MICHELLE GOULD

BEHINDER I GET

2010-05-25T13:46:00.000-07:00

So I pose these questions for your consideration. Does time speed up? Does time stand still? Where has the time gone? Is there no time like the present? Does time travel? Our time is not the Lord's time.
Time keeps on SLIPPIN....Slippin....slippin into the future~ It seems as life progresses and we age that time is not always our friend. I have to ask myself, when did I have time to work? It truly seems like the faster I go the behinder I get! All about me;it seems, is more things I need and should do. I remember endless days of summer laying on the grass watching the tall trees blow in the wind. Hikes up to 76 Rock with Heidi and singing "Born Free". Riding my bike and spending literally all day at the pool until I had to go home just because I was starving. Carrying empty milk bottles to the dairy to get whole milk and pick up a penny piece or two to munch on the way home. Raising 22 ducks in my back yard that started with two that I won from the 4th of July celebration on Main Street from pitching dimes into a dish. Going to the Drive-In movie, lemonade sales in my front yard and neighborhood plays and pageants in our back yard. Irrigating the garden in the middle of the night with Daddy and catching night crawlers with Mom with a flash light so we could go fishing. Eating watercress on our sandwiches that we picked out of a little stream, and picking pine cones for pine nuts and choke cherries and elderberries to make syrup for pancakes. Cutting wood and hauling it home for the winter, kick-the-can and night games, trips to Big Rock Candy Mountain, getting to sit in the announcers booth with Daddy at all the Rodeos and Demolition Derbies. 4th of July parades and fireworks at the park, Rotary dinners with Mom and Dad cause I was the youngest. Waiting in line to sit on Santa's lap and getting a brown paper bag full of peanuts, popcorn, gumdrops, spiced ribbon candy, and chocolate covered nougats that I loved to eat along with the peanuts. Working at the radio station, collecting bottles to turn in for pennies, raising sheep; even in our basement and waking up to cute little pink noses and wiggly tails in fresh straw as they anticipated the sprite bottle full of warm formula I got to feed them. Swinging from the giant tree in my back yard and playing for hours on a big blue oil barrel standing on it and rolling it up and down the lawn. Learning to ride a unicycle along Gentry's fence and riding it all over town. Dragging Main Street and knocking on the Dairy window to set off the alarm.

Good Times.....Precious Times.....Times I hope my kids experience.

Time is Precious!

How do I use my time now? There seems to be a shortage of it to do all that I want and desire, along with all that everyone else wants. Seems at times my time is running on someone elses clock!

Gotta make the most of the time we have!

Tick....Tock...tick...tock..tick.tock~~~~~~tickety-tock

TAKE A DIVE!!!!

2010-03-31T18:50:00.000-07:00

WANNA TAKE A SWIM IN A FISHBOWL?? GO TO THIS WEBSITE FOR FISHBOWLINVENTORY AND CLICK THE "QUICK TOUR" IT WAS A FUN VOICE OVER I DID FOR THE COMPANY'S WEB PAGE. ENJOY GETTING WET!

http://www.fishbowlinventory.com/quick-tour

December!

