The Pink Basement Dweller

5 minute chocolate mug cake!!!!!!

2008-10-15T17:50:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I have not tried this yet, but I WILL be trying it soon. Thought that it was too good not to share! :)

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE

4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
a small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well. Add the chocolate chips (if using)
and vanilla extract, and mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts. The
cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed! Allow to cool
a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.
EAT! (this can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous).

And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world?
Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time
of the day or night!

OMGoodness!

2008-10-10T14:55:00.000-07:00

*so I put the trailer on here a few days ago and it worked, but then it didn't, so I put a new one on here, I hope that it works in a few days, if not please tell me :) thanx!

Okay, so there is a new Twilight trailer, and it is by far the BEST one yet! so, here it is! I LOVE it!!!!! :)

I am Alice! :)

2008-10-09T14:05:00.000-07:00

http://twilightersanonymous.com/quizzes/quizzes.html

Awwwww! I was on Michelles blog and look what I found! It was sooo exciting! I can't believe I'm Alice, I like her though because she has really great taste in clothes! :)
Take the Quiz and Share Your Results!

Awards!

2008-10-09T14:03:00.000-07:00

I was given awards!!!!!

Characteristics for the Smile Award:
Must display a cheerful attitude. (not necessarily at all times--we are all human)
Must love one another
Must make mistakes
Must learn from others
Must be a positive contributor to blog world
Must love life
Must love kids

Thanks Tanera King for the smile award!

Thanks Michelle Prater for the spread the love award.

Charlie bit me!!!!

2008-10-05T11:52:00.000-07:00

okay, this is absolutely hilarious!! I love it! We have watched this so many times! Enjoy!

Men are just happier people email

2008-09-28T06:22:00.000-07:00

Here is an email that I was sent and thought was funny.

MEN ARE JUST HAPPIER PEOPLE

NICKNAMES If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah.

If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla and Four-eyes.

EATING OUT
When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it's only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back.

When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.

MONEY
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.

A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.

BATHROOMS
A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel .

The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.

ARGUMENTS
A woman has the last word in any argument.

Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

FUTURE
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.

A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

SUCCESS
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.

A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

MARRIAGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.

A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.

DRESSING UP
A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.

A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.

NATURAL
Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.

Women somehow deteriorate during the night.

OFFSPRING
Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.

A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAYA married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing!
SO, send this to the women who have a sense of humor and who can handle it ... and to the men who will enjoy reading it.

guess whats happeing this week?

2008-09-10T13:45:00.000-07:00

FAIR!!!!!!

the fair here is what some call, the best part of the year. I don't know if it is the absolute best, but I do know that I love going to the fair! It is so much fun because I get to see all of my friends from middle school, and I can pig out on funnel cakes!:)

So far this week I have been to the fair everyday 'cept Sunday (duh). On Saturday I actually worked at the 4-H funnel cake booth and got a free funnel cake :) Yeah! On Monday I went for a couple hours and hung out with my friend, Victoria. It was fun! Yesterday I went and watched Lucy play in the band, then I went home thought b/c I was really tired. I still got to see some of my friends so it was still fun. I probably wont go today since it is raining, and it is Wednesday (church night). Tomorrow I might go and then on Saturday I will most defiantly go Friday for two reasons: 1) It is fair day (NO SCHOOL!!!!) and 2) My cousins from Murfresboro are coming down to hang out with us and go to the fair since they don't have a fair there.

This week has been fun, and will hopefully continue to be fun! :)

Height

2008-09-06T13:02:00.000-07:00

Guess what?

I have reached a new exciting point in my life!

I am no longer just 5 feet tall,

I am

5 foot

3/8 of an inch!!!!!!!:)

Isnt that exciting?

Who are YOU going to vote for?

2008-09-01T06:28:00.000-07:00

I'm running for president - click on that to see my campain- you wont be sorry!!

I guess you know who I am voting for! :)

Twilight

2008-08-24T15:20:00.000-07:00

Well, for those of you crazy enough not to know, Twilight has been moved up to 11.21.08!!!! I am soooooooooooooo excited! We are going to go up to Murfresboro and watch it! I am just sooooooooooooooooooooo soooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited! It is a very exciting time! We have watched all the previews so many times it is not even funny even my little sisters can talk along with the characters. It is a very exciting time around our house.

Okay....

2008-08-23T20:40:00.000-07:00

so I know that I have not posted in a while, but I have been sooooo busy. Here is a small recap of what has happened the past 3 weeks.

One week we did sister cities, that was when Sakurako came. Sakurako is a Japanese exchange student that we had come and stay at our house for a week. She lives in Mikawa, Japan and is 14 years old. It was a lot of fun to have her come and stay at our house. On the first day she was here we took a tour of downtown then we went swimming at the city pool. On the second day we took a tour of Yorozu, they are a HUGE supporter of sister cities. After that we took a tour of the elementary school. That evening we got to take her to church. On Thursday we, actually I don't remember what we did during the day. At night though, they put on a ceremony for us it was really good. On Friday we went to Lake Winni! It was very fun! After lake winnie we went out to eat at sticky fingers. On Saturday we went shopping all day- it was sooooooooo fun, it was tax free weekend here which made it even funner. The next day, Sunday, we went to church in the morning. After church Sakurako packed to go home and we had a small good bye party then she was taken to Nashville were early Monday morning they would depart to go back to Japan :( . It was fun while it lasted.

Another exciting thing that happened was that school started back again. I started HIGH SCHOOL!!!!!! It is a very exciting thing. I am going to a different school than Lucy is, I have a very small class- a total of 11 people are in my entire grade! It has been fun.

Not much else has happened since school started this weekend has been fun though! Last night Meredith Matheny came down and stayed the night with Alyson, (I couldn't go- I wasn't feeling well) Also last night it was family night at Hickory Creek (Ella and Molly's school) They watched Nims Island. Anyone ever seen it? They said it was really good. Also last night it was Warren County's first football game of the season! They lost- of course. Lucy plays in the band so she go to see the whole game for free!- She had to play in the band the whole time though. So then this morning our stake had a service project. We cleaned up one of the cemeteries. It was tons of fun because I got to see a lot of my friends that don't live her. After that some of us went swimming in the Catens pool. Then we just all hung out till tonight, when we went rolling (and got caught) since we got caught we helped them clean it up. We had a friend with us that does not belong to our church and we told him this is how you go rolling "Mormon style". It was fun! now it is time to go to sleep and let me tell you- we are all going to sleep well tonight!

What car are you?

2008-07-27T17:01:00.001-07:00

I'm a Chevrolet Corvette!

You're a classic - powerful, athletic, and competitive. You're all about winning the race and getting the job done. While you have a practical everyday side, you get wild when anyone pushes your pedal. You hate to lose, but you hardly ever do.

Take the Which Sports Car Are You? quiz.

