Take Two- Tag

Two Names You Go By:
1. Momma Linda or Momma Shattuck
2. Lindy-Lou

Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now: (other than clothes)
1. Reading Glasses
2. Boots (I'm the only one in house that hates to take off shoes!)

Two Things You Want Very Badly At the Moment:
1. To take a nap, and let dinner finish itself..
2. That Chocolate cake from "Aqui".

Two Things You Did Last Night:
1. Had a deluxe private tour at the Harley-Davidson store.
2. Early dinner at JCWs with Jigg & Marilyn.

Two Things You Ate Yesterday:
1. Hickory Bacon
2. Bowl of Cream of Brocolli Soup

Two things you are Doing Tomorrow:
1. Praying for Mark to get a job at BYU.
2. Paying bills.

Two Longest Car Rides:
1. California to Utah with U-hauls
2. Driving home from Washington, with a colicky screaming baby boy.

Two favorite Holidays:
1. May Day
2. Easter

Two Favorite (working) Vacations:
1. Tahiti
2. British Virgin Islands

Two Favorite Beverages :
("other" men in my life)
1. Dr. Pepper
2. Mr. Pibb

Two People I Tag:
1. Katie Doo Day
2. Lizabuff

Christmas List revisited (UPDATED)

I'm going to add my Christmas list here, and I'll add everything from the ridiculous to the sublime. It's not because I want gifts, it's because I make a list every year, and I never show anyone. This year, I decided to "expose" my little Christmas list. This will be updated and prioritized, but for now, it's just a work in progress....

1. My husband to get over his dental phobia! His tooth is killing him...argh

2. Two new King size pillows from Bed, Bath & Beyond (I'm picky!)

6. A date with my daughters to a decent sushi house.

7. Long dress length "dress bags" that hold at least 4 dresses, to organize my costumes!

8. Someone smart who can help me get a 90 day supply of anti-convulsants from my insurance.

9. For someone to tell me Jacob's favorite foods.

10. Go to India with Lizzie next summer to meet her friends.

11. Mansmith's ORIGINAL barbeque spice, large - from San Juan, or Hollister!

12. Knee socks. (not multicolored, just thin, black, dark blue, dark brown) cotton! Target kind.

13. A really high-quality scanner, to scan & organize & preserve my family photos!

14. A couple bags of those really cool white little triangle make-up applicators, disposable.

The GLAD GAME (what are YOU Thankful for?)

Today, my friend Michelle gave a great lesson in R.S. on gratitude and also other subjects based off the last conference addresses from President Monson. She and I are both big fans of the movie Pollyanna. Is this the first time my children are hearing this? Anyway, I love the prisms Pollyanna refers to, and how her enthusiastic optimism affects those around her and how that optimism is manifested in the love she shows others. Today, I want to express my gratitude and play the GLAD GAME for myself. Here's what I'm glad (grateful) for:

1. I'm glad I am married to the right man, in the right place, at the right time.
2. I'm glad my children are all hungry learners. It will serve them well their whole livces.
3. I'm glad my children are all playful. Life is hard and serious. Have a sense of humor!
4. I'm glad for my daughter to teach me how to blog, it's been "serious" fun.
5. I'm glad to have a testimony of the Savior Jesus Christ and what that does for our optimism.
6. I'm glad that I live so close to my honies, so we can 'sup together, and find out what's 'sup.
7. I'm glad to have such life-long loving and loyal friends! I reflect back and cherish you all.
8. I'm glad my children have picked wonderful friends. Sam, Jaimie and Lars, you're my favs. "That's what I'm talkin' about......"
9. I'm glad for Rachel Ray. She's made my life so much easier these days. Let's get cookin'!
10. I'm glad for Marines. Semper Fi. I'm off to Booty Camp, so stay tune for a healthier me.

Loree on the Left....standing...FINALLY...

