Can't live without...

10 things I can't live without (in no particular order)
#10 - TiVo
#9 - iPod
#8 - Chapstick
#7 - Propel Water
#6 - Cell phone
#5 - Toothbrush
#4 - Camera
#3 - Great friends and family
#2 - A good pillow
#1 - Blogs to read when I'm bored at work (haha!)

What are your top 10?

Vacation time!

I am gearing up for a much-anticipated, long-awaited, extremely-overdue VACATION!
A trip back home to St. George and Salt Lake City may not seem like much of an adventure, but it's just what the therapist calls for ... haha!
I'm so excited to visit all my St. George friends. Even though it's only been a few weeks since I've seen them, I love and miss them all so much!

My favorite restaurants, too, await me. Green Chile Chicken Salad at Bajio, Steak Burrito at Cafe Rio, Chicken Tortellini with Creamy Pesto at Pasta Factory, Taco Time's Crispy Chicken Burrito, Honey-Baked Ham store's Bedda Chedda, The Empire State at Gandolfo's ... Ahhh the food! Can't wait! I have missed it so much. I'm so incredibly disappointed in the restaurants here in Palm Springs. There is fast food, crappy Mexican, fancy-schamncy places and completely over-priced wannabes regular faves. There is no where in this desert where I could get a lunch as complete as the Pasta or Pizza Factory lunches (drink, breadstick, salad and pasta) for under $7. Boy I miss Utah!
OK, enough about food...
While I'm home, I'm also going to enjoy one of my favorite summer traditions... The Utah Shakespearean Festival. "Twelfth Night" is on the schedule for a Saturday matinee! Last summer was the first in 11 years that I have not enjoyed all the plays at the Tony Award-winning festival.
After a weekend in St. George I'm heading up the 15 to the 'rents' place. Can't wait to hopefully reconnect with some friends I haven't seen in nearly a year or longer. And maybe, just maybe ... a certain returning, recovering soldier boy will find his way back home while I'm there!

Survey-tastic!

So this MySpace survey was actually kind of fun, so I thought I'd post it...

Aside from Driver's Ed, who really taught you how to drive?My mom (it was a very stressful time! LOL)

What's the one thing you love/miss about your Grandma's cooking? Grandma May made a great chocolate cake, with a fluffy white frosting and then drizzled melted milk chocolate on top of that ... heaven!

If you had money to burn, what 3 charities would you donate to? Breast Cancer, Utah Shakespearean Festival, United Way

What "Late Night Radio" song would you request to your man/woman? Groovy Kind of Love ... hahaha!
Goodnight and Go by Imogen Heap ("Why'd ya hafta be so cute..." Favorite line!!)

What was the last high school/college project you did? Probably my senior thesis ... and for the life of me I can't remember what it was. haha!

As a kid, who was the first "famous death" you remember hearing about? Elvis

What kind of music did your parent's listen to while u were growing up? Classic 50s and 60s .... great stuff! "Calendar Girl" "It's My Party" "Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" "One Eyed, One Horned, Flying Purple People Eater" and all of Elvis' hits

Name 2 historic events that have happened in your lifetime? Regan was shot and Challenger blew up, just to name a few

Who taught you to tie your shoes? my mom

Where did you go on your first "official" date? A girls choice dance

When you "cruised the strip"...who were you usually with? Went in Washington State with my cousin Chris. We thought we were so cool!

Who was like your "second Mom" or "second Dad"? That would have to be Kathy Piper

Who is your Strangest Relative and why? hmmm ... hard to pick just one! haha just kidding!

What's your typical ice cream order at Dairy Queen? Peanut Buster Parfait


THIS AND THAT
Animal House or Caddyshack? Caddyshack

Dorito's or Frito Lay's? Dorito's

Straight-Man or Comic Relief? Comic Relief

Survivor Man or Man vs. Wild? don't really care for either

Casablanca or An Affair To Remember? Affair to Remember ... it's all about Cary Grant!!!

Princess Grace or Princess Diana? Diana for sure! Although I was a fan of Grace, too

Books, Movies or TV? All of the above

Marilyn Monroe or Anna Nicole Smith? Marilyn Monroe for sure

Playboy or Hustler? I love the Girls Next Door

Disneyland, Disneyworld, or Universal Studios? Tokyo Disneyland!!

