tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88235829075875819232024-02-19T02:09:26.956-07:00Keeping Up With the JonesesLife isn't always perfect. If you only want happy thoughts, this probably isn't the blog for you. :)sweetlissybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14077310701550439380noreply@blogger.comBlogger569125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823582907587581923.post-69284410520185724542017-08-21T21:21:00.001-06:002017-08-21T21:21:09.489-06:00Mirror, Mirror, Hanging In the SkyToday, something amazing happened, and I got to see it!<div>
A few months ago, Kurtis surprised me by telling me that there was going to be a solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. Then he surprised me even more by telling me he wanted to go see it.</div>
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We got our eclipse glasses and eagerly awaited the day the eclipse would arrive. Then his boss told him that there was going to be construction in Idaho and we would be in bumper to bumper traffic for a long, long time. Because everyone is going to go! We decided we would travel 6 hours to Ontario, Oregon. Then Kurtis started watching and reading news posts about how this was basically going to turn into the apocalypse. We would be stuck in bumper to bumper traffic, and the gas stations wouldn't have any gas, and we would be stuck in Idaho for who knows how long! It was terrifying. Suddenly he was anxious and talking himself out of going at all. </div>
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I said, "No! This was your idea! We have to go. It will be awesome!"</div>
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We changed our plans. We would still leave super early, but instead of driving 6 hours (he was convinced it would be 12) to Oregon, we would drive 3 hours to Idaho Falls. Then he watched more news and read more articles about that chosen route and freaked out again. We settled on Shelley, Idaho. It was still in the Path of Totality, but not so far north as Idaho Falls. </div>
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This morning, we woke up at 3 am and got ourselves ready to leave. We packed a cooler full of drinks and a cooler full of lunch food. We also packed a cooler full of drinks special for lunch and promptly forgot to put it in the car. By 4:30, we were on the road! Kurtis wanted to stop in Brigham City for gas. We didn't need to stop, so we thought, we'll stop in Tremonton for breakfast. It was 5 am. The boys were asleep in the backseat (except Riley), so we decided we would keep driving. We made it to Pocatello by 6:30 am and stopped at a cute cafe across from Idaho State University for breakfast.</div>
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We made it to Shelley by 8:05 am. It did not take us 6 hours to get there. We stopped at a place fishermen could park their cars next to the Snake River, but after a few minutes, I realized there weren't any bathrooms there, so we needed to find another place. We found a park super close to our original parking space and stopped there instead. Then we waited. And waited. Zach fell asleep because 3:30 is not his favorite time to wake up. He claims he actually woke up at 1, but couldn't sleep, so he gave up and just played on his phone. Well, I get that. I couldn't sleep either and maybe got 20 minutes last night. I played Candy Crush.</div>
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I tried to sleep at the park, too. Ten minutes later, I woke up. So Riley and Kaleb brought out the candy and we ate a bit of that. It was such a beautiful day! Kurtis stayed in the car and read until Kaleb told him to play badminton with him (we brought our rackets and shuttlecocks). </div>
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At 10:15, the show started. The moon slowly started to cover up the sun. I loved watching it. I loved it. At 11:33, we had totality for about a minute, and Kaleb shouted, "That was the best thing I have ever seen in my entire life!"</div>
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So you see. Some things are worth risking the apocalypse for. It was amazing and completely awesome. I want to see another one. Also, we were fine driving home. Traffic was not great in the beginning (for maybe the first 20 minutes), but after we got on the freeway, we were going freeway speeds. We ate lunch at the park after, and left about 12:30. We were on the freeway by 12:40 and then the slow and go was minimal after that. Don't talk yourself out of doing epic things. They are epic for a reason. The next total eclipse will be in 2045. You can bet future 70-year-old me will be watching.</div>
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I took pictures. They aren't awesome or anything because I didn't have a cool filter for my camera. But here they are:</div>
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This is the cute cafe where we ate breakfast.</div>
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Kaleb hides behind Riley as they avoid the camera.</div>
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Just some scenery.</div>
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Kurtis, hitting the shuttlecock. It's in the air on the right.</div>
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Once the eclipse started, I had Riley hold my eclipse glasses over the camera lens to see what would happen. That little tiny orange dot is the sun.</div>
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The eclipse is happening!</div>
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It's getting closer!</div>
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Totality achieved!!!</div>
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Zoomed out view.</div>
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It looked like the sun had set during totality.</div>
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It was so beautiful.</div>
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Zoomed all the way (as far as my camera would zoom). I kinda think it's red because it might be the same kind of thing that happens when you get red eye. I don't really know though. I could be wrong.</div>
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Another cool thing we noticed. The light that filtered through the leaves of the tree we were sitting under created little eclipse shadows on our blankets and Zach's sketch book. It was so cool!</div>
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sweetlissybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14077310701550439380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823582907587581923.post-87231621046463747952015-10-01T16:57:00.001-06:002015-10-01T16:57:42.362-06:00Picking Out All the Stars That We LikeAugust. This August brought soccer, school shopping, school starting, and my sister dropping off her daughter (my niece) at college. They made a family trip out of it because they live in another state, so I got to hang with them a little bit.<br />
We went to the Spiral Jetty at sunset, so we could look at the stars. It was amazing. I took a bunch of pictures. Maybe too many pictures. I think I will have to break their visit into more than one post...<br />
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The first thing I saw when I got out of my car was this little guy.</div>
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He should be famous.</div>
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This is the Spiral Jetty!</div>
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Ben and Jayden walked the spiral.</div>
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That's Kurtis on the left and a bunch of the kids on the left.</div>
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My nephew.</div>
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Footprints in the salty sand.</div>
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A dead bird!</div>
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Kaleb and my nephew.</div>
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Zach and Kurtis.</div>
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Two more of my nephews and their neighbor who also needed to be dropped off at college.</div>
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Riley and Emily (my other sister).</div>
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I tried to take a photo of the stars, but it didn't really work. But if you click on this picture an make it larger, you will see something.</div>
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I love looking at the sky, the stars, the moon, the clouds. It's beautiful. It's never the same. You can't just say, "I'll watch the sunset tomorrow. It's always the same." Because it isn't. And it's amazing every time.</div>
