" part of the bag.)

Friday ... aka: today ...

I was going to watch Laura's baby, Joshua, all day today. But Laura got "sick" and so she didn't go into work. I still went over for most of the day but not until around 11am. (lol. I realize that makes it sounds like Laura just took a day off. But she didn't. She has a kidney stone that kept her up all night.) We watched 'Bones' throughout the day and that was fun. I haven't hung out with Laura for a long time. It was fun.

I brought along that hollow book I've been working on. It's closer to being done. I finished cutting through all the pages. I actually didn't realize I was to the end and cut a little bit into the back cover. But I'll just glue it back together and it will be just fine. Really, it will.

I'm really tired right now. It's after 11pm and my brain isn't functioning and I'm falling asleep. I guess I should go to bed. :)

Random Today

Today I slept in. That's fine. But I don't feel to well today. At about 6pm I had a really bad headache. Even after I ate dinner I had a headache. It was sort of a migraine too because light and sound made it hurt. Lots of my headaches are small migraines. Very rarely do they turn into really bad migraines. Every Sunday I actually feel like I get a tiny one near the end of church. It's the florescent lights that make it bad, I think. But yeah, I have had that all day.

Today my friend, Laura, asked if I could watch her baby, Joshua, on Friday. And afterward hang out that evening. So that'll be fun. I haven't seen her in a long time. But I have to be to her house before 7am. So I have to get ready really early. (Oh, which reminds me, I need to Lauren I can't go walking that day. I'll tell her Wednesday morning.)

Tonight we, my brothers and I, watched a couple more episodes of 'White Collar'. And then I watched more 'Stargate SG-1' episodes.

I really need to read more plays or else this idea is going to be a two year thing and not just a one year thing. lol.

Typical With Random Other Stuff

Today was a pretty typical Friday. I went on a walk this morning, looked for jobs, watched tv ...

I plan on switching tomorrow's Saturday Songs post for a Josh Groban song in honor of his coming to Utah tomorrow. So that's fun. :) I haven't decided on which one I want to do. Maybe 'You Are Loved' or 'Thankful'. Ooh! I think I'll do 'With You'. It's such a sweet song and I LOVE it.

I put the previous seasons of 'White Collar' on hold at the library. And today the complete first season is there. So tomorrow I plan on going to check that out. Which means 'Stargate SG-1' might be put on hold while I watch those. Because they (as in 'White Collar') have to go back to the library soon.

Stargate

I watched Stargate tonight. It was very interesting watching the movie after I have seen a season and a bit of the tv series. lol. The minor differences are hilarious, in my mind. Also I understand more of what the team was talking about in the first episode. But since I have seen this movie before I barely remembered anyway. I knew what they were talking about when I first began the series, sort of. This movie tonight was a fun refresher on what that first Stargate mission was about. :) I love how the characters are the same. Although I really like that Jack is way funnier in the tv show then in the movie.

Stargate SG-1 randomness

I think I have seen 'Secrets' before. It looked SO familiar while I was watching it. But if I saw it on tv it would probably have been a rerun somewhere because in 1998 when it originally aired I was 10. lol.

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"Actress Vaitiare Bandera was really pregnant during the filming of this episode, with the child of co-star Michael Shanks (who plays her character's husband in the series)." (as found here)

Shut UP!! They really were together and that child was really theirs?! Well, no wonder why I believe Daniel when he tells Sha're he loves her. And the way they look at each other ... I thought it was really good acting but it was REAL! That's so cool.

*giggles like a school girl*

Hello, hello.

How is everyone doing? Good? Good.

Today I went on a walk with Lauren, like we do every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Afterward I had a strawberry fruit bar, sort like a popsicle, because it sounded really good. And it was really good. While I ate that I checked out Facebook and my email. Then I got ready for the day. It was a fun morning.

This afternoon was slow and boring. I looked for jobs, hopped around random websites (finding this, this, and this) and watched Stargate SG-1. I'm on season two right now. I think tomorrow I am going to "go back in Stargate time" and watch the Stargate movie. I really should have started with that. I was actually going to watch it before I started the tv series but I forgot. But I remembered today so that should be fun. It'll be odd having different actors play the characters but that's okay. I really like the actors who play Jack O'Neill and Daniel Jackson. Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks are very good looking men. And they are great actors. Actually the whole SG-1 team are great actors. There is Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks), Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping), and Teal'c (Christopher Judge). And yeah. Now I want to go watch a few more episodes. It's really good.

