UPDATE

In the last 24 hours I have not only read the book TWILIGHT from cover to cover, but also just returned from seeing the movie and they were both utterly fanfreakintastic. 

From Dusk to Dawn

Yesterday

 4:00 PM

Shopped at Costo with the other half million people who were there and the Twilight book ended up in our cart out of curiousity. I've been wanting know why all my friends have put crazy fan things on their blogs like countdowns until the movie came out, pics of what characters they are most like, what characters their husbands most resemble, etc. All of it kind of boggeled my mind so I decided to see what all the fuss was about. I highly doubted that I would get as deeply involved in it and figured I would just read the book here and there through the next month in my spare time. 

5:00 PM

Laid down on our bed with the book to read the first chapter.

5:25 PM

Matt (calling from the living room): How is it?

Kristen: It's pretty good. 

6:00 PM

Matt: Still reading?

Kristen: Yeah. It's reeeeaaaaalllly good!

6:45 PM

Matt: Aren't you hungry?

Kristen (grossly involved): Huh?

Matt: Don't you wanna eat something for dinner?

Kristen: Oh....yeah I guess.

7:00 PM

Cooked dinner. 

7:30 PM 

Ate while reading. Didn't realize I was capable of multi tasking like that. 

8:00 PM

Got ready for bed and managed to put the book down while I washed my face and brushed my teeth. 

10:00 PM 

Went to bed and Matt managed to fall asleep with light on so I could keep reading. 

11:32 PM

Finished book. 

Okay, I get it now. I'm officially as obsessed as the rest of you. 

I tagged myself

Hi madre. This one's for you. I couldn't think of anything from this past week to blog about so I stole this from my friends page and tagged myself to fill it out. And in return I hope to see this filled out by you on your blog (I'll give you a week to do it) 

Shows I watch
1. The Baby Story on TLC while I get ready for work
2. followed by Bringing Home Baby.
3. Jon and Kate plus 8 and all the re runs. 
4. One Tree Hill
5. Friday Night Lights
6. Gossip Girl
7. Greys Anatomy
8. Ugly Betty

Favorite Restaurants
1. Chili's broccoli cheese soup.....mmmmm
2. Cheesecake Factory
3. Cafe Rio in Utah. Oh how I miss your shredded pork salad.  
4. Flemings
5. Paneras
6. Flemings
7. TGIF's
8. I would say Olive Garden or Macaroni Grill, but alas since I found out I can't have gluten no more pasta places for me. :(

Things I did yesterday
1. Listened to my favorite Angels and Airwaves cd. 
2. Put a Holter monitor on a patient at work. 
3. Booked another night in Vegas where we are going for Thanksgiving to see Ben and Chantal!
4. Went to the gym at lunch time. 
5. Went to class at 6 and tried desperately to keep my eyes open. 
6. Cuddled up with Matt on the couch when I got home. 
7. Listened to Christmas music and turned on all our Chrismas lights. 
8. Went to bed at 9!

Things I look forward to
1. Seeing Ben and Chantal on Thursday and experiencing what sounds like should be an interesting Thanksgiving dinner!
2. Finishing my last class and getting on the nursing wait list.
3. Paying off our credit cards and celebrating by going on a trip to Europe!
4. Running a half marathon in the spring. 
5. Getting a 2nd dog someday when we have a yard. Hopefully an English Bulldog that we can teach to skateboard. 
6. Being able to use some of the names on my name list when we finally have a baby to name! 
7. Going snowboarding at Targhee in February. 
8. Turning 25!

Things on my wish list
1. Tall brown super cute boots. 
2. A house of our own to own. 
3. Time to scrapbook and paint. 
4. A body Bugg. 
5. Some nice sunnies. 
6. To be able to see my family more then once or twice a year. 
7. For it to get cold enough here that I can actually wear my coat and a beanie. 
8. To go snorkeling again in Hawaii. 



20 years ago
1. I was 4 and was building this snowman with my favorite big brother Ben. 
2. Had pink ballet slippers stenciled around my room compliments of my Mom. 
3. Loved to have art parties and color and paint. 



10 years ago
1. I had a ton of great friends, little responsibility and liked to have fun, fun, fun, all the time. 
2. Had braces and had to wear head gear at night. Totally Ugly Betty style. 
3. Celebrated my birthday at the Oregon Coast and my parents gave me a heart shaped ruby ring that I still have. 

