Like any good parent

Last night, I was loading the dishwasher (woman job) and there was some left over meat grease/au jus from our french dip sandwiches (which I made, by the way) on one of the plates. Piper decided that she wanted to help herself to the goodness, so she boldly climbed half way onto the dishwasher and started licking. Like any good parent, I grabbed my camera and snapped a couple photo before making her get down. I told her she was a bad dog, but hilarious. I couldn't help but laugh. She is one bold little dog.

Things I am looking forward to (because I know you are all dying to know)

Things I am looking forward to:
(in no particular order)

• Spring, and with spring comes longer days, warmer days, and flowers.
• March birthdays (Mama, Nghia, and Becca)
• March births (Shumpert)
• My birthday, I have 3 months and 12 days left of my twenties.
  
• Parade season- St. Patrick's Day, gay pride, the 4th of July, OH MY!
• The Triple Crown, I love my horse races.
  
• Teaching in the month of May-the end of the year testing will be over, and we can make elementary school fun and exciting again.
  
• Honeymoon to somewhere! Montreal is the front runner right now.
  
• Getting over my cold, and not looking like Rudolph anymore.
  
• My birthday party-hopefully we will get to party like it is 1979!
• Daylight savings, who gives an eff if it dark in the morning. I want it to be light for as long as possible into the evening.
  
• Painting the living room. Ok, I am not looking forward to the labor, but I am excited to have a new look up in here. Along with this I would love to get our office/spare bedroom organized.
  
• Getting a new bike of my own, so Dalan and I can go on bike rides together.
• My ESL endorsement being done and over with, and along with that getting to see Dalan everyday of the week.
  
• The end of the school year and a nice relaxing summer vacation.
  

March miracle

On this blessed day of March 4, 2009, a miracle has occurred. I did not teach today due to my part in a math grant, so I got home a little earlier than usual. However, due to my monster cold, I took a little mini-nap, and ended up getting up later than planned, and was a tad late for my ESL class. I parked in a different spot than usual, because usually I am the first one to class, not one of the last. As I left class I exited differently than usual and decided to roll State St. instead of taking the freeway. I ended up on 7000 South waiting to turn left onto southbound Redwood Rd. I look across the six lane road, and who do I see directly across the intersection waiting to turn left onto northbound Redwood Rd, but my lover, Dalan! I immediately called him, and we declared it a March miracle! I believe it was fate that I got see him across the road from me in the mirror opposite lane. Hello! It doesn't get more romantic than that.

Piper greeted me when I got home, and I went to the bathroom and did a few things around house. I look over to her bed, and there she is licking out the inside of an open can of chili. She had been alone for literally four minutes, and in the those four minutes she managed to get a single can of chili out of the trash can. Naughty! And not in the least worthy behavior of a day in which a March miracle had occurred.

I want one!

Apparently, albino dolphins are pink and I want one! A bright pink dolphin was seen in Louisiana, and as far as I can tell through my extensive research for the last 5 minutes, this story is true and the photo has not been altered. Also, there is a species of pink dolphins found in South America. How have I lived for 29 years and not ever been aware of pink dolphins! I want one for my birthday!

A pirate's life

We had friends and family over to our place on Friday and Saturday night to celebrate Dalan's 30th birthday. There was pirate theme to both parties, which started only because I found pirate invitations at Target on clearance, and you know how I love a deal. But, argh matey, it was good time had by all! Dalan had a wonderful birthday weekend. He received a lot of thoughtful, generous, and creative gifts. We had a lot of fun, and I was so excited to see all our loved ones! This weekend totally made me feel so grateful to have such an incredible family, in-laws, and friends. You don't get much better than these people, that is for sure!

This one goes out to the one I love...

On Saturday, Dalan turns 30 years old! Hooray for reaching another important milestone! Since, we have so many fun and exciting things going on this weekend, I thought I would take advantage of some free time to celebrate Dalan's birthday. In fact, I am making him the V.I.P. of my blog.

Here are a few of his favorite things:
(I told him I was doing one of those facebook survey things. He was so not into it, but I begged and begged, so he gave in and answered some of my questions.)

