Getting to know ME Tag

I grabbed this from a friend's blog and thought it would be fun to post on here.


1. What time did you get up this morning?
--- 6:43 AM (I slept in cause the boss is out of town)

2. How do you like your steak?
--- Well done. I am not a pink meat person.

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
--- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Twice I might add and it looks like we will be attending the IMax version in the not too distant future)

4. What is your favorite TV show?
--- Burn Notice - I just love the sexual tension between Michael and Fiona, not to mention all the things that get blown up! CSI in Vegas is a close second!

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
--- I a home that I share with Rick and someday our child and maybe even children.

6. What did you have for breakfast?
--- Carnation instant breakfast

7. What is your favorite cuisine?
--- I am thinking Mexican

8. What foods do you dislike?
--- Most seafood (While friend halbut aka fish n chips is one of my favorite meals) and all Indian (It's a curry thing)

9. Favorite Place to Eat?
--- Most anywhere that I won't have to clean up! With that said, I love Costa Vida, Strawberry shakes from In N Out and this little Italian place in Bellevue Washington. It was AWESOME!

10. Favorite dressing?
--- Homemade Ranch but I found a yogurt based ranch that has more than half the calories and half the fat that is very tasty

11. What are your favorite kind of clothes to wear?
--- My swim suit is #1 then come summer clothes - shorts and short sleeve shirts

12. Where would you visit if you had the chance?
--- Italy (again cause I loved it there), Hawaii, England and not necessarily in that order

13. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?
--- Is it never on the empty side

14. Where would you want to retire?
--- In a home that is paid off and not the retirement home type places! ;-)

15. Favorite time of day?
--- When the sun is coming up. I love knowing that a bright new day has started. Things are so much crisper and cleaner in the morning.

16. Where were you born?
---Utah.

17. What is your favorite sport to watch?
--- NASCAR, Soccer, and then pretty much anything except basketball.

18. Bird watcher?
--- No! Those little buggers like to wake me up at 4:30 in the morning! Yes I know I love sunrise and I am a morning person (see below) BUT that doesn't mean I want to be woken up by bird fights BEFORE the sun is up

19. Are you a morning person or a night person?
--- Morning

20. Do you have any pets?
--- Nope - I had 2 dogs for many years that I LOVED and my sisters had hamsters and all sorts of other pets growing up but for me and my house, I want it to be hairless and stinkless. Besides, every time you pet a dog or take it for a walk, you could be spending time with your child and that to me is a MUCH better use of time!

21. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share?
--- I am having my carpets cleaned this morning. Oh yeah, I have all my northwest family in town this week. That is new and exciting!

22. What did you want to be when you were little?
--- a stock broker (Yeah go figure!) A mom

23. What is your best childhood memory?
--- I have SOO many - I loved that my mom sung to me every night before going to sleep. Sometimes she would sing lots of songs other times just "my song" but every night I did receive it.

24. Are you a cat or dog person?
--- Dog.

25. Always wear your seat belt?
--- Yes!!!!!!!

26. Been in a car accident?
--- A few but never my fault

27. Any pet peeves?
--- Yes but sometimes they bother me more than others.

28. Favorite Pizza Toppings?
--- Tomatoes and mushrooms with extra cheese

29. Favorite Flower?
--- Pink roses

30. Favorite ice cream?
--- It is a toss up between chocolate chip cookie dough and cookies n cream

31. Favorite fast food restaurant?
--- Didn't we already have this?

32. How many times did you fail your driver's test?
--- Never. I don't think I missed any on the written nor the driving part

33. From whom did you get your last email?
--- Carrie my sister in law - I am ordering some new make up from her.

34. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
--- None of them unless someone else was paying off the bill! If that were the case, one with things and clothes like a department store.

35. Do anything spontaneous lately?
--- Well...after some thought...I don't think so. No wait, going up the canyon last weekend was spontaneous. =)

36. Like your job?
--- Absolutely! I would love to be a stay at home mom but without a child, that is hard to do.

37. Broccoli?
--- In stir fry or soup it is alright.

38. What was your favorite vacation?
--- Disneyland! I was with my best friend (Rick) and we had SO much fun! I can't wait to go back and the best part is that it isn't some trip that is a once in a lifetime trip. (I would like to go back to England and Italy with Rick but those weren't my favorite.)

39. Last person you went out to dinner with?
--- Rick - we went to Chili's before Harry Potter

40. What are you listening to right now?
--- Pandora Radio Online

41. What is your favorite color?
--- Pink! This summer though I have realized that I really love green and blue. The bright green against the bright blue sky. Heavenly Father sure knew what he was doing when he created that combination.

42. How many tattoos do you have?
--- None.

43. How many are you tagging for this quiz?
--- No one.

44. What time did you finish this quiz?
---9:33am

45. Soda Drinker?
--- Nope - Nor carbonation for 11 years now.

Lazy August Weekend

This weekend has been very quiet. We played some tennis, did some shopping, went for a drive up the canyon, hung out around the house watching tv and even got in a nap after church. I was able to get several new clothing items including a super cute skirt and a new swim suit top.
I took some photos around Silver Lake where we went for our drive. Last time we went there was in the fall and the leaves were changing. It was pretty to see it so green this time. There were a lot of people up there as the temperature was perfect. We walked out on the little dock into the middle part of the lake. It was SO clear. We could see everything and unfortunately, it smelled like dead fish. The little duckies were very friendly and came up on the dock to see us.
There were little chipmunks aka pot guts running around. There were VERY tame. One came right up to Rick's shoe and almost to mine. Rick wore his Jeff Gordon shirt for good luck. The shinies on the sleeves are the good luck part. ;) The race ended up being rained out though. And I am hiding the video camera behind my back so it wasn't in the photo.

