Shar.Lex.Marce.Phoenix.Amar'e: February 2008

Friday, February 29, 2008

100 Things About Me

1. I wouldn't seem this way, but I actually love attention
2. I want to freeze time when my family is together and I get a little depressed everytime we seperate again.
3. I secretly wish my family could live in a mansion together, or a little close village.
4. I love to dance in front of people (when I'm prepared) like for a talent show or at a dance.
5. I LOVE to perform with our family band. I feel very comfortable in front of people.
6. I wish I could sing better. I'm not bad if I'm warmed up.
7. I hate singing in Choirs.
8. I love to brag about my mom's singing and piano talents...("She could have gotten a record deal if she wanted to.")
9. I get emotional when I think of the movie Mary Poppins. It has really deep meaning and symbolism.
10. I think my sister Kira is the most talented artist I'll ever have close contact with. She can draw, paint, sculpt, write music, play music, sing, and do make up all really really well, She also has wonderful penmanship.
11. When people get me started, I cannot stop talking about my parents. I love, respect, and appreciate them more than anyone could ever know.
12. I love getting together with my sister Connie, and raising our kids together. We have a lot in common but it's great to be different too.
13. I believe in and support Michael Jackson and his family completely and don't like it when people try and talk about him when they really know nothing.
14. I love road trips and really haven't been on a real vacation...yet.
15. I am a meat and potatos kind of girl, but I love casseroles and fruit smoothies too, also mexican and italian I love...I just really like to eat good food, how's that?
16. Jamba Juice would be in my heaven.
17. I love being married to Sharrid. He treatys me like royalty 99% of the time. The 1% percent are on occasions that he is tired or hungry.
18. I hate and will not drink soda.
19. I really only like watching movies alone. I'd rather do something else if I'm with someone.
20. I would love to teach Relief Society or Young Women's for a church calling.
21. I hate stereotypes.
22. I like when boys/men have a femine side. Metro is cool with me.
23. I have to have a corner peice of a brownie or it's not worth it for me.
24. I road a bike to get around until I got married, (when I didn't get a ride)
25. I find I have a lot of my dad's mannerisms.
26. Music is my favorite thing and makes me cry all the time, and the iPod is the best invention ever to me.
27. I love wood flooring.
28. I LOVE Motorcross racing. I watch it anytime I catch it on TV.
29. I love online banking.
30. I collect footage of basically anything I find entertaining or interesting. It's historic to me. Footage is also my favorite form of family history.
31. I eat whatever I want, whenever I want...thanks to my dad's great genes! (Having said that, I'm a decently healthy eater...)
32. I love being a biracial family. I love the concept of that.
33. I think very deeply about things and have a lot of thoughts that I don't think a lot of people have ever thought of. I can relate to George in Phenomenon and that's why I love that movie so much.
34. I have been told by people that I have pretty hands. They are my dad's...sorry mom.
35. I love to buy clothes and shoes for Marcelus. I think he could be a model.
36. I cook dinner at least 5 nights a week.
37. I like to hear an English accent unless it's an annoying person or too strong.
38. I HATE doing puzzles, but love playing card games and board games.
39. I have a very deep personality and it takes a long time before someone will know me completely, I don't know if anyone really does.
40. I love cutting my hair short, although I've only done it a few times so far.
41. I would love to coach HS basketball or track or cross country.
42. What you see is what you get with me. I don't change for people. If you don't click with me or don't like me......oh well.
43. I think my mom is very near perfect. She's one of the most Christlike people I know, and I only say that about 4-5 people. She's one of them.
44. I think it would be fun to hang out with Julia Roberts. She seems like a lot of fun. I've only ever heard she's really down to earth and I can't get enough of her laugh.
45. My mom is the perfect blend of hip and good old fashioned home maker.
46. I think Walt Disney was a genious and I love learning about him.
47. Along those same lines, I love Fred Rogers. I think he was brilliant... and one of those Christlike people.
48. I like being in charge of the finances in our house.
49. I'm going to paint my house before Phoenix is born!
50. I love posing for pictures and seeing how they turn out.
51. A lot of people I meet think I'm really funny, but at the same time I consider myself a serious person.
