Goulet

Robert Goulet 1933-2007
The world will never be the same.
Single tear.

I'm Cultured

A few weeks ago we went out with some friends for Korean food. As many of you know I am somewhat of a picky eater and thus was a little worried about the upcoming feast. John on the other hand grew up eating Korean food. I don't know many non-Koreans who appreciate kimchi but John does. We drove up to Santa Monica or LA...sometimes I forget where one city ends and the next one begins! Where ever it was we drove there and pulled up to this fine establishment. Asian YA!

Here's the group:

front to back/left to right

Serene and then her husband/our resident Korean Kevin

Amy Jo & John

Gavin & me

This little guy was in our tofu soup! Eyeballs and all! Speaking of the tofu soup what wasn't in there. It had tofu (of course) and the some sort of shell fish, meat, shrimp etc. you name it! It wasn't half bad!

Here is me getting ready to enjoy my friend!

Yeah right! It was all staged. I'm willing to try things but when their eyes are still attached-no thank you. Besides I've tried shrimp before and wasn't a fan.

Here is the tofu soup. We also ordered different meats. John got a large order of the ribs, our friends tried to tell him how big the servings were but he went ahead and got it anyways, and yes he ate the whole thing. Told ya he loves Korean food. They also brought out a ton of ramekins with different um...stuff in them. I tried almost all of them. I'm a big fan of the spicy cucumbers and I can't remember what the rest of them are called but they were pretty good.

Overall I enjoyed the food. It's not something I will crave but I would eat it again. It was just nice going out on a date with friends.

No Cake For You

Fellow blogger Denae asked if you could change one thing about your wedding what would it be? I thought I would share my response with you.

Overall my wedding was great. It was crazy but who's isn't? A family friend who is a prof. chef offered to make my cake. As the date got closer she realized that she would be evaluated the same week as my wedding. Knowing that it would be too much for one week she had us go the bakery she used to work at and order a cake. Because we also had cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory we didn't order a huge cake. The day came and my friend went to pick up the cake to set it up at the reception and decorate it but when she got to the bakery it was locked. The owner had gone home to take an afternoon nap but didn't wake up to her alarm. So we didn't have a cake. The owner called that night after the reception and apologized profusely. Honestly I wasn't really phased by it. My mom told me about it and I said, "oh, well" It would have taken a lot more than an MIA cake to spoil my day. The bakery did deliver the cake to my mom's house the next day where my sister (who people say looks like me) and her boyfriend (who is really tall) took a picture cutting the cake with the hope to one day photo shop our faces in:)

Here's what my cake might have looked like...

Who Will Back Wisconsin Now?

John's band has there last performance tomorrow night, their drummer is moving to Seattle.
I'm happy because this means a little more time with John however I'm bummed for him. He really likes playing shows and writing music...not that the music writing has to stop.
I know it's late but all are welcome to come.

Kaitlyn Jane Mock

I'm and aunt again!

Hoo-ray for Janelle and Lance they had their baby girl on Saturday! (pictures to come soon hopefully)

Kaitlyn Jane Mock
6 lbs. 9 oz.
21"
born sometime time in the a.m. on October 20th

I'm not sure if I spelled her name correctly or if my stats or right. 3 days old and I'm already losing favorite aunt points-dang it!

Don't Drink The Water!

It is not uncommon in Utah to know double digits of pregnant women however here in California it is. Seriously can you believe this? (granted not all of them are are in CA. 8 of the names below are from my ward!)



Recent Births

Janelle
Karen
Karene
Erika



Friends full with child (in order of due dates)

Julie
Lisa
Allie
Laura
Kimmie
Kimra (I can count her right sarah?)
Tanya
Liad
Sarah
Chelise
Amber
Charlotte
Leanne
Crystal

think of the baby shower gifts-geesh!

Remeber Me When You're Famous!

Last Thursday John and I went to see my friend Danny in a play. It's called Neither Have I Wings To Fly. It was phenomenal! I laughed and cried...actually bawled. It was amazing. Danny did a magnificent job as well as the other cast members, not a weak link I tell ya. It's set in Ireland in the 50's, so they talk with accents-fun! It's about love, loss, heart break, relationships, self discovery, taking chances... The play write is also in it. She wrote this play when she was about 23! I'm smiling just thinking about it.
Here is Danny...don't forget me when you're a big star!

