TAGGED AGAIN

7 Random but ODD Facts About Me

1. I LOVE to start new projects or things, but HATE to finish them.

2. I love music! I love. Love, love to sing. But unlike the people that tryout for American Idol. I know I can’t sing, I have a hard time staying in tune. But it still what I do to calm myself down sing or play one handed piano. I also have a hard time staying on beat when I am pretending to play an instrument. So no leading music for me.

3. I can’t stand to have my hands dirty. Not even chocolate on them!!!

4. Okay, this is the weirdest thing about me. I can’t stand to have uneven pressure on me. I mean it actually physically hurts if someone comes up and rests one hand on my shoulders for more than a few seconds. However, if you put a hand on each of my shoulders I am fine. At night if my husband’s pillow touches me even my hand I wake up and can’t sleep until it is moved! I can hold hands because that is not pushing down on me.

5. I have absolutely no sense of direction. Which makes it hard when you are in a strange place at night. My husband on the other hand can find his way out of anyplace blindfolded.

6. There are 3 TV shows I have to see every new episode of "American Idol," "The Biggest Loser," and "Psych.

7. I love a clean house, I even like reading books about cleaning and organizing your home. However, I don’t seem to be able to do it. I am a lousy house keeper. I can organize things pretty well, however, I can’t keep anything organized. I would love to say it’s all the kids, but I know that isn’t true.

Almost everyone I know that has a blog has been tagged. So I am going to put this on the Acton Family Blog and encourage others to post.

So how well did you know me?

Book Tag

I got tagged and it's a quick tag to do, so I'm going to get it out of the way. This is what you do:
1. Pick up the nearest book (at least 123 pages).
2. Turn to page 123.
3. Find the 5th full sentence
4. Post the 5th sentence on your blog.
5. Tag 5 people.

Okay, I am reading several books right now, Bringing Down the House, The Glass Castle, and Mere Christianity. However, the closest one to me is Harry Poter and the Goblet of Fire, I am reading it to William.

"Fred, George, and Ginny were nowhere to be seen,though the path was packed with plenty of other people, all looking nervously over their shoulders toward the commotion back at the campsite."

I tag Allison Wilson, Mekenna Wilson, Cheryl Acton, My Dad, and Heather Bradley

Time Out For Women

I went to Time Out For Women today and it was wonderful. The Theme was "A Joyful Life." They had many great presenters, my favorite was Mary Ellen Edmunds. For those of you in Utah. Time Out for Women is like a mini BYU Women's conference put on by Desert Book. For those of you who aren't members of our church, it is a religous confence that focused on the Savior and being happy by following God's plan. "Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy..." Acts 2:28 It was well worth the time and the money to go, I highly recommend it to everybody!

Grilled Romaine Hearts

This is an easy and fabulous salad! It is one of our family favorites.





Grille Romaine Hearts





3 tablespoons olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice or vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 romaine hearts, cut in half lengthwise with core intact
Fresh ground pepper


Parmesan Cheese
1. Preheat the grill to medium heat.
2. In a small bowl, combine the olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, and salt. Brush the mixture on the cut sides of the romaine.
3. Grill cut-side down for 5 minutes, or until the lettuce just starts to brown. Turn and cook until wilted and brown. Season with fresh ground pepper and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Serve warm.

Update

I am sorry I haven’t written in a while. Life has been hectic! Here is a brief update on everyone.

Shelby - She is now 14 months and 3 weeks and she still really doesn’t see the point in walking. She has taken a few steps, but she would rather crawl than try to walk. She is perfect and very happy. She is also a good sleeper.

Wesley - He has a new friend named Julian, who also loves Thomas (the train) too. He bugs me everyday to go play with Julian or Laura (the youngest Solis child). He really doesn’t understand why he can’t play with his friends everyday. I think he is going to like being in preschool next year. However, both Laura and Julian are a year older than him, so they will be in Kindergarten.

William and Mitchell - They are very busy children. They are both in Chess club and really enjoying it. They are in the same class at school and their class is doing the play Pinocchio. Mitchell is Gepetto and William has several parts he is Bruno/Dino, a coo coo clock, and one of the boys in Toyland. They are both also in boys scouts, Mitchell is a Webelo and William is a Wolf. Mitchell is busy taking end of the year tests right now and trying to read every book there is in the Warriors Series. William really likes the series of books called Stink and he is trying to squeeze in as much time playing with friends as possible.

Leah - Well I have been busy just trying to keep up with all these kids!!! I also had a Lia Sophia party last weekend (jewelry) and I am going to Time Out For Women this Saturday. I have a lot going on with church I make the bulletin for Sacrament meeting every Sunday, I am a Nursery Leader every other Sunday, and I am the Ward Cub Day Camp Coordinator.

Greg - He is busier than the rest of us. I don’t know how we manage to get everything done. His work keeps him very busy first of all and then he tops it off with being on the High Council.

It seems like our family is always on the run. Someone always has a meeting somewhere!

The Perfect Pair

Well, I have a washer and a dryer, life is good. I have a load going in both, I am so happy!!!

Inquiry Fair

The boys have Inquiry Fair tomorrow. Inquiry Fair is similar to Science Fair, but your question does not have to be science related. The child comes up with a question and then they have to design some sort of project that will answer the question. This time my boys decided they wanted to do an Inquiry around a survey question. The questions they came up with had to do with cookies. Now let me tell you, I never thought I would say this but I am not sure I ever want to see another Chocolate Chip Cookie in my life!!!!!! We have made 9 batches of cookies this week. Mitchell had to write 5 paragraphs about his inquiry around critical reframers (examples - comparing, classify, inducing, error analysis, etc.) William had to write three paragraphs. I have included one paragraph they have written under their picture.

I wasn’t happy that the Chocolate Chip cookies won. So I decided to use classification to see if I could make the Cinnamon Chocolate Chip cookie win in some category. I first classified my result by age: 9 and under – Chocolate Chip won, 10-18 Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip won, Adult - Chocolate Chip won. Then I decided to classify by boy or girl, Chocolate Chip won both!!!! Then I gave up Chocolate Chip wins, I didn’t want it to happen.

Next I decided to classify the surveys by age. I made three categories 9 and under, 10-18 years of age, and adult. The first category 9 and under, it was very strange I thought this group would like the wheat the most because it was very sweet. But what surprised me evan more was that it was actually the least liked. It was the only category to tie not only two flavors but three. So there was no winner. I wonder if that means their taste buds are not as developed yet. The next category. 10-18 years of age, the one thing that surprised me was that the wheat scored higher with this group than the younger kids, it came in actually second. Rice won this category. The last category, adult, non of the adults chose the wheat. Rice won and oat came in second. I think your age makes a very different reaction to the cookie. If your younger than 9 they all taste the same and if you are older than 9 you will probably like rice but if you are an adult you will probably hate the wheat.