Please, Think Before You Speak

I dare say we’ve all made the mistake a time or two of saying something before we think about what we saying. Then immediately after you say it you are hit with a load of regret—did I really just say that?!?!


Luckily, this morning it wasn’t me that had the socially awkward plunder. But, lucky for me….I did get to witness someone else’s idiotness. The set up is me answering the phone at work:

Me: Good morning, AFT this is Brittani
Caller: Hey, do you guys have someone there by the name of Feces?

Me: (Thinking this some kind of lame joke) Feces?
Caller: Yeah, Feces.

Me: (A little more concerned because I can tell this person is serious)   Um…really? Feces?
Caller: Yes.

At this point I knew the caller was serious and I wanted to yell into the phone,

“No idiot! No one here is named Poo!” Instead, I just stutter in awe.

Me: Uh….uh….
Caller: I’m guessing the answer is no?

Me: Yes, the answer is no. No one here is named Feces.

We moved on from that and I ended up helping the guy with the information he needed. Then at the very end of the conversation, based on information in the file I was helping him on, I was able to figure out what the guy was confusing. He was actually looking for a man named Casey that worked at a completely different title company.

But seriously, who in their right mind thinks someone could actually be named Feces? I know baby names are getting really unique nowadays…but Feces?!?!? Come on.

Laugh at Life

Our computer is still in the shop getting fixed,

so I have to keep posting pictureless enteries. 

Seriously how did we live without computers before?????

I had to pay $100 to save my photos

plus pay for the computer repair.

So please don't make the same mistake as me.....

Back up your photos that are saved on your computer!!!!!

In other random Monday news...

For the past year,

I've had to fill up my car with gas every 100 miles

To keep it running.

With my schedule that puts me at the gas station

AT LEAST

every other day.

I've only driven off once without the gas cap.

Luckily a new one is only like $10.

We have a St. George get-a-way planned.

I'm pretty sure it's far longer than 100 miles to St. George.

beautiful blog award

here are the rules:

1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award and insert a link to their blog.

2. Pass on the award to seven others who you think have a beautiful blog.

3. Add the "beautiful blog" button to your page.

4. Contact the other bloggers and let them know they have been chosen for this award.

5. Say seven things about yourself.

My cousin Nicole gave me the beautiful blog award. 

I don't know what she was thinking other than I was probably overdue for a post.   

Read her blog. She's a better blogger than me.

http://nicoleschaefer89.blogspot.com/

So here it goes.

1.  I've been driving the same car since I was 16 years old. 

2.  I've had lazer hair removal on my armpits.

3.  I know a lot of useless trivia about celebrities.

4.  I'm double jointed in a lot of body parts and I can practically spin my legs and arms around in a full circle.

5.  I love to sleep.

6.  I'm a little OCD about where things go in my house.  I can notice really tiny things that Andrew has tweeked, touched, or turned the wrong way etc. 

7.  I'm not the inventor of, but I AM the PERFECTOR of: The Great White Pig Shark.  Although I pretty much retired him a few years ago. 

Now these are the 7 others that must do this---My motivation is those of you that are overdue for an update, plus your blogs are beautiful.  :)

1.  Tasha

2.  Jenna

3.  Kadee

4.  Kim A.

5.  Brindley

6.  Kelsie (you're not that overdue but I just want you to do it)

7.  Lindsay (I know Nicole picked you too so now you HAVE to do it)

There's a toothbrush IN my lint trap

For real----I really have a toothbrush in the lint trap hole of my dryer .

There are A LOT of sad things happening lately and so I think I’ll post a funny Brittani story…hopefully it will bring a smile or two.

The other day I was in one of MY cleaning modes—you know--- where I’m on my hands and knees scrubbing every inch of my house.

I made my way to the laundry room, where I pulled out the washer and dryer and cleaned them both completely. I’d wiped down all the laundry room walls and base boards, mopped the floor, cleaned out every bit of lint from the dryer's lint trap and the only thing left to do was clean inside the washer. Well not the bowl part—it’s clean, but the part on top that gets detergent and fabric softener spills on it.

I decided to use a cleaning toothbrush to get EVERY last bit of the spills….and then it happened.

I’m not sure how it happened….it all happened so fast….but one minute I’m speedily scrubbing….and next thing I know….the toothbrush leaps from my hand, flies across the washer and onto the dryer, and proceeds to slide to it’s grave in the lint trap.

Oh crap!! What do I do? I don’t want to tell Andrew what I did because he’s sure to give me that look of you did what?

So first I tried to stick my hand down the lint trap…..I didn’t get very far.

Then I tried to shake and tilt the dryer to try and get the toothbrush to shimmy out. Really. What was I thinking? That if I wiggled it enough it would just shimmy up the one foot long trap and come slithering out into my hand. Well it didn’t.

