Alicia-ology

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1. What is your salad dressing of choice?Ranch

2. What is your favorite sit-down restaurant?Melting Pot-yummy yummy!

3. What food could you eat for 2 weeks straight and not get sick of it?I'd get sick of food, but never ice cold milk.

4. What color cell phone do you have?Black and silver

5. Are you right-handed or left-handed?Right-handed

6.Have you ever had anything removed from your body? Babies, teeth, the feather from the end of an arrow that got lodged into my finger for about 8 months.

7.What is the last heavy item you lifted?I seriously try to avoid this as much as possible, so I don't know.

8.Have you ever been knocked unconscious?Almost everytime I've broken my nose.

9.If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?Yes, so I could get everything done.

10.If you could change your name, what would you change it to?Anything that didn't get butchered when people spell it or try to say it out loud.

11.Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000?Depends on how big the bottle is, whether or not I get milk, and if there are tums nearby.

12.How many pairs of flip flops do you own?4 pairs

13.When was the last run in you had with the cops?I don't have any clue.

14.Last person you talked to?In the process of talking to my little girl Emma right now.

15.Last person you hugged?My son Jax, when I carried him in the house from picking up Emma from dance class.

16.Favorite Season?Summer, I love the warmth.

17.Favorite Holiday?Thanksgiving, I love the season and the antisipation of the Christmas season.

18.Favorite day of the week?No favorite.

19.Favorite Month?Any in the spring or summer

20.First place you went this morning?Didn't leave the house until I picked Emma up from Dance at 5:30 pm. I love carpools.

21. The last movie you saw?Taken-it was really good.

22.Do you smile often?I try to.

23.Do you always answer your phone?It depends on who the caller id says is on the other line. ;-)

24.It's four in the morning and you get a text message, who is it?Someone I'm going to kill for waking me up.

25.If you could change your eye color what would it be?A little more green and a little less brown in my hazel eyes.

26.What flavor drink do you get at Sonic?Coke-with extra crushed ice!

27.Have you ever had a pet fish?More than I'd care to admit I've killed.

28.Favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night

29.What's on your wish list for your birthday?Haven't really thought about it.

30.Can you do push ups?That depends on whether or not I have to get back up after my arms collapse on the way down.

31.Can you do a chin up?Seriously doubt it.

32.Does the future make you more nervous or excited?Excited!

33.Do you have any saved texts?Yes, a few.

34.Ever been in a car wreck?Yes. a few.

35.Do you have an accent?I wouldn't say so, but it depends on where I am in the world when you're asking me.

36.What is the last song to make you cry?No idea.

37.Plans tonight?Recording Lost for Ryan (He works late again tonight), putting the kiddos to bed around 8pm and then hitting the hay!

38.Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom?Yes

39.Name 3 things you bought yesterday?I didn't buy anything.

40.Have you ever been given roses?Yes.

41.Currently hate right now? Being tired!

42.Met someone who changed your life?Who can say they haven't?

43.How did you bring in the New Year?Sleeping (or trying to) with my sick 18 month old in my arms.

44.What song represents you?No clue.

45.What were you doing 12 AM last night?Waiting patiently for Ryan to wind down and come to bed after a really long day. If I fall asleep before he comes to bed then it just wakes me up and then I'm up half of the night.

46.What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up?Is it already 7 am?

Photography

A really good friend of a friend of mine is promoting her photography business with a Family portrait giveaway! It is valued at $99.00! Go and enter! Check it out. Her prices are VERY reasonable and her work is fabulous :) Who wouldn't love a free family picture? For more details go here
www.jktphoto.blogspot.com

What's in a Name?

I saw this on someone's facebook and had to try it for myself.
This got me laughing so hard at a few spots that I almost wet my pants. Have fun!!

1. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother & father's middle name)
Sherlene Richard
2. NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother's dad, father's dad)
John Joseph
3. STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name)
Brial
4. DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)
Brown Giraffe
5. SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
Leigh Phoenix
6. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning)
The Blue Virgin Daiquire
7. FLY NAME: (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name)
Aley
8. GANGSTA NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie)
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal
9. ROCK STAR NAME: (current pets name, current street name)
Mick Rainbow
10. STRIPPER NAME: (name of your fav perfume/cologne, fav candy)
One Pay Day
11. PORN NAME: (1st pet, street you grew up on)
Goldie Paradise

Draper Temple Open House

Last week we went, as a family, to the Draper Temple open house. The temple was so beautiful and peaceful and we had such a great time. It was so fun to be able to take Emma and show her all the different things about the temples that we've only ever told her about. At one point near the end of the tour she turned to me and with a very upset look said she didn't want to go. So I told her that it was the end and we needed to leave. She said, "But mommy, I haven't seen Jesus yet." What a character! I have to say that the only part of the experience that was less than enjoyable for me was when Jax decided to try and headbutt me. He missed and smashed his forehead into the side of my nose. Let's just say I had less than pleasant thoughts toward Ryan at that moment for teaching him this fun new game. Other than that the experience was one we'll never forget!

