Rollin' in the dough...

Or at least I would be if I were getting paid. :)

Check out this fun article for all you stay at home mothers out there.

Doing your duty

"The time will come when the destiny of the nation will hang upon a single thread. At that critical juncture, this people will step forth and save it from the threatened destruction. It will be so." - Joseph Smith

As many of you know, there is A LOT of opposition going on with getting proposition 8 passed. Everyday we hear about more people and businesses putting thousands of dollars in donations for the other side. The CA secretary of state even changed the language on the ballot from saying "[Proposition 8] amends the California Constitution to provide that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." to saying that the initiative "Changes California Constitution to eliminate right of same-sex couples to marry." The actual proposition remains the same (That only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California), but because of all the opposition to the proposition to keep marriage traditional between a man and a woman, there is already predictions that there will be a defeat unless the people make a significant stand.

With that said, we can not give up. My hat goes off to those who have been asked from the church to donate a certain amount of money and who have given it without complaint, not knowing whether it will do any good with the final outcome. Thank you for all of you who have stood together to try to protect the traditional merits of the home and family. James and I are both 'walking' on Saturday to give out information about prop 8 around the community with the local churches, so if anyone cares to join us we are meeting at the town pool/park at 8:30 a.m. Please bring friends.

Here are some more reasons that are not solely religious, for keeping marriage as a union between a man and a woman. I might write about those later.

Makeovers

If any of you are avid readers, you will know that I am dis-satisfied with my hair quite often. Most of the times when I make a change I am happy with it for at least a little while, but the last few changes (highlights, dying hair brown, etc) haven't quite done the job I was hoping for. There just hasn't been the "I LOVE IT" moment that I want.

So when I was looking around for a new hair styles I would like I found a site that lets you have virtual hairstyle makeovers. I tried on a variety of hairstyles, so here are just a few. They aren't necessarily ones I would choose or would do (ie-going all blonde or utterly short), but they were fun.


Blake Lively's hairstyle. Interesting.

That's what James would look like if he straightened his hair, haha. And I have Ashanti's inverted bob.

Katie Holmes' inverted bob.

Keira Knightley.

Katie Holmes' style with bangs.

I am more inclined towards the a-line or inverted bob style. I've always thought it was cute, so maybe it's about time to try it out, huh? I don't think I am going to do the bangs though... Maybe I won't do either. We're still looking. I think for now we'll just stick to virtually changing it until I decide what looks best. :) If any of you in the area know of a good stylist let me know too. Ours moved away. :(

For Laughs

I thought this blog post was pretty funny.

Enjoy.

Harvey Milk Day Anyone?

Kevin's Birthday, May 22nd, may become California's new State Holiday to celebrate Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay elected official.

So instead of celebrating a holiday for a respected leader, like Harriet Tubman Day, the bill has been passed for the State Senate to have a holiday for a man that most of the population has never heard of...

To me, the sad thing is that the holiday will have to play a role in public school and other educational institutes, and "encourages those entities to conduct suitable commemorative exercises on that date."

I agree with what Sen. Dave Cox, who voted against the measure. "In school, we ought to concentrate on writing, reading and arithmetic,", and that schools don't need other requirements placed on them by the Legislature.

So all you Californian's out there, call Gov. Schwarzenegger's office and give him your support to veto this holiday. We don't need the headache!!!

Uglies and Pretties

My friend recommended this book to me, so I checked it out of the library and started to read. I will admit I found the writing style annoying, and it took me a while to get truly interested in the book (I was way past the half-way point when I actually started enjoying it). The ending was interesting, though, which made me want to read the second book - Pretties.


I enjoyed Pretties a lot!

The general idea of the books are that instead of having prejudice and racism based off of their looks, everyone gets the same operation done when they are 16 that makes everyone look beautiful with a type of 'plastic surgery'. The only problem is that once they get the operation done, they are changed from how they once were. There are a band of renegades, so to speak, that don't want to be made beautiful by the operation and it's their story of how they are tracked and hunted, etc.

I don't want to spoil the book too much, but the second book pretties was A LOT more interesting than the first book. I liked the characters in it a lot more (Shay and David in particular drove me crazy in the first book, as did Tally (the main character). She was a lot more likable in the 2nd book, as were the new characters introduced in the book. The plot was also a lot more fun to read, I thought.

I will warn you that the ending of Pretties will leave you wanting more! I made the mistake and have book 4 (extras) instead of book 3 (specials), so I'm still waiting on that one from the library.

So I will say, if you are a reader like me check them out. I think so far they're about as enjoyable to read as twilight... Maybe even more so, for me anyways. But I'll have to get to that topic at another date.

Another fun Tag

I got tagged (as an old roommate) from my friend Kyra. Since James spends all his time with my brothers I have some time to spare. :)

I am: blind as a bat
I know: Jack doesn't know that biting, pulling my hair and pinching me hurts, so I'm trying to be patient
I want: some chocolate chip cookies.
I have: a stomach ache
I wish: I knew how to sew
I hate: crudeness, when people swear every other word, and soggy cereal
I miss: the single life sometimes (not the dating other guys part, - but the doing whatever you want whenever you want, going to dances and hanging out with roommates part)
I fear: Jack ever getting hurt or kidnapped. I actually have nightmares about it.
I feel: tired. Jack still wakes up 4 times before morning.
I hear: Harry Potter 7 on cd.
I smell: onions and hamburger
I crave: Fanta orange soda (you can tell we're trying to not drink soda)
I search: for where the put all our stuff
I wonder: how Jack will look when he's grown
I regret: that I'm not more of a phone person... I don't keep in touch very well with some friends.
I love: my little family
I care: about other people's feelings.
I always: leave cupboards open when I grab something, turn the stove burners on high for EVERYTHING, and give Jack kisses when he wakes up.
I am not: 20 anymore
I believe: in God, that Jesus Christ is our Savior, and that through him all mankind can be saved through the atonement He made.
I dance: when there is a great song on!
I sing: quite a lot.
I fight: when I am tired, hungry, hormonal, or feel I'm getting picked on.
I write: in my journal every month or so, as opposed to everyday before I was married...
I lose: arguments with James more and more frequently lately.
I win: at Settlers of Catan almost every time I play. Don't ask me how.
I never: kissed anyone before Jimmy
I listen: to Books on Cd
I am scared: that a tragedy might make me lose out on watching my son grow old
I need: affection
I am happy about: being with James

I tag: Anyone who wants to play or those who want something to do.