Tag your it???

Well, Shawna Gale got us!!! She has tagged us and we have to answer these questions and tag someone else. We shall see what trouble we get into with the answers to these...hahaha. Love ya Shawna! :)

5 Things Jeff & Cherie were doing 10 years ago:
*Living in Auburn in our apartment
*Jeff was at the Cable Office/Cherie at Roy Jones Dog Shows
*Jeff was playing piano for everything at church/Cherie taught seminary
*Our babies (kitties) were born in the garage at the house)
*Caring for mom and dad's house and driving them to everywhere...running ragged!!

5 Things on our to do list for today:
*Cook and eat dinner
*Visiting teaching
*Make the bed
*Clean cat box
*Clean up kitchen and run the wonderful dishwasher

5 Snacks Cherie loves:
*Always #1 POPCORN
*Nuts
*Potato Chips (I like to use cottage cheese as a dip)
*Cheese and crackers
*ice cream

5 Snacks Jeff loves:
*chips and salsa
*popcorn
*cookies
*ice cream
*cake

5 things we would do if we were a billionaire...
* Pay off debts
* Trust fund for nieces and nephews(for college etc)
* Home for us (dream homes in city, ocean, country and don't forget Europe!!!) and our family
* Cars...for us and family
* Breathe a sigh of relief and gratitude while at a VERY wonderful (and kind to us fat farm)...:)
I don't believe I can comprehend what a billion dollars is...I would find so many ways to help our families, friends and the world!!!!!


Tag your it...Antimony, Sarah Skinner and Liza Hunt. Please answer these questions on your blog and tag someone else...will you play tag with us???

Loving Icicles

Icicles! I remember being a kid and loving it when an icicle would hang down from the roof...or somewhere. We would break them off and suck on them holding them in our gloves or mittens. Well, these past few days...I know what it is like being an icicle. I am sure when that warm tongue touched the icicle it felt wonderful and said thank you human for picking me to warm up! hahahaha.
To make a long blog short...it has been cold and I love having somewhere warm to be. Jeff said yesterday to me..."You know I am so glad we have these walls to protect us from the cold outside." We had just come home from being out. I guess we learn appreciation for things in many ways. I am done appreciating being warm...but...Thanks Heavenly Father for warmth. And PLEASE keep everyone warm especially during this horrible cold spell.
It really wouldn't take long to freeze outside so stay inside will ya?

Sing, sing a song

Yes, I know, it's been a while. Cherie just wrote a wonderful entry about our kitty babies. Yes, they are babies to me and Cherie. They are great. I was sitting here at work, though, and listening to the radio. Snow is coming down and so they are announcing accidents on the roads and to be careful when you go out. What a day! I do love snow - just not the mess. Anywho, as I was listening a song came on that holds some memories for me. It's the song by Shania Twain, "From This Moment On". Well, I was asked to sing at a wedding several years ago. Before teh job I am at now, I worked at a cable company in Auburn, IN. I loved my co-workers and we had a great time with each other. I guess I bragged a bit too much about my singing and so I was asked by my boss' daughter to sing at her wedding - that song. I bought the instrumental soundtrack to it so it would sound more professional. Everyone I worked with was coming. Now, I have to say that I have sung quite a bit over the years - I've sung at church, in California on my mission, at BYU - and even tried out for several things there, including the Young Ambassadors (which I did not make, by the way). So, I was pretty confident about this. WRONG! You always hear how someone has one of those times when something they are pretty good at goes wrong? Well, this was mine. I had practiced quite a bit for me, which is unusual, because I'm usually ok off the cuff, but I dont' usually sing to pre-recorded background music. So, at the rehearsal, it got to the point where I was supposed to do my part. They handed me a microphone and nothing would come out. I am not kidding! I was just off key and could not get the right notes. It was so embarrassing and it really threw me off badly. I mean here I am, the only musical number and I'm also singing while they go up and light a unity candle! This is supposed to be a beautiful moment. I was also playing the organ for the ceremony. The organ this church had was a keyboard - quite elaborate, too. It could do anything. It was one of those where you just stand and play, too - kind of like Laurie Partridge on the "Partridge Family". So, I was a bit out of my element there, too. Plus, I couldn't get the organ to sound the right way for me. I was a nervous wreck. I never did make it through my song that night. The next day was the wedding and I was sure I'd do better. Bad rehearsals usually have meant a good performance in the past for me. Not this time. I did manage to get the right starting note, but my voice was shaky and I missed several notes that were higher. In my opinion, it was awful. We had the guy who made our commercials locally doing the video-taping, too, so I'm sure there somewhere on Becky's wedding video is the worst version of "From This Moment On". Don't ask me why I chose to re-live this, but everytime I hear that song part of me cringes. It was by far the worse performance I've ever had. I have wondered since then was it because I was intimidated by the people I worked with and so I wanted desperately to make a good impression? Was it the music itself? I had remembered Greg, our video guy, saying that when he taped local pageants that a lot of the contestants who used pre-recorded music sounded awful. Maybe that did it. Plus, I knew how they had razed those who had done so poorly in pageants and things. I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to be talked about. How wrong I was. I have never been so glad to have a wedding be done. I even messed up the organ music while they exited. I mean I was shaking. My hands, my voice. I could have just sat down in front and cried, but there I was like Laurie Partridge, standing there playing that dumb keyboard and trying to look cool and composed. Wow, what a day. Eight years later and it still haunts me. I love to sing and I love music, but that was one day that could be easily forgotten. Just thought you'd like to know.

2009 is here...it is January

Boy oh boy...we don't write on here very often do we? Is our life that boring? Actually, we aren't really exciting, however, things do happen but it is hard to decide what you would want to read about. Our lives the last couple of years have been the same ol same ol. Mom, the new apartment, Jeff's job and all the stress...that is why I don't share a whole lot.
Our kitties are wonderful!!! We don't have kids but we have kits...they are our pride and joy. We are struggling with diabetes in Penelope. She is such a sweet girl kitty. She takes insulin shots twice a day and seems to be doing a bit better. The vet would like to have her stay at the office for observation to check her sugars...but...I can't imagine her staying away from home all by herself. I know...some would say...she is a cat...but you know what? She is my cat...she is my daughter...the only one I will have...I can't bear to have her fret. She is our little worrier anyway. I have thought about asking if I could stay there with her...however, they probably wouldn't let me. Maybe if I took her in early in the morning and then stayed there with her all day and they took blood and such and I could bring her back home at night? At least I could be there with her since she would be in a strange place. Well, that is our Penelope. Our little sweetie girl kitty.
Our boy kitty, Marmalade, is more outgoing. He is resting right now on the bed. He is so tired from running around after his mom, grandma, sister and Papi, and from running and jumping window to window checking all the comings and goings in our neighborhood and, of course, cleaning himself. He has to rest alot! Timi took this picture of them eating their Christmas dinner. They have a can of tuna for special meals. They got a tuna dinner for New Years as well. They LOVE tuna!!!
I feel like a shut in! I am scared to death to try and walk on ice and we have had so much of it since before Christmas. I seem to get out maybe once a week. OK, I am a chicken. I have been chicken ever since I fell about 4 years or so ago. I broke my leg...Chris Filoso, Dave Patterson and Jeff will never forget it. They were the "crane" that had to pick me up!!!! I don't want to fall again! Breaking a bone hurts and my pride is tender, as well. Ha.