2009-12-02T15:11:00.000-08:00

Ahhh December! Here it is again! It doesn't feel much like December cause the sun has been shining all week and we have no Christmas snow except for a smattering on the mountain tops that look like Mrs. Clause took a ride in the sleigh and sprinkled powdered sugar on them. I do however have cold ankles. The temperature has dropped and it was in the 30's today and I had to have a simmering cup of vanilla hazelnut tea to warm my bones and I put a lap blanket on while I worked at my computer, but I felt like I should have a walker with tennis balls to go with it. I did get one tree decorated upstairs with the help of the kiddles for family night, now Sonny wants to sneakily pull the decorations off and chew on them! You naughty doggy....now you shall have no pie!!!
I like to play. I don't think we should never stop playing. I want to call all my friends and ask them if they can play! I guess I am and forever will be a kid at heart. This time of year I want to knit scarves, make ginger bread houses with my kids, go to Christmas concerts, sing the Messiah, drive around to look at house lights, go to Christmas boutiques, and make Finnish Pulla, which by the way two little angels came to my door and brought me a plate full! Voi Etta!!! That was heaven on earth and we even chatted in Finnish.
I have cinnamon pine cones in a basket in my front room and yummy pine scents that make my house smell all Christmasy, and our collection of Christmas books. I buy one every year and read it on Christmas Eve. Each one of us also gets to open an ornament to put on the tree downstairs that represents something significant for the year, and when my children grow up and leave me...they get to take their ornaments with them to have for their very own little home.
It's simply magical! I don't care how old you are! I love it and I love sharing it with all it's traditions with my family and friends! I even love to just go to the mall and walk around to feel all the hustle and bustle of shoppers shopping for people they love, and see kids on Santa's lap. I love presents under the tree...not for me, but things I made or found just specially for my friends and family.
I loved it when I asked Hannah what she wanted for Christmas and she said "nothing...I don't need anything. I would rather give it to some other little girl who doesn't have anything." There are so many things I love about it I can't even mention them all. The greatest thing about Christmas is Christ. The greatest gift of all!!!!!!!!!
Merry CHRISTmas!!!!!

2009-12-02T15:07:00.001-08:00

2009-08-20T00:19:00.000-07:00

School days, school days!! I'm not even IN school, but I love the first days of school. New clothes that are too hot to wear this soon because ALL mothers buy "fall/winter" clothes so we don't have to go shopping every other week. New packages of undershirts and panties, new pencils, unused pink erasers, fresh reams of paper, cool colored pencils and scented markers. Spiral notebooks, and three ring binders and lockers with combos that won't work. Sweaty gym clothes that only get washed once a month, black marks on the newly polished hall floors, school lunch aroma in the early mornings, daily waits for the bus, gradually colder and darker mornings, sleepy heads trying to adjust to the early mornings to pick out the perfect outfit and do your hair and actually eat breakfast. The motivation to get up at 5:30 wanes quickly. Eagerness to do homework for the first week diminishes, and parents begin asking the questions....do you have homework tonight?....are you finished with your homework?....get to bed....did you hand your assignment in?....your science fair project is due tomorrow?

Late night trips to an all night store for poster board, bug collecting, pant hemming, class changes, comparing schedules with friends, assigned seating, late excuses, sack lunches, field trips, parent teacher conferences.

A college junior, a high school senior and and 8th grader. Ahh.... school days!! School craze!! School phase!! Mother prays!!!

Hysterectomy! EWWW!

2009-06-28T20:43:00.000-07:00

OK! I admit I am grateful that I could use them while they were useful and I needed them, but really couldn't they have installed an eject button when we were done with all those female parts? Since no one installed a handy little device like that, we have to resort to more extreme measures! Like cutting the whole blasted thing out.... did I say cutting?? I don't want to be cut, at least not on my belly! I will however allow them to do the little incisions to blow my belly up the size of a 9 month pregnant woman so they can see all around the town inside of me. Make sure everything is where it's supposed to be and remove all the other things that are causing grief and pain. If all goes well, the large cyst that is attached to myself can be freed up and pulled out with the scope routine....I am counting on that! I already put my order in! Now, once that is done they will then attempt to remove the rest of my female parts out the only other place they can! Yep, you guessed it! YOUCH! Suddenly birthing my three children flashed before my eyes! I was thinking I could make Christmas tree ornaments or jewelry with these heaven sent items or maybe sell them on eBay or donate them to science or something! But seriously now. Couldn't they just dry up and blow away when we are done with them?? Not to mention the enjoyable side effects that come from SURGICAL MENOPAUSE! ! ! You suddenly begin to reflect on life when you get ready to go in for surgery, and I suppose, death....esp. when you register at the hospital and they ask you if you have a living will! A LIVING WILL? Of Course I have a WILL!! My "WILL" is to survive this thing and not feel like a neutered cat with hot flashes when I am done! Now, if the afore mentioned procedure doesn't work, then they will have to cut me open like a fillet-o- fish and do the full abdominal routine. This will of course extend my hospital "vacation" and my recovery time with a lovely zipper to boot! I am opting out on this one! However! IF such event does happen to take place I am going to offer the doc (under the surgical table) free haircuts for life if he can do a little tuck and roll action. I mean how hard can it be?? Bring in the vacuum! I don't care! Just just give me a little payoff for bearing three children! I know, I know, it isn't possible! Ah well. Sigh.

