BACK from the dead...

This week I have hosted two fairly big events and had to clean like crazy and bake/cook for both.

Tuesday my visting teaching partner and I hosted our annual Luncheon. We figure it's an easy way to kill a ton of birds with one stone. We get to eat, have a playdate, visit teach, and chat with girlfriends all at once. How fun is that??

Funny story about this luncheon though...

Joy, my VT partner, insisted that I make the Southwest Eggrolls I put in the ward cookbood. They sounded so good and she really really wanted to try them. Great, right??

YEAH, except for the fact that I have never made them!! Really, who puts a recipe they have never tried in the ward cookbook? Hmmm.... that would be me.

I spotted this recipe on The Mommy Times and thought it looked so good. Since I was already in the middle of emailing my recipes for the cookbook I thought I would just slip this one in there too. That way I didn't have to write it out and put it in my file, I figured I'd just let someone else do the work for me. Hey, I'm just trying to use my time efficiently!!

Well, since I'm too embarrased to admit that I have never made the recipe I graciously accept her request to create my masterpiece.

All week I had planned to make the eggrolls for dinner to do a test run, and any possible tweaking that may have been needed. Well, Monday rolls around and I have yet to try my famous recipe. So at 8:30 pm I whip up a batch and Jeremy and I try my creation.

DIVINE!!!

Uhhh... let's just say that was a Tender Mercy, if you catch my drift.


Today, I hosted a baby shower with a full on brunch for at least 20 ladies. Call me crazy. No, I'm serious, go ahead and tell me now.

I'm lucky I pulled it all together with the quiches, mini muffins, fruit trays, homemade cream puffs, and juices I offered to contribute. Seriously, I bite off WAY more than I can chew TOO often. But it all manages to come together in the end.

There are blessings in being willing, because in the end everything seems to come together.

Anyway, I'm pleased to say it is all over and I'm free to check blogs again. Thanks for your patience!

Freaky Wednesday

Yesterday:

I biked on level 13, and when my time finished the distance was 6.66 miles.

While shopping at Yokes my purchase total came to $16.66.

Jeremy ate lunch at Wendy's and the total was $6.66.

I'm surprised anyone in our family survived yesterday....

Saturday's Easter

The morning started off with Easter brunch and an Egg Hunt at Grandma's ward.

Brynners looks thrilled to be taking a picture with a bunny.

Hunting Eggs is too much fun. This was Brynnlee's first real attempt and she took to it like a fish to water. She was running as fast as her little legs would carry her to the next egg.

Kaden is an old pro, but he was still totally excited.

Technical Assistance

This was a forward from Michele... too funny to dump in the deleted files right away.


Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance -- Particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.

In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5 and then installed undesirable programs such as NFL 5.0, NBA 3.0, and Golf Clubs 4.1. Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system.

I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail. What can I do?

Signed, Desperate


Dear Desperate:

First keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an Operating System. Please enter the command: "http: I Thought You Loved Me.HTML" and try to download Tears 6.2 and don't forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update.

If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5. But remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5.

Whatever you do, DO NOT install Mother-in-law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources).

Also, do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Food 3.0 and Hot Lingerie 7.7.

A Friend is a Treasure...

I like friends. I like friends who blog.

I love finding new blogs, and new friends!

There are tons of blogs out there, so I'm not talking about just any blog. I'm talking about a blog that I actually will return to over and over again. A blog that I put on my "Blogs" tab on my favorites (yes I do have a folder dedicated to just blogs- don't you??)

If you find someone who entertains you and you don't acutally know them-

are they still considered a friend?

Am I a friend to anyone I don't know?? I mean, there are hits from my blogs from places where I'm pretty sure I don't know anyone. Are the servers just off, or do I have people checking this blog that may not have ever met me?

So in case you haven't caught my 'subtle' prodding...

if you read this today leave a comment!!

I'll add you to my "Blogs" tab. Fair enough?

My Roots (the short version)

I grew up in Edgewood, New Mexico. Unfamiliar with that town? Let me introduce you! Edgewood is 20 mins East of Albuquerque and a tiny dot on the map, located directly on Historic Route 66. I drove that road everyday for many years.

My high school was in Moriarty, NM about 10 mins. further east. Our mascot was the "Fighting Pintos". Rumor has it that once upon a time Moriarty's staple crop was the pinto bean. So the original mascot was a pinto bean, and eventually it rocketed up in coolness to just a plain Pinto.





Ever been to "The Land of Enchantment"?
(We used to call it the "Land of Entrapment" growing up).

A Series of Unfortunate Events

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This is not the one....




This is the one!!


Thanks for tossing the chair down the stairs.... It does wonders for the look of the wall. Elder Holland's reminder to speak kinder words was timely in the life of this little girl. Hope you enjoyed conference as well.