Michael

I find it a little funny that I have had a couple of people call me now to "make sure that I'm OKAY" because Michael Jackson died today. Um, yeah. I'm okay. I didn't really know him. I like his music. I think he is very talented musically. But I'm okay. Thanks for asking...

Making myself sick...

So, if you know me very well, you probably know I'm a bit PARANOID...

I believe that every time I hear ambulances / fire trucks (and I live around the corner from the fire station) that they are going to someone I know and love.

When I follow big diesels carrying vehicles or large pipes, that something is going to give out and they will come crashing on top of me.

You get the point? That's why I take my generic Zoloft - it helps me to calm down. Not be so panic-y all the time.

Well, I had a cough that I thought was nothing. A cough. Maybe Strep Throat because that's what DarTanion had. Nope. Pneumonia. I guess I should have been more paranoid. :)

But now that I have been diagnosed and am taking meds to 'get over' pneumonia, I have been getting severely nauseous. Like I feel like I'm gonna puke pretty much all day. Yeah. I feel pregnant. But I promise, I'm NOT! I think it's the meds... But since I feel nauseous, I can worry about it enough to make myself throw up. A talent? Probably not a good one! :)

So now, I have convinced myself that I am diabetic. Yeah. Me. The girl who would drink 44 oz of Coke daily. The girl who prefers to have a chocolately snack before bedtime... I checked the symptoms on WEBMD, but really, they are similar to pneumonia... Jeremiah (who is getting the family cold that we've all been passing around) assures me that it's just my normal paranoia and that once I'm better from pneumonia and done taking me medicine, I will be fine.

Aren't you glad
you're not paranoid?

Fanmade New Moon Trailer

Seriously, SO GOOD!
I had chills when I watched it...

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DarTanion's Girlfriend turns 15!!!

We Love You, Shandy!!!

Happy Birthday!!! :)

Sorry these are sideways... I don't know how to turn them the right way...
Also, sorry for the quality... We recorded them on my cellphone...


To Shandy, From DarTanion 2009



To Shandy, From Archer 2009



Happy Birthday, Shandy! I love you! 2008

Poor DarTanion... He's gonna be heartbroken when he discovers that they (probably) really AREN'T going to get married when he's older... She's the only person he ever talks about!

I'm a bad example...

So I'm having a "Bad Mandy!" day.

Today is Sunday and for us, that means church. It was my Sharing Time Lesson in Primary and I sort of put off doing it entirely... Normally I don't, but I guess I've gotten busy or lazy. :) So I finished my Lesson, got the kids ready and we went to church. We let Miah sleep because he was tired after working hard all week. **Poor thing...**

On the way to church, Tanion asks if we can stop at Maverik after church and get a treat and a drink if they are good. "Where would he get such an idea from?" you ask? My bad example... We've done that for the last few weeks... Bad me... I tell him no and that we really need to NOT shop on Sundays because we're not supposed to... Then I explain the whole "What is and what is not appropriate on Sundays" thing... He said okay and didn't worry about it.

SO, then when we get home, Miah's still asleep, I'm wanting to be asleep and the kids are "starving to death"... The only thing that sounds good to me? Big Mac and Salty Fries and a Coke... So what do I do? I go to McDonalds, of course! On Sunday. After my earlier speech... And the neighbor kids see me... After my lesson on Faith and "that by obeying the Prophets we can show our Faith"...

So, yeah...
I've got to work on this whole
"example" thing...