You're Sexy and You Know It

Boy: "Miss J, she just came up to me and said, 'You're sexy and you know it."
Me: "Ummm...do you know why she said that?"
Boy: "No. I have no idea."

I approach the girl student.
Me: "Why did you say that?"
Girl: "Because he always teases me and calls me names."
Me: "So you decided to give him a compliment?"
Girl: "Huh? No."
Me: "Do you even know what that means? You were telling him you thought he was really good looking."
Girl: "Not huh."
Me: "Yes huh."
Another child: "Miss J is right. I know what that means."
Girl: "Oh no!"

Look in the Clown's Mouth

In my most recent dream, I was attending a performance at BYU with a friend.  We walked out to our car afterwards and I realized that I didn't have my keys with me.  We quickly rushed back to the outdoor amphitheater and started searching for the missing keys.  We came across a man who said he had seen them.  His cousin had taken the keys with him to his work at Fuller Automotive.  I contacted the cousin, who sent me a text message explaining how he was only able to keep my keys at work until closing time since they didn't belong to a Fuller car.  So once the workday was over, he had dropped the keys into the mouth of a ceramic clown statue (the only logical place to deposit lost keys).  He included a picture of the statue and directions to where I could find it.  By the time I made it to the clown statue, he no longer had anything in his mouth.  After fretting a bit about what would happen next, I woke up.

It's Confirmed

I definitely should not go into acting.

Last night, I had a dream that I had a part in a play.  I worked really hard to memorize all of my lines, but I never went to any of the practices.  I can't say that there were even any practices because nobody else seemed to know what they were doing.  My role was that of an investigator.  I left backstage for a minute to get a snack (sounds like me) and I heard them call for an investigator.  I almost jumped on stage, but soon realized that it was another investigator's call.  I'm not even sure why I wanted to memorize my lines so badly because we all had our scripts with us during the entire show.  This lead to added frustration because I kept wanting to correct people when they made mistakes.  I will say, though, that our set was pretty sweet.  I was riding in a bus and it almost looked like a real bus.  I never even got to say any of my lines before my alarm woke me up for my first day back to work.

A First

Let it be known, that on this, the 30th day of December, 2011, I mowed my first lawn. 

 Not really sure how I got away without mowing a lawn for 27 years*, but it sure did make me feel proud when I did it (and only with limited help from my brother over the phone). Thanks Ke-lay! 

*Probably the same way I've gotten away without ever giving the dog a bath. 

Let's Kinect!

My friend Mary got a Kinect for Christmas.  

I would like to share some fun photos with you now from my first Kinect experience:

 We look just like Japanese Power Rangers, do we not?
Definitely the best song on Just Dance 3.

This pic is my favorite because it shows how "good" I am at following dance instructions. Everyone else is facing the screen and I'm still turning around. Haha!

I can't wait to do this again on New Year's Eve!

Overly Efficient

Since living in my current home, I have acquired the nicknames "Miss Efficiency" and "Electricity Nazi." Mostly, the power company's "Time of Use Plan" is to blame for this.  In AZ, you can save money by using the bulk of your electricity during certain times of the day.  Of course, they want you to use your electrical appliances at times when it is least convenient for you as the customer.  I am usually the one who is reminding everyone else of these times and getting a little bit agitated when they don't adhere to them.

Recently, two important events happened that basically changed my whole life:

First, the fire department dropped by a few months ago to check if we had a gas leak that was setting off the carbon monoxide monitor.  They asked us if we had a gas dryer, to which I responded, "No."

Second, I was talking to my best friend, who just moved into a new home and had to buy a new dryer because the house only had hook ups for gas dryers.

Both of these events kept stirring in my mind.

Then, I finally realized that my dryer is a gas dryer!!!

Why is this such a big deal?

Because for the past THREE YEARS I have not been drying my clothes from 1-8pm in the summer and 5-9am and 5-9pm in the winter and it hasn't saved me a single penny! I followed that crazy schedule with my laundry for no good reason.  I still can't believe it.


P.S. When I told my mom this story, she was not at all surprised.  I guess that when I was in first grade, I yelled at her for leaving the water running while she was brushing her teeth.

Magnetic Picture Board

We found this cool picture hanging thingy in a closet in our house a few years back.

My mom really liked it, so I wanted to make her one. 

 I finally figured out how (with some help, of course).

What you'll need:

-9" x 30 " board, sanded and painted

-four 5x7" metal shingles (found in roofing section at Lowe's/Home Depot), 

with a teeny hole drilled in the corner of each one (thanks Pops!)

-16 furniture nails (also called decorative nails, but the men folk 

at the hardware store will give you blank stares if you use the term "decorative")

-choose a phrase of your choice and have your awesome friend cut out the vinyl on her Cricut for you

Put it all together and you'll get:

One of these (and a happy mommy)!