Halloween or Christmas? Both!

Leading or Following? I'm a follower ... haha ... but I do like to lead every once in a while

Planes or Trains? Amazing memories while traveling as a kid on Amtrak!


FAVORITES
Painting? "Sometimes the Spirit Touches Us Through Our Weaknesses" by James C. Christensen (left) and any of the Amish series by Eric Dowdle. Also love anything from Renoir and Degas (WAY too hard to pick just one!)

Museum Exhibit? Paintings and sculpture

Thing to do when you're sitting home alone and the power goes out? Chat on the phone or play card games by candlelight

Snack/Junk Food? Twinkies or pink and white animal cookies

Pet name for your significant other? Either baby or sweetie

Nickname for your best friend? too many friends to just pick one... here's a sampling... Joni loves Chachi, Sliz, Licia, Aim, Charlie Brown

Revenge tactic? hmmm that could be pretty damning ... better not divulge.

Song to sing in the shower? Last song I heard on the stereo.

Bill that you have to pay? Ugh they never end! Electric bill right now ... freakin' $200

Cuss word? So many ... my fave is sonuvabitchin'

Era to read about or watch a movie in? Elizabethan and Victorian

Poet? I'm not huge into poetry, but I do enjoy Poe and Shakespeare's sonnets. Sylvia Plath, too, was intriguing.

Villain in a movie? Anthony Hopkins.. The man is incredible

Topic to gab with your family about? other family gossip and cute things Adi said

AND FINALLY...
If you could be invisible for one day, what would you do? not really sure...

If you could know everything that one person was thinking, who would it be?
It would be a silly boy for sure

If you could have coffee with 3 people, living or dead, who would they be?
Shakespeare, JFK (find out who really shot him) and ... well Brad Pitt!

Amazement continues

I'm planning a Primary lesson for tomorrow and I thought I would jump on LDS.org to see if I could find one of my favorite new Primary songs, "Hands Around the World." Anyway, I am once again amazed at how the Church has stayed completely on top of technology. Not only can I download endless resources for talks and lessons (came in very handy when I spoke in Sacrament Meeting a couple weeks ago), but now I can download MP3s of my favorite songs (I LOVE "Scripture Power"!). Any hymn, children's song and even the newest melodies for Young Women's ... all found in one great site. I don't know why I'm so impressed or surprised. The Church pioneered genealogical research, so it should come as any great shock that their Web site would be so complete. I continue to be amazed.

The list continues ... are you sick of it yet?

#44 - While in college I somehow managed to get away without taking the required math class! Turns out a clerical error was in my favor!! WHEW! I HATE math!
#43 - My favorite fairytale growing up was Rapunzel. I would tie a towel or bedsheet around my head and pretend it was my hair and I was trapped in the tip top tower of a castle waiting for Prince Charming.
#42 - Speaking of walking around with a towel on my head ... I would also pretend I was bride on my wedding day.
#41 - I was nearly a prima ballerina ... nearly. My mom signed us up for ballet once and I think we lasted maybe 3 classes. They apparently didn't have any slipper to fit our feet. Ballet on bare feet isn't fun.
#40 - I had glasses when I was in Kindergarten. I was the only one in my class with glasses. But they were the coolest glasses ever! They had Pink Panther on the side of them! Even though they maybe have been cool, I still tried to lose them or break them every chance I got so I wouldn't have to wear them.
#39 - I always wanted to be Jeannie from "I Dream of Jeannie." I would even try to do my hair in that high ponytail.
#38 - Four of the guys I had crushes on ... 2 in high school and 2 in college ... all turned out to be gay. (and no, I did not turn them gay!)
#37 - I am a huge klutz. One classic example (and more the follow) was when I was with my friends playing basketball. There was a guy there I was trying to impress (even though his girlfriend was sitting on the sidelines), and in typical Jennifer fashion on the first play of the game I fell and sprained my ankle. Such a klutz!
#36 - While getting my sprained ankle X-rayed, the doctor was totally hot! I, however, was mortified to realize I hadn't shaved my legs in quite a few days ... and there was this hot doctor holding my prickly leg trying to assess the damage.
#35 - My favorite song to karaoke to is "Love is a Battlefield" by Pat Benetar.