A Saturday with Jen

I just have to tell you about my amazing day. I forgot my camera so I couldn't take pictures. I met my bestest friend Jen Bell at Thanksgiving point today and we saw this amazing (above) 17 Again. It was the funniest movie I have seen in a long time. I recommend it EVERYONE! I am a Zac Efron fan and a Matthew Perry fan, but... even if you aren't, you will still LOVE LOVE LOVE this movie. Well, at least I did. I laughed my head off. After the movie we went to lunch at the food place I can't remember the name, BUT... we walked in and there was this glass case full of the most dilectible looking desserts. Jen and I both were like... Ahhhhh--- This is what heaven must look like. We of course got half a sandwich and a dessert. It was yum, yum, YUMMY!!! After lunch and girly chatting, we walked over to the Emporium and walked around. I bought the funniest thing ever to try out on my boss. I will not ruin future posts by telling you what I bought, BUT... prepare yourself some funny posts, hopefully on Monday night, or Tuesday. I'm so excited, but that's all I'll say. I also found this amazing XL red rocking chair, that I wanted so bad, but it was 249.00 and then 40% off that. Still... I couldn't spend that much on a rocking chair. Not when I need a bed. (Tear) I loved that chair and it loved me too, as I walked out, it called out to me, telling me that it would not be happy with anyone else but me- it was really sad, really, really sad!!!) STUPID MONEY TREE FORGOT TO GROW IN MY BACKYARD!!! Anyway... it was super fun and I always love my girls days out with Jen. I sure love myself some Thanksgiving Point. THANK YOU JEN!!!

No! Mo. LOL!!!

Guess who put together this fancy little outlet? I'll tell you. ME!!! And... I named her Doola. Isn't she BEEEYOOOTIFUL!!! Only the bestest items will be plugged into this beauty!!!

Dressed Doola!

This is our handy dandy helper. MO. Mo was taking all the drill bits and screws out of the boxes and putting them...

Here.

If you notice, she was also trying to shove a pencil into one of the drill bits. She will not be doing this to Doola.

Here she is dumping her load of srews on the girl ladder. Dad kept telling her not to do that cause it was making a mess. So I said "NO, Mo!" and this is the look I got. She looked at me like "Um... are you talking to me? Cause if you are... this is me not giving a crap! Oh, and P.S. I'm going to do it anyway." I said to Dad, "I wonder if when Nic and Dave tell the other kids "NO!" if Mo thinks they are calling her". You know, Cause it's so close to "Mo". We kept saying "No, Mo" and laughing. She just looked at us like we were idiots. I think we may have done some permanent damage to the credibility of the usage of the phrase "No, Mo". Oops!!! I also she think she may have spit her tongue out(doing the spray spitty attitude thing) at us during one of those No, Mo incidents. Man, she's cute.

Just One of the Guys

Okay.. this day, was quite the adventure! Dad and Dave and I did a lot of work on the basement in Nic and Daves house so I can move in. We began our day at home depot. First I would like to point out that it would be SO EASY to waste a whole inside Home Depot- but not for the reasons that are to follow. I have to point out that Dad, is a little gimpy because he hurt his knee a couple weeks ago. I kept telling him he was walking like he had a peg leg, and I called him Gimp all day. LOL! I will depict our Home Depot adventure with the following pictures. Though I should have taken more cause we were there FOREVER.

First, we have the EXTREMELY hard decision of picking out just the right screws. Yep, screws. If you could see me in this picture, I would be leaning on the card out of sheer bordem. This worker asked me if I needed help and I said No, that I was with THEM. I then proceeded to walk over and ask them if they needed help, they did, so I told the guy I lied and that they needed help. Of course Dave quickly replied, "Tahnee, we're Men, we don't need HELP!" I just said "They need help!"

NOPE... those won't work... put e'm back...

What I wouldn't give to get my hands on this thing for a day!!! HOLY SMOKES!!! This is the sweetest tool I'VE EVER SEEN!!!

Pickin' out wood. Now... this is a lengthy process. I think that it took less time for Lehi to travel to the promised land than it took Dad and Dave to pick out one flippin' piece of wood. Yep, Dad went through the whole stack. LOL!

I'm pretty sure that I have NEVER taken any where near the amount the time it took Dad and Dave to pick out a piece of wood, to pick out 1 pair of shoes!!! Put that on the record!!!

It's very tedious. YOu hav to look at from every angle possible. It's a good thing that when Dad decided to take me home from the hospital that day he didn't check my every angle. I think this is like Prejudice against wood!!! Men really are shallow!!! I wanted to take all those reject wood pieces home with me and build them a nice home, somewhere they would be loved.

