Wow I've been tagged! I feel so Special!

I have never been tagged before and am not quite sure what to do but here goes. Oh and thank you katie for being the one to make me feel special.


The rules:
1) Link to the person that tagged you.
2) Post the rules on your blog.
3) Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.
4) Tag at least three people at the end of your post and link to their blogs.
5) Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
6) Let the fun begin!

1. I am a relatively shy person. I know hard to believe. Once I get comfortable around someone it's a different story but initially I hold back and don't always initiate conversation.

2. I have a fetish with clean floors. I can let most things go in my house but I cannot handle crumbs and stuff on the floors. I am constantly sweeping and vacuuming my floors.

3. I simply cannot go to sleep without washing my face and brushing my teeth at night. Like I literally can't fall asleep knowing my teeth are furry and my make-up is not off!

4. I weigh myself every morning without fail before I get in the shower. It helps me to know how I should eat that day. If I am a few pounds up..I try to lay off the ding dongs. If I am a few pounds down..I down a bag of doritos. (JK!)

5. I cry whenever someone else cries. I cry sometimes when I go into my kids school. I cry in pack meeting when we are saying the pledge of allegience. I cry when my primary kids sing awesome after working hard on a new song. Sometimes I cry for no reason at all.

6. Sometimes I feel like a loser because I don't have much going on in my life. Like maybe I should be running a thousand directions. Involved in tons of stuff. But right now my life is pretty simple and I like it. But I feel like maybe I should be doing more.

There I did it. You probably know everything else there is to know about me because I happen to be a little "too honest" about myself. Maybe you already knew all of things too. Who knows?

I tag....Amy (my sister), Amy (my sister-in-law), April, Mom and Tara

Terrible Two's? That's an UNDERSTATEMENT!

I am warning you upfront..this is going to be a very negative post. However, it is written out of desperation and frustration. For those of you who know me, I am very honest. (too honest most of the time! ie. do people really need to know when I am constipated?) I do not place my children on a pedastal. I do not pretend they are perfect. Well I am going to "let the cat out of the bag" and announce to you all that my beautiful 2 yr old "princess" has suddenly turned into the "wicked witch of the north, south, east AND west"! First of all, before I elaborate, I will admit that she definitely "has my number"! I realize this and could probably tell any of YOU how to handle the situation according to Super Nanny or Dr. Laura, etc. But for some reason, it is harder to be objective when it is your own kids and lately, all I want to do is sit in a corner and cry. Let me begin. She freaks out if I sing! (unless she is asking me to) She won't even let me sing in church. She says "Don't sing mom!" She will not eat off any plate other than a pink one. She will only use a spoon, not a fork. She goes nuts if there is a hair on her. She thinks any sort of lint or string that is black is a SPIDER and goes balistic! She throws herself down in the hall of church and screams the second we walk through the doors. She insists on walking through a parking lot HERSELF! Even if it's covered in ice. She won't take a nap. She screams for a good half hour at night at bedtime. She won't eat ANY vegetables and not much else of nutritional value. She insists on eating string cheese and then just shreds it up and places it all over the house. (found it in my shower this morning) She screams when I drop Connor off at school because she wants to go to "her school". She smears her food all over herself, including her hair, at each meal. She screams all through sacrament meeting. She screams when she sees Zach passing the sacrament because she wants him. She won't wear certain outfits. She floods the bathroom with every bath. She won't let me blow-dry her hair (okay I will cut her slack on that one) She won't ride in the front of the cart-only the back and then insists on standing up. I could go on and but do you get the picture? When I am at home I rarely cave in to all her demands. Time out has started to really work. However, when I am in public it is a different matter. I know I need to leave the store, don't try to go to lunch, pull over the car if needed when she is having a hissy fit, etc. I know all these things and really do try hard to do them but sometimes it's just not realistic. For example, do I quit going to church? Obviously whatever I am doing is not working. Now let me tell you all that I love this girl to death just in case you are getting the wrong idea here but I am really starting to want her to "grow up" so she will grow out of this stage and that makes me SO sad! Any advice?

Have you ever googled the image "barf"? Seriously, as if I am not sick enough. Actually, I picked the least disgusting one I could find. Can I tell you how bad I hate to throw up? I hate it worse than most anything. I will go to great lengths not to throw up! How in the world could anyone be bulemic? I admit it there have been days when I have felt fat and swore to myself I was just going to start "starving" myself but within a few hours I am weak and shaky and have to eat. Then there are times when after eating a whole Training Table #25 and an order of cheese fries with dipping sauce I might add that I have just wanted to purge but It doesn't get any farther than that. I decide I would rather be fat than throw up! These past few days I have had the stomach flu and on the 3rd day still feel "yucky"! Isn't it the worst to throw up when there is nothing in your stomach? I know this is a disgusting post but considering this has been my life for the past 3 days I thought I'd mention it. (Oh, and of course Alan has to be out of town!)

3 Things...

1. My girl is a DRAMA QUEEN! She gets upset and says
"I sad mom! I cry!"

2. If you haven't see "Dan in Real Life" GO SEE IT!

3. I have a hair appointment on THURSDAY!!!!

Bad Hair Day, Everyday?

HELP! I need a new hairdresser. I have gone through 2 and still am not happy. A couple of years ago, I found my dream hairdresser! She cut my hair perfect-just the way I liked it and always knew what I was talking about. Well, she moved away and ever since I have been in mourning! Does anyone have a hairdresser that you just love and doesn't cost an arm and a leg? (I would prefer they be close by.) Please respond quickly..I can't take another day!

Snowman, Alan Style!

Happy January!

Wow! It feels like I haven't blogged forever! I have been very busy..but doing what? I don't really know. I guess just the same old stuff but for some reason I have been feeling more demands from my kids-especially the little ones. "Hold you mom! Hold you!".." Mom will you make me a fried egg?" .."You dress Polly Pocket for me?"..."Mooommm!! I'm done..wipe me!"..and it goes on and on!! Not that I am complaining it's just that lately I don't feel I have had much time to myself. Abby is officially off the binky. Yippee! It was a lot less traumatic than I thought it would be. But now for some reason she will not take a nap! UGH! I sure did look forward to that time of day. I have completely become absorbed in these political debates but I am not even going to go there! All I can say is...Wow! This sure will be interesting!

So, remember when I blogged about the pink doll stroller rolling around our house? Well, Santa happened to drop a darling pink kitchen set down our chimney. You can imagine my excitement about that one!! To my surprise, she actually plays with it. Yes, I am in heaven with the girl stuff. Well, I don't have anything profound or thought provoking to say..just happy to be back to normal life!