Unabashed Gushing...

So I think its time you all meet my Sirius. I talk about him a whole lot and I know I just can't do his studdliness justice. So... every now and again I'll post a picture so you can all oooh and ahhh. Here he is doing one of his many tricks... begging. Awwwww...

Pooooodunk!

Just when I thought OK could not get any lamer... it did. So I was watching the 10 o'clock news the other night and was shocked to see that the last 15 minutes was spent on football. Now, I'm not just talking about NFL sportscasting... I'm talking about highschool football! And just as my jaw was nearing the ground they began covering 7th grade football games!!! I sat there flabbergasted. 1/4 of the news was dedicated to local football action... I knew OK was boring but this is just ridiculous... Thats all, just had to get that out.

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Ok, so I have this weird sort of love/hate relationship with the tv show LOST. Every week I look forward to and at the same time dread the coming episode. It all started last season when the novelty of freaky endings that left you begging for more started wearing off and was slowly replaced with pure exasperated annoyance. They're really ticking me off. Every week I sit there and swear its the last episode I'm watching, thats it, its over! This show has consumed way too much of my energy and its stopping right now! However... I always find myself sitting there, the following Wednesday night, arms crossed, scowl on my face... watching. I'm powerless to stop and its driving me insane! So much so that it has now invaded my last safe haven from the world... my dreams.
I woke up this morning terrified. I was covered in sweat and something was breathing hot stinky air in my face... Sirius. As I opened my eyes I realized I was home safe in my bed and that what had plagued me just minutes before was only a dream... about LOST?!?! I was running through the jungle with bright orange Crocks on (this must be due to watching too much Mario Batalli on Food Network, but thats another day's blog material!) with Charlie (otherwise known as Merry from Lord of The Rings) and we were looking for Locke because "The Others" had taken him too. We found the hatch and snuck inside and decided that the only place to hide was under thes bunkbeds. Well, John comes in with one of "the others" and starts talking like he's betrayed us and has become one of them. Charlie and I are terrified and I can't help but start crying... Just then a hand reaches down and grabs my brighlty clad foot and John yells, "Alex! I knew that was you!" Charlie and I both get yanked out and thrown outside with a bunch of old rusty cars. Charlie seems to think that they may be our chance for escape but John soon informs us that we are to start a new civilization out here with "the others" and that they have been so kind as to provide us building materials. (The cars???) So then I demand to know where our friends are ( you know, Jack, Kate, Sawyer, etc) and John laughs and says that they're being punished for trying to jump the fence to feed the polar bear. So Charlie and I walk over to the cars and Locke says he'll be back with some food. After that is all a bit of a fuzz... I recall something about a jail cell and being able to hear Jack and Kate but not see them. Sawyer was no where to be found. I was scared and and all Charlie could talk about was about having to push the stupid button.
The end. I woke up. Sirius was breathing on me and I just lay there mad... stupid show. Its bad enough I can't get away from it while I'm awake, but now in my dreams? This is just ridiculous... so, anyone have any theories? I think the producers are lost and have no idea what they're going to go with the plot. They're just stalling... I mean come on, they brought the stupid polar bear back!!! But who cares... its not like I'm gonna watch it anymore... i think... I hope?

Stupid dog...

So anyone that knows me could not possibly imagine that I'd ever utter those 2 words together in the same sentence. I love dogs. I believe that dogs are the best thing that ever happened to the human race. However... then I met Mini. Minerva (as we renamed her after she was pretty much dumped on us) is a stupid dog. I take that back... she is THE stupidest dog to ever grace the face of this planet. There is no animal dumber than she. I've been mulling this over all day and it kinda makes me mad that we're stuck with her. Ben and I became the proud parents of the world's COOLEST little stud of a dog (Jack Russell terrier) named Sirius T.Young (T for trouble) a little over a year ago. He is the MAN. This dog is by far superior to all others of its kind. He was potty trained by 4 months and can do a gazillion tricks.(My fave is sneezing on command!) Granted, he's a spoiled brat... but when you're that cool... I mean, come on... you deserve certain privileges! Needless to say he is king of the castle. I love my bubba.
Minerva, on the other hand... well... she is a basketcase. She reminds me of Ed, the retarded hienna on The Lion King. You know, the one that walked around gufawing with his tongue sticking out and his eyes crossed all the time? Yah, thats Mini. All she's good at is eating Sirius's food and staring at you. She does this thing, its actually pretty creepy... she'll just sit right smack dab in front of you and stare...stare... stare... for hours if you let her. Its unnerving! She's a blundering fool... we've decided to nickname her "the bumble" b/c she is so clumsy and runs into everything when she gets excited. (which is usually over anything and everything. You can yell at her and she'll still think you want to pet her!) Anyway... so long story short, she is a stupid dog.
So I'm just a tad bitter about the fact that we've always wanted to get a female Jack for Sirius. If one Jack is fun then 2 must be great fun! We've been told that a male and female Jack Russell will get along wonderfully. (And not just b/c one is male and one is female... Sirius is fixed) Problem is that now we have a 2nd dog and cannot get a third until we move into a bigger home. When will that be? Who knows... but definitely not anytime soon. So my dream of 2 Jacks is put on hold and in the meanwhile we're stuck with the stupid one... She's only about 2 1/2 yrs old. so yeah... it'll be a while before nature takes care of this problem...Anyone want a dog?

