Correction...Walk Like MADD!!!

If you notice I have a cute new link next to this post! I am a virtual walker for the Walk Like MADD campaign! No, I am not headed to Denver for the walk, it is just the closest city to put down for my registration. I'm not on here to ask for donations....hint, hint, but if you would like to help out, just click on the link on the right.

Oops, wrong number!

I just had the cutest phone call! It wasn't even for me and I am still smiling!
I'm just sitting here at work trying to stay awake and the phone rings... The cutest, tiniest voice said "Hi momma, I love you! I miss you!" That's when I realized it wasn't my child! So I asked her, is your dad there? Can I talk to your dad? I just wanted to let them know they called the wrong number, then the little voice says, here's so-and-so, and another even more tiny voice comes on the line... "Hi momma love you!" Then some chatter about lunch and grandpa, this one had to be well under two... Anyway, eventually I heard a loud, grown up voice holler..."Quit playing on the phone, hang up!" And it all ended. It was cute anyway!

One day at a time

Two posts in one day, wow, I am on one. I just received this thought in my email and wanted to share it with you all.

"One day at a time - this is enough. Do not look back and
grieve over the past, for it is gone: and do not be troubled about the future,
for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it
will be worth remembering."

Ida Scott Taylor1820-1915, Author

Wow.

That's about all I can say about this week. Wow. Midterms have never been my favorite thing in the world, and I'm sure I've voiced many complaints on this topic. I am just glad that they are over.
School is still stressing me out. I feel like a big failure in the mothering department, and my job is so dead end that it makes me roll my eyes. Now don't get me wrong, I am lucky to have a job with some great people and it is very flexible... I am just needing to vent and complain a bit.
Last week I had a pretty big meltdown over it. I realized that due to my lovely work and school schedules, and the fact that I can't let Hannah stay up and wait for me to get home at midnight, that last week we spent a total of 6 hours together. And that wasn't quality time, either. It was a lot of "Get up, we are going to be late!" and a little of "Yes, you ARE taking a bath before you go to bed!" I think I was pretty mean this week. Anyway, I have come to the conclusion that something has got to change. I contemplated just dropping out, but then reality smacked me in the face and reminded me that I am halfway to my degree and I would be a complete idiot to stop now. Even worse, I am planning on changing schools this next fall, and I am a little unsure about where we need to go. Salt Lake has crossed my mind, I even considered Minnesota for a brief moment... Like I said, this week has been something else.
Well, to make a long story short, I need to be a little bit nicer to my daughter. When I come home at the end of the day, I need to leave all the craziness back at school or at work. I just have to learn to relax! I need to work on that thing called "quality time." Hannah is going to be home this Friday night, so I think we are going to have to plan ourselves a fun date. If you have any ideas as to what I can do to make up for being such a beast, let me know.

Ashlee's night on broadway...

I have been meaning to do this post for over a week now, but with the craziness of school and midterms...well, I don't need to explain any more. Anyway, here is our fun from last weekend...

We got the chance to go and see Ashlee do her dance/singing performance last weekend down in Pleasant Grove. Angie and Charley were there with the boys and Aunt Bev came down also. Grandma Boren was going to go with me, but she got sick so she didn't make it down. We met up with everyone at Melisa's house and had some dinner and then headed to the school. After the performance we all went out for dessert to celebrate Josh's birthday. We had a really good time and Hannah loved spending time with the cousins.

Ashlee has on the orange hat and the green scarf... sorry the pic's aren't very good.

Hannah wanted to bring Ashlee a flower for after her performance (Hannah loves to get flowers from her Dad when he comes and watches her dance recitals)

Melisa and Ashlee, so adorable.

The cousins: Hannah, Ashlee, Josh, Corey, and Dallen...(love Dallen's pose!)

How much I have changed in...

So I was tagged on facebook, but since I am blog-less I figured I would post it here...
Here goes nothing...
HOW MUCH HAVE YOU CHANGED IN 15 YEARS?
****15 YEARS AGO (1994)****
1) How old were you? 17
2) Who were you dating? Scott Stokes (well, we did prom but weren't actually dating...I was pretty shy)
3) Where did you work? Timp Freeze
4) Where did you live? Heber
5) Where did you hang out? Dragging Main
6) Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? no
7) Who was your best friend? Jessi Bennett, Nancy Lee, Melisa Berg...
8) How many tattoos did you have? none
9) How many piercings did you have? Probably like 3 in my ears, it was cool back then
10) What kind of car did you drive? A HUGE grey Chevy Caprice Classic...it was hot... lol
11) Had you been to a real party? No way
12) Had you had your heart broken? A dozen times at least...
13) Were you Single/taken/Married/Divorced? Yeah, I was 17, so I was single.
14) Any Kids? No, but around here, I knew alot of girls my age (and younger) with babies.

