Wednesday, May 13, 2009

HAPPY BITRHDAY MOM!





50 reasons why i love my mom :
1. she is the funniest person I know
2. she loves my cats
3. she talks to me about everything
4. she listens to me
5. she laughs with me
6. she loves to listen to the music I listen to
7. she is becoming a techie!
8. She reads
9. She loves to travel ( I don’t mind going with you ☺)
10. She makes delicious food
11. She is GREEN
12. She watches the OC with me and gets into it !

13. She is friends with my friends
14. She has a wicked serve in tennis
15. That she drives with me ☺
16. She makes boring days fun
17. She makes me lunches
18. She writes letters to everyone
19. She is VERY patient with the boys
20. Her voice
21. That she was my teacher
22. That she gets me
23. She is always thinking of others
24. She loves the gospel
25. That she loves bollywood
26. She tries new things all the time
27. She loves to dance around the house
28. She always trys to pick the cute guys on the team whenever we are at a sporting event ( which is often)

29. That she does yoga

30. That she blogs
31. She keeps her friends close
32. That she gets nervous when the boys are up to bat
33. She always wants a new adventure
34. She wants me to be who I want to be
35. She wants to be an nurse ( you would be a good one )

36. She is so crafty
37. She loves little things
38. She is the best grandma

39. That she wants dad to love his job
40. she leaves me funny messages on my phone
41. she is always there for me
42. that she gets scared easily ☺ very funny
43. she plays word jhong
44. she keeps her word
45. she always asks for a hand rub
46. she has so many talents
47. I love her on sleeping pills ☺
48. That she loves her childhood

49. That she is the best mom I could ever want
50. That she is and will always be my very best friend
I love you to death mom , thanks for all the memories ;)
Love , k-ann

Monday, May 4, 2009

may 1959-2009..fifty years give or take

Fifty Things that I definitely Know that I Like and Dislike

  1. I don't like driving on the freeway..ever
  2. can't stand the name "David"
  3. the red-eye flight from Hawaii
  4. cheap,plastic toys
  5. not having good eyesight
  6. the smell of wet dogs
  7. guilt
  8. air conditioners
  9. going to the dentist
  10. having to wear socks..they make me hot
  11. waking up to a dirty kitchen
  12. making appointments of any kind
  13. when people freak out over the #13
  14. cleaning up barf
  15. touching raw meat , cooking it and the smells -gross
  16. watching sports on t.v
  17. when winter goes on forever..springs last 2 days..then it is 100 degrees
  18. I to see the waste weddings and parties generate and no one is recycling
  19. meetings that last too long ( i.e when an hour is spent on deciding which tablecloth to use)
  20. snakes, and I don't care If they are God's creatures
  21. a book or movie that was a complete waste of time
  22. prejudice
  23. injustice
  24. greed
  25. did I mention ..raw meat?!

  1. ok..things I really like..apparently setting up the computer should be one!! Kerriann..
  2. a good rain shower
  3. bookstores and having the time to really look
  4. cranking music way up loud
  5. shelling..and finding an Excellent beach
  6. fireflies..real or battery-operated
  7. searching for the best flan
  8. previews at a movie theater
  9. running into deer on my walks
  10. my children's birthdays
  11. bees-especially the fuzzy, mutant ones
  12. streams
  13. people-like the Hendersons-who think the #13 is lucky
  14. having the windows open (this can include winter if I am in Newport Beach)
  15. lilacs in full bloom
  16. shades of blue
  17. driving the mini FAST on backroads..Oregon was ideal for this
  18. I like hibernating in the winter..and I am not going to apologize for that anymore
  19. my i-pod and seeing what other people have on their playlists
  20. having lunch with my friends ,most definitely includes daughters
  21. Tahoe,Sundance,New York,the road to Hanalei
  22. black oak trees on Sandhill Road
  23. living in Woodside..in Berkeley..Provo in the early 80's..in Reno..it has all been an adventure!!
  24. I still love the scent of Oscar de la Renta the best
  25. the life I was given..and can I have fifty more good ones please