The List

This is just for fun!

This is Steve & I on our Alaskan Cruise @ Hubbard Glacier

THE LIST

1. Started your own blog X
2. Slept under the stars X
3. Played in a band (the trumpet) X
4. Visited Hawaii (went to school there) X
5. Watched a meteor shower X
6. Given more than you can afford to charity X
7. Been to Disneyland X
8. Climbed a mountain (Mt. Fuji) X
9. Held a praying mantis (on a leash) X
10. Sang a solo (I'm sorry) X
11. Bungee jumped (upside down, too) X
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea X
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch X
15. Adopted a child (I was adopted, thought that was close enough) X
16. Had food poisoning (Braums) X
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty X
18. Grown your own vegetables X
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight X
22. Hitch hiked (in Hawaii) X
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb X
26. Gone skinny dipping X
27. Run a marathon (it was a try-it-outathon  X
)28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset X
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise X
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person X
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors X
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language (Japanese) X
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa
39. Gone rock climbing X
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke X
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight X
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted X
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling X
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud X
54. Gone to a drive-in theater X
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (Cakes by Melissa) X
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (for my daughter) X
62. Gone whale watching X
63. Got flowers for no reason X
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (Didn't everyone in Provo?) X
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (toy iron and I hate ironing) X
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial X
71. Eaten caviar X
72. Pieced a quilt X
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the changing of the guards in London
77. Broken a bone (two) X
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle X
79. Visited the Grand Canyon X
80. Published a book (lots of photo books) X
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (a mini van) X
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper X
85. Read the entire Bible X
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (a cow, rabbit & chicken) X
88. Had chickenpox X
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (Kurt Russell) X
92. Joined a book club X
93. Lost a loved one X
94. Had a baby (four) X
95. Seen the Alamo in person X
96. Swam in Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone X
99. Been stung by a bee X

Favorite Quote about "Time"

"If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality, since lost time is never found again."

Benjamin Franklin

Talk to Me Tuesday on Tip Junkie

Tip Junkie is doing a Virtual Tour of Homes on her Talk to me Tuesday post. And of course I have to participate. These are the top 10 things I love about my home.

I love President Hinckley's 9 B's and nothing like vinyl lettering on a board over my back door to display it. I am also not a wallpaper fan, but my house came with this wallpaper in the kitchen that I love.

I love family pictures and I usually don't hang anything on my walls, put things out unless it has a special meaning to me. These are pictures of Steve's parents and my parents and their parents. I put these next to one of our engagement pictures and a quote I framed by President Kimball (I think) that reads, "Let there be no Empty Chairs in our Heavenly Home." This is also something my dad quoted often.

I love this little corner that was all started with the framed "Families Can Be Together Forever" sheet music made by my Mother-in-Law. My parents also gave us the nice picture of President Hinckley which is always a great reminder of how we stand for something good.

I have posted this before, but it is one of my favorites. This was an old church bench I grew up with in my home. It had been many different colors in the past and I was able to "inherit" it thinking I would strip it down and just stain it. Well, it wasn't as pretty as I thought it would be so it is now this beautiful red bench in my home. And the pillow was gift that my awesome sister-in-law made. I LOVE LOVE it.

This is a picture of the court house in my home town, which was the the County Seat. I think it is a beautiful building and am so lucky to have a picture of it. It was a suprise gift from my husband. I also love the frame.

These are pictures of a train station and old home from the town my husband grew up in. Like I said before almost everything I hang has a meaning. I am going to get some vinyl lettering to put on these pictures describing what they are. Got this idea from the Tip Junkie herself.

This is a picture of a corner in my girls room. I painted it light purple and stenciled this cute boarder to give it a nice cottage look with the uneven ceiling. I haven't done anything else to the room yet so that is why you only get a corner view.

This staircase was a fun feature of our house. And of course more pictures, all of our kids.

I saw this iron rod at a friends house and had to get one. I ordered it from Rod Works out of Utah. The pictures are of each of our kids around the age of one and they are my favorite pictures.

This is showing off part of my collection of the Willow Tree figurines that I love on my mantel. Even if my kids keep knocking them off and we keep glueing them back together.

I love this view from my dining room and yes, more pictures.

I have posted this before also, but our dining room table is lucky to still be in our home. It is actually the table that Steve grew up eating on. So there are lots of great family memories there. But it was pretty rickety. I loved it and so made Steve help me sand it down and refinish it. Actually, I helped Steve. But it is beautiful. And I was able to save up enough of my cake decorating money to buy new chairs, the chairs I wanted, for the table. The chairs that were with it were going to be way to much work for us amateurs to try to salvage.


I hope no one counted how many favorites I have.

Self-Portrait Saturday - Who is Ethan's Mom?

Self-Portrait Saturday-Some Favorites of My House

I love for things in my house to have a purpose or a meaning. I usually don't just decorate with anything.


This red bench is one of my favorites. I grew up with this bench; however, it was many different colors in my parent's home. It used to be an old church pew and I was lucky enough to get it from my parents. My first intention was to sand it down and stain it. Well, once I sanded it down I realized it needed paint. So, I painted it red and I love it. The pillow on the bench means a lot and it is really cute. My sister-in-law made it for us for Christmas.

BEFORE


AFTER
This table is lucky to still be in our home. It is actually the table that Steve grew up eating on. So there are lots of great family memories there. But it was pretty rickety. I loved it and so made Steve help me sand it down and refinish it. Actually, I helped Steve. But it is beautiful. And I was able to save up enough of my cake money to buy new chairs, the chairs I wanted, for the table. The chairs that were with it were going to be way to much work for us amateurs to try to salvage.

Self-Portrait Saturday-Celebrity Collage

How is this for a Self-Portrait? I totally see the resemblence, don't you? I tried a couple different pictures of myself and had a few laughs. I have had people tell me that I look like Amy Irving and Nancy Kerrigan, but never Kate Hudson or Julia Roberts. Try it out, this was fun.<