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One of my favorites.</div>
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<br />sweetlissybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14077310701550439380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823582907587581923.post-58062179286305001422015-09-30T23:42:00.000-06:002015-09-30T23:42:00.592-06:00My Pals Who Live In the Oceans and the SeasI have been wanting to visit the Living Planet Aquarium for a very long time now. It has moved from its smaller building to a new and much larger building (a long time ago), and I have been wanting to see the new place! So my bestest friend Nicole and I decided we should take our kid together. That will be fun! Her oldest son ended up staying home, but she brought her three daughters.<br />
My kids were all like, I don't want to go! And Kaleb complained because he had already been there twice on school field trips. Well, boo hoo! I didn't care and took them anyway. Because summer was almost over and it was on my bucket list. Seriously, I believe I got to do one thing on my bucket list this summer. And I only had three things on it!<br />
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He had fun. He just has to be cool. You know, because he's a teenager now. Don't call him a kid. He doesn't like it. Neither did I when I was his age.</div>
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<br />sweetlissybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14077310701550439380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823582907587581923.post-57492550765564405372015-09-29T00:47:00.000-06:002015-09-29T00:47:17.967-06:00I Stretched My Hands Out To the Sky"July was a good month," I said as I erased the white board calendar I use to keep track of appointments.<br />
"It was?" Kurtis said curiously.<br />
"Yes. I turned 36, I got to see my brother and family came over, the boys got to go to their scout camps...It was a good month."<br />
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So that sums up July. I did not take pictures while my brother was visiting. I should have. But on my birthday, it rained (I love the rain.), and there was a double rainbow. I did take a picture of that.<br />
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They were gone a whole week. It was quiet. I missed them.</div>
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A beautiful shot of the capital building.</div>
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First we went to the Pioneer museum across the street.</div>
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Where this beautiful stained glass window is in the room where we met to hear all the rules about visiting the museum. The only creepy thing about it is that their faces are grey.</div>
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This table is really cool. It was made by W. W. Flanigan. Over 100,000 pieces of 248 varieties of wood were used in its creation. Also no stain or paint was used. These pieces are all the natural color of the wood.</div>
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A midwife.</div>
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The first room you walk into after the lobby.</div>
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A school room.</div>
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After that museum, we walked up the street to the east side of the capital building to eat lunch by a statue. So I took some pictures of the capital building as I walked.</div>
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This is where we ate lunch.</div>
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This statue is more of a monument to Utah history, really. It's also a fountain, so after eating, the kids played in it.</div>
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And I got bored waiting and took a bunch of pictures of scenery.</div>
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A replica of the Liberty bell is inside.</div>
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Murals depicting Utah history are on the walls near the ceiling.</div>
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sweetlissybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14077310701550439380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823582907587581923.post-78453419771659213512015-09-07T14:20:00.000-06:002015-09-07T14:20:16.771-06:00The Weight of Their Loss Feels Like the Weight of the Sun Early in May, I went to the Payson Temple open house with my parents, brother, his wife and kids. It's a beautiful place. Very opulent, gorgeous and lovely. Here are a few of the pictures I took:<br />
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After the temple, we stopped at the library on the BYU campus to check out my brother's art that was on display there. On April 15, 1981 in Redstone, Colorado there was a mining accident. My father's brother was one of those miners who was killed. This art exhibit is tribute to him and the 14 other miners who also lost their lives.<br />
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My brother used paper and his printing press skills to create this master piece.</div>
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There are fifteen cars representing each miner killed.</div>
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Their names, ages, and where they are from are listed here.</div>
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My uncle is third from the bottom.</div>
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The train cars say "Dutch Creek" and have the initials of the miners, as well as their age and city in Colorado on them.</div>
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"April 15, 1981, as the miners arrived for the evening shift and descended into the mine, disaster struck up Coal Canyon outside Redstone Colorado. The Redstone Mines had been in operation since the turn of the century, known for the particularly high grade of coal and the coking ovens that stand at the base of the canyon. At approximately 4:15 p.m., an explosion caused by buildup of methane gasses went off deep within the Dutch Creek No. 1 Mine. 7,200 feet into the mountain, 15 miners lost their lives in the worst mine disaster Colorado had seen since 1942. After three days the bodies were finally recovered and returned to the surface. This tragedy shook the surrounding mountain communities, and continues to affect the families and friends of those who were lost that day. Memorials stand in Redstone, El Jebel, and Carbondale, Colorado."</div>
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In 1981, I was 21 months old. My brother wasn't born until October that year, so he was given my uncle's name to honor him. He is still loved and missed greatly by the five children and loving wife he left behind. I always love hearing my dad's childhood stories about their adventures together.</div>
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I love this tribute to him and the other miners. It's beautiful and powerful. It was difficult not to cry as I was moved. But you know, breaking down in the middle of a library usually guarantees raised eyebrows.</div>
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Zach turned 14 on May 9th! We decided to keep it low key and The Avengers had come out a week earlier (I think). All of us really wanted to see it, so I told Zach he could take one friend. Then I realized that we only have one car and it seats five people. Kurtis volunteered to stay home and watch it another time, so we wouldn't have to rescind the invitation, or buy a mini van.<br />
We loved that movie! It was so much fun! After the movie, we came home and had pizza and cup cakes, and opened presents.<br />
Sunday, Zach advanced in the youth program of our church from a Deacon to a Teacher. My parents came, Kurtis blessed Zach with more priesthood responsibilities, and we ate steak (except me. Steak is gross. I ate chicken), and had more cake.<br />
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Kaleb and Riley got him Minecraft toys. I asked if they thought he was too old for those things and they disagreed with me (of course). I guess Zach would disagree with me, too.</div>
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The cake I baked for Sunday.</div>
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We sang to him, he blew out the candles, and we ate the deliciousness that is whatever kind of cake that was.</div>
