Portia

'nuff said.

Palmer, the Clock Watcher

Palmer is full of funny comments and questions. He now says, "Sure!" instead of yes. At the end of every activity, he says, "Mom, I had fun at....." It's pretty easy to ensure that Palmer has a good time. Give him kids to play with and he's happy anywhere. But the latest funny thing bordered on irreverent.

Today during the High Council speaker (we like to call them "Dry" council because they're usually so boring), Palmer said he was ready for Primary (he's the only Sunbeam in our ward). Our church is at 1:00pm, so Primary starts at 2:10. At about 1:55, I told him to watch the clock and when both hands were on the 2, he could go to Primary. He sat quietly and watched for about a minute. He looked at the speaker (who did actually give a fantastic talk), watched Portia color, and then went back to watching the clock. He then looked at me and said, "Mom! I think the clock's broken. It's not moving!" That was funny enough but he said it very loudly and every person around us was trying not to laugh. I think we all found it funny because invariably, there are Sundays when the clock does indeed seem broken.

What's Your Score?

I got this activity from my friend Kricket. You should try it too.

Rules: Anything you have done has to be in colored, bold, and/or underlined. How much have you done? It only takes about 5 minutes…Just do it..it's fun! The things I've done are in red.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii (twice!)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland!
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a Praying Mantis
10. Sang a solo (I was 12 and Dorothy in Wizard of Oz...don't ask)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris (does the airport count?)
13. Watched an amazing lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (quilting)
15. Adopted a child (not yet!)
16. Had food poisoning...
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
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 (mental health day)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Ran a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (does it count if I sat on the dock wishing to do so? Missionaries can't do the gondola thing)
29. Seen a total eclipse (on my birthday!)
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community !
36. Taught yourself a new language (Italian)
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 (much to the dismay of my Zone Leader)
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa (some day)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person (next time)
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving
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 (one day, it wasn't my thing)
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood!
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt (does it count as more than one point if I've done many this year?)
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
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 (my favorite Old Testament book is Habakukk)
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake (it was gross, don't do it)
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Visited Italy

I scored a 58 how about you?

Random Thoughts

So, I have a few random thoughts that are, well......random, at best. So here they are.

1. Jason Mesnick, aka the Bachelor, is scum. If you don't know why, watch this interview with Jimmy Kimmel.

2. Never, ever, ever, ever trust door-to-door salespeople. This is a no-brainer. But I felt bad about always saying no to these people and the one time I said "yes", they altered a check and took almost $200 out of my checking account. When I went to close the account and report the fraud, I found that the kid had tried to forge more checks but the bank wouldn't let him. They estimated that he tried to take out over $500. That made for a fun morning.

3. It's not a good idea to stay up until midnight when your kids get up at 6:30am. I'm not happy right now and have too much to do take a nap.

4. Does anyone's house ever stay clean? I know that within minutes (not an exaggeration) of cleaning something in my home, my kids destroy it somehow. It's a constant reminder of why we don't own nice furniture.

That's it. I'm pretty random. But that's what on my mind at the moment.