3 years ago
1. I was planning my move to California to be near Matt and to get engaged!
2. Was working at Shapiro's the luggage store in the Boise mall for the Christmas season right before I moved.  
3. I was always on my phone 24/7 texting to Matt. 

1 year ago
1. I was in Utah to spend Thanksgiving with family and posing for this fantastic 'make out with your significant other on the stairs' pic. Chantal's expression takes the cake. 
2. Had just enrolled back in school to pursue nursing. 
3. Was working as a caregiver. 


This year so far
1. Got a new job working for a cardiologist and it's the best job I've ever had. 
2. Got a new puppy and realized it's a lot of work!
3. Moved to Moorpark and actually enjoy living in close quarters again because it reminds of when we were first married. 

Today
1. Starting packing for our little road trip. 
2. Went to the gym at lunch. 
3. Made some gluten free cookies that turned out to be delish!

Tomorrow
1. Going to work for a half day. 
2. Dropping little Moxie pants off at her grandparents house. 
3. Hitting the road to drive to Vegas. 

Next year
1. I will be on the wait list to get into a nursing program and only have a year to wait by then. 
2. All our debt will be paid off!
3. We will be moving again around this time, I'm sure of it. Can't sit still for too long! 

I took little Moxie pants to the park the other day and she frolicked about chasing what's left of the crunchy Fall leaves. This video is what ensued. 

Here are also some pics of her in her car seat. Yes, that's right. A doggie car seat!! Hahaha. My mom already asked if she has a high chair and pacifier too.  Just practicing our parenting skills out on a little Ewok first. A year ago my very first blog said we didn't have any kids or pets to speak of, but now that's all changed (the pet part anyway) so be prepared for every other blog to be about our fluffy friend. 

Beginning of our little road trip. Alert, happy and ready for an adventure!!

Approximately 2 minutes later. Knocked out like a narcoleptic on Nyquil. Looks like a pain in the neck later on if you ask me. 

 Yep looks like she wasn't digging the 90 degree angle neck position either and moved on to the droopy, pretend I'm a sleeping teddy bear pose. She was asleep for a full two hours!! Made for a nice quiet ride. Babies do that too, right??

Now that I work in a doctors office I see how much cancer has spread like wildfire in the past decade. It used to be you would know maybe somebody's second-cousin's bestfriends sister who had cancer, now I'm sure everyone could name off at least ten people they know or met who have had some form of it at in their lifetime. Scary!!! Anyway I got this pic emailed to me and thought it was super cute. So come on people we have to find a cure asap!! this little girl only has about 12 years before those little mosquito bites start turning into melons!

McHate Letter

Oh McDonalds how I hate thee... You have tricked me with your sly sneaky tactics and got me to believe I could win your stupid monopoly game. I hadn't eaten at your greasy, below minimum wage paying, cholesterol boosting place of establishment in years until 8 days ago I succumbed to buying a soda. On that soda were monopoly game pieces and the next thing I knew I was begging everyone I knew to purchase Mickey D's for me and give me their game pieces. I practically begged, borrowed and stole as many pieces as was humanly possible. I ate your nasty food for breakfast, lunch and dinner 4 meals in a row!

 And what did I get in return?! 

A stomachache, a headache, exhaustion like I just wanted to hibernate for a week, unquenchable thirst from your buckets of sodium dumped on your fries and ALL the pieces, but ONE on every prize offered. ALL but ONE!!!!!!!! I'm beginning to realize that all the other billion people out there who got tricked into playing probably only need one more game piece too. Alright Ronald McDonald, you got me! I've been duped. I learned my lesson and will return to boycotting you.  I think I would rather eat a Krabby Patty at the Krusty Krab then eat your disgrace of a burger ever again. 

Cannibal Moxie

WARNING: This post may contain graphic material too disturbing for young viewers. 

I came  home one day to discover this shocking and horrific scene. 

I don't think Barbie even knew what had happened before suddenly she was in the deathpaw grip of this barbarian. 

And the most terrifying pic of all. Look at those too perfect to be realistic plastic  Barbie legs underneath the beast.  

I finally managed to wrestle this helpless girl out of jaws of  the savage Moxie monster.  Her arm was a little mangled and she may never walk again, but her main concern was that chunks of her hair were missing and those extensions had cost her a bundle of money. Hopefully we won't have a Mattel lawsuit on our hands.