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In May, Riley had to do is 6th grade wax museum. He got to be King Nebbakuneezer. No, I don't care that I more than likely spelled that wrong. He showed me a picture of the costume he wanted, and I made it. Lucky for him, he told me in advance, so I had time to make it. And lucky for me my bestest friend Nicole gave me a new sewing machine for Christmas. It works so much better than my old one that ate more fabric than the project ever required. Well, sometimes it would work and sometimes it wouldn't. I'm just saying I'm grateful for the extra nice gift.</div>
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Because it turned out amazing. I mean, I did such a great job on this project. I feel like someone who can actually sew.</div>
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I also got some yellow flip flops from the dollar store and spray painted them gold, too. I don't really recommend that, though. The paint will come off and get all over your feet.</div>
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Although, to be honest. I'm fine with him not wearing the flip flops. But not the hat!</div>
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My grandmother also came and visited us in May. We all got together and had dinner with her one Saturday evening while she was with my parents.</div>
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She got to meet Ansel for the first time!</div>
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And she got to meet Milo for the first time!</div>
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These two cousins are a week apart. Such a couple of cuties!</div>
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<br />sweetlissybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14077310701550439380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823582907587581923.post-87971266069368895062015-08-09T21:11:00.000-06:002015-08-09T21:11:26.858-06:00Questioning Why As You Look To the SkyWell, I haven't posted my Sacrament Meeting Art in a really long time, so I think it's time to do some.<br />
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Sacrament Meeting Art #12: June 14, 2015.</div>
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Another one from my cousin in Arizona. I do believe this is sunrise.</div>
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It's gorgeous there. I should visit more. And honestly, now that I think about it, I don't think I have ever visited him there. :/</div>
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Sacrament Meeting Art #13: June 28, 2015.</div>
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This one took me a couple weeks to finish. My cousin's wife is an excellent photographer and they went on a vacation to Roanoke Island. I'm so jealous. It's gorgeous and I love the ocean. This one is of her kids as they were walking to the shore. I can't show you the original because Instagram won't let me save her picture to my computer. This doesn't really do it justice.</div>
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Sacrament Meeting Art #14: July 5, 2015.</div>
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Sacrament Meeting Art #15: July 12, 2015.</div>
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My friend Goldie moved away, and she posted this on facebook awhile ago, but I found it and just had to do it. It's also a sunrise. It's so so gorgeous. I love the blues and the contrast with the orange of the sunlight. The world is magnificent.</div>
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This is Andrew. He played Dr. Sanderson. But one day, Katie (who plays Nurse Kelly) couldn't be there, so he played her part, too (he's so talented). This is the part where Ruthie kisses Elwood. So he sniffed him instead. Hee hee. Good times.</div>
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That's Katie. She played Ruth Kelly, and she's awesome. She's kind and a really good artist. Oh, and she works with autistic kids in real life.</div>
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Ruthie and Dr. Sanderson are in love. But Dr. Chumley says no romances in the office, so they just fight instead.</div>
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This is Alin. She played Betty Chumley. The wife of Dr. Chumley.</div>
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She's awesome, and lets everyone know they made a mistake by committing Veta instead of Elwood.</div>
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We didn't have an scenes together, but we had fun hanging out backstage.</div>
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Finally. This is Meredith. She played Veta Louise. She was so fun to work with.</div>
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This is Ethan. He played Wilson. The orderly at Chumley's rest. He was fun to work with, too. Wilson checks out Myrtle Mae and thinks she's the bee's knees. He's also the orderly that took mother to her room and put her in a hydro-tub.</div>
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Dr. Chumley is so angry with Dr. Sanderson for committing the wrong patient that he fires him. This is Andrew's face as he's being fired. How could you fire a guy with a face like that?</div>
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Ethan smiling because he forgot his line. :)</div>
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That lady sitting in the chair in the audience was my director. I loved working with her. She said nice things to me all the time. ;)</div>
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Wilson does not like Elwood. He is crazy and somewhere along the way, he lost Dr. Chumley!</div>
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But Elwood doesn't like him either and tells him to go find some other friends to play with.</div>
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Katie took a bunch of pictures of me during Act 2, but most of them are blurry or I think I look terrible in them. It's a problem. :)</div>
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That's me as Myrtle Mae, my mother, and Stan who played Judge Gaffney. He was the family lawyer who was always taking care of Veta. This is after she returns home from Chumley's Rest.</div>
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Myrtle Mae is not a very nice person. She's spoiled and only wants to meet a man and get married. She hopes Wilson is that man, but Veta will have none of that!</div>
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Harvey ran at the Center Point Theatre June 12th through July 3rd.</div>
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I was not ready for it to end. </div>
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My favorite line that I got to say was when Myrtle Mae and her mother were throwing a party at the start of the show. She was promised that Elwood would not be at the party, but he showed up and humiliated her by introducing Harvey to all of her party guests. Veta is also upset, but tells her they've got to smile through it and act like nothing happened. Myrtle responds with:</div>
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Oh. Did I mention this was a comedy? Yes, that line was supposed to be funny, so laugh! Or else!</div>
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That's Riley running after the ball. The kid with the red arms.</div>
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I think it was a cold morning. Maybe that wasn't this day, but there were a few cold mornings. I guess. I wouldn't really know. A lot of the time I was at rehearsal when their games were going on this time. But I took these pictures. I can't get Kurtis to take pictures of them at their games for me, so I was actually at this game. :)</div>
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Blurry picture of Riley about to kick the ball!</div>
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Now here's Zach. His uniform was really bright. And that's all I have to say about that.</div>
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This shot is my favorite (of Zach this year).</div>
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Apparently, I forgot to take my camera to Kaleb's games this year.</div>
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For Easter, we went to my parents' house to celebrate the holiday. We had a lot of fun, but I'm just going to show you the pictures of the day because there are a lot (somewhere around 45ish), and I have been meaning to share some of these with my family for a long time.<br />
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The Easter Bunny came and we ate a lot of candy.</div>
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We had an egg hunt with chocolate eggs.</div>