But first ... the rest of my day ...

This evening, around 8pm, my ward (and stake) was playing softball. I went to cheer the team on. I took Satine with me because I had been holding her for about an hour prior to that. I got her out to rub in some oil-stuff to help her shed her body. And I just continued to hold her. lol. It was interesting having her at the game. Because some people wanted to hold her and some people freaked out just seeing her. It was funny. I guess people don't see other people walk around with live snakes wrapped around their wrist that often. lol.

Jar of Hearts [Almost]

Yesterday not much happened at all so I didn't feel the need to write about it. I did watch a couple of episodes of 'Stargate SG-1' and the newest episode of 'Torchwood'. But that was probably the biggest thing I did all day yesterday. Well, that and look for a job but I do that everyday.

Today, after going on a walk with Lauren, I was very tired. So I took a short nap and then got ready for the day. That nap was so nice. My blankets were soft and I slept for about an hour and a half. (Maybe two.) I blame the lightning last night for keeping me from falling asleep. I woke up for some reason and I could not really go back to sleep quickly. Every few minutes I would either get a flash of purple light coming in my window or a loud boom that startles my brain from it's almost asleep state. As much as I LOVE lightning and thunder it was quite annoying last night when all I wanted to do was go back to sleep.

I did my laundry today, since for some reason it never got done on Monday. I completely forgot about it until the day was gone and I didn't have time to do it anymore. I couldn't do it yesterday because that is Mom's laundry day. And she takes all day. But yeah. Mine got done today. I even folded it all and put it away. Sometimes that doesn't get done for a while. lol. It's the curse of putting it in my bedroom. When I was in my apartment I would leave it in the front room and that way I would see it and remember to fold. And I did fold it while I watched tv or something. Sometimes I would fold it in the middle of the night when I was watching tennis. When it's in my room I don't see therefore I don't feel the need to fold it because I'm the only person that really goes in there.

I painted some lids today as well. But you really don't care about random lids, do you? Well, tough. I care. And it's my blog. lol. I recycle jars and use them for other things. And to make them more uniform I paint the lids white. That way the look smart and you can't tell the bottle was a pickle jar or a sauce jar. I really like using those Nalley pickle jars that are really big. It's fun to have such a large jar to put things in. (Although getting the jar, mostly the lid, to not smell like pickles takes a while. lol.) I like that the pickle jars and the sauce jars are the same height. But I do have some smaller jars too. One of them is perfect for my bobby pins and hair ties. It fits in the bathroom cabinet nicely too.

I finalized some Saturday Songs posts and scheduled them. I need to write a few more tomorrow. That way I have a good head start on them all. I have to look at my list of songs that I wanted to write about and pick a few of them.

Tonight, after dinner, I watched last night's 'White Collar' episode. This season is really, really good. It's sexy and intense. And you have no idea if Neal is going to get away with billions of dollars worth of artwork. I'll have to get the other seasons and see if they are all this good. This season is the first one I have really watched. :) It's a great show. The two leads (Matt Bomer and Tim DeKay) are phenomenal actors. They are gorgeous and work well together.

A Busy Work Day (Mostly)

This morning I helped Dad put some more shingles on the roof. We just have the two strips that go all the way up the house (one now) and the back dormers by the kitchen to shingle. And then the roof is all done. It's also really grippy now so it's not a huge dangerous endeavor walking on the roof now. The old ones were so far gone the was no rocky tread stuff. lol.

Today I also went mini-golfing with Ammon. It was fun. We decided to go at 10:30am so that it's not super hot or really crowded. Afterward we went to Iceberg and got shakes. I got a peanut butter shake and Ammon got a black raspberry shake. Mine was really good. (It still is good. lol.)

We (Ammon and I) decided to start watching Stargate SG-1 so we watched a couple of episodes of that. It's pretty good. It reminds me of Star Trek sometimes. (Not that I ever watched a lot of Star Trek. lol.)

Dad decided to clean the fish tank today and I was helping with it. We completely cleaned it out. Now there is no slime at the bottom and the pH and everything is balanced and good. We also decided to finally get new decorations. We got a sand castle and a new rock and some new plants.

We watched a movie tonight. (Like most Fridays we watch a movie.) We watched Rango tonight. I thought it was cute. Johnny Depp did a wonderful job voicing the chameleon.