I've been Tagged

More shocking than that, I'm responding. An uber-productive morning necessitates a little time-wasting every now and then, right?

Ok, on to The Eight Things Tag

8 TV shows I watch:
And yes, I know this makes me sound like I'm 19. I don't care.
1. Real World/Road Rules Challenge (only the challenges)
2. The Hills (I want my MTV)
3. America's Next Top Model
4. Gray's Anatomy
5. Project Runway
6. Brothers & Sisters
7. The Office
8. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Weird, those are the only shows I watch...looks like there is a method to this 8-things madness.

8 things that happened yesterday:
1. Baked blueberry muffins with Porter
2. Reorganized Porter's closet
3. Debated nursery design with my oh-so-patient husband
4. Hit Home Depot for the zillionth time in the past two months
5. Didn't shower until 3:30 p.m. (I love lazy cleaning days)
6. Washed baby girl clothes until I dropped (I know, it's early, but I wanted it off my list)
7. Went to Grandee's Ice Cream for family night
8. Ate candy corn until I was sick

8 Favorite places to eat:
1. Cafe Rio
2. Su Casa (ah, the memories)
3. Cheesecake Factory
And that's where my list ends. If they've got a good salad and it's not one of the five restaurants in Cedar City, I'm happy.

8 Things I'm looking forward to:
1. The end of potty training (more specifically, the end of the beginning...Porter's too stubborn for his own good)
2. Some much-needed home & baby shopping in the big city
3. Little girl Burt
4. Playing at the park with Porter tonight
5. Maternity leave
6. Our next ultrasound (two more weeks)
7. A haircut (still need to make an appointment though)
8. A landscaped backyard (nothing in the works before winter, but a gal can dream)

8 Things on my wishlist (see above)
1. To get Porter potty trained before December (stop laughing)
2. A backyard
3. A second car
4. A good haircut (the kind that requires me to have no ideas...I just want someone to say "this would look great on you," then to do it, AND have it actually look great)
5. To find someone who can sew and who would be willing to help me recover cushion covers for our nursery glider (any takers?)
6. To learn to sew...and be good at it (stop laughing)
7. A long autumn (I'm fine with no snow until Dec. 24)
8. To someday ditch work and stay at home with my kids (more for me than for them...Andy is more creative in one pinkie than I could ever dream to be with kiddie projects, games, etc.)

8 People I tag:
Anyone who has a few minutes to kill on self-reflection

Think Pink

Just a little shamless self-promotion (by proxy for Coach Burt) for a good cause.

SUU's Women's Soccer Team is going pink this Saturday for its annual Breast Cancer Awareness Game. In addition to coming decked out in pink uniforms, painting a giant pink ribbon on the field and providing loads of info on breast cancer detection and research to T-Bird fans, the team is also working on a fundraiser through the Susan G. Komen Foundation. A bulk of the money they raise will come from the pink SUU uniforms each player is selling.

Should you know of anyone looking for some pink soccer duds, give me a holler and I'll get you all the pertinent info. In the meantime, in case pink is not your color, you can still contribute to this worthy cause by visiting www.komendonations.org/goto/suusoccer.

Go pink this October. It's hip AND tax-deductible.

Conference with a Two Year-Old

So conference with a two year-old went much as you might expect: lots of bribery with snacks and lots of toys strewn about the room by the time it was over.

Actually, Porter was pretty good both Saturday and Sunday (a huge surprise to us). He especially liked the music, and kept asking me which was "Heavenly Father's favorite song." But even funnier than that, on Sunday, during one of the talks, a picture of Joseph Smith was flashed on the screen. I asked him if he knew who Joseph Smith was, and he replied, "Does he live at the Smith's store?" (For our non-Western friends, Smith's is a grocery store, much like Kroger.) He didn't believe me when I told him no, and insisted that Joseph Smith lived in our grocery store.


Other than that, not much new from the Burt family weekend report. 99 days to baby and counting, and I made the three-page baby countdown to-do list this weekend to prove it. If you know of anyone who's up for some yard work or shelf building, send 'em our way. In the meantime, happy Monday to you all.