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When he woke up, he cuddled with me and then with Grandma.</div>
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His Uncle Kurtis got to hold him and feed him for the first time. </div>
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It's seven years of food storage of different cans of food. I think it was seven different kinds. It was a lot of paper cans. That's all I remember. Maybe he will leave a comment and break it down for us.</div>
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Easter was April 5th. Emily's birthday is April 4th.</div>
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So I baked her a cake.</div>
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We lit 26 candles.</div>
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Took her picture with the cake all lit up.</div>
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And then she blew them all out in one go.</div>
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We ate the cake. It was a rainbow cake with blue swirled into it because blue is her favorite color.</div>
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The boys took Gus outside to play with sidewalk chalk.</div>
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Gus loved it.</div>
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Riley is really into the video game Five Nights At Freddy's.</div>
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It's a jump-scare game that takes place at a pizza/game restaurant (like Chuckie Cheese). You play the night guard and you have to survive getting killed by the animatronics in the game that come to life while everyone else sleeps. So he drew the characters from the game.</div>
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This one is Chicka the Duck.</div>
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This one is Bonnie the Bunny.</div>
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Zach drew flames.</div>
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Kaleb just drew a person.</div>
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The result of kneeling on Zach's drawing. Which is pretty cool.</div>
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Golden Freddy. That's all we know about it.</div>
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Someone drew a dragon. I think it was Zach.</div>
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Foxy the Pirate Fox (also from Five Nights At Freddy's).</div>
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I went inside for a minute to see this cutie pie napping again.</div>
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But as I look through these pictures, I realize I have none of my other baby!</div>
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What? That's not very nice of me.</div>
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Zach drew another dragon.</div>
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A really big one.</div>
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Easter 2015. My brother wanted to dye Easter eggs this year. We haven't done it in years and my mom decided she didn't want to do them. So I said, sure! Let's dye Easter eggs at my place! So I bought enough eggs for everyone to dye six. I should have bought more, but meh. Everyone still had a great time. It's pretty much a party everyday here. ;)</div>
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Here's the gang. The kids were really excited because we really haven't done this in such a long time.</div>
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Ben and Jayden.</div>
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Zach did not want to let me take a picture of anything he was doing yet, but I got some pictures! Muwahahahahahahaha!</div>
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Ben. With crayons.</div>
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Yup. Riley's eggs. We had a good time. Lots of laughs.</div>
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Ben decided to draw me on an egg. It looks more like a lion.</div>
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More eggs.</div>
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I think Kaleb had fun.</div>
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Riley's eggs.</div>
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Zach's eggs.</div>
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Jayden's eggs.</div>
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Ben's eggs.</div>
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sweetlissybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14077310701550439380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823582907587581923.post-24756280950029505472015-06-07T19:32:00.001-06:002015-06-07T19:32:36.351-06:00It's Doing Nothing But Tire Us OutIt's been awhile since I've posted more of the Sacrament Meeting Art series. But I have a bunch of pictures that I've done. I just kept forgetting to post them each week. Seriously. Here are five.<br />
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Sacrament Meeting Art #7: May 10, 2015.</div>
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My cousin lives in Arizona and often posts the sunsets he gets to enjoy on Instagram.</div>
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Gorgeous, gorgeous sunsets.</div>
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Sacrament Meeting Art #8: May 17, 2015.</div>
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This one was also a picture taken by my cousin. He loves the outdoors.</div>
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Sacrament Meeting Art #9: May 24, 2015.</div>
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My gorgeous friend posted this picture of her hike to Tony's Grove on facebook about three years ago and it popped up in my news feed a few weeks ago. I decided I had to color it.</div>
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Sacrament Meeting Art #10: May 31, 2015.</div>
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As I was driving home from my parent's place last week, I told Kurtis to take a picture of the sunset. He did. It's a beautiful picture, but I decided to zoom in on it a bit and just do the mountains way in the back center.</div>
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Sacrament Meeting Art #11: June 7, 2015.</div>
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And finally, this is the one I did today. And it is all from my imagination. I think there are things I would change about it now that I've been looking at it more. The flowers should be more clustered. They look too much like one of my roller stamps.</div>
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Anyway, this one is in honor of Pride Day. I support equal rights for all people. And yes. I do mean <i>all</i> of them. I believe the kindness in the world is what makes it a beautiful place, and I think we can use a bit more of it when it comes to the way we talk to each other, the way we talk about each other, and the way we treat other people. I know I am not always kind. I'm not perfect, but I do try. That's all any of us can do. But we don't have to create animosity where there doesn't need to be.</div>
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Soldiers are brave. Figuring out who you are and what you were meant to be is brave. It's not a competition and we don't need to tear one person down to decide who is more brave. Everyone has a personal journey. What makes you happy is not what is going to make someone else happy. Your journey in life is your journey. Your mistakes and triumphs make you who you are. You don't need to understand another person's journey, but you do need to allow them to have it. It is between them and their God. So leave it alone and don't decide what is best for them. Especially when you have never even met them.</div>
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We didn't do much for Spring Break. Except stay home and play video games. But on the Friday before Easter, Riley, Kaleb, and I packed a picnic lunch and went to visit Michael and Lili's new baby boy. We thought it would be fun to go to a park and fly kites. Kurtis had told Zach he couldn't go, but I can't remember why. Probably something to do with his grades, but that isn't making sense because I'm pretty sure he went on that camping trip. It's hard to say though. They go on so many, they are starting to run together. And for some reason, I am still always surprised when I get an email telling me they are having another one. I mean, they just went on one. They have to go on another one? I know the one after that, he didn't get to go on because of grades though. The punk.<br />