52. I love giving gifts and wish I could give big gifts, like a car or something for no aparent occasion or holiday, just because someone I knew could really use a break or something...
53. I love the beach. It's the most beautiful thing to me and my favorite place to be I think.
54. My brother Landon is so well rounded that I hope my boys pay attention and end up a lot like him.
55. Someday I want to throw parties periodically, just for fun, like the kind you see on movies, without the alchohol...
56. I love to soak in a bath but rarely do because I'm so boney it's uncomfortable.
57. I wish my mom was more of a phone person, but it's ok...she's not.
58. I could really care less about the Solar System and/or Dinosaurs.
59. I love cream cheese and any recipe that has it in it. Cream cheese would be in my heaven.
60. I'm a very organized person and make lists for everything.
61. I did the honors program for seminary every year.
62. I have no idea if I look like my mom or my dad. Some of my other siblings I don't know either.
63. I'm kind of afraid of animals, but not some, it depends. I'm not one of those "I love animals so much" people. I'm too afraid.
64. I cannot go more than 5 days or so without shaving my legs. I will not grow my fingernails out and I must consistantly wax my brows.
65. I love doing all kind of different cuts, colors to my hair.
66. I am very athletic and find sports very natural for me. I love to watch track meets, esp. the Olympics.
67. I love to give hair cuts to boys and men. I don't do girls.
68. I prefer to be around outgoing people because if I'm around a quiet shy person, I am also very quiet and shy, and it feels awkward.
69. I loved my ballet class in college but it was hard cause I have no flexibility.
70. I'm pretyy conscious of the way I dress. A poor, relaxed, distressed style suits me best.
71. I don't wear any make up and never will. I think I look good enough without it as long as my face is clear, which it always is, thanks to my face wash.
72. I love to shop very very much.
73. I love going to Relief Society and the activities. I desperately miss my old ward but am adapting to my new ward too.
74. I love the smell of gas and craft glue.
75. Sharrid is the hardest working man I know.
76. I will never lie and can't remember the last time I did, It would never be worth it for me.
77. I'm a little scared to fly and only do it when I have to or it's nessesary.
78. I detest HOA. I think that idea is completely backwards.
79. I am naturally a good speller, like my mom.
80. PG-13: I didn't start my period until I was 16 and honestly loved that.
81. I believe in Santa, he symbolizes Christ to me.
82. I like to write in cursive but don't do it for everything.
83. I'm a great debator. I won a class debate when I was a Soph. in english. And no I was never on the team...
84. I won 2nd place in a gingerbread house competition when I was a junior.
85. I haven't been on many but I really like roller coasters.
86. I wish I had a time machine, just for going back in time, just for fun...
87. I do not believe in the idea of having school uniforms.
88. I am a dreamer. I think very deeply.
89. I want at least 4 kids, and I'd like one of them to be a girl, maybe two...
90. My eyesight is not getting any worse, but I feel worse and worse about it the older I get.
91. I love hospital food. I don't know if it's the actual food or just being served in bed on a tray.
92. I love the smell of a Halloween bag full of candy. Like when you just finish trick or treating and you open your bag and take a big whif,mmmm.
93. I feel like people have a hard time reading me, or getting to know me sometimes.
94. I believe I have a really great smile.
95. I love Black people, I have for a long time, and I don't call them African Americans, I think that is dumb. My ancestors are from England so it's like calling me an English American. If they were born here they should just be called Americans, like us. They are just Americans, most of them haven't even been to Africa.
96. I pass out if I don't eat something about every two hours. I bring snacks everywhere. I've passed out about 3-4 times so far.
97. I feel really awkward around new kids I haven't met or been around before. I want to be close and friendly with them, but they kind of intimidate me. This confuses me, because I feel like such a kid myself,...maybe that's just it...
98. I wish I could be interviewed a lot, like on Larry King or something. Out of all the hours of footage I have collected, all the interviews are my favorite.
99. I write poetry and songs and music. I'm very creative in some ways. Really a right brained type of person, I've written over 50 poems or songs. One of my dreams is to publish a book of poetry and make cd of my music.
100. Me and my best cousin Karena have never fought or argued, at least as far back as I can remember. We tell each other EVERYTHING unless we've made a promise with someone else. We have the best relationship in the world!