This WAS "the one", but notice how Dad picked up another one. Classic Dad, I know.
DRUM ROLL PLEASE... This is "the real ONE". I put it in the cart and drug Dad out the aisle. There were like 1,000 pieces of wood, he would have kept going. All we needed this for was a shelf in my closet. And this is just to hold the shelf up, it's not even the actual shelf. It's just "shelf support".
This is what I call, Dad and Tahnee together for long lengths of time. Our basket had this huge piece of wood in it and it was hard to turn and I almost directed Dad into hitting someone in the face. So... we decided to put a bucket on the end so we didn't get "pulled over and ticketed". OF course, as you can imagine, Dad and I are dying laughing like we are 6, and Dave looks over, and does the "fatherly disappointed tilt of the head" reaches over and takes it off, sighs, and says let's go. I felt like Dad and I had just been reprimanded and had to sit in time out. Of course it just made us laugh harder. I love when Dad gets silly. OKAY... After about 3 hours (no that is NOT a typo) This is what we bought. I would like to add, for the record, that if I were going to spend 3 hours in a "girly" store, My cart would have much more in it than screws, 3 pieces of wood, 3 blinds, outlet covers and a pipe. RIDICULOUS, fun... but RIDICULOUS!!! We burned some serious daylight in this store!!! I think we walked 5 miles in the time we were there. We covered that store about 6 times- one side to the other!!!!

MAN DO I LOVE DAD!!!!
I am so grateful that Dad and Dave helped me with my living area!!! They are awesome!!!

Girls Night Out

So I bought Keili this super cute Jazz cheerleader outfit and made her some bows for her hair. She was SOOOO excited to go. Dave took some really cute pictures of her before the game, I'll keep bugging Nic to put them on her blog so you can all see them. So we got to the game and she was so exited. It was cute.

She LOVED this booklet they hand you at the door. She kept fllipping through it. Mostly she just loved the Jazz Bear in it. Nevertheless... I loved that she loved it.

Here she is clapping. She was a great cheerer. The lady sitting behind us was telling her how cute she was. The lady put both hands up to give Keili double high fives and keili gave them to her. It was funny. She was a hit! She even stood on my lap and thrust her hands in the air. I kind of felt bad for the people behind us... but i quickly got over it. Maybe cause I was so proud she was so excited. So... she loved the Bear. I wish he would have gotten closer to us, he was in the section next to us. She was so intrigued by him. Now is the time I have say that even though she loved being there, the Jazz pretty much sucked that night. Yes... you did read that right. So.. it got hard to keep her entertained. And... I lost my debit card. I swore I put it in my pocket, but it wasn't there when I went to buy her some cute little pom poms. So.. of course I worried about. Well... with the combination of Keili wanting to go, worrying if my debit card was in my car, and the Jazz losing, we left at half time. I never ever do this... but... yes, we left. The good news is... as we walked out, there was this guy out there that was talking to us, and I ended up giving him our lower bowl tickets cause he had upper bowl, he was so excited, and it made me feel good to let him enjoy being in the lower bowl, for free.

This is the cutest Jazz fan ever!!! See how much fun she was having. I love it! It was all worth it!

And this is how we finished off the game. At one of the best places to eat ever!!! Goodwood. Even Keili loved it. She was hunry and I decided that we had to go somewhere that we could watch the end of the game. SMART THINKIN' Tahn. And... they gave Keili a coloring page, that she loved. We had to take her brand new baby in that Grandma and Grandpa gave her for her birthday. It was fun. And of course, she loved the food there. We went in the bathroom while I food was cookin' and there was this big wall mirror. Keili hadn't even seen herself in her cutest ever on the planet Jazz outfit. BUT...when she laid eyes on herselt, I was so mad I left my camera at the table, she started laughing and posing in the mirror. It was so funny. Not vain AT ALL! Then she went to the bathroom. Washed her hands. Proceeded to again pose and cheer in front of the mirror. I told her we needed to go and she goes... "Is that a cute smile on Keili?" I laughed and said "It sure is!!!" Sadly enough, the Jazz have decided that there is nothing they want then to play the piece of crap Lakers. Oh... that's only after they decided to make their awesomest fan ever (that's me) assume the fetal position asking "why... why..." over and over again! (That might be a lie- but just because I didn't do it on the outside, doesn't mean it wasn't how I was feeling on the inside). Stupid Lakers!!! Their one sole purpose in life is to ruin mine. (YES, I recognize I am being a drama queen)

Tiny Dancer

This is really short, but I missed her dancing, you only get to see the end of it. Sorry. Oh, well you get to hear me tell her to do it, then I accidentally stopped. When I got the video started again, she jumped and hit her head on the foot, but when I watch it I feel so bad for her, so I won't post it. Poor Thing!

Oops I Did It Again...

Ummm... look what just happened... (yes I have a lot of work to do)... how does one do this you ask...For the normal person this may seem difficult, BUT... for Tahnee, I say Nay! This is normal. I have this bad problem of breaking these little thingy's off of pens, ON ACCIDENT of course. I can't not slide my thumb under this. If you knew how many pens I have broken in this way. It would be embarrasing. They could all gang up on me and seriously take me- it's that many. Carol Westaway won't even let me touch her pens because I broke my fair share of her pens when I lived with her. In fact... I think I scarred her for life. She will never forget this about me. When someone says "Tahnee" she thinks "Pen Breaking Monster". True story.