Color: clear
Hobby: watching t.v.
Vacation spot: the couch
School subject: the t.v.
Favorite drinks: Gatorade, soda, and slurpees
Animal: Piper
Best bed sheets as a child: Simpson's
Candy: hard candies
Sports teams: Utes, and Ohio State

Here is Dalan at the zoo. Everyone should have a picture of themselves drinking out the lion's mouth!

On the ferry in Canada. He was giving me his "I am not pleased" look. In fact, this is the same look he gave me when I showed him my phone bill this afternoon. ha, ha, ha, ha!

He thinks this look is sexy....seriously!

Happy Birthday, Dalan!

There are so many wonderful things I could write about Dalan. He is the coolest. I can't think of a way to do it without sounding completely cheesey! Here is a quick run-down, in no particular order....he is kind, caring, loving, sexy, smart, thoughtful, helpful, funny, silly, hard-working, etc.

LOVE YOU!

I want my (reality) t.v.

My top picks for reality t.v. shows right now....

1. The Amazing Race- Always one of my favorites. I dream of participating in the race one day. Dalan always blamed my diet coke addiction as a reason I could not be on the show, but now that the monkey is off my back, I see no reason to not go forward with the plan! Plus Phil is so sexy, I would take any opportunity to race back to him and his accent each and every week. This out of all the shows I am about the review, is probably the most legitimate and least trashy, but it is still exciting and worth watching.

2. The Real World: Brooklyn- I used to be the biggest Real World fan ever! I love me some Eric Nies. Then it became lame. It was a bunch of way too skinny people getting drunk and hooking up every week, so I stopped watching. This season, however, when I found out there was a post-op. transsexual and a non-aware gay Mormon from Utah on the show, I was totally all over it. There is still a lot of lame drama, but I love how the transsexual really thought people could not instantly tell she used to be a dude. I also love how Chet, the LDS guy, wears purple pashimas, leggings, and pastel boots, plus makes "just kidding" comments about other guys being cute, but swears up and down that he is not a homosexual. If you have not watched it this season, I suggest doing so.

3. Toddlers and Tiaras- This is a show that features moms and their children that participate in the exciting world of beauty pageants. The show usually showcases two moms that are crazy and obsessive about pageants, and one pretty chill/normal mother. You get to marvel at all the money spent for one pageant, and be shocked at the spray tanning, false eyelashes, and fake teeth that put into their child's mouth, because it is so better that your six year old be tan with a set of an adult teeth than to look like a regular six year old. This is one I would not have thought I would have loved, but it kind of caught me by surprise and I am enjoying it.

4. Rupaul's Drag Race- To be fair, I have only seen this once, but you all know, I love me some drag queens. The make-up, the costumes, and the drama are all fabulous. When I catch this show again, I will watch it fo' sho'.

5. Celebrity Rehab. Sober House- I have learned that when celebrities are trying to get sober that are just as bratty and obnoxious as the kids were at ARTEC, just with access to cooler parties. Just like at ARTEC, there are some people who really want to be sober, and are really trying, and there are some people who want to be sober, but don't have the tools yet. And then there are the people who just don't give an eff and will do what they want when they want, and then expect other people to pick up the pieces and come to the rescue time and time again. I don't know if I would like this so much if I had not worked in a rehab for seven years, but it is something I will watch if I come across it.

6. Jon and Kate plus 8- I started watching it, because who doesn't love six adorable babies, plus the freak show that goes alon with having them all at the same time. I can barely stand to watch it anymore, because Kate is such a controlling and mean person. Yet, I can't look away. I have to watch it every week to have something else to gossip and critique with my peeps who also watch it.

7. The Jessi and Dalan Show- Ok, I obviously made this one up, but I would love to have our own little show. It would be so boring that I think it would work. Plus we have already made up our theme song! The episodes could be things like this week on The Jessi and Dalan Show, Dalan and Jessi go to Chili's for a quesidilla explosion salad. Or this week on The Jessi and Dalan Show, Jessi plans Dalan's 30th birthday party. Or this week on The Jessi and Dalan Show, Jessi thinks she left her flat iron plugged in again, and makes Dalan, get out of the car, go back inside, and make sure it is off. We could even have those very special episodes of The Jessi and Dalan Show in which we teach the kids a lesson, like Jessi teaches why it is important to not put your phone charger on your tongue.