Boom what?

A week or so ago, I was talking with the girls at work about a song that had come on the music system throughout the showroom and somehow the word "boombox" came out of my mouth. As soon as I said it, a quizzical stare came from my co-workers like I had said something completely foreign. They had no idea what I was talking about. I tried to describe it as, "You know, like in the movie, Say Anything, when Lloyd Dobbler holds up the boombox outside of Diane Court's window as he is trying to woo her playing Peter Gabriel's, "In Your Eyes"???. Again, blank stares. Come on, this was rated by Entertainment Weekly as one of the most romantic moments in film. And, I can't be that old! How do they not know this iconic movie? And what else were we supposed to play our beloved tapes on? So thanks to Google, we looked up what a boombox was - and found some pictures of a very large radio with a tape player and huge speakers - so we got that figured out. Although I still feel like I am 25, I started questioning how ancient I really am. I called Kristen at work to see if she knew what a boombox was. Phewww! She did. But, she has never seen Say Anything! Oh, the youth today!

I Want to Play Too!

Oh how I love answering numbered questions. I could do it all day. Buckle up...

1. What is your favorite lunch meat? Um, not ham! I'm a turkey girl all the way. As an aside, does anyone ever pick roast beef as their lunch meat of choice? And furthermore, how did Arby's decide to make a whole franchise based on roast beef? Who besides Julie ever eats there? That and Skippers will always be a mystery to me. BTW, lunch meat is a funny term.

2. Do you still have your tonsils? You bet I do! Although I eat so much ice cream, you wouldn't think so.

3. Would you bungee jump? No! I have height issues. The only way I would do it is if there was a tasty treat waiting for me to pick up as I was bouncing up and down.

4. What is your favorite cereal? Totally Cocoa Puffs. Not only are they tasty, but you get a refreshing bowl of chocolate milk when you're done. A close second are Reese's puffs because they're like eating candy for breakfast.

5. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Of course! I can't stand it when I forget to loosen the laces enough and they're difficult to put on. If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well, Julie.

6. What is your favorite ice cream? It has to be Dreyer's Rocky Road. Like the mashed potatoes in While You Were Sleeping, it's so creamy! My all time favorite was Snelgrove's Burnt Almond Fudge, but it is no longer with us. RIP.

7. Red or pink? I've been on a pink kick lately.

8. What are you listening to right now? Just Fine by the legendary Mary J. Blige. Do I have some street cred now?

9. Favorite smells? My pool in the summer, fresh cut grass, markers and gasoline (don't judge me), and my own natural musk.

10. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Burnt Sienna. Just kidding! Nobody ever picks that color! I always liked cornflower blue. It's soothing, just like me. Ha!

11. What websites do you check every day? Oh dear, I'm going to sound really shallow. Gmail/Google reader, EW.com, MSN.com, Sltrib.com and People.com

12. What time is it right now? 9:58 P.M.

13. Do you ever turn your cell phone off? No way man. What if I get attacked at night?

And like Kristen, I am also stumped as to what we all have in common...my only guess is that we all have a severe shimmy? Do I win a prize for guessing correctly?

Kristen's 13 Things

I love this stuff. Here are my answers.

1. What is your favorite lunch meat? Agreed - the answer is always ham. Gimme a pig over a turkey any day.

2. Do you still have your tonsils? Yep!

3. Would you bungee jump? No. I was calm as a summer's morn going skydiving, but you don't get the falling sensation, AND you're strapped to someone else. Plus, wouldn't all the upside-down jostling at the end just make you sick?

4. What is your favorite cereal? All who know me well know I eat 2 heaping bowls of Special K with strawberries every day (I've cut back - it used to be 2.5 bowls). If I can't have that, I'm a Cheerios girl.

5. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Yes - you've got to untie them sometime, Julie - it might as well be when you take them off!

6. What is your favorite ice cream? Classic chocolate chip.

7. Red or pink? Pink - I don't think red looks good on me.

8. What are you listening to right now? "Sweet Dreams" by Beyonce.

9. Favorite smells? Chlorine in the summer, fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies, vanilla.

10. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Maybe a yellow because I try to keep a sunny outlook on life.

11. What websites do you check every day? NY Times, SL Trib, MSN, Entertainment Weekly, my Yahoo email, and this blog.

12. What time is it right now? 5:25 pm

13. Do you ever turn your cell phone off? No

Blog-iversary

This week marks a year since we started our little blog. We started off with individual posts about 100 things about each of us and took off from there. To start our next year of posts, I'm tagging Melinda and Kristen to find out a few more important tidbits . . . a lucky 13 items. As a bonus, does anyone know what we all have in common . . . besides the fact we are sisters and have the same last name? Cheers to another year of fun times together.

