Poor little Dallen was sick today. Thank goodness the spirit prompted Tamarama to come over to pick up Kate this morning. 5 minutes after getting here, 3 minutes into deep conversation about Ekhart Tolle's new book I got a phone call from Dallen's school that he had a temp of 103. If Tamarama wasn't there Chad would have had to take the rest of the day off and drive 45 minutes to get Dallen. So we zipped off to get Dallen. I walked in and saw Dallen laying on a little cot shivering like there was no tomorrow. Now if that image doesn't make your eyes well up with tears you may need therapy. I scooped him up in my arms (Oh my gosh I forget that he's 5!) and struggled to the door. By the way I know it looks weird to hold a 5 year old like a baby, but I swear if I got one more weird look I would have punched someone in the face.
After taking Dallen to the Dr's to get checked out and the Dr swabbed for strep. "He attacked my throat mom" :) We went off to Target to get his prescription. Since we had to wait 20 minutes for the meds I thought it would be fun for Dallen to look at the Transformers. As we made our way down a toy aisle Dallen said "Mom I feel sick" and started throwing up. My mom instinct immediatly responded by catching it in my hands. Another lady down the aisle went into mom mode and whipped out a handkerchief which he then threw up into, at the same time another lady who came from no where pulled wipes from her purse and gave them to us and then went to flag a target crew member down. Man was I grateful. The mess was kept to a minumin and after a trip to the bathroom we were as good as new.
Thanks ladies!
Friday, February 15, 2008
Mom Mode
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Boo Hoo Hoo
Yesterday while doing the dishes Far Away by Nickleback came on the radio. I love this song but at the same time it makes me so sad. I just stood there and cried for like 5 minutes. So am I a freak or is anyone else there like this? I want to know what song can totally make you cry, tear up, or even get a little "emotional"? Even if your a dude you still have to answer.
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Saturday, February 9, 2008
27 Dresses
Last night we dropped off the kids at Tamara and Alan's and went to a movie. We stopped off at Arby's and got some "take out" and snuck it in with us. I ordered a kids meal with a fruit cup and I came to the realization that I will never order a meal combo again. Kids meals are really filling and like 1/2 price with a toy.
We went and saw 27 Dresses. The first 1/2 the movie I had the biggest scowl on my face. I liked it but at the same time I didn't. I don't know why because it was really cute. But I do officially have a new celebrity crush. James Marsden. :) Remember that episode from Friends where they made a 3x5 card of celebrities they were "allowed" to date? Well my 3x5 card would have
1. Justin Timberlake
2. James Marsden
3. Joaquin Phoenix
Chad's
1. Catherine Zeta Jones
2. Charlize Theron
3. Any Anime Girl/Elf Princess
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Monday, February 4, 2008
Dallen
Dallen loves to play Transformers together as a family. Dallen is Bumblebee, Chad is Optimus Prime, Kate is "Little Bumblebee" and I am Ratchet. We all go around on our hands and knees when we are cars and then Dallen will shout out "Transform" or "Roll Out" and we all then Transform into standing posistions. Because I am Ratchet I get to fix anyone who has been damaged in an attack and also Dallen loves for me to attach boosters to his back.
Last night when I put him to bed I said "I love you Bumblebee" and Dallen answered "I love you too Ratchet" It just made my heart melt.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
My Blog had a baby! And she's a chub :)
So I'm starting a side blog.
Check it out at
www.getstrongstaystrong.blogspot.com
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Friday, January 25, 2008
Things about me
Some Things about Me (So this is from a list that I made about 4 years ago in another online diary... you'll notice some numbers missing... I edited some of them so I don't look too much of a tard)
1. I hate my name. It reminds of "Shirly" or "Sherrie" It sounds old!
2. My #1 wish is to learn to sing.
3. My #2 wish is to have a degree.
4. My #3 wish is to go on a cruise.
5. Chad is 4 years older then me. I always say things like when you went on your first date I just turned 12. He gets weirded out by it.
7. I was the Student Body Secretary in High School. I won over the most "popular" girl.
8. I love to take a bath, read from a book for a little, and then shave my legs. Ultimate Relaxation.
9. I got sent to the principals office in 5th grade for the first time for not getting my art box out fast enough. Seriously that was the reason! I cried the whole time.
10. I was baptized at age 9 by my Grandpa Murdock. My leg came up and I had to be redunked.
11. I loved Girls Camp. My first year during testimony meeting I was crying so hard during my testimony that I threw up. (I was a really dramatic 12 year old)
12. I like Twix candy bars and Diet Cokes.
13. I'm good at Trivial Pursuit.
14. I have a really good memory and really good at names. i.e. Verna and Monica
15. Chad and I got married May 11, 2002 at 4:30pm. I loved the Temple part and hated hated the reception.
16. July 5, 2002 we found out we were having Dallen. Chad was at work and I got a Ptest and wrapped it up with a little bib that said "I love my daddy"
17. Dallen was born 3/8/03 at 1:11am. He was taken out of the room by some Dr's as soon as he was born and Chad ran after them.
