Day 04- List 15 songs that represent your life’s soundtrack.

This one should be interesting... I will literally give myself a gold star if I can come up with 15. Or even TEN. These are in no particular order. (Also keep in mind that some songs kinda represent my life, and some just bring back fun memories. :)

1. Homesick: Kings of Convenience. "Homesick...cause I no longer know where home is." I've felt that way a few times in my life, but mostly when I was between Denver and Phoenix.

2. Turn On Me: The Shins. Only because of the line "And adults just learn to play the most ridiculous, repulsive games..." I hate playing games in life. Board games, awesome. Real life games, stupid. Just say what you need to say and stop dancing around the issue, or getting offended. Thank heavens I'm out of the single, dating life, because that literally WAS full of ridiculous and repulsive games.

3. Jeans On: Keith Urban. I LOVE wearing jeans. Kind of a silly song, but if I could find a job I enjoyed in which I could wear jeans, that would be heavenly.

4. The Way I Am: Ingrid Michaelson. "And yooouuu take me the way I am." This song rocks because I know Travis loves me for who I am, even though I can be pretty difficult sometimes.

5. Leaky Little Boat: Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers. Mostly because of the line, "We say I'm afraid, and I love you...Here we go." Notice it's the same as the blog title? There have been many times where Travis and I have no idea what we're doing or what we're going to do, or where we're headed, so we can be a little afraid. But we push through, knowing we love each other. And it will be alright. :)

6. How Great Thou Art: Church Hymn, not sure who wrote it. This song was my Grandma Massey's favorite hymn, and since she's been gone I have come to realize even more how much she means to me and I aspire to be like her!

7. Mondays, for I hate Mondays: Will Ferrell, Saturday Night Live skit. This song is awesome:
"Mondays, for I hate Mondays,
they make me-e so steamed!
Weekends! I prefer the weekends!
Oh, oh oh oh oh oh."
Who doesn't hate Mondays?

8. (Here I'm doing 2...) Something Like That: Tim McGraw. This song is one of my favorites of all time, mostly because it brings back fun memories of my good friend Shawn. And the Electric Light Parade song from Disneyland, because of my countless Disneyland conversations (and even a Disney trip) with my amazing friend Dasha, and seeing her get crazy excited every time she hears that song!

9. Crash! Boom! Bang!: Roxette. This was more from my past life...but it says "Every time I seem to fall in love, crash, boom, bang!" I played it a lot after break ups...

10. Still Fighting It: Ben Folds. "Everybody knows it sucks to grow up." Amen.

11. Lemons: Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers. "Some nights I slumber on a bed of roses, other nights I crash in the weeds. One day a bowl full of cherries, one night I'm suckin' on lemons and spittin' out the seeds." One of my favorite Roger songs, because it's so true. And it makes me hyper. :)

12. Pork and Beans: Weezer. "I'm-a do the things that I want to do, I ain't got a thing to prove to you..." Something I also kinda aspire to, but am slowly achieving (finally!): not caring as much about how others view me.

13. I'm In: Keith Urban. Travis played me this song once when we were having a hard time, and I know he means it. "If I knew what I was doing, I'd be doing it right now. I would be the best damn poet, silver words out of my mouth. My words might not be magic, but they cut straight to the truth: If you need a lover and a friend, baby I'm in." Neither of us are very good with words, so this song works great for us. :)

14. Hedwig's Theme: John Williams. The main Harry Potter soundtrack song I love.

15. (I made it!) Limon Y Sal: Julieta Venegas. Kinda the same thing as number 4, just in Espanol..."Yo te quiero con limon y sal..." I don't know the rest of the lyrics since they're in Spanish, but basically it is saying: I love you coming or going, or in any situation, and you have nothing left to change. Travis and I aren't perfect, but we definitely love each other for who we are. Wahoo!!

Gold star to me! :)

Day 03- A habit that you wish you didn’t have.

Hmmm....

I have an awful habit of leaving stuff EVERYWHERE. Instead of putting things away, I just leave them sitting some place, often never to be found again (or at least way after I need it anymore...).

Day 02- A picture of something you cannot live without.

These people always there for me, and I need them! I couldn't live without them, nor would I want to :).

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself.

Interesting facts...? Maybe.

1. I don't like being the center of attention. I feel weird having everyone look at me.

2. Some of you already know this, but Travis and I had our first date on Friday the 13th. Nine months later, we were married on Friday the 13th.

3. For some reason, I always feel the need to wake Travis up in the morning when it's his day off. When it's reversed, he always lets me sleep, but I just feel so chatty...

4. I hate cleaning, but I also cannot feel totally relaxed in my home if it is dirty.

5. The above picture was taken at Thanksgiving. At this same meal I proceeded to out-eat every person there. Thanksgiving food does that to me. :)

6. I have a ridiculously hard time disappointing people. And I really dislike that about myself.

7. I am somewhat OCD...I still notice that my apple sticker on the back of my car is slightly off-center.

8. I own probably 6 or 7 pairs of glasses. And I wear every single one.

9. I just got a new iPod. It's 160 gigs. And guess what? All the music I have on it doesn't even fill up a tenth of that. :) I also want to put movies on it, but I will not be able to until I figure out how to put my own DVDs on iTunes, because I REALLY don't want to pay for more movies, or the software I need.

10. I wish my new iPod was green, like my old iPod mini. I loved that little thing! 

11. I love watching nostalgic shows from my childhood. Some of these include: The Hobbit, Joe vs. the Volcano, Clash of the Titans (yeah, the old one with the stop motion owl), Karate Kid 2, Romancing the Stone (a little racy, yes, but I used to watch it), and the list goes on. Some of these movies are not so great, but I LOVE them still.

