Author: alicewgold

I would like to state that I am a brunette, but now I am a mix of grey, white, brown, and blonde. I would also like to say that I am 150 pounds, but that would be a boldfaced lie. How about I say I am work in progress because that is the truth? A beautiful work in progress. I love the sound of my fingers tapping on the keyboard and my greatest hope is that something that I write will lift someone else on their journey.

Brooke White’s back!

So, I was nicely surprised…the Mormon nanny came back strong tonight. I loved her version of “You’re So Vain”. I love that song and her version was definitely up to par. I especially loved the attitude she showed in singing it directly to Simon.

This picture was from last week, when her performance left me hoping for me. (They haven’t posted from this week yet) I have to say that I am way happy that she is keeping with the LDS modesty standard. I am sure the pressure is high to strip off those clothes. She looks and sounds so great, hopefully she won’t succumb to our sleazy society.

LG loves her because she isn’t one of THOSE contestants that has to put her fingers up to tell you which number to call in. (That is so annoying)

And, tonight, we find out that she plays the guitar, too…the girl is way too talented. She sings, plays guitar and piano, and she can do hair. I really do love her voice.

Even, if she is a molly Mormon.

C’mon, how interesting is to have gone to beauty school? Can’t she find something more interesting to talk about? I know she says that she has always been a “good girl” but do they all have to be so boring….maybe she should join the blogging world and get some ideas for future interesting interview topics.

Driving in the UK

This makes for my official english ed & et #5. I am surprised that the possibilities still seem endless.

Here is some interesting automobile vocabulary.

In England, the UK, or Britian (whatever you want to call it) they don’t have gps‘s, they have navsat’s. (short for satellite navigation) – I just tried to link navsat to Mike’s post, but he has disappeared! (what’s up with that Saxon?)

Here are the words Mike commented to me before he dissapeared from the net: (Mike, please come back)
trunk = boot
hood = bonnet
windshield=windscreen
gas = petrol
transmission = gear box

A garage has three meanings: 1- the part of your house for the car, 2- the place you go to have your car fixed (we use that term sometimes) and 3- the gas station…go figure for that one. I have no idea why they don’t call it a petrol station.

They call a four lane highway, a dual carriageway.

Their MOT’s are what we would call our car’s yearly safety inspection.

And, if you ever get sick of the traffic in your United State town, just start reading Saxon on a regular basis and you will get to read his repeated English traffic frustration!

WOW, someday I am going to need to take a vacation overseas so that I can use all of my new vocabulary, or maybe we should all start a revolution, and start using all of these words, all of the time in the United States. I think this will make us sound so much more sophisticated.

California Dreamin, again

I have done this exact thing before, multiple times…it’s quite amazing to swim with the dolphins!

Thank you to Margaret Dillon for the e-mail forward. I have no idea if this photo has been edited or not, but I thought it was worth sharing because I know it is possible. I have fond memories of being in the ocean at the same exact time as at least 6 dolphins.

Growing up in California just 2 miles from the beach had it’s definite perks. Swimming with dolphins is one of the greatest. It is a breathtaking experience and makes you feel like, even though you are just such a miniscule part of the great earth, you simultaneously are an important part of all of God’s creations. It is almost the same feeling you get when a specific prayer is answered.

We live in a beautiful world!

Where will they visit?
I thought this was a funny joke. And much needed after my post about funeral processions.

This joke further supports my idea of my children going on with their lives after I kick the bucket. I hope that by the time I die we can talk about my girls going to Bloomingdale’s twice a week instead of the Dollar Store or Walgreen’s to get some candy.

An elderly woman from Brooklyn decided to prepare her will and make her final requests.

She told her rabbi she had two final requests.

First, she wanted to be cremated, and second, she wanted her ashes scattered over Bloomingdales.

“Bloomingdales!” the rabbi exclaimed.“Why Bloomingdales?”

“Then I’ll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week.”

Hey, she’s not a princess!

I took this What Disney Princess are you quiz. I found the quiz on the blog of my newest blogging friend, Chrys Solomon…go and check her out…she is fun to read. I think that this is the girl from Hercules. I guess this would make LG Hercules…I think that is just perfect..He is such a stud!

You Are Megara!
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Charming and witty. You are always the first person to come up with a wisecrack. Sure, you have an attitude, but that’s why people love you. You keep them on their toes. Sometimes you can be misleading, but always end up doing the right thing for the people you love.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Really though, how perfect of a description is that of me? SO PERFECT!!! I guess it’s all good, I never really wanted to be a princess anyway…don’t quite fit in that category!

To blog or not to blog…that is the question.

Kitty Bear likes to watch me blog.

Sometimes other moms will say to me, almost in a derogatory fashion, “I don’t know how you find the time to blog so much.” Sometimes I get a little sensitive and wonder why they don’t just say, “Why don’t you do more laundry or spend all your time with your kids?”

I usually just reply with , “I love to blog and so I make time for it.” I mean really, why can’t moms do things that they love, and why can’t they support other moms in doing things that they love, even if it means neglecting their never ending chores sometimes? I think I have just decided that my new reply will be, “I don’t know how you find the time to clean and micromanage your kids all day without going crazy.”

Sometimes, when I want to blog, I justify it by knowing that it is at least more productive that crawling back into bed. That is what I want to do this morning. Believe it or not, blogging actually will get one more load of laundry done today. When I am done here, I will actually be awake enough to take a detour through the laundry room, even if I do park my tired body back on the couch. I swear I will never get over this sickness…it is as if I could sleep for a week straight.

Besides, if I didn’t ignore my children once in a while, they would never have time to do something like this! Look at what they accomplished with just a little neglect. You know I wasn’t really paying attention when they pulled this one out. If I wasn’t blogging, this would have been put to an end at once. And, if I wasn’t a blogger, I wouldn’t have grabbed my camera to record it either.

You see, blogging is a really good thing for me and my posterity.

So, what I am really trying to say: I think it is healthy for our kids to have some down time without as much micromanagement….when I support my creative bug, I also support theirs…and this is a good thing, even if the result is a little devilish!

As you can tell, I don’t have much to blog about today, so here is my quote of the day:

“I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.” ~ E.B White