Paranoid Much?

Okay sorry for the blurry camera phone shots but I had to share this one with the world. I wonder what the UPS guy thought of this one, on the other hand, they probably see alot of this....there are alot of crazy people out there......

Really?!? Why even put it in a box? Why not just wrap it with tape and ship it as is?

I'm wondering what is in the box....

Pet Peeve #1

So, Here is my first pet peeve. It drives me crazy when I'm standing at the crosswalk or even driving by the crosswalk and I see someone repeatedly press the crosswalk button. YOU ONLY HAVE TO PRESS IT ONCE PEOPLE! I would guess that maybe this part of me that goes crazy when I see someone press the button over and over and over come from being an electrician and knowing that when you press it once there is a little relay that sucks in and tells the light that you are there. Until I saw a fellow electrician press the button over, and over, and over! WHAT?!?! Does he not get it either or am I just that much smarter than he is? No matter how many times you press that button the really still stays activated. Pressing it more than once is totally redundant and not necessary! My husband does it just to bug me. I try to put myself between him and the button when ever I get the chance, fortunately we don't walk much since we live out in the middle of nowhere.

Ahhhh, I feel better now that I have vented this morning! :)

Happy Birthday Tyler!

Tyler is six today! He is a loving, kindhearted, sweet, nonstop, energetic, contagious boy. He is good to the core and he is my little snuggler.

Happy Birthday Tyler!!! I love you!

On My Answering Machine

So last night I came home to the following message on my answering machine:

"Hi Tyler, I'm home from California. I can't wait to see you in the first grade. I know it's still summer. I miss you . I love you. Bye."

Yeah, my son turns six nine days! This is not the first time I've heard this little voice on my answering machine for my son. When we asked Ty who it was he got this silly little grin on his face and gave us a name of a boy. Ben looked at him with the "I know that's not true" look on his face and asked him again. Hailey is her name according to my son.

Anyway, I had Ty give her a call back. Ben said that I wanted Ty to call her so I could watch my son talk to a girl. I just rolled my eyes. The real reason I had him call her back is because she's called our house probably four times this summer, always during the day when we aren't there. Ty has never called her back. I just think it' would be a bad habit for him to start dodging calls this early in life. How many of you have had someone just ignore your messages, yeah pretty annoying. I was just trying to teach my son some common courtesy, that's all.

When someone calls you, call them back. Telemarketers excluded: Dodge all of their calls.

My Big Secret!

I know some one who has great news! They could be moving, or maybe it's a vacation, maybe they are adding to their family. Or maybe they won the lotto. No matter what it is once I tell you who and what everyone can celebrate! For my family and friends, IT'S NOT ME. I can't officially say who it is but I had to share my news. I was about to explode!

This doesn't count as spilling the beans right? Cause I was sworn to secrecy.....But since I didn't give any names or details I'm still legit........

First Season Down, Many To Go!

So my first season of indoor soccer is done and over, now all I have to do is wait for next season........Yeah, next season starts THURSDAY! YEA!!!!! Who has to wait? Not me. Indoor goes year round! Good thing my husband hasn't found the softball league that plays year round.

This was our awesome team that came so far in one season. I had six goals this season. Now I have a goal for next season, get better! I have to work on my foot work. I don't stay on my toes enough, that's just being lazy! And I hate getting beat. Not on the scoreboard but when one girl has the ball, I want it, and she comes away with it! Grrrrrrrrr, drives me CRAZY! I'm working on that one too. Oh and I'm gonna try to stay in the line of the pass. Always know where they are going to move the ball to and get there to prevent. Ummm, I think I might be sounding like a high school coach, or my Dad (I love you dad, that's a compliment, it showed you cared!).

I love that soccer happens every week, I hate buy weeks. Oh and I'm working on the soccer video, Misty, maybe we can work together on that one......

Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful for my garden. I know that no matter how hectic or hard my day has been that my garden will be at home waiting for me to tend to it. I get to water and weed and care. It needs me. I nurture it and it doesn't talk back, it just gives. I never know what new surprise will be there for me to discover! A new tomato or pepper, peas ready to harvest, corn growing taller than the kids, herbs to add to our families dinner!

Here are some new pictures of my little haven!

And she goes on and on and on

Okay, I'm back at it with the official shoe count for Irma.


