What I Know

My wonderful sister-in-law emailed this to me and so I thought I would fill it out and post it since nothing much is going on right now. We were asked to trade weekends back with the kids, so that means we won't get them until next weekend. (That will be three weeks without them and I really miss them. I had even planned on carving pumpkins together this weekend). As for me, I have just been working - so that isn't fun to blog about (nor can I for confidentiality reasons) so until I have something more exciting, I thought this was a great time for reflection and maybe you will enjoy thinking about how you would personally finish these statements.

I AM: Sarah
I MISS: my dad and loved ones in other states.
I HEAR: BSU playing San Jose.
I SMELL: my caramel apple Yankee Candle.
I CRAVE: ice cream.
I WORRY: that I will never get to be a stay at home mom.
I REGRET: spending so much time (wasted time) worried about what other people think.
I LOVE: spending time with my friends and family.
I ALWAYS: strive to do my best yet am always hardest on myself.
I DANCE: I don’t know how to dance.
I SING: but try not to do so in public (althought there may be a story or two indicating that may have accidentally happened at the embarrassment of me and other innocent bystanders).
I CANT STAND: people who think they are better than others (Blake says it is called arrogance)
I LOSE: Lose? I am competitive, I hate to lose.
I DO: overreact.
I LISTEN: Huh? Blake says I need hearing aids.
I HATE: being wrong.
I HOPE: to pass my exam tomorrow.
I WANT TO BE: pregnant.
I OBSESS: about what others are thinking about me. (Note I have work to do here as it is my biggest regret)
I DREAM: of being a stay at home mom.
I LIVE: my life one day at a time and try to stay present and enjoy the little things in life.
I WILL: continue to grow and learn and try not to take things for granted.
I WILL ALWAYS: try to learn from my mistakes.
I CAN USUALLY BE FOUND: At work (lately).
I NEED: a break.
I KNOW: life is too short and that I am loved.
I AM ALWAYS: wanting things to be clean.
I WISH: Blake could find employment.
I CRY: when I'm sad or really tired. I have been really tired lately!
I FELL: but dusted myself off and got back up again.
I BELIEVE: God has a perfect plan for my life.
NICKNAME: Saria, Hunny.
LOCATION: Kuna
AGE: 34
HEIGHT: 5 ft 5 in
SHOE SIZE: 8 ½ to 9
PIERCINGS: 3
HAIR COLOR: Blond – in desperate need of a highlighting fix.
WEAKNESS/FEAR: of failing and spiders.
GOAL YOU'D LIKE TO ACHIEVE: Short term= start running again. Long term= get my personal training certification and take a martial arts class like Muay Thai.
BEST PHYSICAL FEATURE: Yeah right. (remember I am really hard on myself)
BEST MEMORY: Flying with my dad.
PEPSI OR COKE? Neither – I prefer water and coffee.
MARRIED: Yes, to the love of my life.

Soccer Season!

Little Sarah LOVES Soccer! This year she is in the 7th grade, wears the #2, and her McCall team is now playing regulation soccer (bigger field, more players). Since the kids live in McCall, it is hard to find teams to play, so they have to travel all over the state. This weekend she had games in Kuna (yea! close to home :)) and Middleton.

But it was SOOOOO cold! It snowed here Friday night and this morning game in Kuna was bitter cold. You can see I was less than thrilled to be weathering the elements, but it was worth watching L. Sarah play!

Blake and Brandon were cold too, but at least they were smiling. Note: I was smiling on the inside.

Sarah played an aggressive game - she had some run-ins with the other player in this pic (yellow #11). The first thing she said to us after the game was about this player, there were no words exchanged - but if looks could kill...

Bagel Honey Locust

I first saw this on my friend's blog and have since seen it floating around, but it was fun, so I wanted to share as well!

YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) Missy Altima
YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR'S NAME: ("The" + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”) The Scrappin' Sunny Tour
YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) Mint Chocolate Chip Sugar
YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) S-Spr
YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color + favorite animal) Yellow Dog
YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name + city where you were born) Jane Boise
YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) SprSa
SUPERHERO NAME: ("The" + 2nd favorite color + favorite drink)
The Green Hard Lime
NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers) DeVaughn John
STRIPPER NAME: (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent + favorite candy)
Happiness Good 'N Plenty
WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ) Lee Thomas
TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name + a major city that starts with the same letter) Alsager Austin
SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday + flower) Christmas Daisy
CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit + article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”) Strawberry Flannely
HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree) Bagel Honey Locust

Now it is your turn! :)

Mountain Home Airshow 9-13-08

How Many of Me? How Many of You?

So my friend Rachel had the stats for her family on her blog, so I clicked the link just to see how many people with my name were out there! Not too many! Rachel's husband's name is John Smith - can you imagine how many results that produced?! Try 50,414! Thanks for this fun fact finder Rach!

P.S. I just checked Blake's name and there was just one result! So he must be it!

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 9 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Young At Heart

Did I mention that I am not as young as I used to be? Well, I guess last night I was trying to prove myself wrong! As Angela reminded me, you are only as old as you feel and by golly I feel young!

Last night was the first night of church basketball for the fall season. Several people Blake and I played softball with this summer were going to play, so they asked us if we were going to join them. Of course I was game (even though it is from 8-10pm which as many of you know is past my bedtime!) Blake can't play because of his knees, but he came to support me. I thought it had been 14 years since I last played Bball, but asked Blake to double check my math - it has really been 18 years!! Well that wasn't going to stop me. I was a little nervous at first, there were lots of young people on the court, but it came back to me and I even scored some points. It felt really good, although I forgot just how much running is involved in the game! So maybe I was a little too competative last night and maybe played a little too hard, but it felt really great...until I got home.

I took off my shoes. I knew my feet were hurting and I figured I might have a couple blisters, but I had no idea just how bad it was until I happened to look down at my feet. My pink socks were now a beautiful blood soaked red! It was disgusting - I not only had incredibly deep layered blisters, but had rubbed off most of the bottom of my feet!

I soaked my feet and then placed some first aid Adaptic over the wounds. (I had some left over from the MS150 in August when I rode myself raw over a two day period - you can see Blake's blog for details of that amazing ride at vultair.wordpress.com) Today was a bit painful having to wear nylons and heels, I think I am going to bring slippers to work tomorrow to wear at my desk :)

Despite my self inflicted state, I can't wait until next Monday night to play some more ball! (but I hope to be getting some new shoes before then!)

See you Monday!

And So It Begins

Well, after some encouragement from friends and my own personal enjoyment of reading other blogs, I have decided to jump on the bandwagon and start my own blog! Most of you know that I love to scrapbook and love taking pictures, so this will be another way for me to create memoirs of our life!

So not that I don't already feel like I am getting older, I had even more of a reality check this weekend with the kids. So get this...Blake had a referee clinic out at Idaho Ice World Friday and Saturday, so I had the kids. Friday night, I was feeding Little Sarah and Brandon dinner (PB&J - I know - very gourmet!) and I had to give Maddie (my dog aka cash cow) her monthly allergy shot. Being observant, Brandon was telling me how the kids at school use their mechanical pencils to pretend they are giving shots. Trying to contribute to this dialogue, I explained that we did that too when we were kids. So Brandon, with a very inquisitive look on his face, asks, "you mean they had mechanical pencils when you were a kid?!?" I replied, half in shock, but mostly appauled, "are you serious?!!!!, of course we had mechanical pencils when I was a kid, I think my grandfather had mechanical pencils when he was a kid!!" I immediately had to call my mother and let her know what had just transpired. She of course laughed hysterically and then said "and so it begins"...