Movie Quiz Time!!

I stole this idea from Aaron Ball, but I put quotes from my favorite movies so the quiz will be different, but some quotes might be the same. Try this quiz without using the Internet and see how many movies you can guess.

#1 - Guy#1 - Did you hear that I graduated?
Guy#2 - Yeah and just a shade under a decade, all right!
Guy #1 - A lot of people go to college for seven years.
Guy #2 - Yeah, there called doctors.

#2 - He'll keep calling me, he'll keep calling me until I come over, he'll make me feel guilty. This is uh.... this is ridiculous, ok I'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go.

#3 - Guy #1- what are you doing?
Guy #2- I'm thinking.
Guy #1- Well, think me up a cup of coffee and a chocolate doughnut with some of those little sprinkles on top, while you're thinking.

#4 - Where does he get those wonderful toys?

#5 - Cop: "Do you know why I pulled you over?"
Guy #1- "Depends on how long you were following me."
Cop: "Let's start from the top."
Guy #1- "Here it goes: I sped. I followed too closely. I ran a stop sign. I almost hit a Chevy. I sped some more. I failed to yield at a crosswalk. I changed lanes at an intersection. I changed lanes without signaling while running a red light and SPEEDING!"
Cop: "Is that all?"
Guy #1- "No. ...I have unpaid parking tickets. Be gentle."

#6 - Listen. Since I've met you I've nearly been incinerated, drowned, shot at, and chopped into fish bait. We're caught in the middle of something sinister here, my guess is dad found out more than he was looking for and until I'm sure, I'm going to continue to do things the way I think they should be done.

#7 - May God grant us the wisdom to discover right, the will to choose it, and the strength to make it endure.

#8 - Hello Ladies. I was always a sucker for a redhead.

#9 - I would rather die a thousand deaths than to see my mother's dress on that spoiled, selfish cow!

#10 - "What do you expect most from a relationship? A: Companionship. B: Sex. C: Respect." I'd have to go with B: Sex. But let's mark "C" so we get a higher score. ...This is pathetic, I'm cheating on a magazine quiz.

#11 - Guy #1- Why a spoon cousin?
Guy #2- Because it's dull you idiot it will hurt more.

#12 - Guy #1- The lady and I were trying to dance.
Guy #2- You were trying. She was succeeding.

#13 - Red light, green light. Come up against a lock you can't pick, you mash them together...Boom, asta lasagna, don't get any on ya. You'll have about 5 seconds....just don't chew it.

#14 - Somebody blows their nose and you want to keep it?

#15 - Guy #1- Whats infamous?
Guy #2- Infamous is when your more then famous, these guys aren't just famous...they're In-famous.

#16 - Well, we're living in a material world, and I'm a material girl. Or Boy.

#17 - She's a babe! She makes me feel kinda funny, like when we used to climb the rope in gym-class.

#18 - Where is fancy bred, in the heart or in the head?

#19 - Guy #1- I can't believe you loan me your car, and you don't tell me it had a blind spot.
Guy #2 - Well, I don't remember there being a blind spot when I drive it.

#20 - I know you don't think I'm giving these four million dollars to a bunch of nuns!

Okay, so I actually made it to 20, if some of these quotes are a little off you'll have to forgive me. Try and see if you can name the movies, they are all pretty popular so it shouldn't be too hard. Have fun.

It's Time

This is going to be a very hard post for me, but as you all know since November I've been tired...to say the least. Not only have I been tired for 6 months but I have also been gaining weight. My friend Rheanna always posts her goals on her blog so that she will be accountable to herself and others, and I have decided to do that also. I guess the reason this is hard for me, is that I don't want to be accountable for what I eat, I like food, or how much I exercise, but I'm not feeling good about myself and I'm too tired all the time, so I know it's time to do something.

I am going to write down my weight loss goals and hopefully now that it's out there, I will be inspired to do them. After all I could use the support. (Bret is a great support, but sometimes I want to eat ice cream with my husband late at night when the kids are in bed). These are my goals:

1-exercise 5 times a week for 45 minutes
2-eat 5 fruits/vegetables each day
3-drink at least 8 glasses of water
4-only weigh myself once a week (bad habit of mine to weigh myself all the time...like walking up the stairs would miraculously shed 2 pounds)
5-take my thyroid medicine every day (I'm horrible at taking my meds, so I have to include that in my goals)

Now my weight loss goal is out there for all the world to see, I want to lose 25 pounds. Ouch, that hurt to say out loud. To clarify, my losing 25 pounds is a very reasonable amount of weight...it's not going to make me look like a stick figure, which is the last thing I want. I am a woman after all. I'll will try and keep everyone posted each week on my success and maybe some weeks on my failures:)

I love you 41

I just wanted to share a conversation that I had with Samantha yesterday, it was too cute.

