What Your Feet Say About You: |
 You are pretty average in your expressiveness. You can express yourself well, but you don't always want to. You are a somewhat passionate person. A few things get you very fired up, but you're usually pretty laid back. You are an assertive person at times. You'll pull out all the stops to get what you want, if it's worth it. You take a while to fall in love, but once you do, you stay pretty attached to your partner. You are not easily frightened, but you have a few strong phobias. You are intellectual and philosophical. You are more concerned with thoughts than action. You are a fairly hard worker, but you are also a little spoiled. You like indulge yourself every now and then. You are easily influenced by other people. You're quite impressionable, so you should only be around people who are a good influence. |
Well, everyone has them, so I guess I found out one of my guilty pleasures was High School Musical 3. It really took me back to my preteen days when my cousin called me up and suggested we take the girls to see the movie the other night and we were surprised to find that it was actually pretty good. Very "Footloose" meets "Grease" - I loved the part where Troy is all conflicted and ends up dancing around through the school, it was like Kevin Bacon all over again! We laughed, but really enjoyed the singing...Boys are Back was probably my favorite. Tori & Isabel thought it was funny that we laughed so much, and I told them we just had a really fun time with them. It was a great Girls Nite out.
We always love going up to the cabin. Especially right now, when we're in the middle of trying to move and always have to worry about how the house looks, and if the kids are keeping their rooms clean, and making sure all of us remember not to walk on the newly cleaned carpets with their shoes on, it was nice to just get away from everything and relax for a weekend up at the cabin. I got to read, Russell got to sleep and read, and the kids played games, watched movies, and ran around outside exploring nature. Russ was even sweet enough to take them on a much needed nature hike and they loved it. I got to sit back and relax and read my book (The Host, by Stephenie Meyer) which I'd been trying to read since May when it came out. Josh was equipped with the GPS and ready to tell everyone where they needed to be. We had walkie-talkies and every once in a while, I'd get to hear the report on how great the view was and how much fun they were having. It was a short, but much needed weekend away.
We had such a great time when my nieces Maddi & Kennedi came into town. We started out on our 'field trip' at the Children's Garden, took a nice little walk around the gardens and then the kids loved getting wet by Noah's Ark. Then we had lunch and even with all their different appetites, we found something for all of them to eat. We went on to the Museum of Ancient Life and they all loved the dinosaurs and the cute, fun activities they had for them there. Finally, we ended at the Farm where they found food to feed all the animals and best of all, they got to ride on the horses. They all really loved that, of course. It was awesome getting to see the girls and letting the cousins spend some fun time time together.
I had the opportunity to go to Washington state this last week for my grandmother's funeral. She was 82 years old and passed away due to complications with her diabetes. She was my dad's mother, and I'll really miss her in my life. My grandpa wrote a beautiful obituary, and my Uncle Tom gave a really nice eulogy and gave a lot of history about her life, which was amazing. I knew she was a wonderful, sweet lady, but I had no idea she had accomplished so many great things in her life. She was very musical, and I always remember her singing while she cleaned the house or cooked. I found out that she was also very educated - when she graduated from college, she had enough credits for about 3 different majors, so it's no wonder she always knew about so many different things and sounded so educated. She loved literature and reading and gave her sons & grandchildren a real love and appreciation for literature & poetry. 
