things that must go...

i don't know how many of you listen to x96 in the morning, but every wednesday they do a segment called "things that must go". it's basically a list of things that bother them or things that are annoying.

here is my list of things that must go.

1. personalized license plates that are so abbreviated that you can't figure out what they mean!

2. "festive" holiday sweaters {{gag}}

3. stores that start selling swimming suits in january. do you think i really want to go swim suit shopping when i've packed on 5 lbs. of holiday weight and i'm pasty white?

4. sappy/cheesy e-mail forwards.

5. when you're reading the obituaries and it doesn't list how the person died...natural causes? fiery car crash? i'm nosey, i want to know!

6. paris hilton.

7. people that feel compelled to clap along to music at concerts.

8. "breaking news". i can't think of ANY news event that is worth cutting 20 minutes of my show out for! if i want to know what happened that day, i'll watch the news that night!

9. panda express...i swear their "chicken" is really cat meat.

10. junk mail!

11. outdoor malls, such as the gateway. tell me how in utah, this is a good idea to have a shopping center where you have to walk around in snow and freezing temperatures to get from one store to the next, especially with small children!

12. people who take their astrological signs seriously, and they'll say things like, "well, i'm a gemini, and we're really {fill in the blank}".

13. mcdonald's lettuce

so let's hear it people! what are your "things that must go"?

boy, my last couple of posts have been really depressing and bitter. i will cheer up soon, i promise!

*sniff* i need a hug *sniff*

okay, i'm being a little dramatic, but geez, when it rains it pours. for thanksgiving tom went up to idaho to help my dad, so the girls and i went and had mystery turkey and instant potatoes from the hospital cafeteria with my mom and grandma. then at about 1:30 this morning, miss yelled to me that she had spit in her bed...huh,spit?! nope, she had not spit, she had thrown up! so off came the sheets and into the tub miss went. i'm crossing my fingers that elliot and i don't catch whatever she has, because tom won't be back until saturday night!

anyway, on a little bit lighter note, i do have to say happy birthday to grams!!! she's 84 today! yay, grams you made it! thanks for not dying on me! i love you!



my grandma loves sports, she's the only one in the house that reads the sports page!

(thanks for letting me steal this pic darbs!)

bad things come in three's

so this has been a really crappy week. it all started with my cell phone ringing in the middle of relief society and my mom's neighbor informing me that my grandma had fallen and was not doing well. tom and i rushed over there and my grandma was not in good shape. so off in the ambulance she went. after several hours in the emergency room, she was released and we took her home. then yesterday, as i was helping her sit up out of bed, she kept telling me that she didn't feel well and she thought she might have a fever. then she completely blacked out and was limp in my arms. i immediately panicked and called 911 and was a hysterical blubbering idiot with the dispatcher. they sent yet another ambulance and the e.m.t.'s were able to get her conscious. they've kept her at the hospital and my mom came back down from idaho, and i was relieved of my caretaker duties. so they say bad things come in three's, right? i'm hoping that my third "bad" thing was when elliot was sitting on my lap today at cafe rio, and grabbed my bowl of salad, tipping my whole meal over the both of us. i can handle that being my third bad thing. i don't know if i can handle it being anything else.

i'm sorry that my last couple of posts have been a bit depressing. maybe by next week i will have something much lighter to share. hope everyone has a great thanksgiving!

just smother me with a pillow

ugh...i do NOT want to get old. what a horrible and undignified process. i know the church's stance on assisted suicide, but sometimes i hope that when i ever get to the point where i can't even take care of my very basic needs that one of my sweet children will smother me with a pillow, just so they won't have to care for me or have their last memories be of me in that way. at the very least i hope they will send me to an old folks home far, far away and never worry about me again.

sorry, i'm being a debbie downer today.

happy birthday miss & jenny!

our miss is 3! i can't believe how fast time flies. she is such a smart, sweet girl and tom and i have loved every little minute with her!

it's also my sister-in-law jenny's birthday, so happy birthday to her too!

miss got a princess video game...and of course, guess who i caught playing it!

elli's ultrasound

elli had her second ultrasound today (her first one was when she was about 4 weeks old). she behaved much better this time and there was great news! her urologist said that her kidney's have not dilated more, and the tissue surrounding her kidney's is looking much better! they want to see her in four months, but for now, she's doing great and we are grateful!

