~i have moved~

No, not to switzerland yet silly. just blogs. craziness. like i said earlier, i filled my photo quota and i didnt want to pay for more for air space so i moved and started a NEW BLOG. this one will still be here, but you can now find me active HERE. it is sad to leave this blog, it has been with me since 2006, but worse things have happened.

add me to your reader already.

we're crazies.

we let this go on for a looong time, but not too long...if we made it to an hour then i would say too long.

1:48 PM me: just finished your painting! i just have to spray it with a sealer tomorrow!

Julene: OMG!!!!!

when am i going to get it?

11:49 PM me: christmas morning of course!

11:50 PM Julene: WHAT!!! I don't get it before then.

wait. are you coming to my house christmas morning to give it to me?

me: SURPRISE!!

11:51 PM Julene: OMG.

wait, are you santa clause?

11:53 PM me: noo nooo im mrs clause...santa is jachen

11:54 PM Julene: omg. is this is like the movie Santa Clause 2 where he has to get married in order to truly become santa?

11:55 PM me: noo. we just have to get married in the US we are already married in the north pole

Julene: omg. you are married and you didn't tell me?

11:56 PM me: well, i really shouldnt even told you i was mrs clause...i have had to keep that a secret from you for well since i have meet you

11:57 PM Julene: it's ok, i forgive you.

so can i come work as an elf?

i know i'm not technically an elf but i am pretty small and i do have very nimble fingers.

11:58 PM me: sorry, we only use technically elvers

yes we call them elvers there

11:59 PM Julene: hahahahaha.

then what about buddy the elf. he wasn't a real elf.

12:00 AM me: ya i know, he was just an actor in a movie. duh.

ps what is your middle name?

12:01 AM Julene: Laree

me: ya see all real elvers middle names are a christmas word...so sorry..

Julene: bahahahahaha.

i seriously just laughed out loud.

12:02 AM me: wait, are you making fun of the elvers?

12:03 AM Julene: no of course not. i am an elf.

me: wait really?

but you said your middle name was laree

12:04 AM Julene: what you didn't know is that Laree means gingerbread in danish.

me: what is santas name in danish?

answer in 5

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12:05 AM yup, like i thought. you dont know.

12:06 AM Julene: i don't know. i don't speak danish. my mom just told me what my middle name meant.

me: all danish elves are to know santas name in danish

Julene: i think i would have told you if i spoke danish.

12:07 AM me: its like a code to seperate the fake elves from the real elvers

Julene: i wasn't raised around other elves. and my parents aren't elves, so they didn't know.

12:08 AM me: ohh so you are a mugblood?

12:09 AM Julene: yes, and I CAN LEARN!!! I PROMISE I WILL LEARN ALL THE ELF RULES IF YOU WILL ONLY LET ME COME AND DO WHAT I WAS BORN TO DO....MAKE TOYS!!!!

me: are you sure youre not an ewok?

12:10 AM sometimes ewoks get confused for elves

12:11 AM Julene: yes, i'm sure. i would be more hairy if i was an ewok.

me: well if that is the logic...where are you elf ears?

12:13 AM Julene: well my parents got the pointy part of my ears sergically removed when i was little because the other kids were making fun of me.

12:14 AM me: oh so you didnt stick up for the elvers? you just let them bash them and then you go and remove your pointy ears? disgrace

12:15 AM santa is going to hear about this.

12:16 AM Julene: i'm sorry. i was 2 years old, i didn't have much say in the matter.

12:17 AM me: elves earn their accountability at the age of 2! so therefore you were accountable! you did have a say in the matter! and still you lie to mrs clause and say you didnt...?

12:19 AM Julene: well i did say something, but i was too small to physically defend myself. i was too weak. it was the biggest mistake of my life.

i have nightmares about it every night.

12:20 AM every night i lie awake and instead of sugar plums dancing around in my head, i have elf ears with evil faces on them throwing spears at me.

12:21 AM me: well i have considered all the evidence. and it seems to me that you have worked hard proving your dedication to the elvers. i can see that you were truly effected by the choices of your muggle parents and you are strong now and have the heart to make a great elf.

12:22 AM Julene: omg. thank you. this means the world to me. you will not regret this.

12:23 AM this is the happiest day of my life.

12:25 AM me: but first we have to have a grand counsel to vote you in..since you have lost your point ears, you dont know santas name in danish which is Julemandan by the way. so we just have to take this up with the council of the elvers

12:26 AM Julene: ok. i hope for a good response.

12:27 AM i will wait eagerly with open ears and an open heart.

12:28 AM me: i will inform the council of this.

Julene: ok. thank you.
wait, how long have we been talking about elves?