Tagged

2008-07-23T05:53:00.000-07:00

Mother Goose tagged me. I have to write 6 things that describe my life, here goes-

exciting

busy

joyful

significant

crazy

efy line dance

2008-07-21T19:10:00.000-07:00

This is the efy line dance that we do at efy( especially for youth) All the kids at efy will get on the dance floor and do it. The 2 kids in the back ( William and I) went to efy while the 2 kids at front (Ella and Molly) did not go to efy. I will have more pictures tomorrow when I get my pictures. For now, here is the line dance that we have taught my Lil sisters.

6 truths of life

2008-07-19T14:42:00.000-07:00

6 TRUTHS OF LIFE:

1. You cannot touch all your teeth with your tongue.

2. All idiots, after reading the first 'truth', will try it.

3. The first truth is a lie.

4. You are smiling now because you're an idiot.

5. You will soon forward this to another idiot.

6. There is still a stupid smile on your face.

I don't care if you lick windows, take the special bus, or occasionally pee on yourself...You hang in there sunshine, you're SPECIAL.

I know that this is an email, so #5 probably wont be true, but if it was an email, it just might be true.

Givaway

2008-07-12T21:23:00.000-07:00

Dream custom artwork Is giving away a cute painting. you should go and check it out!

Dresses for Efy

2008-07-08T16:29:00.000-07:00

Next week is Efy (especially for youth) this is a church camp in a Kentucky( there is more than one, but we are going to go to the one in Kentucky) At efy there are 2 dances. These will be my first dances, and I need help. On deciding which outfits to take. Here are some of my favorite skirts/dresses that I have. Please, even if you don't usually, leave a comment to tell me which ones I should bring with me. If you like the skirt in one but think a different shirt would be better for it, tell me. remember to say which one you like first and which one you like second,or you can give me more than 2, or just 1, it is up to you. Thanks so much!

Outfit #1

Outfit #2

Outfit #3

Outfit #4

Outfit #5

Outfit #6

Outfit #7

Thanks for helping me!

Another New Buddy!

2008-07-01T14:32:00.001-07:00

Leah has decided to enter the exciting world of blogging! This is very exciting! I am sooo excited! Click here to see her blog

New buddy!

2008-06-25T14:14:00.000-07:00

Alyson Caten has just entered the exciting, fun, and enjoyable world of blogging! Congradulations Aly! I am very excited! If you would like to visit her blog just click here, of here, or here,

or here

maybe even here

Why did the chicken cross the road?

2008-06-24T18:31:00.000-07:00

I was reading my moms blog and found a this- thought you might enjoy it.

Modern day folks answer that age old question:"Why did the chicken cross the road?"
BARACK OBAMA:The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE! The chicken wanted CHANGE! And HOPE! It looked HOPEFUL!

JOHN McCAIN:My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

HILLARY CLINTON:When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from Day One! that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me, although I clearly remember having to dodge enemy fire as Chelsea and I tried to cross the road.

DR. PHIL:The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on 'THIS' side of the road before it goes after the problem on the 'OTHER SIDE' of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his 'CURRENT' problems before adding 'NEW' problems.

OPRAH:Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

GEORGE W. BUSH:We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.

COLIN POWELL:Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.

JOHN KERRY:Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

NANCY GRACE:That chicken crossed the road because he's GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

PAT BUCHANAN:To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.MARTHA STEWART:No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.

DR SEUSS:Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY:To die in the rain. Alone.

RUSH LIMBAUGH:Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth?' That's why they call it the 'other side.' Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media white washes with seemingly harmless phrases like 'the other side. That chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain and as simple as that.

GRANDPA:In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.

BARBARA WALTERS:Isn't that intewesting? In a few moments, we will be wistening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a sewious case of molting, and went on to accompwish its wife wong dweam of cwossing the woad.

ARISTOTLE:It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

JOHN LENNON:Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.

BILL GATES:I have just released eChicken2007, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet Explorer is an integral part of the Chicken. This new platform is much more stable and will never cra#%* reboot.

ALBERT EINSTEIN:Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

BILL CLINTON:I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of chicken?

AL GORE:I invented the chicken!

COLONEL SANDERS:Did I miss one?

DICK CHENEY:Where's my gun?

AL SHARPTON:Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.

I dont know all of these people, so not all these are funny to me, but the ones I know are very funny to me. Why do you think that the chicken crossed the road? I don't know though I am siding with what Grandpa said because it is the most logic :) Why do you think the chicken crossed the road? I am waiting for some funny answers, possibly

100 squares

2008-06-16T18:53:00.000-07:00

Heather Matheny's family is adopting a little boy from China named Max. Max is going to go to a very good family! They are making him a quilt out of 100 patches that family and friends got him. This is such a sweet thing! They are calling it 100 blessings for Max. If you would like to praticipate click here, or on the first link because there is a link to were you need to go from there. It is a very good project they are doing, and you should help! I know that I am, because I have already bought the fabric! Good luck Max!

Fathers Day

2008-06-15T06:07:00.000-07:00

A little Fathers Day History..

Fathers day contrary to popular misconception, was not established as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards.
In fact when a "Fathers day" was first proposed there were no Fathers Day cards!
Mrs. John B. Dodd, of Washington , first proposed the idea of a "father's day" in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. William Smart, a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife (Mrs. Dodd's mother) died in childbirth with their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington State. It was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent.

The first Father's Day was observed on June 19, 1910 in Spokane Washington.
At about the same time in various towns and cities across American other people were beginning to celebrate a "father's day.".
In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father's Day. Finally in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day.
Father's Day has become a day to not only honor your father, but all men who act as a father figure. Stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and adult male friends are all honored on Father's Day.

Happy fathers day!

Camp

2008-06-13T06:40:00.000-07:00

Camp was awesome!!!! I don't have any pictures because they are all on Lucy's camera and I don't know where she is at this moment. Maybe, I will have time a little later. Here is the major events of girls camp:

Tuesday-

We got there

I found out that I got to room with Meredith Matheny and Lindsey Riches- yay

That night we had President Maredith come and speak with us- he is a great speaker and always has a great message.

Wednesday-

We had Certification.
We had a "hike"
We got to go on a wonderful Night Walk that Megan G. made for us- it was absolutely awesome!

Thursday-

superhero training
skits- preformed by cabins. Our cabin did superhero idol. I was Simon, Paula, and the other guy, I cant remember his name

Friday-

Lunch or disaster, I think it turned out as a disaster, we had no pickles and the cheese had water in it :(
talent show night, Megan G. Lucy (my sis) Leah P. and I did a superman skit. We got the theme song of superman and acted it out. The stake leaders did a funny skit, go to moms blog to see it. I am serious that it is funny- they all dressed up as chickens and did the chicken dance, remember that this is not a bunch of kids, but a bunch of adults!

