Dang...

OK, so I read a funny little thing once. It was a list. You know one of those things like "You know you live in Utah if..." or "You know you have kids if..." Well, This one was "You know you are a cyber-nerd if..." I am not going to lie, I was kind-of surprised (ok not very surprised at all) to learn that I could check off almost all of the thing that make you a "cyber-nerd." Things like having a blog (that you actually update), checking your email multiple times a day, Being on multiple networking sites (MySpace, Facebook), and having more contact online with family and friends than offline (cut me some slack on this one I live far from most of my friends and all my family). It also had things like "You would rather order a pizza online than on the phone" (that is so me-I hate the phone.). Like I said, I could check all of these things off, but there was one major one that I did not have that made me feel I could still claim not to be a cyber-nerd. It said "You know you are a cyber nerd if you have more than 300 friends on Facebook." Fwww, I thought, I don't have even close to that many-I am SOOOO not a cyber-nerd!" I have been holding on to that for quite a while.

Now I have 312 friends on Facebook....

Dang!

As seen on Trieste's blog

OK, so Trieste posted this link that is awesome!! It tells you about your birthdate. Lots of interesting stuff. Check it out. It is http://www.paulsadowski.com/birthday.asp. This is what it says about my birthday:

13 September 1978

Your date of conception was on or about 21 December 1977 which was a Wednesday.

You were born on a Wednesday under the astrological sign Virgo.

Your Life path number is 11.

Your fortune cookie reads: Fame, riches and romance are yours for the asking.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 3 & 6.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 9.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2443764.5.
The golden number for 1978 is 3.
The epact number for 1978 is 21.
The year 1978 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/7/1978 and ending 1/27/1979.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Horse.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Bear; your plant is Violets.
You were born in the Egyptian month of Hathys, the third month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 11 Elul 5738. Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 12 Elul 5738.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.5.4.0 which is 12 baktun 18 katun 5 tun 4 uinal 0 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Wednsday, 10 Shavval 1398 (1398-10-10).

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 26 March 1978.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 30 April 1978.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 8 February 1978.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 14 May 1978.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 21 May 1978.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Monday, 2 October 1978.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Saturday, 22 April 1978.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 7 February 1978.

As of 5/28/2008 12:14:46 AM EDTYou are 29 years old.
You are 356 months old.
You are 1,550 weeks old.
You are 10,850 days old.
You are 260,400 hours old.
You are 15,624,014 minutes old.
You are 937,440,886 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:
Ben Savage (1980)
Fiona Apple (1977)
Jean Smart (1959)
Nell Carter (1948)
Jacqueline Bisset (1944)
Bela Karolyi (1942)
David Clayton-Thomas (1941)
Mel Torme (1925)
Roald Dahl (1916)
Claudette Colbert (1903)
John J. Pershing (1860)

Top songs of 1978
Night Fever by Bee Gees
Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb
Le Freak by Chic
Stayin' Alive by Bee Gees
Kiss You All Over by Exile
Boogie Oogie Oogie by A Taste of Honey
Baby Come Back by Player
MacArthur Park by Donna Summer
Thicker Than Water by Andy Gibb
Three Times a Lady by Commodores

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.24657534246575 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)

Your lucky day is Wednesday.
Your lucky number is 5.
Your ruling planet(s) is Mercury.
Your lucky dates are 5th, 14th, 23rd.
Your opposition sign is Pisces.Your opposition number(s) is 3.
Today is not one of your lucky days!

There are 108 days till your next birthday on which your cake will have 30 candles. Those 30 candles produce 30 BTUs,or 7,560 calories of heat (that's only 7.5600 food Calories!) .You can boil 3.43 US ounces of water with that many candles.

In 1978 there were approximately 3.1 million births in the US.
In 1978 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.I
n 1978 in the US there were approximately 2,152,662 marriages (10.1%) and 1,036,000 divorces (4.9%)
In 1978 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1978 the population of Australia was approximately 14,430,830.
In 1978 there were approximately 224,181 births in Australia.
In 1978 in Australia there were approximately 102,958 marriages and 40,608 divorces.
In 1978 in Australia there were approximately 108,425 deaths.

Your birthstone is Sapphire -->

The Mystical properties of Sapphire
Though not meant to replace traditional medical treatment, Sapphire is used for clear thinking.

Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)
Agate, Moonstone, Lapis Lazuli

Your birth tree is
Lime Tree, the Doubt
Accepts what life dishes out in a composed way, hates fighting, stress and labour, tends to laziness and idleness, soft and relenting, makes sacrifices for friends, many talents but not tenacious enough to make them blossom, often wailing and complaining, very jealous, loyal.

