I've been Tagged!

Not so sure how this works, but I'm going to try! Crazy 8's....

8 Favorite TV Shows
1. House
2. Friends (yeah, I KNOW they are reruns)
3. Giada on the Food Channel
Couldn't come up with 8 - I don't watch that much TV!

8 Things I Did Yesterday
1. Doctors Appt.
2. Finished the book "The Shopaholic & Manhattan (LOVED IT!)
3. Worked on Scholarships with Sami (hours...)
4. Worked at my home job (medical billing)
5. Took David to the batting cages
6. Sneezed 140 billion times (winter cold...ew)
7. Bought Sudafed - did you know you have to sign for it?
8. Went to dinner with friends (after the sudafed, of course)

8 Things I Look Forward To
1. Sun sun sun - 75 degrees
2. Regaining my girly figure
3. Finishing helping Sami with scholarships
4. Leavenworth this fall!
5. Spring cleaning (yes, I am weird)
6. Having a few less pets
7. Retirement (yes, I know that is YEARS off)
8. Going to the temple

8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Casa Mia
2. Olive Garden
3. Taco Bell
4. Applebees
5. the Thai restaurant in the mall - the sit down one, not the food court one
6. El Sarape on the westside
7. Big Toms
8. Anywhere where I don't have to cook!

8 Things I Wish For
1. Two healthy, happy, confident kids
2. To be a good mom for my kids and wife to my husband
3. For all of us to be healthy
4. To finish the kids' scrapbooks
5. Dan to enjoy his job
6. To pay off our bills
7. For my family to say "oh mom, dinner looks great!....oh, mom dinner tastes great!
8. Vacation

8 People I Tag
1. Vicki
2. Anyone else who reads my blog! let me know who you are!

Accepted!

Sami has been accepted to BYU Provo! There were a lot of people that said she wouldn't make it in as she didn't have a 4.0 and she didn't take enough AP classes....but they were WRONG, and she did make it!! We are very excited for her...now please pray she gets some scholarships! We've spent a lot of time applying for them. I know now why they say it is like a parttime job when you apply for scholarships. It is amazing the work it entails. She went to a baptism this morning and was home by noon. She worked from noon to 5:15 - solidly. She must have typed over 1000 words in the different essays she needed to write. I was her editor...and her writer's block breaker...and her cheerleader. I love you Sami! I know you'll do great!

Mapleine

I never thought I would ever do this....I purchased my own bottle of MAPLEINE! For those of you not "in the know" Mapleine is the genuine imitation maple flavoring ingredient in grandma's special maple syrup! (which, I believe has enough butter to harden your arteries, as David reports, and lots of mapleine, sugar, and water) Grandma (according to my children) makes the BEST PANCAKES and MAPLE SYRUP in the WORLD! No matter how often I make them, they never compare to grandma's. I am glad grandma has this distinction - because when it comes time to have them for dinner (Sami's suggestion) I won't be making them! Sami has agreed to take on the next generation of pancake making in our family. WOO HOO Sami!