Let Sleeping Witches Lie

You would think after living their whole lives with me that my children would know not to wake me up when I'm sleeping. On Saturday morning the kids get sugary cereal and cartoons. Isn't that enough to grant me a few extra hours of sleep compared to what I get during the week? This morning it was a crying Orion coming to tell me that Theron had spilled Orion's cereal. The witch woke up roaring. Partially because, of course, I had just mopped the kitchen floor the night before and this witch hates doing floors. I went downstairs demanding to hear what happened. Firstly, it was only spilled on the counter, so that was good. Next I was informed that they had been flicking cereal at each other and during the fun had spilled the cereal. Yes, looking over to the other side of the kitchen I see it covered in sugary cereal. "Clean it up!" screams the witch. "Use your brains, you know better than this, what were you thinking?" Needless to say not my most attractive moment, but that is why witch is in the title. I get over things quickly though. By the time they had finished picking up the cereal I apologized for getting so angry and gave everyone hugs. Still, why, oh why, can't they let this sleeping witch lie?

Star of the Week

A few weeks ago Orion was Star of the Week in his school class. We made him a poster about himself. It lists his favorite color: Green. Pets: Kit Kat & Mitzi. Favorite Foods: Pasta & Ice Cream. Favorite things to do: Video games, play with friends, play with brothers, sister & cousins, legos. Favorite Book: Oh My, Oh My, Oh Dinosaurs. Orion loves Spider-Man and a picture of his family. I got a color printer for Christmas and this is exactly what I wanted it for. To be able to print off the pictures in color for the kids posters is wonderful.

Orion said...

As he's getting a plate for his breakfast, which his mother made for him, "Why do I have to do everything for my mom and dad?" Followed by his mother giving him an education in how much he actually does. Followed by Orion saying, "Am I your favorite?"

Valentine's Dinner

Usually for Valentine's Day we go out on the Monday after, as it is President's Day and Kenneth has is off. As I said, usually. This year Kenneth didn't have it off. Not cool. He had to choose between having Pres. Day or Pioneer Day off. Since Pioneer Day is when we visit his parents it won. Luckily we saw the movie on Valentine's Day and Kenneth brought me flowers on the day. Saturday night we went to Martine in Downtown Salt Lake. The menu on the website doesn't match what we had, but you'll get the gist of the place. It's a really cool place. It's surprising to find that kind of place in the middle of downtown. It's a pretty cozy place. I loved how warm it was. I hate, hate eating in restaurants that are cold. Kenneth said it's not as comfy as the Tree Room, true in seating, but so much warmer. The tapas all has meat which I guess is fine if you are ordering it for your whole meal, but I'm not a fan of meat in my appetizer. I did get tapas though. I had duck on grilled flat bread. Kenneth had calamari. They were both really good. Then I had the seared pheasant. It was amazing. I loved it. Kenneth had lamb, also very good, just not as good as my pheasant. For dessert I got the Chocolate Decadence and Kenneth got the bread pudding. Both very good, but again mine was better. It was fairly pricey, but hey, it was Valentine's. The service was great. We had a wonderful time. So, if you are looking for a nice place to go celebrate a special occasion I would suggest Martine.

Jumper Review

Kenneth worked from home on Valentine's Day since he had that 5.5 hr commute the night before. We took a late morning break to go see Jumper. It was fun. I enjoyed it purely for what it was. There were definite problems with it. It feels like it's the beginning of a story. It just sets everything up, nothing is really accomplished. It's cool looking though and I like the actors/actresses in the movie. So for most people I would suggest waiting until the dollar movie, but I did enjoy it. It is getting horrible reviews though. Don't expect a wonderful, moving storyline and you won't be disappointed. 1 blatant "F" word, so maybe wait until you can watch it on TV guardian or clearplay.

My Man

Here are some reasons why Kenneth is the love of my life.

--He's way hot!!
--He's super smart. I love his big brain.
--He's funny, he makes me laugh all the time.
--He laughs at kids shows, he laughs hard.
--He's a great provider for our family.
--He has really good taste in TV shows, movies, music and books.
--He never stops learning new things.
--He introduced me to incredible foods that I didn't even know existed.
--He's a wonderful father.
--He's fun and interesting to talk with.
--He's shy when I'm staring shamelessly at him.
--He has great taste in a wife.

I am incredibly in love with this man.
Happy Valentine's Day & Happy Anniversary, My Love.

