The President's Face: Not For Eating Off Of

I thought Dad would really appreciate this. I was in Bed Bath and Beyond and had to take a picture. They had only sold 2 I think.

Snow! Snow! Snow! Thought I'd share some photos of the latest battle I had with nature getting my car transformed from an igloo into an automobile. The contrast in the photos from my phone didn't turn out too well, so I've drawn little lines to help reveal actual amount of snow involved.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

I just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! The holidays are just wonderful because we get to see family and spend time together. Instead of just running back and forth after seeing people for one day, we get to actually spend quality time together (like playing "The Minister's Cat" with the Shimeks). It's been such a fun holiday so far. I haven't had any work or school, which has been delightful, and it has really given me the chance to pay attention to family. I also can't wait to talk to my brother. He's in Brazil on his mission and on Christmas we will all get the chance to talk to him and I can't wait! It's been more than a year since I've talked to him and I know he will have a hard time speaking in English because he hasn't in probably eight months but that doesn't matter, it will be nice just to hear his voice. We are also going to California to see my family down there and spend some time with my immediate family and I am excited to just have a relaxing holiday all together. Oh and of course one of my best friends is getting married on January 2nd so that is going to be absolutely wonderful because they are perfect for each other. A little hectic but so much fun! Anyway Merry Christmas to everyone!

Tagged!

Here we go again, I've been tagged so you all get to find out a little more about me.
8 Things about me...

8 TV Shows that I love
1. Bones
2. Heroes
3. How Clean is Your House?
4. Cash in the Attic
5. Ghost Hunters
6. Extreme Home Makeover
7.
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*I really don’t watch TV so these are shows that I see upon occasion, except for Bones which is a staple in my life

8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Olive Garden
2. Village Inn
3. Red Robyn
4. Mimi’s Cafe
5. Tucanos
6. The North Woods (California)
7. Zupas
8. Café Rio

8 Things that Happened Yesterday
1. Went shopping
2. Held Dallin
3. Slept
4. Played “The Ministers Cat”
5. Wrapped Christmas Presents
6. Watched TV
7. Ate chicken soup and lots of purple skittles
8. Put Dallin to Sleep

8 Things I'm looking Forward to
1. CHRISTMAS!!
2. Talking to my brother who is in Brazil on the phone
3. Christmas Eve Dinner
4. Christmas Morning Strata
5. Going to California
6. Finishing School/Graduation
7. The Spring Time
8. The Next Few Movies

8 Things on my Wish List
1. Relaxation
2. More Time with Steve
3. Enough Money to Always be Comfortable
4. A House Someday
5. Working in the Movie Business
6. To Get Steve an HD TV or Projector
7. A Vacation to Anywhere
8. A Happy Life! :) (It’s already being accomplished)

8 Things I Love
1. Steve
2. My family
3. My friends
4. The Gospel
5. Books (I love to read and don’t get to very often!)
6. Cats
7. Good Healthy Food
8. Special Nights Out

8 Things I Don't Like
1. Spiders
2. Steve Being Gone on Business Trips
3. Being alone
4. Working with Cranky People
5. Contention
6. Being sick
7. Not getting enough sleep
8. Being Stressed

8 People I Tag
*All the people that I know that blog were taken

The Longest Day...

Today has seemed like an exceptionally long day, perhaps it was because I was working on the most boring project ever. Well actually the project overall is cool but what I was doing was not. I just need some time to relax and let my brain rest and so I thought I would enter the world wide web and vegetate for a while. I know it seems strange to be sitting here writing, but I have always found writing to be very relaxing, somewhat like reading a good book. When you're done you kind of have an overall feel of relaxation even if you can't remember all of the details of what you just accomplished. Anyway I'm sorry if this is sounds a little out of it, I'm not very good at hiding my tiredness. Steve and I are doing well-Thanks dad for wishing us good luck on our finals, we really need it this time. As previously mentioned we are amidst the field of finals that manages to creep in around this time of year, but things are looking up, it seems as if we will actually pass all of our classes this semester. Now some of our grades hinge on finals, which I really don't think is fair if you've been going to the class all semester and doing the homework, but I am pretty confident that if we study up these next few days we can blow them out of the water. Other than that we've just been working. I've been slipping in as many hours here and there as I can and we're just doing our normal thing...nothing much to report. Sorry this wasn't a very exciting entry, I guess I didn't really have much to say, but it was relaxing (mission accomplished). I think now I will take a short nap and then get up and start prepping for finals. I have work tomorrow so I won't be able to do as much studying as I wanted tomorrow, so I must do it tonight. Ah well, thus is life. I hope everyone else is doing well, and good luck with life this next week!

THANKSGIVING!

I don't really know what I want to say, but I can't wait for next week to arrive. On the Barney side we get to see my Aunt PJ who was just sworn in as a clerk for the Justice Attorney for the Supreme Court for the state of Washington and I we haven't seen her since the wedding so I'm really excited to see her and all of the Barney clan. On the Shimek side I am so excited to see the family and play with the kids (I'm sure they've grown up even more since a few weeks ago when we were there). This is my favorite time of year, because you don't have to make excuses to take work off and see your family, everyone knows Christmas and Thanksgiving are off limits (most of the time anyway). I'm really grateful for two wonderful families that I feel so comfortable with and love dearly. Anyway I'm excited for this upcoming holiday season and all of the fun we get to have! (and that Steve is graduating in practically four weeks!! YAY!) Love you all and I can't wait to see you!