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Father & Son

Sharrid and Marcelus putting together the new Table and Chairs set. I can't wait til the boys are older and they can really do this stuff big boy style out in the garage! Shar might actually want their help then!

Candids of Marcelus

I took these pictures because I bought this new shirt for Marce at the Children's Place the other day and thought it was really cute. I'd have gotten one for Phoenix too but they didn't have his size...Anyway I had no idea while taking these pictures that Marcelus had my finger nail clippers! He likes to try and play with them and he knows what he's doing because he's like the most observant toddler ever!! Needless to say, over the past couple days he keeps holding his thumb and kind of whining. Well, I'm sure he cut his thumb nail too short. I've done it many times, but he'll get over it soon when it grows back, I took a look at it and it's not that short so it won't bug him for much longer...thought that was funny though.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

No Milk for Me!

Marce went to dr. for his 2 year wellness and long story short, he was 4 percent for weight. He has always been below 20 or so, so we weren't surprised but the dr. gave me ideas to boost his protein which have been easy and fun to do, and I can't wait to see if he's made improvement in May, his next appt. and then again next Feb. for his 3 year wellness, but one of the things she said (because he does not like milk, since breastfeeding til 15 mos.) She said try Soy Milk. I tried the Vanilla kind and he did not like it, I tried it too in cereal one day and it was gross, so I can't blame him, maybe he would like plain, instead of vanilla ? After that didn't work, I tried straight up chocolate milk, better than none right? He doesn't like that either...I guess I could try chocolate Soy Milk, but I feel like that's my last option. Luckily he eats a decent amount of cheese...and he drinks a fruit smoothie or two nearly every day which has milk and protein Tofu in it, along with a bunch of fruit, oatmeal, and yogurt, YUM. We have both been enjoying these. I was making fruit smoothies before, just because I love them but now since the dr. said to do them more and put certain things in them for Marce, I get to have even more fruit smoothies, and don't feel so bad about buying a huge bag of strawberries at the store for 6 bucks!

Our day

Sharrid works so much that Tuesday's are my one and only day to go to town for appts. and shopping and stuff. I love Tuesday's, my favorite day. Well if you noticed on the blog earlier that Marcelus got a few gifts from my mom and sister Connie for his B day, but nothing from us ha ha. Yesterday we finally got his B day from us for him.

We went to IKEA cause I had planned to get him a little table and chairs set. I just thought that would be perfect for him, he could color and eat snacks and read book and set his cars up and everything on this little table. So we got him one and this is what it looks like, we haven't set it up yet, but we will tonight and he is going to love it, he loved playing in the kids section yesterday and we decided to buy him this little dog so it'd be easier to leave. It worked like a charm because Marcelus LOVES dogs and I know we will get him one when the time is right, but for now he can make "Doggie" his best friend. I think it is going to turn out to be a lovey for him. It will be good for him until we can get a real dog.

After IKEA, we headed to the mall so I could get Marcelus some neck ties for church. They only have them at Christmas and Easter...and I like him to to have some all year round, so I got a couple really cute ties, but they had so many cute Easter out fits and stuff, that I conveniently remembered that I don't have a lot of church clothes for Phoenix at 3 mos. size and such, so I got him a pair of Kahki church pants and a white shirt and then a designed shirt that was green and white. I got Marcelus a really cute rashguard I couldn't pass up too. I can't wait to have him wear it today! Even though I'm having a boy and have all Marce's clothes left, there still are a few blank spaces and limited catagories, so it's fun cause I still get to buy a few clothes for Phoenix. One thing I know is I have way too many sleepers, and way too many onsies! But.....not too many church clothes YAY! And for me, you can never have enough pairs of shoes either. I love to buy Marcelus shoes! Right now he has 5 pair, and I still need to get him some summer sandals! And a swim suit...that will be fun too! ok, I'm ranting now, but I love shopping, and esp. for my kids!!