Any way, I took a bunch of pictures with my phone at the park. It wasn't cold, but it wasn't warm yet either, and unfortunately, I wasn't really very windy. Lili and Kaleb tried to fly their kites any way.<br />
It was also on this day, that I realized my children don't know who Mary Poppins is. I found a copy of the movie at Target, but we have yet to watch it. Soon. My children must see this classic soon.<br />
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Oh, baby. Melt my heart. :)</div>
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Riley and Kaleb have a hard time taking turns sometimes.</div>
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Setting up their kite.</div>
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Michael, trying to teach Kaleb to fly his kite. Which promptly broke.</div>
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Riley didn't want to fly his kite and kicked Gus' ball instead.</div>
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Lili got her kite to fly a little bit.</div>
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Gus loved it.</div>
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We have not had a dishwasher for awhile. The water where we live is very, very hard. Very hard. After we moved into our home, the dishwasher probably lasted about two years? I don't remember. It wasn't new (as far as I know), but it just went out. I can't remember exactly why. But my parents bought us a new one after it died. It was a Christmas/birthday present for the whole entire family. I don't think it lasted a whole year.</div>
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Kurtis was always on the fence about whether or not we should get a water softener. I wanted one. He didn't really see why we needed one. Until then. So we decided we were not going to get a new dishwasher until we got a water softener. Well, that's great. But years went by and we didn't get a water softener, so we didn't have a dishwasher. Well. We had three. Their names are Zachary, Riley, and Kaleb. He he he.</div>
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The end of September last year, our water heater finally kicked the bucket. It was original to our home which was built in 1992, so yeah. It was inevitable. But that shower I took that morning was not fun when the hot water ran out.</div>
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I called a plumber and they came out. I almost bought the tank-less water heater, but I felt I shouldn't for some reason. It was really expensive. The next day, the furnace needed replacing (also the original), so I think I made the right choice. Any way, when we put in the water heater, I had them put in a water softener, too. I had been waiting for so long for this!</div>
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As tax return time came closer, I asked the kids if they would rather get a dishwasher or go to Disneyland. Well, in all those years of not having a dishwasher, our children got a lot of practice, and so they said, "A dishwasher!" Honestly, I agreed.</div>
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February brings Valentine's day celebrations at the elementary school. First, Kaleb and I had to make his Valentine's box. When I was a kid, they always just made them in class, but not any more. We took a shoe box, wrapped it in wrapping paper, then wrapped the lid, too. Then Kaleb decided he wanted a Pokemon character on it and we printed it off, colored it, and glued it to the top. Then I cut the mouth out. It turned out super cute!<br />
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I told Kaleb's teacher that I could help with their class party. I was asked to do a craft. So I found one that I thought would be easy for the kids to put together. I asked Kaleb if he felt it was good and if his classmates would like it. He said it was awesome and that they would love it. So on Friday, February 13th, I found out Kaleb was wrong. The class divided into stations and were given 8 minutes at each station. I wasn't told that's all they would be given, and some of the kids did not find my project easy. So a lot of the time, when the 8 minutes was up, my kids were not ready to move on. :(<br />
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That is a picture of the project. They are just paper sail boats, a craft stick with paper sails, and I added a little fun sized M&Ms to go inside. Easy, right? Especially when someone is showing you step by step what to do, right? Well, not so much. And I'm not a teacher for a reason. It would have been nice to know about the time limit. Then I could have timed how long they took to make.<br />
So, after getting home from that exhausting party, I came home and made some Red Velvet Chocolate Chip cookies for the boys and proceeded to eat a bunch of them, too. They were delicious.<br />
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For Valentine's day, Kurtis and I wanted to go out to eat and see a movie. I decided that I didn't really want to go out, but we ended up going to Costa Vida and watching Jupiter Ascending anyway. After eating, I felt a little bit better, so it was okay that we went out. </div>
Kurtis got me a bunch of cds and the first two seasons of Arrow (yes, I love that show!). He went a little overboard on the cds. But he told me they had been on my Amazon wish list for awhile and he didn't know which one to get, so he got them all. That made me laugh.<br />
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I got him the <i>Underworld</i> series. The trilogy set and the fourth one. He likes them.<br />
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Emily was due on February 14th, so I texted the morning of her due date to tease her about not having her baby yet. Joel texted me back that she was in labor, had been all night, and had just been admitted to the hospital. I spent the day worried about her, but fifty-six hours of labor later (not exaggerating), on February 15th, she welcomed my newest NEPHEW! into the world. Another boy! The ratio of boys to girls for my parents' grand kids was officially 8 to 1.<br />
I wanted so badly to go meet him, but alas. When you are sick, you must stay away.<br />
So I didn't get to meet my new baby for awhile. But Ben sent me a picture, so I guess it's okay.<br />
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Oh, my heart! It really started to feel like the Universe did not want us to meet.</div>
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Six days later, on February 21st, my brother texted me to let me know Lili was in the hospital. She was laboring to deliver their second baby. Lili's niece had been with Gus during the birth, so I asked if he would like me to come watch Gus for a bit so he could be with the new baby and Lili. Gus wasn't allowed to visit his new sibling in the hospital. As I was on my way down, he let me know Ben and Jayden were also on their way down. When we got there, we helped Michael give Gus lunch and then took him to a museum on the college campus near their home. He loves that place.<br />
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This is awesome. It's made of butterflies.</div>
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This one is awesome, too. The designs on the back of the beetle are made of beetles.</div>
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So cool! I have to take my boys there this summer.</div>
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I know I took a few pictures at the hospital, but they are missing, so here is one taken soon after my new nephew was born. My heart! He's adorable! I love him so much! </div>
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Now the ratio of boys to girls is 9 to 1. I'm hoping one day, we get another girl that I can spoil with cute pink clothes and My Little Pony dolls, though.</div>
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Then I got called to jury duty. On February 26th, I got up early and went to the court house. </div>
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I watched a video about being a juror and then waited to see if they would actually call me to the jury. They didn't.</div>
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So I texted Emily and asked if I could come visit my nephew. She said I could. I was so excited! Finally!</div>
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He has big feet and was very tall when he was born.</div>
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I loved him from the minute I met him. I didn't want to go home.</div>