Saturday-

cleanup time :(
award time- I got the craft cabin award. It was a radio that looks like something little tykes would make, but it works! I also got a bee water bottle, a purple bracelet, and a whole lot of candy!
good bye camp: (

I also did Secret Sisters at camp. This is were you spend about $10 on gifts for the week and when you get to camp, you get a name of a girl at camp. Everyday you give your "Secret Sister" a gift. I had Meredith Matheny and I gave her:

a water gun
clay and chalk
Hannah Montana gummies and pop rocks
These glasses that are a straw, you put one end of the glasses in the drink, and the other in your mouth when the take a drink, it goes all the way around there eyes and then into there mouth. I also got her a nail kit.
On the last day I got her wax melts. (wax, tea lights, and a special container thingy that holds the wax and the tea lights while they are burning)

Amber Hill had me and this is what she got me:

a really nice journal
a picture frame
gummy bears- yum!
a huge lolly pop and a wind thingy (you hand it up and it twirls around in the wind)
she gave me something else, but i don't remember what it was.

All in all, camp was , as always, awesome!

Tagged

2008-06-12T11:44:00.000-07:00

Tenara Tagged me. So, here are the rules:

1. Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog

2. Share 7 facts about yourself, some random, some weird.

3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.

4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

5. Have fun!

Random facts about me:

I was in a car accident when I was 5 that gave me 250 stiches.

I just got back from Girls camp, and it was fun!

I wear glasses

I have top braces (therefor I am a 4-eyed bracesface)

I will be getting bottom braces next week

I am a twin

I LOVE hot pink, and polka dots.

The lucky people:

And I'm off to girls camp!!!

2008-06-03T07:26:00.000-07:00

I am going to girls camp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guess what!

2008-06-02T17:39:00.000-07:00

I have some very exciting news! I have finally reached the dream hight for me!

5 feet!!!!

I am very excited!!! Lucy is 5'1'' so she is still taller than me:( oh well I guess we can't have everything!

Who is this?

2008-05-29T12:46:00.000-07:00

Take a look at this picture. Who is it?

Now get out of you comfy seat (I know, it is very tough, but if you do it, it might be kinda fun), and move about 15 feet away. Who is it now?

(answers below)

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.....

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first it was Albert Einstein

then it was Marilyn Monroe

Fun Monday

2008-05-25T16:59:00.000-07:00

RDH mom is hosting this weeks Fun Monday, this is what she says...

Here is your assignment:
Vacations...this is the time of year when most of us go on vacations. Show us and/or tell us about your favorite vacation - where you went, what you did, etc. Pictures would be great. Let's all take a trip around a the world via our FM friends!!

We have been a couple of places for vacation. We usually (for the 4th of July) go to my grandmothers house in South Carolina. I couldn't find any pictures from there.

This is when we went to Nauvoo, Illinois

This is the family standing in front of a statue of Joseph and Hyrum Smith.This is us in front of a replica of the Nauvoo temple

This is Molly making a candle

This is Ella making a rope

This is a really big castle-like house that we really liked.

That was Nauvoo, this is when we went to Atlanta, Georgia.

This was actually on an Indian mound on our way back from Atlanta. This is on top of them.

This was climbing up to the top of the mounds.

This was the view from one of the mounds to another.

This was at the Atlanta museum, we were dressing up.

This was a fossil of a dinosaur

This is in the Atlanta aquarium.

We have also gone to Illinois, to visit our cousins, Disney World, and New York City.

Awards Day

2008-05-22T15:14:00.000-07:00

Where this is the last week of school, there are tons of awards day. Here are the awards that we got this week. (if i didn't forget anyone, or anything)

On Monday the 19th the little girls (Ella and Molly) got recognized for accelerated reader (ar) points.

Molly, who is in 1st grade, got a medal for getting over 100 ar points.

Ella, who is in 4th grade, got a trophy for getting over 200 ar points. She actually got 510 ar points, but they can't recognize anything over 200 ar points for privacy reasons! They did last year and all the other schools did, but can Hickory Creek? NO!!! They are not allowed, it is against the rules!

All awards from the Warren County Middle School are certificates, unless otherwise marked.
Yesterday, Wednesday the 21, Was Harrison's awards day at Warren County Middle School.

Harrison is not telling me what he got right now, but I think he got like 3 awards.

Today, Thursday the 22, was me and Lucy's awards day at WCMS.

Lucy got

the presidential gold award. To get this award you have to have made all a's or b's in your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade years. You also had to make advanced on TCAP in math and reading in your 7th grade year.
perfect attendance,
all a's in reading
and all a's in english.

(Lucy also got all a's in Science, but he messed up and forgot to give her award)

I (Rachel) got

the presidential gold award
HomEbase citizenship award- I got a certificate and a medal for this one
all a's in American History
best all around in Science- I got a certificate and a medal for this one
all a's in Science
all a's in English
all a's in Reading
top ar points for the team (634)

I don't think that William has an awards day.

Tomorrow we have to go pick up report cards and then...

NO MORE SCHOOL TIL AUGUST 7!!!!

My name

2008-05-22T14:53:00.000-07:00

I found this on Chris B's blog.

HowManyOfMe.com

There are
136
people with my name
in the U.S.A.

How many have your name?

That is how many people have my first and last name. This is how many people have just my first name...

There are 367,974 people in the U.S. with the first name Rachel.
Statistically the 156th most popular first name.
More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Rachel are female.

This is how many people (and some facts) that have just my last name...

There are 112,521 people in the U.S. with the last name Hale.
Statistically the 289th most popular last name.
Famous people with the last name Hale:
Alan Hale Jr.

How many people have your name?

What superhero am I?

2008-05-21T08:19:00.000-07:00

:
You are Superman

Superman		95%
Spider-Man		70%
Supergirl		50%
Green Lantern		50%
Robin		42%
Wonder Woman		40%
Iron Man		40%
Batman		30%
Hulk		30%
The Flash		25%
Catwoman		20%

You are mild-mannered, good,
strong and you love to help others.

Click here to take the "Which Superhero am I?" quiz...

Fun Monday

2008-05-17T20:23:00.000-07:00

Mariposa is hosting this week, she says-

FUN Monday is for us to have some FUN on a Monday...so I'm going to get into your minds and do just that...have some FUN!
Collections...
We all have them...and if you don't, you do....you just may not realize it. For some reason or another we all collect something and we collect it for reasons that will definitely make for good reading. So on Monday, I want to see your collection. If you don't have or don't want or CAN'T (wink) show us a picture, then tell us what the collection is in 10 words or less. Then tell us why you started collecting it.Some people have signed up already even before knowing the challenge...brave souls!!! I invite ALL of you to join...let's all make Monday a FUN Monday!!!

My collection in ten words of less...

I collect cards people send me.

I know that is not much,
and that I don't have any pictures.
Who cares? sorry, i should put pictures
it is just that I am to dang lazy,sorry!

Nancy Drew

2008-05-16T19:55:00.000-07:00

Have any of you seen Nancy Drew? We bought it the first night that it cam out because my mom and little sister are HUGE fans of her. Anyway, we were going to have a Nancy Drew party. We would get all the boys out of the house, invite the Caten girls over, eat Nancy Drew casserole, and watch Nancy Drew. Everything was set and we were going to have it on the day that Nancy Drew came out, unfortunately Ella got sick. This is not just a cold, but something that catches (I don't remember what it was exactly). We had to call the Catens and reschedule :(. That was like 2 moths ago and guess what we did tonight?

