My dream, last night, had Kevin Bacon in it. I know, totally lucky! We were really good friends (which is how it should be in real life). Well, I mentioned the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon to him, but said, "I don't need to play that game because I know you!"

This came up on my friend's radio. And yes, I too believe in fat!

And, a final thought.....why is it when I look my worst and feel just as bad, that's when the pharamacist is super cute, youngish, has an adorable accent and is NOT sporting a wedding band. sigh....

Maybe I should just start sleeping in my makeup...it works in the movies, right?!

It's really hard being the only normal one in my family. Sheesh...

Sleep in Heavenly Peace....

One more sleep until Christmas!

(isn't he so cute?)

He went from this (meow meow!)

to this.......

CREEPY!

A Grand Evening

Guess who gets to stay in this posh hotel with some grand gals for Christmas Eve?

Yep, it's me!

Don't be jealous!

Rumor has it.....

He's SINGLE!!!

(so, you're saying there's a chance?)

Bridalplasty

While at the gym today, I got sucked into this new "reality" tv show called Bridalplasty. The girls on the show are trying to become the "perfect bride" by getting all sorts of plastic surgery. While watching, one girl won and got a nose job. At the end, the three bottom brides were picked by the others to stay or not to stay. They chose by sitting at the table of the bride that they wanted to stay. The girl that lost was a breast cancer survivor that wanted to get her boobs fixed. The host said to her, "Your wedding will go on, but it won't be perfect!"

LAME!! (and totally lame that I watched it, too!)

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Today is my mom's 69th birthday. What an old lady!

My mom was pretty funny. She did and said some funny things...sometimes they weren't meant to be funny, but they were.

One that I LOVE actually happened during the holidays. We had a rule in our house that whomever saw a cat barf, had to clean it up. Well, I had seen one of our cats barf and I did not want to clean it up. Blech. So, I just left it there for one unsuspecting person aka mom.
My mom was putting away some jars in our fruit room and headed downstairs. Well, she came across the barf, but not before she started sliding in it. Her adoring children were upstairs frosting cookies when we suddenly heard this, " Son of a b*#@!%, I am sliding in s*#!" Um, it was pretty much one of the funniest things EVER!!

Of course, there are many, many more stories about her. She wasn't perfect, but she taught us some great things. And, if I do say so myself, I think we all turned out pretty well.

I hope she gets a moment to celebrate her life and maybe eat some cake...if they have it in heaven. (which they totally should). I miss her and love her tons!

xoxoxo


p.s I found this photo while cleaning out some stuff. Isn't it pretty sweet? This is my mom and her siblings. My mom is the one with the big hair. (ok, she is the one on the left)

Here are my thoughts....

1. Am I the only one that thinks it's odd that someone would change their status from single to married just moments after getting hitched? If that blessed event ever happens in my life, I can think of a bazillion other things to do than that. I'm just saying.

2. When it comes to exercising, I have a little devil and angel on my shoulder. The devil tells me that I am so tired after a long day of work and that I need to just relax. I usually never hear what the angel has to say. Dang it! I must be better.

3. My good friend, Miss M, sent me ten postcards with random thoughts on the back. It totally made my week. And, she is just as odd as I am, so I loved the thoughts.

4. People magazine got it right with Ryan Reynolds. Oh delish. Next year? Ashton Kutcher or The Rock or Zac Efron. Ah heck, I ain't picky!

5. I just finished reading "Fast Food Nation" I loved it, but some parts made me want to vomit on my shoes. It was very interesting. I don't think I can ever visit a Mickey Dees again. Sorry, Ronald!

6. As I type this, Isaac is downstairs giggling. I love that. I didn't love that nasty diaper he gifted me earlier today, but I do still love that kid.

7. I love taking Isaac to the grocery store and watching people trying to figure him out.

8. The movie "Tangled" is pretty darn cute.

9. When Disneyland came up with the slogan, "Happiest Place on Earth". Do you think that Walt had actually been to every place on earth? Who knows, maybe Chad is a really happy place to be.

10. You know what a fun activity is? Going on to Weber County's website and typing in people you went to high school with and finding out if they served jail time. Super fun!

Bonus thought: I was almost ready to give up on Glee, but I have felt that last two episodes really redeemed itself. And, Miss Paltrow did a lovely lovely job as the substitute.

What up with that....

My older sis showed this little delightful gem to me. I laughed. I hope you will laugh too! I love the nod to John Stockton in this.

Count your Many Blessings....

