Trip to the DI and Lunch

The best thrift store in the world is the DI!!
You got to love how LDS people will donate the ugliest things you have ever seen and DI will charge you $5 for it!! Which is you favorite?


Mom, Aaron and I took Ren(susan's daughter) with us and then we all went to lunch. I missed Texas so much we went to Texas Roadhouse!

Then outside in the parking lot look what we found!!!

How old am I really???

I started at a new single Branch since here in Texas!
Before people get too excited about my supposed excitement and the prospect of being the oldest person in the branch. I did not go on my own accord...of course there was a good looking gentleman involved in my decision to "check it out" :-)

As I am nearing a new decade, I often wonder if I look as young as I think I do. Or if like all of us in this stage of life, I am delusional!

My question was answered last night.
It's Fun to watch people try to calculate my age by the things I say. Last night I was telling a story about my little brother and I was trying to remember how old I was....in doing the calculations I let it slip that,"if he was one then I was ten"
The rest of the conversation went something like this
Guy: "how old is your brother now"
Me: **laughing**"are you trying to figure out how old I am?"
Guy:"Mayb e"
Me: "Well I am not going to tell you, but it doesnt really matter I am 29"
Guy: **silent**
Me: "how old did you think I was?"
Guy:" You are a hard one to figure out I was thinking between 26 and 30 but you look to good to be 26"
Me: "Thanks"
Guy: "We could just tell everyone I am 25 and you are 28" (said guy is 24)

SO there you have it I look as young as I think I do or maybe he was just flattering me, hummm?

Going to Hell in a handbasket

Disscussion among me and my cronies has lead to the question. Where did the phrase come from? First off "No comment from the Peanut gallery" A peanut gallery is an audience that heckles the performer. The term originated in the days of vaudeville as a nickname for the cheapest (and ostensibly rowdiest) seats in the theater; the cheapest snack served at the theater would often be peanuts, which the patrons would sometimes throw at the performers on stage to show their disapproval. The phrases "no comments from the peanut gallery" or "quiet in the peanut gallery" are extensions of the name. Next: 'Going to hell in a handbasket' is to be deteriorating - on a course for disaster. Origin The transit to hell is conjured up in various terms that use the imagery of swiftness; for example 'hellbent' and 'hell for leather'. There are one or two theories as to why 'handbasket' was chosen as the preferred vehicle to be conveyed to hell. Handbaskets are, of course, baskets that are carried by hand. Items put in a handbasket are moved without resistance and it could be that the imagery of someone being taken off directly and without choice was in the mind of whoever coined the phrase. Another theory is that it derives from the use of the guillotine and the imagery of decipitated heads being caught in baskets, the casualty presumably going straight to hell, without passing Go. The first use of an alliterative 'in a handbasket' phrase does in fact relate to head rather than hell. 'Going to hell in a handbasket' seems to be just a colourful version of 'going to hell', in the same sense as 'going to the dogs'. The 'in a handbasket' is an alliterative intensifier which gives it a catchy ring. There doesn't appear to be any particular significance to 'handbasket' apart from the alliteration. That view is backed-up by the existence of similar earlier phrases, which, not having the same catchiness, have now disappeared - for example, 'hell in a basket' and 'hell in a wheelbarrow'. Given the perfectly serviceable phrase 'hell in a handcart', the reason why the handbasket version arose isn't clear. There may be a connection between 'going to hell in a handbasket' and 'basket-case', but that's just speculation. "Not every small town girl, casting her lot in the theatrical world of Broadway, scoots to hell in a handbasket." http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/hell-in-a-handbasket.html "Going to hell in a handbasket"

Bucket List

The Bucket List
Copy and place an X by all the things you've done and remove the X
from the ones you have not, and send it to your friends (including me). Or your Blog
This is for your entire Life!

(X) Gone on a blind date (not technically but I have been on some that I wish I had been blind
(X) Skipped school (for weeks at a time)
( ) Watched someone die ( watched lost of births)
(X) Been to Canada
(x) Been to Mexico
(X) Been to Florida
(X) Been on a plane
(X) Been lost (I lost 2 years once)
(X) Been on the opposite side of the country (depends on the move)
() Gone to Washington , DC
(X) Swam in the ocean
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
(X) Played cops and robbers
(X) Recently colored with crayons (Odd but even in College we use them)
(X) Sang Karaoke? (with the 7 year olds)
(X) Paid for a meal with coins only?
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't?(more times then i care to admit)
(X) Made prank phone calls
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose?(ouch)
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(X) Danced in the rain()
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
(X) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(X) Watched the sunrise with someone - the sunset
(X) Blown bubbles
(X) Gone ice-skating
() Been skinny dipping outdoors (I hate the water)
(X) Gone to the movies

1. Any nickname? Not that anyone calls to my face except Mergelette
2. Mother's name? Dorothy

3. Favorite Drink? used to be Dr Pepper now Chai tea
4. Body Piercings? 2 in each ear lobe
5. Tatoos? Had a few fake ones
6. How much do you love your job? Love my job wish I had more hours
7. Birthplace? Kansas City, Mo

8. Ever been to Africa? nope too hot

9. Ever eat cookies for dinner? OREO"S

10. Favorite vacation spot? VEgas Or Tia's house

11. Ever been on TV? nope

12. Ever steal any traffic signs? No

13. Ever been in a car accident? Yes

14. Drive a 2-door or 4-door vehicle? 4 but they all dont work

15. Favorite number? 18

16. Favorite holiday? 4th of July

17. Favorite dessert? used to be cinnamon ice cream, no diary now so humm I dont have one yet

18. Favorite food? spaghetti or roasted potatoes
19. Favorite day of the week? Tomorrow
20. How do you relax? Read a book hide in my room

21 How do you see yourself in 10 years? Wish my imagination was that good, I would never have guessed where I am now 2 years ago

22. Furthest place you will send this message? Cali

23. Who will respond to this the fastest? who ever is bored first

Not too sure this is my personal bucket list but it's fun to see what you have in common with your friends