Living the Fairytale

I just read this on my TM friend Kelly's blog. It really helps me to remember that I am not alone. I realize that my lawn is frequently dotted with dog poop, but somehow this is just a bit…(WAY!) more disgusting.Yesterday my kid and his friend were playing in the back yard. They were pretending that different parts of the yard were various rooms in their imaginary house. They moved a patio chair into the living room. There was a snack served in the kitchen. The trampoline was the bedroom. Then I heard talk of the “pee tree”.This is what is known as a RED FLAG.I went outside to investigate. “Where is the pee tree, boys?” They pointed it out to me.“What are you guys doing by the pee tree?”Silence.“You are just pretending that’s a bathroom, right? You’re not really peeing out here are you?”They looked at each other, and then more silence.“Ok, guys. I get it. PLEASE do not pee in the backyard anymore. We are people, not animals.”See? I can be reasonable. No over-reacting here. Cut to...

A lot of this is a redo from a posse email I sent out last week. Eclipse is slated to release June 30th 2010! That's right. We already have a release date. Chris Wietz is rumored to not be directing because of post production on New Moon will be happening while the new one starts filming. Can't really give an opinion on that since I haven't seen the 2nd one yet. Love this new necklace at Hot Topic AnnaLynne McCord will not be Heidi in New Moon. This is from Twilighters who took it from OK Magazine. "AnnaLynne McCord, who was slated to play the receptionist to the Volturi vampires in Rome, Heidi, tells OK! she’s no longer going to be in that role. “I am so disappointed but it doesn’t look like it is going to happen with my schedule,” she revealed to OK! at the L.A. premiere of Fired Up on Feb. 19. Fans of the 90210 star might still have some hope, as she adds, “But keep your fingers crossed for me. I hope that it still does!” Anyone notice a problem with this????? Heid...

My counter keeps going up, but no one is commenting again (except Lyndee of course). I love to see that people are actually reading this. HINT HINT.

Bryon took the older kids on the annual Buchmiller Family Shed Hunt this last weekend. They shook things up a bit and instead of going to the Bookcliffs, they went down to the Henry's. Same would have been difficult so I stayed home with him. He was desperate to go and started packing his stuff when the other kids were. He kept coming in to the bedroom and telling us he needed a jacket, or pj's or whatever it was that Ethen was putting into his bag at the moment. It was cute. Although not super successful they all said they had a fantastic time. Bryon took a ton more pictures of Ethen because they were hunting buddies. They found some cool things to play in too. The take. The Crew.

Okay not really new. He has been taking a lot of landscape pics when he is outside for a while now. We really need to get him a better camera so he can expand. These are some of the ones he took this weekend. And then the ever famous Deer Pictures. We have more of these kinds then we do of the kids I think. Cool looking though. Except for the one action shot of the buck pooping of course.

When with some women in the neighborhood to Leatherby's in Taylorsville. I think the last time I went there was before we had kids. The we were supposed to start at 6:30 but there were only TWO people of the 13 there so poor Jill and I had to twittle our thumbs while we waited for everyone else. Memorables of the night. Camille's salad was gross. Acid in my basement. Heber I want a ride. (my brain is dead right now so send me some more in comments and I will add them.) Then we separated and went to different stores after we stuffed ourselves with ice cream. A few went to Ross, then some to Hobby Lobby (though it was closed) and then some the FYE and Walmart. I wanted to go and pick up my boxes (at least three) of Twilight Conversation Hearts. I was stoked. But alas, this store was behind the bandwagon and didn't order there's soon enough. I had to settle with two new sets of mini buttons to add to my purse (and probably other places as well). Of course the high...

Man she is going to kill me, but can anyone find someone they know in this pic?? Just remember I love you.

Yesterday Ethen had me rolling but not for the usual reasons. He is the star student this week so every day his class does something special for him. They made a book of pictures that they colored and he brought it home. He didn't have a chance to read it at school so I got to watch as he discovered what his friends gave him. There was a ton of these benign. Lightsabers or swords Then we got a bit heavier in the subject matter. Oh yeah, that is what it looks like. And finally the winner. This is his supposed girlfriend that I mentioned a few posts ago. Apparently she drew him first and then said he looked like he was dead so she drew herself to match. A bit scary. Then to top the night off he woke up about a hour after he went to bed. He came into my room and just sat on the bed and moaned. This isn't unusual. I usually just tell him to go to the bathroom and everything is okay. So I followed procedure and told him to go. He went into my bathroom and then went back ...

