Pop Tarts Happy Sunshine Time

As I'm eating my Pop Tart this morning (brown sugar cinnamon) I am reminded of the funniest Pop Tart commercial I've ever seen! Jake and I discovered it last night while watching Survivor (I think this is still the plan?). Anyway, before I show it to you, I have to explain. It's not like roll on the floor funny (unless you were with us last night when we had to rewind it and watch it again). It's more of "who thought of these lyrics" funny. Here's a little preview before the show...

"Stretch & yawn, blow a kiss to mom. Cause Pop Tarts mornings are the bomb!" Watch and listen. You'll think it's funny too!

38 in 379

Okay, Stacy has come up with a crazy list of 43 things to do between now and our first year anniversary. I am going to follow suit, and as there are only 379 days, I have chosen 38 things to do. While I have stolen some from Stacy, several are different. Hopefully this list will keep me motivated to do new things, become better, and try new things. However, I am not sure that 36(d) will happen, but hey it is worth a shot at trying something different.

Start date: September 22, 2010
End date: October 7, 2011

1. Hike Mt. Timpanogos
2. Go snorkeling
3. Donate blood, every 60 days
4. Visit a foreign country
5. Go on a road trip
6. Visit 5 National Parks (0/5 parks)
7. Reread The Book of Mormon
8. Attend two (2) MLB games
9. Buy a fish and keep it alive for at least a month (0/30 days)
10. Try a new and exotic food
11. Work out 3 days a week (0/60 weeks)
12. Drink six (6) eight (8) ounce glasses of water a day (0/379 days)
13. Record new personal running bests:
a. Mile (7:53 mins)
b. 5k (26:10 mins)
c. 10k (56:19 mins)
d. Half-marathon (2:14:52 hours)
e. Marathon (5:01:43 hours)
14. Do 5 things on Instructables.com (0/5 items)
15. Get married
16. Eat 75 new recipes, as made by Joey JoJo (0/75 recipes)
17. Visit 5 states I've never been to (0/5 states)
18. No soda for 30 days in a row (0/30 days)
19. Don't eat fast food for 14 days in a row (0/14 days)
20. Watch the American Film Industry’s top 10 films:
a. Citizen Kane
b. Casablanca
c. The Godfather
d. Gone with the Wind
e. Lawrence of Arabia
f. The Wizard of Oz
g. The Graduate
h. On the Waterfront
i. Schindler’s List
j. Singin’ in the Rain
21. Buy a house
22. Go to Disney Land 5 times (0/5 visits)
23. Go on a cruise
24. Blog at least once a week (0/54 weeks)
25. Go Geocaching
26. Visit 5 temples I've never been to (0/5)
27. Prepare the Bar Admission Forms for the U.S. Supreme Court Bar.
28. Take Jed (the jeep) out once a month for a road trip (0/12)
29. Take a photography class
30. Relearn to play the guitar
31. Go through all my stuff and donate what I don't use
32. Hike to Timp Cave
33. Go to a concert
34. Beat Stacy at Guitar Hero
35. Go to a play
36. Read:
a. 1984 by George Orwell
b. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
c. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
d. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
e. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
f. Crime and punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
g. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
h. Catch-22 by Jospeh Heller
i. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
j. Animal Farm
37. Hike the Y
38. Put away $10 for every task I complete (0/38)

43 in 423

Since I'm starting the new blog, I figured I'd repost this - since I'm still working on it.

I decided to give myself 423 days to do 43 things. In exactly 423 days, I will be celebrating my 1 year anniversary with Jake. I thought that was a good number to use. And 43 items, cause that's 10% of 423... and cause it sounded cool. Below is my list. when I finish an item, I will highlight it and make it bold. I will italicize those items I am currently working on. I'll make a new post each time I finish something on my list and link it to this original post. Wish me luck!

Start date: August 9, 2010
End date: October 7, 2011

1. Hike Mt. Timpanogos
2. Go snorkeling
3. Donate blood
4. Visit a foreign country
5. Go on a road trip
6. Visit 5 National Parks (0/5 parks)
7. Reread The Book of Mormon
8. Buy a fish and keep it alive for at least a month (0/30 days)
9. Try a new and exotic food
10. Work out 3 days a week (0/60 weeks)
11. Drink at least 32 ounces of water a day (40/423 days)
12. Run another 5k and beat my first time
13. Do 5 things on Instructables.com (0/5 items)
14. Get married
15. Cook / bake 75 new recipes (2/75 recipes)
16. Reread all 7 Harry Potter Books (all 4100 pages) (5/7 books)
17. Visit 5 states I've never been to (0/5 states)
18. Read 50 books (10/50 books)
19. Pay for someone's meal behind me
20. No soda for 30 days in a row (0/30 days)
21. Don't eat fast food for 14 days in a row (0/14 days)
22. Buy a pair of hiking boots
23. Buy a house
24. Go to Disney Land 5 times (2/5 visits)
25. Run a half marathon
26. Go on a cruise
27. Ride the Tower of Terror
28. Blog at least once a week (7/60 weeks)
29. Go Geocaching
30. Visit 5 temples I've never been to (0/5)
31. Learn the rules to "Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock"
32. Run a marathon
33. Learn how to play golf
34. Do yoga at least once a week for a year (0/52 weeks)
35. See the back side of a waterfall
36. Go through all my stuff and donate what I don't use
37. Hike to Timp Cave
38. Make something crafty for my house
39. Go to a concert
40. Beat Jake at Call of Duty
41. Go to a play
42. Hike the Y
43. Put away $10 for every task I complete (8/43)

Lego My Lego

Last week was Simon's 6th birthday. Jake volunteered me to make a cake, which I really didn't mind doing. At all. Until I asked what kind of cake Simon wanted. His response? "A square cake... the biggest square cake ever!" I wanted to be a little more creative than just a square cake. After hours and hours of thinking about it, I finally found the perfect cake.  

(Sorry about the weird coloring - this was taken on my phone)

Simon always asks me to help him build his Lego sets so I thought this was appropriate. Liz said his favorite color is green, hence the green lego block. What do you think?



Oh Ikea, how I love thee...

Jake and I hit up Ikea this weekend for some home decor. We kind of already knew what we wanted so the trip was a success. There is still more to buy, but we just started with these few basics.

This is my dresser. It matches the ones Jake already has. I was worried about us having enough room for all our clothes (don't be surprised - I think Jake has just as much as I do!) but now we each have our own dressers. Yay!

These are the new bedside end tables. They look much better than the ones that Jake was using (old almost broken plastic filing bins and a filing cabinet). And to fit in 2 of the squares, we got these!...

All put together, it looks really nice. I take any pics of it last night, but I will eventually. Probably not until I'm all moved in and it's all organized. then you'll get pics. Until then, you get pieces!

1 + 1 = 1

Jake and I have 1 of everything. Each. I have 1 set of dishes, he has 1 set of dishes. I have 1 hot air popcorn popper, he has 1 hot air popcorn popper. I have 1 (OK well 2) blog(s), he has 1 blog. I figured since we're combining houses, we might as well combine the blog. So here it is! Ta-Da! Aren't you excited? I thought you would be. Now, Jake doesn't blog very often so this will mostly be me rambling on and on and on and on about random things, book, cakes, whatever. But occasionally I'm sure you'll get to hear from Jake as well. So sit back, grab a Dr. Pepper, and enjoy!