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Here is the survey thing Caleb wanted me to do.

1. Last kiss? Richard Stephen Allison the 26^th.

2. How do you flush the toilet in public? Hands, I am completely not afraid of germs. That’s what soap is for.
3. Do you wear your seatbelt in the car? Always when I’m the driver, but only if I remember to if I’m the passenger
4. Do you have a crush on someone? Besides Rick, probably Dr. McDreamy

5. Name one thing you start to get tense about if you are close to running out of it: food

6. What famous person do you (or other people) think you resemble? In high school a guy I knew said I looked like Cindy Lou Who, not a celeb, but a character at least.

7. Favorite pizza topping? Pineapple

8. Finish this sentence: If my life was a sitcom my theme song would be... an original composition written for the show and performed by Maroon 5
9. Do you pop your knuckles? Yup, ever since elementary school

10. What song do you dislike the most when it gets stuck in your head? Anything right as I’m laying down to sleep.
11. Did just mentioning that song make it get stuck in your head? Nope.

12. What are your super powers?
13. Peppermint or Spearmint? Peppermint, hello people, just think candy cane.

14. Where are your keys? On the microwave

15. Who's answers to this questionnaire do you want to hear? Whoever would want to do this
16. What's your most annoying habit? I talk too much.

17. Where did you last go on vacation? Maybe California for apartment hunting. If that doesn’t count, than Payson AZ during Christmas break.

18. If you could punch one person in the nose and get away with it, who would it be? Moises Acevedo, a coworker.
19. What is your best physical feature? Lots of people compliment me on my eyelashes.
20. What CD is closest to you right now? Probably all of Ricks computer games.
21. What 3 things can always be found in your refrigerator? Milk, water, jelly.
22. What superstition do you believe/practice? I like to pick up lucky pennys.
23. Does size matter? Nope, cause great things come in small packages.

24. Paper or Plastic? Plastic, usually

25. Do you talk on your cell phone when you drive? Not often, it is dangerous.
26. What are your favorite sayings? I don’t really have sayings.

27. What song do you sing most often in the shower? Songs from the Scarlet Pimpernel.
28. If you could go back or forward in time would you, and where would you go? I would go back, and date Steven Nguyen in high school, just to get the experience.
29. What is your favorite Harrison Ford movie? Anything with the title Indiana Jones.

30. What CD is in your stereo? My Maroon 5 CD

31. What OCD qualities do you have? I like the cabinet doors to be closed, but I’m not really that OCD about it.

32. How many kids do you plan on having? 5 or 6, but however many we’re supposed to have we’ll be happy with.
33. If you could kiss someone famous who would it be? I don’t want to kiss anyone famous

34. Would you really want to kiss someone you didn't know? No, it would be weird.

35. Would you rather die in a blaze of glory or peacefully in your sleep? Sleep all the way.

36. What is your favorite movie? I don’t really do the favorite thing, but Pride and Prejudice is always good.

37. What candy from when you were a kid do you miss the most? I can’t think of any that they don’t still have around.
38. Favorite musicians/band you've seen in concert? Never been to a concert.

39. Have you ever been in love? Of Course!

40. Is there anyone who you wish would just fall off the face of the earth? Not specifically, just people who make me angry, like dictators who keep money away from their poor countrymen or really violent people.

Mission President's Week

Today is the last day of the one week training that new Mission President's get at the MTC and I'm so glad. Work has been crazy and exhausting. In the four days I've worked mission presidents week I've worked 35 hours. My arms are sore from all the lifting I've had to do. Today is going to be just as busy, but at least it is the last day. Today we have two big set ups. We are setting up 7 rooms as dining rooms and only have an hour to do it. Then we have to change to whole building back to the way it usually is, which will definitely be a lot of hard work. But, thus far I've seen/met: Elder Oaks, Elder Perry, Elder Holland, Elder Hales and Elder Scott, and all the apostles will be in the building tonight for the special closing dinner the mission presidents get.

In other news it was really great to take my final last week, I'm so glad it is over. It was also really fun to get to see Rick's parents, it is always fun to have them in town. I was sad we couldn't really spend more time with them, but finals were the same time and I had a lot of studying to do. What has also been pretty nice is that I've been feeling better for the last few days. During the day I've pretty much felt fine but nights are still just a little rough.

So, Holly tagged me for this thing, here goes nothing.

Four places I go over and over:

• The Tanner Building-where my last class of college is!
  
• The MTC
  
• Grandma Chatfield's - for Sunday dinner
  
• Smith's Grocery Store- Rick and I manage to eat a lot!
  

Four people who e-mail me regularly:

• Tara Hall - we communicate about the hymns I pick for Sacrament each week
  
• Facebook - updates etc
  
• Cindy Allison - I get to see pictures and hear updates about their adventures
  
• America's test Kitchen - cooking tips and yummy recipes!
  

Four of my favorite places to eat:

• At home with my hubby
  
• Olive Garden - I love pasta!
  
• Carls Jr - one of my favorite fast food places
  
• Grandma's House - the food is always great and the company's not half bad either
  

Four places I would rather be right now:

• In Bed, sleeping soundly
  
• At the beach
  
• At a delicious restaurant, I just got hungry again and toast, crackers or cooking for myself really don't sound good
  
• Hanging out with friends
  

Four people I talk to on a daily basis:

• Rick
• Myslef, I need a lot of encouragement these days to get things done!
  