There are 211 days till Christmas 2008!
There are 224 days till Orthodox Christmas!
The moon's phase on the day you were born was waxing gibbous.

Copyright © 2006 Paul R. Sadowski (http://www.paulsadowski.com)

Just thought this was interesting! Now, go check your birthday out-go on...check it out!!!

AHHHHHHHHH...LIFE!!

Well, usually when I blog it is to show off my adorable family and tell you our greatest (or funniest) news, but today I think I will take a break from my positive interactions to throw in a rave. So, here it goes-this week has been a bit rough. First I guess I should mention that last week when we had our ultrasound (I may have mentioned before that these cost us $250 each time we have one BTW) it took 2 1/2 hours to get the thing done. Half way through we realized the reason it was taking so long was that the girl doing it was a trainee and she had NO supervision. So the last 20 minutes her boss came in and basically redid the whole thing. I told the boss that she needed to make sure it was all right and all was well because we could not afford to come back in to get another one. She understood as sh has the same insurance we have since she is a hospital employee as well. So, just keep that in mind as I mention my week...

Wes was a=scheduled to take 2 applicants out to a dinner on Monday night , but when he called them over the weekend, he learned that they were actually scheduled for dinner on Sunday night. So, though we obviously don't usually go out on Sundays, we took the applicants out Sunday. Shortly after returning home from the dinner and from getting our kids, I started to hurt intensely in my back. Now, being 20 or so weeks pregnant, I thought it must be a pinched nerve or something, but it was more intense pain than I have had before. I had an appointment on Wednesday so I figured I'd just get through until then. This was a big painful mistake, as my back got worse as well as other symptoms. So by the time of my appointment Wednesday I had a whole list of crap going on. And when I got there the doctor had a report from the ultrasound, that basically had some weird measurements (most likely caused my the tech that was learning), but we have to go get another $250 ultrasound in 2 weeks to make sure it was her error in fact. Also the doctor has decided not to change my due date and is going to stick with the May 25th date (I am sticking to the May 17th). Also, I have some sort of bladder or kidney infection as well as a back injury that is going to have me going to physical therapy now (just more medical bills). This is obviously just another blow financially and to my state of mind, made even worse by the fact that (he will hate me mentioning this), Wes got in a car accident (small but somewhat significant to our car as the hood will not open) on Tuesday night too. So, basically, when it rains it pours!!!

Man, Life is crazy, and now I feel better having ranted and raved about that! Thanks for letting me get that off my chest!

