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So - did I like it?.. (or story time)

Okay.. Lets talk movies!

Friday night Chels and I went to Twilight.. First I'll talk about the frenzy.. We just had to laugh at HOW excited people were to see this! We love the books, and were excited ourselves.. but, (big shocker) we tend to be more reserved in showing our excitement.. We had some really annoying ladies in line in front of us.. First off, one of them moved up the line asking if they could pay to butt in line, in other words, move up a bit.. they finally paid $15 dollars for 4 of their group to move up about 30 spots.. The part of their group that stayed behind almost got in a fight with others in line, (the lines for different showings were starting to get mixed together so our line kind of made a U, so people in line behind us were closer to the doors).. they were sure that once we were allowed to start moving into the theater people would charge in.. they pretty much drove us nuts! We got in line about 4:30 for the 6:05 show - and got the seats we wanted (when there's only 2 of us in a sold out show we like the 2 front single seats on the side, we can put up our feet and don't have to sit elbow to elbow with strangers) Now - the movie - We loved it, to us it followed the book perfectly, nothing happened that didn't happen in the book.. except I think the movie Bella dressed cuter than I pictured in the book, and her Prom dress was uglier than I had imagined.. Really we loved it and are ready to see it again!

Next! Saturday morning the whole fam went to Bolt.. I'll start with my opinion - loved it!! Quite funny, thanks mostly to Rhino, the hamster.. (now all the girls want hamsters! I have to remind them they don't all have this sense of humor) He killed us in the previews and didn't disappoint us in the show! We even got teary at the end! Really cute! Now.. the experience (really we don't always have so many stories about before the movie) We had pre-bought tickets last week for the 10:20 a.m. Bolt. They said theater 16 and we'd paid the extra for the 3D.. We head for theater 16 and it says 11:05. Davy was meeting work friends in Draper at 12:45 for the BYU/Utah game (no comment) so he knew he couldn't see the whole show if we went to the 11:05.. The 10:20 was in theater 3 NOT in 3D.. I REALLY didn't care if I saw it in 3D or not! I just didn't want to pay the extra $2 per ticket to see it in 2D.. We couldn't decide what to do, so the girls took a vote and we decided to wait for the 3D.. So we sat all alone in the theater for about an hour, since we arrived at 9:30.. Fun! Then a gal came in and told us we needed to go to the other theater since that was the time we had bought.. (ironic, since it ended up being about 1/2 full) The manager comes racing in behind her saying we were welcome to go to either movie and we didn't have to move (we wondered what had gone on in the hall before THIS happened)

Well, Davy had to leave it early, but I didn't have to go ask for my $12 back (see my aversion to talking to strangers in my previous post).. so to me it worked out well.

Okay - not so much reviews of movies, but of theater experiences! I really did love them both! And if you're curious, I don't think it was worth paying the extra for the 3D.. by the end, I'd forgotten we were watching 3D, except I was wearing the cool glasses!

Random 7

I was tagged by Melanie on this one - 7 random things about me..

*I love grey.. I can't ever imagine someone asking me my favorite color and responding "grey", but I really think it is.. Especially when it comes to clothes. For example, when I walk into a store and there are shirts in various colors, I gravitate to the grey.. And if there's a grey in both dark and light, I generally prefer the dark.. I've decided it goes back to when Davy and I bought our first NEW car (in 1991), a Toyota Corolla, and we had the choice between burgundy and a charcoal grey.. I, no surprise, chose the grey.. And I always loved the color.. Even now when I'm driving around I'll point out cars that same color.. (this GREY trait seems to be rubbing off on Chelsea, too)

*I think I have lazy OCD.. My house can get really out of hand, and I have a very hard time catching up because I can't just quickly clean up a room.. I get very hung up on every little detail.. Like, the time I was talking to Wendy and her mouth hung open as I told her how long it takes me to vacuum between the bricks on my fireplace.. Its hard to explain..

*I have a child with green/hazel eyes (Chelsea), one with brown eyes (Savannah), and one with blue eyes (Adeline).. (I once had a friend tell me it was genetically impossible for me to have a brown eyed child.. and then I would point at Savannah again..)

*Okay, this is gross.. but I can't handle talk about snot/boogers.. I can talk vomit and any other bodily function til the cows come home.. But mucus talk makes me gag..

*I am self conscious about how I smile.. My sister and I both (apparently) have huge gums and when we were younger and would grin and/or giggle, only our gums would show.. Our mother would yell "gummy smile" which was our cue to STOP it and show some teeth.. So I feel like I have a weird smile.. But Meredith (aforementioned sister) and I do take evil delight in doing the gummy smile together for my mom..