our baby pterodactyl

our elliot hardly ever cries...but she does yell, and when she's mad, she's MAD! here's an example of her yelling at me about who knows what.

my *almost* car wreck

okay, so today was an interesting day. i was on my way to take elliot over to my mom's and decided to take bacchus. i was going south about 60 mph and came to the intersection with the flashing lights, where i'm supposed to yield, and the other traffic is supposed to stop...except in my case the car didn't stop. i swerved hard to the right to prevent myself from t-boning his car and when i did that i was headed toward a cement wall, so i over-corrected and swerved hard to the left and was now in on-coming traffic, so to avoid hitting that car, i swerved another hard right and by then my car was doing donuts and i landed in the gravel on the side of the road facing the opposite direction. several people pulled over, including the guy who ran the red light, and every one of them said that they couldn't believe that my car hadn't flipped over. apparently by the third turn my car was up on two wheels and was about to flip. needless to say that i'm very grateful and know that the lord was watching over me because i WASN'T wearing my seatbelt (stupid, i know). i went back later and took a couple of pics, so here they are!



this shows the skidmark that my car made and the wall that i was headed toward.



these are my tire tracks where my car finally stopped, facing the opposite direction of where i was headed.

100 random facts: part deux

this is in response to missy's blog. i really didn't think i could think of 100 things. it took awhile, but i did it!

100. i love color. when i was little i wanted to be the person that named paint colors when i grew up.

99. i can also name a crayola crayon's color just by looking at it!

98. i love my tivo more than an adult woman should.

97. i can say the alphabet backward.

96. i wish i had tried harder in school...i still don't know how i graduated!

95. i can't stand having mismatched hangers. tom gave me wood hangers for christmas one year, and it was sad how excited i was! NO WIRE HANGERS at my house!

94. i got 3rd place in my middle school's spelling bee. i can spell anyone under the table!

93. growing up, i used to think that jesus's real name was "Hearhim" because when the lord introduces joseph smith to christ, he says "this is my beloved son, hear him"

92. i took piano lessons for close to 12 years.

91. i love watching maury.

90. i think i'm a little bit psychic...seriously!

89. i'm a bit of a hypochondriac. i'm always thinking i have a brain tumor for one reason or another.

88. my favorite part of my day is getting the mail. if i miss a day i get major anxiety.

87. i'm obsessed with dollar stores.

86. i would love to flip a house.

85. my favorite ice cream is the candy cane flavored kind that comes out around christmas time.

84. i am a tetris freak. i don't know anyone that's as good at tetris as i am.

83. e! news is the only news i watch. i have no clue what's going on in the "real" world, but i can sure tell you what's going on with britney spears!

82. i've never had chicken pox.

81. even after a husband, a house and two kids, i still don't feel like a grownup.

80. i'm a good cook, but i'm horrible at baking.

79. i was born on my parents anniversary.

78. i love people watching. i can sit in a public place and watch people for hours.

77. i used to take clogging lessons.

76. sometimes i wish i had boys, just so i wouldn't have to do their hair!

75. i can recite the movies wayne's world, cable guy and anchorman ver batum.

74. my favorite color is green.

73. i'm always correcting people's english in my mind and have to bite my tongue to not correct them.

72. i'm in need of a really good massage.

71. i think my husband's funnier than i let on.

70. i hate my smile and hardly ever smile in pictures.

69. i'm more shy than people probably think.

68. i would love to be a wedding planner.

67. in high school, i used to sluff class and go to barnes & noble and read by myself! LOSER!

66. i dated someone named tom petty.

65. i watched a lady i worked with eat 36 mcdonald's chicken nuggets in one sitting...i'm NOT kidding!

64. i've been pulled over twice in one night.

63. my favorite job i had was working at a tuxedo shop.

62. i hate las vegas. it's boring and it's stinky.

61. i got my daughter kennedy's name from the t.v. show "blossom" and my daughter elliot's name from the t.v. show "scrubs". what can i say, i love t.v.!

60. i can't stand people who are fake or two-faced.

59. i want to cut my hair!

58. i use 3 different eyelash curlers every day.

57. tom's nickname for me is lowda.

56. i hate any soda that's brown.

55. i could eat cafe rio every day.