12:29 AM i'm pretty sure it's been like an hour.

me: just about

Julene: bahahahahaha

me: since 1154

Julene: bahahahaha. omg.

me: I KNOW. who does that?!?

12:30 AM Julene: we do aparantly.

panic

i have been informed i have come to my limit of photos allotted on my picaso(where the photos are kept that connect them to my blog). about 3 blogs are connected to that same picaso...so i need to come up with a plan.
any advice??

mr. davenport

my goooood friend taylor is coming home in TWO days, just two, from his mission. im obsessed with this. i have been counting down for TWO years. now i just have to count down hours. i am thrilled.

thanksgiving with these folks

we will leave tomorrow in the snow to drive off to have thanksgiving with the farmer family and lindsay in idaho. many a thanksgivings have been spent together and this will be my last one before i move away to europe. no snow can keep us from coming, well unless there is a blizzard.
you can find last thanksgiving at the Farmer's here.

ecsatic.

what i have been longing for for years...what i have been longing for every trip to target, every trip to ikea, every long glance at urban outfitters home decor, every time i come across a home goodie...the owning of a house to decorate for my very own. ecstatic. this april the decorating and home owning begins. ecstatic. i took pictures of the house we will be living in to get my mind thinking of how we can revamp it monica and jachenator style. i am really liking the below items. especially that grey couch. yes, please. did i mention i was ecstatic about this?? let it begin!











all from urban outfitters, who has stores in switzerland and who ships there, except the fur frame, which if i did i would make myself.

the deschanels

i have always been one of those people who thinks that someone looks like someone and can easily distinguish a face. my sister stephanie makes fun of me for it, but it's for real folks. the other day at my nanny job i was watching the show BONES, a show i had never seen before. instantly the main character, Bones, showed familiar characteristics as Zooey Deschanel. not only did she look similar to her, but how they talk is similar. they both have monotone voices at sorta a slow speed and her face doesn't really move when she talks. as well, they both project their humor the same. i was determined they were related. i got home and looked up the character on BONES and found that she was in fact the sister of miss Zooey. i knew it! funny. maybe you all knew they were related, but i sure didn't.

wedding | sneak peak

ordered these beauties(straws) last night for the reception


and these little guys arrived yesterday!

the wedding is coming coming coming along!

w.e.d.d.i.n.g.d.r.e.s.s.

i ordered my wedding dress last saturday and it came today! can you believe it? i own my very own wedding dressssss. i can't show you what it looks like, of course, but i can tell you that i love it and

it DOES NOT look like this dress

it DOES NOT look like this dress

NOR this one.

although my niece would like that hello kitty dress,
although the middle dress would make for a nice sleeping bag,
although i would like to eat a piece of that last dress.

switzerland moments

i never did post about my trip to switzerland, my second time around. (here you can see my first time around) i had two lovely weeks of amazing moments, so enjoy a few photos of some of those moments.

standing in leaves and chestnuts. a few days later we had chestnuts for dinner(not the ones i am standing in). i never thought i would eat them in my life.

jachen modeling on a street in germany.

beautiful germany.

he is such a sweetie and carries my heavy bags for me all the time. i will keep him around.

i love holding his hand, it fits so perfectly in mine.

his sister desiree found her dream bike...and mine?

my favorite, froggy gummies with the white bottoms. found a tub of them in germany. didn't buy them, but someday i will.

jachen and desiree while shopping in germany, that is some major shopping they got going on.

tiki man?

sleepy.

out on a walk.

we were doing a road rally for his institute, these cows slowed us down.

beautiful fall.

that's us.

that's us too.

it has been a goal to eat these cookies some day...

and i finally did. they were even better than i imagined. yum. my mouth waters thinking about them.

my favorite town in switzerland, Luzern. that bridge is the most famous bridge in all europe.

my most favorite, swiss bread and swiss cheese. i could eat this for any and all meals.

another favorite, cranberry pomegranate yogurt. they have the best yogurt in switzerland.

he humors me and tries on what i ask.

oh look, there is my engagement ring in that package...by my feet.

i went and visited the family i nannied for last winter. i was sure happy i did that. my buddy tyler has gotten so big i can't even handle it. he is a real toddler now, i was with him when he was a baby, turned 1 and watched him take his first steps.

i love these kids. i miss being with them. you can see my adventures with them here.

best thing, balloon elephant...although he does look a little bit like he has leprosy.

that is what my ring looks like when im eating coconut chocolate yogurt, which was so good by the way. not too much coconut and sweet little shavings of chocolate.

they have businesses over the highway, this was a cool one wouldn't you say?

after i cut his hair! this was my first, i did pretty well i might add.

our last night together.

saying goodbye...till april.

wedding | sneak peak

my reception will sound and look an awful lot like this...


(there are a variety of songs so you can switch through them)