Things I Love

1. Sunday mornings! We switched to 1 PM church at the beginning of the year and I love being able to wake up when I want to, work on church things, chat on the phone, read, etc. without guilt or worry that I'm going to be late for something.

2. Pride and Prejudice! I know I'm a broken record these days but I seriously cannot get enough of the Regency type movies. We talked about this one on the way to the temple yesterday so I had to watch it last night. I teared up at the end when Darcy declared his love for Lizzie. Is it wrong for me to want that in my life? I don't think so. Now is it wrong for me to EXPECT that? Probably!



3. Successful shopping trips! I found a new shoe rack but haven't got it set up yet. Target had this new section of organization stuff and I found one that looks promising. It holds 21 pairs of shoes which I fear is not going to be big enough. I will likely need to do some downsizing. Or maybe I'll put the summer stuff in a bin in the closet and switch them out every season? Oooh - I think that might work!

4. Quaker Crunchy Corn Bran! Seriously, is there a better cereal than this? 5 grams of fiber and 90 calories in 2/3 of a cup? Not that I can get by with 2/3 of a cup...I mean, who could? Okay, toddlers, but that's it! Anyway, if you haven't tried it, you really should.


Time to shower and get on with my day. Enjoy your Sabbath!

Seriously annoyed!

1. I came home from another wonderful night of furniture shopping, dinner at Panera Bread and dessert at See's and found this disaster waiting for me at home. And I say "another" because this was my second night of furniture shopping, dinner at Panera and dessert at See's night with K. this WEEK. I love Panera Bread!! I seriously could eat their broccoli cheddar soup every night of my life and since I had lunch there on Monday as well, I practically do.

Anyway, this is what I found when I came home and no, this isn't the first time this has happened. And no, there was not an earthquake here tonight. My stupid (and not inexpensive) over the door shoe rack fell apart and I'm seriously not even going to try and put it together again. I need to go out tomorrow and find a new one because I'm completely over it, sick of it, done with this worthless shoe rack. It falls apart about once every couple of weeks.

Any recommendations for a new one? I have a lot of shoes so those with the pockets don't have enough room and then these with the bars don't work with wedges or flip-flops. Since I live in a small condo, space is at a premium so over the door is the best plan.

2. I did find a cute bookcase and end table but they were only available in either black or white. Would that work in my living room? I was kind of hoping for a dark but not black wood.

3. My sister & family went to Hawaii today to visit my other sister and her family. I wish I was there with them except for the fact that would make five adults and seven children in their townhouse, and then dad comes on Monday so make that six adults. J. was watching the kids tonight and said "there are 5 children in my kitchen." CRAZINESS! I need to figure out how to link her blog from here - she's a great writer AND she puts little videos on her blog as well. Such a talented girl...

Okay, I'm going to the temple early tomorrow with the Primary Presidency -- so excited! I also need to finish part one of the FABULOUS Jane Eyre so I can hurry and get part two going. Anyway, all of this means I need to finish and shut this computer off.

Have a wonderful Saturday!

My first blog post!

I have been wanting to start a blog for a long time but just haven't pulled the trigger - until now. I'm not sure why I'm starting this now. I think it's because I read so many great blogs and those prompt thoughts I'd like to share with the unknown world. Whatever the reason - here I go. I'm not sure if I'm going to follow a set format but for now, I'm going to do lists because that's kind of how my brain works. I'm also only going to mention the people in my life by first initial just because I don't want to feel like I have to ask permission before talking about anything that might involve them. That could possibly change at some point...or if I forget and just type their whole name.

1. I recently bought two new TVs and needed to get rid of the old ones. One of them is kind of big and bulky so that delayed my taking them to the DI Truck. I heard from my friend L. that her ward has a want/need/have email list so I put them on the list, asking they'd be gone by Friday (as well as my VCR - bye bye VHS, I'm in love with TiVo now.) Guess what? They're both gone and to two lovely families that I know will appreciate them and keep them in the manner to which they've grown accustomed. I have room to walk in my living room now AND I have two sexy LCD TVs in their place. Heaven!


2. I'm going to Chicago again next month! I know going to Chicago in February doesn't sound like the ideal vacation spot but I have dear friends who live there and we miss each other but most importantly, we have a lot of Wii games to play together. Which brings me to number 3 on my list...


3. After much searching of both regular and online stores, I finally found Guitar Hero for the Wii and ordered it yesterday. Wahoo! So my question is, do you think I could bring the guitar on the plane with me so D., B. and I can rock out when I'm there next month? I wouldn't want to pack it in my suitcase because you know it would get ripped off or broken but could I carry it on?? Do they make a case for Guitar Hero guitars? Would that be so embarrassing and lame?

4. K. and I went shopping at IKEA last night. I'm on the lookout for an end table and either a bookcase/sideboard type thing for my entry way. I'm in desperate need of storage. Or a bigger place to live. Or I need to throw junk away. I liked this one at IKEA but with the optional doors on the bottom shelves so I can hide stuff. I would also get baskets or boxes for DVDs/Wii stuff, etc. We're going furniture shopping again tonight because I'm not 100% sold on this one just yet. I didn't love the color selections.



5. Our ward's Relief Society started this "Great in 8" program and I went with K. to the meeting last night. It's not too far off of WW so it goes along with what I'm already working on plus there's the whole incentive points/team competition thing that will make it more fun. There's this entire list of "bad foods" though and a lot of them are things you can have on WW (like white rice) so I'm not exactly sure I'd call them bad foods. I'm trying to decide if I'll call them "bad foods" or not when I'm actually staying within my WW portions & points. Maybe I'll count them as "bad" if I exceed a certain portion size? Hmm.


6. I am SO loving the Jane Austen movies on PBS right now. I finished watching Persuasion this week and so enjoyed it. I think I need to read the book now. I'm also netflix'ing the BBC version of Jane Eyre which was highly recommended on another blog and disc one arrived yesterday. I will likely post a review when I'm finished. I have Northanger Abbey waiting for me on my TiVo as well. There's just something about these movies that makes me happy - I can't explain it any other way. And when I took the below quiz before, I was Elinor Dashwood which I think is more fitting of my personality but oh well! I have Emma-ish qualities too.

Take the Quiz here!

7. My favorite thing in life right now? My UGG Coquette slippers. They are ridiculously priced but I have wanted them for a year and finally just said "I work hard, I have money, I'm going to buy them." They make my feet feel so good.



8. I saw 27 Dresses on Monday. It was cute but not my most favorite movie by any means. I'm not a huge Katherine Heigl fan. She just seems all screechy and bratty to me. I used to like her on "Grey's" but not so much anymore. My favorite movie this year is Juno. I love it and the bizarro/quirky soundtrack so much. I've seen it twice in fact. I don't recommend this movie for all -- but I think it should be required viewing for any teenager who is sexually active. I love that it shows adoption in such a positive light.


Okay, that's enough for now -- phew, first post of my blog is done and ready to go! So exciting...


Have a great day!
Jeanelle