Bad day at the Bank!!!

I just need to share to all what happened to me at the bank on Tuesday. An older man came in and asked me to cash a check for him that wasn't written to him at all. "I'm sorry sir, the check has to actually be written to you and it is not. I'm afraid that I cannot do that for you." That seems like a polite enough response right? Well that did not do it for him. He yelled at me and told me that he has "been banking here his whole life and don't understand why you won't do that." I apologize again. End of conversation. He turned around, stomped out of the branch while throwing the door as hard as he could and slamming it to the best of his ability. I kind of laughed and then felt bad that he was so upset over it all. I thought then the normal everyday bank business could go on from there. Boy was I wrong...the next thing I know the old man was blaring his horn while tearing through the drive-up and shooting me the bird!!!! Ha. I didn't know that I could have such an effect on someone. The funniest part of it all was that the check was only for $20.

Only In...New Zealand?

Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii.

I thought Georgia was bad, but NZ? Some part of me really wants to give props to the parents for being so creative, while the other part of me feels awful for that little girl. Read

I hate Walgreens

Ok friends... I have found a new annoying place to visit. Walgreens. I don't know if it is the crazies that are ALWAYS there or if it is because I feel like I need to take a bath to wash the grossness off with hand sanitizer?! Who knows and who cares? But as gross as it is, I secretly LOVE it. And I don't know if it is because I have been so aware of my new favorite gross place or what but I notice them popping up everywhere. And there seems be to little reminders of Walgreens everywhere I go. My latest encounter was while I was driving through Springville I passed a car wash (that was next to my favorite gross place). On the car wash's marquis it read "Cleaniness is next to Walgreen's" Ha! Only in Utah! SO...here's to the crazy lady that kept yelling "mom," the washed up Zach Morris look alike, and the cashier that smelled a little too much like beef jerky! Thanks for the interesting trip to the local drugstore!

back from disney (same as simplysarah, but added picture for chad)

we are back from disney!

what a great trip. i hope to have an entry for each day we were there, but that'll take me the week at least.

disney really is a magical place, and as a mom i really wanted it to be magical for my kids and really get them believing that dreams can come true. you just have to work hard at them!

before we left xander made a comment "someday, i'm going to work for disney". i told him that he could do anything he wanted, "so what do you want to do when you work there?" his response "drive buses!"

love it! now that we've been he's talking about running the place. okay, so maybe we helped that idea along, but with his personality, i don't doubt it. not for a second!

until i get my thoughts together to recount the trip, here are some pictures to peruse.

(we took over 500 pictures - now to scrapbook them!!!)

thank you chad, for our personal meeting with belle. she was beautiful!

Seriously

Why was a woman walking on campus the other day flapping her arms like a bird? Is this some new type of exercise that I haven't seen an infomercial for yet? Doesn't she realize that Body Flex works much better?

I should find her and let her know.

i have a great idea

so it is 8:30am may 30, 2008
we are eating breakfast talking about the day ahead of us
trying to explain about the funeral and grandmother dying
it is a sad thing, a sad event
"will there be lots of people crying?"
yes, xander people will be crying

"i have a great idea!
let's be the family that doesn't cry!"

something clever?

must i have something witty or clever to say in order to post? i've put it off because i've nothing of value to add.
so i'll stop agonizing over it and just put my mark on this blog.
hello blog readers! i'm here.
my kids are beautiful, my husband is a life-saver, and the school year is a week and a half away from being over and with it my sanity might be restored.
so here's to the upcoming summer. may it allow me the tranquility and personal reflection i need to wash away the chaos that was this school year and prepare as never before for the 2008-2009 class to come.
consider my mark made!