M-O-T-I-V-A-T-I-O-N

Does anybody have any I could borrow? Like right now, I should be getting ready for work but the thought of climbing upstairs with my stomach "rockin' and rolling" makes it a little hard for me to be motivated. Even though I would rather lay on the couch all day, I still have to continue on with life. So I came up with a new system. I use a countdown to help me with my motivation problem. So I say outloud to myself at 6am while my husband is getting ready for work, "I can do hard things. After counting to ten, I'll get out of bed and make lunch for Terrence." So I start my countdown and then I'll roll out of bed. Or recount. Again . And again. My husband just laughs but sometimes he'll count with me. I think he just thinks I've gone crazy.

So here I go. "I can do hard things. After counting to ten, I'll go get ready for work..." 10. 9. 8....

What do you use as a motivational tool?!

When Your Fat Pants Don't Fit

This morning I woke up and realized I dont fit into my pants very well anymore! Ever felt this way? I tried on every pants I owned and none of them fit very well.

It may be because of this this little "bicho"....

who will be with us on 9/9/09 ! And since I found out I am pregnant, I've only had three mental breakdowns....so yeah. I'm off to a great start!

P.S. Someone please tell me they felt like Baluga the Whale at 10 weeks...

(Now is the time where your duty as a friend/blog reader/complete stranger is to lie to make me feel better)

Grand-O Deal!

Hi Guys! Sorry I have disappeared for so long. We have had some exciting things happen but I'll blog about that soon. Until then, don't forget to get your free meal at Denny's tomorrow. Terbear and I are going to try to get there right at 6 a.m. to enjoy the oh-so-goodness of Dennys. I mean, who can resist a free breakfast?!

Evidence Of A Social Life

Exhibit A. The Marshall family - minus Bianca :(

Exhibit B. The Smith Family

We were invited over by the Marshall family to eat a yummy dinner made by Bianca (thanks Bianca - it was awesome!) and play games. The Smith family joined us in the fun - which made it all the better. Since we aren't in any of these pictures, you'll just have to take our word for it that they are our friends and not just images we found on Google. ::cough, cough::

And following a night with the Marshall and Smith family, we joined forces with the Craig family once again. Lali cooked an awesome meal of Fajitas (they were awesome!)I should have taken pictures of Matt and Terbear's Wii competition (which involved trying to beat each others scores for two hours). But of course, silly me, pictures were not on my mind at 12:45 a.m. Go figure. Here's the picture I did get, though.

Terbear will be such a good daddy one day! He just loves little Mia!
So thus ends my documented proof that the Burner family does have a social life.

(See, I told you so!)

The Burners Come to AZ

How to torture your husband

1. Tell him to buy Utah Jazz tickets and invite his family to come with.

2. Sit next to him during the game and talk about girl stuff

3. Take a picture while his team is losing

4. Ask to retake the picture because you didnt like the first one.

(proof of my torture in the picture above - just look at that face!!!!)

Colton was really good at torturing his family too.

And then we tortured each other. Two peas in a pod.

Jazz coaches crying over their loss....

Oh the excitement!

(L to R: Mom Burner, Dad Burner, Cord and Derek)

Thanks Burner family for coming all the way from Utah to stay with us for the weekend!

See you at Christmas!

The Night We Chimi'ed our Chori

The Craig family came over tonight to eat chimichurri with their choripan. What is chimichurri you ask? A whole lot of awesomeness in a bottle. And choripan? A little slice of heaven between rock hard bread. :::sigh::: I miss Argentina. But Matt served his mission in Argentina, Lali is from Mexico and my husband cooks choripan like an Argentine- so...yeah...it was almost like the REAL thing.

See that green stuff on the bread? That's chimichurri in all its awesomeness. Don't bash it until you try it! (P.S. Thanks Mike and Bianca for the chimichurri sauce!!!)

And to top it all off, we formed a white trash band (complete with a singer named Hoochita covered in tats) and toured around the world. Yeah, we totally rock.

Thanks Craig family!

Happy Turkey Day!

Enjoy Your Day!

The Spirit of Thanksgiving Past

Where I spent Thanksgiving last year...

Where I am spending Thanksgiving this year...

Talk about a change of scenery.

Run, Turkey, Run!

Hey, so what are you doing on 11/27/08? Probably nothing. Which is exactly why you should run in the Turkey Trot 2 mile run with me and hopefully some friends

::hint, hint::, ::wink, wink::, ::nudge, nudge::

Listen, you know you want to. I mean nothing says Thanksgiving like sweating your guts out at 8:30am. AND its only 2 miles, so even if you had to walk a little/some/all of it, you would still be the coolest person in my book. You could possibly even army crawl it - but I'll deny that we came together.Anyhoo, I think you should do it. With me. On 11/27/08. With a smile. Why? Because you like me and friends dont let other friends run alone on Thanksgiving day.

P.S. Did my guilt trip work? If not, please let me know where I failed so I can try this on those that dont read my blog. They'll never see it coming...

GOT MOJO?

Its all about the mojo. Creative mojo that is. So here is what I have been doing with my creative mojo. All projects were completed under $10, by the way! You can still have mojo and be cheap!

Before:

After

Before:

After:

Yes that is painter tape you see in the window. No comment on how long it has been there. Wouldn't those fence things look awesome with some spanish moss and three pumpkins in a row with a small "harvest" sign hanging in the middle? :::sigh::: There's always next year... this year I decided to use what I have! Oh - and I want to send a HUGE thanks to Keri and Angie who let me buy both of these super cute holders for $1.25 for the pair (!) at their kickin' garage sale. LOVE YA LADIES!!

I just had to copy the pumpkins-on-the-candlestick look

I bought these two topiaries for $10 each at Kirkland Home store. It was the best price I have found for topiaries that height (although I plan on adding a little something-something to the bottom part). And I left the dishes in the sink because I was too lazy to take them out of the sink for the picture.

I am SO excited about this find! I am going to do this to these hinged closet doors. I found them at Goodwill for $4.99 for the pair. Oh why, oh why does Goodwill love me?