I'm a wimp!

I went to a weight training (or self described "total body sculpting class") on Monday. Here it is Thursday and I'm still sore. Guess I'll have to go down to embarrassingly light weights next Monday.

Good News!

If you missed Dr. Horrible the first time, or just need to see it again (because it's THAT good), it's up at Hulu.

Us 2, neighbors 0

When I mentioned crotchety neighbors, you probably thought of an old guy shaking his cane or a woman with several cats. Neither was the case. The 2 guys that I did catch a glimpse of seemed to be younger--40 or under.

I can understand being annoyed at living near a vacation rental (especially one that is a mere 10 feet away from your own home). But these guys were overboard. It was a holiday, and a weekend. And it is not our fault that the house had no AC so we had to open all the windows to survive.

To whoever called the cops about our parking: It was a narrow road, so I understand your concern. But really, did you have to involve the cops? A simple word from a friendly neighbor would have been much more effective. Besides, the cops said our cars were fine.

To whoever called the cops about our "noisy" party at 8:30 pm: As I said before, the only reason all of our windows were open is so we could survive the heat, so thanks a lot for making us feel obligated to close them. Our music wasn't loud. We were just talking. Was it the laughter that drove you crazy? Perhaps you were jealous that you don't have such cool friends. Anyway, the cops, after hearing our soft music playing in the background, told us we were just fine as long as we weren't loud after 10. It seemed as though they might have been called by you one too many times to take it seriosly.

It was just so funny because we never did anything wrong. We should have talked to those cops about filing some harrassment charges. ;)

So I got sick saturday morning and had to miss the fun alpine slide/coaster/zip line. I was feeling a bit better so went up to a free concert at the Canyons. Mike and I took a little too long at the car, and everyone else caught the tram up, while they closed it right before we got one because of lightning. So we walked up to the concert, sat down for 10 minutes, had a bit to eat, then it started raining on us. Yeah. We came back to the house, hung out for a bit, then headed home.

Big thanks to all those who helped keep track of the kids so we could go!

Weekend in Park City

Had a great weekend in Park City with my amazing friends.

However, I provided unnecessary drama by leaving my purse at the restaurant we ate at the first night. At first I wasn't that worried. I thought I may have just set it down in some strange place. But after calling my phone multiple times and listening around the house, we were pretty certain it wasn't in the house.

Christy took charge and called the restaurant. I still wasn't THAT worried. It made sense that the accountant who came in the morning might not know where the lost and found was. But once we walked down there and they were opening for lunch and they still hadn't found it, I started to freak out. Michael even went so far as to give a couple of garbage cans the once over. All this time we were calling my phone to try to hear it. The thing is, I was more bummed about all the trouble it would be to cancel accounts and get a new drivers license than I was about the cash and cards themselves.

Finally Mike and I walked back up to the house to triple check the house and check credit cards and to decide if we needed to start cancelling things. We checked all the card sites and there were no charges. We decided to wait a few more hours until the person who closed up the restaurant last night came into work today. We were getting ready to find everyone again when my number called Mike's phone. I answered it and it took me a second to recognize Grant on the line "If you ever want to see your phone again, bring one thousand dollars..." (Not funny!! Okay, a little funny.)

So the restaurant had it the whole time. According to them it was "hidden" in the managers office. We must have called the phone 50 times and they had never heard it ringing? Sheesh.

At least, as Christy said, it was a happy ending. Nothing was missing and we had it back.

Coming soon: stories about our crotchety neighbors.

Memory Game

My cousin did this on her blog, so I thought I'd give it a try.

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

The Police Concert

was amazing! Even though we only had lawn seats and were half way up the hill, it was still amazing. Sting is a great singer. Stewart Copeland on the drums was pretty awesome as well.

Also, Shiree's hot tub was great--especially after standing up for so long at the concert.

Update--Dr. Horrible

Because the status is not quo, the server was crashed nearly all day yesterday because of too much traffic. But I just tried it and it is working now. Though for some reason I can only get the video to play in IE.

So go forth and enjoy some comedy gold.

Pet Peeve-Tailgaiting

I hate people who tailgate, even if they aren't tailgaiting me, and especially on the freeway.

Note to tailgaters: When you follow me closely, it is rarely going to make me speed up. If anything, I will most likely slow down slightly just to piss you off. If I am in the fast lane, you can wait five seconds (as opposed to the four it would take if I sped up) to pass the car next to me, so just calm down. If I am not in the fast lane, just pass me already!

PS. Don't forget to tune in for Dr. Horrible tomorrow!

Video Clip Friday

Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, written and directed by Joss Whedon, promises to be hilarious and witty, and hilariously witty. There will be three episodes on line next week, and next week only, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

It stars Nathan Fillion (of Firefly), Neil Patrick Harris (of How I Met Your Mother) and some chick I never heard of. Here's the trailer.

The RIGHT way to do it.

Thanks to my brother-in-law Greg for sharing this with me.

You know what I'm really tired of hearing?

"No! Aaron don't look at me."

Holiday Weekend

Hope everyone had a great 4th! We had a great time.

Friday we had Greg and Emily over and did burgers on the grill. The kids (minus Annabelle) enjoyed the fireworks. We let Aaron light a bunch this year which he was thrilled with. And our ice-cream actually froze pretty well. Yay. Lily was cute copying what the boys said about the big fireworks (that one was super awesome, etc).

Saturday we were up at Jeff and Keri's for a great party. They seriously have the perfect party house--shady back yard with a pool, huge kitchen, great view from the deck, rockband, pool table. We had great burgers and homemade fries, then had a rousing game of volleyball in the pool (after throwing Jeremy in for his birthday then getting grabbed by him in revenge--how did everyone else get away??), then played rockband or pool til it was time to head home.

Sunday morning Aaron and I took a bike ride a ways down the river trail. It's a lot more fun to bike with Aaron now that he has a bike with gears. Then after some chores went to see Wall-E. It was a cute show. Then we drove down to Pam's for some burgers (do you see a trend here?) and more fun time for the kids with the cousins. We were all talking and Greg found out that Katie hadn't seen Back to the Future. She's 17 (this month, right?), and so a lot of movies we grew up with that she may not have seen, so we spent awhile thinking up of favorites that she should watch at some point.

All in all a fun weekend.

Aaron got glasses!

Unsurprisingly (bad genes), when I took Aaron to the eye doctor last week, he had to get glasses. The doctor said he was surprised that Aaron hadn't been complaining about his eyes. I had noticed him squinting a little and he liked to sit close to the TV when he watched. Here's a picture. It's not the best, but he only let me take one.

It's been fun today watching him be amazed at things he can see clearly now. He doesn't seem embarrassed by them, which is good. When I got mine (2nd grade) I was reluctant to wear them, but my teacher talked to me and helped me feel better about it. (Though if you look back at the pictures, no WONDER I was embarrassed!)

When Lily saw me taking a picture of Aaron, she wanted me to take one of her, too.

Lagoon Day

I downloaded some pictures and totally forgot we had some from Lagoon day a couple weeks back. It was crowded, but the weather was perfect. Aaron was my ride buddy, and we even got Lily on a few rides (with much crying, though once on she generally enjoyed.) But since I was going on the rides (Mike dislikes rides), Michael had the camera, so all of these pics are his.


I wish I was as photogenic as my daughter. In that last one, she was "reading" the sign.