Hanging By A Moment

This is what I like to call "Customer Service"... (it says Please come find me, hearing impaired) This was at the fabric cutting table at Walmart.

This is why Tahnee does not have anything under her personal care that is living (husband, kids, pets, PLANTS)...
BECAUSE I'LL KILL THEM!!! (okay, maybe not husbands, kids, or pets... BUT DEFINITELY plants)

This is actually a bigger pile than it looks. This is also called, pick the dead leaves off, dump water in the plant, and HURRY BEFORE YOUR BOSS GETS BACK TO SEE!!!!

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

Q: What do you get one you combine this:

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A: One stinkin' cute little Jazz Fan, and one incredibly happy Aunt Tahnee!!!

Okay, so I am taking Keili to her very first Jazz Game in a week. I bought her this super duper cute Jazz Cheerleader outfit, and I made her these bows tonight to add to the cuteness of her attire, and I bought us lower bowl seats... AND I AM SO EXCITED!!! It was cute, when I showed Keili the outfit, she was so excited. She made me let her put it on, and I pretty much I had to pin her down to get the off of her. She loved it. I think my exact wording (with a ginormous grin on my face) was "Your reaction is making Aunt Tahn VERY HAPPY!!!". Nic just laughed. I will post pictures of her in the outfit at the game. LOTS OF THEM cause she is going to be the cutest little Jazz fan known to man! Notice the #24 on the barrett. I wanted her to be able to represent like Aunt Tahn. Keili may not know it, but she loves Paul Milsap too!!!

The Gift

Yesterday, Jesse asked me to print the Maintenance Shop List on bigger paper (than the 11x17 that he currently has), Well... our printer doesn't offer that capability, so I called downstairs. I have to add that Jesse holds to the fact that "someone, somewhere, on 2L has it printed on larger paper than 11x17). Well... I don't want to say they don't, but... they don't. Haha... just joking. Well, he has been downstairs all day today because of GA meetings and so, (you know how my brain works) I got this BRILLIANT idea. It's mostly a joke, but I printed this off in 12pt font (normally it is tiny writing, which is why he wants it bigger-something about getting older, I don't know cause I don't get older, I just have "gift acceptance days" once a year), and I taped it all together... forming THIS massive directory. And I posted it on his wall in place of the other smaller one. NOW... I am like a child on Christmas Eve and I CAN'T WAIT for him to get up here and notice it. Because he has no idea I did it. He is "trying to find the person that has it printed bigger, AND I can't wait forever (which is how long he'll be looking for that person. I really hope he never finds them, otherwise I may have offer an apology.)
No really... I literally can't wait, if he doesn't get here soon, I may make up some emergency and deal with the consequences later! Act now, pay later- right?

The Bear Neccessities

Um... Merry Christmas to ME!
(this is my way of asking which ever sibling has my name for Christmas this year to get this for me... Or Dad and Mom can get it... the point is: I WANT IT!)
Disclaimer: I reserve the right to display this to any and all grandchildren at my will.

Save Me

The story behind the art:

When Peter saw the Savior walking on the water he cried out, "Lord…bid me come unto thee."

"Come." was all He said.

Filled with faith, Peter stepped from the safety of the boat on to the stormy sea. But as the winds picked up and the waves grew stronger Peter’s faith turned to fear. As he began to sink, Peter cried out, "Lord, save me."

Two thousand years later, Christ is still calling to us. As we step from the safety of self-reliance on to the stormy seas of discipleship, like Peter we pray, "Lord, save me."

With perfect calmness He stills the winds of our doubt, reaches down from heaven and saves us.

I listened to an amazing talk today and it reminded me of this picture by Liz Lemon Swindle. I love her art and I especially love this picture. The talk is called Look Up, Reach Out, Hold On - Letting the Lord Lift You when you feel like you are sinking. In the beginning of the talk he was talking about how Peter saw the Lord walking on water and attempting it himself. He couldn't do it and cried out, and the Savior pulled him up. Well the lesson we learn here is so great. See... we all at times feel like we are sinking. It's because we, like Peter, do things without the help of the Lord, but we forget that he is there for us, always. This is another reason we have the atonement. When we are sinking, we cry out and ask the Lord to save us, and he does. I just think that, at least for myself, I might not feel like I am sinking so much if I would let the Lord help me instead of attempting do it/go through things on my own. Sometimes I think it's just second nature, but we forget that he is there. It's so hard when you feel like you are sinking and the only thing left to do is cry out to the Lord to "save you", as Peter did. If you are like me, you are literally "crying out" to him. How much easier it would be if I would just let him help me from the beginning instead of waiting until I am sinking and scared to death, but I sometimes forget and just press forward without him.
Well... this has been on my mind a lot today, and I loved this talk, so if you have time I recommend you listen to it because I didn't even skim the surface of what is in this talk. It's like a chocolate chip brownie with chocolate frosting- very rich!