Halloween Trunk or Treat Carrollton 2nd Ward

I label it this way because I am going with Amy to hers next week:) Anywho we had a good time, and I was proud of myself for going. I have alienated myself, I think from the ward because I thought we would be moving, but it is looking more and more like we are going to stay around here, so I am making the effort to make some friends and try to fit in. I have for the most part not fit in well, and I think that has to do with my nature, i just don't feel like I am on the same level as most of the women in my ward(not saying I am better than them, merely saying I feel lacking in most aspects). But enough of that... we are talking Halloween!

Leland LOVES Amy! She got him ready for me (as mentioned in an earlier blog I am a horrible house keeper so ignore the mess)


Amy and the boys



Me and the boys


Our cute TIRED Frog


Our Adorable Doggie (its even cuter when he says it!)

I hope the boys had a blast, I love that they came with me, it made it easier to go. Thanks Amy!
Leland had just about had it so I thought I could do a pixie stick to keep him calm while we waited for the kids to go home, so that we could back out.... He loved it


except when I took it away.....

Climbing!

Leland has started to climb, which mostly irritates the crap out of me! However he is a doll so that saves him most of the time! My favorite is when he climbs up on the CD player to watch me at the computer, his little hand pats my arm while he watches and adds to whatever I am doing with the other hand slamming on the keyboard. And tonight when I turned around I found he had broken through my fortress and gotten to the pink couch. (aka my coffee table, where the junk goes that I don't have time or the will power to deal with. I had moved the laundry baskets in front of it, so he couldn't mess in the stuff, only i forgot that he now stands up behind them and pushes them around as a walker) anyway he had to get to the purell that he likes to suck on, I know gross and I don't let him do it, but sometimes he gets it when I am not looking. Anyway this is what I found tonight, and yes that is the one and only purell bottle on that entire couch that he had to dig to find!

This is just a clearer pic and yes I can hear Amy mocking me now!

Noah's School Program....

I got to go with Amy to Noah's school program. She had gotten a babysitter, so I got to leave Leland home which was nice! He did a fantastic job! We took some pictures at home before we went to prove who would be there (meaning me and Amy). He was fantastic! And afterwards we went for ice cream! Holy Moses Marble slab is expensive, and he didn't get his waffle cone like he wanted and I just got a scoop no toppings and he got a kid size two small scoops and one topping! It was 7.50! Holy holy that is a LOT of money for ice cream! Anyway... it was a fun night and after sharing my mint ice cream with him he decided to forgive me for not ordering a waffle cone for him! Great Job Noah!

ish ues

So people lets face it, I have them, my anxiety has been out of hand lately and I finally got myself into the doctor:) YAY for me! Anyway for those of you that don't know this means I actually get to fall asleep at night rather than in the wee hours of the morning. She actually labeled it insomnia and laughed, and said it was anxiety induced and easy to take care of. So folks I can look forward to not being so grouchy anymore! The good news my blood tests came back normal! YAY my iron is finally up! The bad news we still don't know why I get the shakes so bad and for no reason, not so YAY! But my other issues have to do with my apartment complex. I have to admit, that while my neighbor is a really nice guy, it gets old finding half smoked cigarettes out on the banister, and to go out when he is smoking kills me. And his associates make me nervous, and the fact that they are up free style rapping (yes you read that right) at 3 in the morning, so loud that I can hear them, makes me want to call the cops on them! I try not to as I want to stay in good standing with them. But since the weather has turned colder (hallelujah) they haven't been out much! YAY! ON the other side of that though, my apartment complex just can't understand why I call to complain about the screens in the windows not sealing them off. I LOVE to have the cold breeze in the house, I DO NOT love to have RED ANTS, SPIDERS and GECKOS in my house, all of which reside in the trees outside out windows that have crappy screens (if I duck tape the screens in do you think that will work?) Also all of our faucets have recently started dripping, which I find irritating! I haven't called on that yet though so I can't complain! I keep telling myself I will call on that when I get my house a little cleaner, but for those of you who know me, know that housekeeping is not my forte, I would rather play all day! I will get better though I think! I just have to practice at it! Anywho those are my issues for today and this week.... and be ready cause I am going to post a bunch right now:)

Things I have done

I saw this on Em's blog. I thought it would be fun to see what I've done. Obviously many more I can try to achieve in my lifetime. How many have you done?

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
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
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning -something to be proud of???
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
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
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
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
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
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason.. there is always a reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
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
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
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life every day
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
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone not till I was 21
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

Love Hate

Leland has a love hate relationship with shoes, he brings them to me I put them on (I know this is what he wants because he hands them to me and offers me his foot, and gets irritated if I take too long) and once they are on, he turns around and crawls like mad, trying to get them off, and then he comes back to me for help if he doesn't succeed in getting them off. And I take them off, and we start over, he laughs and hands them to me, and off he goes again. It is quite amusing to watch, maybe I will get a video of it. For those of you wondering what kind of shoes he wears since he isn't really walking, we have some crocs that Mom Hamilton purchased for him, as well as some of the leather bottom ones, although he doesn't play with those as much. Anyway, he is standing on his own, a little wobbly but its getting there, so soon he should be on the go:)

Tomorrow is the BIG DAY

Okay well really we are just switching phone networks and I thought I would inform everyone that we are going to try and keep the same numbers:) but that we are going to At&T or cingular, whatever its called now! I know this mostly effects Em since I always call her cell phone since I know she has verizon, but yeah, just wanted ya to know I get a new phone! YAY!