my mom

my mom is a wonderful, amazing and talented woman. she has so many quirks about her that make her, her. i am so lucky to have her as my mom... here are a couple of the many things i love about her...

-the way she holds her thumbs in her hands

-the way she doodles while she is on the phone or just thinking

-i love how quickly she gets ready for the day

-who needs a bra?

-her wrist is her planner, notebook and doodlepad

-she is a very light packer (sometimes just packs in a harmon's sack)

-her knowledge on eyebrows

-her passion for life and everything in it!

-she is the best sister ever (from becky!)

-her brocket

-i-phoner

-she loves my dad and shows it

-she is quick to volunteer me for any project

-i love how quickly she expects to loose weight

-she loves to eat charcoaled chicken

-ice chewer

-she is a wonderful friend

-she has great color/furniture taste

-"i'm hanging in there"

-the way she snaps with her index finger and thumb

-she created a wonderful company called pebbles

-her flirting advice

-we both love, love, love chocolate malts

-she loves to snuggle...saying goodbye always lasts as she tries to keep me at her side in a hug

-her childish ways as she annoys

-when she re-tells stories, she has great voices and her hand usually goes to her mouth fluttering about

-she has a wonderful sense of humor

-we don't know why she asks for our opinions, when her mind is already made up...oh, she just wants to feel validated

-she created a beautiful yard

-her sleepwalking stories

-she is quick to forgive

-the way she points at something when she isn't quite sure what to think

-she is all around nuts

-when she sees someone she knows, she will visit for at least an hour

-fashion style? when she finds a top she likes, she buys one in each color

-she clicks impatiently on the computer, until it freezes

-we both hate shopping

-she loves the gospel and and jesus christ

-sometimes misses church as she walks around the neighborhood saving all the worms on a rainy day

-she tries to be involved with sports...("go red birds, i mean, blue birds..." when it was the cardinals playing)

-she can't just keep a huge rock in one spot, she has to move it around and around until she moves it back into the first spot

-very much a people person

-"i like it when they help each other up" (when she watches sports)

-she loves guinea pigs

-trying to keep life simple

-every once and a while we get to just be. have a girls night with some ben & jerry's ice cream

-when she cries, her nose gets red and she licks her top lip over and over again

-tubing the river anyone? especially from october-december

-when she looks at me and tells me my hair looks good, when i know it doesn't, and the face she makes at me tells me she is just trying to be nice

-she has great dance moves

-water+mom=a very wet situation

-she belongs to the monkey family because she loves to pick at skin

-she is a great baker/cooker (yes, a cooker too!)

-she loves a great deal (esp under $10)

-my friends often came over not to see me, but to spend time with mom

-she loves family!!!

-she is constantly on the lookout to help

-all she wants is the best for me

-she has documented my life with 1,000,000,000,000 (etc) pictures

-we always had the greatest valentine's day dinners

-she is great with kids

-she harmonizes really well (ask to harmonize with her)

-friends are always, always welcome at her house

this is just an idea of what makes my mom who she is. i love her forever and always!

-ash

superbowl time!

we wait for this day almost all year because we have the best meal. we have shredded beef nachos, and a bowl of finger treats. earlier this week, paul wanted more food. he looked on food network for some ideas of what to make. so we added a few things. i made pink dip (birrell specialty), water chestnuts wrapped in bacon with bbq sauce, shredded beef for nachos, shredded chicken for enchiladas,  spinach & artichoke dip, a souped up chex mix, and some lemonade. i know our eyes and minds are much bigger than our stomachs. the food was grand. i was going for the cardinals and i would get to worked up over the personal fouls, the dances after a tackle and mom's comments when she tried to be "part of the game". she is so frustrating. then she would come try to snuggle with me, stroke my hand and nuzzle her head to my shoulders. i think she already knows she isn't invited to the game next year. 

by the way, the new transformers movie looks really good and i can't wait to see it june 26th. 

also, funniest commercial was the doritos crystal ball... hilarious. look it up on youtube. i know it will be on there. loved it. 

-ash