I am the proud owner of 54 pairs of shoes. Out that 54 only two are tennis shoes.


Wait 55. I forgot to count my steel toe shoes.


A bunch of those are flip flops but most of them are heels. I love a 4"heel. I love to come home after wearing my steel toed shoes all day long and just throwing on some "girl" shoes to go to the grocery store, or flip flops, who knows. You have to share the love between all of your shoes to keep them all happy....


As for my favorite pair, I have two right now! Check these ladies out!





Yes, I wear both pairs to church, even though my husband wonders about the pink ones going there.

Aren't those great?!? Hey if any of you guys out there wear a size huge (9-10) let me know maybe we can work out some crazy shoe swap. Yeah right, like I could let my babies out of my sight....

Okay on to the more questions:

Last book that I read was thrown out a couple times.

I usually can't remember the last book I read but This time I can, no author, I'll have to add that one later but the title is Sweetest Dreams, Yeah, I didn't really like it all but I have this thing about how once I start a book I have to finish it no matter how dull it is or how little I get in to it. I just can't give up. I suffered through it and was so glad I was done once it was over.

If you were to ask me in three or four days what the last book I read was, it would be a whole new answer. I LOVE TO READ!!!!!! It's how I escape, relax, unwind, get away. At night I can't go to sleep unless I read, whether it's for five minutes of an hour it just helps me end my day. I love to run away to the bath room and jump in the tub and just hide for an hour of so and read, ahhhh..........just thinking of it feels good. books are my friends, I keep myself surrounded by them. There is always a pile in my bathroom, another by my bed, and one more on my dresser. Usually Ben just moves them down to the basement. I can't wait until I have shelves for all my books. I dream of a library in my house someday, a room just stuffed full of books, a big comfy chair, and maybe a lounge, a window and a blanket. Someday, someday.......



Miakatia asked a few let's start with these for now:


What game show past or present would you like to be on?


Let's make a Deal! Hands down. have you seen my purse?!? I'm golden!


What does your favorite color smell like?


What? Wow, Ive never thought like that before. Good question! I know my favorite smell but what does my favorite color smell like...geez....give me a minute......

I love purple and the smell that keeps coming to mind is the thick, clean, misty smell that you get here in Washington on an early summer morning and Eucalyptus, hmmm maybe my sense of smell is color blind cause you would think those would be green colors but nope, when I think purple it's a deep comforting rich purple, like the woods that you grow up in and know like the back of your hand. Does any of that make sense? Nah, I knew I was weird.


What song reminds you of you husband of what is your song?


So easy, I Knew I Loved You, by Savage Garden.

Come on does it get any better than this?


"I Knew I Loved You"

Maybe it's intuition
But some things you just don't question
Like in your eyes
I see my future in an instant
and there it goes
I think I've found my best friend
I know that it might sound more than
a little crazy but I believe

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

There's just no rhyme or reason
only this sense of completion
and in your eyes
I see the missing pieces
I'm searching for
I think I found my way home
I know that it might sound more than
a little crazy but I believe

(more chorus)

A thousand angels dance around you
I am complete now that I found you

(more chorus)

Really? Does it get better than that? Now you guys all wish that could be your song too, I know, it's okay, I can share.


What songs do you want played at your funeral?


I have an older brother who died at two (he was three years older than me, never got to meet him here on earth....) and his favorite song was I Am A Child Of God so that is the first one. After that how about:

Because I Have Been Given Much~That's sorta the way I feel about life.
Put Your Shoulder To The Wheel~Another good mantra.
The Spirit Of God~ That is always a good one to end something on.....


Name a famous person you would like to meet.


I would love to meet the Prophet. Is he famous? I would love to feel the spirit that surrounds him and the love that I know he is inside of him and just radiating out for every one to enjoy.

After that note, here are two more:

Colin Farrell and Angelina Jolie. They are just hot!




Okay, Mia had a few more for me and there are still a couple other people I have yet to answer, no need to fret those answers will be coming along shortly....

And the Survey Says.......

Okay well maybe it's not the Survey but it's me with answers to your questions.

Mindi wanted to know:



How long have you been playing soccer?


Let's see my first indoor game was on June sixth of this year. That's it for indoor but I did play my sophomore year in high school, ten years ago. And then there was that time when I first moved to Washington at the ripe old age of eight, yup one whole season back then. But I see many, many, many, many years in my future!