You got it! We finally had that party. The boys were going to be out of the house anyway tonight because it was the father son camp out. We invited the Catens, Mathenys, and Solomons. The Mathenys and Solomons couldn't come, but the Catens still could! It was back to the original people. We didn't have the Nancy Drew Casserole though. We had something much better- Waffles. There is a small story behind my waffle maker.

For Christmas last year I wanted a waffle maker, but not just any waffle maker- oh no. I wanted the best kind there was, like at hotels. I wanted a Belgian waffle maker. Christmas at our house came and went and I didn't get it. Then I went to my grandmas for Christmas and I got it! I was soooo excited. when we got home we had the waffles and they were absolutely awesome! They were so good that we decided that when we had all the young women over for the 6 month planning party this is what we were going to have. The party came and all the girls were here and guess what? The waffle maker doesn't work. I was upset. Don't worry though, the story has a happy ending. My mom called the company that makes the waffle maker, told them the story and they replaced it!! :) It was a happy day!

So we had this party with the Caten and the Hale(me) girls. It started about 5:30 and we didn't really do anything until about 6:00. At 6, we ate. then about 7, we put on Nancy Drew. It ended about 9 and we talked and did nothing till about 9:45. Then the Catens had to leave and we got ready for bed. It was a good day, and I enjoyed it.

Email

2008-05-12T13:48:00.000-07:00

This is another one of those emails I liked and thought that you might like too.
It looks like this bird has no head! Ahhhhh

How do you think those shoes made that shadow?

How sweet!

Realize how the light from the spaceship is right on the boy? do you think he is still on the Earth, or did they take him back?

I repeat, How sweet!

This picture didn't copy so well. In the good picture you can really tell that the crane looks like it is holding the moon there, or about to pick it up.

Mothers Day

2008-05-11T08:39:00.000-07:00

My Mom is a very special person! She cooks, and cleans all day long and is happy to do so. She makes this world go round! Thanks Mom!

I hope everybody has a nice Mothers Day!

find out what you are

2008-05-10T13:44:00.000-07:00

Birth Test
Let me know your number (leave a comment) Have fun!
Our Birth Date describes who we are, what we are good at, and what our inborn abilities are. It also points to what we have to learn and the challenges we are facing. To figure out your Birth Number, add all the numbers in your Birth Date together, like in the following example, until there is only one digit.
A Birth Number does not prevent you from being anything you want to be; it will just color your choice differently and give you a little insight.
Example: March 20, 1950
3 + 20 + 1950 = 1973
1 + 9 + 7 + 3 = 20
2 + 0 = 2
Keep going until you end up with a single digit number.
2 is the Birth Number to read for the Birth Date in the example.
#1 THE ORIGINATOR
#2 THE PEACEMAKER
#3 THE LIFE OF THE PARTY
#4 THE CONSERVATIVE
#5 THE NONCONFORMIST
#6 THE ROMANTIC
#7 THE INTELLECTUAL
#8 THE BIG SHOT
#9 THE PERFORMER
# 1 - THE ORIGINATOR - 1s are originals Coming up with new ideas and executing them is natural. Having things their own way is another trait that gets them labeled as being stubborn and arrogant. 1's are extremely honest and would do well to learn some diplomacy skills. They like to take the initiative and are often leaders or bosses, as they like to be the best. Being self-employed is definitely helpful for them. Lessons to learn: Others' ideas might be just as good or better; and to stay open
minded. Famous 1s - Tom Hanks, Robert Redford, Hulk Hogan, Carol Burnett, Wynona Judd, Nancy Reagan, and Raquel Welch.
# 2 - THE PEACEMAKER - 2s are the born diplomats. They are aware of others' needs and moods and often think of others before themselves. Naturally analytical and very intuitive, they don't like to be alone. Friendship and companionship are very important and can lead them to be successful in life but, on the other hand, they'd rather be alone than in an uncomfortable relationship. Being naturally shy, they should learn to
boost their self-esteem and express themselves freely and seize the moment and not put things off. Famous 2s - Orlando Bloom, President Bill Clinton, Madonna, Whoopie Goldberg, Thomas Edison, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emily Gawel
# 3 - THE LIFE OF THE PARTY - 3s are idealists. They are very creative, social, charming, romantic, and easygoing. They start many things but don't always see them through. They like others to be happy and go to great lengths to achieve it They are very popular and idealistic. They should learn to see the world from a more realistic point of view. Famous 3s - Alan Alda, Ann L anders, Bill Cosby, Melanie Griffith, Salvador Dali, and Jodi Foster
# 4 - THE CONSERVATIVE - 4s are sensible and traditional. They like order and routine. They only act when they fully understand what they're expected to do. They like getting their hands dirty and working hard. They are attracted to the outdoors and feel an affinity with nature. They are prepared to wait and can be stubborn and persistent. They should learn to be more flexible and to be nice to themselves. Famous 4s - Neil Diamond, Margaret Thatcher, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tina Turner, Paul Hogan, and Oprah Winfrey
# 5 - THE NONCONFORMIST - 5s are the explorers. Their natural curiosity, risk taking, and enthusiasm often land them in hot water. They need diversity, and don't like to be stuck in a rut. The whole world is their school and they see a learning possibility in every situation. The questions never stop. They are well advised to look before they take action and make sure they have all the facts before jumping to conclusions.
Famous 5s - Abraham Lincoln, Charlotte Bronte, Jessica Walter, Vincent Van Gogh, Bette Midler, Helen Keller and Mark Hail.
# 6 - THE ROMANTIC - 6s are idealistic and need to feel useful to be happy. A strong family connection is important to them. Their actions influence their decisions. They have a strong urge to take care of others and to help. They are very loyal and make great teachers. They like art or music. They make loyal friends who take the friendship seriously. 6s should learn to differentiate between what they can change and what they cannot. Famous 6s - Albert Einstein, Jane Seymour, John Denver, Meryl Streep, Christopher Columbus, Goldie Hawn, and Rachel Hale.
# 7 - THE INTELLECTUAL - 7s are the searchers. Always probing for hidden information, they find it difficult to accept things at face value Emotions don't sway their de cision s. Questioning everything in life, they don't like to be questioned themselves. They're never off to a fast start, and their motto is 'slow and steady wins the race' They come across as philosophers and being very knowledgeable, and sometimes as loners. They are technically inclined and make great researchers uncovering information. They like secrets. They live in their own world and should learn what is acceptable and what is not in the world at large. Famous 7s - William Shakespeare, Lucille Ball, Michael Jackson, Joan Baez, Princess Diana, and Vince Ricciardi.
# 8 - THE BIG SHOT - 8s are the problem solvers. They are professional, blunt, and to the point, have good judgment and are decisive. They have grand plans and like to live the good life. They take charge of people. They view people objectively. They should learn to base their decisions on their own needs rather than on what others want. Famous 8s - Edgar Cayce , Barbra Streisand, George Harrison, Jane Fonda, Pablo Picasso, Aretha Franklin, and Nostradamus.
# 9 - THE PERFORMER - 9s are natural entertainers. They are very caring and generous, giving away their last dollar to help. With their charm, they have no problem making friends and nobody is a stranger to them. They have so many different personalities that people around them have a hard time understanding them. They are like chameleons, ever changing and blending in. They have tremendous luck, but also can suffer from extremes in fortune and mood. To be successful, they need to build a loving foundation. Famous 9s - Albert Schweitzer, Shirley McLain, Harrison Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Elvis Presley
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect, it just means that you have decided to see beyond the imperfections

Watch out!

