blessings in disguise

do you ever just have things that make you uber happy for no explainable reason? they just happen and you don't even know you are grinning like a maniac?

for example, i know a lot of women love chocolate. i'm not one of them. WAIT!! hear me out! i LIKE chocolate, but i don't love it. i, personally, am not willing to give up calories on it. i'd rather have chinese food. or french fries...mMmMmMmmmm...french fries....

but i digress.

the point of my post is this; here are five random things that have made me totally and completely happy for no apparent reason whatsoever in the last couple of weeks.

5. k waking me up in the morning. i am NOT a morning person, but at least i have someone to wake me up now. nelson wasn't so great at it. he is kind of lazy, like his momma. :)
4. fall. anything and everything about it. totally my favorite season.
3. ksu football season. even if we suck, i still love it. ksu people really know how to throw a tailgate. and this, obviously, goes hand in hand with fall!
2. playing with my dogs. they love me unconditionally and are always there to cheer me up.
1. fitting into an old pair of pants that didn't fit three weeks ago, even though i haven't changed my diet at all. if anything it's been worse! roofing must be making me buff.

what makes YOU happy?

ps - main reason i don't LOVE chocolate: it gives me migraines when i have too much of it.

postsecret of the week

a little late in the week, but better late than never, right?!? right? right...

OH.EM.GEE

dear god, i hope this is a joke.

http://bloggingpoints.blogspot.com/2006/04/how-to-be-good-christian-wife.html

i really try not to get into the whole political and religion thing on this blog. because...well...i really hate it when people try to convince me that they are better than me, just because they go to church every weekend or because they vote a certain way. i like discussions, but just hate it when people get all up in my face and try to force their beliefs onto me. in fact, i love discussions. i think it's the best way to weigh your choices and make good decisions. i love to hear others opinions, as long as they don't expect me to automatically agree with them. i'll listen, and weigh my opinion and decide if i agree with you or not. end of discussion.

so, to reiterate. i hope this is a joke, i'm not trying to force my beliefs on anyone by this post, and please don't judge me by assuming this post means i'm trying to create trouble.

don't have a cow, man.

holy cow! i've really been neglecting posting lately. apologies to my adoring fans. all two of you! :)

so anyway, on to the reason i've been inattentive (okay, that's a lie, i've still be READING blogs, just not posting anything...) so...yeah...anyhooskies...

we've finally started tackling the roof. and it's everything i thought it would be and more. meaning it's completely terrifying, just like i thought it would be.

no, seriously, i kid you not. our roof has a 10/12 pitch, which translates to holy s#!+ freaking steep. in fact, that's why our estimates came in so high (oh, i didn't tell you that we were too cheap to just pay someone to do this? well, now you know) was because of the pitch. in addition, there is, like, NOTHING to hang on to. we have roof jacks, but that doesn't really help me. if i start sliding, what am i supposed to do, grab the person standing next to me? i think not.

so, it's taken me about three weeks to get used to being up there. and being sore. and being hot and dirty. and gross and sweaty. but i'm officially "used" to being up there. for the most part. the other day, i totally tripped over a bundle of shingles and almost fell to my death. but you know, i'm brave like that.

here's the process we go through.

1. rip up old nasty white interlocking shingles.

2. rip up old nasty MOLDY tar paper.

3. hang on for dear life, go down backwards and rip up old shake shingles.

4. shake splinters into a million pieces and you end up digging most of it out of the attic.

5. pull out the nails that were holding the shake on. SIX nails per shingles. yikes.

6. measure and cut new decking. nail to roof.

7. measure and cut new tar paper. nail to roof.

8. measure and cut new shingles. nail to roof (at least we have a nail gun for this part...)

9. move to different part of roof and repeat process. over, and over, and over, and over again.

on to the pictures...the action shots were taken by my mom. she didn't get on the roof, but still ended up hurting her back somehow. oh, we carpenter's really know how to hurt ourselves!

just a reminder of what the roof looked like before we started.

k on his belly digging at the shake under the siding.

dad and i pulling out nails (i look super excited) and k and his dad putting some new shingles on.

ripping up the old crap.

haha, k's butt looks funny because he was sitting on the ridge

I'm in love with these....

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Random thoughts for a random post.

We are watching The Way of the Gun right now. I wouldn't recommend it. Too guy-ish for me. It does have Taye Diggs in it. That's the only thing keeping me awake right now...Netflix is great, but Kyle and I alternate our picks and this was his. BOOOORING. My last one was Role Models. Now that's a good movie.

Danny: Can I get a large black coffee?

Barista: A what?
Danny: Large black coffee.
Barista: Do you mean a venti?
Danny: No, I mean a large.
Barista: Venti is large.
Danny: No, venti is twenty. Large is large. In fact, tall is large and grande is Spanish for large. Venti is the only one that doesn't mean large. It's also the only one that's Italian. Congratulations, you're stupid in three languages.

Barista: A venti is a large coffee.
Danny: Really? Says who? Fellini? Do you accept lira or is it all euros now?

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Speaking of Role Models...I'm pretty sure that Paul Rudd is one of the best things to ever come out of Kansas. Google it, he's totally from Kansas City. He also went to KU (boo....hisss.....) but I'll forgive him. But, this explains the KU hat in Clueless, which was the first movie I fell in love with him during. Classic.

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Today I think I handled a situation the way a "grown up" would. And that makes me feel good about myself. It was nothing bad, I just tend to speak before I think and today I actually thought before I spoke. Good idea, I should remember to do that more often.

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The boxes are slowly diminishing in my house...one day at a time. Unfortunately, K thinks it's my job to unpack them. The only upside I see to this situation is that I get to put things where I want them to be and he can't complain about it. However, I'm losing motivation to do anything, because I'm doing all the work. It's a two edged sword, my friend.

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And now...a random list of movies I can't wait to see...

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Hell-OO Josh Duhamel...

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

Bruno.

The Proposal.

Funny People. I have a soft spot for Seth Rogan. In fact, I think K looks a bit like Seth...I'm trying to convince him to go as him for Halloween. :)

The Ugly Truth. I think Katherine Heigl is the new chick flick queen. And I adore her for that.

Orphan. Looks super creepy, but I like that chick in that movie, but I can never remember her dang name...anyway, she's really pretty and is a great actress.

The Hangover. I've heard amazing things from people I trust.

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PS - The movie never got better. It just got more shooting in it. Le sigh.

Post Secret of the Week!

Okay...yeah...I haven't updated in a while, but you know what? I'm super busy. Like SUPER busy! Tonight we measured the roof. We have a reroof it and only have about 3 weeks left to do so...YIKES! Talk about procrastinating...we are quite good at that!

Well, I'm sure you are on pins and needles waiting to know what my favorite Post Secret of the week was...so here it is!

Not that I think I'm fabulous, but because I LOVE Aubrey Hepburn! Adorable.