Now lets address the hospital food. For some reason people seem to think that after your whole insides have been rearranged and vacated, that eating spaghetti or some other hospital cuisine is going to make it's way out after they have paralyzed your bowels with narcotics! I don't think so! Besides that fun little catch all bag that is hanging aside your bed for all your visitors to see is fun to carry down the hall with you as they make you walk when you are stoned outta your mind and sporting air conditioned hospital attire, along with bed hair! How about the stickiest tape on the planet for your IV's that remove the entire epidural layer of yourself and leave lasting scars! Couldn't they hire the sticky note dude to come up with something?? Let's talk about the blood pressure cuff that goes off at will, wakes you up just about the time you get to sleep and dashes any hope of blood finding it's way back into your fingers. The other love are the noisy food carts that come delightfully clunking down the hall at SIX a.m.! I think the nurses wake you up early just to get revenge for the long graveyard shift they had to endure. I also hate those little booties that have that gripper tape on the bottom! They give me the dries and I think they paint those with house stucco! They are not user friendly.

I don't know...maybe they would let me go to the pediatric floor where they have puzzles and Nintendo, and a movie library and treats and snacks and fun loving nurses who spoil you and treat you like a big kid. No such luck! So kindly pray for me and everyone else who will be picking on me on July 7th. Thanks!!

Guess I will put this here too!

2009-02-11T13:07:00.001-08:00

25 Random things about me, and some other stuff!
1. I have been tagged in a million of these and somehow feel pressure to do this...strange. And I'm wondering who really wants to take the time to read this stuff anyway? Ah well....here goes.
2.I have to have my bed sheets perfect when I get in bed. Bottom tucked in, sheet folded over the top of the blankets and even weight distribution on top of me is of most importance.
3.I rode a hot air balloon all over Utah valley. Breathtaking!
4.I love to do crossword puzzles
5.I love to roller blade up Provo Canyon
6.I love to laugh and I love to tickle my kids. It freaks them when I become the raging bull tickle Mom by putting both hands on my head, index finger extended and twirling, head down and go in for the tickle attack!!!
7.I miss my Daddy! He has been gone almost 17 years now.
8.I love to go anywhere with my family, boating at Powell, fishing, Hawaii! We have such a great time together.
9. I used to write to companies when I was little and tell them how much I liked their products so I could get mail, and see how much free stuff they would send me.
10. I used to play in the ditch across the street from my house and curl dandelion stems in the water. I raised 20 ducks that were in my back yard that ate all our neighbors tomatoes. We also had orphaned baby lambs in our basement in a bed of straw. I loved feeding them with a pop bottle and waking up to their little baaaa's and seeing their pink noses and letting them suck on my finger.
11. I can still ride a unicycle to this day. I might break something, but hey! I can still do it!
12. I was a missionary in Finland.
13.I love to work on movies and commercials. It is so fun and amazing to see it all come together after shooting, post production etc. You've gotta see "Single's Second Ward" if you haven't already. I played Kirby Haybourne's Mom! total blast!
14. By the time I was 21 I had been to 21 countries! I'm getting behind now! Time to get on my horse.
15.I used to sit out in our parked car for hours pretending like I was on a road trip and talk to people on the CB radio.
16. I am an ambulance chaser. I get it from my childhood. We owned the radio station and I would get to go in the car with the lights on top flashing so my Dad could report the story. I also love to see if I can help anyone.
17. I love the medical field. Would love to do surgery, EMT, ER stuff....probably couldn't handle the stress, but it totally interests me.
18.I love to go to movies and I absolutely have to have popcorn, and I love it with frozen Jr. Mints.
19.I can whistle 2 tones at once with my tongue.
20. I have been a hairdresser/makeup artist for years. Started when I was 15, opened my first salon when I was 17.
21.I love to sing and have performed all over the place, television and radio. Now is scares the pants off me to perform because I don't do it enough any more.
22.I was Miss Sevier County
23.I have a shoe fetish and I love handbags too.
24. Things I HATE: wood ticks, that they don't put the page number on all the pages in magazines, mating socks, not being able to find things, esp. when they are late....church shoes, videos, library books, homework etc., root canals and any bodily malfunctions that make me feel cruddy, the recession, parsnips, liver, rude/grumpy people.
25.Things I LOVE: My family, cards/letters, chocolate, mountains, pancakes, sushi, manicures/pedicures/massag