2008-05-07T14:00:00.000-07:00

For all of you that are over 16, you better be careful! William has finished his eagle project, so that means...

He got his DRIVERS LICENSE!!!!

It was very dramatic!

He finished his eagle on Saturday, but couldn't get his license because they wouldn't be open- or on Sunday. On Monday he went to get his license- he was sooooo excited. Unfortunately When he got there, guess what They were closed! So he finally got it on Tuesday. He drove Ella to ball practice, and then this morning he drove himself to school, then today after school he took Harrison, Bryce, and himself to band practice. This is a very exciting time for us all!

Party pictures part 2- hair

2008-04-30T19:37:00.000-07:00

We (Lucy, Lyndi, Leah, Paige, and I)decided that my hair would look better with gel, hairspray, a hairdryer, and even a fan put to it.

This is Lyndi, hairspraying my hair

Here I am showing off my hair
We were still working on it
This is the back
I might be leaning back a little bit, but not much in this picture, that is all hair spray, gel
Sorry this picture is sideways, this is me, with the hairdryer

this is lyndi trying tomake her hair as cool as mine, even though it just stayed like it was( mainly because her dad came then)
We crimped Leahs hair, it was very pretty, just like her moms!

Dodo and the twig of insanity

2008-04-29T17:56:00.000-07:00

I am in a movie!!! Yeah!! produced by my brother Who cares? I am in a movie! Using the potato candy theme, we made a movie called Dodo and the twig of insanity. William directed it, and I am the star!

As you can see, I am on my way to become a famous movie star. I will try to remember you all when I am rich and famous.

Potato Candy

2008-04-27T15:33:00.000-07:00

I made the best candy the other day. Some people do not like this because it is REALLY sweet! Some people say that it is pure sugar, it is not, but almost. It consists of..

1/4 cup potato
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 box (1 lb) powdered sugar
peanut butter

Mash potato, add vanilla, and powdered sugar. This should form a sort-of doughy substance. divide dough into 4 pieces. roll between two pieces wax paper till 1/8 inch thick. spread thin layer of peanut butter. roll up. refrigerate over night, cut up and serve.

This is a good Sunday treat for if you want something REALLY sweet!

Milk

2008-04-24T19:14:00.001-07:00

How many gallons of milk did you buy last time you went to the store?

Guess how many we got.

37.

no, not 3.7, 37 gallons of milk.

That was on April 14.

Today is on April 24.

Daily milk count shows that we have a total of

16 gallons left! that averages about 2 gallons a day.

I don't care what you say, that is a lot of milk!

Why, you might ask, did you buy all this milk?

Well, a nice lady named Sister Vasquez called us to tell us that milk was on sale for

$1.00 a gallon!!! yeah!!!!!! no 2 cups a day limit for like an entire month!!

To get the full story, go to my moms blog.

Rachel's Party, part 1, the skittles game

2008-04-22T19:05:00.000-07:00

Elder Carter told a story about us on his blog, so here is a post dedicated to him. Have any of you guys ever heard of the skittles game? I hadn't either until a couple of years ago when elder Ben Carter came over and taught us how to play. When Elder Carter played this game, he actually threw it up on the carpet, and then ate it again!! The object of the game is to get as grossed out as you possibly can, and then throw up because you ate so much. How you play is.. You take a big bag of skittles. the first person draws 2 skittles from the bag. If they are the same color, you may chew. If they are not the same color you just have to sit there with them in your mouth and not chew. More often than not, you draw out to different colors. If you draw out 2 of the same colors, chew fast, because you have to stop chewing when the next person draws out 2 of the same colors, or if it gets back to you. This is Lucy after not chewing for a while.
Page, trying to keep them all in.
Lindy, she couldn't stop laughing.

Beautiful me!

Yeah!! I drew out two the same color!
Poor Leah (both the picture above me and below) she only got to chew like 2 times the entire game! Needless to say,this is NOT her favorite game

It was kinda hard to keep it in, as you see from Lyndi's face.

I don' t know what happened here, but it looks like a skittle that didn't want to get eaten. Part 2 to come. What happens when this group of girls gets into a bottle of hairspray and gel?

All along the watch tower

2008-04-19T13:05:00.000-07:00

These are my brothers and their friends.

William is at the drums.

Harrison is at the bass guitar.

Their friend Hayden is playing electric guitar.

Their other friend Bryce plays rhythm guitar and is singing.

congratulations on learning to play that whole song in one day!!

The Flight of the Conchords

2008-04-10T19:31:00.000-07:00

My mom found this video. You might want to make sure that you are somewhere that you can laugh, because you will laugh!

Help with autism

2008-04-10T14:10:00.000-07:00

Michelle put a link on her blog that takes you to the Chevrolet/ Malibu site. If you watch a short segment (about the Malibu car) Chevrolet will donate some $ to autism. It will only take a minute- literally. So click here and go play the segment, help Michelle and her 2 autistic kids!

Day lilies anyone?

2008-04-09T14:16:00.000-07:00

Edit* I forgot to tell you that the cost for the day lilies is $1.00 and $2.00 for me to come and plant them( if you live close by, if not, you have to also pay for my plane ticket and my food :) )

This year for *girls camp we have been advised to earn some of the money ourselves and not to rely entirely on our parents, or whoever pays for it.

So to help us out we have the wonderful (drum roll please) TIM HITCHOCK!!! Brother Hitchock has said that he will donate day lilies if we would sell them and take all of the money and use it to pay for girls camp.

If anybody would like to buy some( if you live close enough so that i can give them to you, or you can pay for them to be mailed, if they can be mailed) just give me a call! (if you want my #, leave a comment) Again all this is made possible by the wonderful TIM HITCHOCK!! Thanks so mush Brother Hitchock!!

*Girls camp is a church camp that we go to every year between the ages of 12 and 18, it is the best camp in the world!!!

Cat's with attitude email

2008-04-08T19:37:00.000-07:00

I got this funny email from my sister. It is called catz with attitude! I laughed, hope you do too!

Family Home Evening (FHE)

2008-04-06T18:59:00.000-07:00

We had a funny fhe last Monday. It went something like this..

Dad welcomed us, we had opening prayer and song. Dad then turned it over to Lucy who had the activity (we did the activity first because we had to do it outside and wanted to do it before dark.)
Guess what the activity was.

A spitting contest!!!

Lucy got a pitcher of water and dyed it green and we had a spitting contest. Dad won.

Then we came back inside for the lesson- by Molly.
Molly is only 7 so her lesson was just to show us a picture and then to ask us questions. The topic was baptism. We had a conversation that was a little bit different, this is how it went...

