The pick-up lines

About the pick-up lines from about 2 or 3 posts ago... as my brother did not believe they really happened, I want to again say they are 100% true. I even have another one to add to the list.

From a text message: "Remember I love you and also remember I'm still single"

hmmm...

The Best Feeling in the World

I have spent the last couple of weeks with my family. I have decided that nothing feels better to me than having my little nephews and nieces give me hugs and kisses good night. No prayer sounds better than a little child imitating his/her parents in a bedtime prayer. No kiss feels better than a slobbery kiss from a 1-year-old. No pat on the back feels better than a 1-year-old trying to imitate his parents patting him on the back to comfort him. Nothing sounds better than a child telling his/her Aunt Emmie or Auntie Em "I love you". No music sounds better than the sound of a 6-year-old niece singing to her 2-year-old brother and cousin songs she has heard her mother sing because she is trying to mother them. No game is more fun than hide and seek with two-year-olds who are still trying to figure out the concept of being quiet. "Farah! (Sarah) We'we ovuh hewe!" No laughter is as wonderful to listen than the laughter of a little boy playing tickle-stop. (The whole game is having him tell you when to tickle him and when to stop. He loves being "kickoed")

Nothing is more exciting or faith-building than talking to your 8-year-old nephew about being baptized. (His baptism is Saturday!) No wonder Christ wanted the little children to come unto Him. It's humbling to be so close to incredible people who have so soon been with our Heavenly Father. Children are wonderful. "How Dear to God are Precious Children"

Boys and Girls are Different

Boys and girls are different. I know.. I know.. you're all thinking, "well, duh, em!" But, it hit home again about five minutes ago. I decided I should write on this blog again because it had been about a month since I had done it last; well, before the last time which was a couple days ago, but I digress. Anyway, I was having a hard time deciding what I should write about so I asked my nephews' cousin. "Mackenzie, what should I write about?" "I don't know" "What stories do you like to hear about?" "Sleeping booty"(For a two-year-old that's about as clear as it comes). I then turned to my nephew, "Adam, what should I write about?" "I don't know" "What stories do you like to hear about?" "tuttles" (that is two-year-old for turtles).

Mackenzie is two years old and she already loves love stories! Girls are born with a love of love stories! Boys are born with a love of.... turtles? And other things like trucks and crashing and big toys. My sisters in-law, sister, mother and I just finished watching a chick flick. The comment was made, "if only boys could learn to like this stuff. Then they would understand girls more." The problem is, most of the time, girls don't understand girls! Sometimes I understand boys. It's funny though that after twenty years of experience, living with six boys, I still need tutoring. Hmm..

The Key to Eternal Marriage

Catchy Title, don't ya think? We finally found the key!! We (Audrey, Caitlin and myself) were talking with my cousins over mounds of chocolates, cookies, and spiked egg nog (don't worry, my Grandma only spiked the egg nog with 7-up; nevertheless it was enough to bring us to the loopy mood that led us to this incredible discovery). My cousin Veronica was talking about a date she had that went exceptionally well (at least on her side). They had gone to my Grandparents' cabin to eat dinner and then to go ice skating. How romantic! One comment that was made during the date was that it was the perfect date if you wanted to hold hands with someone. You would just "conveniently" hold hands because you don't skate well. Perfectly logical, right? Right! It gets better! Veronica's date had a phobia of ice skating because the last time he had gone, he had chipped his two front teeth. We thought about that for a moment... thinking... another perfect opportunity! As you lean in to check the teeth... you "accidently" kiss your date! Holding hands leads to kissing and kissing leads to.... MARRIAGE!!! It's really a formula. So, basically, ice skating leads to eternal marriage. I haven't tried it yet, but when I do... you will definitely be the first to know and meet my future husband.

As the year comes to a close, I think back over this past year and the many hilarious pick up lines I've heard. These are actual pick up lines or just bad lines I've been exposed to. They either happened to me, or to my sister. Enjoy!

At a dance: "If you go out with me, I'll give you a free T-shirt!"

At the end of a date to the rest of the roommates with the girl in the room: "This is the part where I see if I get a goodnight hug... Guess not..."

Reason why I should drive somewhere for a blind date: "You see, I left my cell phone in Provo... it would be really convenient for you to bring it and then we would go out."

To a boy who didn't really get the hint: "I'm going to be busy all year."

In the car while on a date: "Just so you know, if your hand gets cold, my hand will be right here and it's always warm." "Thanks! I'll keep that in mind." "Ouch, beat heart, beat!"

Another reason why the girl should go on the same blind date: "If you come down here and it doesn't work out, I'll never have to see you again!"

In a letter where the boy was confessing his love to the girl: "You see, when I saw how beautiful you can be, then I fell in love with you."