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I'm so happy for my sisters! What a month of magical moments.</div>
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My cousin's wife had a baby girl in March and so she was thrown a baby shower. I bet it was fun, and I wish I could have gone, but I had to do a matinee performance for the show I was in. But my mom took me her present for me.<br />
Here's the card I made. It's a total rip off of one I have pinned on Pinterest, but it turned out so cute!<br />
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The one I found on Pinterest.</div>
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I like them both. :)</div>
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Then I made a card for my sister-in-law who also had a baby in February. That's right. I got two new babies in February! I'm so lucky. ;) This one is for a boy and is pretty much the same as the pink one.<br />
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These were fun to make, and I think they turned out really cute.<br />
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These are the invitations! I think they turned out really cute, but they were too much work. The next ones will have to be simpler (just watch, they won't be). I also ran out of ink and had to start using an different color for them, but I didn't take pictures. I think I went with yellow because Emily and Joel were not going to find out the gender of their baby before he (or she!) came.</div>
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This is the card I made to go with their present. I think it turned out really cute, too!</div>
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Jayden (my new sister) was in charge of the party favors. She asked me to make her some more balloons and she taped them on the bottom of suckers. Wal-la! Hot air balloons.</div>
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Lili was in charge of games. She came up with one where you draw a baby on a piece of paper you've put on your head. Then Emily would pick out the one she thought would most resemble her baby. It was fun and mine didn't look like much more than a smiley face.</div>
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Emily's haul and the banner I made.</div>
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We measured Emily's belly and the person who guessed closest won a prize. Also, you can see one of the three hot air balloons I made for decorations. They turned out pretty cute.</div>
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This little girl's mom kept telling her not to touch their presents, but Emily said, "That's how you know it's kid approved." She's an excellent mom.</div>
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My mom made the baby a blanket. Its covered in stars. Emily's favorite shape.</div>
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She also made this banner to hang on the wall with the extra fabric. It turned out so cute!</div>
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I took a lot more pictures, but this last one is just of what I gave her. I think there was a little bit more in the bag, but I can't remember what it was. After the baby was born, I bought her some clothes. I was so excited to meet their little baby!</div>
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And now, for your listening pleasure, a party song:</div>
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sweetlissybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14077310701550439380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823582907587581923.post-31596869271757495262015-04-20T12:30:00.001-06:002015-04-20T12:30:52.086-06:00Could End In Burning Flames or ParadiseIn November last year, a few days after Angel Street closed, I received a phone call while I was dying my hair. When I returned my friend's phone call, she told me she needed a replacement for one of her actors in the show she was doing.<br />
Apparently, this woman didn't want to do any shows on Monday night because that was Family Night and felt that the theatre should just change the dates of the shows if she asked them to. My response was, "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard." So she dropped out and my friend told me I was the fourth person she called. Thanks.<br />
So that's how I became a part of one of the most awfully written plays I have ever read. Spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, sentences that made no sense. One of the characters' last name was changed three different times. It was sexist and made people from Idaho look really dumb and people from California look really spoiled.<br />
When I was called, I had just done a very emotional part that was all me on stage 95% of the time, so I was going to take a break (I usually don't do shows during Christmas anyway), but when someone needs my help, I like to do my best to give it. I asked if it was a big part, or if it was a smaller role. She told me it was medium and not too many lines to memorize. She lied. I was practically the main character. Connie, the mother of three spoiled children living in California who marries a country boy from Idaho. The show is really an ensemble piece where there really isn't a clear main character, and everyone had a good amount of lines, but as I read the script, all I could think was, "What have I gotten myself into? What does she mean this isn't that big of a part?!"<br />
I had a hard time memorizing my lines and didn't feel a great bond with the cast. The guy playing my husband didn't even act like he liked me on stage until like the week before the show opened. You know. Newlyweds touch each other and it was weird that he didn't. We had problems. I'll admit my attitude didn't help me much. But neither did when the director seemed to be having panic attacks over the show and I had to tell her it would all work out. It would have been nice for her to say the same thing once in awhile or you know, say I was doing something right. But I think we disagreed about my character. She thought Connie was a dumb idiot and wanted me to play her that way. I don't think she was dumb at all. Just extremely overprotective. She had no compassion for my character. The way she wanted me to play her was very unlikable. I didn't appreciate it when she wanted me to say my lines a certain way. She didn't trust my instincts as an actress and that made her very difficult to work with.<br />
I thought I was the only one who didn't like the show, but I found out a few days before we opened that I was not alone. I felt so much better. We really did the best we could with what we were given and were surprised when the audiences who came were laughing (it was a comedy after all!). We were so glad when people laughed. Don't get me wrong, there were some funny parts in the show, but it wasn't One For the Pot or Death By Chocolate.<br />
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It's 1959. Chris and Connie are so in love, but the honeymoon is over the next morning when Nedra starts telling Chris he can't tell her what to do because he is not her father. Junior said the same thing to him earlier and Debbie loves Chris after the spanking he gave her. Because you know, all kids need is a little "discipline".</div>
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Connie's mother is a sarcastic and down to earth woman. Nedra has asked her to find one thing nice about her friends Drag and Mooney (spoiler, there really isn't much to like). She replies, "They didn't belch."</div>
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Chris and Connie were discussing their honeymoon plans. Chris wanted to bring the kids. Connie was like, "Whaaaaat?" Debbie and Junior are very excited that Chris decided to buy his own boat instead of borrowing his brother's. Connie - not so much.</div>
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Sheila loves Chris. She is so excited to have him as her brother-in-law. He's a real man in her eyes and wants one just like him. But in true sisterly fashion, she makes Connie think she's trying to steal her man. So after saying she'd like to wreck her marriage, Connie yells, "Well, isn't that nice Chris? Too bad you can't win Neddy over so easily!" And storms out of the room. Sheila just laughs because, you know. It's so easy.</div>
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The kids tell Connie they like Chris after all and everything is all better.</div>
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Oh, and Chris doesn't love Sheila. He just wants to take her to Idaho so she can meet (and maybe marry) a couple of bachelors on his potato farm who would get a lot more work done if he could marry them off. Best show ever.</div>