es, candle light baths, great music, flowers, gardening, sitting on my porch and listening to crickets and looking at the stars, Christmas and every holiday, people watching, puppies and esp. our dog Sonny who can polka, dance, shake and now play dead upon command, going out to dinner, hugs, having fun at ANYTHING, being with people I love, laughing til I cry, sports...watching and playing, good books.

2009-02-01T16:57:00.000-08:00

Holy Amazing Pipes!!! go to the link below and listen to 11 year old Bianca Ryan!! Made me cry!!!! This girl can sing!!

http://www.flixxy.com/bianca-ryan.htm

2009-01-29T10:45:00.000-08:00

Ok....this can't wanna be any fun being sick and afflicted! I think I average about 2 sinus infections or some other lovely form of upper respiratory crud each winter! It couldn't have ANYTHING to do with the perfect air quality in Utah could it!? I am glad it waited until I was done shooting a commercial I did on Wed. That would not be keen! I also have to go to the dentist today, which is about number 497 on my list of favorite things to do. I don't want to share this with anyone, but if anyone would like to take it away and have it for their very own, bbI would gladly bequeeth it to whomever would like to have a great excuse to miss a test, check out of work, or just spend a few days in bed watching movies or reading a favorite novel. This however does not apply to any of my children. They are exempt from said opportunity! I think in addition to my condition I am suffering from a little pre-spring fever! Is that like perry-menopause?? I don't want to know. I have loved the snow....yes I am grateful for it, it will provide some great boating this summer, and all our little plants and leafies need the water....but maybe from this point on...it could just snow in the mountains and allow my little snowdrops to jump out of the 3 foot pile of snow and show their simple cuteness! I love it when I see them come up....if gives me hope that spring will actually come! I have a pile of bulbs in my garage, that we never got in the ground, and I don't know if I can fool them and poke them in the ground early spring and expect them to produce some lovely bloomage for me? Sigh. I do love the 4 seasons that Utah displays, I just get a little impatient at times. Maybe that's when I need to go visit my Chels down in Southern Utah and soak up some Southern Utah red rock sunshine and warmth! Great Idea!!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US!!! 21 AWESOME YEARS!

2009-01-15T20:16:00.000-08:00

PLEASE FIGHT THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE ACT

2009-01-12T10:00:00.000-08:00

(GO TO THIS LINK TO SIGN THE PETITION) http://www.fightfoca.com/

SEE THE LINK BELOW OBAMA'S SPEECH AS HE ADVOCATES THE FOCA!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf0XIRZSTt8&eurl=http://www.fightfoca.com/

2009-01-12T09:54:00.000-08:00

Dear Family and Friends,

As most of you know, Obama made a public announcement that he is going to sign the Freedom Of Choice Act, which will allow all types of abortions including partial birth abortions, also allowing babies who are born alive due to botched up late term abortions, to be set aside without any medical care or nourishment and left to die (most of these babies have no medical problems and most of the ones that do, have things like cleft palates, club feet, things that are correctable, still they are murdered in the most cruel and inhuman way. They feel everything that is happening to them. There is more mercy for dogs that are put to sleep) This Bill also will make it mandatory for doctors and nurses to perform this murderous act even if they do not want to do so. This act also allows under age teens to have an abortion, even partial birth abortions, without parental consent.

Catholic Bishops have pleaded with Obama not to go ahead with this horrible murder of innocent babies. They have also told Obama that if he persists in signing this Bill which would require even Catholic Hospitals to perform these acts of murder, they will have no choice but to close all Catholic Hospitals. Please let us join with these courageous Bishops who will go to any length to change Obama's mind. Please take a minute to sign this statement and let our voices be heard.

