Interesting morning so far because:

-I donated blood at work and learned I am A+ bloo type.
-I am excited to dye my hair.
-I am on call to come into work at 530 AM on Monday.
-HALLELUJAH it is FRIDAY!!
-tomorrow is the Seattle Seahawk vs New Orlean Saints playoff game in Seattle and kick off at 230!!

Veterans Days..

I can't remember when the parade was but I think it was in September for Veterans Day. After the parade, I was lucky enough that my sister gave me two tickets to the BSU game!! The top collage is the parade.

Here is the game. I went with my friend Jasmine. The top collage shows the BSU band spelling out the branches of the military and a class taking the oath and joining the military.

We were seating at the very top of the stadium. You can see the underside of the box. We won of course. It was great times!

Since the 15th..

-YEAH!!  WE HAVE SNOW THAT HAS STAYED!! (and guess what...it is snowing today!!)

-Thanksgiving has come and gone.

-I had a pulled muscle and found out that muscle relaxers make me loopey.

-BSU LOST!!  Hell has frozen over!!  Stupid Kyle Brotzman missed 2...yes 2!!..field goals that cost us the game.

Yes I shed a tear.  It is so sad!!

-Seattle Seahawks lost (considering our trend that isn't surprising).

-Didn't go Black Friday shopping for the 1st time in years (thanks pulled/torn muscle)

-Saw Harry Potter and it was good (cant wait til next one!!)

-Boise Holiday Parade was a disappointment.

-Made Christmas candy with Lexy and Caitlyn

-Currently working from 830-700 and REALLY miss my old shift of 730-400.  Just 2 more week til I get to switch back.

-Training again at work after a year hiatus  (Training reason for switching schedules)

weekend...

SUNDAY 10/10/10

Sunday was spent at parents house making bread and vegging out. 

Lexy, Marlee, Caitlyn, Emma, Jana, and Wyatt came over to visit as well.  Wyatt brought downall four stuffed bears and lined them up on the couch to watch TV.  He was sitting there next to them and then Emma joined the party.  What a bunch of hams!!

I made bread.  I am nearly done with a 101 goals (making bread 6x in a year). 
I have 3 down and just three more to go.

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SATURDAY 10/9/10

Saturday was an eventful day.  After only 4.5 hours of sleep, it was up and at 'em bright and early.  The RNC (Repblican National Committee) has a tour bus going around the nation drumming up support for local candidates.  The theme is Fire Pelosi!.  Saturday at 1030, it was schedule to stop at the Canyon County Repbulican Headquaters in Nampa.  Mom of course was going and I went along too. The rally was also in support of Republican candidate for Idaho's 1st Congressional District Raul Labrador.

I must say that if people want to get elected, they should hire the Linsenmann clan to be their campaign manager.  The rally was held 1 block away from one of the busiest road is Caldwell.  You  think they woudl have people on the corners waving signs trying to drum up more people and support.  But there werent.  Mom was able to get her Republican elephant flag back.  So she went and stood on the corner waving the flag in anticipation of the bus arrival.

My mom rocks!!  She was the first to greet the bus as it approached the rally.  WOOHOO for her!!

After the rally it was a rush to get things together to go tailgating at BSU Stadium.  My friend Kara invited me.  It was a blast!! I wish I didn't stay out so late on Friday night because I was just drained on Saturdya and couldn't enjoy it as much as I would have liked. 

It was a weird feeling because there is a delay on the tv.  I could hear the crowd in the stadium cheering or booing and have no idea what they were celebrating.  It was driving me nuts!! 

I left at half time with every intention of picking up TJ from my parents, and going home to bed.  Well Dad and I started talking and I ended up staying for the 4th quater.  I was tired!! 

LOVELY: perfect fall weather
HORRIBLE: ready for a namp at 10am.

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FRIDAY 10/8/10

to be added later..

Lovely & Horrible

Friday:
Lovely - clean house and shaved legs
Horrible - being in my jammies and having hot fireman see me in them.


Saturday:
Lovely - BSU winning 59 to 0 versus NMSU
Horrible - Having to pay $3 to get into Linder Farms Pumpkin Patch. I will NEVER go there again. They are horrible!
Sunday:
Lovely - Going on a bike ride, organizing outside storage and taking a nap!!
Horrible - Getting a fat lip.