So then I got my brightest idea of all and tried to use my vacuum suction handle to suck the toothbrush up. Yah, it didn’t work either. Maybe if I had a better vacuum….well probably not. It was wishful thinking.

I called Andrew in and told him what I had done. He just looked at me in awe and shook his head. Then when I explained how I'd been trying to do to get it out and I said that all my attempts had failed. He laughed and said, "I could of told you that."

Now every time I turn on my dryer I pray the bristles don’t catch fire from the heat….haha

So I guess when we sell the condo, we are selling the washer and dryer with it. Then I won't have to think about the toothbrush that rests in peace in my lint trap.

miracles do happen

WOW! is this

http://stakerzxposed.blogspot.com/

the most incredible thing you've heard in a while????

I'm assuming you've all heard about this by now.

But if not, make sure to read it.

It all starts on her February 1st post.

You will have to scroll back and go to the "older posts" link to get to it.

It's well worth it. It will bring tears to your eyes.

You will read the lengthy post and then, believe me, you will read all the other ones too.

It really is a reminder of what is important in life. I'm so happy for these people.

I don't know them, but after reading these posts I kinda feel like I do know them.

What a faith builder!! Ah...miracles.

today on the blog

i get rid of my christmas background and move on to valentines

just put a new pic on the blog that is black and white

and it makes us look like we have dots/freckles all over our faces

andrew is begging me to come to bed

so i'll have to change the funny pic another day

and maybe i'll blog about something new and excting that day too

too too cute

yes she is!!

if you need some more cuteness to add to your day click here.

and if you're wonder who bought her that cute outfit and darling boots....yep that's me.

soooo interesting

LOVE her!!!

HATE him!!!!!!!!!!!!

If he is not found competant to face trial I will loose all faith in our justice system.

Read this link for her WHOLE testimonial.

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/News/Smart-testimony.pdf

Warning--it is VERY intersting and engulfing I set out to just a read a bit of it and I read every word. It's long but I promise every page is interesting.

funny sight at 7:30 a.m.

This morning while driving on UVU campus, I saw a chubby 65 year old man driving one of these.......

and it was a VERY funny!!

It only would have been better if there was a chubby 65 year old lady in the side car.

Maroon 5

So one of my professors this semester is the father of James Valentine, the lead guitarist and back up singer for Maroon 5!!

If you don't know who James is, he is the gentlemen in this pic with the flowing hair and the green velvet jacket. (You must be cool if you can pull off GREEN VELVET huh)

He is an amazing guitarist and apparently everyone in the music biz wants him to collaborate with them. But since I have the inside scoop into Maroon 5, I thought I'd share some of the random/interesting things I've learned thus far.

1. The band has been touring in Switzerland all summer and apparently none of them want to come back to America. They love it there.
2. Adam Levine (lead singer) and James have Harleys that they take with them everywhere they go. They ride around the city/country all day to prepare for their concert. James wears a helmet but they can't convince Adam to wear one.
3. Before the band met James, they were called Cara's Flower---eh?!
4. Only Billy Joel and the members of Maroon 5 know the meaning of the name "Maroon". They won't tell anyone else.
5. When Maroon 5 won the grammy for Best New Artist Kanye West (Booo!) freaked out and threw a major fit in his seat because he didn't win.
6. James loves to ski and he comes to Park City a few times every winter to do so. The band's insurance provider requires that he wear rods and duct tape the rods to his forearms in order to ski. That way he won't hurt his wrists.
7. My professor went to Maroon 5's most recent concert in Vegas and afterwards went up to James' suite at the Palms Hotel. On the way up to the suite, in the elevators and hotel lobby my professor described: "There were older ladies everywhere wearing gold jewelry and flashy outfits with boob jobs. When James got to the room I said what is with that?" James replied: "Oh Dad, those are just the cougars!" haha people are weird
8. Lastly, the band is going on a college tour back East this fall and to test out some new songs and then.......they are coming out with a new album in Februaryish!
   

Sorry if you don't find this interesting, but it sure makes Monday and Wednesday nights a little better for me.

Jenna's Dr. Seuss Baby Shower

I threw Jenna a Dr. Seuss shower last week and it was lots of fun. There was lots of good food.

Fun decorations-----

And TWO very pregnant girlys. Laura had her baby last Friday and hopefully Jenna will have hers sometime this week! Good luck Jenna....my crotch hurts for you. Love, Britt

My name is Brittani and I'm a bin-aholic.

Believe it or not, this isn't even half of them. I have them in every closet of my house--plus I didn't take any pictures of my actual storage unit. At like $12 a pop, that's a big investment in bins. I bet Bed Bath and Beyond is glad to have me as a customer. (Although, I do take full advantage of their coupon system).

But there is a few positives from my storage bin madness (1) I can find anything in my whole house in 4.62 seconds (2) I have expanded our storage space tenfold and (3) When we're ready to move......we've already packed!