18. I love Loft house cookies. The pink kinds! With lots of milk.
19. I really don't like steak. But I do love potatoes.
20. I don't care if my socks match.
21. I was in two plays and one musical in HS.
22. I played the clarinet.
23. I only like sleeping on my sides.
24. My two biggest pet peeves: Scraping fork with teeth & Chewing with mouth open.
25. I was my sisters labor partner and when we first walked into birthing class people thought we were "partners"
26. My favorite Disney movie is Aladdin
27. I love movies... better yet, I love movie sound tracks! (I'm going to ask Heavenly Father if I can put some music to my life video before I watch it) (seriously)
28. When I get to heaven there is a couple of things I want to know... 1. Who killed JFK 2. What happened to the $100 I lost that I won from the monthly drawing at FFI 3. Well there was a third but I forgot.
29. I love watching Sports. I even watch sports if Chad's not around.
30. I want a mini van for my next car (that really sounds weird I'm only 23)
31. I love my mother in law!
34. My biggest number one fear: car accidents (before notorious RS comment)
35. I can not go up high dives... I will not jump off of them and every time I get talked up one. I end up coming straight down.
36. Dallen is the funnest kid in the world and I laugh all day at the cute stuff that he does.
37. I watch my nephew Jaustin, my niece Jasmine, they are 5 and 3! And I love everything about them. They say funny stuff all day long!
38. I watch Dayton 2 and Ellianne 13 months. They are so cute, so well behaved, and they make our home a funner place!
39. I love chocolate covered pretzels.
40. I have my ears pierced but rarely wear earings.
41. I like getting my head shampooed and massaged.
42. I got a 22 on my ACT's
43. I can't believe I forgot this one! I can speak some Russian, say the Russian alphabet, count to ten, and even sing a song in Russian!
44. People even say I look Russian. I don't know if thats a compliment or not.
45. I like genelogy work.
46. I hate folding laundry.
47. My bedroom is messy every other day!
48. I went to Idaho Girls State.
49. My possible degree choices... nurse, teacher, chef.
50. I have never ever had a suprise birthday party or even a birthday party that friends were invited too. I only had family get togethers :(
(2nd Post after I thought some more)
1. I watched a horror movie when I was a kid (House???) and it hand a hand that came up from the toilet, grabbed the persons butt, and sucked them down. For a couple of months later my sister and I would hold hands while the other was going to the bathroom.
2. I got kicked really hard by a mexican kid on my bus in 4th grade. He was wearing cowboy boots and it really hurt.
3. I love Mexican food. But hate Taco Bell.
4. I like Park City. If we had more money I'd move there. It's really pretty and has a small town fill to it.
5. I've been to a Sundance Film and slept through it. It was really stupid.
6. Once we move into a house Chad has promised me a dog. I'm going to name him Jocco.
7. We had a dog named Buff who drank some antifreeze and went retarded and to get to the car my mom and siblings would throw hot dogs out the back door for him to chase.
8. People stayed away from me at school dances during fast songs... I had a little too much energy.
9. I once farted in front of this really hot guy, and he turned around,and said "What The Hell!" and I ran off crying. I was like 20.
(no one needs to know about #10) EVER
11. I sluffed so many classes (in 9th grade)that I almost didn't graduate.
12. I didn't know how to ride a bike until I was 10 years old.
13. My first airplane ride was when Chad and I went to Georgia for a second reception.
14. I don't have a middle name. But in High School I told everyone it was Lucille.
15. I dated a twin in HS and my sister dated the other twin. My sister is married to him now.
16. I like to watch Judge Judy, Texas Court, Judge Joe Brown, and Divorce Court.
17. I have a great grandma still alive.
18. She is Dallen's great great grandma!
19. I like waterparks.
20. I showed steers and hogs in 4-H.
21. I use to leave fingerprint messages on my wall after I saw the movie Seven. Like "A tall man killed me"
22.I love pedicures.
23. My name was going to be Tyler Jeremy if I was a boy.
24. I love to go on hikes.
25. I love camping and ATVing.
26. I don't have any birthmarks.
27. My future kids names: Nathan, Madilynn, Elizabeth, Ryan, Audrey
28. My 5th gr grandpa on my mom's side has his own section in The Doctrine and covenents.
29. My original last name was O'Neil before my 3rd great grandpa on my dad's side killed a man for raping and killing my 3rd gr grandma. It got changed to Long.
