Category: Personal

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Rachel’s comment about coincidences reminded me of one that happened to me a couple days ago. I was thinking about Sharpie markers and how much more convenient they would be to use if they were retractable. Those of us who constantly have a baby on the hip need things like that to be accessible with one hand only. There aren’t enough hands available to remove the cap, use the pen, find the cap again, and put the cap back on. So I decided that I would invent a retractable Sharpie marker and that I would become very rich. However, not even 2 hours later, I saw a commercial on TV for the retractable Sharpie! I was excited, despite my dashed hopes of being a world-famous inventor. But I guess I’ll just have to settle for knowing that I’m psychic.

Happy Birthday Rachel! Who turns the legal age to marry without her parents permission today. And happy birthday to Tracy in two days; who turns the legal age to actually tell her boyfriend how she feels about him. Congrats, hope ya’ll have a great bday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRETCHEN AND TYLER MCCULLOCH!

(listed oldest to youngest in case you couldn’t tell) We made you a cake, but we ate it before we could ship the box. SOrry.

Today Ryan Terribilini turns 41. Oops sorry, only 28.
Happy Birthday anyway Ryan!

7 Things I Want to Do Before I Die:

1. Go on a cruise
2. Get Rich
3. Golf Daily for a week
4. Have more kids
5. Build a house
6. Retire Early
7. See Chase get married to a hot girl in the temple

7 Things I Cannot Do:

1. Protect my sister
2. Kiss my dad
3. Snack on celery
4. Lie for more than 24 hours
5. Enjoy cabbage
6. Lose in connect four (best out of three)
7. Poop in public

7 Things I say often:

1. Shhhhhhhhhhhh
2. Hello Chase, hello, hello, hellllooo, well helllloooo Chase
3. Yes please
4. Maam
5. Thank you
6. Ding
7. Love me

7 Books I Could Read Over and Over:

1. The Book of Mormon
2. The Doctrine and Covenants
3. The Pearl of Great Price
4. The Wizard of Earthsea
5. The Tombs of Atuan
6. The Farthest Shore
7. The next book I read

7 Movies I Could Watch Over and Over:

1. The Bourne Identity
2. Aladin
3. Sneakers
4. Any of the Star Wars movies
5. Any of the Xmen movies
6. Arthur
7. So I Married an Axe Murderer

7 Things that Attracted Me to My Spouse

1. She laughed at my jokes
2. Good kisser
3. Made awesome food
4. She goes on adventures with me
5. Has a nice butt
6. Had a lil attitude
7. More stubborn than me

7 People that I think should do “7”

1. Joy
2. Cotton
3. Ty
4. Darin & Nada
5. Graham
6. Z
7. Josh Porter

P.S. In an attempt to increase the number of times we can say “don’t you read our blog!” We’ve put up the answer to the question “how’s the weather?”. Now you can check the weather report for Provo on the left column. Yes it’s in beta, meaning that I don’t know why it thinks it’s night time when it’s not, and other stuff. Hopefully the developer or I can figure it out soon so I don’t get confused when I look at it.

I liked this video, thought ya’ll would too.

On the 4th of July, we went to our neighbors’ house to have crepes at 8 am, before the big parade that goes near our house. Little did we comprehend that this parade was a very big deal in the lives of our fellow citizens. People had been aggressive and dedicated enough to camp out along the parade route up to four days in advance. I would take Chase out on walks and pass by families just sitting there, all day long, in order to reserve their apparently very coveted spots on the grass or sidewalk. On the day of the parade, we chuckled to find that we had a perfect view of this beloved parade, even though we joined in at the moment it began rather than several days prior. We watched this important parade for about 10 minutes, then decided to head home. I hope that, to those diehard fans, it was worth all the effort to have those extra coupons and candy chucked at them.

I just realized that when I posted scores for McBalderdash I didn’t put down the real answer….

SPLACKNUCK = “A person or animal of odd appearance”

Wow what a game… I loved the saves, and the empty net goal… SO good. What did you like the best?