Sick Babies

There's some strange virus making the rounds round here. The kids start out by complaining of a headache. This means that they have a fever. That's it, just a fever. It's not horrible, but it takes a couple of days to clear up. Is it horrible that I enjoy when my kids have a high enough fever that they will just lie there and be sick? It's just so sweet when they are needing extra love and want to cuddle and be taken care of. Granted I only want it in very small doses. I can't stand it when they are sick enough that we can't go anywhere, but not sick enough to stop moving. Luckily this virus has one day of approx 101 fever and then a day to a day and a half of 99-100, which means not sick enough, but short lived. I remember when they were really little and couldn't tell me what they were feeling. I hated it then because I felt so helpless. Now it's not so bad. Unlike my upbringing, (enemas, tea, no tv, any number of natural remedies and pills) I try to make it somewhat tolerable. They are given juice, fruit, meals if they feel up to it and movies/tv. It's tough when it goes from one child to the next going on for weeks at a time. Oh well, sickness helps us appreciate our health.

Cloverfield Review

We saw Cloverfield on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It was a fun, scary ride. I was worried about the camera work. It's all filmed with a hand held camera. I thought it was going to make me sick to watch it, because I'm an old lady that doesn't have the tolerance for movement that I once did. Surprisingly it didn't bother me after the first few minutes. I thought that it was scary in it's realness. What is real about a giant creature tearing apart Manhattan you ask? Well, not much. The realness that I am talking about is the fact that the characters are just trying to save their friend and survive. They aren't super commandos or scientists or anything like that. They aren't trying to figure out why this is happening or how to kill the creature. They just want to be alive tomorrow. Their relationships felt real and their fear felt real. It's not the best movie of all time, but if your looking for a good tense time this is the movie for you.

Sophia 10

It's unbelievable, but true. Sophia is 10 years old. She has been on the planet for 10 years. It's pretty amazing. She is a truly beautiful young lady, inside and out. She wanted the Hannah Montana game on the wii, which we gave her, and a webkinz, which she received from her friend, Alle. She also received money, two shirts, a book, a jewelry box and some jewelry. She told us it was her best birthday ever. I'm glad she had a good day. Kenneth and I took her to PF Chang's for her birthday dinner on Friday night. It was yummy and a nice evening. On Saturday she and I went to the Hannah Montana concert movie with some friends. It was fun, not quite as fun as the concert, but if you couldn't make it to the concert it's a fair substitute.

This is Sophia's choice of cake. She has Angel Food cake every year.
This year I didn't get it made so we went to the store and she chose these individual cakes.

You can see her Webkinz in the foreground. It's an alley cat named Melody.
It's that orange striped thing.

Getting into the Temple

I was able to have an interesting experience last week. It was the last week of the month and our stake is encouraging everyone that has a temple recommend to attend monthly this year, so I wanted to get there. It was Jan 30th to be exact. I was able to rearrange carpooling and Deanne said she could watch Dylan for me. I was pretty excited because I haven't been for a few months. I walked in to the peaceful temple looking forward to still and quiet. I handed my recommend to the smiling attendant, he scanned it and then there was an unfamiliar beep after the scan. "I'm sorry, Sister Rawlings, it looks like your recommend has expired." I was shocked. We just got the new scan recommends so it wasn't in my mind that it would be expired. I walked back outside into the freezing cold. I was seriously upset. I've never been told that I couldn't go into the temple. I've had my recommend expire before and not renewed it right away, I've forgotten my recommend in another bag and figured it out before I walked in, but not this. I've never walked in thinking I'm going to attend and then not been able. I started to cry and called Kenneth to tell him that our recommends were expired. He mentioned that he had known that in November, but hadn't thought of it again. I remembered that a few weeks before this, the thought had come into my mind that I should check to see if my recommend needed renewing. I pushed it aside thinking someone would have said something if we were that close to it expiring. In years past the bishopric has done the renewal interviews during tithing settlement. Kenneth told me that he had asked then, but they said that they weren't doing that this year. As I was crying in my car I could think of plenty of reasons why this couldn't possibly be my fault. In the end however, I realized it is always my responsibility to make sure that I am fully prepared to enter the temple. I'm actually very grateful for this experience. It was tough on the day, but now I have a small inkling of what it feels like to be told that you can't attend the temple. I am going to do everything in my power to never have that said to me again. I am so grateful for the temple. I am so grateful for the peace that is there. I need it in my life more than I can even say.