The spinner was in the kitchen when I got home last night from work. It was the first thing Sam did this morning. He was camera shy for sure, knowing I was recording.

I recieved this email yesterday. "We hope you all had a wonderful Holiday Season!We would like to announce that TwilightMOMS.com and The Mitch Hansen Band will be co-hosting a New Moon Event! The event will be held Thursday, November 19, 2009 at the South Towne Expo Center. The Mitch Hansen Band will be performing in concert followed by the midnight show of New Moon at the Megaplex 17 at the Jordan Commons. Exact times and prices will be announced in the next few months.We appreciate all of your ideas and suggestions. We will be using them to make this event bigger and better!Remember to mark the date! Thanks!Kirsten, Kimberly & JennyMovie Premiere Committee*You are receiving this e-mail because you attended our Twilight Movie Premiere Event. *If you no longer wish to receive notices about our events, please reply to this e-mail with "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject line. Your name will be removed from our list.*If you would like us to send this to a different e-mail a...

Stuff is being to kick off now that we are approaching March. One of the Twilighter's groupies just had this arrive in the mail. I bet a lot of silver Volvo owners would like to have this as well His Golden Eyes did a cake contest and this one was first place. MyParkMagazine has a new article about Rob not getting paid the $12million for New Moon: Robert Pattinson isn’t being paid $12m (£8.1m) for being in New Moon. Rob has been forced to defend himself after various websites suggested that he is getting paid megabucks for playing Edward Cullen. The British actor told the BBC: “I read some gossip thing saying, because I looked really uncomfortable in a paparazzi photo or something, they’re like, ‘He should get used to it. That’s the price to pay if you’re getting $12m (£8.1m) a movie’. “If I’m getting paid $12m a movie I’d walk around naked. That’s all nonsense. I don’t know who makes that stuff up. Even the price for the first one was nonsense.” Rob loves playing Edward Cullen a...

We FINALLY were able to go on a real date. We haven't done that for a while. Of course why be creative? We went to dinner and a movie, but that is what we like to do best. We did shake it up though and Socialized . Olive Garden was an hour wait (which turned into only 30 mins ) and then to watch Taken. Good movie , good food, and good friends. Sounds like a training table commercial. Laurie and Jon Classic Laurie. I could post more pics I have like this, but I think she would kill me. Jamie and Roger Classic Bryon too. It wasn't quite as entertaining as the last time the three girls went to Olive Garden. The waiter this time didn't think we were drunk and didn't bring us a huge basket of mints. None of us pee'd our pants until after dinner when Bryon scared the crap out of Laurie. And even though she threatened... his *%# is not grass as of yet. I am still waiting for that one to happen. Love you ladies and your fabulous husbands who are willing to put with all ...

Adria took these for me as a present for Valentine's Day. I had to lie to him that I was going visiting teaching since he worked from home the day we took them. Don't worry. Adria's mom is in the RS Presidency and her dad is the 2 nd Counselor in the Bishopric . I am covered. And yep. 6 weeks of sickness didn't do me any good and I think my thyroid is acting up again. Time for another visit to the witch doctor.

Getting pumped up for the All-Star game tonight. This was the conversation after church. Of course this isn't verbatim. Bryon: Are you ready to watch the game tonight? Kids: What game? B:the All-star basketball game Rebekah: Who are we cheering for? B: The West team of course because we live in the West. R: So there is a Breast Team and an East Team. Trying soooo hard not to laugh. B: No, thats the WNBA not the NBA. Janet can't contain herself and surprisingly neither can Rebekah. B:Why are you laughing? R:Cause you told me the WNBA is for girls. Trying to be serious. B: What does that matter? Needless to say she put two and two together.

Bryon asked me to go out and check in the car for his FM transmitter when I was at work. Little did I know some clandestine activities were occurring. This is the condition of the car when I found it. I took this pics with my camera phone so I apologize for the quality. From floor to ceiling the entire car was stuffed of red balloons. All I could do was laugh since I couldn't even open the door without carpeting the parking lot. Then I called and said thanks, to which I received a speaker phone "Happy Valentines Day" from everyone. I didn't know until later that night that they had sat in the parking lot and watched my reaction. Rebekah said she was light headed and Ethen's tongue hurt from all the effort of blowing them all up. Sam even tried to hide when I came into sight. Laurie, Jamie and I took the Twilight pins from my purse at 11:30 and had hayday popping them all as fast as we could. That revealed the present on the floor of the drivers seat. ...