Faith restored

So I just read something that brings a ray of sunshine into my otherwise drab and boring world that is insurance. Some friends of mine were in a very scary car accident this weekend while taking a roadtrip out to Colorado. While reading about it on their sister's blog (Suzanne, I know you'll never read this b/c you have no idea who I am... but if you do, please accept my condolences on behalf of your dear Johnny. We too have recently lost a much beloved car to the same kind of tragic fate.) I realized that although my job is soooo very b-o-r-i-n-g (as previously blogged about)... it is useful. As my boss loves to say, "Everyone hates paying their car insurance... no one likes it! But when you have an accident, boy are you glad to have it!" So in cases like this, I'm glad I'm in the position to help others out when they have something like that happen to them. And although I personally had nothing to do with it, I'm glad she had insurance and that they were all able to safely get home in a rental car, rather than having to hitchhike. (Especially with that correctional facility nearby... no one would have picked them up!) So thanks guys for restoring my faith in the insurance world!

B-o-r-i-n-g

So it hit me last night(while being home taught... yeah, I know... way to be paying attention, huh?) how pathetically boring my life is right now... Let me explain. So we were going around the room (new HT'ers) sharing what we do for a living. This is what we came up with: 2 insurance geeks (that would be Ben and I), an auditor (heehee... can you get more boring?), and an attorney. 10 years ago if you'd asked me what I'd be doing with my life I would have laughed until I turned blue if you'd said, "Well no Alex... you're actually going to be working in insurance!" Sure, for some people I guess insurance is a fascinating world... full of numbers, stupid rules, and terminology that makes NO sense... (Did you know that Inland Marine policies have absolutely NOTHING to do with lakes, boats, or anything water related?) But for me... well, its a slow and steady death. My boss is great and sure I get to dink around online or play Civ.IV on bossman's computer when its slow... but I anxiously await the day I FINALLY have my degree and can practice in my own field. Ahhh... bunches of rowdy and sticky pre-schoolers. I'm sure on certain days (when they are especially rambunctious) I'll be longing for my old desk job but for right now... *sigh* the smell of Elmers glue sure does bring a tear to my eyes.

Wal-Mart haters...

Ok, so a few days ago Ben and I somehow got onto a conversation about Wal-Mart and all the people out there that hate it. Apparently I've been living in some sort of cave my whole life and never knew that such a population existed, much less was I aware of its supposed size. (I am told it is quite large) I guess if you're someone whose small business was bulldozed over to make room for an upcoming supercenter well... ok, you have reason to hate. But for the rest of us out there... why all the contentious feelings? Who actually enjoys purchasing overpriced goods at some high-falutin' hoighty-toighty store when you can save a buttload AND be greeted by nice little old ladies/men at the entrance? I mean come on, what more can you want?
Just last night Ben and I were shopping at this glorious store and were pleasantly surprised to find the item we were looking for (pre-lit Christmas tree... yes, I KNOW its not even Halloween yet!) not only in vast quantities (you can't find those if you wait until December you know...) but for a much cheaper price than originally thought it would be. For a mere $29.99 we were able to purchase a 6.5ft pre-lit tree!!! Yes, you read right... $29.99...pre-lit, yes... almost 7', yes. WOW! How can you hate that? I mean really... do you realize how much more you can spend on ornaments and decorations now? (Oh wait... could that be what they want us to do? Well.... at least it'll be cheap, right?) So to all you WAL-MART haters out there(If you really do exist?)... enjoy paying three times as much for half of what we'll be getting this Holiday season...

And so it begins...

So here I am again... blogging. I haven't done this in years! Not because it got boring or old, I guess I just got too busy. If I recall correctly, my first attemp at all this got thrown by the wayside about the time I left on my mission. Something about not being allowed to be on the internet? Hmm.... Then I got home, returned to BYU, got engaged, had the worst 18credit Fall Semester of my LIFE (18 credits after being un-acadamiafied for 18 months and while planning a wedding... what was I thinking?!?!) so... yeah, not much time for dinking around online. But alas... I'm married now and boring, once again. Not much to do except work and hang out with my hubby and puppies (how did we get this boring?) So thank you Cloark and Shannon, for re-introducing me to the wonderful world of rambling about anything and everything on a spiffy blue page that took me hours to tweak to near perfection. (Again, thanks Cloark) I now have something to keep me busy at work... ;)