Day 6-Favorite super hero and why

My most favorite super hero of all time is SHE-RA, Princess of Power. why, you ask? well, because she is AWESOME. i might have had a HUGE crush on He-Man, her twin brother, so of course i would love his sister's show even better... since it was all about girl power. i also love it because she changed from bad to good. she was kidnapped as a baby and brought up to believe she was a general in the evil army fighting against the Great Rebellion. He-Man finds out who she is, turns her to the good side, and she then joins the Great Rebellion to fight against evil... whoa... lots of gospel analogies to be made there. :) Anyways, She-Ra is my favorite, and that is why! :)

Day 5-A picture of somewhere you've been to

Don't worry... i'm blogging at work... why you might ask? well, because i am planned and copied for the next week since i was at work until 6:30 last night. tonight i will be here until 7:00, so i have lots of time. i'm hoping to get planned and copied through Christmas so that i can focus on planning my lessons for my long term sub during maternity leave. oh, and i have to make a curriculum binder as well outlining what the students in each grade should know their first year of Spanish... um, remember how i make it up like every day? we'll see how that turns out...

anyways, a picture of somewhere i have been... wow. i haven't been a lot of places, but i have been to a few very cool places... haiti, puerto rico, st. thomas, bahamas, mexico, spain, portugal, italy, and quite a few places in the country. i haven't been to south america or canada yet, but i have a friend in canada who i would LOVE to go visit. :) hopefully that can be planned soon.

so the place i chose was.... drumroll please... SPAIN!

i mainly chose spain because not only am i now obsessed with the country and want to go back, but that is where julie and i became besties. we knew we wanted to be roommates about two minutes into our first intro class because we were the only two girls in our group that spoke fluent spanish, were over the age of 19, and returned missionaries. it was love at first sight. :) we got close with a few others, but not to the point that jules and i are. we might have taken pictures in just about anything that resembled a tub and was roped off... we also might have discovered that i have an aversion to all things public transportation... not only because of the crazies, but because i will fall down basically aboard anything that moves... think busses and trains... we're cool... love her...

here i am outside the prado (the famous art museum in madrid). madrid is gorgeous. there is this park smack in the middle of the city... think central park but more beautiful and peaceful.

and here is my favorite place in all of spain... la alhambra in granada. granada was the last muslim stronghold to fall to isabella and ferdinand in 1492 in the reconquista. it is massive and peaceful, and we might have gotten "lost" from our group just so we could take a few extra minutes and watch the sunset from a bench at the top on the palace. i couldn't bring myself to leave. it was gorgeous, it smelled of roses, and all we could hear were the birds and running water. i can't wait to go back someday!

Day 4-A habit that you wish you didn't have

What do you do after work while still waiting for your husband to come pick you up? I blog. :)

Anyways, a habit i wish i didn't have... this is hard... i have a few, but right now i wish that i could actually bring myself to put my clothes away when i take them off instead of dropping them next to my bed. it's so annoying to have to pick up and put away a week's worth of clothing because it takes like ten minutes! plus, stuff is wrinkled that you don't want to be wrinkled. i wish i could be like my hubby who "only likes to handle things once" as he tells me all the time. he walks in from work, goes to the closet, hangs up what needs to be hung up, and puts in the laundry what is dirty....

*sigh* to be so motivated

with me, it's run into house... run to bathroom 'cause baby is jumping on bladder... walk to bedroom... take off work clothes... drop on floor... pick sweat pants and t-shirt up off of floor... put on...

so that is my habit i am going to work on... PUT MY CLOTHES AWAY! :)

Day 3-A picture of you and your friends

so this was hard because i have so many different pictures with friends, so i decided to go with the most recent. we went to utah in october to see family and friends, and also so that my sisters could throw me a baby shower. thanks chicas! :) so here we go...

this is a picture at said baby shower (note i do NOT look pregnant... i swear she's in there, and boy is my belly getting huge!) with my dear friends desiree and kendra. i was kinda adopted into their circle of friends my junior year of college when i got back from my mission. i obviously couldn't live with my bestie joshua ross blade (since he is a boy) so i got to live with another of our friends, deveney. through dev and josh i met our amazing circle of friends, who have slowly moved away, married each other, married others, started families, and got into the mormon tabernacle choir! (that's des) :) whenever we are in town we have "family reunions" as i like to call them, and we are all as close as ever. i will always miss my junior and senior year when life was a bit more simple... when we talked about being EFY counselors... when kendra rubbed a cat on her face to make her then fiance mad cause he is allergic to cats... when we all had roommate issues (there is always that one ya know?)... terrorizing waitresses at cracker barrel... when we played mario cart for hours on end (maybe even during a stake conference or two... or was that mario party?)... when we all had enough money to shop and eat out whenever we wanted... before big girl life. :) ah the nostalgia!

so that is my picture explanation... see you tomorrow! :)

Day 2-The meaning behind your Blog name

Ok, so here we go... day 2... i really don't think i have actually blogged two days in a row... ever...

anyways, here is the deal. i had decided that i was going to have this blog that i would "dish" about really anything... especially the scandalous... hence the name "dirty laundry."