Samantha: I love you mom
Me: I love you too, I love you a lot, how much do you love me?
Samantha: um 41
Me: 41 is a lot!

I just thought it was cute.

Hide and Seek

Today Samantha had a wonderful idea to play Hide and Seek. I had just finished making her bed into a fort and she wanted to hide there so she asked me to play. So I counted and she hid, then I went looking for her, and of course she was hiding in the fort....Every time she was in the fort, I tried to explain that a little variety would be nice, but she still thought it was fun to hide in the fort. This went on for probably 15 minutes, Samantha hiding in her fort and me acting surprised to find her there, when finally, it was my turn to hide, this is what happened.

Samantha: counting 1,2,3,4,5,.......here I come

Me: hiding in the pantry. (a few seconds later I hear)

Samantha: you hooooo (in a very high pitched voice)

(then again)

Samantha: you hooooo

(a few seconds after that)

Samantha: you hooooo mom?!

Samantha: (a little louder, with a little panick behind it) MOM?!

Samantha: (now very panicked) MOM!!!!? MOM ARE YOU HERE!!??

She gets a little nervous if she thinks she is alone in the house, so I helped her find me.

I guess I should have hid in her fort.

What Punctuation Mark are You:;.-!?

You Are a Dash

Your life is fast paced and varied. You are realistic, down to earth, and very honest. You're often busy doing something interesting, and what you do changes quickly. You have many facets to your personality, and you connect them together well. You have a ton of interests. While some of them are a bit offbeat, they all tie together well. You friends rely on you to bring novelty and excitement to their lives. (And while you're the most interesting person they know, they can't help feeling like they don't know you well.) You excel in: Anything to do with money You get along best with: the Exclamation Point

What Punctuation Mark Are You?

I'm not even close to a DASH, excel in anything to do with money??? I'm often busy doing something interesting??? how did they figure this out by asking what kind of movie I like to watch when I'm alone?

Emma Smith: My Story

Last night Bret and I had the opportunity to see a pre-showing of Emma Smith:My Story. I hope that everyone takes an opportunity to see this movie, especially if you don't have a very high opinion of Emma Smith.

This movie came to be when Joseph's family felt like Emma's story should be told. One experience Gracia Jones (the first Joseph Smith descendant to join the church) told was walking into Relief Society where a picture of Emma Smith was displayed and having someone comment that they didn't feel it was right that a picture of Emma Smith should hang in the church. She said "she wanted her Grandmothers story to be told."

The movie was wonderful and had an incredible spirit. The same actors are in this movie as in the Joseph Smith movie shown at the JSMB.

Emma had incredible strength, strength which sustained her through so many trials. Her parents never supported her beliefs, she was having to move from place to place, she lost more children then I would be able to bare, and of course, she lost the husband that she loved and who loved her. But through it all she supported and sustained Joseph and I believe the church(maybe not polygamy, but pretty much everything else). In the movie it shows how Joseph would always bring his revelations to her and ask her to read them first, Joseph really valued her opinion. I was grateful to learn a few things about Emma that I hadn't heard before (you'll have to watch the movie and find those things out for yourself).

It was a good evening. On a side note, they asked for the direct descendants of Joseph Smith to stand up, and 10 people stood up, they had come from all across the country...Joseph Smith descendants only number about 2,000 compared to Hyrums descendants which number around 20,000. The movie comes out Friday and is playing at the Jordan Commons.

Months of the year

All of my kids have had preschool. A few of my kids have been able to go to a preschool, and a few of my kids have had preschool at home (which is alternating weeks with 4-5 other moms and everyone has a week to teach). And I realized that I enjoyed the weeks I wasn't teaching the most. It's exaughsting. I am so glad that there are people out there that have enough energy to teach preschool. Samantha loves Ms. Jenny, she can't wait to go to preschool. And after school she will sing songs that she has learned and show me the worksheets or crafts that she has made, she is always so proud. We were in the car yesterday and Samantha started singing the months of the year, I couldn't believe it, aside from November, she can say every month!! She is learning so much and is loving it. Kindergarten here we come.