At the end of a wonderful day for the girl while on a date:
boy: "So.. what's your idea of the perfect way to end the perfect day? A hug or..."
girl: "yup."
boy: "Actually I was thinking more along the lines of..."
girl: "Nope! So how was your day?"

In a break-up email: "If you want to talk about this in person, call me. I'm busy this week. Maybe next week!"

A Spanish boy asking a girl out:
boy: "Do you want to do something sometime?"
girl: "Ya know... I uh..."
boy: "You like to eat, don't you?"
girl: (thinking... that really could be taken the wrong way)

In a phone conversation: "Just wondering what you're doing tomorrow, the next day, for the rest of your life.. (pause) not to imply that you should spend it with me."

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!! I hope you enjoyed!

My Own Little Miracle

Today has been a very difficult day. It began with me waking up at 4:00 a.m. to finish my homework assignments for class today. I didn't have enough time to finish them even waking up that early. I went to my first class and my teacher wasn't in the best mood and she gave us all our papers back for the entire semesters. I got mostly A's, but I was frustrated with the B's I got. I didn't practice at all for sight singing and the teacher was a little upset about that. I went straight from there to Music Theory where I turned in my composition and had the class sing it.

After that was clogging. A nail has decided to stick up from the metal part of my shoe into the part where my toes are supposed to go. It's not the most comfortable thing. Clogging got out late and as soong as I finished changing I had the sinking feeling of remembering a test right before class and not studying at all. The whole way to the law building, I prayed and reviewed the test material. "Please help me remember something for this test."

I got there about 6 minutes late and as I walked up to the classroom, there was a white piece of paper on the door. "Dr. S___" is sick today. Your exam has been post-poned until tomorrow.

A direct answer to prayer, don't ya think? He answers prayers in mysterious ways sometimes. :) Maybe He didn't make my teacher sick. It's kinda fun to think so.

A fear come true

I don't know if I am the only one that has had this fear, but recently it has come true.

When I first got to BYU and was moving into my very first apartment, we found that we could conserve space if we put the bed up on cinder blocks. My first thought was that the bed didn't look very sturdy and how could we be certain the bed wouldn't fall over in my sleep? Everyone assured me that that NEVER happens. Well, ladies and gentleman, it does.

Last night I was sleeping peacefully in my bed when all of a sudden I was very abruptly awakened by my bed deciding to crash down. It didn't just crash. It jolted and then crashed. My bed was crooked and uncomfortable. I then decided to share my sisters' twin bed with her. She, having not awakened to the LOUD crashing sounds of my bed told me after two minutes or so that, "that just isn't comfortable". I thought to myself, "yea, try having your bed collapse from under you.

Being in the tired, ubruptly awakened mood I was in, I said, "Fine. I'm going to turn on the light then!" As if that were a really terrible threat. I turned on the light and tried to lift my bed back onto the cedar blocks. I was all alone in this endeavor and as I recall from the past, I was always amazed at the young men that would help me move my bed on top of them at the beginning of every school year. This time, at 2:00 in the morning, I was doing it all by myself. I finally succeeded and in the process I stubbed my little toe and it began bleeding. What a pathetic way to end the night. I finally fell back asleep around 2:30 or 2:45. I can laugh about it today, but it certainly wasn't the most pleasant night I've had.

So if ever anyone has told you the cinder blocks never fall down while you are sleeping peacefully in your bed, take my advice and find some way to ensure a restful nights sleep.

Sweet dreams!

Another blind date?

It's been a little while and I don't have a whole lot to report so I decided to go back in my inventory for another funny date story.

I had just turned 16. I was so excited to be dating. Finally!! A good guy friend of mine asked me on my date. He was legally blind. Thus, I had my very first "blind" date. (Courtesy laugh inserted here...)

I picked him up from work and we went to the mall. After walking around for about 30 minutes, he stopped and asked me what I wanted to do. Well, what does any girl say when a guy asks her that? "I dunno" was the answer. He then asked if I wanted to go see a movie. I turned to him in surprise. "Are you sure that's ok?" I asked. He said it was fine as long as the movie was light enough and of course he could hear what was going on. Off we went to the theater.

When we got there, we began looking at options. 'Have you see that one?' 'yes." 'That one?' 'yes'. Finally we found that neither of us had seen Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. On we went into the theater. I led him down the isle and we sat down. The movie begins and of course, it's all in Chinese. Here I was with my blind friend and we went to a movie that was in another language and had English subtitles! The other thing was that the whole movie happens at night! He could not see what was going on and he could not hear what was going on.

I wasn't sure what to do. And being the naive 16 year-old I was, I just sat there. The only time he asked what was going on in the movie was during a kissing scene. I started blushing and told him I'd tell him in a few minutes.

It was a great date. Fun time. Just kind of... ironic?

*sigh* Ya gotta love dating huh?