Okay, here's the tag . . . re-post with your own answers:

1. What is your favorite lunch meat? Always ham. My Subway sandwiches are easy - just ham and cheese . . . forget the veggies.

2. Do you still have your tonsils? I think so.

3. Would you bungee jump? No! . . . not even if I was strapped to "The Bachelor" in New Zealand.

4. What is your favorite cereal? I am not a big cereal eater . . . but when I do it's Crispix. I don't love the uber-sweet cereals.

5. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? - Nope; I try and get them off as fast as I can as I come in the door.

6. What is your favorite ice cream? Love the seasonal flavors . . . peppermint, pumpkin and my new discovery, Ben and Jerry's Cinnamon Bun ice cream . . . yummmy!

7. Red or pink? Pink

8. What are you listening to right now? My Life Would Suck Without You by Kelly Clarkson. I have a feeling I'm going to get sick of this one real fast. Oooh . . . it just switched to Hall and Oates . . . they never get old (that's right, Melinda . . . "She's a rich girl . . . ")

9. Favorite smells? The humid ocean air as we get off the plane in Hawaii, stepping into the Ben's Cookie store at the Gateway and getting a whiff of the fresh-baked goodies, and Aqua di Gio on just about anybody.

10. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Spring green . . . doesn't that sound so refreshing.

11. What websites do you check every day? Sugardoodle . . . I am addicted to seeing what's new. Good Things Utah and Studio 5 to see if there was anything good while I was at work. And, of course People and Entertainment Weekly for my TV Watch recaps . . . love them!

12. What time is it right now? 11:51 p

13. Do you ever turn your cell phone off? Never

This Is Why I Need Books On CD

It turns out that I end up spending a lot of time in my car these days alone with my thoughts. Which I know sounds fun, but wow, I'm random:

1. We have too many billboards in this state! Every time I travel to another land/state, I am always amazed how clutter free their freeways are, and then you come here, and there are billboards every 4.2 feet. What a mess! I mean honestly, how many customers are these things attracting? I was reading a bunch of them today, and they are ridiculous. Omniture had one indicating they were now hiring guys named Doug. I'm sure you're trying to be pithy and ironic Omniture, but now I'm just feeling bad about myself because I can't apply with your little company because I'm not a man and I'm not named Doug. Jerks. But my favorite of the day was a large license plate with the phrase "SD8ME." I almost got in an accident trying to interpret that little gem, and it turns out to mean...sedate me. WTF? Apparently some crazy dentist in Utah County thinks that offering to sedate me will increase his foot traffic. When instead, it prompted me to call the Popo and report said creepy dentist.


2. Have you ever driven somewhere and then not remembered your drive to get there? I got to work this morning and realized that I did not remember a good 10 minutes of my drive. Luckily, I'm apparently a real good driver when I'm asleep.

3. I hate all morning DJ's! And yes, I'm including you Jimmy Chunga! If I have to hear about his fake film career and how craft services work one more time, I honestly might need to be sedated by creepy Utah County dentist. Forever Strong was his crowning achievement, and not a day passes by that he doesn't talk about "the set," or "the crew" or "Gary Coleman." Brooke, if you would please resume your broadcasting career to put me out of my misery in the morning, I would appreciate it.

So if anyone has any good book on CD recommendations, I'll take them because I need to calm down!

Holding Out for a Hero = Best Song Ever?

The first five minutes on the treadmill are the absolute worst - and today was no exception. Then the pulsating rhythms of Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out for a Hero" came on my iPod and all of a sudden I felt great! I started running faster and faster to keep up with the beat (I may have gotten a side ache but it was totally worth it). If that weren't enough, the visions of Kevin Bacon as Ren McCormick getting his shoe stuck in the tractor gear were enough to make the time fly. The song is six(!) minutes of bliss, has a full choir doing backing vocals, AND a drum beat that NEVER lets up!

Best song ever? Discuss!

Gratitude

In Young Women's, we had a lesson on how to have joy . . . NOW!. The girls had the challenge to start a Gratitude Journal and work on it during the past week, writing down five things each day that they were grateful for. We were excited to see that quite a few took the challenge and reported this week on the difference that it had made as they started looking for the positive in each day. It's a good exercise for anyone to try when you realize that what you have is enough and more.

"Both abundance and lack of abundance exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend. When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present ~ love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature, and personal pursuits that bring us happiness ~ the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience heaven on earth."
- President Thomas S. Monson