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A - Attached or single? Single
B - Best Friend? Dixie
C - Cake or Pie? Pie
D - Day of Choice? Sunday
E - Essential Item? Camera
F - Favorite color? Green
G - Gummy bears or worms? Gummy bears...bouncing here and there and everywhere!
H - Hometown? Orem, Utah
I - Indulgence? jcrew and the like.
J - January or July? July. My birthday month is overrated.
K - Kids? I act like one. Does that count?
L - Life isn't complete without? Music
M - Marriage date? Yes, please.
N - Number of brothers and sisters? 2 fantabulous older brothers.
O - Oranges or Apples? How about Orange? One of my favorite blogs, by the way. Check it out.
P - Phobias? Failure
Q - Quote? "Not all those who wander are lost" - JRR Tolkien
R - Reason to smile? Making memories with my family and friends.
S - Season of choice? Spring...until Fall comes. Then I would choose Fall.
T - Tag 3 people: Trina, Melissa, Erin
U - Unknown facts about me? I pick a toothbrush based on the color that best corresponds with the current season / holiday. Right now, it's yellow (summer). I'm due for a new one, so I'll probably go red or blue for the 4th of July. I can't help it.
V - Vegetable? Corn on the cob
W - Worst Habit? Wasting time.
X - X-ray or Ultrasound? X-ray vision!!! Woot!!!
Y - Your favorite food? Warm cookies right out of the oven and a cold glass of milk.
Z - Zodiac Sign? Capricorn

Dixie Dog

While Andy is doctoring in Spain, I am dog sitting Dixie. I thought it'd be good practice for when I have a dog. So far, so good. Even though she smells like a dog and sheds a bunch, I am glad to have her. We go on walks, runs, and play fetch in the park. She comes with me to work at Sig Pro with me and has become the official mascot. When we leave to go anywhere, she gets uber excited and jumps 14 feet in the air. She loves attention, so she'll always come up to you and put her head on your lap to get you to pet her. If that doesn't work, she puts her paw on your leg. If that still doesn't work, she'll nudge your hand with her nose. It's pretty cute and it works every time. One more thing, I think she likes me more than Andy now. Sorry, bro.

::: The verdict is in :::

Thank you for voting on what to do with my hair. Most of you seem to think my hair isn't completely hideous, so I'll keep it around for the time being. Besides the votes, another deciding factor was due to a nightmare I had a few nights back. In it, I chopped off my hair. This resulted in the all time worst hairdo ever. Seriously, ew. It was awful...and I think my hair turned blonde. I seem to remember looking a lot like Melissa Joan Hart. Not a fan. Side note - People have actually told me I look like her and I don't love hearing that 'compliment.' When I woke up, I was depressed and missed my hair. Good thing it didn't take me long to discover it was just a bad dream. Although, people still think I look like Sabrina the Teenage Witch in real life. Wish I could wake up from that.

Kate Needs...

I've been tagged to google "Kate needs" and see what, in fact, I am in need of. Oh, Google, you are so wise...

Kate needs a shave
Kate needs to think before she speaks
Kate needs to go away
Kate needs a twinkie
Kate needs your help
Kate needs to get lost
Kate needs to work on her sitting
Kate needs new fangs
Kate needs no knickers!
Kate needs to stop being so bossy and mean
Kate needs to be shot
Kate needs a cowboy
Kate needs to butt out and get a life
Kate needs to make up her mind already
Kate needs some new clothes
Kate needs to be exposed for everything evil she has done
Kate needs to gain muscles
Kate needs money
Kate needs a visit from child protective services
Kate needs a date
Kate needs to pull her own self up by her bootstraps and decide what kind of person she wants to be
Katie needs a lover NOW!!!

Thoughts of Spring

"The change from storm and winter to serene and mild weather, from dark and sluggish hours to bright and elastic ones, is a memorable crisis which all things proclaim. It is seemingly instantaneous at last."

"The earth is not a mere fragment of dead history, stratum upon stratum like the leaves of a book, to be studied by geologists and antiquaries chiefly, but living poetry like the leaves of a tree, which precede flowers and fruit--not a fossil earth, but a living earth. . . . You may melt your metals and cast them into the most beautiful moulds you can; they will never excite me like the forms which this molten earth flows out into."