54. i love taking baths and take one almost every night.

53. i love after i vacuum and i can see the lines in the carpet.

52. i'm allergic to cats and coconut.

51. the winter makes me totally miserable. i hate the cold and i hate the snow.

50. i got run over by a car in a kmart parking lot.

49. i'm horribly afraid of heights.

48. i once had a turtle named marco polo.

47. i have two label makers: one desktop model and one handheld.

46. i've passed out in the temple.

45. apple juice is my favorite drink, but i hate apples.

44. i was voted "most talkative" my freshman year.

43. i'm extremely nosy.

42. i'm scared of birds.

41. i don't like crafts or scrapbooking.

40. my favorite ride at lagoon is the musical express.

39. i once broke my toe by moving a chair with my foot.

38. i love the d.i.

37. sometimes i forget how old i am.

36. i bathe my kids every night (missy says that's weird).

35. i don't own a pair of socks...i wear tom's church socks.

34. my ideal vacation is the beach and a book.

33. up until a few months ago, i thought that a stateside mission meant that you'd serve a mission in idaho, nevada, arizona or colorado. STATE-SIDE!

32. this list is making me tired.

31. i've had the same friends since elementary school and they can still make me laugh until i cry.

30. i hate the spin doctor's song "two princes" more than any song i know.

29. my feet are very small. some of my shoes are size 5 1/2!

28. i love organizing drawers and closets in my house.

27. i broke a girls nose with a baseball bat.

26. i want to paint my living room.

25. i've ridden a camel.

24. i can touch my nose with my tongue.

23. i love the smell of oranges.

22. i want laser hair removal on my armpits.

21. i can't wait for "lost" to come back on!

20. i haven't worn earrings for so long that the holes have closed up.

19. french manicured toes and acrylic toenails frighten me.

18. i was once pulled over for drunk driving, but i've never even tasted alcohol.

17. snickers ice cream bars are just about the best treat ever!

16. i hate the movie "top gun".

15. i'm sick of making the same dinners over and over...suggestions, anyone?

14. having my own children made me much more tolerant of other people's kids.

13. i put ice in my milk.

12. i've been craving jamba juice lately.

11. did i mention i want to cut my hair?

10. i love the expression, "oh, snap!"

9. i love glass jars or containers.

8. my new shoes have given me a ginourmous blister.

7. i have a crush on jim from "the office".

6. i can't stand when people pronounce the word "pillow" "pellow"

5. i envy people that can fall asleep easily.

4. my favorite cereal is golden grahams.

3. i'm sick of living by drug dealers.

2. i'm ready for my baby to sleep through the night

1. i'm done!

tom's day off

tom has the day off today! he took a night with the baby so that i could catch up on some sleep, and since i'd already made the bed, i found him taking a nap in miss's bed!

doesn't he look so peaceful?

clone babies!

i've always thought that my girls look similar, but lately elliot has been looking downright identical to miss as a baby!

elliot is the top picture and miss is the bottom!

random facts!

(tom fell asleep after eating a blue airhead and i couldn't resist!)

kimmy tagged me . . . so here goes!

my husband . . .

what is his name? thomas james hildebrand
how long have you been together? oh, brother too long! 9 years!
how long did you date? off and on (and off and on) for about 4 years
how old is he? 27
who eats more? um . . . i would have to admit that it's probably me!
who said I love you first? that would be him
who is taller? him
who sings better? well since i've NEVER heard tom sing, i guess i'd have to say me!
who is smarter? ha! i won't go there . . . i'll stick with the safe answer that we're both smart in different ways
who's temper is worse? i have a worse temper, but tom is grumpier more often
who does the laundry? that would be me
who does the dishes? he does, and i LOVE it!
who sleeps on the right side of the bed? thomas
who pays the bills? i do. i'm a control freak!
who mows the lawn? not us!
who cooks dinner? me
who drives when you are together? i usually do and tom is the backseat driver!
who is more stubborn? definitely me!
who is the first to admit they are wrong? wrong? what's that word? i'm never wrong!
who's parents do you see the most? mine
who kissed who first? tommy kissed me
who asked who out? um . . . there was no official asking
who proposed? tom, at temple square
who is more sensitive? that's a tough one. i'd say neither of us arhe family? i would like to say that it's equal, but i'd say that i wear the pants.