Today, in Relief Society the closing song was "Count Your Many Blessings". I love that song. While singing it, I was reminded of my MTC district. Every district, before leaving the MTC, would sing a song, in their foreign language, in their branch. We were invited to do so. We thought about singing, "I Know that My Redeemer Lives", but we were so terrible that we had to sing something with a little more pep and one that would sort of hide the fact that most of us could not sing. We picked "Count Your Many Blessings" Since then, every time I sing this song, it makes me laugh a little because of my MTC district.

p.s Notice the Elder scowling at me...I had a HUGE crush on him! And, I am pretty sure he had a crush on me, too. Of course, we couldn't do anything about it.

I wish I were that skinny still, but not with that hairdo.

I love this! When the weather is lovely outside, this man in my ward rides his bike to church. I just think it's so cute. (Can I say that about a man in his 80's?) He rides his bike almost every Sunday during the summer and I have wanted to take a picture. As luck would have it, I happened to have my camera with me. I had to drive very slowly behind him, so I wouldn't hit him and so he wouldn't get spooked (you know, like a horse and then ride off all crazy like). I think I got a good one. Oh, and he wears an Albert Einstein tie every week, too. See.... he is just cute!!

Following in my footsteps.

I would bet that most people would be thrilled if their child or niece/nephew emulated them by doing something that they had taught them or something that the adult did. Well, my adorable niece is just that type of girl. Let me tell you, dear reader of Pretty Much Megan, a fun story!

There once was a very cute and very outgoing (aka talkative) little second grader. We shall call her Began. Now Began was everyone's friend and didn't like to exclude anyone in her friendship circle, so everyone in Mrs. Jeweks (she was one of Began's favorite teachers) class was her friend. Therefore, since everyone was her friend, she had to talk to all of her friends. Sometimes it was a hard job, but still managed and did so with such pizzazz and flair (ok, I just added that, but I am pretty sure it was the case!) Her teacher, however, was a little bit frustrated with Began's talking. So, the teacher moved Began to several different tables hoping that maybe she would find someone that she didn't get along with and not talk to as much. Well, if you remember the beginning of this delightful little story, this girl had no enemies...except for Johnny and that was in the first grade and he was just jealous because I (oops I mean Began) was such a super reader! I digress.....

This delightful little second graders teacher had a brilliant idea. She moved Began to a table with ALL boys. "This would stop that girl from talking!" she thought. But, unfortunately her plan failed and Began realized she had a captive audience. When parent teacher conferences rolled around, Began's parents attended. Her teacher said very nice things about her like, "She is such a great student, but I just CAN'T get her to stop talking!"

Well, this delightful second grader grew up and became an aunt. This girl's parents also went to parent teacher conferences. Guess what they said about this adorable niece? That's right....she talks too much in class!

A child after my (oops I mean Began's) own heart!

The End!!

Happy Birthday, BOO!! Hope you had/have a great day! I love you lots.

A-ha - Butterfly, Butterfly (The Last Hurrah) OFFICIAL VIDEO

Seriously?! i pretty much love this band.

Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

Super Exciting News!!! Bon Jovi is FINALLY coming back to Utah. They haven't been here for maybe 5 years or so. I am totally going. Oh, how I wish they still had their crazy long and super big hair. It should be on amazing concert.

Jury Duty...

That's right! I am a lucky juror. I have been selected to be on a jury for a case that has lasted two weeks. We are in the home stretch. Sitting in a jury box for hours can get a tad bit boring, so I have come up with my own list of things to do while sitting in a jury box and sometimes listening to the witnesses.

10. Give the lawyers nicknames. I have chosen: Speedy G, Props, Chef Boyardee, and Loopy Lon.

9. In your head, give your fellow jurors cute, stylish haircuts.

8. Come up with the dialogue between lawyers and judge at sidebar. "I noticed that tie you are wearing. Where did you get it?"

7. Come up with the dialogue that the lawyers write on the little yellow post it notes that are passed back and forth. "Dude, I totally worked my legs yesterday at the gym and my bum is so sore. Will you take this witness? I can barely stand!"

6. Figure out a way to get students and staff to stand up every time you enter the room.

5. Come up with theme songs for all of the witnesses. For example: It's my party and I'll cry if I want to! But you could change the word party to trial.

4. Make a list of all the words you NEVER want to hear again.....devastated, November, objections, vague, sustained, "let's go for another hour" etc.

3. Imagine how the lawyers and judge spend their evenings. I think one of the lawyers looks like he could be in an after hours band....like Midnight Oil. I think the judge is a temple worker.

