Mo Roco Eat Your Heart Out!

Love this!! I'm glad that I can only relate to 99% of these things (can't claim the mullet-whew!) I found this entertaining and appropriate for today.

You Know You Grew Up In The 80's or Early 90's If:
1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word SIKE.
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
3. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton
4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
6. You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
7. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom
8. Two words: Hammer Pants
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock"
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and spokey-dokes or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect
11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales" (Woo ooh!)
12. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
14. You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen..and still know the turtles names.
15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side. 17. You played the game "MASH"(Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)
18. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.
19. L.A. Gear....need I say more?
20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten. (She's Truly Outrageous.)
21. You remember reading Tales of a fourth grade nothing and all The Ramona books.
22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"
23. You wanted to be a Goonie.
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing.
25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.
26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
27. You took lunch boxes to school... and traded Garbage Pailkids in the schoolyard.
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.
29. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence.
30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.
32. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hook up.
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.
35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?" 36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.
42. You remember Popples.
43. Don't worry, be happy
44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
45. You wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still do..getting yelled at by younger hip members of the family)
46. You remember boom boxes and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.
47. You remember watching both Gremlins movies.
48. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!"
49 You remember watching Rainbow Bright and & My Little Pony Tales
50. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.
51. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
52. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool...and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB"
53. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell," The ORIGINAL class.
54. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
55. You just sang those words to yourself.
56. You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.
57. Homemade Levi shorts.. (the shorter the better)
58. You remember when mullets were cool!
59. You had a mullet!
60. You still sing "We are the World"
61. You tight rolled your jeans.
62. You owned a bannana clip.
63. You remember "Where's the Beef?"
64. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' 'bout Willis?"
65 You had big hair and you knew how to use it.
66. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't you!

Missing Friends

1. Me and Sarah playing DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) and Kevin admire our mad skills.

2. Kevin and John on the slip n slide.

3. John, Kevin, and Andy. Old married men.

4. Brent, Hannah, and John at a primary activity day. (Brent or should I say Nephi told us about the journey we were about to go on)

5. David and me in costume at our cinco de mayo party.

6. In the background you'll see David, Kirk, and Greg. In the foreground,Sarah hitting the pinata at the cinco de mayo party.

Last night I was missing my friends who no longer live close by. **Disclaimer: I did not have picture of everyone-sorry! It doesn't mean that we miss you any less.** We are blessed to have such wonderful friends. I love them and miss them all!

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.
Walt Whitman

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Carl Jung

The Joys of Moving

One of the things about moving to a new area is not knowing the 411 on the local stores/restaurants etc. In Utah if I was feeling wealthy and/or craving good bread for homemade french toast I would go to Great Harvest and get their Cinnaburst bread-delicious! I knew what restaurants were good and which ones to avoid. I knew that Papa Johns was better than Papa Murphy's or Five Buck Pizza. I new Macy's was generally cheaper than smiths. You get my point. Now that we're in El Segundo we don't know what is good or where it is. El Segundo is really unique too in that it's a small town (approx. 16,000) and doesn't have "typical" stores. There are two fast food places on the edge of town. Other than that most restaurants are mom and pop shops-no chains. There's a Ralphs on the El Segundo border but in the town we have Cooks a family owned store. I find that charming and feel strongly about supporting local businesses. They can be more expensive but in many cases it's worth it, that is if you are not currently supporting a law student and can afford the extra $1 here or there.
My point in all of this is that we are not that familiar with our area to know who has the best burgers or the cheapest cucumbers. It will all come in time and hey, what better place to learn than El Segundo.

10 hours of sleep!!!

Last night I was exhausted! It's always a goal of mine to get to bed at a decent time but it rarely happens. There are just not enough hours in a day to do everything. After we made dinner, did the dishes, and made lunches I went to lay down and read a little. John came in saying he would stay just for a little bit as he still had some reading to do but that little bit turned into a lot for both of us, we were asleep by 7:30 pm!!!It was glorious although I still wanted to sleep when my alarm went off at 5:00am. It's amazing what a good nights rest can do. I love not feeling tired, if only I could get 10 hours of sleep every night. The only down side to this is that I did not get the errands done that I needed to. oh well it was worth it.

I've realised my blogs are boring. Other people blog about:

• their kids...don't have any
• T.V. shows...we only get two channels on a good day
• their job/work...can't do that because of confidentiality
• their day...I do the same thing everyday work and then go to a Dr. appt, eat, go back to work, then sleep (this is why I get so excited about little things like spaghetti sauce and tulips;)
• their opinions...I definitely have those but I'm not always able to write mine down in a clear/concise/and tactful way (I'm working on it)

So bear with me hopefully the blog will get a little more interesting.

Yummy Easter Candy

This is one of the reasons I look forward to Easter- Cadburry Mini Eggs. If you have not experienced the joy that is Cadburry Mini Eggs I would recommend you do so and let me know what you think.

GOALS

They say if you write down your goals they are more likely to happen. 21 days to break or make a habit right?

1. Drink at least two bottles of water while at work
2. Take my multi-vitamen everyday
3. Take more pictures
4. Read at least one book a month

Soccer Mom to the Rescue

I enjoy fruit. Luckily it is good for you. However I tend to like the more expensive fruits i.e. mango's, papaya, guava, melons, any kind of berry... These fruits though delicious do not lend themselves to be purchased for daily consumption but rather occasional treats. So I have to find some other fruit to help me reach my 5 servings of fruit/vegetables a day (which doesn't happen often enough).

Growing up we had a choice of three fruits for our lunches- apples, oranges, and bananas because they are the cheapest. Occasionally we had grapes but for the most part I mostly remember the apples, oranges, and bananas. Because I ate these everyday I'm kind of sick of them now. I need variety! John is more tolerant of repetition and more traditional in his fruit choices than I am. At the store a few weeks ago he bought oranges, I figured I would try to eat them the best I could (sometimes when I'm sick of food I just won't eat it, John not wanting to waste will finish off the remaining food but this habit of mine kind of bugs him). Before I go on let explain why I don't like oranges.

1. When you peel them they get under your nails
2. I don't like the white stuff that's under the skin but over the orange
3. I don't like the membrane/sac surrounding each individual orange section
4. They get in your teeth
5. Overall they are a pain to eat

Anywho the next few days I did my best removing the rind from my nails, bringing floss to get the leftovers out...my feelings for oranges had not changed. John would say, "That was a delicious orange today don't you think?" Not so much.

Then in a wave of inspiration I decided to go soccer mom style and cut my oranges into wedges. BAM! Everything has changed. I am able to enjoy the sweet juicy goodness of an orange with very little hassle. Orange ya glad for soccer mom's!