*I hate talking to strangers.. I'll hunt through a store endlessly before I'll ask an employee where something is (and if I can't find it, I'll leave empty handed) This also carries over to phone calls - I hate calling people I don't know.. so if I need to get my car fixed, or my air conditioner repaired, etc., I will put it off and try to live with whatever the problem is before I break down and make the call..

*I love to shop for fabric, especially for quilting, but that is where the love ends.. I really don't like to sew, even though I'm pretty good at it.. And I love my quilts so much when I'm finished, but hate the process once I get the fabric home.. (and really the only things I sew anymore are quilts and Halloween costumes)

*Birds flying over my head freak me out..

I tag Elissa, Wendy, Lacey, Melissa, and Bonnie (if you haven't already)

..and yes, I just realized that I can't count.. I did 8..

Tagged by Lacey

8 Favorite TV Shows (hard, I'm not a huge TV watcher)
*So You Think You Can Dance (very, very favorite)
*Phineas and Ferb
*Chuck
*Amazing Race
*Jon & Kate + 8
*Blue's Clues (okay, not so much anymore, but I have been known to watch this all by myself, and I prefer Steve over Joe)
(6 is close to 8, right?)

8 Things I Did Yesterday
*remembered to put out my garbage
*helped in Savannah AND Adi's classes
*did some online Christmas shopping
*went to WalMart to buy a present for Adi to take to a birthday party
*bought movie tickets for Quantum of Solace, Twilight, and Bolt (I'm way excited)
*ate at Bajio with Chelsea and Savannah
*went scrapbook shopping
*played Lego Indiana Jones with Chelsea on Wii (our favorite game!)

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To
*going to Thoroughly Modern Millie with my girls and Susie tonight!
*Thanksgiving
*pie
*going to Twilight
*Christmas shopping
*Christmas
*people commenting on my posts
*playing with Susie and Corrin

8 Things on My Wish List
*wishing I loved to exercise
*losing my 2 pounds so I'm back at goal (Weight Watchers) before Thanksgiving
*not having a bad attitude about driving to Boise for Thanksgiving
*my house being completely clean before I leave for Boise
*getting the bathroom done in our basement
*new carpet in my basement (its all pink right now)
*not gaining lots of weight over the holidays (see pie)
*my kids would stop growing up so fast!

I tag Bonnie and anyone who wants to be tagged.. all my friends have done this or are already tagged..

Practicing Self Control?

Okay, I've been dying to post again, but then I worry people will think I'm psycho.. which maybe I am a little.. but, this is my post saying.. I want to post again, I still have Disneyland pictures to show, but I am trying to look like I have other things to do... Haha! (I do, but not things I WANT to do..) So, as you can now see (because I'm admitting it) I worry way too much about what other people think about my sanity.. :)

Mickey's Trick-or-Treat Party!

This is an after hours, separate admission party at California Adventure. I have been dying to go to for quite a while.. We went to it psa (pre Savannah Adi) in Disneyland (before there was California Adventure) in 1996 and at Disney World in 1997. We loved it with little Chelsea, and were wanting to take the little girls before they got TOO old to really enjoy it!

I have 2 little complaints about our evening.. (don't worry, I still LOVED it! I love my Disney!)

1.Our tickets (which we had to surrender at the gate, so I don't have proof) said 7 p.m. to midnight. In truth it was over at 10:30, and most things closed at 10:00 - i.e. rides, lines for characters.. It took us a little while to realize.. this must be over!

2. It was pretty busy - at least busier than the other times we've done it. Before, we literally walked on to every ride.. I remember walking up to Splash Mountain and all you saw were empty logs going down.. Before, it was posted that Space Mountain (actually all of Tomorrowland) would be closed, but we happened to wander by Space Mountain and it was open! Again, no lines! (don't ask me why we were walking over there when it supposed to be closed.. we hadn't had enough walking?) I remember our joke afterward was everyone was so obsessed with the trick-or-treating that they weren't going on rides! Well, that wasn't the case this time! Okay, our longest line, other than Toy Story Mania (did I mention, my new mostest favorite ride?), was 15 minutes, but we were expecting it to be like the good old days! :) They had trick-or-treat stations all over the park, and the lines were ridiculous! Luckily, we weren't there for the candy, so we only stopped if a line was particularly short.

Now, my rant is over, and I will tell you the good things about the night:

*We went on my birthday! (October 23) Yay me! Ha, really, I'm not a yay its my birthday kind of girl, but it was a wonderful way to spend a day I'd rather not think about! And yes, I did wear the pin they give out at City Hall - Today is My Birthday with my name written on it! I have to say, I quite enjoyed being told Happy Birthday Marci! all day - the cast members really do an amazing job of noticing if you're wearing the pin! Of course, me being my cynical self, was skeptical of others I saw wearing the pins.. is it REALLY their birthday? It got especially fishy when I saw 4 people together - all of them wearing the pin.. Really? You expect me to believe it is ALL of your birthdays? I think even the cast members saw through their game, and wouldn't wish them as happy a birthday as they did me and all of the legitimate birthday boys and girls! Really! A magnificent birthday!!

