gO cOuGaRs!!

In honor of the game last Saturday...

So Thankful!

Happy Thanksgiving to you all!! We hope you all had a fabulous day! We missed being with family today, but we had a fun, memorable Thanksgiving here in Toledo! It was full of turkey, pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, and a torn ACL (thanks to the annual turkey bowl!). Life is great and today we are especially thankful for family, good friends, time off of school, and ibuprofen! We love you!

Love this!

The Price of Stupidity

It's $80.70 if you weren't aware. That's how much I paid a Midas service representative to tell me that I'm not the brightest tack in the shed. Let me explain.

So yesterday, Lindsay and I were cleaning out the interior of our cars. Everything was going fine and dandy, just getting rid of ancient artifacts that have somehow survived all of the other cleanings over the years. One of these artifacts is part of this mysterious box that sits under my dashboard. Inserting into the box is some computer chip connected to a handle. For about 5 years since owning my car I have wondered what the heck that thing is. Many times I've pulled out the chip, examined it and placed it back into its happy little spot. Well, yesterday things were different. I decided, after I bumped it and it fell to the ground, that it deserved to be permanently put to rest. So I threw it away.

Lets fast-forward to this morning. I go to start my car and nothing happens. Now this wasn't exactly surprising to me since this car has given me many troubles over the recent past. So after class Andrew helped me to tow the car to Midas. The whole way I'm thinking about what could have caused this problem. "Oh, it's got to be the starter," I thought. This naturally led me to thinking of the hundreds of dollars that I would be forgoing. About an hour later Mike at Midas calls me and also asks me about this mysterious box which is now missing that wonderful little chip. I tell him I have no idea what it is. He proceeds to tell me that he has seen some people install these boxes. I guess that chip, when removed, disables the starter from working. This is used to protect the car from being stolen. So it can be removed at night and the owner can sleep tight, not a worry on his/her mind about the safety of their 1990 Acura integra.

Immediately I run to the dumpster and oh, they had just emptied it that morning. So, the Midas guys had to remove this box and luckily they had mercy on my poor, embarrassed soul by only charging me for the diagnostic, which was $80.70.

Why, after all these years of wondering what this thing was, did I decide to remove that chip right then?

Why over all these years did I not actually find out what this thing did?

Well, after paying my dues to Midas, I now know...and "knowing is half the battle"

MOUSSE?

Sam has become fascinated with mousse...I think he likes the sound it makes when I squirt it out of the bottle and he LOVES the way it feels! So for the past couple of mornings I've been squirting some into his hand and letting him rub it into his hair. He thinks this is the coolest thing....EVER! Today at lunch I was cleaning out the fridge and found some left over whipped cream from cooking group. Just as I was getting ready to toss it, Sam walked over, so I decided to give him a little taste. I helped him stick his finger in the bowl and he immediately began saying "Hay, Hay!" (translation: hair, hair!) Before I could stop him he took a big glob of whipped cream and began rubbing it through his hair...just like it was mousse! It made me laugh so hard!! I quickly stuck him in his high chair with a spoon and he soon figured out that this stuff was for eating! I'm VERY interested to see what he does with mousse tomorrow morning...

Tag...you're it!

Six things you probably didn't know about me:

1. I make a mean dolphin impression. I'm serious, it's dang good; however, I only pull it out for special occasions. Such an occasion included seeing "Who's Line is it Anyway?" at the Delta Center in SLC. They asked for volunteers to make sound effects for several cast members. Drew Carey picked me to do sounds for him, and I whipped out the dolphin. It was perfect.

2. I can proudly state that I have been to the world's highest Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva...how many of you can claim that???

3. I went to a Barenaked Ladies concert in high school and got to go up on stage and dance with the band during the song "If I Had A Million Dollars." It's one of my favorite songs to this day!

4. I have a weird habit of counting things. I'll be walking somewhere and suddenly notice that I've been counting my steps for the past 5-10 minutes. I also count syllables in words...all of the time!! Weird, I know.

5. While growing up, and actually until about age 19, it was my dream to be the next Katie Couric on the Today Show. I went to see the Today Show in NYC when I was in 9th grade and actually got to meet Katie...she even said that I could have her job. She never called...but I'm still holding out...

6. I LOVE to travel...especially to warm, tropical destinations. I've been lucky enough to go to some pretty neat places. Some travel highlights include: riding an elephant in Cambodia, snorkeling with sting rays in Belize, and zip-lining through the jungles of Costa Rica.

And I now tag... Brittany M, Eric D, Nikell C, Cari N, Emily Davis

I can tell it's test week when...

- I become a catering service and drop off dinner at the Mulford

- Eric actually considers missing a BYU football game

- Eric dreams about staphylococcus aureus

- Blogger becomes my best friend

- Sam wanders the house with shrugged shoulders saying, "Dad? Dad?"

Okay, okay...it's not THAT bad, but still...I just can't wait until this week is over!! And I'm about 99.9% certain that Eric would agree with me on that one!