Favorite band or song of all time?

Okay here it is. Ever since I was a little girl, I've always had this picture of my favorite song/music video playing over and over in my head.

I Got My Mind Set On You by George Harrison.


Let me refresh your memories. There is this cute boy in an arcade and then there is the claw machine. Inside the claw machine we see this beautiful ballerina. the boy sees this beautiful ballerina and knows, just knows, that he has to have her.


I got my mind set on you!
But it's gonna take money,
A whole lot of spending money.
It's gonna take plenty of money,
To do it right, child.
It's gonna take time,
A whole lot of precious time.
It's gonna take patience and time,
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it, to do it,
To do it right!


Yeah he gets her. BTW look at him now!


Hmm...thinking about I wonder if that's where I get my stalkerish tendencies from? Just ask my husband about how we met sometime. Or my mom, she'll tell you.

Favorite vacay of all time?

We went on a two weeker last year: one week at Disney World and then one week on a cruise ship going through the Caribbean. Yea, we can't wait to do that one again...maybe with out kids this time......





Devri asked:





How many children do you want to have?

I don't think she knew how loaded this question was or what type of answer she would be getting. I have two, a girl and a boy. I'm out of diapers my youngest is in first grade next year. Family vacations are getting so much easier as far as travel and the lids being able to go on all the rides, well, almost all the rides, it won't be long now.....

Why would I want to mess with that? I always wanted more but I think we have decided that we are done. I know sad day. However, if he came to me today and said "I want to have a baby" I would cry. And we would get busy. No really, I would do it in an instant! I'd go back to diapers, teething, long nights, horrible coughs, stuffy noses and steamy bathrooms, endless laundry, nursing pads and bottles all in a fraction of a heartbeat!

Who was my first........kiss that is and what age was it?

Andy Cawley. I was 15. At the stake center. After a service project. During Youth Conference. And I was shocked. It wasn't just a peck on the lips.....I went with it.



For any of you who knew him back in the day, yes I say all this with a grimace on my face and my head slightly lowered. After we had been "together" for a couple weeks we went on a youth trip sledding. On the way home when he was mesmerized by the lakes and the possibilities of ducks at each one the the point where he had to stare and point, I new then that I had to move on.....way on and far away.....



What is the worst experience I had playing truth or dare growing up?

Honestly, apparently I had great friends cause 1-they already knew everything about me and 2-they never got really mean with dares. Actually, I've never been in a really risky game of ToD. I guess we were sorta tame......Does any actually believe that? (it's true)


Irma's inquiry:



I want to know which pair of shoes is your favorite and what is the most you have ever spent for a pair of shoes? (She also threw in how many pairs do I have)

The most I have ever spent, honestly, with tax right about $120. They weren't on sale, I saw them, loved them, had to have them, so I bought them. Lets just say that when my hubby saw the shoes he wasn't worried about how much they cost, of course he wasn't to focused on the shoes right then.


There was this one pair. I was in San Diego. I was in Nordstrom's. They were the perfect pair of RED HEELS. I held them. I caressed them. I left them there.


Now let me state: If I were single those would be in my closet right now. I would own them, love them, use them, always. I have a husband. If I spent 325 dollars on a pair of shoes right now he would flip! I almost did it. I was thinking of how to beg for forgiveness. Sanity kicked back in and I set the shoe down and walked away.


Some day I will have a killer collection. I dream of custom shelving*think Overboard*. I dream of Manolos and Jimmy Choos. I dream of custom made sexiness....I HAVE A SHOE PROBLEM!!!!!!!!! (AND I LOVE IT!)


As for favorite shoes, I have a few pairs I'm in love with. I'll post pictures of the tomorrow.

I love flip-flops. I wear them almost everyday at some point. Even when it's snowy out. Ask Tiffany and Sam. My favorite brand are Tevas! I love Tevas, I love how they're cushiony and comfy. I can stomp around Disney World for a week and my tootsies will feel no pain!







These are the ones I really want right now. If any one is feeling giving, they are $22 from the Teva website and I wear a size 10!


And for count, tonight I have to go home and finish. You'll have the grand total tomorrow, along with the pics of my favorites!



I'll also try to tackle more of your questions tomorrow. If you have any new ones from the fresh ammo I've given you or if there was something else you wanted to add to my already existing list of question, feel free, I'm loving this!