TAGGED! One word answer

1. Where is your cell phone? Couch
2. Where is your significant other? Couch
3. Your hair color? Brown
4. Your mother? Trenda
5. Your father? Pete
6. Your favorite thing? Love
7. Your dream last night? Hmm..
8. Your dream/goal? Happiness
9. The room you're in? Living-Room (couldn’t think of one word so I made it one)
10. Your hobby? Steve (and I know it doesn’t say hubby)
11. Your fear? Alone
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Home
13. Where were you last night? Lagoon
14. What you're not? Rested
15. One of your wish-list items? Relaxation
16. Where you grew up? City
17. The last thing you did? Sleep
18. What are you wearing? PJs
19. Your TV? Three
20. Your pet? None (I wish I had a kitty though)
21. Your computer? Big
22. Your mood? Distracted
23. Missing someone? Yes
24. Your car? Nice
25. Something you're not wearing? Contacts
26. Favorite store? Unknown
27. Your summer? Hectic
28. Love someone? EVERYONE!
29. Your favorite color? Green
30. When was the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? Yesterday

I Now Tag the Boys! (though I've never seen a post from Phil or Brett-Kevin is obviously understandable)-So Steve, Phil, Tom, and Brett!

Random Phone Photos

Santa and his little helper outside Circuit City last Christmas.
Taking a short smooching break from late night working.
Shadow, when she was getting better.
Dinner at Phil and Kelli's.
Isaac avoiding the sun.
Grandma HulaHooping
Kristi pondering the kid's meal menu.
The truth about marketing...
DaVinci's bicycle. Pretty hip.

This little group of pictures represents my scattered mind. Hope you enjoy.

VIDEOS! Like I said, low res, but it moves!

The Indiana Jones Ride. Even the line is fun.


The Haunted Mansion changes it look for Halloween and Christmas.

Vader makes his grand appearance on a stage that rises out of the ground in TomorrowLand. Seriously the coolest show there. We have to go see it the next time we're all there.

Kristi would be showing off her mad driving skills if it weren't for the clowns in front of us.

More Pictures

The true king of the Magic Kingdom.

Not sleeping, but exquisitely beautiful.

Halloween Time in Disneyland! Scary...

These are pictures from the Jedi Training Academy show. It's got to be the best show there.

Audience participation, small children, lightsabers... I'll post a video.

Disneyland! A little drop of happiness in a tedious school/work infested lifestyle

I thought I'd post some pictures from our one day Disneyland trip. And thanks to Mary's genius, I can post some videos from my phone. They're pretty low res, but still fun.
The trip wasn't complete until Kristi got her popcorn and I got my Mickey ice cream that evening.
It just feels so good to sink your teeth into him and crush his little skull.

Six Quirks

I've been tagged by Kelli to name six quirks about myself, I hope you're all still my friends after this.

1. I never really learned how to ride a bike. The first time I rode I ran into a parked car (well I more tapped it and fell off the bike into the grass). That was it for me, I've only been on like one since and it also didn't go well. (Steve keeps saying he's going to make me learn out in our cul-de-sac)

2. I have a serious phobia of people touching my neck. I figure it's because I've had to get echocardiograms on my neck since I was little because of my heart problem and they push down on that soft spot on your neck right below your adams apple. Even thinking about it gives me the chills. But because of that anything resembling people getting hurt on their neck wigs me out!

3. I absolutely love ice cold water, and I mean I will drink it until I am ill. When I was little I actually did make mysef sick off of it.

4. Whenever Steve is gone late at night I watch one of three things until I fall asleep: Hook, Ratatouille, or Donald Duck Cartoons. They’re my comfort movies.

5. I am really bad at talking to people on the phone, maybe this is another phobia of mine but when I get on the phone with people I get all tongue tied. Face-to-face talking is absolutely fine, but phone talking…So if you ever have a very short phone conversation with me it’s not because I don’t like you, it’s because I feel so awkward on the phone. Sometimes I won’t pick up the phone if someone caught me off-guard by calling because I don’t know what to say. It’s ridiculous and I need to get over it, but it’s one of those quirks.

6. Hmm…number 6…oh I don’t like the feeling of dirt, chalk, or flour on my hands. It gives me the chills. And thus it is very hard to garden, write on the board, or bake anything, but I do it anyway. (Sorry this last one was kind of lame)
Oh well hope you enjoyed!

I’m tagging Katie and Tom to put a list of their six quirks on their blog! (and they can't be one list of joint quirks, it has to be two separate lists)

Forever Strong

Tonight we went to the premiere of Forever Strong, the new Ryan Little movie. It is actually based on the Highland Rams a high school that my high school (Skyline) used to play in sports and stuff, a rival if you will. We always were hearing about how great the Highland rugby team was but since we didn't have a rugby team at our school we never really new much about them. Anyway the movie was pretty good. It had nice themes, but if you have a hard time watching contact sports, don't go see this movie because it is the harshest of them all. Either way it was a lot of fun, Steve and I finally got out of the house (even though he was working-he was doing a story on it for KBYU). Anyway I guess I just wanted to throw that out there (I don't know who or what would latch on, but there it is). I hope all is well with everyone else!

Life

You can imagine who wrote our first post. Life is a little bit crazy. We're finishing Dragon Hunter by October 12th and right now Steve is in a meeting talking about color correction and the finished product (and foreign deliverables-which is always a mess dealing with pal and all sorts of other things that foreign territories require). We are doing well in school (at least we go to all of our classes and do the assignments-so far [after all it is only the third week of school]). And as of today I am officially graduating in April (Steve took care of his last week and he is officially going to graduate in December, barring any unforeseen F's on his transcript-which I will not let him get!) I am juggling three jobs but once October begins I will be only working for one company that month, then we'll see what happens in November. The Message is going pretty well, Steve is working with one of our friend's Katy Baldwin on the script and we're working to get a really good producer on, who when we talked to him last week sounded interested. So that's a quick update on what we're doing right now-work as usual. :)

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