WOOHOO!! A day off!! LOVED most of Monday. I slept in til 8am. I wanted to finish a couple of projects so I was out the door by 9am. First stop to Caitlyn's coffee shop to get the most delicious drink ever...Raspberry lemonade. I love how she makes it!! After some chitchat it was to Saver I go. Savers was having a 50% clothing, shoes, bed/bath, and accessories sale. It was a mad house but it was awesome!!
When I first walked into Savers, I saw a woman with an old pitcher/bowl (the kind they used to wash with). I thought to myself "DANG!! I wish I would have gotten here earlier so I could have gotten that!!" Oh well. I go shopping and find some great stuff. New mats for my master bath, an awesome Spiderman pillow for Wyatt, new purple decorative bed pillow, a cast iron grill skillet, vase, and an apron.

As I was shopping, I saw the woman who had the pitcher/bowl in her cart but it was no longer there!! I run...well move quickly over to the shelves to see if she left it AND SHE DID!! I quickly grabbed it but and I was lifting it into my cart, I saw she broken the handle!! POO on her!! Oh well. Simple fix with some super glue. I head to check out and the clerk first tells me the pitcher isn't for sale.

WHAT?!? My heart just sinks. I ask her why not? It was on the shelves? She then says it isn't an accessory or bed/bath. OH!! She meant it wasn't ON sale but still FOR sale. She asks if I still want it and I say yes. She then points out the broken handle and confirms again. I say heck yes I want it do you know how much my mom would love it? She says because it was broken, she will only charge me....$0.99!! The tag was for $9.99. I wouldn't have paid $10 for it broken but I still throught $3. WOOHOOO!! I was excited.

I head next door to Lowes to get some crafting material and paint so I can paint my bedframe. I am painting it "antique yellow". It will match my dressers pretty well. I was then excited because the paint was on sale. So I get my paint and head to my car. Later I am driving to parents to get a perm when I realized I forgot to get the 1 thing I went to Lowes to get. JEEZ!!

I decided to go to Lowes a different day because now I am tasked with getting 5 gallons of white vineager to clean the RV watersystem.  With the latest task accomplished, I head to parents to get a perm and watch the BSU Game.


Perm happens and Mom makes pork chops for dinner. Lexy and Chris come over. As we are eating Caitlyn and Emma show up. We have dinner, play and then it is game time. Dad and I are watching the game when we hear some ruckus in the kitchen. Lexy and Caitlyn are in an argument for some reasons and then it escalates. Game gets interupted as hell breaks loose.

People say things, people leave and after awhile, it is back to the game. The game is just as dramitic as the family drama.

BSU was great. We could've been better but a win is a win. See article here for more details.

EXCITED!!

What a pleasant weekend.  It didn't start off that great but ended better than expected. 

Friday was pretty easy after work.  Immediately afterwork, I went to babysit Emma.  Caitlyn had to go into work and Brandon was in Twin Falls working.  I sped to Caitlyn's (I didn't even stop to get TJ that is how big of a rush I was in). 

Once I arrived to Caitlyn's, I packed Emma and Wyatt into the double stroller.  We were going to pick up TJ so he wouldn't be in the house ALL DAY.  Let me tell you what.  Two toddlers and a big stroller weigh a TON!!.  I live 1 mile away.  I forogt that in the end there is a steep hill.  Pushing  those kids up that MOUNTAIN was nearly a killer.  Ok I am exaggerating but at the time it was awful.  There is no sidewalk to it is rough gravel and uneven.

But we made it and let TJ escape prison.  The walk back was much easier.  Very proud that I walked the 2 miles in 30 minutes!!  After Caitlyn came home, I had to go out to parents house because I left my sweater at their house.  My sweater had my drivers liscence in it.  Parents house is always great because of BACK RUBS!!  Plus they have Project Runway on the Tivo. 

I finally left parents at 11pm.  Parents got free rooms in Jackpot for the Superbowl so they were leavign the following morning.  TJ and I headed home to bed.

Saturday morning was cleaning and laundary. I think matching socks is the worst and could be considered a form of torture.  After an hour of cleaning the house was pretty much done.  I still need to sweep and vaccum but that is pretty much it.  Except for craft room.  That is a disaster with so my project in different stages of completion.  But that is the project for Saturday.