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In September, my bestest friend Nicole and I went to ComicCon and met this guy:</div>
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He was very kind and we loved meeting him. Epic.</div>
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In October, my brother got married. So I got a new sister.</div>
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I think we'll keep her.</div>
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Then Riley turned 12 and became a received the Aaronic Priesthood.</div>
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After which we celebrated with steak and then cake.</div>
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For Halloween, the boys dressed up and went trick or treating. I made their costumes. Well, most of them. Riley's vest did not turn out, so we went searching for on at the thrift store.</div>
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Kaleb is an elf, Riley is a Hobbit, and Zachary is a thief.</div>
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In November, I started rehearsals for Five On A Honeymoon (more on that later).</div>
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Kaleb made a snowman with the tiny amount of snow that fell.</div>
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We celebrated Thanksgiving at home. It was so yummy.</div>
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In December, Riley graduated from the Dare program.</div>
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Kaleb also turned 10 in December. All of my kids are now in the double digits. No big deal.</div>
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We all got some pretty good stuff this year.</div>
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And this happened. Isn't he adorable!?</div>
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sweetlissybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14077310701550439380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823582907587581923.post-51502461509217238392015-04-13T00:16:00.000-06:002015-08-09T20:02:17.094-06:00All the Constant Super Color MotionOh hey. Guess what I forgot to post last week. Okay. More like two and three weeks ago.<br />
I have two Sacrament Meeting Art pieces for you today. Because I forgot to post them sooner. Now, I have to think what dates they belong with...<br />
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Sacrament Meeting Art #5: March 22, 2015.</div>
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This piece is based on a picture I found on that facebook page I follow. I can't remember who did it. Oh, fine. I will try to research it. Hang on.............Nevermind. I remember now. Kurtis shared it on Google+ and as far as I can tell a person named Sunkara Yeswanth is the person who posted it. I have no idea if it is his photo though. But it is gorgeous and Kurtis kind of challenged me to use it, so I had to do it in crayons.</div>
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Here's the original photo. Gorgeous!</div>
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Sacrament Meeting Art #6: March 29, 2015.</div>
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This one comes from a puzzle app I have on my Kindle. Kaleb said I should do this one, so I did. I don't have the original as I am too lazy to take a photograph of my Kindle. But it's a field of poppies by the ocean or a body of water as the sun rises. Gorgeous! I love sunsets and sunrises. I see more sunsets than sunrises though because I don't like to get up early enough for them.</div>
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I hope you had a wonderful Sunday and a wonderful week. I know what I'm going to do next, too. Which is nice because sometimes I really don't have a clue. That's why I did the puzzle.</div>
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Jacky Will Save Me by Shiny Toy Guns</div>
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<br />sweetlissybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14077310701550439380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823582907587581923.post-68186019190972768332015-03-29T19:28:00.002-06:002015-03-29T19:28:45.797-06:00A Pair Of Pants Can Change Your LifeSo this story is old now, but I don't write much on my blog anymore and I've been meaning to put this one down because it is hilarious.<br />
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First, let me start off this story by making a confession. I only have three pairs of pants. I wear the same pair of pants until I do the laundry next, or if an unfortunate accident with food happens. Like if I get chocolate on them, for instance. There. Now you know one of my secrets.<br />
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So it was March 5th. A Thursday. A laundry day. As I was looking for the clean pair I wanted to wear, they were mysteriously not hung up in my closet. "Weird." I thought to myself. "I must have worn them and they must be in the wash already." Which is weird because I don't remember wearing them sometime between Monday and Wednesday. I may be genetically predisposed to dementia, but I think it's a little early to be experiencing early onset. Meh. I shrugged it off and took my laundry downstairs to sort with the rest of the kids' clothes.<br />
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At the end of laundry day, my pants had not turned up, so I tweeted:<br />
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"<i>It is always weird when you go through your closet and find a pair of your pants are missing.</i>"<br />
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I went out to dinner with my bestest friend and we talked about the missing pants. She has three daughters and completely understood. Her pants and clothes go missing all the time. I said, "Yes, but that's to be expected. You have girls and girls do that. Boys don't usually take their mom's clothes and wear them."<br />
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Two days later, I asked Zach if a pair of my pants had accidentally been put with his pants. You know, sometimes I can be absentminded and start thinking about other things and put my stuff in the wrong pile. It's rare. And actually, this seems to be the first time I have ever done it with my clothes. I know that I have looked at a shirt and not known which of my children it belonged to and put it in the wrong pile to catastrophic consequences. Who knew boys would be so possessive of their clothes?<br />
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Anyway. Zach checked his pile of pants he had yet to put in his drawer, but to no avail. So I tweeted again: <br />
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"<i>It seems the case of my missing pants has gone cold. :(</i>"<br />
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And I kept telling myself I should just buy myself like five more pairs of pants because then this wouldn't happen again. But I didn't because I had other things to do. Maybe I will get to it eventually. It's obviously so important to me.<br />
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The next day was laundry day again, and as I pulled Zach's clothes out of his hamper, there they were. My pants! My girly pants with the decorations on the back pockets. I sighed. And then I just burst into giggles. Did he not notice the pockets were decorated all fancy? Well, probably not. This is Zach we are talking about. He's not very observant and it's quite possible he gets dressed in the dark. I tweeted: <br />
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"<i>The case of my missing pants has been solved. They were found in Zach's laundry basket. Now the ?? is: Did he wear them? More on that later.</i>"<br />
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When he got home from school, I told him I found my pants and asked if he wanted to know where. <br />
"Sure." He replied. <br />
"In your laundry basket. Does that mean you wore them?"<br />
He got all sheepish and a little embarrassed and said, "I may have."<br />
"Didn't you find them a little bit baggy?" My waist is about seven inches bigger than his.<br />
"A little bit. Yes."<br />
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Mystery solved. <br />
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The song the title comes from. A big thank you to my friend Amy for helping me out and telling me about it!</div>