however, i became a teacher. you really have to be careful what you put out there when anyone can stumble across what you have written. (maybe i should go private, but not that many people read it anyways, so it will stay public for the time being)

so, i know many of you have been waiting patiently for some "dirty laundry" to be aired, but it will probably stay pretty tame... specially with my little laela coming. i gotta be a proper mommy right?! :)

i should probably change it actually. one of the cooks i used to work with in my food and beverage days used to call me "karly fries," which i loved... maybe that will be the new one... someday. :)

thanks for reading! :)

30 days of blogging

I am stealing this from little sis, Kaycie, who stole it from our friend Kjell. I really need to blog more and keep everyone updated more on the baby, so this is one way for me to get into the habit of blogging better and more. So here is the 30 Day Challenge! Here's how it goes:

Each day of the month, write a blog post according to these guidelines below:

Day 1-Recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself

Day 2-The meaning behind your Blog name

Day 3-A picture of you and your friends

Day 4-A habit that you wish you didn't have

Day 5-A picture of somewhere you've been to

Day 6-Favorite super hero and why

Day 7-A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you

Day 8-Short term goals for this month and when you'll accomplish them

Day 9-Something you're proud of in the past few days

Day 10-Songs you listen to when you're bored, happy, sad, mad, hyped

Day 11-Another picture of you and your friends

Day 12-How you found out about blogger and why you have one

Day 13-A letter to someone who has hurt you recently

Day 14-'A picture of you and your family

Day 15-Put your ipod or shuffle on-first 10 songs that play

Day 16-Another picture of yourself

Day 17-Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why

Day 18-Plans/dreams/goals you have

Day 19-Nicknames you have and why you have them

Day 20-Someone you see yourself marrying or being with in the future

Day 21-A picture of something that makes you happy

Day 22-What makes you different from everyone else

Day 23-Something you crave for a lot

Day 24-A letter to your parents

Day 25-What I would find in your bag

Day 26-What do you think about your friends

Day 27-Why you are doing this 30 day challenge

Day 28-A picture of you from last year and now-how have you changed?

Day 29-In this past month, what have you learned?

Day 30-Your favorite song

So.... here is day 1: a recent picture and 15 random/interesting facts

(this picture was taken be older sis, Krista, who is pretty much amazing! they were supposed to be maternity pictures, but i was still SO small. i was trying to push that belly out so much, but i didn't have much success)

1: i used to be a state ranked swimmer, and could have gone to college on a scholarship or maybe even further, but quit because of a horrible coach. sad right?

2: i have a secret crush on max hall (quarterback at BYU and picked up by the cardinals as an undrafted free agent). don't tell his wife or my husband. :)

3: i have a 100 ton master's captain's license... this qualifies me to operate power boats up to 100 tons of weight, which is usually between 80 - 100 feet long.

4: though i possess said license, the largest boat i have ever been captain of (solo) is my 39 foot, 5 ton crabbing boat. :)

5: i am beyond OBSESSED with salt and vinegar potato chips

6: my favorite drink ever is chocolate milk

7: this is kinda gross, but i am a booger factory... my family tells me i have an overabundance. apparently my nose likes to clean itself out

8: i have become quite the football connoisseur. JJ and i watch almost every college and pro game on television, and i love it!

9. my husband is a 6'2" black, straight, mormon, figure skater... love it... quite the anomaly

10. i have a tendency to have best friends that look a lot like me (kristin - growing up, julie - college, and amber - post college) it's kinda funny. i'll have to post some pictures some time

11. i am too smart for my own good. i scored a 28 on my ACT without any preparation or calculator. i scored a 31 the second time. it's a nice skill to have, but it sometimes makes me lazy because i remember that i don't have to study very hard.

12. the older i become the more conservative politically i become.

13. i always thought by the time i was 30 that i would have been married for at least 6 or 7 years with about 2 or 3 kids... here i am... almost 30, married for a year with my first on the way.

14. i never feel completely comfortable away from my family. i am always terribly homesick

15. i LOVE furry, cuddly animals... maybe even more than people.

all my single ladies...

remember that saturday night live? LOVED it! :) speaking of justin... he was on ellen the other day, and i got so excited because it's about time for a new album from that boy, but no such luck... he was on promoting his movie. i really hope he releases an album soon cause i can only listen to sexy back so many times. :)

anyways, that is so not what this post was supposed to be about. my hubby left me this morning for ten days! that's about how long it took me to get used to being away from him and calm down this summer... so basically i will be a mess until he gets back. it's not so bad during the day because i only get to see him for a couple hours at night anyways, but those couple hours are going to be lonely... not to mention sleeping by myself. it's really hard especially now that i'm pregnant. Laela has started kicking me a lot at night, and i get really restless because i can't find a comfortable position without crushing her... so basically i'm never comfortable. usually all it takes is JJ reaching over and rubbing my belly to calm her down and my back to calm me down. i foresee very little sleep in my immediate future.

so i am a single lady for the next ten days, so anyone that would like to distract me is welcome too. it just hit me this morning about 9:30 and i got very sad. we might get on each other's nerves sometimes when we are always together, but it's miserable when we are apart. he was so adorable last night. he made sure that all the laundry was done, all the dishes were done and put away, and he purified and filled up all our water jugs so hopefully i won't have to.

i love my hubby and can't wait for him to get back!