Injuries, Salt Lake, and Shopping

On Monday, Shadow jumped down in the window sill again and then jumped back up. Our visiting teachers came over to visit. Mom made a necklace with purple beads.

On Tuesday, we watched the movie, Arthur. Mom and I went Michael's and she bought some more beads. When we went into Target, a lady spilled a bunch of bags of cups all over and one landed in my mom's lap. Mom bought me a couple of CDs for my birthday and a strawberry pendant necklace. Then when we were going out, the automatic door hit into my mom's right knee and her scooter. We went to Kneader's for lunch. When I was getting the mail and came back to the car, my salad box hit mom on her sore knee. Shadow also chased mom and made her hit her sore knee into the coffee table.

On Wednesday, I organized my DVD shelves in my room. Mom made a tan and brown beaded necklace. I finished reading Seeing Redd, the second book in the Looking Glass Wars series by Frank Beddor. After dinner, we went and got shakes at Iceberg.

On Thursday, Mom and I went Christmas shopping around Layton. I bought Dad some presents at Macy's. Mom bought Dad some presents at JCPenney. Mom bought some rust and gold ornaments for the Christmas tree and a clear table cloth cover for her lace tablecloths at Bed, Bath, and Beyond. I bought Ryan some presents at Ross. I wrapped all the presents when I got home. I finished reading ArchEnemy, the third book in the Looking Glass Wars series by Frank Beddor.

On Friday, Mom made a clear bead and glass leaf necklace. We went to Subway for dinner. I finished reading the book, Marvelous Land of Oz, the second book in the Oz series by L. Frank Baum on my ipod touch and watched the movie, Captain America: The First Avenger.

On Saturday, Dad bought a mirror to go over the credenza in the foyer. He also bought a new computer chair, so he gave me his old one. I made mom a bracelet with yellow beads and monkey charms.

We ate dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory at Trolley Square. When I went into the restroom, someone had gone to the bathroom all over the floor of the handicap stall, so when I got back to the table, I told the waiter, the stall needed cleaning. After dinner, we walked around the Gateway Mall. I hadn't been to the Gateway in about 6 years. There was a NuSkin conference at the ESA and so they were lot of Japanese tourists at the mall and walking across the street. We also went past Pioneer Park and saw all the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters and their tents.

I finished reading Sarah's Key by Tatianna De Rosnay, which is about the holocaust, set in past and present France. It's about a Jewish girl who tries to protect her little brother by locking him in a cupboard when the police come to get her and her parents, and she promises to return for him. It's really sad.

On Sunday, I finished reading Ozma of Oz, the third book in the Oz series by L. Frank Baum on my ipod touch. Mom made a necklace with green beads. I made a Mexican Lasagna for dinner, based on El Torito's recipe. I didn't realize that Dad had bought "Picante Hot" Green Chili Enchilada sauce instead of "Mild," so the lasagna was very spicy. I watched the remake of Friday the 13th on MTV.

Cats, Necks, and Cooking

On Monday, I went to get the mail and our cat Shadow came outside with me. He decided it would be fun to jump down to the basement window sill. I had my mom come outside while I figured out how to take the screen off the window. When I took the screen off, it scared Shadow and he jumped back up to the garden. We went to Wal-Mart to get groceries afterwards. I made spaghetti with cream cheese and tomato sauce with meatballs for dinner.

On Tuesday, I woke up with my left side of my neck kinked. Mom and I went to Target to go Christmas shopping. She bought dad a couple of gifts and she bought me a birthday gift as well. Afterwards we went and got a donut. Mom made a pot roast, red potatoes, carrots, and onions in the crock pot for dinner. She made a necklace while we were watching The X Factor. I finished reading Love, Lucy by Lucille Ball. It was a manuscript her daughter Lucie found after her death and published it with some tape interviews as an autobiography.

On Wednesday, I made some candy corn fudge. I didn't have any red food coloring, so I used blue for the orange layer. Mom made a necklace with glass beads. I got my WSU diploma in the mail and put it in the frame. Mom and I made ham and bean soup from scratch for dinner. It would have been my Grandma Cleone's 95th birthday and it was the 6 year anniversary of my great aunt Stella's death.

On Thursday, Mom and I watched the movie, Gnomeo & Juliet. We went to Old Navy and Barnes and Noble. I bought the other two books in the Looking Glass Wars series by Frank Beddor and Mom bought some clothes. I made chicken cordon bleu from scratch for dinner.

On Friday, Mom made a necklace with blue beads. Shadow made me chase him around the front yard before he would come in the house. Dad had to work late so we went and got pizza for dinner. I finished reading book one in The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor. It is based on Alice in Wonderland with a warrior theme.

On Saturday, Mom and I went to the mall and she bought me a red coat at Macy's for my upcoming birthday. I went to Icing's and bought her some jewelry for Christmas. We also went into Deseret Book. I came home and wrapped some presents and put them in my closet. I took some boxes of books down to basement. We went to Outback Steakhouse for dinner and then got some ice cream at A & W.

Today, we watched the movie, Midway to Heaven. I had read the book a couple of months ago and liked it and the film version was as good as the book. I finished reading Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris. I organized my book shelves in order of author.

Doctors, Tables, and Crafts

On Monday, Mom had to go see her neurologist in Salt Lake City and Dad took her to her appointment. I watched the movie, When Zachary Beaver came to Town and finished reading From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris.

On Tuesday, I woke up at 7 am and went for a walk around my neighborhood. There is a kid in my neighborhood who swings in his backyard and sings to his ipod at the top of his lungs from dawn to dusk, so he was serenading me. Mom and I went to Hobby Lobby and she bought some yellow and brown candles, some pilgrim bears, a turkey candle holder, and a flower plate. I made cornbread muffins and hamburger chili for dinner. I watched the movie, Hanna.

