Things Not to Do When You Want a No Negativity Day

1. Don't wake up. The alarm went off, I groggily asked Brent what time it was, he told me 6:15, and I said crap, that means I have to get up. Strike one before I was even awake all the way.

2. Don't watch the news. I ended up yelling at Matt Lauer.

3. Dont open e-mails that have pictures like this:

Gross Aunt Mary!

4. Don't go to work. It was very hard to talk positively all the time at work. Two guys came in and I knew just by the look of them that they were sales reps and would want to talk to me. I greeted them while I was making somebody's subs with a "hi, how are you?" and they looked at me, said nothing and then looked away. I'm sure they were thinking that there is no way this girl could be who we should be talking to. I smiled inside thinking "ha ha, idiots. You were just rude to the wrong person." I was nice to them, don't worry. But afterward when I was going on about their rudeness, Cory told me that maybe I should start fresh with my no negativity day on Friday.

I just realized that this whole post is negative. That's kind of funny! I decided that it's almost impossible to get through a whole day without one negative comment but I think that I was a better person yesterday for even trying. One day I'll be nice.

No Negativity Day

I had a few things happen this week that have made me realize that I'm kind of a negative person. I know I should have realized this a long time ago when I was out with some friends and one of them started acting like Eeyore while mimicking me. (Thanks Natalie!) So, I was listening to the radio today and the guest was talking about how you should try to go one day without even one negative word coming out of your mouth. I thought at first how that wouldn't be so hard but then I thought back on my day. Yes, indeed, this would be very hard for me. I've decided I'm making Thursday, September 25th, 2008 my "no negativity day". I don't think I'll tell Brent about it until the day is over because he will laugh and laugh and laugh at the idea. Well, poot to Brent. I think I can do it. I'll report later.

Oh, Those Silly Boys!

I was driving Nate and 5 friends home from baseball practice last night. They all wanted some music so Nate went through our CD's. He went through a bunch of popular cd's that I was sure they would all want but they wanted none of them. Finally he found the one. They all screamed, yelled, jumped up and down and basically went hog wild. What was the cd, you ask? Brace yourselves.....MAMA MIA! A bunch of 10 year old boys coming home from baseball practice wanted MAMA MIA! Huh? They knew every word, sang at the top of their lungs and were all out giddy. Huh? I didn't get it....until the chorus. This was a little of how it went. (if you get disgusted easily you might want to stop reading)...

Mama mia, does it show again, just how much I missed you,
yes I was broken hearted, blue since the day we farted,
why why, did I ever let it blow?

Then I had my aha moment.

I ate seriously half the 9x13 pan of coffee cake. This, just a couple days after being measured by my in perfect shape sister in law who is trying to whip me into shape. I am thinking that soon I will need an intervention. Do you think that if I go on Dr. Phil or Oprah or even the show, Intervention that they will pay for me to go to a fat farm? I swear food is just as addicting as drugs. Not that I would know, but I think so.

Yummy Coffee Cake!

Glenna made this coffee cake for me on my birthday in July. I decided to make it tonight for breakfast in the morning and oh my goodness is it good! I thought I'd share the recipe. (It's Juliet Arnett's) This isn't my picture because I have lost my camera again but it's the closest I could find to what it looks like. Just picture this one... but better.

Carmel-Pecan and Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Batter:

1 1/2 c. sugar

1 c. butter, softened

2 eggs, beaten

1 tsp. vanilla

2 c. flour

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 c. sour cream

Preheat oven to 350. Cream sugar and butter in large bowl. Add eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, and baking powder in separate bowl. Alternately add flour mixture and sour cream to butter mixture. Beat until fluffy.

Filling and assembly:

1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/3 c. brown sugar, firmly packed

1 c. pecans, finely chopped

Combine cinnamon, brown sugar and pecans in a small bowl. Grease and flour 9x13 baking pan. Pour half of the batter into pan and spread evenly. Sprinkle half of filling over batter. Pour and spread remaining batter into pan and spread evenly. Sprinkle with remaining filling. Bake 35 minutes. While cake is baking, prepare topping.

Carmel Topping:

1/2 c. butter

6 Tbsp. milk

3/4 c. brown sugar, packed

1 c. pecans, finely chopped

Melt butter in med. saucepan over moderate heat. Add milk, brown sugar and pecans and stir 3-4 minutes. When cake is done, remove from oven and pour caramel mixture over top, spreading evenly. Broil cake, watching carefully, until caramel topping begins to bubble, about 2 minutes. Let cake cook completely.

Krazy Sub Post of the Day

Which sub is stranger? One is a friend's favorite sub and one was ordered today by a customer.

1. Tuna sub heated up with cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, onion and mayo

2. Pizza boat (which is a sub roll with marinara sauce, cheese, and pepperoni heated up for those who don't know) with lettuce on it.