• Mom, well, almost daily
  
• Holly and Julie - see Holly, you're not the only one who is gonna make her sisters share
  

Four TV shows I watch over and over:

• Law and Order
  
• Grey's Anatomy, except the latest season
  
• The Office
  
• Ugly Betty
  

Four people I’m tagging:

• Rick Allison
  
• Julie Chatfield
  
• Alexa Allison
  
• Jen Houston

Well in other news I just finished taking my last quiz for my finance class and I got 100%. Finals are this week and I can't wait to be done. I've been a bad student this semester, at least attendance wise because I often sleep through class, but I've been doing alright grade wise. It feels so nice to be so close to the end of school, but I'll miss it too. Geography classes have been so fun and I love learning all the new things. I want to keep learning even after school, so I have plans to read up on my favorite countries and religions and just keep the mind going. I also am going to work on my baking, sewing and knitting skills, which I haven't gotten to do much of with school being so busy. We also are going to start hunting for specific apartments when school gets out, we want to find a place we love and will be happy in for at least a year or two, if not longer. It will be hard, but I'm looking forward to it.

Also, as we've already told most of you cause we are so excited, Rick and I got to hear the baby's heart beat this week. It was soooo awesome! It made it real that there is an actual little person growing in there, and that I'm not just sick all the time for nothing. I couldn't believe how fast it was, about 157 beats per minute. The doctor said that fast heartbeats usually mean a girl, but we'll see for reals when we do the ultrasound. And I just am at the end of my first trimester, so hopefully the sickness will die down so that I can get a good nights rest. Work is getting pretty hard on me though, so I might stop working a little earlier than previously planned. Rick wishes I would stop now, but extra money never hurt anyone.

Success!

Rick and I just got back from a pretty fun afternoon. We started off at Olive Garden for their soup, salad and breadsticks lunch special thing. Rick loves, loves, loves the breadsticks there, and he pretty much filled up on them. Then we headed off to the mall on the quest for new pj pants for Rick. He's had the same ones forever and they're looking pretty rough, so for a Father's Day present I took him, cause I knew I wouldn't pick the right ones if I shopped alone. We covered the mall end to end and finally in the last store found a pair he actually found acceptable. He pretty much just wanted the exact ones he has now, just new. The ones we got are a little different, no secret pocket and they're a little thinner, but he likes them. I also brought home a few things. Working at the MTC lately has been making me so hot! I do a few jobs and wish I could go find somewhere cool, but the whole building is warm, so no such luck. Part of the reason is we have to wear pants and closed toed shoes, and I am not the worlds biggest fan of shoes. So today I bought some closed toed shoes that are also mostly meshy on the sides, so hopefully my feet will be able to breath more which will hopefully help me be cooler overall. I also went and partook of the summer sale at Bath and Body works. I love bubble baths and I ran out a couple months ago. One is normally $9.50, but they were having a sale, 3 for $10, so I got three.

Pretty much now I'm really tired though, so the rest of my day will probably be me taking a nap, doing some homework, and spending an hour or so at work to set up for church tomorrow. Fun times.

Nocternal

I'm pretty sure I've become part vampire, because my sleep pattern is waaaay off. Laying down makes me feel sicker, and it makes it so I can't sleep. I've tried propping myself up, but I just can't sleep that way. So I stay up most of the night, and sleep all morning and into the afternoon. I feel like a bum, but I need the sleep, everything makes me so tired!

I'm really posting because it has been so long, and a lot has happened. I'm only a week away from finals for my Cooperate Finance class, which is very exciting, it hasn't been a fun class so far. But, it has taught me one lesson, I think I'm going to shy away from the entrepreneur thing, I cannot imagine handling the finances by myself. Then all I have to do is finish up my independent study class and I'll be officially done with college! I do still want to get my travel agent's license, even though people are spending less on travel because of the economic slump, I just think it would be fun. We'll see how ambitious I feel when the baby comes. Other exciting news, one of my very best friends got married this last weekend, and I'm so happy for her. Another very good friend is getting married in a couple of weeks, and I'm excited for her too! Even though it is busy, I'm excited to host all the new Mission presidents at the MTC next week. It is our busiest week of the year, but it is cool to be able to meet general authorities and such. Last time I worked Mission president's week I met elder Holland, Elder Scott and Elder Perry. I probably won't be able to work as much as I used to though, all the lifting and moving of furniture tuckers me out pretty well, and it makes me sore.

Friday celebrates the official end of my first trimester, which is really exciting. I want to start doing tummy pictures to see my progress. This week we've also been doing some more planning for our pending move because we have to turn in our 60 day notice, which is crazy! This has been our house pretty much since we've been married. It is a scary but exciting change that is coming upon us. I'm really looking forward to the change though, I love California and I can't wait to be able to see my family more and do things with my sister's like go to their performances and stuff. But I'll miss my other BYU sisters, it has been fun having them here to hang out with.

This post is getting long, but in other fun news I found an old blog I used to keep, it spans from half way through my senior year of high school through the first few months of my marriage. Some of the posts make me laugh out loud to see how crazy I was about Rick before we even went on our first date! It is a great find because I'm horrible at keeping a journal, so that blog is pretty much what I have to go on for that time period. I'll have to post some of the old entries, they are pretty classic.