I'm not sure if I've ever been tagged before. It's hard to come up with stuff when you're put on the spot like this. So much pressure. Anyway, enjoy my answers and some interesting commentary along the way.

Four Jobs I've Had
1. Dance Teacher
2. Cold Stone Ice Cream Maker-More fun than you would think...I have a hard time going there now because they always do it wrong
3. Office Assistant at a dance studio
4. Server at an Italian Restaurant in Rexburg-because it was in Rexburg, it didn't stay open for very long

Four Movies I Have Watched More Than Once:
1. Singin' In The Rain
2. Harry Potter-Any of them
3. Steel Magnolias
4. Evan Almighty
*Am I the only one who had a hard time with this? There's like a thousand movies that I've watched more than once, but I kind of drew a blank.

Four Places I Have Lived
1. Portland, OR
2. Rexburg, ID
3. Gilbert, AZ
4. Castle Rock, CO

TV Shows I Watch
1. America's Next Top Model
2. The Office
3. Project Runway
4. The Hills-Carson says my IQ drops about 10 points when I watch this one. He's probably right.

Four Places I Have Been
1. New York City
2. Urumqi, China
3. Beijing, China
4. Las Vegas

Four Celebrities You Have Met
I feel like I've met famous people before, but I can't think of them. I can't believe that all four of these people are athletes. I should have changed it to be four celebrities that I want to meet. I'm still waiting for that 'You are my biggest fan' moment.
1. Tiffany Millbret
2. Shannon MacMillon
3. Kevin Duckworth
4. Brian Grant

Four of My Favorite Foods
1. Mashed Potatoes-duh!
2. Cereal
3. PB&J
4. Coxinas-brazilian pastery type thing

Four Places I Would Like to Visit
1. Italy
2. Australia
3. Brazil
4. South Africa

Four Things I Am Looking Forward to in the Coming Year
1. Having Baby Will
2. Being inspired and creating new choreography as a result
3. Being 25
4. Siobhan starting preschool

Four Friends I Am Tagging
1. Deidre G.
2. Kristin M.
3. Emily W.
4. Kara L.

Just Puttin' It Out There

Hey there everyone. So Halloween is almost here and I'm putting the finishing touches on the girl's costumes and let me say, they are going to be adorable. Only problem is this, I need a very integral part of Audrey's costume and I can't find it anywhere. She's going to be Audrey Hepburn and I have almost everything. I'm even going to Tiffany's this week to get her a little shopping bag. I have everything but a hat. Okay, maybe it's not integral, but kind of important to me to complete the look. What I'm looking for is a black, maybe felt or wool hat with a wide brim that I can maybe attach a cream colored ribbon around. Something akin to this (but not identical...she is only 15 months old):

I've looked in all the usual places(and some not udual places)...Old Navy, Gap, Children's Place, Gymboree, and I can't find anything. So if anyone has any suggestions, let me know!

Limitless Paper, for a Paperless World

I have so much paper in my house. It makes me sick. As a result of my nestingness (I know, not a word), I decided to go through some boxes of 'stuff'. And by 'boxes of stuff', I mean our very clean and well organized filing system of important documents. As I've been doing this, I realized a lot of things.

Realization Number 1: Save the comments, I keep too much crap and that has now changed. I have made a resolution to throw away as much stuff as I can.

Realization Number 2: People who do billing have an ulterior motive. It is this, 'make these chumps waste as much paper as possible.' They achieve this by making the date really hard to find on their bills. I thought that we were all taught in like 2nd grade that the date goes in the top right corner. Well, how come on numerous old bills, I found the date in the middle of the paper, or on the bottom left hand hand corner or hidden behind/within some sort of secret combination. Seriously, and yes I am placing blame for my irresponsibility when it comes to throwing things away, I would have thrown them away much sooner if I could have easily found the date.

Realization Number 3: Everything should be done electronically and we should not feel obligated to have anything on a hard copy. I know we should 'always keep a copy in our personal records', but come one, who does that? Lets reduce the footprint we make by not receiving the exact same flow chart that comes in the mail every couple of weeks with Carson's 'copy' pay check. We get a copy telling us that the real check deposited directly. Why waste the paper? The flow chart tells us nothing... I can't believe that the Internet is still too new, young and scary to some people that all banking isn't done entirely online. Between blackberry's, text messaging with cryptic spelling and daily conference calls, we're so far removed from humanity as it is that it's not like we really need the personal face to face time with a bank teller. I know it creates more jobs and blah, bah, blah...I know I'm not making any sense and I probably should have put a warning at the top that this post would be mostly incoherent ramblings of a pregnant nester.

Realization Number 4: In a place like Colorado, I don't know why my area does not have accessible recycling. They won't come and get it and the closest recycling center is like more than an hour away. So if I wanted to recycle all of this paper, all the good that I would be doing would be undone by the gas emissions that it would take to drive there.