Magical moments! You really have them! Not all the time, not even every trip, but they do happen! Savannah went as the Queen of Hearts (you must understand, my girls can be whomever they want for Halloween, as long as its Disney) and we kept running into the real Queen of Hearts! She was darling with Savannah!

She would get all excited every time she saw Savannah! She would have a new pose for them to do together, or should would smooth Savannah's hair, and fluff out her dress, and then do it to herself! Really it was so cute to watch, and was so good for Savannah to get some special attention! (can we say middle child?)

Here is Savannah doing her best grouchy queen pose!

okay.. not very grouchy!

Miss Adeline, as Sleeping Beauty, is always ready with a pose, especially a princess pose!

She, obviously, did not princess pose lessons! (see below)

Chelsea, as Belle in the blue dress, got LOTS of compliments! After 3 years in this costume, we really have all the little details right - but I didn't make her carry her big book around like I do on Halloween. We really have got the Belle hair down! Funny, I can't convince her to wear it any other day.. So, a funny story, there was this gal we kept running into at the party dressed as Belle in the yellow gown, I'd guess early 20's, who really thought she was something.. She had a group of about 5 friends who just followed her around all night taking her picture (weird). Every time she would see Chels she we'd hear this "Hello Belle!", and Chelsea, in typical Chelsea fashion, tried to ignore her.. Well, when the party was over we were outside the park in the courtyard area between Disneyland and California Adventure taking a couple more pictures (Davy and the little girls were already walking back to the hotel). Well, this "Belle" is out posing for her groupies, obviously not ready for the evening to be over, when she spots our Chelsea.. She starts calling "Belle! Belle!" in a total Snow White voice (get your princesses straight, honey). Chels, again, trying to ignore her, now in a hurry to start walking back to the hotel. Well, she caught up to her and asked if they could have their pictures taken together.. So here they are.. Really a very pretty girl, but, just weird.. you would have had to see her with her posse.. and we love her pose.. Ha!

(and special thanks to Chelsea from her mommy for wearing this costume one more year, making the Queen of Hearts was all I was up to this year!)

You're never too big to twirl, right?

Our princesses, and 2 others!

Obviously, no one is sure which camera to look at!


Here, the girls being taught how to pose like a princess..


Overlooking Paradise Pier.. If you look in the background, there is a jack-o-lantern in the center of the Mickey face on California Screamin'..

A sneak peek?

Okay, by the time I got on the computer tonight I was too tired to put on all the Disneyland pictures I wanted to.. So this is what I'll start with.. My kids crack me up! We had just got our always attractive 3D glasses and I had them turn around for a quick picture.. they are funny little monkeys! We were waiting in line for Toy Story Mania - my new very favorite ride! It's like Buzz Lightyear's AstroBlasters.. but way better! We went October 21-26 - it was my birthday present! This was actually Davy's idea since I'm not the biggest fan of MY birthday! What a sweetie! We were able to go the the after hours Halloween party, which we haven't done since Chels was 7 and we didn't even have the little girls.. More pictures tomorrow? Yes, I think so!

Is it sad?

Is it sad that it totally made my morning to see 7 comments on my last post? I don't feel quite so isolated anymore! Are any of you 4th warders out there sad to see the 1 o'clock church time slipping away? I laid in bed extra long this morning just to enjoy it. Less than 2 months and on to dreaded 9 o'clock.. Not that I have a hard time getting up early, I just don't like having to get everyone looking their best so early to be home by noon trying to think of appropriate activities for the WHOLE day.. 9 o'clock Sundays are the longest Sundays.. It ends up me, Davy and Chels napping and the little girls have free reign, which can have scary results! Enjoy these last few lazy Sunday mornings for me, and maybe I won't be so sad!
I'm hoping to put on some Disneyland/Halloween pictures later today!

As expected..

Well, the joke around our house is that Marci has her own blog.. as in just for her, since as of right now no one else can read it.. this is how these things typically go for me though, but I'm not ready to give up yet! That kind of shows I guess, since I'm posting again in hopes that someday someone else besides me will read this.. I'm not the most computer-technology savvy gal (ask Wendy)
Well, I'm happy with how this looks so far, even though I'm the only one who seems to know that.. I feel like I'm talking to myself in an isolated, echo-y room.. How sad is that? Hello -hello- hello.. Look at my post -post - post.. It must be getting late..

Because I had nothing else to do.. Ha!

So, here I am starting a blog.. I have become quite obsessed with other people's blogs.. people I don't even know, and it gets me thinking about what I'd say.. Of course right now I don't have any of those brilliant ideas I had thought of.. but this is just a quick post to say.. Here I Am!