Update on The Process

Since this blog is not only about getting to know us but about our process on the way to adoption approval and finding our child, I thought maybe I should post something about the process.
Rick and I are almost done! We had our intake (first) interview the middle of June. Here it is the end of July and we are almost done. We have all the hard copies of information into the agency. We need to have our individual interviews and finish some items for our online profile and then just wait for the background checks to arrive. Which could be any day now, I think. I don't know how long it takes the agency to actually approve us and I don't know who is involved. Rick thinks it is a panel of people. I guess maybe I should look into that.
All in all, we are feeling great about adoption. We know that it is the right way for us. I am sure we will face adversity along that way, such is the nature of life, but we KNOW that it is the right thing for us and are so very excited about the process and opportunity.
To all of our friends out there, please let your friends know that we are looking. We need all the help we can get in getting the word out that we are looking.

TacocaT is a Palindrome

On the radio there is a channel that has a game with the name of something like "That's True or That's a Crock". I unfortunately listen to it from time to time as it is a quiz of sorts and I sure do like useless knowledge. This week they asked: True or False, a Palindrome is a word that is spelled the same frontwards or backwards. Well the guy didn't get it right but I sure did. Once they explained it the guy said, oh like dad. They thought he said dead and made fun of him. I decided that I needed to let these radio guys know about my favorite palindrome;
TacocaT.
Yes I know it is not really a word but it still makes me laugh. So I called them up and actually got through. (That in itself is a miracle.) I told them my word and they had to say, well that isn't a word. What is it? I said it is a cat in a taco costume making it a tacocat. They then had to listen to themselves talk some more about other palindromes such as pip and mom. Heaven forbid they come up with one longer than 3 letters. A few minutes later, low and behold, I was on the radio. It didn't sound like me so I am sure no one knew it was me hehehe until now. =)

Pioneers and Chillaxin'

This week has been a very uneventful week around our house. We celebrated Pioneer Day on Friday July 24th by playing tennis in the morning and going to Harry Potter again! It was a great time. I played some mean tennis that day. The movie was just as good as the first time.
On Saturday, we went and did sealings at the Mount Timpanogos Temple during the morning. We have also talked a lot about our ancestors who were pioneers, including ones who survived the Willie Handcart Company. Because I have learned so many wonderful stories about almost all of our great great and great great great grandparents who were pioneers we have had a lot of stories to discuss. I am SO grateful that they all suffered so I could live now and not have to trek across the plains.
I went shopping and to the pool on Saturday afternoon while Rick chilled at home watching lots of soccer. We had a great homemade steak dinner with fresh picked corn. Let me tell you, that corn was mightly fine. mmm mmm mmm
Today being Sunday we did the church thing, watched some NASCAR and are watching soccer right now while I mess around on the computer.
It has been one of the most quiet weekends we have had a in a long time. Our phone has not even rung once during these 3 days. You would think that we were on vacation but still able to sleep in our own bed.
One great thing...I was able to get my own ReAl Salt Lake shirt. We are going to a match next month and I want to be able to show my ReAl pride.
I love our weekends together. It is great fun to spend time with friends and family but sometimes it is so nice to just hang out and not have to worry about entertaining anyone else or them entertaining us.

I Laughed, I Cried, Man I Love Harry Potter Movies

We finally saw Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince tonight. It was AWESOME! This is the first HP movie I didn't see opening night and I have been dieing since Wednesday of this week. Today was the first day Rick and I could both see it without one of us being exhausted for work the next day.
I laughed so much. It was great. I even cried. It was great.
At the end I sat there thinking, So is this my favorite Harry Potter movie now? I do that everytime because they just keep getting better and better.
I even wore my Quidditch Goggles. (I am slouched down in my chair ready for the movie.)
Rick went as a muggle.
We found the entrance to the Gryffindor Tower. As well with the lady in the picture. As we walked to the car, we decided that this is one movie we are going to need to go to again in the theater. No waiting until DVD for us!

Michele's Company Party

We had Michele's company party this week. I have planned many parties for 5 people up to hundreds and sometimes hundreds every week for 2 months. (These didn't have full meals but they had activities and treats.)
This was a special one because I have only been on the job for about 7 weeks now. It was a good chance to show what I am capable of outside of the office and to get to know the people I work with. I was so excited for Rick to meet these people I tell him about all the time.
We have a GREAT time! Everything turned out at planned and without a hitch. We had dinner catered that was ever so tasty. We have games with prizes for all. We had a raffle and what seemed to be the bit hit, "paper rockets." Everyone was able to add fins to their Styrofoam rockets and shoot them off.
I didn't remember to take photos until the end of the party, because we were having so much fun. By then I didn't want to bother anyone so we have self-portraits this time around.