Tagged-Holly

Lindsey has tagged me, and required "big results." that is a lot of pressure and I am new at this tagging thing so I hope I can make her happy. So I guess what I do is post 6 random facts about myself. These may be slightly amusing.

1- I have a weird habit called "Tongue Threshing." I am actually surprised to know that I am not the only one in the world with this habit, and that they actually have a term for it. First off, I LOVE cold pillows/sheets/blankets. Since I was a baby, I would pat the fabric with the back of my hand even when I was asleep. While patting, I will suck my tongue. For those of you who have not seen this embarrassing trait, my tongue gets put between my teeth, and then I suck. Again, Its something that started when I was a baby, and I do it in my sleep so its hard to control! It started to push my teeth apart when I was young, so they made me a retainer. Every morning I would wake up with the retainer gone, and a headache from the threshing. Its too bad that I haven't grown out of this habit because some nights I will wake up Matt with my patting. Its so annoying.

2- I am REALLY food selfish. I loathe sharing food unless I am completely finished and offering it to someone. Don't touch my food, don't ask for a bite, don't take some for yourself until you know that I am full to capacity. I will seriously pout if I don't get all the food I want. I wish I could explain where this brattyness came from...but, I cant. I also dance in my chair when I am eating something really good.

3- I talk to the animals and for the animals. I know its weird. I know its creepy. I cant help it. My dog has her own voice, my cat has her own voice, and yes I have even spoken for "Tina" the bearded dragon. I grew up with my mom doing this for the family dogs, and it never seemed weird until I was married. Commonly heard phrases from Brisbane are "Pet me dad." "I'm hungry." and "Play with me." Go ahead, laugh. I also like to name animals. Squirrels in the trees, birds at the pet store and even snakes in the zoo. Its fun for me, and sometimes (don't tell anyone) Matt will name them for me when I am at a loss for a good one.

4- When I was a little girl I had imaginary friends named "Galeeka" and "Poots". I have no idea where these names came from, but they were around so often that it became a family joke. We will always remember my good friends.

5- I have very odd music preferences. I love artists like John Denver, Karen Carpenter and Tony Orlando. ("Yellow Ribbon" is my favorite song of all time!) I also love old Micheal Jackson stuff such as "Black or White" and "Don't stop 'till you get enough". When I make mixed CD's, they always turn out really weird when they go from songs like "Mo Money Mo Problems" to "Country Roads." So what?

6- I have never seen "Top Gun" or "Gremlins". I have been told that I am really weird for not seeing these, and it has been so long now, its a challenge to see how much longer I can miss out on Tom Cruise and Firby...or whatever the little monsters name was. However, I think that you are weird if you have never seen movies like "The Sting" or "The Dark Crystal." Were you born in a cave or something?

I guess now I have to "tag" 6 people. So, I tag- Melissa, Shannon, Loni, Matt, Kathryn and Amanda.

Ward Party

Last night was our ward Halloween party and Matt and I got to attend. Matt went as "Kenny" again, and everyone LOVED it. Even the kids knew who he was supposed to be! It was so funny to see everyone laugh about it. I went as either Gretel, Little Mrs. Moffett, or Little Bo Peep. These were the guesses I got at the party. Honestly, I just put on what I had at home from the gig and added a bonnet.

These are my Beehives. I have been in the young women's for almost a year now, and I love my girls so much. We just had Grace and Kim join us, but most of the time it has just been Stephanie, Katie and I. Carrie (the Bee) is the 2nd counselor, and we all have a lot of fun together. It will be hard to leave my girls when we move.

Sammamish Halloween Party

This weekend the band played at a community party in Sammamish for Halloween. The turn out is always great, and the costumes are so impressive! The band dressed up as the cast of Young Frankenstein, and we showed clips from the movie through out the show. For those of you who grew up in the Issaquah/Sammamish area, you might remember a boy named "Kenny." He is the guy who was commonly seen dancing and walking the streets of Issaquah with his walkman and afro. Because he was always outside, Domino's payed him to carry their sign back and forth as he went throughout his day, and he is very well known in the area.
Well, Matt thought that it would be a good idea to dress up as "Kenny" for Halloween, and he actually won a prize because of it. I was surprised that people loved it so much as opposed to being offended at Matt's impersonation of a disabled kid. (Edit from Matt- I'm not so sure this "kid" is really disabled...)Brett came as Justin Timberlake (from the D.I.A.B. video), Kim came as a grease monkey,Tiffany came as a school girl, Chris came as her naughty teacher, and Sean came as... a guy in street clothes wearing a "Nacho Libre" style Mexican wrestling mask.

The party was a lot of fun!

Counter Offer

Last night we got a counter offer on the house. They agreed to give us all the utilities that we need plus a fenced and seeded yard. However, they said no to the granite, the gas line and they are not willing to pay the closing costs.

So, we decided that we will go back to them, say "forget the gas and granite, but pay the closing costs, and we'll buy the house." Lets hope they agree to that! If so, ITS OURS!!

Here is a picture of the kitchen. Hopefully the next picture I post is of our new home.