"The grass flames up on the hillsides like a spring fire . . . as if the earth sent forth an inward heat to greet the returning sun; not yellow but green is the color of its flame;--the symbol of perpetual youth, the grass-blade, like a long green ribbon, streams from the sod into the summer, checked indeed by the frost, but anon pushing on again, lifting its spear of last year's hay with the fresh life below. . . . So our human life but dies down to its root, and still puts forth its green blade to eternity."

"A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts. We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us, like the grass which confesses the influence of the slightest dew that falls on it."

"We can never have enough of nature. We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor, vast and titanic features, the sea-coast with its wrecks, the wilderness with its living and its decaying trees, the thunder-cloud, and the rain which lasts three weeks and produces freshets. We need to witness our own limits transgressed, and some life pasturing freely where we never wander."

-Henry David Thoreau...I heart you

Feliz Cinco de Mayo!

Viva la Mexico!

Mother...there is no other...like mother.

Mothers Day is coming up and I wanted to join Mr. T in reminding everyone to treat her right...treat your mother right!



Take care of mother...you only get one.
Mr. T is one wise bub.

PS - Thanks to Jordan for this one. Classic.

You're a Kook!

If you have been around my parents for more than 10 minutes, you will hear the word kook. This isn't, however, the kind of kook I'm talking about. It just so happened to buy the latest album from The Kooks. I was only going to buy a few songs, but I couldn't decide, so I just ended up with the entire thing. I'm not suffering from buyers remorse either...this one is good from start to finish. I am probably going to get suckered into their EP as well. It sounds pretty stellar.

PS - Thanks to John Robert for telling me about them before they were popular.

Happy Birthday to you...two.

April 9th was Tiera and Ethan's birthday. I got a bit crazy with the decorations - which should come as no surprise. I tried to surprise Tiera when she came home, but she just laughed at me instead. We decided the decorations should never be taken down. Walking into a room of balloons and streamers can't help but put a smile on your face. Julia, Adria, Trina and the other birthday bub Ethan all came over that night for cake and singing. It was a chill little party.

Yes, the cake is leaning. I've never done three layers before... oh well. And yes, there are enough candles for the both of them. I'm surprised the fire alarm didn't go off. Seriously, I should check the batteries in that thing. Happy Birthday, bubs!

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

I've put this off long enough, but I've decided to start living a more eco
friendly lifestyle. My first change is the most obivious (and perhaps the easiest)... recycle. It's going to be a little tricky living in a condo, but there are still options. Another problem is that most places (including Cougar Town) only take #1 and #2 plastics. Rude. I'm going to have to start acting like a senior citizen and keep my yogurt containers.

Since I've decided to 'go green', I've become much more aware of what I buy in a store. Now I always go for the least amount of packaging. If it is packaged, I try to only buy what I can recycle. It doesn't hurt to buy in bulk either - which is also tricky when you're shopping for one person. I don't think I'll be able to eat a gallon of potato salad before the expiration date. I'm also in the market for some reusable grocery bags. I'll probably just buy them from Sig Pro. We have a surprising amount of earth friendly/organic/whatever else to choose from - and I can probably get a deal from the owners.

Next is my transportation. The radiator in my car blew up (funny story, by the way) and I figure I should buy a new car before my poor sub kicks the bucket for good. I want to buy a scooter. It's one of the most fuel efficient things out there. Their retro style (if you buy the right one) doesn't hurt either. I will probably have a normal car as well, but what's the point of using all that gas if it's just me driving around? Answer: none. Solution: Scooter. The trouble is, my family thinks a scooter will result in my untimely demise...but I'm not bothered by that. At least I'd go out in style. Whatever I do end up with will guzzle less gas and not only help my pocketbook, but mother nature too. Woot!

In addition to the few things I've mentioned, I try to unplug my appliances and electronic junk. Turn off the computer and lights. I would like to go the whole nine yards and buy a new fridge, washer/dryer, dish washer, etc...but that's not going to happen any time soon. The few adjustments I am making aren't anything huge, but they're a step in the right direction. If you want to join in, here are a few websites to check out.

If you want to stop getting junk mail, here is a good place to start.

This guy saved all his garbage for a year. Random and a bit gross, but I think he's done something good.

I love Real Simple Magazine...they had some good articles for green newbies.