Sweet dreams are made of this...

So I've had bizarre dreams recently.  That's not entirely true.  I have had wacko dreams for years (like when I got tortured by the Chinese mafia when I watched too much 24), but there's been an increase of memorable dreams lately.  Don't get me wrong, I like having cool dreams except when they're so real/scary that I wake up and my heart rate is about 120 and my muscles hurt.  So recently, my dreams have been strange enough that I wake up and say to myself, "Where did that come from?"  It started a while ago when I dreamt that Adele and I met somewhere randomly and we sang together.  I can say that I'm pretty cool now that I've done that.  I sang with Adele.

Last week I envisioned that Brad Paisley came to my house and we jammed on our guitars and sang together.  (I think I might get a new career as a singer).  Brad (cause we're on a first name basis) and I spent the whole day together and we're pretty much best friends.

After two pretty cool musical dreams, the next dream that came was a strange one full of suspense and mystery. Some of the mystery was where in the world it came from.  I dreamt I was a mermaid!  All I can say is that it's pretty cool to swim and breathe under water.

Can't wait to see what happens tonight!

The Princess Bride? What is that?

So I was at work the other day and I quoted "The Princess Bride" because it totally fit into the conversation.  My friend was so confused, so naturally, I began to quote the rest of the movie, starting with the most memorable quotes ("No more rhymes now I mean it!  Anybody want a peanut?" and "My name is Inigo Montoya.  You killed my father.  Prepare to die.").  She still didn't know what it was!  This baffled me!  Who doesn't know who the Princess Bride is?





Some other people came into the conversation and then I quoted the movie again, but again, no one knew what I was talking about.  I was quite baffled.  Then Chrissy told me that it was a white person's movie.  I highly doubted it, but then we started taking a poll.  We asked at least 10 people.  Here are the results: ONLY white people had even heard of the movie.  Not everyone had seen it in the last 10 years, but they recognized the name.  People of color had never heard of the movie.  This is now quite a big joke.  I lent Chrissy the movie, and her family enjoyed it.  The whole situation was "inconceivable"!

Utah trip

I spent some time in Utah for Christmas.  It was a lot of fun, and I admit that I miss being close to my family and I miss the mountains.  It was awesome to see everybody after so long an absence.  We threw a frisbee around, made "gingerbread" houses, shot skeet, and went bowling.  

Caroline, Matt and Cordell

Henry and Melinda

Making houses

Henry made Rapunzel's tower

Heather, Caroline, Henry

Mom even threw some

Elmina shot the 410 shotgun for the first time.  Turns out she's left eyed like some of us.

The old microwave: bought sometime between 1982 and 1984 finally died.

The new microwave: look how happy everybody is!

Total Eclipse of the Moon

Just so you know, I was humming "Total Eclipse of the Heart" while writing that title.  It made it much more interesting!

I was at work the other night and was reminded about the total lunar eclipse.  I was excited cause I wouldn't even have to get up early to see it.  One of the good things about night shift.  It was really cool.  I raced home after work and got my camera and took these.  Enjoy!

Just when it hit a full eclipse the sun came up and made it impossible to see the moon at all.  It was worth it to watch though!

Annual Elf Party

So it's becoming a tradition that I have an Elf party every year before Christmas.  I enjoy it, because I get to watch Elf and surround myself with people that I love.  This year I went all out, obtaining all four food groups, spaghetti and etch a sketch, and "Elf" trivia.  It was great.  Lexie won the trivia contest and Dave won the etch a sketch contest with this:

It only took him 5 minutes too!  Better than the rest of us.  Good times here at my apartment!

Candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup.  Coke and Spaghetti, and cookie dough!

Ryan, Sarah, and Dave

Arizona sunset

I'm really glad that I live in an area that is surrounded by hay fields.  It means I can usually see the sunset and sunrise without too much effort.  Here are some recent pics that made me happy.

How did I miss this?

I found this today and I thought: How did I not get this posted.  He's famous!  On my trip to NYC, I saw:

The naked cowboy!