This is a great, informative website. You can click on the video of Obama's speech to the Planned Parenthood group where he promised that the first thing he would do if elected President would be to sign the Freedom Of Choice Act. He isn't even in the White House yet and he made a statement last night that he will go forward with his plans to sign this outrageous bill. He still can change his mind because the Bill cannot be signed until he is actually the President.

Please let your family and friends know about this Bill and ask them to also sign this petition. Please click on the web site below. It will take less than a minute of your time, doesn't cost anything and God will bless you for standing up for Him and His commandment, "Thou shalt not kill".

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing"

Dr. OZ 2009 Checklist

2009-01-07T22:45:00.000-08:00

http://www.oprah.com/article/health/wellnessandprevention/pkgyourhealth/20081113_tows_healthchecklist

2009-01-07T20:31:00.000-08:00

I love the snow. It reminds me of the beautiful winters in Finland. I love the crunch under my feet as I walked in the snow, the quiet stillness of the dark nights, the crystal clean snow, and snowflakes that really and truely look like ornate snowflakes that we cut out of paper! That was the most amazing thing in the world to me the first time I saw these huge lacey flakes! I loved the little puffs of smoke from all the homes with the sauna stoves a blaze, the smell of birchwood, and a loaf of fresh pulla with cold lingon berry juice and the rush of rolling in the snow after sauna. I never braved jumping in the ice hole. I was afraid something might freeze and break off! I loved the cemataries all aglow with candle light, and riding through the forests with the trees flocked with crystals of snow. Ahhh sweet memories of beautiful SUOMI!!

Snow Candle!!!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

2008-12-26T15:04:00.001-08:00

This is my Finnish snow candle. The Finns build these and place them on the graves at the cemeteries in Finland. At night you can drive around and see the cemeteries all aglow. It is a sight to behold. I just love it! It was fun to do on Christmas night! We had a great time with a house full of family, friends and great food, fun, games, laughter and Christmas stories!!! It just came and went too fast. I can't believe it's gonna be 2009 in just a minute. The days and months just melt away. I just love all my family and friends!

I'M SO MERRY!!!!

2008-12-09T17:09:00.000-08:00

Love this wonderful time of year....there's no place like home for the holidays!!!! I am so excited to have my family together for all the festivities, food, fun, laughter, games, traditions and much merriment! I have kinda walked around the stores, and for some reason all the "stuff" just looks like....well...."STUFF". It seemed like all the stores marked everything "UP" so they could have their big door crashing, people crushing, cart smacking, door buster sales and saaay they marked everything "DOWN"! Are ya with me here? or is it a fragment of my imagination? Could be a figment in light of figgy pudding??? I dunno! Anyway. I loved Pres. Monson's idea of the Best Christmas Ever where he said. "Giving, not gettting, brings to full bloom the Christmas spirit. Enemies are forgiven, friends remembered, and God obeyed. the spirit of Christmas illluminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in PEOPLE than THINGS! To catch the real meaning of the "SPIRIT of CHRISTMAS," we need only drop the last syllable, and it becomes....
"THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST"! Don't we all have enough "STUFF" around! I mean really what do we really need? I love people, and I love being with people and family and friends...giving to someone else that really needs. That makes for me the BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!!!!!

MERRY "CHRIST"MAS!!!

2008-11-19T07:32:00.001-08:00

http://www.jacquielawson.com/preview.asp?cont=1&hdn=1&pv=3133187

2008-11-19T07:21:00.000-08:00

I haven't been a very good blogger these last few weeks mostly because I was out of town and I have been a busy little girl! I will write more when I have a chance but for now. Happy Thanksgiving to EVERYONE!!!! I'm just so THANKFUL!!!!

TA-DAAAAA!!!!!! Take a close look at this photo!!!

