Saturday, November 7, 2009

A Little Bit of Charity

Today my ward helped out with a garage sale put on to support a family that is in need of financial help. Their daughter Jordyn has FOPA (Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva) where her soft tissue is turning into bone and there is no cure. So the next time you want to complain about something, think twice. Not only do they have medical bills taking over their lives but they can't seem to catch a break either. Today while the husband was putting up signs for the garage sale he got a ticket for not having his car registered. Not his first ticket for that and as a matter of fact they are impounding the car soon because they don't have the money to register their car. So with the new ticket the wife pulled their leather couches out and put a for sale sign on the set just to pay for the ticket. Again, let's try to complain a little bit less about the small things.

Mike and I did get to do some Vegas style advertising and had a great time singing and dancing for the traffic passing by. He even made me feel good (or at least OK) about spelling the name of the street wrong which took some skill :)

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

I MADE IT

It happened, I turned 30 and I survived it well.

Onward and Upward.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

I've been meaning to tell you...

I think I've had my cranky shoes on for a few weeks. You wouldn't really know it because I like to keep that in check but I know it is because I've had a few things to say to some people that I probably shouldn't. I'm thinking that maybe if I put them all down here I can take those shoes off.

Here is what I've been meaning to tell you...

"stop looking at me, stop watching me you are creeping me out. that goes to both of you"
"stop touching me, stop saying those things, I AM NOT GOING TO DATE YOU. please get this through your thick head"
"not everything has to be about you, i'm tied of everything having to be about you"
"your dog peed on me, that is gross. i'm about to hate your dog"
"i am mad at you. i am mad at you and i don't know why. i'm so mad i'd like to scream"
"YOU ARE RUDE and being rude is not ok"
"this may be shocking to you but you are not the center of the universe"
"please pull your head out of your rear. you are not that great"
"she is too good for you. you are stupid"
"don't pretend like you are a nice person, people tell me what you say about me behind my back. get over it"
"i don't want to hear about you anymore"
"get some self esteem, you are driving me crazy"
"please learn to take care of yourself"
"i am not a bank so please don't treat me like one, not unless I start getting some bailout money"
"i do not like you, i do not like listening to you talk. listening to you talk is like listening to nails on a chalkboard"
"making fun of that guy does not make you cool and it bothers me that you think it does"

I think that is it. I don't complain all that often and this was a lot of complaining but I think I'm done.

On a little bit of a better note I'd like to say that I saw something pretty cool at church today. I went to a smaller class for genealogy and the teacher said some things that lead me to the conclusion that he is trying to change his life (some fairly big changes) and he is actually taking the steps to get that done. Teaching the class is part of it (he was very uncomfortable with it even though he was doing a fine job) and I thought it was pretty neat that he was willing to do whatever he had to do to get it done. Good for him and it was refreshing to see that some people do want to change for the better and are willing to do the work. It warmed my heart.

I just realized that last bit proves that I am just not very good at being cranky. Haha. Oh well.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

T minus 15 days

Some of you may disagree with some of the things I'm about to say. I apologize but I'm going to say them anyway.

My friend Ronelle came for a visit today (she lives in CA) and we had what I believe to be an enlightening talk. First off, she gave it to me straight that TURNING 30 IS NOT FUN. That is what I thought but a lot of people have tried to convince me otherwise. I mean, it is fine, whatever, 30. Um 30? That is a little bit much for me to digest right now. In normal land when people turn 30 they start to think that getting married might be a good idea. I don't live in normal land, I live in Mormonville where most everyone gets married before they hit the big 2-5 and have most of their kids before they turn 32.

So this is where the point comes in. I think that my getting married is going to have to be a TEAM EFFORT. It is sad to say but I'm going to admit now that I needed some extra time to get all of my wiggles out, play a lot and grow up a little. This extra time has resulted in a decreased dating pool. Whenever I see Brent (Ronelle's husband) he always tells me that I need to marry Craig. Craig is from back in our BYU days. Craig is not the point exactly he more represents the "team effort" that I am suggesting. I told Ronelle and Brent to put their thinking caps on and find me some dates. Hey, I'm even willing to travel.

If you are one of my girl friends reading my blog, you and your husband might want to take a good look around for some quality guys that I might like to "get to know" aka date. (Ronelle, you can tell Brent that I will go on a date with Craig.)

If you are a guy reading my blog... maybe you need to date me.

Just remember, I'm a good catch and once people catch on to that I think I'll be off the market pretty quickly (one can hope, right?) so act fast.

I crack myself up... hey you can add, "she's got a good sense of humor" to the list of reasons why I'm a good catch and please put that one above, "she's got a sweet spirit".

It's amazing what turning 30 will do to a girl.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

have you ever wondered what it is like to be me?

On Sunday night I was at dinner at a friends house and he kept turning the radio on and off. The volume was set so low that it was barely audible causing me to look around searching for the source every time it came on. Some thought this funny and kept commenting that maybe I was hearing songs in my head. "Kerri, if you were hearing songs why would it be Macho Macho Man"? He doesn't even know the strange songs that pop into my head every day, so I decided to keep track of them.

Here is a list of the songs that "went off" in my head during the day...
  • America by Neil Diamond "TODAY!"
  • Borderlin by Madonna "FEELS LIKE I'M GOING TO LOSE MY MIND YOU JUST KEEP ON PUSHING MY LOVE OVER THE BORDERLINE."
  • God Love Her by Toby Keith "She’s a rebel child and a preacher’s daughter She was baptized in dirty water Her mama cried the first time they caught her with me They knew they couldn’t stop her."
  • Hey, Soul Sister by Train "HEY SOUL SISTER IS THAT MISTER MISTER"
  • Lady Marmalade from Moulin Rouge "FOUR BAD A$$ CHICKS FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE, HEY SISTER SOUL SISTER GOTTA GET THAT DOUGH SISTER"
  • Sandra Dee from Grease "LOOK AT ME I'M SANDRA DEE, LOUSY WITH VIRGINITY"
  • If Today Was Your Last Day by Nickelback "HE SAID EACH DAY'S A GIFT AND NOT A GIVEN RIGHT"
The words between the "" are the words that were on repeat in my head for a bit until I stopped think-singing or new ones took their place.

It is fun to be me :)

Saturday, October 3, 2009

my less than productive saturday

Part of my Saturday was productive while I watched General Conference. One of the apostles actually backed me up in an argument I didn't have in DC. The actual argument didn't happen because one time in my life I kept my mouth shut. Let me just say though... sometimes you've gotta fake it till you make it. Thank you very much.

The cake was the less than productive part of the day. It is amazing though in all of it's glory. Ronelle, Brent and the kids are going to stop by tomorrow on their way through Las Vegas and I thought it would be fun to have for them when they get here. I couldn't resist cutting into it to see what the inside held.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Happy October, again

The end of September and beginning of October are usually a bit of a struggle for me. Last year I made a playlist because it was October again, this year I wrote a poem because I'm trying to do things that are a stretch for me.

life will always move forward
my resistance had no effect
there was no spiral downward
one million tears could not protect
days will pass by slowly

the leaves they begin to fall
the sun light fades away
my memories burning bright
kept with me everyday
three years feel they've gone too quickly

happiness overcomes me
with such joy we will meet together
knowing we can all be free
without words to explain forever
here, time will always govern the pace

My two fantastic friends that were lost 7 and 3 years ago.