2. "If I had to kiss this male witness, could I?"

1. Try super de duper hard to not either fall asleep, fart, or pee my pants.

Farmers Market

My love for the Farmers Market has blossomed from just sheer enjoyment to all out L-O-V-E! I went today because it was the final day of the Downtown Farmers Market. I had about $26 on me and these are the many fantastic things that I purchased:

a grundle of apples...two different varieties
about 10 tomatoes
one spaghetti squash
two ginormous zucchini
one mouthwatering raspberry tart
a loaf of Jewish Rye Bread (from my fav. German Bakery)

I just love the way fresh produce taste and while I do love my local Dan's grocery store, nothing compares (did you just start thinking about Sinead O'Connor? because I did) to the stuff I get from the farmers market. I think I may start my own garden and call myself a farmer. boyhowdy!

My mom is calling.....

Last Friday (October 8), I went to an 80's themed dinner group. I looked great. My hair was perfectly crimped and ratted, my blue eyeshadow looked electric and dynamite, and my self made A-ha t-shirt was looking great. My group dined on some delicious Ethopian food. I shared my plate with a delightful young man that seemed pretty cool. We tore apart our bread stuff and scooped up the food while chatting it up. I thought that I would like to get to know him better....note I didn't say I wanted to marry him or date him, but just interested in getting to know him better.

Well, jump into your DeLoreans and fly into the future...this Wednesday( October 13), I went to a midsingles Institute class and yes, I did go partly so that I could talk to this guy. He didn't show up until after class was over and we were mingling. I walked over to him and started talking to him. He then pulled out his phone from his shirt pocket (and I am thinking, "Oh my gosh, he wants to get my number! So cool!") and then says, "Oh, it's my mom calling. I need to answer this." He then says, "Well, it was nice talking with you." And then walks off.

I told my friend that I guessed if a guy would rather talk to his mom then talking to me, that is not a good sign.

Rejection sucks donkeys.

Um...I am without words!

So, maybe I have a few words. A group of us did American Cancer Society's Strides for Breast Cancer. It was pretty cool. There were a ton of people all dressed up in different outfits, but the kicker was this dude in a green bodysuit. And, let me just tell, dear readers, there was not much left to the imagination.....if you catch my drift! Yuck.

Favorite.......

My favorite thing this week, so far:

When one of my students, who was wearing mittens, started using them for hand puppets. It was hilarious!

I was reading through people's statuses on Facebook. I think I just need to give that whole thing up, but one person put that Boyd K. Packer was an embarassment. To be honest, it made me really sad. I dearly love our prophet and I love our apostles, too. I know that what they say isn't going to be popular with the world and it may not even be popular with many members of the LDS church, but I have faith that they do know what is best for me. I don't follow their counsel blindly. I pray about it and receive confirmation for myself.

I don't criticize leaders of other faiths, so it makes me really sad when people choose to criticize my church leaders. I guess I just don't get it.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It's something that has affected my life personally and I am sure almost everyone out there. My challenge to you this month, wear pink in honor of someone who has had the disease and beat it or someone who fought hard, but didn't beat it. It's a simple way of honoring some amazing women (and some men, too!) Also, I will be participating in the Strides for Breast Cancer (or something like that) this Saturday at Liberty Park. It should be pretty cool. I will be walking for my mom.

My thoughts and prayers go out to those that are currently battling this. God Bless You!

Don't Be Jealous...

But, I am pretty sure that one of my students has a crush on me. However, it's not the cute, "I am going to draw Miss Megan a picture and hope that she hangs it up" kind of crush. No siree! It's more like a "While Miss Megan is talking to someone, I am going to hit her arm with a heavy plastic dinosaur and hope that she looks at me or during lunch I am going to throw chunks of my roll at her head and then when she leaves to go on her break, I will scoot after her and get pink frosting all over my bum" kind of crush. Um, it's cute....sort of! What can I say, I like the kid?!


Oh, and have I mentioned HOW MUCH I LOVE MY CLASS this year?! I seriously do.

Let me give you a few examples why:

Batman and IronMan were two of my students yesterday. yep, Halloween costumes are already making an appearance.

One of my students looks like the boy scout from UP! Seriously so cute. I could just hang him on a charm bracelet.

All of my students are diggin peanut butter. My kind of kids.

A Goal....

At the beginning of the year, my friends and I all decided upon dates that we were going to get married to the man of our dreams.(Did that sound like we were all getting married to one man? Big Love style? Not what I meant) I picked September 23, 2010. If you didn't receive an invitation....don't you fret. No one did!