P.S. I just spell checked, I had no idea that the word Internet is capitalized

Politics and (almost) Three Year Olds

We all know that it's never too early to instill in our children the values of what it means to be American how to be good citizens. Of course we do it in a way that they will be able to understand and keep it in terms that they will be able to conceptualize. I thought that I had done a pretty good job with Siobhan. We've made it a point to expose her (slightly) to the debates and we've openly discussed the candidates and the current situation of our country. Well, today her and I were doing a puzzle on the floor and an Obama commercial came on the TV. Jokingly I said, 'Siobhan, do you like that guy or do you like McCain?' She responded, 'I like Elmo.' ( I was totally thinking that she could say Obama because I could totally see her mind thinking that it sounded like a muppet....I'm not knocking his name but I also know how she thinks.) To her response I said, 'I know you like Elmo, but do you like Barack Obama or John McCain?' Again she said, 'No I don't like those guys, I like Elmo.' So there you have it folks, Siobhan's pick for the next president of the United States....that lovable furry little red guy with the biggest imagination of them all....ELMO! I think everything would run much more smoothly. Unless his vice president ended up being Zoe and she brought along her pet rock Rocco. If you watch Seseme Street, you know how he feels about Rocco. Talk about another civil war on our hands.

The Evolution of my Bathroom Decor

This is how my powder bathroom decorations came to be. And upon the request of Molly, there is a bigger picture of my cabinet decorations.
I found the shelf at the thrift store for $3. It was bright purple so I painted it black. The picture is of a Turkish bath in Bath, England that Carson got a few years and I could never find a frame. Once again, a thrift store purchase painted black. But I decided it wasn't enough...

So I found an old calendar of mine that has a shoe for everyday of the year. So I found a picture that I was cool. Again, it was a thrift store frame and to achieve the 'mat', I painted the cardboard red, very lightly sprayed back over it darken it up and glued the picture on top. But I still felt like it was missing something...

I got the 'M' at Michaels and painted it black and sanded the edges. Now it feels done!

Molly, can you tell any better the things that I put up so far?

And for good measure (and to ensure that I don't totally neglect them) a cute picture of the girls playing together!

Two Fun Weekends

The last two weekends have been really great. We've been able to spend a lot of time together as a family and that is always wonderful!

Last Saturday we got a load together to take over to the thrift store. I'm disappointed that we don't have a DI here and the closest Goodwill is about 40 minutes away. We can call different organizations and they will come get our stuff, but it's always on their schedule, not mine, which is hard when you want the stuff gone that day and you end up having to wait a few weeks. Well, my friend told me about a thrift store here in town. I was so excited. I had gone a couple of days before and found out that it was charitable thrift store and I was actually able to get some fun things. So last Saturday, we loaded up and took everything over. While Carson was unloading the boxes, I decided to take a look inside where I found the exact thing I was looking for, a small shelf. It was bright purple when I bought it, but with a coat of black spray paint, it became the shelf in our powder bathroom.

After the thrift store we were driving through down town Castle Rock and we saw the Farmer's Market and decided to take a look because it was the last weekend. We got some delicious pasta and then I wouldn't let us leave without getting some produce. Really, can you go to the Farmer's Market without getting produce. The girls had a great time!

Next was a trip to Costco and home for naps. Carson had a lot of homework that night so the girls and I had a fun girls night in. We watched Enchanted and had chocolate milk and popcorn. Lots of fun!

This Saturday was a little more low key as I had rehearsal this morning. After I got home we took a fun trek to Sports Authority in Lone Tree to meet Nastia Liukin. We told Siobhan about last night and she was so excited! We got in line and received our autographs and when we were leaving Siobhan was so sad because she didn't get to see Nastia do somersaults. It was so cute and she talked about it for the rest of day. All last night and this morning we practiced having her say 'Hi Nastia'. She had it down so well and then when she was face to face, she froze up. It was so cute.

When we were driving home we saw another farmer's market so we had to stop. Fresh basil, fresh parsley and a poblano pepper were on the list. It was fun! After naps Siobhan and I went on a outing to th Dollar Store and Michaels. Then we came home and while Daddy was at the Priesthood session we made delicious Thai Basil Chicken Noodle Soup! It was a very fun evening! A great culmination to a fun day!

Ummm...Nesting Much?

I've been doing a lot of projects around the house mostly thanks in part to Meredith turning me onto the Joys of Home blog. It's the best! She does er decorating with items that she finds at The Dollar Store and thrifts stores. It's the best! I also got my hair cut a little over two weeks ago. Most of you could probably tell from my photo shoot pictures but now I'm clarifying. I figured that as soon as the baby comes it's going to come off anyway, so why delay the inevitable? There are a lot of pictures in this blog to keep reading!

A mirror that I puchased at Big Lots for like $5. With the black paint and sanding, I think it looks awsome! Now I just have to find a place to put it!

The beginnings of my sofet decor. More things have since been added and I'm still tweaking it.

A halloween decoration that I made. Modified from a post on Joys of Home. I got the wreaths at the Dollar Store and the candle sticks at a garage sale!

The chair I re-did. I wish I had taken a before pic. It was blue with blue ginham. I think this is a very good makeover!

My new do!