After cleaning, it was reward time and off to Costco with Lexy and Chris.  What a trip.  They had all the treats out trying to tempt you to buy.  I only needed a few things: toliet paper, dog treats, grapefruit, and Propel.  I leave with three.  I forgot TJ's treats!!  I am completely out at home too.  I need to run to the Dollar Store on lunch to grab a few to last the week.

After Coscto we went to TGI Friday's for lunch.  I got the BBQ Chicken Wrap.  It wasn't that good.  As soon as I finished lunch, I ran over to Caitlyn's house again.  Brandon was still out of town working and Caitlyn needed to go to work.  Saturday was pretty easy day.  Emma slept most of time I was there.  When she woke up, Brandon had just arrived home so I went home and played with TJ (and tidied my car).

Sunday morning I had every intention of going to a Church.  I am planning on leaving the singles ward (more in another post later) and start attending a family ward.  But I slept in. New ward would start at 9 and I woke up at 1030.  Singles ward starts at 11.  TJ and I still had to go to parents house to get newspaper, set up superbowl to record, and a few other errands so I skipped Church.

After the errands, I finally ended up at Lexy's house around 130.  I had to watch the beloved Supernatural and Life Unexpected.  I somehow already saw Life Unexpected so we had a few hours to kill for the Superbowl.  We ended up watching Hoarders on A&E.  It is not hoarding.  Those are just too lazy to take out the trash!!  But it was awful!!  In each house they found DEAD ANIMALS that had be FLATTENED because of the weight on top of them!!  AWFUL!!

Thankfully Chris woke up and he couldn't handle it (it is like a train wreck...you just cant look away!) because he is such a neat freak so we had to switch channels and a few minutes later the superbowl came on.  My favorite commericals were suprisingly from Doritos.  I am partial to the dog collar/speak.  I will post a link later. 

Jana and Wyatt ended up stopping by.  Lexy made THE BEST BURGER EVER!!  I am serious.  I don't know what she did but the bacon-cheese-bbq sauce-sauteed onion-tomato-toasted bun-hamburger was the best!!  Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.

After the game was over, it was time to go to bed. 

Monday came all too quickly.  Thankfully it was over quickly too.  I don't know if it was just because I had so much to do or what but the afternoon evening just flew by!!  After work, it was a race home to pick up TJ and the car seat and get to WinCo.  I was meeting Jana to go grocery shopping and to pick up Wyatt.  Jana cleans her pastor's home for additional income and she needed to get it done.

After a great grocery shopping trip, it was run to the dog park.  Without fail, Wyatt always need to use the restroom while we are there.  I broke the rules and left TJ unattended while we raced to the porta potty.  After the dog park, it was off to Jana's house to finish out the evening. 

Jana got home and I headed to my parents house.  A back rub was over due. I love the ritual/tradition Mom and I have established.  It is a great bonding time and a relaxing time.

Another piece of random exciting news...DAD GOT ANOTHER 4 WHEELER!!  WOOHOO!! Maybe I will get to go sometime this summer!!  It is a 2007 Suzuki Kingquad 700 in red!

Didn't shop for much..

Today, I got up at 3:45 AM...REPAT AM as in MORNING..BEFORE THE SUN IS EVEN THINKING OF GETTING UP!! So 345 AM I am stumbling downstairs and getting dressed. I need to be at Office Depot by 400 to standing in line to get a laptop.

Dad calls me as I am walking out the door and tells me to swing by Radioshack because he believes they have the same laptop deal Office Depot/Staples has but Radioshack opens at 530 instead of 6. I swing by and their deal is on an Acer laptop. No way am I getting an Acer (friend had too many problems). So I get to Office Depot to stand in line with my loving Dad.

After bundling up in a blanket and chair Dad provided (told you loving and in addition VERY SMART) and get ready to wait. We only waited til 5 because Office Depot staff came outside and were handing out flyers for the big ticket items. Thankfully everyone in front of use went for the Acer laptop but Dad and Iwere getting the HP laptop.

This laptop is regularly $549 but it has a discount of $200 off at register with a $50 mailin rebate. So $300 for the laptop aint bad. Plus I got a free webcam.