We then went to Target, because Connie gave Marce a gift card, and I had planned to get him a DVD with it, and after holding 5 and narrowing it down, between Dumbo, Meet The Robinsons, Blues Clues, and Surfs Up...we got Meet The Robinsons, and so far he loves it. I would have also considered The Incredibles cause he loves it and we don't have it but they didn't have it. Thanks Connie!

At Walmart, we got Marce a huge bottle of bubbles also for his B day! He loves bubbles, I think they do them in Nursery...All in all it was a pretty fun day, it always is, for me anyway. Thank goodness for Tuesdays!

P.S. Marce is getting studio pics done late March so I'll post them in time for Easter. I can't wait, we haven't done pics for a year! And, the Suns beat the Grizzlies yesterday! Good game.

Politics

I need to say a couple things first:

1. I am not really a political person,...I should be I guess but I'm not. I don't like to get all worked up about it so I don't get too involved, and I'd rather spend my time and brain energy if you will, in other places.

2. I love black people, and I always have. I've studied their culture and observed their race for a while now. I've also written a lot of poetry and songs about this. I think they are the most beautiful people probably in the world and when I was in HS, I told my mom straight up that I was going to marry a black guy...about 5 years later I did.

ok, but here a few thoughts I've been thinking lately...

Sometimes I get the feeling that people are supporting Hillary just because she's a woman and she'd be the first woman president which of course would be historic, likewise I feel that people are supporting Barack because he's black, and he would be our first black president. I know a lot of influencial black people have really put their 2 cents in about Barack and I wonder if he were just another white male democrat running, if they'd be so gung ho...
Besides, here's something to think about that people usually don't, but I do. I think about it all the time and have actually written about this thought or idea (not specifically about Barack of course). Barack, I have been told is 1/2 black and 1/2 white. He is just as well white as he is black. one half is one half. But we all know for some reason in this world, if you're even one tenth
black...you're black. It makes me think about biracial families like mine and mixed kids and stuff, what do they put on their forms and such as they grow up. When it says race and leaves a blank or even circle your race, are they going to put black, or white, Shar has a friend who is half black half Japanese, what the heck does he put? Anyway I just wanted to bring up the thought that Barack is just as much white as he is black, no matter how the world weighs this. So, all this hype about him being black and possibly being the first black pres. is a little much I think. What if he looked more white than black? Would that make a difference, would there be as much buzz? What if you couldn't tell he had any black in him? Makes me wonder...

I just feel like people are not looking at the issues this election as they should be. I feel like a lot of people, black people, are thinking "Oh he's black, I'll vote for him and then everything will be good for me." If that were the case then everything would have been peachy for all of us white people the last 200 years or so...but yeah it sure hasn't been. You have to agree with their ideas and policies, not vote for them because they are your race or because you are a woman and so are they, or because you want to make history.

Just because Romney was a member and I'm a member too doesn't mean he automatically would have my vote. And if he was put in, I shouldn't feel like everything is going to be great, cause he's a member like me...that's just dumb!

Well, all I know is I can't really blame anyone for voting the way they do, and especially given these choices. I am not too impressed with ANY of the candidates, including McCain or Huckabee, but again I don't know everything about them. I really don't have an opinion on who I should vote for. I don't like any of them enough to support them. We'll see what happens though, as many people do have an opinion and support one candidate or the other.

And again, nothing against woman or black people of course. HELLO, I am a woman and am married to a black person and have children with him, so I hope no one takes offense...

Saturday, February 23, 2008

I'm back!

If you didn't receive an email, I just wanted to say that I had to catch up so much on my blog that there are a few posts that went straight to the archive. I don't want anybody to miss them, so everything on this page is new and also go to the blog archive and check out "10 year baptism anniversary", "3rd wedding anniversary", and "6 year torch anniversary" They are posts I really like so don't miss out on them!! And side note: There is a pic on the torch post that shouldn't be there it's the first pic and it's from Shar's mission but just disregard it, thanks...it wouldn't let me edit it out.