Molly: Who knows where Jesus was baptised?

Everybody: waving hands around widely to show how excited we are that she taught us so well.

Molly: Dad.

Everybody: Man I can't believe that she didn't choose me! (sarcastically)

Molly: (at the same time we were talking) Reading ahead in her lesson, not paying any attention to what is going on.

Everybody: gets quiet, waiting for Molly, and Dad to answer.

Molly: Realizes that everybody has gotten quiet and looks up.

Dad: (without ever answering) Did I get it right?

Molly: (not hearing what dad answered, but sure, since he is dad, was right) Say's Yes, good job!!

(We all laughed)

Molly: asks next question

Everybody: waves hand around widely

Molly: William

William: answer's question.

Molly: asks next question

Everybody: waving hands wildly( except for William, since he just answered he figured that he wouldn't get called on again so he just has his hand up.)

Molly: William

William: answers question.

Molly: asks next question

Everybody: waving hands wildly (except for William who is sure that since he just answered the last 2 questions that it is somebody else's turn, he doesn't even raise his hand)

Molly: William

William: answers question( looking around to see if anybody else realizes this weird thing that is happening- we all do)

Molly: That's my lesson- Thanks for participating!

Yeah, she just picked dad for the first one and William for all the rest- oh well, she is 7.

We then take the pie that mom has made and take it over to the bishops house. At the bishops house dad finds a craw dad and shows it to us. Mom is horrified. Then after dad puts the crawdad back, molly comes up and gently rubs against mom, mom screams thinking that it is the crawdad. Then me, who is standing right next to her screams, then Lucy who is standing right next to me, then the bishops wife and daughter scream because they are standing right next to Lucy. We all laugh then because we realize that we all screamed just because molly rubbed up against mom- well mom didn't laugh because she doesn't think that it is funny when we pretend that some animal is touching her. When we are heading out to the car Lucy rubs up against mom, and she screams again.

It was a fun Family Home Evening!

An Awesome gift.

2008-04-04T11:36:00.000-07:00

Awards are down below, make sure and check to see if you got one!!

Yesterday we recieved a package in the mail. hmmm what could it be? Nobody knew.

We shook it- it jingled.

What could it be, we all asked?

We decided to open it, and what did we find?

why it was *CTR rings from Ben Carter.

We are soooo thankful for this! He gave us like 20 rings in all shapes and sizes. We each took a couple that we liked the best, and now we all have ( at least 2) CTR rings!

It is very exciting! - I even have a pink one, to match all my stuff!

Thanks elder Carter!!!

*CTR stands for Choose The Right.

Awards

2008-04-03T18:10:00.000-07:00

This is awesome!! I am getting an award! The award is from my awesome aunts sil. Does that make her my great aunt, or my second aunt (you know like 2nd cousins) This is hard.

I can't just get an award, No I have to do some stuff first! We'll here are the rules (taken from Chrys' blog)...

Acknowledge the post of the award giver, that would be ME! because I am all about attention.Write a post with links to five blogs that make your day. Display the “You Make My Day Award” logo. Tell the award winners that they have won by commenting on their blogs or emailing them the news.

Here are my 5 people

Good Luck!!

What kind of shoe are you?

2008-04-02T20:38:00.000-07:00

You Are Cowboy Boots

This doesn't mean you're country, just funky.

You've got a ton of attitude and confidence.

You're unique, expressive, and even a little bit wacky.

You wear whatever you feel like â€“ and you have your own sense of style.

You are straight shooting and honest. You tell people how it is.

Low maintenance and free wheeling, you're always up for an adventure.

You should live: Where you can at least get to wide open spaces

You should work: In a job that allows you to take change

What Kind of Shoe Are You?

who knew?

This is weird

2008-04-01T15:51:00.000-07:00

Scroll down for Fun Monday

I got this email from my friend Lindsey, I also heard that Michelle sent it to some people It is really weird and it works, at least for me. You don't have to download anything or something like that, but you might need a calculator. Try it!!

YOUR AGE BY EATING OUT
Don't tell me your age; you probably would tell a falsehood anyway-but your waiter may know!

YOUR AGE BY DINER & RESTAURANT MATH This is pretty neat DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!
It takes less than a minute. Work this out as you read .
Be sure you don't read the bottom until you've worked it out! This is not one of those waste of time things, it's fun.

1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to go out to eat. (more than once but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
3. Add 5
4. Multiply it by 50
5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1758... If you haven't, add 1757.
6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.
You should have a three digit number
The first digit of this was your original number. ( I. e., How many times you want to go out to restaurants in a week.)
The next two numbers are YOUR AGE ! ------ (Oh YES, it is!) THIS IS THE ONLY YEAR (2008) IT WILL EVER WORK, SO SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE IT LASTS

Fun Monday 3/31/08

2008-03-30T19:31:00.000-07:00

Fun Monday!!!

This week sounds like it might be fun! Robin is hosting this week, and here is what she says...

please share words that inspire and motivate you--brief or bloviatory, silly or serious, from great world leaders to last night's Comedy Central...from a Hallmark greeting card to your favorite book. Choose one, choose many; let the quotes stand on their own or tell where you first read or heard them and how they affected you. There's a lot of leeway with how this topic can be handled.

Here is my quote

"In three words I can tell you everything that I have learned about life - It goes on."

- Robert Frost

Now that goes deep!

Why?

2008-03-30T08:30:00.000-07:00

I was on someones blog- don't remember who- and I saw this little thingy. It said that if I went to this certain site it would tell me what education to be in to be able to understand my blog, this is kind of weird because I am only in Middle School, yet this is what my blog is rated

Why is it rated like that? Can anyone tell me?

catching up

2008-03-29T20:17:00.000-07:00

okay I have not posted since we left for Disney World. A couple of things have happened.

One thing that happened is that my contest is over and Michelle won!! congratulations!
your package will be arriving soon.

Another thing is that we got back from Disney World- It was awesome!
You know how on some of the rides they take your picture? well, they do. Anyway my grandfather bought us a POSTER SIZE!!! picture of us on one of those rides. We are going to put it above our bathroom. Lucy joked that now when people are sick they might have an easier job throwing up! head over to my moms blog to get the full story of what we did there.

William is trying to find a job- way to go, and hopefully you can find it!

Lucy and I had our birthday on Tuesday March 25. I got an Ipod video, efy (a cool camp), a shopping trip, a necklace, a towel, and some candy.

Lucy and I got to go shopping in Murfresboro yesterday and stay the night at Gretchen's, she has pictures.

I got an award!! It is pretty darn exciting!

Well, that is about all that happened here lately.

My first contest/giveaway

2008-03-25T11:43:00.000-07:00

*This is a sticky post, go down for more up to date post!!* (Fun Monday, and taggs are down a little bit)

Okay, I am soo excited. I am going to have my first giveaway. What you will get is a surprise (just remember that I am a PINK basement dweller).
Everybody has a little bit of a creative side to them, and this is were you have to use it.

Here are the rules.

