Casting Call

They are filming a movie staring Jackie Chan at Madison's school Thursday and Friday. Madison went to a casting audition on Monday to try out for an extra. We hadn't heard anything by today so she was pretty disappointed.

We received a call at 9:00 tonight that she is going to be an extra. Not only does she get out of school during filming but she gets paid. She is so excited. Hopefully Jackie Chan will be there. I'd love to see him. I'll try to bring a camera or at least get a picture with my phone. Small problem. I have to be there all day Friday without Jarom and Charity. Hopefully my mom's available.

I was looking at the information and they are still looking for "mall background" for the movie. Hmm, we'll see how much they pay. Maybe I can be mall background. I wouldn't mind some extra spending money.

My mom know's a guy who does extra work for most of the movies that come's in town. He say's it's pretty cool and gets to meet a lot of the movie's stars. Mads has begged me to let her go to auditions before but I always said no. Lucky girl they were filming at her school.

October

October is my favorite month of the year.


First, because it's my birthday!
A great excuse to buy myself things and not feel guilty.






Another reason is because of the Balloon Fiesta. I am not a morning person, but I enjoy taking Madison to school early because I love to see the balloons in the sky.

I also love the weather. That it cools off (but not too cold and NO snow), and the leaves changing colors. It is one of the most beautiful sights. My brother-in-law took this picture. I stole it from his blog. I have neither the camera nor the skill. Thanks Jared!

I love Halloween. It's not my favorite holiday but an excuse to buy tons of chocolate is fine with me. I usually buy our candy early, eat half of it, and then buy more. Not to mention stealing candy from my kids bags.

I am excited for Thanksgiving and Christmas but sad that October is almost over.

Tagged

Tagged


Things I was doing 10 years ago...

1.) Working for a cab company
2.) Living in Las Vegas
3.) Thinking my husband will never be done with school (he finally graduated in June)
4.) Deciding that Madison was going to be an only child.
5.) Enjoying the warm Las Vegas weather.

*5 Things on my "To-Do" list today...
1.) clean
2.) take a bath
3.) get John to set up the heater (it's cold!)
4.) shop
5.) study lesson

*5 Snacks I enjoy...
1.) Diet Dr. Pepper
2.) cookies
3.) Popcorn with M&M's
4.) Brownies
5.) Chocolate

*5 Things I'd do if I were a Millionaire...
1.) Pay of debts
2.) Hire a maid (I HATE to clean)
3.) Build my dream house
4.) Travel, travel, travel
5.) Save

*5 Places I've Lived...
1.) Farmington,NM
2.) Las Vegas, NV
3.) Albuquerque, NM
4.) Provo, UT
5.) Magna, UT

*5 Jobs I've Had
1.) TV producer assistant (for 2 weeks - the Baywatch writer and producer)
2.) Dental Assistant
3.) movie theaters
4.) Bakery
5.) dressed up in a Twinkie and loaf of bread costumes and gave out samples

*5 People I tag
1.) Kim
2.) Jacque
3.) Melissa




Rules: Each player answers the question themselves. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment letting them know that they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person that tagged you know when you’ve answered the questions on your blog.

Coco Huff

Charity has been cracking me up lately.

She decided about 2 months ago that her name was Coco Huff.

It only lasted 3 weeks but it was pretty funny.

I forget how much attitude can be packed into such a small kids.

Here are some of her favorite sayings.

*I'm not nuts, I'm bossy. (I had told Jarom to ignore her cause she's being nuts)

*Please stop talking, you're making me angry.

*I love Nick (Jonas). He's my best friend ever seen.

*Knock, knock,

who's there,

hoo, hoo, hoo,

hoo, hoo, hoo, who

no cry (every knock knock joke ends in "no cry").

I have just about given up trying to potty train her.

We are trying the last ditch effort of no diapers.

Luckily our carpet needs replaced anyway.

We'll see who folds first.

Me or Charity.

Tired

I'm pretty sure that bodies start to deteriorate at the age of 30. One of Madison's friends told her I looked like I was 15 and I told her but I feel like I'm 50. My list of aches and pains keeps growing.

So I've been to the doctor twice this week. Got the results of my MRI and scheduled surgery for my wrist. I'm actually excited. I am so tired of hurting and wearing that stupid splint. But depending on how bad the tear is I may end up in a full arm cast (up past the elbow) for 6-8 weeks, which sounds like lots of fun. Maybe this time I can get out of cleaning this time.

I also had a check up and decided to mention that I have been pretty tired and nauseated lately (NO I am not pregnant). The tired part is recent, but the nausea has been on and off for the last 4 years. I assumed I was tired because I have 3 kids and Charity doesn't go to bed before 11:00, but my thyroid is enlarged so we'll see what the blood tests say. As far as the nausea, no one's sure. No real way to tell. Just deal with it.

I went to Madison's IEP and they want to move her to 2 more gifted classes. We decided to do one now and the other later. I hope that doesn't mean more homework for her. She be doing homework all night. Madison is planning her birthday party (a slumber party YEA!!) and I realized she's turning 12 soon. I have no idea if she is close to getting her Faith in God finished. Some parent and ex-Faith in God leader I am. She lost her book so I need to sit down with her and figure out what she needs to do to finish.

I better get to bed. 6 comes awfully early.

Finally

I've been promising to get this up and running for a while now but always found things to do instead. But thanks to Stacy it's started. We have no pictures up yet. I realized we do not take many pictures. I could only find one picture of our entire family together taken in the last year, and it was a bad picture. I was going to use the pictures Michelle took of us last year but my CD won't work. So the pictures will come later.

We got to see some friends last night that we haven't seen in a while. It was great. I really miss those Newmans. Stacy, email me the pictures please.

I was looking through our pictures today and realized I am horrible at keeping in touch with people. I never write or call family or friends. Hopefully we can keep in touch this way. The picture up above (I don't know what I'm doing and can't move or delete the picture) is of the Wright's from Vegas. Mads and J were practially raised at their house. Now we talk about once a year. Too bad.

Jarom is out of school for the next two weeks!!! I hate spending 3 hours in the car a day driving the kids to school and back. I look for excuses to keep my kids home from school, so I love track break. If only Madison.... I'm such a bad mother. Mads has an IEP tomorrow and I keep looking for an excuse not to go. Maybe I'm just lazy.