Control

So Anna's Hair is totally out of control.

So is my life.

Nothing ever goes as planned.

Nothing happens when you want.

Nothing is as easy as it sounds.

But it is all worth it...every crazy minute.

I am so glad to have this little piece of heaven in my life.

She is mine...forever...and I am hers.

Cinnamon Toast

I love cinnamon toast. I would maybe even say that it is the perfect food.

I do not however, understand toasters. Why is it that my toast burns at a level 2.5 on the dang thing? I mean why are there 6 levels if 2.5 burns my bread to a blackened crisp? Is there anything worse to eat than burned toast?

I sure don't think so. I am one of those people who refuses to scrape the burn off. I have to start all over. But then I have to account for the toaster already being hot so I have to remember to reduce the level to about 1 so that I don't burn it again. I usually get it right on the second attempt. :) How about you?

Snooze...

Snooze is such a weird word when you see it spelled out.  SNOOZE, snooze, snooze.  See weird.  

I have recently dubbed myself Queen of Snoozing since I have a terrible habit of hitting snooze a ridiculous amount of time.  I literally set my alarms, yes alarms for 6:00, 7:00 and 8:00 am in an attempt to get myself up in the morning.  I have always been a night owl and can't seem to function early in the morning.  

I likewise have been blessed with a snoozy little girl.  She sleeps at least 12 hours a night and takes a 2.5 hour nap each day.  So she is no help with my problem.  I hear my various alarms go off and somehow in a dream-like coma rationalize away the need to get up, or even to stop the alarm from sounding EVERY 9 minutes for hours.  :)  I have set number of snoozes I can handle to determine what I am going to look like that day.  What hairstyles need less time/etc.  

Sometimes I look at my iphone (which I intentionally place far enough away from my bed to force me out of bed to turn it off) and think it is spelling snooze in a different language.  I stare and stare at snooze and always hit that dang button.  Finally when I resort to turning off the phone after a round of snoozing, i know I am safe because I have my real alarm clock set to go off a little while later...I really just think I need to go to bed earlier.

 There is something I love about hearing that alarm go off and knowing I can snooze at least 8 times before I am getting into trouble.  :)  

Not Bumper Cars...

So last night as I was driving home with Anna tucked safely in her carseat I was rear-ended. This is the second time in like 2 years that this has happened to me. The first time the other car was barely moving when he hit me so we just exchanged insurance/names and that was that. Well he stiffed me by not responding to insurance stuff and I hadn't filed a police report so I was basically out of luck. Well this time...I wasn't taking any chances. I called the police. It is very weird to dial 911. Have you ever done that? I was shaking from the crash and was worried about Anna. She was fine. Not a peep. I on the other hand have a very sore lower back. It certainly was not like bumper cars! So here is to another new bumper for Peg...my Jeep. :)

Demanded Recipes :)

Soooo since i am amazing (right) here are two recipes that are very simple and delish. I can't claim any kind of credit for either just hope that you enjoy. :)

Cowboy Caviar

1 can shoe peg corn (drained)

1 can black beans (drained and washed)

1/2 bunch cilantro

5 roma tomatoes

2 green onions (chopped)

2 Tbsp red wine vinegar

1 tsp pepper

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp tabasco (add more if you like it spicy)

2 avocadoes

Serve with chips!

Oreos

1 Devils food cake mix

1/2 cup shortening (cut in well)

2 eggs

Frosting

Mix by hand (I do this literally. Very messy but works well)

Spray Pam on your hands and roll into 1/2 in balls and bake at 350 for 9 min

Drop pan on counter to flatten cookies

Frost and "Oreo"

Friends at the Ranch

We went to my family's ranch this weekend with a bunch of friends from our ward. We had a blast up there and can't wait to go again. We stayed up way too late and ate too much! I am so grateful to have such great friends to make such fun memories with. Life is better with friends. :)

Daddy and Anna...

So at the Ranch this weekend we fed the horses. Anna took a little ride with her daddy on the 6-wheeler. She calls it a bicycle. She had a blast.

Anna's Photo Shoot

I already posted most of these on Facebook, but I can't get enough of her...She is my little dolly. My sister-in-law's sister Hayley took these for me. She is amazing. Anna was refusing to smile in pretty much every picture but I think she is still a cutie pie.

I Started another Blog...

I wanted another blog to mainly serve as an outlet for me to vent about life and to share my laughs. Not as personal as this one but check it out if you like. :) http://lifewithsprinkles.blogspot.com

Birthdays and Chuck E Cheese

So Anna's birthday was on October 18 and it has literally taken me since then to find my camera. Most of the pictures I took were of course blurry and of the top or back of her head but this one is a good example of how into her cake she was this year. She was literally eating it for 30 minutes straight. I think that is a record for her attention span. My mom makes great cakes! Anyways, we had a blast with tons of little cousins and about a million tokens...

I Did It...

So I actually did something that I didn't think I could do. I went 10 days with no food. I am so excited to get to eat tomorrow so don't worry. I am not anorexic or anything. I just did the Master Cleanse with my friend Cindy. It is that diet/cleanse where you just have lemon juice/organic maple syrup/cayenne pepper and water and nothing else. It was what Kelly on The Office was doing when she passed out. :) I feel great. I am off caffeine and hope to stay that way. I have tons of energy and I am mostly just proud of myself for having the will power to actually do it. I have tried doing it twice before. The first time I was so addicted to caffeine that I didn't make it a day. The second time I stopped after three days. This time 10 WHOLE DAYS!!!

I don't ever want lemonade again!!!

So long...

So I have worked at Firstline Security since June 2003. I had about a 3 week maternity leave in 2006 and have been there part time since then. I have seen them through their ups and their downs. I got to go to Kauai twice and Maui once on their dime and countless other awesome parties. But alas...I am excited to be just working part time from home now. I took down Anna's crib that was at Firstline today and broght my stuff home. She had her own little "office" there. (a pitch dark closet just big enough for a port-a-crib) She had some great 3 hour naps in there. My emotions are a little bittersweet but I am excited! I can't wait to see what comes next. :)

Sweet Girl...

I am so glad I got this rare shot of her...i think she is so sweet. :)

Stress + Hormones = Cold Sore

Ughhhh!!! I HAVE A COLD sore on my bottom lip. I started to feel it right before bed last night. Anyone who has to deal with cold sores knows the feeling. (Pulsing Sore Lip) I am blessed to have these terrible things pop up on my lips at the worst possible times. I even had one 5 days before my wedding. I have tried every drug out there to blast them. Lysine, Carmex, Anbesol, Abreva. Some are better than others but I have found THE miracle drug. I am surprised it is not more popular. It is by prescription only but your dentist can prescribe it. So I called my dentist early this morning and got a prescription for DENAVIR Cream...It makes cold sores go away in about 3 days. No kidding. You have to put it on right when you start to feel it. I was about 12 hours late but I can already tell that it is clearing up. Hurray for modern medicine!!!

Heavy!!

SO ANNA ALWAYS lifts things and grunts Hehhhveee (Heavy). Well the other day her face was bright red and she was bent over in the corner by the refrigerator(doing her business) and I asked her if she was going poopie. She gave a grunt of a yah followed by a really long

"It's Heeeehhhhh veeeeeyy."

I have been giving her lots of fruits and fruit juice so that things aren't so HeaVy. :) I almost died laughing but it was kind of sad.