reading

I read the three hunger games books this weekend on my kindle. couldn't stop reading.

so this is what I do now. tend to my beautiful children and read like crazy.

each of us have a degree and no job. I'm depressed and avoiding spending money (shopping makes me happy but at a time when no more money is coming in it would make me even more depressed). I have a goal to not purchase anymore ebooks and to use food I have already purchased for meals.

So on to the three books I have for book club.

graduation

it was a long day. Gerald and I walked in our separate colleges ... in hindsight it would have been smarter and all around better if we had walked together. Aurora and Nolan did so well! and I'm not sure how to feel. I'm glad to be done. I'm a little depressed since everyone has pretty much left after a short and busy visit. I wish I more time with my family. I'm a little depressed because after we are told we can't work for BYU any more the only income will be from Gerald's substituting (they don't pay very well in Utah). I hope Gerald finds a job very quickly and I keep wishing for Texas but I will be grateful for any steady job.

Thanks and I wish My oldest child would nap.

So my parents are the ones that gave us the kindles! I love it. It is a wonderful graduation gift. And I can't wait to see them in less than a week!

Aurora stopped taking naps about two years ago. and everyday I want to hurt myself. At the time there wasn't much we could do she could climb out of the crib (that was held together by nylon cable ties) and we put her in a toddler bed and all was lost she was hysterical we fought the whole summer to keep the naps. and we lost.  I need her to take naps It is hard for me to handle 14 hours straight of her. some days are easier and we are arguing less but she is stubborn and opinionated.

which one of us did she get those qualities from?

seriously Gerald and I like napping why can't she?

Thank You!

Today has been an interesting one. Two packages came in the mail. I knew at least one was from Gerald because he told me that my birthday present should arrive in one or two days. He ordered it Monday morning the day after my birthday. I texted him to see if I could open the packages and the one I opened first was from James Avery and it was a little mortar board charm. I opened the next package addressed to both Gerald and myself it was from Amazon.com inside were not one but two Kindles. I texted Gerald "did you mean to order two kindles?" he replied "I didn't mean to order any." So We each have a kindle. which I have wanted for a long time and I had hopes that Gerald got me one for my birthday but we have no idea who they are from. I want to thank them! but I can only thank them here for they remain unknown because there wasn't any note of who they are.

Thank you whoever you are!

25 things to do before I turn 26

Happy Birthday to me!!!! I am totally copying my dear friend Holly on this idea but my list is my own.

25 things to do before I turn 26:
1. Graduate (I know this is an easy one since it is happening in 12 days)
2. Read 25 books
3. Buy something I can't really afford like a really expensive purse
4. Bind 5 books
5. Start an Etsy shop
6. Lose baby weight 10lbs to go (thank you breast feeding)
7. Lose pre-Utah weight 20lbs after the baby weight (the math ends up being 30lbs total)
8. adopt a flattering hairstyle
9. go on a family vacation
10. 5K walk/run (this will be a relatively easy thing to do if we stay in Utah another year)
11. Enter contests and giveaways (I won a loaf of bread at Christmastime Maybe I can win again)
12. get a massage
13. Find a diner or hangout (too much food network Diners, Drive-ins and Dives)
14. go to an oxygen bar
15. go to the Temple once a month (at least 12 times)
16. Sew 12 things/projects with supplies I already have
17. go to a movie theater with my husband (didn't happen for almost 2 years after we had Aurora)
18. go to a museum
19. decorate a edible looking cake with fondant
20. go to a dentist
21. get family pictures taken
22. help put together the doll house I bought for Maureen
23. get rid of the broken ford escort
24. get a library card
25. return everything I've borrowed

Movies others love but I Cannot stand

I have a few movies that gerald and others love and for some reason I can't bring myself to ever watch them again.

Pinocchio ( I don't think gerald really likes this one . . . but I hate it)
Willow
Never Ending story

almost there

I hate group projects. I'm ready to be done with school. I hope I pass all my classes and graduate.