Les Mis

Last weekend we went to see Les Mis - it was wonderful! "I Dreamed a Dream" has been in my head ever since - I thought you might like it in your head too. I thought Marius' voice was very dreamy!

We have had these tickets since December. We had to strong arm Cam into going with us. Last week he heard that an old baseball teammate (who quit the team to pursue his acting) was in the play - this made him slightly more interested. He ended up enjoying it, as Cory and I did.

Tagged by 3's

3 Things About Me...

3 Jobs I've Had:
1. Burger King (in Provo of all places - have you ever had to make whoppers for millions of people getting out of a football game - STRESS!)
2. Phil Kotter's State Farm Insurance
3. JC Penny

3 Places I've Lived:
1. Santa Rosa, California (born and raised)
2. Houston, Texas (current)
3. South Weber, Utah (these three are places in order of length of time)

3 Places I've Been:
1. Bath, England (these are in order of favorite places)
2. Paris, France (cause Cory and I went with friends and had a blast!)
3. Mount Rushmore (in July - fireworks displayed above the heads - awesome!)

3 Shows I Watch:
1. Friday Night Lights
2. The Amazing Race
3. Dancing with the Stars

3 Places I have been this week:
1. Kroger
2. Barbara Bush Library
3. Papa Johns Pizza

3 Places I would rather be right now:
1. Walmart
2. Eating French Toast
3. Bed

3 People I Tag:
1. Sharon
2. Angela
3. Layne

Bugging Me

This Easter themed layout is really getting on my nerves! I hope it isn't annoying anyone else as much - it will be hard to leave it till Easter.

Picture the Past

I have been trying to think of a clever name for a weekly blog that will allow me to post some pictures and therefore utilize my lovely new scanner - it is so fun! So here goes:


Our Reception
Most of you who visit my blog are either in this picture or married to someone who is. For the rest of you, this is both sides of Cory's family at our reception. Too bad the Grandpas got cut off. I always marvel at how teeny Shaury is in age (and Larry in size). Nolan and Cory have full heads of hair - and Becky and Wendy have very high hair. The adults just look a little bit healthier, a little bit more vivid. It was a happy night!

New Photos

See my new pictures!
>>> Link 1 <<<
>>> Link 2 <<<
I just got a scanner!

The Saving of the Felt

Cory: "Did you find a piece of felt in here?"
Paige: "What did it look like?"
Cory: "It was a small black piece of felt, it was right over here behind my running basket!"
Paige: "Um - yes, I did happen to see that small piece of felt behind that when I was cleaning the bathroom on Friday, I threw it away when I did the floor." (Actually, I wiped it up as I was wiping the floor - I didn't specifically take it to the garbage.)
Cory: "Why would you throw it away?"

This is a conversation that I had with my husband Sunday morning. There was an annoyed face on one of us and a look of complete incomprehension on the other. When I finally figured out what he was talking about I started laughing because it was so pure "Cory" and so completely ridiculous (but good blogging material). Of course, he was annoyed that I was laughing and he was still serious. He proceeded to inform me in his matter of fact way, that he had been saving that particular piece of felt.

Apparently Cory was saving this small (smaller than the size of a pencil erasure and completely unrecognizable as "felt") piece of felt so that he could re-attach (with necessary tweezers, that's how small it was) it to a cassette tape. You know that little tiny piece of felt that is on a cassette for the tape to run across as it is playing? That is what he was talking about!! Saving this in no way seems odd to him. It also seems completely normal to "save" it on the floor behind a clothes basket! BUT - it seems completely strange to him that I would not recognize it's value and dispose of the obvious treasure. And how many of you would think to save a minuscule piece of felt that you found on the floor behind some clothes? How was I to know it was being "saved"? He says he put it back there on purpose to "save" it from my cleaning! I thought it was a dead bug or something!

This is what I live with - a man who saves minuscule pieces of felt behind clothes baskets on the floor and then is annoyed with me when I throw them away. His growing collections of nonsense are taking over the house!

Remedy for Drought

I think our drought in this area may be over - or very much lessened anyway. I just wanted to let you all know that you have me to thank. On Monday I had our sprinklers repaired - to the tune of $500.00! It has rained every day since!