All about Me

1. What time did you get up this morning? 6:50
2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds
3. Last movie you saw in the theater? Enchanted
4. What is your favorite TV show? What not to wear
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Right now it is whatever I can stomache
6. What is your middle name? Hilton
7. What food do you dislike? green olives and onions
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Queen greatest hits
9. What kind of car do you drive? Dodge Grand Caravan
10. Favorite sandwich? BLT
11. What characteristics do you despise? smart-mouth, whiny (thinking of my kids)
12. Favorite item of clothing? a good pair of shoes
13. If you could go anywhere in the world for a vacation, where would you go? I would go back to Hawaii, most awesome vacation.
14. What color is your bathroom? White Walls with mismatched towels.
15. Favorite brand of clothing? none
16. Where would you retire? Don't know
17. Most memorable birthday? My 22nd, Caleb was a week old. My Mom took me shopping and out to eat.
18. Favorite sport to watch? none
19. Furthest place you are sending this? The place that is farthest from San Antonio20. Who do you expect to send this back to you? No one
21. Person you expect to send it back first? It would be Katie, but it started with her
22. Favorite saying? OH Crap, maybe not my favorite, but used the most.
23. When is your birthday? April 3rd
24. Are you a morning person or a night person? Night
25. What is your shoe size? 9
26. Pets? None
27. What did you want to be when you were little? A Mom
28. What are you today? Big and Pregnant, maybe that will change by tomorrow
29. What is your favorite candy? Peanut M&M's
30. Your favorite flower? Tulips
31. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Thursday
32. What church/synagogue do you attend? I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints
33. What are you listening to right now? The Drew Carey Show
34. What was the last thing you ate? Chips & Cheese with Salsa
35. Do you wish on stars? Of course!
37. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Red
38. What is your pet peeve? Getting cut off in traffic.
39. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Compassionate service leader of our ward
40. Do you like the person/people you are sending this to? Yes
41. Favorite soft drink? Sprite
42. Favorite restaurant? Olive Garden
43. Hair Color? Brown
45. Favorite day of the year? Any day Sam doesn't have to work.
46. What was your favorite toy as a child? cabbage patch dolls
47. Summer or winter? Summer
48. Hugs or kisses? Kisses
49. Chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate
50. Do you want your friends to e-mail you back? Yep!
51. When was the last time you cried? Last Wednesday
52. What is under your bed? some shoes
53. Who is the friend you've had the longest? I'm not good at keeping friendships beyond moves.
54. What did you do last night? Watched TV with my Husband
55. Favorite smell? Cinnamon
56. What are you afraid of? Being outside in the dark.
57. How many keys on your key ring? My house key, car key, van key,
58. How many years at your current job? Homemaker job started in March of 2001, Mom job started in March of 2002.
59. Favorite day of the week? Saturday
60. How many towns have you lived in? 7 cities: Salina, Utah; Moroni, Utah; Ephraim, Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah; Provo, Utah; Silver Spring, MD; San Antonio, TX. Some of these I lived in twice.
61. Do you make friends easily? No, I get along with people but it takes me awhile to warm up.
62. How many folks will you send this to? The world.

Another Good Tax Season

It is the time of year when we are bombarded with W2's, 1099's, 1040's. We collect old receipts in hopes that the tax man gets a little less of our hard earned dollars. Those of us with children hope that there presence will help deflate those costs or perhaps help with that extra deduction and the EIC and child tax credit.

This is yet another year where the tax man has looked at my puny earnings and said you are so poor that instead of paying taxes we will give you money (this is only partly true as half of out income is untaxed allowances that don't show up on our taxes.) This little windfall in itself has now become a source of debate.

You see we have 3 things that we can do with this money. The first is be irresponsible and spend it on fun stuff. I personally have been eyeing the nice large HD TV's, and Emily would spend it on a new wardrobe and another Hawaii vacation. Though this would be fun, we decided that this year we would be responsible with our money and fore go the trip to Hawaii.

This leaves responsible things such as paying off our car loan or saving for a down payment on house. You see this summer we are planning on finally buying a home of our very own. . .so the dilemma is paying off our current debts (car in particular) vs saving for a down payment. This has been something we have debated for a while. Now it is your turn to let us know what to do and answer the survey on the right.

Our Christmas

happy new year

well, I don't about those of you who check our blog, but I am getting sick of seeing this one over and over. The only explanation is that Sam had to good of a vacation to update the blog. Between Christmas and visiting and getting ready for the baby we have been busy. We have also been battling colds, thank you Grindstaffs, Wilcoxes and Wilsons for sharing your colds. Physically we are almost ready for this baby. Charlotte is getting really impatient, she wants her little sister out now. Actually both of the kids do because then they get to stay with our neighbors and they are pretty excited about that. We will post pictures when Sam has the time to upload the pictures. He is actually working work hours this rotation. He doesn't get home until five o'clock.