12. I want a dog SUPER bad. Two reasons for not getting one: not enough money, and I would feel bad for making the poor thing sit at home all day while we are gone.

13. My favorite jobs have been the lowest paying ones: the Chocolate Covered Wagon candy store, and the EAC library. Sometimes I still crave that butter toffee popcorn...

14. Lately, I am seeing pregnant women and getting a little jealous. This is weird. First of all, I don't think I'll really like being pregnant. Second, I don't want a kid yet. I just want to be pregnant. See? I told you it was weird.

15. None of my number 15's made the cut, so we're stopping at 14.

Good for you for still reading! I just read through these, and I'm bored! Ha ha!

30-Day Challenge!

I just have to say that I love my friend Camilla, and I stole this from her awesome blog. 

I will try super hard to do this every day, but I will just say that some days I don't even get on the computer at all! It'll be a fun challenge though (at least I hope so...)!

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself.

Day 02- A picture of something you cannot live without.

Day 03- A habit that you wish you didn’t have.

Day 04- List 15 songs that represent your life’s soundtrack.

Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to.

Day 06- A hobby you have.

Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you.

Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why.

Day 09- Something/someone you’re proud of.

Day 10- A story about a past relationship.

Day 11- A picture of something you dislike.

Day 12- A picture of your room & don’t cheat by cleaning it. Share a secret.

Day 13- Write a letter telling someone something you could never tell them.

Day 14- A picture of something you ate and 10 confessions.

Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle & share the first 10 songs that play.

Day 16- Something you could live without.

Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why.

Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have.

Day 19- Nicknames you have & how or why you have them.

Day 20- If you had 3 wishes, what would they be.

Day 21- Share a picture from your day.

Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else.

Day 23- What is something you crave.

Day 24- Share a story about your past that you are ashamed of.

Day 25- What I would find in your bag.

Day 26- Places you want to visit before you die.

Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge?

Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then?

Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned.

Day 30- A picture of you today & 20 goals you want to accomplish.

Ridiculous...

You know, it seems to be a small theme running through my blog friends right now: LIFE IS HARD. Sometimes it's just hard to find that happy place. I haven't blogged for more than six months, which makes me sad. I used to think I had no time...but I was wrong. Why I ever thought that, I'm really not sure. Here's my deal these days. Probably some of you I have talked to or those who I'm friends with on Facebook know that I've taken on a new endeavor for the last couple of months: Saladmaster.

Let me tell you something. Saladmaster cookware is AMAZING stuff. If you've ever been to a dinner demonstration, you would probably agree with me. I don't think I've cooked a dinner for anyone who hasn't wanted a set after they have seen it in action.  It's a healthier cooking system, you don't have to cook your veggies in water (which gets rid of most of the nutrition), you can fry chicken without oil, bake a cake or make a lasagna on top of the stove on low heat in half the time of any other cooking method. It's easy to clean, and will look beautiful and shiny forever. Did I mention the lifetime guarantee that will last not only your lifetime, but your children's as well?

Yeah. Like I said, fantastic stuff. Now let me tell you what I don't like: the business side of it. Let me list some of the cons:

• They bring you into the business to do your stock program (30 dinners in 90 days will earn you a free set of cookware). Sounds too good to be true? Yep. They say you can sell your set after you're done (to pay off your set you invested in originally), but you have to sell the same size set to SOMEONE ELSE the next month after your 90 days are up. They also don't tell you that your first ten shows (your training phases) don't count towards your 30. So, instead of the original 3 month commitment you thought you were making, it turns out to be almost 6 months.
• They reimburse you for only PART of your grocery expenses, and you don't see any of that money back until the first of each month. We can't even afford to buy groceries for ourselves right now because of all the Saladmaster groceries we have to buy for each show. 
• They want you to use personal testimony, of how much time or money you are saving by using your cookware. I have wasted so much more money doing this because I have absolutely no time to go home and cook something, so I have to eat out. I really have no other choice, unless I just don't eat (which happens too).
• I have made a grand total of about $160 dollars. In TWO months. Pure commission means that if no one buys the stuff, I make zero money. Right now, I am paying Saladmaster to do this job.

There are more, and I'm not going to list them. Partly because I can't remember them, and partly because this post is getting long. Don't get me wrong, the purpose of this post is not only to complain. There are some aspects about Saladmaster I do enjoy, and those are why I'm still doing it. It is just starting to hurt me. Physically, emotionally, financially, you name it. Travis hates it. He has been nothing but supportive of me, and it's really starting to wear on him. He's been coming to help me on my dinners, and helping me get through each one. He even remembers to say things sometimes that I don't, to help my presentation. But it's wearing him down, and he can see it's doing the same thing to me. So I just need to decide what to do. Do I keep on trucking, and hope that one of these days someone actually buys? Or do I just get out to keep my sanity? Your guess is as good as mine. 

I'm on a kick today...

I love Harry Potter. I'm a little obsessed...but I'm ok with it. I went to see the movie again today, and it was still awesome. Here's when we went the first time, to the midnight show at the Cine-Capri. :)




Did you notice the shirts? And their utter awesomeness? It's a tradition Rachel and I have (and whoever else ends up coming with us) to make shirts for every big Harry Potter event. I actually ironed my own on this time (and Travis')...a little nerve-wracking, but fulfilling. By the end of this summer, I will have a Harry Potter wardrobe. And again, I'm ok with it.

Here's to (hopefully) a lifetime supply of Harry Potter. Clothes. Memories. Parties. Conversations. And yes, even confusions to be cleared up.