1. When you stuff a pillow, you use stuffing. The other day I was making a pillow and didn't have any stuffing. So what did I use? (Well, nothing. I just put it away to finish later.) The assignment is to come up with something outrageous to stuff a pillow with. No stuffing, No liqiuds. Other than that though there is nothing that you can't stuff your pillow with. Keep in mind that you do not have to stuff a pillow to make sure that it works- just make it sound like it would work.

2. You have to put a post on your blog saying how wonderful I am, and don't forget to metion that I am giving something away. I will check to see that you put a post on your blog, if you do not have a blog then please say so in your comment.

The drawing will be held on Tuesday, March 25- because that is my birthday.

Fun Monday

2008-03-22T08:56:00.000-07:00

Can you see where it says Fun Monday?

Anyway Swampwitch is hosting this week and here is what she says...

Choose a topic/theme and make an alphabetical list of words, phrases, photos...however you want to share your topic/theme.

Topics can range from pet-peeves, vacations, people who have influenced your life, jokes, favorites, philosopher's quotes/sayings, birds, flowers...anything. The sky is the limit. Your ABC list can be depicted with words, photos, illustrations... You are limited only by your imagination. Be funny. Be serious. Be creative. Be sarcastic. Be there, or be square.

And, yes, of course you may bend the rules. Just entertain us. If you can't do all TWENTY-SIX, do as many as you can. (If you have kiddos, let them join the fun and help with the list. Make it a family, brainstorming session

Okay here are my random ABC's

Amazing
Beautiful
Creative
Dangerous
Evil
Feisty
Grumpy
Happy
Interrogating
Junk
Kind
Lovely
Moving
Nauseating
Organic
Pretty in Pink
Questionable
Remarkable
Sweet
Tasty
Unreliable
Vortex
Wonderful
Xebec (small three-masted pirate ship)
Yam
Zebra

For those of you that have a hard time finding some words to use, I found this website that might give you a hand.

And for those of you that have a hard time remembering the alphabet here is a video that might be able to help you with that..

Good luck!

Going, Going, Gone

2008-03-15T12:54:00.000-07:00

Okay, It is possible that I will not be posting for about a week or so. My Grandparents are taking us to

Guess where

Disney World
I have some questions for those of you who have been to DW- are the best rides there? Does anyone know? We will be leaving on Monday and will not be coming back until Friday.

What do these 2 have in common?

2008-03-12T13:38:00.001-07:00

What do these 2 have in common?

In this next one I am talking about the boy in a terrible need of a hair cut.

No, it is not that there hair is almost the same length, though that is a good guess.

It is that they are both gifted- really smart. William has known since about 6th grade, but Molly just found out today. She is very excited!
Congratulations Molly!!!

Fun Monday

2008-03-10T13:46:00.000-07:00

It is Funnnn Monday time agian!!

the i.t. guy is hosting this week and this is the assignment this week....

I need YOU (yes, the wonderful YOU!) to pick 5 memorable lines from 5 different movies (if you could tell us which character said it and to whom, would be a bonus)...and tell us to WHOM (who in the people in your life) you could have said those lines.

Here are my 5..

"But my lips hurt real bad!"
Napolean Dynamite

"As you wish"
The Princes Bride

"Don't Worry, everything will be alright!"
I don't know what this is from, but I hear it all the time and I know that it has been on some movies.

"Just make yourself a dang quessa dilla!"
Napolean Dynamite (I don't think that I spelled that right, but who cares?)

"If I'm not out soon, that means something bad has probably happened"
Nancy Drew

"May the force be with you"
Star Wars

I've been tagged!!

2008-03-09T10:56:00.000-07:00

I have been tagged by Michelle! Here are the rules

1. Write your own six word memoir

2. Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you’d like

3. Link to the person that tagged you in your post and to this original post if possible, so we can track it as it travels across the blogosphere.

4. Tag five more blogs with links

5. Remember to leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play!Here is my six word memoir...

Everything is better painted hot pink.

Here are the people that I have tagged...

life is a spasm

duck duck cow

and i mean it

Ben and Mandy Carter

Chrys Solomon

good luck!

What Mom Found

2008-03-06T06:54:00.000-08:00

Guess what mom found?

Go ahead and guess.

She found Williams CAR KEYES!!!!

It was an exciting day! Mom and William went to go and look for Williams keyes agian where he played paintball, this time though, they took a medal decter. Well, me, papa, dad, and william have all looked for his keyes at the exact same place that mom looked once and found them. What is it that moms have that enables them to find lost stuff? I don't know, do you?

William's Car

2008-03-04T16:18:00.000-08:00

What did William buy with his birthday $?

I'll give you a hint... He turned 16.

That's right, he got a car!!! It is a black Nissian Sentra. This is not Williams exact car, but it looks just like it. I couldn't get the pictures of his car to load onto blogger.

So William got his car on Friday. Then guess what he did on Saturday? No, he did not take it for a sweet ride. Come on, keep guessing.

Well Saturday morning he went and cut some wood for the rest of winter.

Then he went and played paint-ball with his friend in the woods.

Then he went to the friends house and played.

During that time, something was lost, but what?

I'll give you a hint. You have to have this to use the car.

Yes, he lost his only set of keys. These are not just keys that you can replace for like $10. Oh,no these are keys that cost about $100 to replace!!

Okay, so we have looked in his room, at the spot where he played paintball, and at the friends house, anymore ideas?

Free Stuff

2008-02-29T17:05:00.000-08:00

Okay, if you are a girly girl, or what to win some girly girl stuff for any reason go ahead over to Michelle's blog and enter to win some girly-girl stuff!

Lets go play outside..time to come in, it is snowing!

2008-02-26T22:27:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was so nice! The weather was so lovely that we all decided to stay outside most of the day(with the exception of William because he was sick) The temp. was like in the 60s or something!It was marvelous! We played on our barn roof and then we just hung around. It was fun!
Then today- it snows! That is exciting because tomorrow we don't have school!

Here we all are playing on the barn-except me and William. Me because I am taking the pictures and William because he is sick.

Ella, Ella, Ella- she was trying to walk the beam!

This is Molly- she likes to feel the wind.

This is about 1/2 of Harrison and about 3/4 of Ella. It was hard to get a good picture because they were having a race or something.

It was so warm that we didn't even all wear shoes!

Then today- It snows!!

We had to build a fire!

Look at the suburban- it is covered with snow!

Fun Monday

2008-02-24T18:30:00.000-08:00

Well it is Fun Monday again!! http://mariposatells.blogspot.com/ is hosting it this week and the assignment is...

I'll only be asking TWO things -

(1) Please share to us how the NAME of your BLOG was made? I can't wait to hear interesting funny stories!

(2) Please share to us (in words or photo, though a combination of both will be a bonus!) your favorite/ most common dish!

The part of Fun Monday where I tell why I named my blog this and why...

How many of you would like to live here?

How about here? I would rather not, so I redid a room in our basement (that is were the basement part of the name comes in- the next post are where the pink comes in)This is where pink meets the basement.
This is my messy-organized room, it is pink!!
This is my awesome bed- my dad built it for me- it swings!! I got this for V-day. I like it because it is pink.