2008-10-22T20:02:00.000-07:00

Can I just say this was AMAZING! Annnddd! What are the chances??? So here's the deal. We are at Lake Powell for the family VAY CAY and I am fishing like a chief and my sunglasses are on top of my head. As I bend over the boat my glasses fell off my head and there they go floating down, down, down probably 12 feet by now, and I am so bugged cause these are my favorite Garbanna glasses! So in a last ditch effort I swoop my pole in the water and let my line out and reel it in and SHAZAAAMM!! There are my glasses and the bait and the whole shabang!!!! I laughed my lips right off! I need to send this into America's funniest mostamzin that's incredible Ripley's Believe it or won't ya!!! What do you think???

2008-10-22T17:47:00.000-07:00

2008-10-15T08:50:00.000-07:00

NIKI BLONSKY FROM "HAIRSPRAY"
I worked on a movie yesterday called "Waiting for Forever" and Niki stars in this movie! We had a great time visiting and I spent the afternoon chatting with her and her mom in between shoots. We had a great time. Can't wait to see the movie!

My friend from Finland. Saria Kuosmanen

2008-10-15T08:44:00.000-07:00

This is my dear friend, Saria. She came all the way from Finland to visit. We had a great time speaking Finnish and doing fun things. It was so great to have her here. Wish I could sneak in her suit case and go back home with her! I miss SUOMI

2008-10-06T08:12:00.000-07:00

Thought I would post a few pictures from the past that I never added on here. These are some shots on the set of Single's 2nd Ward. We had a great time, and if you haven't seen the movie....well you need to. It's a fun picture! I had a blast!

One big Happy Family

2008-10-06T08:02:00.000-07:00

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Cast from Single's 2nd Ward

2008-10-06T08:00:00.001-07:00

Camera crew on set of Single's Second Ward

2008-10-06T07:57:00.000-07:00

Kirby Haybourne and I on set

2008-10-06T07:54:00.000-07:00

2008-10-05T17:54:00.000-07:00

Who's anticipating the catch more????

2008-10-05T17:30:00.000-07:00

I just love this time of year. I love all the colors and the nip in the air and the chance to grab a cozy sweater and a cup of tea. I love conference and all the yummy peaches, pears, apples and all the harvest from my garden. The bright orange pumpkins on my porch and caramel apples on my cupboard, spiced apple cider and donuts, and all the Halloween spooky stuff showing up at every one's houses. I love to make homemade Halloween licorice and orange caramels; which has become a tradition. I love little trick-or-treaters and some years I dress up like a witch. I like scary movies too. There is just so much to slurp up and enjoy!
The 3rd was Ben Sr.'s 75 birthday! Everyone came over for dinner and I made his favorite of noodles and terriyaki with peach cobler and ice cream for dessert. He loved it and was so excited to be with everyone!
It was fun to have Chelsea home for a few days. I helped her study for her big anatomy tests next week. She has to point out all the parts, functions etc. ON the cadavors. It's a big part of her grade. She is doing SO well in school and loves it!
Tyler has healed from his wisdom teeth surgery and is back in swim and preping for the swim meets. He is writing music for a movie which he is really excited about.
Hannah is dancing like crazy! She loves it! She is in Ballet, Jazz, Hip-hop and Jazz company!
Ben is busy with work at Anderson Window Well Covers and is also manufacturing Hydrogen Enrichment cells that you put in your car to mix hydrogen with your fuel to increase your mileage up to 30%. We have one on our suburban and get a lot better mileage and it makes our car burn greener and run so much smoother with more power and torque. I have been helping him at the office with receivables and putting together hydrogen cells and bubblers. I have loved being there with Ben and watching the company grow! He is doing a great job, and everyone there loves working for him since he bought the company.
That about wraps it up!

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SONNY!

2008-10-05T17:00:00.000-07:00

ENOUGH ALREADY!!!