***10 YEARS AGO (1999)***
1) How old were you?22
2) Who were you dating? I don't remember! That is pretty pathetic... He must have been a loser...
3) Where did you work? The Hub
4) Where did you live? Heber
5) Where did you hang out? At the Hub, and Denny's, and Deer Creek (in the summer)
6) Did you wear contacts and/or glasses? no
7) Who was your best friend? Kellie Bell, John Briggs, and Geri Dahl
8) How many tattoos did you have? None
9) How many piercings did you have? The same...and my tongue
10) What kind of car did you drive? A blue VW Fox... another HOT car... lol
11) Had your heart broken? Always.
12) Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Still Single...
13) Any Kids? no
****TODAY (2009)****
1) Age? 32, but it feels like 82 today...
2) Who are you dating? No one worth blogging about
3) Where do you work? Holiday Inn
4) Where do you live? Heber
5) Who is your best friend? Hannah. And Geri, Becky, Tawnya, and Cherle
6) Do you talk to your old friends? Sure do...Thanks to Facebook.
7) How many piercings do you have? Just the ears
8) How many tattoos? none
9) What kind of car do you have? My old beater Civic... 278,000 miles later... love this car!
10) Had your heart been broken? Just keep rubbing it in...
11) How many kids? Just my Hannah
12) Are you Single/Taken/Married/Divorce? Single and happy!

OK.... Now I refuse to tag anyone... but if you feel like wasting some time, go for it!

Another Tag From Cherle

I swore I wouldn't do this post...I figured if you didn't know the story by now, then well, you don't need to. But I will play along and be nice.. :) In all honesty, I am only doing this to avoid studying for midterms.

First Born Tag

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? Nope. I was single and living the high life and, BAM! Reality hit.

2. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? I cried for two days. Called in sick to work. Yeah, it was a tough thing.

3. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 24

4. WHERE DID YOU LIVE? Salt Lake

5. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? I had been getting really sick in the mornings...not throwing up, but feeling like I was going to. Someone jokingly said to me "Are you pregnant?" That got the wheels turning... After a trip to the nearest K-mart for a test, (and a can of spaghetti-o's, I know, that sounds disgusting, but they sounded good at the time) I went back home to do the test. Let's just say I didn't eat my spaghetti-o's.

6. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Hannah's Dad...then my best friend.

7. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? Yes

8. DUE DATE? It changed a couple of times, but the last one they gave me was July 29, 2002.

9. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Yes. For about 4 months.

10. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? I didn't really crave anything. I did eat ice cream every night for a month.

11. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? People asking me "what I was going to do about being single and pregnant." Idiots.

12. WHAT WAS YOUR CHILD'S SEX? Girl

13. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? No

14. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 12

15. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes. Just a little one.

16. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew.

17. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Not until the delivery.

18. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Utah Valley

19. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? about 4

2o. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? My mom

21. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? My friend Kellie was there for the c-section

22. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? Emergency C-section. She was breech and I had a partial placental abruption, so I had no choice.

23. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? I had an epidural, plus some drugs they had given prior to stop the labor and make me happy. It was good.

24. DID YOU YELL AT YOUR HUSBAND? I guess if I had one that may be a different story... but I didn't have one to yell at. Besides, I as unconscious for 3 days lol. They were REALLY good drugs.

25. Who does your child look like? Everyone says me, but I don't know. She has her dads eyes and height, but my personality lol

26. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 4lbs 11oz, 16 inches

27. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? July 3, 2002

28. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Hannah Jo Duke

29. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO NAME HIM/HER WHAT YOU DID? I saw this cute little girl named Hannah at a school play...just couldn't get it off my mind. The Jo was to rebel against my family tradition of no middle names for girls. I'm such a rebel.

30. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 6 1/2



**Now for the fun to spread (Tag 5 people)- I tag: anyone who wants to do it...Have fun with that trip down memory lane!