After getting out certificate, we were told the certificate is good until 8am. If we have other shopping, we can leave and as long as we return by 8, we will get the laptop. After 8am, they will give your laptop to the next person in line.

Now it is 510 and Dad and I head over the McD to sit in a warm building and to get some breakfast. We head over to Office Depot at 6. We stand in line for the cash register for 30 minutes but that is ok. Again I GET A LAPTOP!! YIPPEE!!

After securing the laptop in the truck, we walk over to Fred Meyers to meet up with the family and to get some socks. I get socks and a cute 8x10 frame. The picture size is 8x10 but the frame itself is probably 2x2ft. It has a cute saying but I cant remember what it is right now. Regular price was $20 but with the morning sale it was only $10.

After Freds, Dad and I head to Lowes to get poinsettas. Mom and sisters head to WAL MART!! I love poinsettas. They are the one plant, I cant kill. I have had one since last year and one before that (the oldest one recently died but diead in my mothers care). Lowes and Home Depot sell the poinsettas for on $0.99 so not bad a deal.

After Lowes, I head to Shopko. I get the traditional cheap fleece throw and a DVD player. I have been using my PS2 as a DVD player but it flaking out. So I got a cheap $25 DVD player at Shopko.

After Shopko, I run across the street to Home Depot. They have a 100 count string of Christmas lights for $0.99. I ask a clerk as I am walking in where the lights are. He says they are running out of them and the last boxes are here at the front. As we get to the lights, there is a girl there saying she needs 35 sets. I ask her if she is the only one purchasing them, and she says yes. I inform her the add says limit 10 per customer. She says she doesn't care because she needs 35 for her tree and she is willing to pay full price. I say ok but I am still annoyed. As I am driving away, I think to myself I should have purchased 10 just to annoy her. Oh well. There is always next year. [I am such a vindicitive bad person! :) But in my defense, I was right and I had been up for 5 hours already.] I leave with my lights and head home to take a nap.

I take a nap for only 20 minutes and then go to Lexy's to watch a movie. That is ok. I can kinda sleep in tomorrow. I have to be out the door by 815 so I can make it to Boise to save our spot for the Boise Holiday Parade.

I have to go watch the BSU vs Neveda game now. Kick off if 8 minutes at 8:08. Poor Dad and Brandon are out there in the cold. It is an experience. Cross your fingers we win and can call ourselves the WAC Champions!!

Hopefully you had a very good Thanksgiving and a good shopping day!!

Seahawks!!

OMG!! WE FINALLY WON!! Yes it was against the Detroit Lions but IT IS STILL A WIN!!! Final score was 32 to 20. Next game is AT AZ Cardinals. Not looking forward to that score.

Friday...

Friday I stayed home from work. My nose was congested and I had a slight fever. I slept most of the morning away. Toward afternoon, I started feeling guilty that TJ was stuck inside even with me there so we went to the dog park.

Just my luck, it starts to rain while while we are there. Even though I am bundled up, it was still awful. I had to get gas afterward. I was so close to the Idaho Youth Ranch Clearance center in Nampa, I decided I would make a quick trip in. And good thing I did. Sitting on the top on one bin were two BSU Stadium seats!! YES!! Just in time for the game on Saturday!! No more cold bench and a BACK REST!! I am so excited!! This reminds me I need to figure out what color to wear.

So I picked up a couple of other projects to do but will post more about that later.

After a nap in the afternoon (and hanging up some shelves that I have had for years), it was off to parents house to watch the game. BSU at this point doesn't deserve a bowl game. We are so wishy washy and what should have been a blow out was a nail bitter. I think we aren't playing like a top ten team. To prevent my blood pressure from reaching critical mass, that is all I will say on that....on to Saturday.

TJ

What type of mom would I be if I posted pictures of everyone else and not my child? So here are few updates on TJ.

One of his favorite past times.

Getting dirty at the dog park.

Trying to find a hole in the fence to escape yar.

Sporting his new SEAHAWK collar.

Pretty fun on the weekends when he wears his collar and his BSU bandana.

Imitating the Sphinx.

(PS the plaid sure is the plaid shoes that helps me be adventrous. See this post.)