2008-09-22T10:17:00.000-07:00

Ok...I was pondering this morning and I figured out that between Ben, Chelsea, Tyler and I, we have had 14 surgeries! Wouldn't one think that that could possibly be sufficient for our needs? I mean, what is the average number of surgeries a person has to endure in this life time? Well....just a little note to who ever up there is handing out memos. We are DONE!!! Thank you very much. Maybe someone could grab a few of those ministering angels and trump down a cease and desist on surgeries at the Gould residence!! AMEN TO THAT !!!!
I was also thinking about morning glory and my linen skirt that I wore to church yesterday. As I was pressing it, I thought to myself....why am I pressing this linen skirt? It's "suuupoooosssed" to look wrinkled! Isn't it? Who thought of this? And why couldn't we add a few other items to this category of things that are "supposed to look like this", like....morning glory, dusty shelves, dirty windows, age spots, saggy body parts, and any other thing that happens to make you crazy, so that when people would notice these things they would make the comment to themselves, Oh! That's "supposed to look like that"! Ya. That's the ticket! I think that will work for all of us.
I posted just some random pictures of us that I wanted to share with you. Life is good. Love is great. And laughing is the funnerest!

2008-09-16T19:36:00.000-07:00

A big exciting day today as we headed off for round 2 of American Idol auditions in SLC. We had to be there at 7:00 a.m. So Ben, Hannah, Tyler and I were up at 5:00 and ready to go. We stood in line, for probably 2 hours and finally got inside after they let the contestants go in separate from their families. They put them in one room, and all the families in 2 other holding rooms. They would go through 2 auditions today. One vocal audition and then if they made it through that, an interview. We waited and waited and the anticipation was killer! Ben walked down the hall to meet Ty after he came out and sadly he didn't make it through the next round. They told him they loved his voice and performance, but felt he was too young. They said they really wanted to see him next year. I didn't see anyone else there that young, and actually have never seen anyone get through at 16, sooooo. The three judges had really nice things to say and really liked him, so we will see if he wants to try again next time. It was a fun day together with the family anyway. We are proud of you son! To make it from 8,000 to 200 or so was a great compliment to him.

JUMP JIVE'N

2008-09-12T08:21:00.000-07:00

First of all, Thank Heaven's it's Friday! Last night was "interesting"! Let me give you a glimpse of my night. I had done all the usual floss, brush, wash etc. and lay down to retire in my nice comfy bed. Sure things are all copesetic while I am on my computer or watching the news....but the minute I decide to roll over and slumber off to never land my legs decide to WAKE UP!!! Not just your average hot feet from lack of lo lo, or the stubble from shaving rubbing on the opposite leg. This is a full on restless leg, jump jive'n, I gotta run a 5K feeling! I hate it! I kick a leg from the sheets, twirling my leg in large circles, then pointing my toes and rolling my ankles as to increase the blood flow or something. It's as if there are hermetically sealed bugs encased in my legs squirming and writhing to get out. Kindly Ben offers me a tonic of hot magnesium tea to shut down the storm. I drink the sour potion and restlessly lie back down hoping it will take effect quickly because the rest of myself really does want to go to sleep. I can finally hold still long enough to drift off to a deep sleep. AAHHHhhhh! Then....at 3 a.m. there arose such a clatter. I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. Ben in his C-Pap and I in my unders, couldn't figure out why I heard such a thunder! I stumbled down stairs thought the washer was walking, no. It's not that, it's the pipes that were talking???? The house shook and trembled my eyes were a blurry, I figured I'd shut off the water in a hurry. The knocking, the pinging, the shooking it stopped, then right back up the stairs I popped. Ben still in bed trying to become coherant, "air in the pipes!" I said, it was quite apparent! He turned off the sprinklers and flipped off the switch. Back in bed once again, now my legs have an ITCH!!! It took quite some time for my legs to hold still, I tried to relax and get sleep and just chill. I opened one eye as 6 o'clock came. I'm tired and sleepy not up to my game. Everyone's gone now and wow what a night! Hopefully tonight......I'll get to sleep tight!

2008-09-11T08:57:00.000-07:00

Here I am with American Idol winner Jordan Sparks!!! It was a good thing she called me to ask me what I'd be wearing so we could match for our photo! She put on a great show! She has some great pipes!

MCHELLE GOULD

2008-09-01T13:28:00.000-07:00

I HAVE JOINED THE RANKS OF THE BLOGGING UNIVERSE!
Yes! I figure if I can be a Mom , text on my cell phone AND have a Facebook page I may as well climb on board! I may need some assistance from my kids, but hey! I will giver a try.