When it comes to music, I have some guilty pleasures. I don't listen to them all of the time, but I still like them and am a little embarrassed to admit it. One of my sisters says that she doesn't have any guilty pleasures- she just likes what she likes and isn't ashamed. That's pretty cool, but I'm not quite there yet.
I do listen to hip music (well, I think it's hip), but people might be surprised to find certain artists on my iPod. I seriously enjoy all types of music. I feel like I am pretty open to almost all genres.
I don't know why I feel the need to confess these guilty pleasures; I guess I've just been thinking about music lately. Or maybe I need to get a few things off my chest so I won't feel so embarrassed if I get caught.
First of all, I bought David Archuleta's song, Crush. I had not heard him sing at all before I heard this song. I chose to boycott American Idol last season, just because I was sick of it taking up so much of my life- 5 or 6 months, 2 times a week really adds up. And I still like and bought the kid's song. It's very pop-ish, but he has a good voice, and it is kind of catchy...
Second, I like Metallica. I know most of you can't picture me jamming out to Metallica; I can't even really picture it! But yes, I got their new album, and although I haven't listened to the whole thing, I really like it so far. I mean, these guys have been rocking for how long? They have an Unforgiven III on the album, and it's quite good.
Third, I like Nelly. Not Nelly Furtado, but Nelly, the black rap/hip hop dude in the wife beater with the tattoos. Keep in mind, I don't like him; this guy is a major potty-mouth. But I like the cleaned up versions of his songs, even though they are hard to find. I think I can blame this one on my younger sisters.
I just felt like I needed to get that out there. I understand if some of you can't be my friends now. I actually listen to such a wide variety of stuff, that I don't listen to this stuff that often. Lately I have been listening to a lot of John Mayer, Death Cab, Coldplay, The Killers, and Carrie Underwood. So I'm not totally weird.
One more confession: I like the Spice Girls.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
What We've Been Up To
Sorry about all the posts, but we have been busy! On Friday, Peter and I spent the afternoon working in the garage while the kids slept and watched movies. I feel bad that we stuck the kids in front of the TV for a while, but we (well, mostly Peter) are tired of the atrocious mess in our garage! We can barely park our one car in it. I am planning on having a garage sale as soon as I get everything organized, so that will clear some of it out. But there are boxes in there that we haven't touched since we moved in here. Who knows what is in there! We have wanted some shelving and a work bench for a while now, and decided that it would be hard to move forward without it. We bought some basic shelving at Ikea for the lighter items. We also have a steel shelf for the heavy items and we'll get more of those sometime later. Peter also bought some 2x4s to make himself a workbench. The pictures are lousy- I finally gave up taking pictures and just got to work instead. Here are the Ikea shelves...there are three of these connected, plus an extension on one of them. It is huge!
We were both so tired the next day; our hands are ripped up and bruised. Sorry to be wimpy, but we don't do this kind of stuff that often, I guess. I am super excited to get organized though. It was one of my New Year's Resolutions and I have made some progress, but this will really help me out.I am also in the middle of redoing my 72-hour kit. I have the basic food, but I realized when I dug the rest of our kit out of the garage, that I hadn't updated it since Jonah was a baby! So I have to redo the clothing and baby items, I guess. It is going to be a lot harder of a project than I first thought. Packing for five is a lot harder than packing for three! Plus, there are a few things I need to add, including bigger purchases like a wind-up radio and those kinds of things. So hopefully I'll get this project done soon so it won't be nagging at me too long!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
No More Pull-Ups
Jonah has been sleeping in his underwear for a couple of weeks during naps, and a week ago, we decided to try it through the night. He has been doing great and hasn't had an accident yet. I just make sure he goes before bed. I have even been waking him up before I go to bed to make him go, but he hasn't needed to go, so I guess I'll stop doing that. I think he's still half asleep when I get him up, because he doesn't really know what's going on, and then I just let him go back to bed.
He goes by himself sometimes in the morning if he needs to. He is starting to go in the bathroom by himself and go if he needs to go. That sure is nice, although I do still ask him often of he needs to go.
So now I have a half package of Lightning McQueen Pull-Ups unused. I guess I'll save them for Eden; she likes Cars. The thought of having only one kid in diapers is so tempting; however, I do not think Eden is ready and I will not put myself through a horrible experience out of desperation. I can be patient. I'm not sure how long Peter can hold out. So, although you all LIVE for potty updates on our kids, you might have to wait a few months for the next one.
He goes by himself sometimes in the morning if he needs to. He is starting to go in the bathroom by himself and go if he needs to go. That sure is nice, although I do still ask him often of he needs to go.
So now I have a half package of Lightning McQueen Pull-Ups unused. I guess I'll save them for Eden; she likes Cars. The thought of having only one kid in diapers is so tempting; however, I do not think Eden is ready and I will not put myself through a horrible experience out of desperation. I can be patient. I'm not sure how long Peter can hold out. So, although you all LIVE for potty updates on our kids, you might have to wait a few months for the next one.
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