Have you ever???

So I saw this on another blog and thought it was pretty cool and realized there is a ton of stuff I want to do or see in my lifetime...so I have listed all the stuff I have done in dark blue and then made some notations in pink by some others. Check it out and do it yourself and let's compare.

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii-hoping to do this on my 10th anniversary

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland or World

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped-I have absolutely NO desire to do this!!!

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child-considered this at one time
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables-contemplating this in the spring
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort-no snow here in Alabama
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping - Shh!
27. Run a Marathon-yet another thing I have NO desire to do-LOL!!
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice-would love to do this one day
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise-on my list of to do's in the near future.
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person-ditto #32
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance-NO desire for this either
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies-nope, but bought plenty of them!!!
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check - oops!
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person-on the list of to do's in the near future
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life - not with CPR or Heimlich but talking them into getting help.
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby-unfortunately not in the cards for me
95. Seen the Alamo in person-might do this in the fall
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

Addicted...

to facebook, that is. I love it, I have come across so many old friends thru FB, what a great way to keep in touch and it is FREE (my favorite word).

Kids today have it great, so much more technology that we did (back in the 80's & early 90's). My niece and her friends find it shocking that I didn't have a TV in my room and only one in the whole house (and didn't have cable till I was in HS), much less a phone in my room till I was a Sr. in HS, while most of them have had TV's and phones since they were born or it least it seems that way.

Anyway back to facebook, it is so much fun to see what everybody is doing with the status up- dates and finding old friends I thought were lost forever is amazing to me. Plus you can do all sorts of neat things, post pictures, invite people to events, keep a garden, have a flair board and be a fan of all sorts of things (schools, causes, etc). So if you haven't found facebook, check it out and join cause I can assure you will find just as addictive as I have!!!

Another first....

So here it is...my first scrapbook layout for 2009 AND the first one I have ever sent in to be "judged". It is also the first layout I have completed in my scrap room using tools I have never used before like the Xyron Runner I got for Christmas.

ScrapEtc. put up a challenge for layouts about resolutions and/or non-resolutions and I thought well I will give this a try, a huge step out for me, cause I don't think my layouts are ever any good. So here it is, my first "published" layout....sorry about the slight glare, this was the best one to show the color....please don't laugh...

Happy New Year!!!!

Well another year is upon us. It is 2009, would someone please tell me where 2008 went??? I remember being a "tween" when Prince's song "1999" came out thinking "that is SO far away" and now 1999 was 10 years ago!!! Time flies whether you have fun or not, so you might as well have some fun along the way.

Since it is a new year, it is mandatory to make "resolutions"
(things we want to accomplish over the coming year). So this is what I have been pondering today, while I take down decorations, making sure to be very organized, what do I want to accomplish this year??

So here is my list and hopefully I will accomplish ALL of these: or at least 1/2 of them :)

1) Become closer to GOD, and acknowledge him in all that I do (I have been a slacker lately)
2) Be healthier (eating AND exercising)
3) PUT AWAY MY CLOTHES /don't let them pile up on the dresser
4) Keep the house picked up at all times (so I don't have to use my day off cleaning)
5) Scrap, Scrap, Scrap.....I have a whole room dedicated to this, it shouldn't be an issue
6) Don't let TV rule my life (DVR, DVR, DVR)
7) Re-unite with old friends (thanks FaceBook)
8) Simplify and organize (this incorporates various aspects of my home and work life)
9) Pay off some debt once and for all
10) Enjoy life and everything it offers (good and bad)

So there ya go....my "resolutions" for 2009, you've read them so try to hold me to them!!!

I hope everybody has a wonderfully happy and prosperous New Year!!!

"Santa (please) Stop" at our house

Santa has already made a visit to our house today!!! Since we moved to the new neighborhood (Spring Gate Estates) we noticed a "Santa Stop" sign popped up on the corner of our yard a couple of weeks ago. Of course being new to the neighborhood, we were both wondering what in the world??? Well we found out this afternoon.....we start hearing a siren and then all the neighborhood kids start congregating on the corner of our yard and we realize Santa is about to make a stop right in front of our house and sure enough the siren gets REALLY loud and here comes Santa, not on his reindeer, but strapped to the front of the big yellow fire truck.
The kids are going nuts cause he passing out candy and parents are taking pictures like crazy...and then there is the one girl that starts screaming, "Santa was my softball coach last year!!!" And then the parents of the little ones are having to scramble telling that he is one of Santa's helpers since Santa himself is awfully busy today getting ready to visit all the good little boys and girls.

It was fun blessing seeing the joy in all those kids that still believe in Santa like we do!!

We want to wish all our family and friends a very Merry Christmas!!!

1st Christmas Party

Friday nite was our first Christmas party in our new house....our Sunday School class went to eat Lloyds (famous for the great hamburger steak) and then back to our house for dessert and a little Wii play, which actually turned into ALOT of Wii play-LOL!!!

It is amazing what a little competition will do for everyone - not sure why I didn't break my camera out for this, probably because I was laughing too hard to hold it steady for pics.
Here is a run down of the TOP FIVE things that happened...

1) Martha and April nearly punched our TV out boxing, the more they boxed the closer they got
2) Misty and Shelli can't stand for the other to be better at something
3) EVERYBODY had fun trying to do the "TREE" yoga pose
4) The younger you are (Paige, Mylie and Kyle) the better you are at everything
And last but not least of all...
5) Luckie definitely won the style contest in hula-hooping...can I just say "BOW-CHICKA-WOW-WOW!!! if only we had a video camera LOL

All in all we had a great time and definitely need to plan more Wii time!!!

Finally....done with decorating

Well we started decorating for Christmas last week (after Thanksgiving of course) and here we are one week later and have just finished up. Now it wasn't because we didn't want to, I wanted it done last Sunday, but the weather just wasn't cooperative with all the rain we got and David has some serious issues getting on the roof, I didn't think it would be smart to make him get on it while it was wet. :P

Today we finally got the chance to finish the outside by hanging the wreaths on our 2nd story windows, but I hope no inspectors come by cause I have got some serious extension cord tangles going on. Why don't they make the cords longer, how many houses have an outlet 6 inches from a window, I mean come on, would hurt to have the cord maybe 12" or 14" long??? You can always hide it if it is too long, but it is hard to make it inconspicuous when you have to add a 15 extension cord. I have extension cords plugged into extension cords that are plugged into more extension cords, and luckily haven't blown a fuse, YET!!! My power bill is probably going to be sky high this month.


Anyway here are some pics of our decorations inside and out....and yes I know we have the perfect yard for the big blow-ups of Santa and Frosty, but it ain't gonna happen...well except maybe for the Reindeer barn or maybe Santa in a helicopter on top of our garage....no, I really am kidding mom, no big blow-ups at the Carson house.