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<br />sweetlissybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14077310701550439380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823582907587581923.post-16859195059853557702015-02-22T18:54:00.000-07:002015-02-22T18:56:00.239-07:00I Want To Feel Infinite, But My Heart's Just Not That In It<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sacrament Meeting Art #4: February 22, 2015. </div>
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I've been sick for the last couple of Sundays. It sucked. I started this picture the same day I finished the last one (February 1st), and today I finally finished it. Woo hoo! I have a few friends who are amazing photographers. This is my crayon drawing of my friend John's photograph. It's alright, but the photograph will take your breath away.</div>
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You can check out his website and order prints <a href="http://johnreynolds.photography/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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sweetlissybughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14077310701550439380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823582907587581923.post-18001124297059762222015-02-14T00:26:00.000-07:002015-02-14T12:27:39.315-07:00Like Hearing A Song Without A MelodyUgh. I wasn't going to say anything about this at all. Mostly because I highly doubt that anybody really cares what I think, and because I don't want to give this subject any more attention than I think it deserves, but I just can't any more.<br />
I started to write just a sentence or two on my facebook wall, but it became longer, so I'll just write it here instead. That way, I don't have to try to censor myself either. Here goes:<br />
Not that anybody is wondering, but I do have an opinion about <i>Fifty Shades of Grey</i>. I didn't read it. I didn't see it, so one could say my opinion is skewed, but I don't care. I think it will be a dumb movie and I don't want to see it. The end.<br />
And here is where I give my disclaimer. <b>Now</b> <b>I am going to talk about sex. I don't think I am graphic or give TMI, but you have been warned.</b><br />
Then I <a href="http://www.scissortailsilk.com/2015/02/10/christian-women-and-christian-grey/" target="_blank">read an article</a> encouraging Christian women not to see it. Okay. Cool. You were upfront and said you were talking to Christian women in the title. I'll be on board with that. Because I am sooo tired of people telling me not to see it because of Christianity. It's getting on my nerves. So many things that I am being told to do or not to do because "Christianity". I don't need Christianity to tell me that I won't like that movie. I saw the trailer, and that was enough to tell me it will not be a movie with an excellent script and excellent acting. Using my religion is an argument that I don't find very persuasive. I'm sure many do. The idea that if God said not to do it - that is enough. You just don't do it because God said so.<br />
I'm not one of those people. I am a Christian. Yes, so I do take that into account and it does help make certain decisions. But not everyone is a Christian, so telling them it won't save their marriage because "Christianity" is not going to make them want to listen. I've started reading many articles/blog posts, then they started using the God argument and I'm like "you had me until you brought Him into it."<br />
Then I got to the part where she said that women think it will spice up their marriage if they see it. This is where everything came crashing to a halt and I heard that scratched record sound in my brain, and I realized I didn't want to be quiet any more. Because I also have thoughts about this:<br />
Well, that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.<br />
Psychologists say that if you want to bring back that feeling of falling in love with your spouse, you should do something adventurous that you have never done before like travel somewhere you have never been or go on a hot air balloon ride. It will help bring back those feelings of newness that you had when you were first dating.<br />
Lots of people are saying this is pornography. I don't know. I didn't read it.<br />
But really? Let's get real. What else could it be? And yes, I am anti-pornography because I think it is demeaning to women. Women are not here on this earth just to look pretty, please men and give them their every desire. But I digress.<br />
There is no story that I could find in the book's description (and from the other things I have heard and read about the book/movie):<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires."</span><br />
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I want the movies I watch to tell me an interesting story. This doesn't sound interesting. "And then they had sex" is not a plot twist. This sounds more like tutorial about how to bondage sex. Which I don't like. I'm not into that. I like being able to run my fingers through my partner's hair and make him feel just as good as he is making me feel. Bondage sex sounds selfish and one sided, and downright abusive, to me. I would say if you are hurting or controlling your partner, you are doing it wrong.<br />
That's just my opinion. I know many people out there have heard people who participate in BDSM tend to be more well-adjusted human beings than those who do not. I have my doubts about this. Mainly because there are a lot of ways to be a well-adjusted human being. Human behavior is curious to me, and I enjoy learning about it. <br />
But I have also read an article stating that the study that was done to find that out may not have been that well constructed and thought out, and doesn't delve deep enough into other aspects of the person's life. <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/unique-everybody-else/201307/bdsm-personality-and-mental-health" target="_blank">You can read more about it here</a>. Basically with BDSM you must have one person playing the dominant role and another the submissive. According to the article, the dominant person seems to be the one who appears to be more well-adjusted. Well, what does that say about the person playing the submissive? To me, this sounds like it is doing more harm than good to the submissive partner. And that sounds an awful lot like abuse.<br />
"But, wait!" You might say. "If it's consensual, then it's fine! They use safe words and are supposed to stop and all that." What if they don't stop though? What if they only consented because they felt they had to? What if the dominant goes too far, but the submissive still feels they have to keep doing it over and over just to please their partner? Those are things that happen when people are in abusive relationships. So if you want to try this, I say proceed with caution. And don't expect it to make your marriage better. <br />
Abuse is <i>never</i> okay. Let me say that again. Dominating, controlling, and abusing your partner is <i>never</i> okay.<br />
Marriage is about a partnership. Not dominance and submission. My husband and I are partners. We don't do everything together. I have my things that I like to do and he has his. But we make each other feel safe and happy. We find ways to balance our lives and take care of each other. Trust me. I can tell when he is making sex all about him (because he's human), and I will call him out on it. Because sex should be about both of you. One partner pleasing the other. That's unselfish love to me. Making sure the other person's needs are met in and out of the bedroom should be a priority in a marriage. It's healthy and it's wonderful.<br />
So yes, I agree with the Christians. No, I won't be going to see that movie. I don't think anyone should because I don't think Hollywood should be encouraged to produce more movies like this. I don't even want to see it when it comes on Netflix. But it's not because of Christianity. It's because relationships should be about making your partner feel special, not dominated. So Ethics, I guess. Or Humanism, if you will. I would much rather take that hot air balloon ride with him. Hmmm. But I don't think Kurtis will want to. He's afraid of heights. Maybe we can explore the Oregon Coast together instead. That sounds perfect.<br />
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*UPDATE: <a href="http://www.upworthy.com/6-real-quotes-from-fifty-shades-that-could-make-you-rethink-how-you-feel-about-it?c=ufb1" target="_blank">And then I found this little tidbit</a>. It only made my convictions stronger.*<br />
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And please, if you are in an abusive relationship, please ask for help. Please, do whatever it takes to get away. <a href="http://www.thehotline.org/" target="_blank">This is an excellent resource for people who are (or people who know someone) in that situation.</a> You are not alone.<br />
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