Instead I will be heading here


to dine on one of their tasty pork burritos and

then I will be heading off to do this:







Sounds like a crazy night, doesn't it?! Enjoy the vid.
(Oh, the goal will be tried out next year, too!)

Just a few thoughts or two....

I have been such a blogger slacker lately. I just thought that I would share a few thoughts of the last few weeks or so....

1. I LOVE LOVE my class this year. They are so cute.

2. I miss G. One of my students that was supposed to be in my class, but two days before G was to start, they pulled him out due to finances. I am still sad about it. That kid just made me happy.

3. While discussing possible Halloween ideas with my staff, they all decided on different rock stars that they were going to be. Guess who they decided I could be? Um...Mary Poppins? Really? Don't get me wrong, I love her, but isn't there a rock star out there that I could be?!

4. I started tap dancing again. It just makes my feet happy to be shufflin' off to buffalo.

5. Since I am currently not in school, I have a goal to read a book a week. I just finished reading, "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls. I read it in three days. It was so good!! I couldn't put it down.

6. Glee starts up on Tuesday. HOORAY!

7. Yes, I did watch every episode of Bachelor Pad. Am I trashy trashy or what?

8. I love Fall. It is probably my favorite season. I can't wait for the leaves to change colors and to start falling. I love running through them and crunching them with my feet.

9. I finally bought a new purse. (after my last one was stolen...sigh). I love it. It's big. It is probably bigger than my head.

10. One of my adorable students keeps calling me Mommy. That sort of makes my uterus hurt.

11. I am going to start volunteering as an usher for Capitol Theater. I think it will be super fun.

p.s

It's been 13 years since my dad passed away. I miss him.

A story....

Once Upon a Time there were two lovely sisters......



And these lovely sisters worked together at this place. (they loved it and hated it)

They shared many good times together...spilling fry sauce all over the place, chasing each other around the dining room and having the lady from Maverick call to tell them to get back to work, eating food after hours and on and on and on. But, the one thing that they would chat about, while at work, was that someday they would move back in together, get a fancy red sports car, get really large, order jumbo hamburgers, and diet cokes. It was something that from time to time they would laugh about and remind each other that someday it would happen.

Well, these two lovely sisters are about 10 years away from seeing this dream become a reality. And, the one sister is going to finally get a FREAKIN' CAT!! then she can be the creepy cat lady.

And, these two sisters with live in spinsterhood happily ever after.

The End!

What the?

This was on the cover of my ward's sacrament program. I thought to myself, "What is a spaceship doing on the front." I even asked my friend about it. I then realized that it just might be the Liahona. Duh!

Henson's 11

CHECK THIS OUT!! If you love the Muppets, this will make you laugh. enjoy!

She & Him

Miss Marie and I went to the last Twilight Concert at Pioneer Park. She & Him were playing. I like their music. I like the adorable Zooey Deschanel. I liked that she played some cool ukelele like instrument. I liked that the whole band jumped up and down as they sang. I liked that Zooey played the tambourine. I think I want to get one now, along with some bangs and a cool vintagey dress.

However, I did not like all the smells at Pioneer Park....beer, smoke (of different varieties), body odor, body function fluids etc. I did not like that I had to pull out my powers of feistiness and tell the tall boys to move because they were standing in my way...okay, I liked telling them, just a little bit.

But, overall it was most delightful. I had fun with Miss Marie and I enjoyed a very delightful concert. I would certainly go see them again. Check out the vid...

Ok, I think I am going to go watch 500 days of Summer.

I love this kid.....

This is one of my favorite things when I have a kiddo in my car!( I love the little hand sticking out!)

I love this kid even when he bites me, pinches me, pulls down my shirt for the whole world to see what the good Lord gave me. I still love him. His laugh makes me happy. The way he dances makes me giggle and his little kisses, too!

The Day the Falls Stood Still

Have you ever read a book that is just so beautiful and yet, haunting? This book was both and I loved it. I just could not put it down. It's so great to have books that draw a reader in and take them along on the adventure. I almost didn't want it to end.

A-ha!! aka meow meow Morten Harket!

A-ha , a fantastic 80's band and my first concert ever, decided to hang up their hats and bid fond farewell. They decided to play a few cities in the U.S, so my sister and I decided to be crazy groupies and go to New York to see them for one last time. It was so great! We even tried to get tickets for their Saturday show. I think the ticket lady got sick of telling us that they were sold out. We tried about 3 times. I even mangaged to still fit in my old concert shirt from when I first saw them!