Football and a six pack! Yes!!!!

Saturday was a great day!

I did have to wake up and go to work, but that's just a minor detail.

After I got of work the fun began! The first thing I did was stop and register my son for his first year of.............wait for it...............wait for it.............FOOTBALL!!!!! It's flag, no hitting yet, but I'm so excited! I grew up helping out at one of the local Pee Wee teams, my little brother played, my dad coached, I worked in the concession stand(the year after a was a cheerleader, at 10 or so), and my mom, well she helped set up and clean up the field like we all did. I walked into the club house, which also doubles as the meeting room during games with a chalk board and benches and coaches and kids and chaos and I LOVE IT ALL!!!! I can't wait for practices to start and just the routine and drama that is football. They said they needed a coach still for Ty's team and my ears perked. When Ty was little I asked my dad if he would come out of football coaching retirement to catch Ty's team and he said yes. This year he is building a house and can't do it but I know he would love to do it next year, if he's not still building the house :) J/K mom, I'm sure you'll be done way before then. ~That was me assuming that my mom reads my blog, I'm actually pretty sure she doesn't~ Anyway back to my story. The one thought running around in my head is---Are moms allowed to coach football? I know that there isn't any rule that says no but you just really don't see that often, I never have. But in my head I just know that if my dad pointed me in the right direction I could do great! Or at least limp along and just be a body until he was available the next year.

So this is not my kid's but his team will actually have these colors! I grew up playing in North Kitsap Pee Wees whose colors were red and black. Chico is who my son is going to play for and they are red and white. It's the field we always used to call the dust bowl or the gavel pit because it's dirt, all dirt. I can see all the socks and dirt now.....and oh yeah, we live in Washington, mud, everywhere!!!!

Okay so the next awesome thing that happened Saturday....It was my Grandpa Heywood's 75th birthday!!!!!! AMAZING 75 years old and he's just the busiest guy I've ever seen, I know he's got me beat. He makes me look pretty bad and that is OKAY with me! Yea Grandpa! We went to one of my Grandpa's favorite restaurants, our local Mongolian BBQ. You know it, big bowls of meat and veggies piled high and then sauces drizzled over and then, yes, the sizzle of someone cooking it up right in front of you. Mmmmm, beef, pork, shrimp, crunchy noodles, cabbage, carrots, broccoli, green onions, soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger sauce, garlic sauce, and lemon water. Twice. with some white rice thrown in at the table and a little of the chili sauce on the side. TWICE!!! I ate so much and it was great goodness. My hubby doesn't take me there very often and Chinese is tied with Pasta as my all time favorite! I ate it up Saturday, literally, all of it! And then we got to go back to my Grandparent's house to celebrate Grandpa's birthday with cake and ice cream and cards. Since I am his favorite granddaughter(the oldest of the three girl grand kids with a total of 26 grand kids, AND the only gran child to have given him great-grand babies) I had to get him his favorite breakfast! Cinnabon! I got him a six pack for his birthday and a gift card loaded with a second pack once that one is done. Yeah, the perfect present, I know.

It was a great Saturday. Football, Chinese, and a birthday, oh and sunshine too! :)

Why does everyone else think of it first?

So I was just checking out the place that my Bro.-in-law Andy chose to get married, or did Lindsay choose..., anyway, I was checking out their site when I saw they had a blog. Of course I had to go look! As I'm scrolling down I find this entry. You can arrange with the Director of Catering to rent digital cameras, yes a slew of them, to be at the wedding site for the duration, a day, the weekend, whatever. Then when the event is done the cameras are shipped back to the company and they put together a website with all the pictures so anyone can order. Seriously? Why didn't I think of that?

Actually, here's an idea. I think that my next Godsey Family vacation I just rent a few of these babies take them with and we all just pass them around! But then we wouldn't have the pleasure of calling and emailing and reminding the others that we were still waiting for pictures. Oh. Wait. Is it just me that everyone is always calling cause they're still waiting on me? All someone would have to do is go to the website and find that perfect photo for Grandma and Papa's next Christams present!

Hey here's another idea! Lindsay, it's just another expense for your wedding! Hey I found a way to contribute, just put me under the heading of Nicole-Official wedding spender. I can help you find ways to spend all sorts of money on things you don't really need. Like camera rental.