Wanting To Be Like Mommy

The other day I was straightening my hair with the flat iron and Emma decided she wanted her hair to be straight too. So she patiently stood still while I straightened her hair, even when it got a little hot. This was the result. I prefer her hair curly, but Ryan thought it looked really cute and made her look a little more grown up. She loved it and said she was a "Rock Star" like Hannah Montana, oh good grief!

~25 Random Things~

I've been tagged. (Technically on facebook but I decided to put it on my blog instead)Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

1. I'm the extreme opposite of a hoarder. I sometime throw or give things away even if I like it just because I feel like my house or my life is being cluttered by an object. Sometimes this is a bad thing.
2. I HATE the cold!!
3. I adore my family.
4. I always said I would NEVER own a minivan and what did we buy 2 weeks ago, a minivan. Although I actually really do love the space and convenience of it. And the gas mileage.
5. I love the feel of carpet and 90% of my house is wood flooring. Go figure.
6. My favorite thing to wear is my blue jeans.
7. I was born with ringlet curls and bleach blonde hair and now have dark hair and straighten it every day.
8. I have really bad eye sight and can't even read our alarm clock in the middle of the night that is about 4 feet from our bed and the numbers are 3 inches tall. Bring on the lasics.
9. I've always wanted to be 5'8".
10. I'm constantly reorganizing drawers and closets and driving Ryan nuts because things are never in a place when he goes to get it. ;-)
11. I hate chick flicks. Well not hate, but they aren't my first choice when watching movies. Bring on a good action movie.
12. I cry when people win on The Price is Right.
13. I love game shows. I wish my cable got the gameshow network.
14. When Ryan and I play games (card, video, board) I almost always win. Even when I'm not really trying.
15. When my kids are in school I want to go back and get my RN degree and be a trauma nurse. Blood and guts don't bother me in the least and I stay really calm in tense situations.
16. I love chocolate covered strawberries and grapes. The only things I ever ask for Valentine's Day.
17. I bruise really easily. Jax gave me a pretty nasty one the other day on my leg when he pinched me.
18. I've broken my nose 5 times.
19. I've broken the same baby toe 4 times since last July.
20. I love soaking in a nice hot bath. And when I say hot, I mean hot.
21. I tried avoiding Ryan after our first date because I didn't like his haircut or color. Thank goodness he's persistent and I got over some of my vain tendencies. Now I love the cut and color.
22. I'm a cokeaholic.
23. I'm a Disney addict. I love Disneyland and it's rubbed off onto Emma.
24. I wish I hadn't stopped playing the piano. Maybe I'll start taking lessons again.
25. I hate cleaning the bathrooms. I'd rather do anyother aweful chore over cleaning the bathrooms. Glad we only have 2.

If you are reading this consider yourself tagged!

Christmas Catch-Up

Sprinkling reindeer food, thank's Riches for this year's supply!

Keeping Santa's strength up with a little cookie snack.

Opening presents!

Jax wouldn't get out of the wagon. He just opened his presents in it!

On the way home from Ron and Kim's they fell fast asleep, again.


We had such a wonderful Christmas, I hope you all did too! This post is a little late, but hey, better late than never right? Christmas Eve we made sure to spread the reindeer food outside for the reindeer to be able to find our house, then we set out Santa's cookie snack. Our kids are notorious for being late sleepers, but Christmas morning was rediculous. At about 10:30 am we finally decided this was late enough so Ryan and I just woke them up. They were excited when they finally realized what was happening. Jax loved his wagon and Emma loved her Diamond Castle Barbies. After presents we went to Ryan's brother, Ron's, home for breakfast. Yummy! We spent several hours with them and when our kids were past the point of irritable we took them home where they proceeded to fall asleep in the car, ugh! We had a nice evening at home. I love Christmas, but also love it when it's done. Now on to planning for next year ;-)!