30. The genelogy stops on that side at my 3rd gr grandpa and I'd love to do some dective work and figure it out.
31. I had an epidural even though I wanted to go natural.
32. I'm never going to go natural!
33. My favorite dinner is Turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, rolls, corn, yams, and stuffing.
34. I use to watch soaps with my mom every day when I was home sick.
35. I went to sixth grade. Didn't go to 7th or 8th (cancer) and they let me enroll in 9th grade. I think thats why I had such a hard time in 9th grade.
36. My lucky number is 18.
37. I'm a sagitarrius.
38. I went on a date with a kid who brought over "George of the Jungle" to watch and he quoted the entire thing.
39. I have a hope chest filled with old love letters and photos from boyfriends.
40. I kissed on of my friends boyfriends in HS and she still won't talk to me. (Its before they even went out. We kissed in 10th grade and he told her about it in 12th when they started going out)
41. I took a pottery class in college and sucked!
42. I took a Shakespeare class in college and did really good.
43. I went to the library every day my senior year at lunch time because I was depressed.
44. My first kiss was during a spin the bottle game with a boy name Barry Webster.
45. I joined the track team just because I liked a boy.
46. I hate tomatoes and mushrooms.
47. I love to curl up in bed and watch Seinfeld with Chad at night.
48. I like to cross stitch.
49. I listen to headphones when I clean sometimes. It makes me go faster.
50. I would like to learn to ballroom dance.
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Monday, January 14, 2008
Trying to be cool
We really like our new ward. We had a great time yesterday and I managed to pull off looking somewhat cool. As some may know I manage to say the most embarrassing comments in church (in general actually)
i.e. PREVIOUS WARDS
R.S. President "Sisters, what are some of you greatest fears?"
my hand immediately shoots up
"Getting raped and murdered"
R.S. President "Hmmmm... yes... anyone else"
Other sisters
"Finances"
"Children going on a wrong path"
"Not making it to celestial kingdom"
Or the time in Webb Bridge ward when while talking about marriage I tell this experience.
"My husband loves computer games and has been a really sore spot in our marriage, but recently instead of giving him grief about playing I asked if I could join him and play with him. This was a really hard thing for me to do because I have given him such a hard time and I hate computer games especially fantasy ones but we had alot of fun and then after a couple of hours I went to bed. He then turned off the computer and came to bed"
BIG HUGE AWKWARD SILENCE
Then I realized what that sounded like and I just wanted to say "Nooo not that... thats not what I meant! What I was meaning by the last sentence was that he came to bed to sleep!" My face was so red.
So usually every Sunday church goes something like this...
R.S. Teacher "Would anyone like to share an experience they've had about this topic"
Shellie "I am just going to raise my hand and say anything that comes out... it probably will have nothing to do with what you're saying... sorry... lets see how you can recover and bring it back to the subject" Smile :)
The way I feel in church would best be summed up by a line from Juno:
Juno: You're like... the coolest person I've ever met and you don't even have to try.
Paulie: I try really hard actually
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Monday, January 7, 2008
MegaJohn and Crazy
Dallen loves Transformers. We have officially said goodbye to Thomas (well at least for a little while) we packed up all his trains because they weren't getting played with and Kate would just dump the track pieces every where. So Dallen thinks he's Bumblebee. He has a pair of Transformer sandles that he wears every where outside and when he's inside he wears them on his hands so he can have "tire hands" I will have to get some footage of him turning into a car and turning into bumblebee. It's hilarious.
So awhile back when we we're at the store I bought some bumblebee tuna and Dallen recognized the word "Bumblebee" so he asked "Is that food for me?" and I answered "its for the whole family" He said "No its say's my name on it" "See it say's Bumblebee!"
He also calls MegaTron - "MegaJohn" and so when ever we talk about our friend John Shumway he asks us if we are talking about "MegaJohn"
Kate has picked up so many words. She's a talking maniac. She says the norm stuff like "Mama, Dada, Dal (dallen), Kitty, Dog, Hi, Bye Bye, All Done" She also has some words like "Happy, Apple, Meow" the best one is "crazy" its so cute. I think it's because I always say "You drive me crazy" I am such a horrible mother!
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Saturday, January 5, 2008
What did I do today?
Sometimes I think what in the world did I get done today. I sometimes lay in bed at night and think did all I do was watch Spongebob and change diapers! But here's what I did today!
*Watched Spongebob
*Vacuumed whole house
*Played in playroom with kids for a couple of hours (not all at once)
*Changed Diapers
*Went to 4 different grocery stores for Postum to sell on ebay
Yep thats it!
PS oh and watched America's Next Top Model
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