If you live in the greater LA area I strongly suggest you go see it! You can get more information by visiting http://www.roadtheatre.org/

Good Job Danny! & THANK YOU so much for the tickets.

How 'Bout You Sideburns?

In loving memory of John's sideburns
May they rest in peace

Wordless Wednesday

I knight thee..

L's & E's

I joined facebook a few months ago so Kirk could have two pages of friends. I wasn't planning on doing anything with the account but recently some old friends have found me on it. Apparently it was difficult to search me out because they couldn't remember my married name. So having decided that facebook was OK I was going put a little more effort into my account. I wanted to add my maiden name so today I went into my account to change my name. They say it could take some time because they want to verify that it is a legitimate name. I click on "my account" then "change name" I then type LeeElle Jex Tullis and it gives me this error message...

TOO MANY REPETITIVE LETTERS

whatever.

Suzie Homemaker

I went to Joanne's on Friday to buy some fabric for a fall craft I will be teaching the Young Women to make. After looking at their limited selection of overpriced fall fabrics I decided to try Wal*Mart. So on Sat I went down to my parents to go to Wal*Mart and guess what? They no longer sell fabric! After making a few phone calls my mom and I headed over to M & L Fabric. It's a huge fabric store with great prices. We got there at 5:45 and they were closing at 6:00 so we feverishly rushed through the $1 pile and made our way to the $1.98 pile. We grabbed as much as we could and then at 5:55 they turned the lights off in the room we were in. We tried to look by the light of my mom's blackberry which did not work so we made our way to the front. There was a lady there saying sorry we don't cut after 6. To which we responded, "Ok, it's not 6:00." After a salty glare and eye roll from the worker she cut our fabric and rang us up. When they say the close at 6:00 they mean it. I was happy with my purchases considering I only had 10 min.!

Sorry for the bad lighting....

My loot! All this for $38!


Here are some of the personality filled fabrics:

You can't tell but this fabric is brown with gold glitter flecks! Who doesn't love a little sparkle?

This is an awesome fall paisley

Funky!

Jazzy!



I know, I know turquoise for fall? It's a modern take on autumn. Plus I think the Young women will like them.



Love this one!

I also purchased some traditional fall fabrics. Stay tuned for the finished product.

How To Live Large While Starving Students

Send your wife flowers via email a.k.a. a picture. If you concentrate hard enough you can smell them. Yes, I have a great husband.

Wordless Wednesday

Yogurberry? More like Poopberry

Tonight we went to a new frozen "yogurt"* shop in El Segundo called Yogurberry. It's a Pinkberry wanna be. Now first let me say that I was skeptical of Pinkberry the first time I went there. Just because it's popular doesn't mean it's good. However I went in with an open mind and to my surprise it was tasty. It's tangy, not what I expected from this non-frozen yogurt treat but delicious. They give you hearty portions of fruit/toppings so each bight has an added zing. I would recommend Pinkberry and go back there again myself. Luckily we are getting one in town soon.



Now back to Yougurberry, their "yogurt" was ok, similar to pinkberry's but what was really lame was the toppings or lack there of. John and I shared a medium with three toppings; kiwi, mango, & raspberries. We had six raspberries...now if you are going to charge 95 cents a topping you better give us more than six raspberries for heavens sake! I would be willing to give them another try if they beef up their topping portions.



In true LeeElle fashion here are 3 positive things about Yogurberry

1. They have cool wooden spoons


2. The fruit we did have was good and ripe


3. Their store was nice and they have a cute logo

*"The National Yogurt Association (NYA) established its own criteria for live and active culture yogurt. In order for manufacturers to carry their Live and Active Culture seal, refrigerated yogurt products must contain at least 100 million cultures per gram at the time of manufacture, and frozen yogurt products must contain 10 million cultures per gram at the time of manufacture. " - Wikipedia, the source of all worldly knowledge. I know that Pinkberry got in legal trouble for calling their product "yogurt" and I doubt that Yogurberry is any more cultured than Pinkberry.