How is it that when I'm at work all day I think of a bajillion things I need/want to do, but as soon as I get home I can't think of anything besides sitting on the couch watching something on Netflix?
5 years ago
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Mental Checklist
How is it that when I'm at work all day I think of a bajillion things I need/want to do, but as soon as I get home I can't think of anything besides sitting on the couch watching something on Netflix?
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Birthdays!
Ok so maybe just my birthday. Danny was awesome & totally surprised me by buying me a sewing machine! I was super excited. Unfortunately the camera died right as I opened up my present. The sewing machine is awesome but I haven't had an opportunity to use it yet. This will explain why I have numerous sewing blogs on here. Hopefully soon I will get to use that bad boy, until now I'll just look at it longingly in it's box.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Saturdays
Every Saturday I get my hopes up on what I'm going to accomplish. I had high hopes for today with a mental list of to dos. Now the reality, it's 6 o'clock & I think I got 1 1/2 of those todos actually accomplished. It's just one of those blah days. At this point I think there is no recovering it either but hey at least I showered.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Sister Mullen vs Megan Brown
So we had the delightful opportunity to play host to one of Danny's fellow MBAers the other night (I really was excited to have the space to actually let someone stay with us comfortably, as comfortable as a twin bed is). Colby just happened to serve his mission in Auckland NZ where my sister will be heading in two weeks.
My sister has been terrified of gaining weight on her mission, the reasons for this are numerous. One is the rumors from the mission home and other NZ missionaries calling it the 40 kilo mission. That's right not 40 pounds but 40 kilos (88 pounds because I do use that conversion on a daily basis as a dietitian). Her teacher in the MTC also served in Auckland and gained 100 pounds. He almost doubled his body weight (if my sister's guesstimate of how much he weighs now is accurate). So I thought I would ask Colby if it was true, sadly it is.
Colby said that although he did not gain weight many Elders did and that the Sisters were the ones who most noticeably (wow had trouble spelling that one) gained the weight. He also told us about the Polynesian culture and their expectations for food consumption, to which my ever loving and witty husband made some comment about how "Sister Mullen probably could have handled that". Colby was a little shocked that my husband would say such a thing...that was until I showed him a few choice pictures.
Yep that is me, not an older sister. I am the oldest sister. My husband and I are allowed to talk about me being fat or eating like a haas only if we call her "Sister Mullen" my alter ego. This may also have contributed to my sister's fear of gaining weight on a mission. Luckily I've lost the weight I gained and then some & now have my jawbone back. Unfortunately it sounds like my sister really does have something to worry about.
A picture just so I feel better about myself, after exposing those previous ones. Of course it's one where my hair and make-up were professionally done, but still the jawbone says it all, oh and that's my adorable sister who is aforementioned.
My sister has been terrified of gaining weight on her mission, the reasons for this are numerous. One is the rumors from the mission home and other NZ missionaries calling it the 40 kilo mission. That's right not 40 pounds but 40 kilos (88 pounds because I do use that conversion on a daily basis as a dietitian). Her teacher in the MTC also served in Auckland and gained 100 pounds. He almost doubled his body weight (if my sister's guesstimate of how much he weighs now is accurate). So I thought I would ask Colby if it was true, sadly it is.
Colby said that although he did not gain weight many Elders did and that the Sisters were the ones who most noticeably (wow had trouble spelling that one) gained the weight. He also told us about the Polynesian culture and their expectations for food consumption, to which my ever loving and witty husband made some comment about how "Sister Mullen probably could have handled that". Colby was a little shocked that my husband would say such a thing...that was until I showed him a few choice pictures.
Yep that is me, not an older sister. I am the oldest sister. My husband and I are allowed to talk about me being fat or eating like a haas only if we call her "Sister Mullen" my alter ego. This may also have contributed to my sister's fear of gaining weight on a mission. Luckily I've lost the weight I gained and then some & now have my jawbone back. Unfortunately it sounds like my sister really does have something to worry about.
A picture just so I feel better about myself, after exposing those previous ones. Of course it's one where my hair and make-up were professionally done, but still the jawbone says it all, oh and that's my adorable sister who is aforementioned.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Sneak Peek
My photographer sent me just this one picture from the beach today. Pretty much I had/have the best bridesmaids/friends ever! Ally definitely has the jumping picture down, look how perfectly poised she is.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Git R Done
A little over a week ago, Danny & I had a free Friday night so we decided to paint our room. Well we got started on the painting and were on a roll, so we decided to be extra ambitious and assemble our bed (which had been sitting in a box in our condo for a couple of weeks at that point) that evening as well.
We figured we would rather stay up late and do it than wake up early to finish the project. Staying up late ended up being til 3:30 in the morning. Luckily, we had nothing til Saturday evening and we slept until around noon the next day.
It feels nice to have our room painted and a bed frame instead of just having our bed chilling on the floor. The Sunday after that we worked as a team and assembled our dressers. So now our room is looking a lot more like a room and a lot less like a garage sale. I am planning on adding some embellishments but I'm liking the look so far.
Danny enjoying the finished project. Now if only we can keep it that clean & stop moving stuff from other rooms in there.
We figured we would rather stay up late and do it than wake up early to finish the project. Staying up late ended up being til 3:30 in the morning. Luckily, we had nothing til Saturday evening and we slept until around noon the next day.
It feels nice to have our room painted and a bed frame instead of just having our bed chilling on the floor. The Sunday after that we worked as a team and assembled our dressers. So now our room is looking a lot more like a room and a lot less like a garage sale. I am planning on adding some embellishments but I'm liking the look so far.
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Friday, August 5, 2011
Hotter than H-E-Double Hockey Sticks
Look at this forecast - you've got to be kidding me!
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