Random

60 Things You Possibly Didn't Know About Me [But Now You Do]

1. What is in the back seat of your car right now? It is a mess of lots of crap-and this is a bit of an unfair question as we just drove home yesterday from Utah.
2. When was the last time you threw up? Pretty much every time I brush my teeth this pregnancy-toothpaste makes me sick this time sadly...
3. What's your favorite word? Phalange.
4. Name 3 people who made you smile today? I have to pick 4-Wes, Solace, Ender, Armour
5. What were you doing at 8 am this morning? Sleeping.
6. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Checking my email for the first time in a week.
7. How many first cousins do you have? Um...lets see...on my dad's side I have 17 (Actually there are many more than that with step cousins, but I am not sure how many, so I am just doing my full non-step cousins) and on my mom's side I have 9, so like 26. If I count all of Wes's cousins though, that would be a ton (I think he has like almost 40 first cousins).
8. Have you ever been to a strip club? NO
9. What is the last thing you said aloud? Ender please don't open that present right now.
10. What is the best ice cream flavor? Cherry Garcia and Peppermint are the only ones worth eating (well, I recently like cookie dough as well)
11. What was the last thing you had to drink? Fresca
12. What are you wearing right now? Black pants, a striped long sleeve shirt and my new warm leopard pattern robe and slippers (it is freezing!!!) BTW-shout out to Mel-thanks for the awesome robe-I LOVE it!!
13. What was the last thing you ate? Many Many Clementine oranges as Armour keeps peeling them and bringing them to me to eat (they are now up too high for him to get.
14. Have you bought any new clothing items this week? Yes-a dress fro Jecca's wedding.
15. When was the last time you ran? Thursday I spent a great deal of my time at the temple and the reception running after me kids.
16. What's the last sporting event you watched? The last Utah football game.
17. Where was your favorite vacation? I loved going to Hawaii, Greece, and Disneyland!
18. Who is the last person you sent a comment/message? Wes.
19. Ever go camping? Yes
20. Do you have a tan? Not currently
21. What did (or will) you name your first daughter? First son? Next child? Solace, Ender (my second son was Armour FYI), and we don't know what we will name the next one...Maybe Savannah if it's a girl. and maybe Creighton if it's a boy...
22. How often did you go on dates when you were in high school? In college? High school about 2-3 times a week, College much more than that-almost every night, but there were so,e drought times, so probably an average of 4-5 times a week...does that sound bad?!
23. Where was your first kiss? A New Years Eve Party when I was 15.
24. Do you drink your soda from a straw? As much as possible!
25. What did your last text message say? I won't go into the last one I received as it was a novel that pissed me off, but the last one a wrote said "R U still busy, or did U just forget me?"
26. Are you someones best friend? Yes (Wes better agree with that one!)
27. What are you doing tomorrow? Sleeping in after the whole New Years thing (Hopefully my children will sleep in as well!) Then I will get my house clean and make sure we are ready to go back to school and everything!
28. Where is your mom right now? Either at work or at her home making New Years Bread is my guess.
29. Look to your left, what do you see? My kitchen full of boxes of Christmas presents for me to unpack and find homes for.
30. What color is your watch? Don't were one. I just use my cell to keep time-it is black.
31. What do you think of when you think of Australia? Outback Steak House, Kangaroos, and Crocodile Dundee.
32. Ever ridden on a roller coaster? I LOVE them!!!!!! It is one of the drawbacks of pregnancy-that you cannot ride them...
33. What is your birthstone color? Blue (Sapphire)
34. Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? Are you kidding? I have 3 kids-always drive thru!!
35. What is your favorite number? 13
36. Do you have a dog? No, never have.
37. Last person you talked to on the phone? Wes
38. Have you met anyone famous? Yes a few famous people actually...all strange stories, but the strangest was when I met Julia Roberts. If you are lucky, I will post that story some time.
39. Any plans today? Register Wes's car in Washington, clean up, update blog, take a nap, go to WalMart for food, make New Year's Bread, Make Sauerkraut with Hot dogs (traditional New Years stuff there), Ring in the New year tonight, and make sure to Kiss Wes.
40. How many states have you lived in? Um...Utah, Michigan, Colorado, California, Nebraska, Washington...so 6 I guess.
41. Ever go to college? Yes, graduated and everything!
42. Where are you right now? HOME!!
43. What are you most looking forward to in the New Year? A lot of things-new baby, new job for Wes (hopefully with better insurance), buying our first house, Solace starting kindergarten, just to name a few.
44. Last song listened to? I have no clue-I guess the one on Sesame Street that just ended.
45. Where do you wish you were right now? Somewhere warm-I'll go with Hawaii.
46. Are you allergic to anything? Yes I am.
47. Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time? My boots from Wes, and my new shoes Wes got me for Christmas.
48. Favorite board or card game to play? Currently I LOVE Killer Bunnies.
49. Are you jealous of anyone? No
50. Is anyone jealous of you? No
51. Do you love anyone? Yes
52. Do any of your friends have children? Most do.
53. Do you eat healthy? 90 percent of the time.
54. What do you usually do during the day? Clean, take care of children, cook, run errands, (after I sit around and eat bon bons all day of course) you know, the usual stay-at-home mom stuff.
55. Do you hate anyone right now? No
56. Do you use the word 'hello' daily? Yes, I think so-though I certainly use "Hi" more often.
57. Who do you talk to on the phone the most? Wes
58. How old will you be turning on your next birthday? This is frightening to admit...30...
59. Have you ever been to Six Flags? No
60. How did you get one of your scars? Taking the garbage out on my 12th B-Day. NO one told me it had broken glass in it and as the bag swung past my leg, the glass slashed it open. Pretty bloody and gory and gross!!

Blue Eyed Beauties.

In case anyone ever wondered where Solace's big blue eyes came from...

Today's secret ingredient is...

Many of you know that I love to cook, and I am relatively good at it. I usually cook pretty elaborate meals for dinner every night. I always feel like I am selling out or cheating when I make a casserole or spaghetti, or anything easy really. However, many of you also know that I am pregnant, and for some sad, sorry reason this pregnancy has been really painful and tiring as I have an ovarian cyst (and a couple other "little" things). So, the point in mentioning that is that now I feel good if I actually get something like spaghetti on the table. Another symptom of this pregnancy has been that nothing is settling well, or even sounding good to eat.

That all said, can I just say, Campbell's tomato soup is the tastiest, most versatile ingredient ever! I used to think Cream of Mushroom soup was the be-all-end-all, but now I am liking the soup-cannot keep it in my house I am using it so much. It is great on noodles, with various meats (chicken and hamburger work well), or as a dip for sandwiches, or just to eat on it's own! Awesome, and I highly recommend using it, and using it often!

Campbell's soup is mmm...mmm...good!