I love my Loree. Did anyone else see this in the Ensign Conference issue, inside the front cover? I don't know how it happened (since this was painted near 1850) but it's clearly Loree or maybe her TWIN. Every detail, when examined closely, from her hands to her toes to her color of her dress (like the one Donna Corno painted of her) looks just like my little Loree Lou. Gosh I miss her. I can't stop staring at this painting. It's like finally being able to have some peace that it might be like this for Loree in heaven. Finally standing on her feet and learning from her Savior that loves her dearly. I miss you Loree Michelle Jones.... "It's about time..." I called the Ensign Dept to thank them for posting this amazing piece of art, and the comfort it has brought Loree's mom, sister, and all her friends. I hope you enjoy it too.

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4th Picture Folder, 4th Picture TAG!

OK - this is so wierd, but I'm addicted to playing "tag" in posts.... So, I'm randomingly posting the "4th picture in my 4th picture folder". Wanna play "post tag"? Here is the picture! Without selecting a picture, I just went to the 4th folder, and the 4th picture. I started laughing like crazy! This is at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, with Katinka on stage and I don't have any idea what was happening at the time, but obviously it was a moment of surprise on stage for her. Maybe it was when she pinched Davy Jones of the Monkees on the bum? True story....

Quirk Tag! (I'll show you mine, you show me yours!)

I've been tagged by Tamra Tungate in QUIRK tag. Here's the deal, you have to confess 6 of your quirks, so here goes. (P.S. Tamra, I didn't know any of your quirks, except your clothing quirk and I think you're awesome to wear vintage clothing!)

1. I type out with my fingers or in my head - everything everyone says. My children often find me typing on my leg or in my lap. It's totally involuntary, and I do it a lot. It was a trick my 6th grade typing teacher taught us to learn to type fast, and now I really do - type fast. Unfortunately, this stuck with me, and not only do I type out what people say, I count the words too. :) I'm pretty sure it borders on OCD.

2. I - like Tamra- have to wash my dishes almost completely before they go into the dishwasher. It's not completely inexplicable, because my mother did it that way too. I tell my kids, it's not a dish-WASHER, it's a dish-STERILIZER. :)

3. I have a worthy-but-ridiculous goal (obsession) with having to do some SPECIAL act of service for a member of my immediate family each and every day, or I can't sleep (literally), and it has to be beyond the normal cooking or cleaning. They don't have to know about it or acknowledge it, but I have to do it. It's insane, because I use it for my lame excuse for my insomnia, which has no mental nor organic causes. So, whatev, I use it as my excuse. I convince myself that once I finish the task, I can sleep. This doesn't make me noble in the least. It just adds to the insomnia. LOL

4. I have to check the locks on the doors 3 times each night. I will go to great lengths to do this. I also have to be the last one to sleep, because I don't trust anyone else to do it. Say I'm from "L.A." or say I'm from "San Jose". It's not because of living in the East Side, it's from being totally quirky and maybe a little OCD. In my house in Hollister, there were 3 doors. I would have to criss-cross across the room 3 times each (don't do the math, you'll start laughing hysterically, and then I'd have to start over, because I don't remember if I "really" locked it or just accidently unlocked it. That's seriously quirky, and completely ridiculous, but I did live on the East side of Riverside, California - does that count? Give me a little break, or give me the number of your pschycologist :)

5. I'm in love with...... Clorox Wipes. I think I might like them more than Johnny Depp. This is beginning to be a problem....and the writing is on the wall - - wait....I guess it's not anymore, because I probably wiped it off with my Clorox Wipes (lemon or orange flavor please!). Buy me a little cylinder container, and we're friends for LIFE.

6. I have to own shoes that are made in foreign countries. Don't know what my deal is but it probably has something to do with "walking in another person's moccasins". I love to travel and having shoes from other countries. I have cute little slip ons from other countries, and I love getting little foreign shoes as gifts. (and my birthday is May 6, and I'm a size 6 1/2, hahaha). I don't own a lot of shoes, compared to most women, I just love little slippers for my very little feet. Makes me feel "dainty". (at least that's my story and I'm sticking to it!)

QUIRK TAG, you're it: Kathryn, Rachel, Donna, Christine, Lars and Stephanie!