Spending time with family

This last week, because of my Grandma Deckers funeral, I had the opportunity to spend time with my family (my parents, sisters, brother and all the kids). It was fun to talk about our memories and to visit. My brother and I have been the only ones in the family with kids, but now with Marsha and Lora having babies it's fun to see my sisters being mommies. I realized I only got some picture of Lora and her baby Ben, I wanted to post some cute pictures and a cute video of Ben laughing while my mom was playing with him. I would post the picture I took of Marsha and Leah, but I think their exact words were... "posting that picture will be the last thing you ever do", and since they probably have far too many bad pictures of me...I will save the picture for later, at least I can look at the picture myself and giggle.

To be or Too be? That is the question.

I have never considered myself an English whiz, however I do know the difference between "are" and "our" and "your" and "you're"(that is one of my pet peeves). I am also not an expert at spelling, that's why spellcheck is my friend. To bad they haven't come up with a grammar check. My sister pointed out to me today that I frequently use the word "to" when "too" is the correct word. She then asked me if I know the difference...of course I know the difference, you can use "too" instead of "also". When I told her this she was relieved, but still made fun of me for never using "too" like I am supposed to.

Feel free to grammar check my blog, I will admit that I have become lazy with grammar.

So in honor of my sister...I went to the store today and my family came too...Happy?

I still love you Marsha, you can make fun of me all you want.

No Sitting on the couch for YOU!!

For those of you who watch Seinfeld you will understand this post. I have become the worst couch Nazi!!! I noticed I was not allowing my kids to sit on my new couches. Kylee and Samantha would happily jump on the new couch, and in my opinion, appear to be to bouncy, and I would say "no sitting on the new couch", Kyle was holding a bowl of cereal and walking in the general direction of the couch and I would say "stay away from the new couch", Sadie and Mikayla were running and sat down to hard on the couches and I said "if you can't be careful around my new couches then you need to stay away from them"!!

I have really become the worst couch Nazi around! I told the kids this morning that they are more important to me then the new couches, and that I would try and be less insane. Sadie was cute, she said "I understand mom, you've never had anything this nice so you really want to take care of it." I thought that was cute, but I reminded her that she is more important and I would rather have her comfortable in her home then nervous to touch mom's new couches.

I don't know how people survive in a home filled with new furniture?!?!

Is Chivalry Dead???

About 2 months ago, I went to Wells Fargo and then to Wal-mart, and I noticed this car had followed me from the bank to Wal-mart and he started flashing his lights. When I got into the parking lot I got out to see what the problem was, and he told me I had a flat tire. He asked if he could help me change the tire and then apologized for being in his slippers and pajamas. He was awesome!! I know how to change a tire, but when anyone offers to help, especially with a flat tire, I'm all for it.

Well, today almost the same thing happened!! I went to Wal-Mart and when I parked I could hear a hissing sound and noticed that my tire was flat again!!! No big deal, I was in a crowded parking lot and I knew that someone would be around to help...right? Wrong!! It was so interesting for me to notice, I had several people parking around me, and every single person avoided eye contact...and don't think I wasn't looking at every person who pulled in. I had 2 men walk right by me while I was changing my tire and not one of them offered to help. Now I could take this 2 ways...1)I am so competent at changing a tire that they just assumed I didn't need help, or 2)People can be really stupid. I prefer to think it is #1.

However, as I was finishing tightening the lug nuts, a woman walking past asked if I needed any help. Since I was finished with the tire, I thanked her and told her I was done but that I appreciated her offer. I know that Chivalry is NOT dead, because I have a wonderful husband who has pulled over numerous times to help change tires, and he is a Gentleman. But it was just something that I had to get off my chest.

So to all you women who do not know how to change a tire, learn, you might have to do it yourself one day.

New Furniture

Before

After

About a week ago, my mother-in-law decided that she couldn't stand my furniture any more and decided that since I have been so patient with my used furniture for so long she surprised me with a shopping day at Ashley Furniture!!

I have never had new furniture, everything I own is either from when I was a kid, for example the water bed Bret and I sleep on (yes Melissa I know, the 1970's are calling and they want their bed back), my kids furniture which we found either at garage sales or from neighbors that bought something new, and all the sofa's which we have recieved, also from neighbors or friends. So this was a treat!!

The pictures don't do my new sofa and love seat justice, so I invite you all to come and sit on my new furniture, they feel great!