He would not let the bone out of his mouth on Sunday. He would even hang his head out the window with the bone.

Barking are the horse who lives next to the dog park (at least it is alive. TJ was barking at the backhoe that was in the dog park.). Doesn't his head and ears look so cute?

I LOVE this picture. He looks so funny!! Plus he is wearing his bandana from Seattle.

what a weekend..

Friday was a pretty easy evening. TJ had a groomers appointment. It is a mobile grooming service. She just comes to my house and plugs in her van and get to work. It was nice not having to worry about dropping him off and picking him up three hours later. She just showed up, plugged in her van and got to work. About an hour later, she knocked on my door with a clean TJ.

After baths, TJ goes crazy. He runs around the house for 15 minutes or more. As soon as the groomer was done, Jana showed up so I left TJ to run around and we went to dinner at the Saigon restaurant (Chinese buffet) . It was a great time to talk to Jana.

After dinner I did a little cleaning. TJ didn't like it because of the vaccumm but he will get over it. I went to bed early thinking I will catch up on some missed sleep. However, I wasn't smart because I left my alarm on. So up at 7am after hitting snooze.

I got ready to go. I was going to Boo at the Zoo with my sisters. TJ was going to stay in Caitlyn's backyard and play with Boomer. Because I feel bad for leaving him on the weekend, TJ and I made a special trip to the dog park Saturday morning. It was a wonderful fall morning. It was chilly..borderline cold. There was dew on the ground and the sunrise was being covered by clouds. Becuase we arrived so early, no one else was there.

After running around the dog park for an hour, it is time to go to Boo at the Zoo. The kids get a kick out of it and even I enjoyed it. You walk around the zoo and different business have set up booths to pass out candy. Wyatt was a PowerRanger, Emma was Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Marlee was a spider, and Lily was a fairy (Lily is friends daughter).

After running around the zoo for a couple of hours, we head to Sizzler for lunch. This was the third time in my lifetime I have evern been to Sizzlers. The salad bar was amazing but charging $2.50 for a drink is just crazy!!

Back home, it was time to take a nap. TJ and I curled up on the couch with the sunshine coming through the windows. I really didn't sleep but zoning out was good enough. After while it was time to go to paren'ts to watch the BSU game. I had watch some shows (Top Chef, Project Runway, etc) and type my Sunday School lesson before the game. Thank heavens for Tivo. I am too cheap to get cable because I can ask my parents or sister to record it on Tivo and watch it there.

TJ and I looked adorable in our BSU gear. His bandana is the cutest. I need to sew the sides to prevent fraying. Just one more thing on my craft list.

So BSU won 54-9. Score should have been high for BSU. Why we can't snap properly is beyond me. Dad and I lasted through the first three quartes fine. He feel asleep first during the 4th quarter and I soon followed. I didn't get home til 1230 and I feel right into bed.

Sunday morning, I woke up to TJ vomitting in the cornern. No more pork bone for him because this happens every time.

After cleaning up TJ's mess, it was a dash to get ready. I wore my new black sandals. Thank heavens for heaters in cars because my toes got cold (I woke up late today as well so I grabbed the sandals because they were the closes black shoes so today my toes are even colder).

The lesson went suprisingly well considering it was the God and we had a small class. I found out the other teacher was released from the calling so now I have to teach every week until another teacher is called. That may take awhile but I am up for the challenge.

After Church (and a quick trip home to change and pick up TJ), it was off to parent's house to work on the bedframe. I have finished sanding the side rails and the footboard. I started on the heardboard, but decided to go to see "The Hangover" with Jana, Beth, and Gina instead. It is such a funny movie.

When I get home Sunday, I go straight to bed. Being so tired, I forogt to turn on my alarm. I woke up this morning at 645 and had to hustle to get ready for work. Thankfully I made it out the door on time but I hate starting my day that way. Especially today. I am wearing sandals because they were my first pair of black shoes I could grab and my toes are icecubes.

Fast times

So the weekend was a blast. Saturday was super long and super fun. The Farmers Market was a little depressing because it was all pumpkins and very few vendors. It was really cold but it was nice to snuggle into a sweater. Plus it was a new sweater I had just gotten and I LOVE IT!!

