Pumpkins and Friends

Jack-O-Lanterns always make for a fun evening with friends. On Tuesday night we carved pumpkins with our good friends Megan and Richard Wells, we had a blast tapping into our created sides.

my creation... i used a stencil - i cheated

Celebrating

LB got his LSAT score back this week and since he kicked some major law school butt, we had to go out and celebrate...

and I had to do a little happy dance!

(now comes the submitting of applications, keep your fingers crossed he gets in
somewhere good)

LB*

When husband and I first started dating I took him to Oregon to meet the parents. Well while we were there, the Yost's, our long time family friends were visiting as well, and after Eric and I accidentally wore matching shirts one day, Orden started calling Eric, Lover Boy. So the whole time Orden would periodically call out "Oh Lover Boy" just like in the movie Dirty Dancing. Since then Eric has not shook the nick name, plus I am a long time lover of the movie Dirty Dancing so then name has stuck.

So from here on out on this blog Husband, aka: Eric L Maughan, shall be known as Lover Boy, LB for short.

And for your viewing pleasure a little Dirty Dancing -

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So I've got nothing, no updates, no news, no excuses for not blogging, I'm not busy, I'm just boring! Since I have nothing here are some random pics - a few weeks ago I canned peaches, I had no idea what I was doing but LB* sure did, it is always makes you feel pathetic when your husband is better at domestic tasks then you.

Ok these are really bad pictures because I was lazy and did not want to take my tripod outside but I decorated the window for Halloween there are shadow bats and mice in the window not that you can tell. I think Martha would be proud.

Lastly LB* turned 26 last week and this is the rather ugly birthday cake I made him. To be honest I think this is the first birthday cake I have ever made unless you count the easy bake oven one I made for my cat when I was 8. Come to find out baking/decorating a cake is way harder then my mom made it look. I think I will stick to fruit tarts and when it comes time for cake I will find a good bakery (or call mom).

loves...

Loving this song by Coldpay, I can't wait till Novemeber to see them live!

Updates...

1- I wish I was here! (Cannon Beach, OR)

2- Husband finally took the LSAT now we sit and wait for one score to determine our future.

3- Remember the flip flop I lost? It was the right foot, I swore I searched high and low; well I guess I only searched high cuz I found the other half of my favorite pair of flip flops under the couch yesterday. Considering that I have been looking for the shoe for over two months I figured the moment called for a little happy dance.

4- Last week I was mistaken for a high school student while working (I graduated in 2001 & I will be 26 in January). That's right I went to a meeting and someone thought I was the youth counsel rep instead of the Health Dept rep/employee. The sad part of this whole story is that I was totally dressed professionally (hair done and make up on to boot) as jeans and flip flops are against the dress code at the health dept, (this has been a big adjustment).

Autumn in Utah

Sunday after General Conference the husband and I headed* up Big Cottonwood for a drive and to take pictures. It was a wonderful crisp Autumn day and a great reminder that Utah is truly beautiful!

Yes I know this pic is cheesy but it is always fun to jump off a rock while having your picture taken- it took over 10 tries to get a good shot.

loved the fall leaves. loved the long drive with my partner. loved conference. loved making carmel apples with friends. loved the chill in the air. loved comfort food for dinner (pot roast & warm rolls). loved sleeping in.


*Husband would like to file a formal complaint about the use of the word "headed" in the blog (he claims its not a real word). Complaint duly noted and ignored.

Boobs and Candy Corn!

October is my favorite month for many reasons, I love the chill in the air, the changing leaves, and the fact that soup in now back on the menu. But October is also great for two major reasons, first, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month -Being that it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and that I am a big advocate of monthly self breast exams I had to buy this t-shirt (which is sure to be considered inappropriate by my in-laws, which is all the more reason to wear such a awesome shirt). Feel Your Boobies is a breast cancer awareness non-profit organization that targets women especially under 40. Learn more at www.feelyourboobies.com. Anyway, so going back to self breast exams; if you are a woman you should being giving your self an exam every month, if you don't know how go HERE! and learn. If you know how and your not giving your self a monthly breast exam start now.

The second major reason October is so wonderful is Halloween. I love Halloween, the candy corn, the pumpkins, the decorations, trick or treaters, and of course the costumes (my mom is currently working on mine). Thanks to Martha Stewart I now I have decorating ideas, now if only her staff could come over to my apartment and help me I would be set. The pics are a few of Martha's ideas I am trying to work up enough nerve to experiment with.

So what are you going to be for Halloween? If you have not thought about it now is the time to start!

loves...

Oh I so love this commercial and the car even more! Someday I will own my very own beautiful red Cadillac which I will drive while wearing sexy high heels and a little black dress.

why I don't have children...yet!

So this post started with an email conversation and I decided that I would post a portion of it. Every time a family member/neighbor/friend makes a comment about me having children or asks when we are going to start a family part of me wants to say "frankly that is none of your damn business" but then there is this other part that wants to make myself heard and wants to express my personal opinion /philosophy (thus this post). Furthermore this is in no way an excuse, I do not believe I need an excuse for not having children yet because again it is none of their damn business! So here is my opinion/philosophy:

I believe that being a parent is the most important thing I will ever do in this life and that every child deserves to come into a home that is financially, mentally, and relationshiply(not a word I know) stable. I believe that the most important time of a child's life is birth through age six and every child deserves to have their mother at home full time and not working while the child is at day care. I believe that my happiness and my husbands happiness are vital and worth considering and being extremely poor and living off the government (i.e. Medicaid, Food Stamps, Welfare, etc.) just so we can pop out a kid will not make us happy, is wrong and could ultimately end our marriage. I believe that when I choose to have children is a personal decision between me, my husband, and my God and that it is wrong to have a child any sooner then all 3 of us are ready. I realize that there is no perfect time to have children and that I will never be fully ready. I believe that every child has a right to come into a family that is ready and able to care for them and if I can not completely do that then I have absolutely no business having a child! So am I being selfish waiting to have a child?

My opinion: HELL NO! I am being responsible and selfless; and furthermore I am not waiting to have a child because I am a “princess” and I want everything to be all about me, in fact it is quite the opposite!

So, there you have it, I feel better now.