Tag

I've neglected a significant number of "tags" throughout my blogging career, mostly due to forgetfulness. So here's a repentance effort. (I wrote most of this last night, so you'll have to substitute "yesterdays" for "todays." Sorry. Breaking rules already.)

"10 Years Ago Today..."
No idea about 10 years ago today, but 10 years ago around this time I was sixteen and my life was a pageant of friends, music, family, teachers, school, and seminary. It was collage of love. And it was saturated with good examples. Makes me weep with gratitude to reflect on those influential people and those sunny days.

"5 things on my to-do list today:"
1. Make funeral potatoes for a...funeral, in fact.

But isn't 1 item on a to-do list really 5 (plus) items? As it turned out, "Make Funeral Potatoes" really meant:

1. Do the breakfast dishes, sweep the floor, clean kitchen counters and table (Does anyone else HATE to do significant cooking in a messy kitchen?).
2. Dry off Lucy's entire body after she so happily soaks herself during the washing of 12 potatoes.
3. Stifle laughter as Lucy totes, cradles, and bounces one particular potato in her arms, all the while cooing things like, "Oh, you precious potato," and "Oh, you dear one," and "I am such a mamma to you."
4. Converse 100 times with Lucy about how we "Don't touch the boiling water/steaming potatoes/sharp knives/hot pans...'cause that would burn us/cut us/etc!" (I really thought we were making progress with this lesson, but Lucy's last comment on the subject left me doubtful: "When I grow bigger, then I will play with knives!!!" At least, perhaps, we're postponing the problem a few years.)
5. Raise a "Do you listen to me at all" eyebrow at Lucy after watching her blatantly dig into potato/sourcream/butter/chickensoup/cheese mixture again, after one laughing, "Ok, honey, that's enough!" and a few more"Absolutely not!" warnings. In the end, she settled for the pile of grated cheese I set in front of her, and I added "clean mashed cheese bits off the floor" to my to-do list.
6. Let computer-installation guy (who introduced himself as Taylor) into the house with potato smeared hands. Try to concentrate on potato making while listening to Lucy converse with computer instalation guy...
Lucy, hovering at the edge of the living room, in view of computer instalation process, and in a whisper, "What-cha-doin'?"
No answer from instalation guy.
Lucy again, in a slightly louder whisper, "What-cha-doin', Tay-lor?"
Chuckle from under the desk. "Just putting in a new computer."
Lucy, "A NEW COMPUTER?!" And then, upon viewing the old computer sitting obviously dejected on the floor, "Oooh, my computer!"
7. Pause potato process to console child about old computer - who, Lucy felt, was being saddly mistreated. (She recovered soon as she saw the new, larger computer screen on the desk. Smart child.)
8. Greet husband over computer installation process with potato smeared hands. Try to concentrate on potato recipe while husband shares tid-bits from an interesting new book and while monitoring Lucy who is on the brink of becoming a hands-on computer installation apprentice.
9. Send husband and potatoes to church within 4 minutes of potato "deadline," thank and bid farewell to computer installation guy. Turn to view messy kitchen and hungry-for-lunch child climbing into high-chair. Add "make lunch" and "clean potato mess" to the to-do list. (And then feel really grateful for the return of husband who immediately checked the latter item off of my list. Love you, Wes.)

I fear the above comments will somehow come off as complaining - but on the contrary, we had a really happy morning.

There are few things "I Enjoy..." more than cooking with the "little chef." Lucy is a delightful, if demanding assistant.

"What would I do if I was suddenly a billionaire?" Oh, good heavens. Quit my job. Travel. Invest. Buy a dishwasher. Donate. Re-cover my living room ottoman.
OK. Let's not think about this one any more... =)

5 of my bad habits:
*forgetting to brush Lucy's teeth
*stacking rather than hanging up my clothes at the end of the day
*procrastinating my Primary lesson until Saturday night
*leaving trash in my car
*forgetting to charge my cell phone

5 places I have lived:
*Bountiful, Ut
*Provo, Ut
Real woman of the world here, eh?!

Jobs I have had:
*Nanny
*Resident Assistant
*Student employee in BYU's Special Collections Archieves
*Hall Advisor

5 things people don’t know about me:
um?
*I really like tuna fish.
*I'm a slow reader.
*My first word was "money." (Gotta love those older brothers! =)

*I can't whistle.
*Or do a cartwheel.

(Wes says I should tell significant things like: "I've had surgery for an ectopic pregnancy" or "I've never seen Monte Python and the Holy Grail." So there are some serious facts if that's what you're looking for.)

OK. There's my "tag" for the year. You're invited to participate if you so desire.

Happy almost weekend!