Would you like some cheese with that?

Upon seeing our New Year's sparkling cider Sarah exclaimed "Oh, I love wine!"

Don't say you hate me.

This is Gideon. He is a gem of a boy.

We have funny conversations. Like today when I told him that Dad likes me better than him.

Me: Dad likes me better than you.

Gideon: No, he likes me the best.

Me: Well, let's just look at the facts. Who did Dad give an airhead to? Me. Who did Dad put on a time-out? You. That means that Dad must like me best.

Gideon: Fine, but Devin likes me better than you.

Me: No, Devin talked to me on the phone longer than he talked to you, so he likes me best.

Gideon: (in disgust)Why would he like a girl?

Me: Girls are bomb. Mom and Dad like girls best.

Gideon: No!

Me: Yeah-huh, they have five girls and only three boys. If they liked boys best they would have had another boy.

Gideon: No, Dad likes boys the best because they are cool and Mom likes girls the best because they are pretty.

Me: You think we are pretty? Okay, I like you again. (long pause) Don't you like me?

Gideon: Like you, not love you.

Me: You don't love me?

Gideon: (huge sigh) Fine, I do.

This was all in fun. I promise. But seriously, I really am the favorite. Also, note his little "I love you" sign cleverly hidden in his serious Guitar Hero playing. Truly precious.

Lotion from the ocean.

So, I think that maybe I am going to miss the dead sea spa people. Just a little bit. Whatever will I do when they go back to Israel? I might actually have to work. A tragedy of the deepest proportions, indeed. Anyway, they are quite humorous. Feast on these gems:
- How many ladies are on your Christmas list? Too many to count, yes?
- I want to show you something amazing, you promise not to scream in mall?
- Can I please see your nails? GASP!
- I give you special deal, today only.
- Merry Christmas! You too. Oh, no, I do not celebrate Christmas.
I know, I know, so great.

Not the moat.

So I finally saw "Twilight".

It was awkward and quirky, so naturally I enjoyed it. It was good, maybe even great.

Also, I liked the music.

Pet sitting.

Sarah- I not go to "Celebrate Christ".

Mom and me- Why?

Sarah- I stay home with Dad.

Mom- Dad is going.

Sarah- I stay home with him.

Me- He's going.

Sarah- I not go. I stay home with pets.

Mom- You'll stay home with the pets?

Sarah- Yes, I stay home with pets.

This conversation is funny to me because Sarah has been talking about going to "Celebrate Christ" for weeks and now suddenly she feels the need to pet sit Rootbeer and Shasta.

Some days we walk in the light.

So last Friday someone spit on me. A cute little junior girl named Reilly to be exact. I was walking out the C hall doors on my way to my 6th period Drama class when it happened. Reilly was walking down the stairs and I heard the boy walking with her say something like "Hey, I bet you can't spit all the way down the stairs". She could. She saw me just as the spit was leaving her mouth. Splat. She looked completely appalled that she had just spat on someone, and I was equally appalled to be spit upon. So we just stared at each other for a while as if to say "Did that really just happen?" It was so surprising that it was almost funny, only I guess she didn't really think so because when I started to laugh a little bit she looked like she was about to cry. So I just said "It's okay." Then I went to Drama. So maybe Friday was not my day to walk in the light.

Math Matters.

So today I was sitting in my 3rd period Trigonometry class when Doug, the kid who sits behind me to the left, started singing this song: "Shine bright, shine far, be a star!" (name that movie)So now I am thinking that maybe he deserves a closer look.
Also, today I went sledding on a plastic cake container of sorts with my friend Justin. It was a hayride and a half.

After all there's only 23 sleeps til Christmas.

I am getting way excited for Christmas.

That's all.

I've got plenty to be thankful for...

I love lists. So here is a Thanksgiving list of things that I am thankful for...
- Rampage, so many happy hours filled with virtually nothing.
- High school Musical 3, It was, to use a word of Rachel's, BOMB!
- Loupe's crazy cleaning sprees, if she thinks she can make me want to clean, she is wrong and should brace herself for disappointment.
- Gum, and by default...
- Drama, because that is were I started playing with my gum.
- My Pillow, because it is on my thankful list every year.
- Pushing Daisies, a moment of silence for our canceled show.
- How grouchy Meagan is in the morning, it can be so funny.
- How Traci knows all these random bits about everything and everyone and sometimes shares them with me.
- Lord of the Rings marathons, one ring to rule them all...
- Christian Bale.
- Code names, Sneaking Fox, Pancho, Mousy, Drover, Emergency Room, Pinpiggy, the list go on.
- Loupe in general.
- Thanksgiving foods that I don't eat, yams, cranberry sauce, pecan pie...The sight of them is very comforting in the fact that they are always there and that I never eat them.
- Sisters! Sisters, sisters, never were there such beloved sisters.
- The aged Ps, the things we talk about...
- My ward, except I don't really appreciate the stake taking a big chunk of it.
- Devin, because he's "a really cool pimp"
This list reminds me of a song:
"This is the song that never ends it just goes on and on my friends..."
only I would change it to "this is the list that never ends..."

Open locks...

Top does not ryhme with pot. Just throwing that out there.

Love That Dog.

Sometimes I have long and in depth conversations with my 14-year-old, deaf dog, Shasta. I do not bear my soul to Shasta in the traditional sense, with me doing all the talking and her doing all the listening. Here is how it works: I talk, I pretend she answers, I talk some more. Also, Shasta and I only "discuss" things of little or no importance such as, the weather, politics, and things that annoy me. Nothing very soul bearing-ish.

This is her.

Delicious!

Today I ate a caramel apple. It was delicious and it made me feel all Fall-ish.

Despite the fact that outside it is snowing.

A Bargain for Frances

I used to read this book all the time. It is good. So for your viewing pleasure I have included a passage from said book. It is as follows:

It was a fine summer day, and after breakfast Frances said "I am going to play with Thelma."

"Be careful," said Mother

"Why do I have to be careful?" said Frances

"Remember the last time?" said Mother

"Which time was that?" said Frances

"That time you played catch with Thelma's new boomerang," said Mother. " Thelma did all the throwing, and you came home with lumps on your head."

"I remember that time now," said Frances.

"And do you remember the other time last winter?" said Mother

"I remember that time too," said Frances. "That was the first time there was ice on the pond. Thelma wanted to go skating and she told me to try the ice first."

"Who came home wet?" said Mother. "You or Thelma?"

"I came home wet." said Frances

"Yes, that is why I say be careful." said Mother

Keep it secret, keep it safe.

Do you ever have an extremely delicious secret and you want to tell everyone, but you can't? I do. I have an incredibly juicy secret and I am just bursting to tell it.

Seriously.

If the population of China were to walk by you in single file the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

Emily says hello...

right back to the earth.