So I moved today, Connie the Irish lady moved downstairs so I moved into her cubicle. Which is closer to my boss, so I guess I’m moving up… đ
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Month: January 2008
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My Own HGTV Show
Okay, I’m just kidding. I don’t have my own show on HGTV, although that would be great fun. But I just wanted to show a few photos of our recent house projects. I already posted about Pace painting the living room for my birthday, but then for our anniversary, he painted our bedroom! Great guy, huh? ALSO, with the help of our next door neighbor, he put up crown molding in our bedroom and in the living room. I love it! I didn’t even ask for the crown molding; it was Pace’s wonderful idea! Thanks Pace (and Larry!)
In our bedroom, I obviously enjoy the simple, symmetrical effect. My mom wanted our mission-style bed for the townhouse, so she offered to get us a new one if we would give her the old one. I was happy to oblige! I love this cherry sleigh bed, and it was a great price at the RC Willey Outlet. I also picked out two photos of the redwoods that Pace took back in CA, printed them in sepia tone, and put them in these cheap wooden frames we had. We received the Christus statue (which is on our dresser) as a gift from Pace’s previous boss when Paul passed away in November. I am really happy with our bedroom decor! Oh yeah, and there’s also a photo of Chase putting the bed together with his new Bosch drill that looks just like Daddy’s. đ
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New Mcvideos
New Mcvideos
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A Question
I have a question… WHY do I spend so much time on people’s blogs and lately on Facebook, too? I really get sucked in, and I can spend multiple late-night hours blog-hopping and the like. Perhaps because it’s fun, entertaining, and informative to do so? I don’t know. Really, I do not know the exact answer to that question.
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Whatâs been going on with us lately???
Well, I’m glad you asked. Because I’m going to tell you. Here’s the scoop:
The winter season is very long when you don’t want to play outside in the freezing cold. So Chase has resorted to playing dress-up at times– he’s seen here proudly sporting Daddy’s hockey jersey with the "monster" on it (that’s what he’s labeled the wolverine).
Pace finally got an Xbox 360, so Chase has been trying it out along with Daddy. I must admit he already has the "gamer look" down, if you know what I mean…
Pace and Joy got to go on a New Year’s dinner date while Rachel babysat Chase– thank you, Rach!
Grandma T. came to visit for a week (just went home today–sad). She came basically to help Joy entertain Chase through these long winter days. Thanks for spoiling us too, while you were at it!
Chase still loves eating fruity sugar-free popsicles, even though it’s winter time.
We have big icicles coming off our house.
We love Darin and Nada and their new baby Luke!
Pace brought Joy some gorgeous red roses yesterday because he is in love with her. đ
HAPPY JANUARY!
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Voting Made Easy
With technology voting is easy, just do what the flash game tells you to. This cool flash game evaluates you and your personal ethics with 10 easy questions. Then tells you who the top three people you should vote for… if only I had three votes, shoot. Looks like Mitt will be getting my one vote. Anyway, thanks to Rachel for sharing. Find out who you should vote for.
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Wouldnât it be lame
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Police in the Lithuanian city of Klaipeda were baffled to discover that a woman arrested for shoplifting last weekend had been registered as dead a month earlier.
The woman’s parents had mistakenly identified a body found in a forest as that of their 27-year-old daughter, Natalya Pavlova, who disappeared from home in November, police said on Wednesday.
It emerged that Pavlova was alive and well and living with her boyfriend in the same town.
“Her parents identified the corpse as their daughter. What could we do?” Petras Mikalauskis, a deputy police chief for the area, told Reuters.
“It was the first such case in my experience.”
The real identity of the dead woman was not known. The police have launched an investigation.
(Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis; editing by Andrew Dobbie)
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A Chocola-tastic Idea
If you are like me and you have trouble disciplining yourself when it comes to chocolate goodness, here is a little tidbit I have learned. Basically we have a lot of chocolate candy still left over from Christmas, and when it is just sitting there in the pantry, I eat it all day. I open the pantry door, and that is what I see and it seems tasty, so that is what I grab (rather than granola or something). I’m not too worried about gaining weight and such, but I am worried about eating chocolate all day and nothing else!
So anyway, one time Pace was trying to hide all our sweets from Chase so he wouldn’t see it, and Pace also wouldn’t tell ME where it was hidden. So naturally, I had to seek it out, and I eventually found it in a closet. But the thing is, I kept it there because it wasn’t quite so accessible! So this is the idea: You don’t have to have NO candy in your house, because that would be terribly torturous. Just put it in a spot where it’s not staring you in the face, and it’s not as likely to be consumed on such a regular basis. Hm, I think I’ll go have some chocolate now.
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Would you like $1000 and two days off?
For anyone interested, and in town Feb 19th and 20th, we are having a Crucial Confrontations training at my office. I can get you in for free so it’s a great deal. You can tell your boss this training would usually cost $1000 per person and it will help you be more effective in your job. You will need to be here at Vitalsmarts headquarters in North Provo from 8am till 5pm both days. If you want to come let me know as soon as possible as the class fills up fast as you could imagine.
Enhance Accountability, Improve Performance, and Ensure Execution
Crucial Confrontations Training equips participants with a straightforward step-by-step process for identifying and resolving performance gapsâthose unpleasant realities standing in the way of organizational success. With this hands-on problem-solving approach, participants learn to enhance accountability, improve performance, and ensure execution. Whether youâre preventing problems or managing a crisis, move your team or organization to the next level with this revolutionary yet simple approach.
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Chaseâs Hair
I have wanted to style Chase’s hair for a while now, but it’s always been so thin that when I put gel in there, it just "deflates" and after about an hour it looks as though no gel was ever there. So Rachel snagged some of Gino’s hair glue stuff when they were here, and it worked great in Chase’s hair! Thanks Rachie! I love the look, so I bought some. I mean, it only takes about 10 seconds to do… What do you think about the little guy’s hair? Baby hair look or big boy hair look? I mean he IS a big boy; he’s almost 2 now! We’ll probably just "style" his hair when we go out and stuff anyway, but I just wondered about everyone else’s opinion concerning this important issue…