Habubs and Djibouti

Brent came home from his class tonight and told us that the big wall of dust that we saw in the air tonight is called a habub. Jake then asked the best question of the day:

"Do they have habubs in Djibouti?"

If you don't get why it's funny, let me explain. Djibouti is a country in Africa. Ever since a man from Djibouti (pronounced jabooty) came to our ward, we Krummenachers have found joy in figuring out all the ways we can say a sentence with the word Djibouti in it.

Examples:

- Do you think it's hot in Djibouti?

- How big is Djibouti?

- Does it stink in Djibouti?

We now always end any fortune we read from a fortune cookie with the words "in Djibouti".
Still don't get why it's funny? I'm very sorry for you.

Krazy Sub Post of the Day

Nothing really happened today so I'm going to share a Krazy Sub pet peave.

When you order your sub and I ask, "What would you like on that?", don't say "Everything except..." If except comes after the word everything, then it's not everything is it?

I had a lady today say "I want everything on it except tomatoes, onions, vinegar/oil and mustard." No joke!

Fun With Words

Tonight Brent, his parents and I had a discussion about a lot of the words and phrases we hear pronounced incorrectly. Don't aks why. I know it probly wadn't any of our bidness how people want to speak exspecially when we probly don't pronounce all of our words correcly. Supposably this is a big problem for a lot of people. Irregardless, it was still fun to look online to see if there is a list of mispronounciations. Anyways, here is one that I found. You probly won't find it as intresting as we did but for all intensive purposes, I hope you do.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/mispron.html

Jake's Hidden Talent

We were sitting at the table eating dinner tonight when Nate said: "Mom, did you know that Jake can make milk come out of his eyes?" What??? So Jake showed me without the milk first that if he plugs his nose and mouth and then tries to blow out air, you can hear a hissing sound coming from his eye. He then sucked milk up his nose and did the same thing. Sure enough, a little milk showed up. You can't see it in the picture because I took it too soon but believe me, it was a sight to behold. He told me he learned it from Nickelodeon. Hmm, what else are they learning from Nickelodeon???

Krazy Sub Moment of the Day

I've decided that since Krazy Sub is basically my life now, I would share a little bit of my moments down there with anyone who cares to read them. So, here's my first installment.

Brent decided that he would work at the Power store and I would work at the Dobson store today. He called once he got there and said he has never seen two people more giddy to see him. I told the two people that I was working with today what he said and they both agreed that Brent is the most fun to work with. No, I don't feel like chopped liver. Whateveuh...

Free Wood

Brent, Clint, Mary and I were playing spades at our house last night when we heard a really loud noise outside. This is what we found. This thing was so heavy that there was no way we could've budged it even with all of us pushing together. The best news is that the limb landed right where Clint usually parks his car but he for some reason decided last night to park in our driveway. Whew! So, come one, come all! Bring your chainsaws and help yourself to some very nice smelling wood!!!

Great day off work

Went to bed last night at 2am, then was up at 6am with the kids. Went back to bed at 7:30 after all the kids were gone. Woke up at 10am, showered then went to lunch with great friends at Costa Vida where I had this: (minus the chips on top). We then went window shopping at Kirtlands and Anthropology (love this store!). Afterwards we headed to Krazy Sub for a diet pepsi, and then to Golden Spoon for a treat. Went home to clean the house, didn't make dinner as it was pizza night, then lots of friends and cousins came over to play with the kids. I took Rebecca to a party, went to Albertson's to get some gatorade for a friend who's son was dehydrated, picked up her other son to come over for night games with Nate and Jake, and I am now trying to get all the kids and friends to settle down to go to sleep. Then I will be off to bed (11:25pm: yea! it's before midnight!!!). What a great day!

Primary Presentation Planning Time

It's that time of the year again...time to write the primary presentation. Every time I sit at the computer to write it I end up blogging or looking at blogs or google things like: "treat to make with ingredients coconut, sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, butter". Okay I was having an off day from the diet and that's all we had in the house. Anyway back to the subject. Is there a way that I can lock all sites on the internet except the ones I need to write the program? That would be nice.

stupid stupid stupid....

I had my first official duty as V.P. of the Poston Music Booster Club tonight. I had to talk to all of the orchestra parents about donating money through the ECA tax credit. I'm just wondering WHAT WAS I THINKING SAYING YES TO THIS JOB??? I hate speaking in public and stumbled through the whole thing. Hopefully it gets better but I have a feeling it's just a small sign of things to come. I really don't have time for this! WHAT WAS I THINKING???

Republican National Convention

Did anybody else have chills all throughout her speech tonight? I don't remember a time in my life when I have been more excited about politics. Brent lives for this stuff and I usually go in the other room. I have to tell you, I have been glued to the t.v. ever since they announced Sarah Palin as the V.P. Candidate.