The Season Continues

I can't help but announce how happy I am.

Because we beat Colorado by 3 on Saturday, and everything else fell into place, the season will live on for at least another two games. On to the playoffs :)


Kate chose not to be pictured.

Mmmmm.......

I am not a big fan of Halloween. Well, that is ever since I was sixteen and too old to trick-or-treat (yes, I trick-or-treated until I was sixteen). I don't love dressing up, I think candy corn is gross, and I don't even get to miss a day of work for it.

So, I decided this weekend that I would at least enjoy some of the seasonal gourd.

Friday: Pumkin Pie


Saturday: Pumpkin Soup


Sunday: Pumpkin Cookies

For those of you who are bored....

....because I obviously was.

Here are some interesting and not-so-interesting things about us:

25 Things About Kurt:

1. Kurt is the last of 8 children; he has 6 older sisters and 1 older brother.
2. He has never broken a bone.
3. His stomach is a bottomless pit. He can put away so much food it is ridiculous, but we always gets our money’s worth when we order anything ‘all-you-can-eat’.
4. He is a great trivia man. He would definitely be one of my life lines in Millionaire and is always my Trivial Pursuit partner.
5. He lived in Austria for three years growing up. His parents were mission presidents in Vienna.
6. He whistles sucking in instead of blowing out…is that weird?
7. He reads really boring books. I like to be entertained by books, and he likes to learn.
8. He’s not so great with the balancing sports. He is not a good ice skater, roller blader, skate boarder, or water skier. He got new snow skis last Christmas though - hopefully that will work out.
9. Kurt is somewhat of an energy Nazi. He can’t stand it the heat too high, the AC too low, the lights on or the refrigerator open.
10. He hates needles. Lucky for him he isn’t allowed to donate blood because he has lived in Europe for more than 5 years of his life.
11. Kurt has a great memory. He remembers facts and faces like nobody’s business.
12. He's a great basketball player. He beats, nah KILLS, me in shooting contests….while using his left hand!
13. Speaks German fluently.
14. Self taught guitar player.
15. He picks up new sports really fast. I basically taught Kurt how to play tennis and golf and within a few months, he was beating me at both. I hate losing.
16. Does not like it when I yell down the stairs to him. In fact, he ignores me. Can you believe that?
17. He always puts his clothes and shoes away. Unlike me, as soon as he changes out of his clothes they are neatly hung up and put in their place. I hate being the messy one.
18. Knows a lot about sports; sports news, sports history, you name it.
    
19. He could watch movies one after another for days. ~ okay, that might be a little bit of an exaggeration, but he really likes movies.
20. He is a master of imitations.
21. He hates snakes, and heights.
22. He can remember all of the words to theme songs of funny shows that we all watched in the 80/90s: Ducktails, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Gummy Bears, Anamaniacs, etc.
23. Loves German food.
24. He always does the dishes. Really.
25. He loves trees.

25 Things About Me:

1. I get my hair cut once a year, maybe less.
2. I don’t like chocolate.
3. I received a metal in high school at the regional track meet for the high and long jump – bet none of you knew that.
4. I don’t have a musical bone in my body. I think I inherited that from my parents.
5. I, like many of my friends, loved Jr. High.
6. I like the frosting much more than the cake.
7. I love playing…sports, games, whatever.
8. When I was two I got ran over by our sailboat in the driveway - broke all of the bones in my hip.
9. I am very particular about clean refrigerators.
10. I bore easily. Such a bad thing... I am like a little kid.
11. I love ceramics. Hopefully one day when Kurt makes me a lot of money I can make a career out of it.
12. As a child I hated dolls and barbies. This limited me to stuffed animals, trolls, action figures, legos, etc.
13. I kind of regret not playing soccer in college.
14. One of my life goals is to be fluent in another language. But I can’t decide: German? French? or Spanish?
15. Another life goal is to be more decisive.
16. I snort when I get startled.
17. My first boyfriend was Cameron Ketner. He was my boyfriend from third to sixth grade.
18. I have skied since I was three years old.
19. I once bungee jumped off of a 265 foot bridge in Costa Rica…in a thunder storm.
20. I went to the University of Oregon for my freshman year of college.
21. I want a dog.
22. I can sleep anytime, anywhere.
23. I was born on Christmas… and my mother’s birthday.
24. I can wake up and be ready for work in five minutes flat (that is with vetoing the shower of course).
25. I can say the ABC’s backwards.

25 Things About Us:

1. We love sleeping in.
2. We don’t really drink anything other than water.
3. We try our hardest to buy locally any chance we get.
4. We love sushi.
5. We are Real Salt Lake season ticket holders.
6. We would rather drive all night than stay in a hotel…just to be able to wake up in our own bed.
7. We love gelato.
8. We drive our car super slow and barely accelerate, as not to decrease the average MPG on the Cobalt.
9. We support the legalization of Marijuana (ask us about it sometime).
10. We love cheesecake.
11. We are really good at Doctor Mario.
12. We own 8 bicycles.
13. We find animals hilarious.
14. We are both great sleepers. I didn’t realize that this is a talent until a few years ago.
15. We floss our teeth religiously, every night.
16. We love to travel.
17. We just bought a new furnace. Minus the car and the house, it is now the most expensive thing we own.
18. If money was not an issue we would open a Great Harvest.
19. If money was truly not an issue we would pick up and move to a little town on the coast of Croatia called Rovinja. It’s our favorite.
20. We are Dodger fans, and if they make it to the World Series this year we are definitely going.
21. We have traveled to more countries together than we have US states.
22. We love soccer. Playing it and watching. Kurt keeps up on every league.
    
23. We really like finding new restaurants. Our newest favorite is Navajo Hogans.
24. We do not like the Olive Garden.
25. We want to go somewhere awesome over Kurt's winter break. Any ideas?
    

Ban The Phone Book

I think phone books are ridiculous.
Who of us actually still use them?
Any way, I found this website, and I think you should all go on it and sign the petition to get rid of paper phone books... and save a few million trees.



P.S. Did no one think the cat video below was hilarious?