On Wednesday, Mom made some jewelry with blue beads. We went to Subway for dinner. I painted a couple of pumpkins on drawing paper with acrylic paint. Mom called her sister, Elaine, to wish her a happy birthday.

On Thursday, Mom and I went to the D.I. She bought some juice and drinking glasses, a wooden lady liberty, a stuffed crow, a moose sign, a ceramic bat bear, a wooden apple paper towel holder, a bunch of candy jar lids, a wooden watermelon, some toy figurines, and a wooden bowl with flowers. I bought some books. Dad went and got a credenza table for our foyer, so we moved the glass curio cabinet and the trees with the wooden bear to the other side. I finished reading Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris.

On Friday, Mom had to go have her yearly MRI and Dad went with her. They stopped on the way home and got me some chicken fingers and fries from Burger Bar. While they were gone, I baked some lemon sugar cookies and caught up on my DVR.

On Saturday, Mom and I went to Kohl's and Seagull Book in Clinton. Mom got some table runners for our new foyer credenza and I bought some books. Then we went to IHC, where mom signed up for My Health so she could view her labs and medical records online. I logged her on to the site when we got home and her MRI showed no new spots, and it was almost the same as the results were last year. In the afternoon, we went to Maddox for dinner and ate on the lawn tables. Afterwards we went and got some yogurt at Farr's Fresh. We watched Beastly and part of Gulliver's Travels.

On Sunday, we went to church. I made pizza for dinner. We watched a show on Kauai while we ate. I scanned in some photos I found in a box in the basement.

October Night

Pumpkin Whirl

Doctors, Storms, and Repairing Crafts

On Monday, Mom and I went to Smith's, Wal-greens, and Dollar Tree to look at their Halloween decorations. I watched the movie, Tron: Legacy.

On Tuesday, I went with my mom to her doctor's appointment in the morning. We went to Target afterwards to get The Lion King on DVD and I bought a couple of books as well. We went and got a donut at Madbrook Donut Co. in Syracuse. They have Blueberry ones like Tasty's does. I made a Mexican Caesar Salad with Chicken for dinner, a recipe I got from the El Torito restaurant chain in California.

On Wednesday, I went down to the basement and took blankets out of boxes and put them on shelves in our closets. Mom and Dad went to another MS Seminar at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City. I finished reading Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin.

On Thursday, Mom and I went to Wal-Mart to return one of her bead boxes, because the holes were too big for her strings. She bought some more green ones with her store credit. I made cheesy potato soup in bread bowls for dinner. Dad went and bought Mom a new VCR because her old one was broken. It started hailing in the evening and it's way too early for weather like that.

On Friday, I woke up with a kinked neck, so I spent most of the day with heat on my neck. I glued back together my wooden snowmen who had come off the wooden base. Mom and I went to Old Navy and got some winter clothes. I finished reading All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris and we watched the movie, Love Wedding Marriage.

On Saturday, Dad had to work in the morning. I went and empty some boxes in the basement and found a bunch of photographs from my grandmother Cleone. I glued back together my wooden black bear whose ears and foot had come off as well as the wooden fish he was holding in his paws. We went to Sizzler for dinner and ran into Leal, one of our neighbors from Layton.

On Sunday, Dad had to work in the morning before he had to go teach his lesson. I baked some Pumpkin Spice Sugar Cookies. I finished reading When Zachary Beaver Came to Town and watched the movie, Summer Holiday (1963).

Conference, Decorating, and Tablecloths

On Monday, Mom and I went to Hobby Lobby to get some more decorations so I could finish decorating for Halloween. Dad had to go into Riverdale and pick up Mom's new CPAP mask from Apria. Her old one wasn't sealing anymore. I watched Devil and finished reading Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris.

On Tuesday, Mom made herself a necklace while watching the Conrad Murray trial opening statements. Mom and Dad went to an MS seminar at the Little America in Salt Lake City. I watched the movie, The Brothers Bloom.

On Wednesday, Mom and I went to Shopko. Since Shadow ripped three holes into our Halloween vinyl tablecloth with his teeth, Mom bought a tan leaf cloth one and matching napkins for October. She also bought a table runner with sunflowers on it for the front room to put under the flower box. We went to Olive Garden for dinner. Mom made herself a gold chained and orange beaded necklace while we watched The X Factor. I watched the movie, Push, before going to bed.

On Thursday, I finished scanning the Thatcher Genealogy and I started scanning in some pictures Grandma had in her box. I made some Peanut Butter Bars in the afternoon. I watched part of the movie, Yogi Bear and Vampires Suck, before deleting them.

On Friday, I woke up very early and watched the movie, Unknown. Mom and I went to Wal-mart to get some more strings for her jewelry making box. I bought Tony Bennett's first Duets CD, because I enjoyed the second one. Mom bought some black sparkly spiders to put on top of her candles. She also bought Nim's Island on DVD, from the 5 dollar bin. We got Little Caesars Pizza for dinner. After dinner, I printed off some world maps and filled them in with a green marker where everyone of the four families of my ancestors were born and lived. I put the maps in each of our ancestors' books.

On Saturday, we watched Conference. Mom made a necklace with tan beads. We went to Applebee's for dinner. Dad went to the Priesthood session. I watched the movie, It's Kind of a Funny Story. My Direct TV receiver is having issues with the program info downloads, so I had to reset it.

On Sunday, Dad made us pancakes for breakfast before we watched Conference.