Just because you don't need it doesn't mean you won't love it! ~my life motto :)

Thankful Thursday

Yea! I love sunshine! I just got back from a work picnic and I feel great. There was food, a visit with my childhood/preteen Bishop/quasi-parent, chatting with people, acquiring a baby to hold ~she was six months old and such a content baby~, and just enjoying the sunshine.

I'm thankful for all of that stuff! And more:

Ummm, Soccer, you knew that was coming. When thankful day falls on game day........well can you blame me?

Windows in the bedroom(and bathroom). It's been getting pretty warm in the afternoon in my house and we don't have central cooling or AC, we have windows. And the breeze that comes of the gorgeous Hood Canal. It has felt so nice just to leave the windows open and let the breeze run through the house.

How about my BBQ. I love to grill. I'm the griller in the house not my hubby. Nothing better than coming home throwing some meat on the grill and scrounging up a side.

Well maybe grilling on a sunny, breezy day with the windows open when it happens to be game day!! :)

So, what do you want to know?

Okay here I go.

If you have a question that you want me to answer, if there is something that you've been dying to know, if there is a burning desire for me to share something with you.......ASK ME!!!!!!

I'll do my best to reply to any thought provoking questions or just odd randomness you have to throw at me. Don't be to harsh.......please...............

Now I know that this is all of you, just ready and waiting, chomping at the bit even!

~Sidenote~

Apparently I CAN spell every once in a while. I'm sure most of you have seen some interesting spelling on your comments but just now when I checked, not one misspelled word! Sometimes my fingers just move to fast for my brain...Not this morning baby,Yea me!

Trifecta of Trouble?!?

Yeah that's probably a great description... Apparently, I am apart of an award winning trifecta!


Mia, she is too cute, decided that Tiffany, Sam, and I are part of a trifecta. And, one full of trouble. And, we are award worthy. That really does some us right up.

I would have a whole acceptance speech but I'm afraid I wouldn't be nearly as "witty or cleverish" as Tiffany, so I'm just letting everyone know how much I LOVE Mia for thinking I'm deserving of an award *or she was just running out of people to hand them too :) * Either way, I love her and I will proudly post my award for the world to see!

This award has rules...

1. Please put the logo on your blog.

2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.

3. You must nominate 7 fellow bloggers for this award.

4. Add links to the recipients.

5. Leave a comment so the recipients know they have received an award.





So let's see......Who can I have the pleasure of sharing this one with...........



First off, I could just go down the line and give it to all my family members (Don't you just love big Mormon families?) and all of my best friends-I call them my big Mormon family as well- But then that would take away all their easy picks as well so in doing them a favor I'll try to spread the wealth.



How about ~



1. Andy- You never know what you are going to get when you go check out The Flapdoodling of Andy , he's hilarious, at least I think he is. And he's my hubby's twin brother so I have to love him a little anyway.



2. Misty- Just the 3 of Us is where I go to catch up with my friend who lives just a thirty minute stones throw away.....



3. Kari- It's so much fun to see whether it will be a blast from the past or maybe the latest and greatest of happenings over at Every day's a new day...



Gee four more to go still, this award giving job is pretty strenuous!



4. Irma- Irma's Front Porch is loaded full with sweet, funny, and charming tid bits. Sometimes she just makes me want to cry, in a good way.



5. Paije- This one is easy, She talks about our soccer games, which she also plays in.... and she's just too cute. I hope to have that much energy some day! Yeah, and I just wanted to type Paije, I love that name!!



6. Brit- If only I could read The Adventures of Rust and Brit every time I peeked over it would make my week for sure! Brit is sorta like another Andy, you never know what you're going to get you know you're going to like it!!!!



7. Devri- I love how her comments can brighten my day and make me laugh so hard milk comes out of my nose, at least it would if I was drinking milk while reading blogs but I always thought that would be dangerous....



There you have it. I tried to spread the wealth as best I could.



Andy, if you really don't want to carry this on, I guess you don't have to, but I knew you at least deserved the recognition!

MMMMmmmm...chocolate!

Here is an amazing giveaway! CHOCOLATE! (Sorry Misty, you can enter and if you win I promise to eat all of it for you!)


Head on over to Omgirl and look for this post for your chance to win this enticing game! But be ready to "Pay-it-forward!" Hey, you only have until the 23rd of July to play, hurry!