The Joke's On Me!

I went over to Debra's house last week and got my present from Aunt Joyce and Aunt Sharon. I think the pictures speak for themselves. If you can't see what it is, they took a BSU t-shirt and a BYU t-shirt, cut them in half, and then sewed them together. All I know is that I've got a little thinking to do to get my funny revenge! Be Afraid Aunt Joyce and Aunt Sharon, be VERY afraid!

Ward Girls Unite!

Last night I was able to have Emily and Debra come over for a "spa" night. We had Subway "Eat Fresh" sandos, chips and Crystal Light -- oh, and then M&Ms and homemade chocolate chip cookies (which doesn't count because we ate so well before that). We laughed and reminisced about the good ol' days of playing sports together. Then I pushed play for the relaxing CD in my stereo and we began. I only had one tub for soaking feet so one soaked and scrubbed and the other did the facial. I painted their toes with their choice of polish color. I told them, "I don't know how I ended up with all this nail and toe stuff when I don't have fingernails." Good times had by all! And by the way, when did I become such a scrimp next to these Ward girls? What happened there?

Scary Storm

It all started on Saturday night around 8:30. The wind started picking up ferociously and by 9:00, I started to get nervous. Then it happened, the lights went out at 9:15 and the wind was whipping my trees and plants around. All of a sudden the wind, now blowing up to 70mph, (according to the newspaper) picked up my umbrella, that was sitting inside of my glass table, and threw it slamming it into the ground. My table was shattered into diamond-sized pieces all over my lawn. Now I was really starting to get scared. Fire trucks and sirens were going off all around me. I quickly thought in the dark, I'm getting my stuff ready to hit the road. I felt through the dark and packed up my computer, all my work-related stuff, threw some clothes into a bag and put it all in my car so that I only had to load up the dogs and get outta here. Within 30 minutes the sirens seemed like they were just next door they were so loud and then the embers started flying in the air. Now, as most of you know, I live next to an old, dried up house that could go up in smoke at any moment. I got the hose out and started spraying the garage and the fence. Still almost crapping my pants of what I was going to do, I nestled onto my couch with my dogs to watch the storm. Then I realized, how do my neighbors have power and I don't? They live right across the street. I walk outside and look down one side and down the other. My whole side didn't have power and the other side did. More sirens. I didn't go to bed until 11:30 Saturday night and when I awoke, still no power. Needless to say, I really need to get my 72-hour kit ready for "emergencies" like this. The power didn't come back on until 1:23 early Monday morning. I was without power for 28 hours and 8 minutes. First of all, this doesn't really ever happen in Boise, but it really made me think about being prepared.

Birthday Bike

This year for my birthday I bought myself a bike. It is soooo fun to ride and it's sooo cute! Love it!

You Wanna Bet?

While I was in Richfield the boys next door came over. We did a lot of playing with the dogs, card playing and laughing. After we were finished playing outside for a couple hours we came back inside to play some cards. They had just learned to play gin rummy and were so excited to show me their stuff. I kicked their little bums like nothing else. By the third time I said, "Whoever wins this next hand, the losers have to wash my car tomorrow." They were all giddy saying, "Oh, yeah, Aunt Molly, bring it on. If you lose, you have to wash Grandma's car." I said, "Deal." The game gets going and we're getting down to the bottom of the pile. I'm thinking, oh, crap, I'm gonna lose. With three cards left, Breck threw down the card I needed and I slammed my winnings on the table doing a little happy dance while doing it (man, I play mean, don't I?) and said, "See you tomorrow boys. Bring the soap and bucket." I love winning. Notice Breck in the picture giving a thumbs down.

Gondola Ride

I started my vacation down in Richfield for a few days and Mom and I were able to run up to Sun Valley and ride the gondola. I was pretty nervous when it first took off, but the way down I knew what to expect. I couldn't believe that Sid and crew put those huge beams in clear up the mountain. I just kept looking down saying, wow, seriously? It was really incredible.

As we took off up the hill we got about 30 feet from the start and the gondola stopped. Since Mom had taken Jody and Spencer the week before, she knew what to expect, but she wasn't expecting it to stop either. I asked her, "Is this normal?" She said that it never stopped when she went with them. We were hanging in the air and then started back up again. Then after we got up there and walked around a little bit, we got back on and didn't even get in and settled when it stopped again. We just laughed. I thought, maybe there is a weight restriction and they're telling me to hike back down the mountain. Once we were getting ready to depart from the gondola it stopped for the final time. We were already at the bottom and the doors were only 3 inches from opening completely. We laughed again. It was a fun ride.

Take me out to the ballgame........

Last Friday I was able to go with Jody, Lee, Spencer and his friend to watch the Hawks game. I had never been to one and it was fun.