The recipe part of Fun Monday
( I got this off of my moms other blog www.shecooksforthefamily.blogspot.com)

Okay, so this is like the best cake ever!! It makes a perfect after school snack. This also make a perfect cake to take to a party or, like us, a treat to make on a Sunday afternoon. We loooooove this, even Harrison likes it!! So how you make it is..........

1 Yellow cake mix
1 stick of melted butter
1 egg
you mix all of these items together and then pat into the bottom of a greased 9 by 13 pan. This will serve as the bottom of the cake and taste very good.

1 8 ounce thing of cream cheese
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 stick melted butter
1 pound powdered sugar
Beat the cream cheese till it is smooth, then add the eggs, vanilla, and butter. Mix well. Then you add the pound of powdered sugar and mix well again. Once you have done all of this, you need to spread it over the top of th cake batter that you have already put in the 9 by 13 pan. Then bake 40-50 min. the center should be a little gooey.

Williams Birthday Pictures

2008-02-23T14:29:00.000-08:00

Here is a BLT. William's favorite sandwich. We ate BLT's on William's Birthday.This is a picture of someone in my family( I am not going to say who because they don't like their picture taken and I had to talk them into letting me post this one.
This is William after Molly and Ella finished feeding him part of the pie that got stuck on the candles, I have this picture again later, and again I am sorry.
This is William blowing out candles. He took his time and tried to blow them out one at a time.
Lucy carrying the pie with candles to William.

The candles, before they are lit.
agian
William counting to make sure that there are 16 candles.

Dinner on Williams b-day.

Dinner on Williams B-day.
William got this book from Lucy.
This is a BLT, one of Williams favorite meals.

google search engine

2008-02-21T16:22:00.000-08:00

You have probably noticed that there is a search engine tool bar at the top of the blog. Feel free to use it like you would the address bar, when you use it I get money, so go ahead and use it. I said that I get money, but I get like a penny every 100 people that use it or something, so it doesnt matter. Thanks

Give Away

2008-02-21T14:48:00.000-08:00

On http://simplyjoycatering.blogspot.com/ you can win some fabulous chocolate, head on over. Remember that the deadline is Friday Feb. 22. Get some free chocolate!! Here are the rules...

Ok, my blogger friends....it's time for February's give away!
This month I will be giving away a beautifully decorated tray of my
Mouth Watering Truffles.
Here's how to enter....Tell me how you met your beloved...You know that Valentine's Day is tomorrow and what a better way of kicking this off by sharing your stories. If you add a link to my blog and have your name mentioned your name will be added again to the pot. Good Luck!
I will draw out a winner on Friday, Feb. 22nd at 5 p.m.

I am a Pinky

2008-02-20T16:35:00.000-08:00

I took this quiz to find out what finger, yes I said finger, I am most like.

You Are a Pinky You are fiercely independent, and possibly downright weird.
A great communicator, you can get along with almost anyone.
You are kind and sympathetic. You support all your friends - and love them for who they are.

You get along well with: The Ring Finger

Stay away from: The Thumb

I guess that means I am small too. Yipee!! Head on over to find out what finger you are most like
http://www.blogthings.com/whatfingerareyouquiz/outcome.php

Happy Belated Birthday

2008-02-20T05:01:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was Williams Birthday!! He Is the big

16!!!!

Amazing
It is pretty darn crazy to have a 16 yr. old in the house!! I can't wait till he gets his drivers license!! It will be so cool to have a brother that can drive me around to anything I need...if i remember to ask nicely. Congratulations William!! ( I will post pictures from his family party later)

Fun Monday

2008-02-18T16:04:00.001-08:00

Every day as I go to work, I see things around me that
make me laugh. Usually these are in the forms of signs. So take your camera with
you as you go about your business and take a picture of the things that make you
laugh along the way (but it doesn't necessarily HAVE to be a sign).

That is the assignment this week. I don't have a picture, but I thought that this was funny. On one of the highways there is a billboard that says
"alcoholism, there is hope ahead"
Then the very next billboard( you can see it from the first billboard) says
" Vine Creek (is that the name?) Winery, next left"
I thought that that was kinda funny b/c they meant the first one to be for you to stop drinking, but then it made it look like they wanted you to continue drinking, I thought that it was pretty weird.

Wiiliam's Present from G.ma

2008-02-18T14:54:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow is Williams b-day, he will be 16 years old, yes that means that all of you that drive need to be very careful because he might be getting his drivers license!! For Williams birthday from g.ma and g.pa William asked for some money because he was saving up for a car, so what do they get him? well, money of course! but how much? Well they decided to put a decent chunk into his car payment.

guess how much he got!!

keep guessing!

It is possible that you got it right by now, but not likely.

HE GOT $4,000!!! THATS FOUR-THOUSAND DOLLARS!! CONGRATULATIONS!!

Well, I guess that it is time to go to the bank.

Riches- family

2008-02-17T19:14:00.000-08:00

This is the whole Riches family (only one generation) They were all dressed up in old-thyme clothes and had this picture taken, one of the boys in this picture is on a mission and one is supposed to get his mission call sometime this week!! congradulations!!
This is Megan Riches- she is also an awesome person!!
The girl in green is one of Jessica Riches friends, the girl in blue is Jessica Riches- she is also awesome!!
This is the youngest Riches- Kayla, isnt she cute!! The Riches are an awesome family!!

At the Riches -Lindsey

2008-02-17T18:56:00.000-08:00

Lindsey Making a fish face.

This is actually Megan (with Lindsey in thebackground, with braces) trying to look like a boy, note the picture in the background, that is one of Lucys favorite pictures.

Okay so today, Sunday, I woke up and went to church early with my dad. The reason that i went to church early with my dad is because I got to go to the Cookville Ward with the Riches!!! We have had so much fun!! These are all pictures of Lindsey Riches. She is AWESOME!!! I couldnt figure out how to upload more pictures than this, so I am going to post another post about Megan Riches.

The Name of my Bog, and Why

2008-02-17T05:20:00.000-08:00

You have probably noticed that the name of my blog is a little different. There are reasons for that. You see I am the only one that lives down in our unfinished basement. It floods sometimes, and yes if we by any chance have mice that year that is were they hang out, but who cares i'v got my own room!! Also where it is unfinished I can paint the walls and floor any color that i want. Guess what the colors are! You got it- the floor is hot pink and the walls are Pepto Bismal pink. That is why my name is the Pink Basement dweller. now when you say my name you have to make sure it is in a very deep voice!! That is how I do it atleast!!

WAHOOOO...I'v got my own blog!!!

2008-02-16T17:51:00.000-08:00

Okay I HAVE GOT MY OWN BLOG!!!! It is very exciting and i know that you are all very excited for me!! I have learned how to get pictures on my blog and everything!! EXCITING!!! was looking thru these pictures on our computer and found this picture that Mom took. I had to take my glasses off and I cant believe how much I look like Lucy!!! wierd.....you might even think that we were twins!!!!!