Stolen from AmyO

Two more important women in my life. Kudos to whoever can guess who they are. Love you ladies.

Rob's hair is growing back. There have been several people mention to me that so and so has been cast as this character. I have investigated all the usual info sites and the only thing that has been confirmed by Summit is that Dakota Fanning is in talks for Jane. So far, that is it. Until I hear otherwise, I am not going to post it. I hate rumors. Random Facts from Chicago's Twilight Convention. Thanks to the Lex . Justin Chon : Has his own retail store He loves to surf He is in an upcoming movie with Harrison Ford called Crossing Over . Has a great smile, and is thrilled to talk to fans Ashley Greene: Loves shopping just about as much as Alice does Most embarrassing moment on set was hitting a cameraman with a pitch…twice Had picked out Alice’s prom dress because originally the Cullens were at the prom Has a great, genuine bubbly personality, and was really sweet to all the fans Peter Facinelli : Pronounces his last name the Italian way with the “C” sounding like a “CH” S...

Yes, I clearly overreacted.

Thanks Steph, for getting me started on this one.

Geez you bunch of Nazi's.

The bad kind Sam-"Mom this house a mess. Clean it up!" Yep, thanks dude.

Not the bad kind. We had SEP's last night. I was anxious to talk to the kids teachers because of my melt down last week. Of course they are both doing fine. Rebekah has set some of her own goals to improve and they pretty much corresponded with my own. Her teacher asked if her spelling words were too hard. We told her they were hard, but if she studied them she would be okay. We got her IOWA test from the beginning of they year and she is above average on almost everything. She is reading 134 WPM (they are supposed to be 100 by then end of third grade). The teacher told me that all the 3's on her report card were just an indication that things are getting harder. She actually has to work at things now instead of acing everything without effort. I am glad. She will actually have to work at it now. Ethen's teacher had nothing but praise. He writes better than most of the girls in his class and we all know that boy's handwriting is a lot messier than girls ...

These are about 4 years old, since Ethen is almost seven now, but I haven't been able to find them for a while.

The difference between spelling lists Rebekah Ethen 1.comedian 1.crab 2.narrative 2.flag 3.harmonious 3.map 4.mandatory 4.grape 5.emphatic 5.rake 6.illustrative 6.shave 7.laborious 7.bake 8.rigidity 8.made 9.janitorial 9.about 10.tutorial 10.want

We went to school early today to hit the book fair. I wanted to get the best selection. While we were browsing a lady came up to us and asked if this was Ethen Buchmiller. I confirmed that for her and she said that her daughter has the biggest crush on him. I asked what her daughters name was and had heard Ethen talk about how cute she is on more than one occasion. She said 'isn't so cute?" I told her that I loved when Ethen comes home and tells me who he has a crush on that day. She looked a bit funny for a moment and then said. "Quincy is pretty much exclusive. She only talks about how cute Ethen is." OH NO. Heartbreaker. He was sooo embarrassed when we started talking about it. He hid behind me and giggled.

Birthdays seem like a good way to remember people and I have a lot this week. So today is for Alison Thomas. My second best friend in life. Al and I met right before I got pregnant with Ethen when they moved into the apartment complex we were managing. She soon became pregnant as well and we have kept up the tradition of managing to get fat together, although she goes back to her teeny little self while my thyroid explodes. I can trace our friendship along all the important life events over the last six years and some that were not all that important, but highly entertaining. I miss walking to the mall just to have a cheese stick and both of us sluffing relief society when one of us had to nurse. So here is to Ali. Who other than Bryon, is responsible for the sanity that have now as she was my encouragement to seek help when the depression set in and provided the outlet to combat it. In many ways she was Bryon's stand in when he was working and going to school full time. We inst...

Dakota Fanning is still "in negotiation" so no final word yet. However the cast did show up to her premiere of PUSH which is another Summit Production. From that event we are able to confirm the appearance of a banana colored car in the movie (VAroom!!) as well as Leah not being present in the movie (confirmed by Melissa (the screenwriter)). Edit Gathegi (Laurent) will be camping out to get his copy of the DVD. I will not be. I watched and entire episode of 90210 the other night just to see Kellan. Tear, he wasn't in that one. All the slutty high school drama for nothing. I have recently reacquired all but one of my books. My nightstand is a little heavy (until I lend them out again). It is nice to feel almost complete.