Another great find this weekend was a collar for TJ. I was at Shopko (were I got the sweater) and was cruising their clearance waiting for a friend to get off work. In the pet section, there on clearance was a collar for TJ. It was a SEAHAWK COLLAR!! To make it even better it was only $0.89!! LESS THAN A DOLLAR!! Regular price was $8.99! How awesome is that!?! I purchase the three there. No other teams that I saw.

Speaking of Seahawks, we FINALLY WON!! And what a way to win. 41 to 0 against the Panthers. I didn't watch the game but I will look it up online. Hasselbeck was finally back so that is a huge relief!

The cold weather continued all day Saturday. When we went to the Pumpkin Patch, it was coat weather. Emma and Marlee seemed to have a good time. Before the Patch, we went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. The chicken fried sirlion was suprisingly good.

Saturday night it was time to go and party with Jasmine for her birthday. It was fun times with the girls.

On Sunday was Marlee's first birthday party. She was kinda cranky but Lexy and Chris put on a great time. There was finger foods and cup cakes and pink everywhere. Marlee preferred to walk around using the bags as purses instead of opening up her gifts.

SEATTLE!!

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Leaving on a jet plane.. dont know when I'll be back again..

SEATTLE!! Do you see Qwest Field? (Hint: Look for blue)

THURSDAY OCTOBER 1, 2009

This is their Central Public Libaray. It is very "green" on the inside.

Pike Place Market (my favorite place)

Qwest Field in the daylight.

Sam and I had lunch here. I had chicken smothered in tomatos/onions. GREAT Tortilla Soup.

Pergola in Pioneer Square.

Ivy covered building in Occidental Park. Man playing beautiful music on violin.

Sidewalk through Occidental Park lines with trees.

Some smoke stack in downtown Seattle. Thought it looked so pretty.

Smith Tower at night.

Live band at New Orleans Creole Restaurant.

Tomo, Hitome, and Steven in Utilikits.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 2, 2009

Pike Place Fish fishermonger getting ready to throw the fish.

Fish in mid air (see gray line by the white shovel).

LOVED walking by & smelling the flower stands in Pike Place Market. They were so cheap too!!
The veggies looked so pretty and so yummy. Pike Place Market
Skylight used to illumiate the Underground (don't ever go on the tour it is useless. Go to Pendleton OR underground tour.)
This is the only thing you saw on the Underground Tour that was in the broucher.
Too bad Sam wasn't on the tour. I would have gotten a pic of the two Sam's together.

Flowers were overhanging everything at Pike Place Market.
Silver Robot man at Pike Place Markte (I think there is a schedule for that corner because earlier it was a band.)


HE CAUGHT THE FISH & I CAUGHT IT ON CAMERA!!
Nate & Clint at Steve/Sam's apt.

Me & Clint at Steve/Sam's apt.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 3, 2009
Me & Sam waiting for ferry. (Steven has a better pic of us on his Iphone.)

Space Neddle (view from ferry)

Qwest Field (view from Ferry)

Sam not wanting (or liking) his picture being taken.

Space Neddle (view from Ferry).

Smith Tower (view from Ferry).

Me on ferry (thank you Sam for taking pic).

The entire reason we went on the ferry was for this ice cream. It is food for the gods.

I got Cheesecake with Raspberry Swirl & Pumpkin Pie. They tasted so yummy!!

Sam got a banana split with Cheesecake with Raspberry Swirl & Pistachio & Pumpkin Pie. Steven got a Dulce de something. All was really yummy!

Space Neddle on the way back (view from the Ferry).


Me actually touching the star fish at Seattle Aquarium. It was really cool.


Jelly fish at Aquarium.

Lobster at Aquarium (love the blue)

SUNDAY OCTOBER 4th, 2009Steven/Sam's apt complex. They live on top floor in corner left apt.

View from Steven/Sam's apt.

Steven & I on the rough of their bldg.

On top of Smith Tower.

Qwest Field (view from Smith Tower).

Chinatown decorations

Me in front of the Gate at Chinatown


Smith Tower

Chicken Alfredo with toast, side salad, & Mr Pipp at the cafe in the furniture store IKEA.

Steven/Sam both had Swedish Meatballs which were so much better than the chicken.


Full moon leaving Seattle. (yes I cried when I left).

Last look at Seattle.

The end.