Fun Times in the Ville

This is why I love Oroville. I can't imagine what Carrie's in laws thought as the "Carrieokey" group proceeded to give their rendition of I Am A Believer. Luckily they aren't jerks like I am and so they thought the musical presentation was wonderful. I have seen enough of these to appreciate that I grew up in the ghetto but thinking upon these monstrosities has made me wonder if we don't all belong in the crazy house.

Happy Day for Carrie! Carrie's wedding reception turned out nicely and the cultural hall looked great. I did try to pay Angelee off to go grab the ribbon around Carrie's waist and wrap it around her head, I guess my offer wasn't enticing enough.

How cute is this! The sole purpose of this picture was to show how healthy Princess Chuck is! The other day Maree suggested another name that I like very much, Chucky Rose. I kind of feel bad for this poor child, she is going to have a brother that hates her and everyone will make fun of her, I hope this girl is going to be a lot tougher than her mother. Pilar, you might want to invest in a pair of numb chucks for her.

I have had a nice visit with some old friends including the Draper family. I have a lot of fond memories with their family and enjoy catching up with them. Everyone knows I usually don't like kids but I must admit that Mia's kids are very cute. It was great to see you guys!

There are several things wrong with this picture! The first thing is the fact that I had to put a diaper and clothing on this giantess kid. I happened to be racing against Audrey Bruce who has changed thousands of diapers and put who knows how many clothes on children, it was completely ridiculous but I guess everyone got a good laugh out of watching me put a diaper on a kid while I was blind folded. The second thing wrong with this is this stupid doll. Apparently the doll is sacred because Angelee brought it straight from Brazil, there wasn't enough room in her suitcases for the doll and so the 20 year old attached the doll to the outside of the suicase. Nice work Pilar!

This event was probably the highlight of my trip! Look carefully at the crumpled piece of paper. Its probably not a good idea for Michael, Angelee and I to play nertz together due to Maree telling us that she could hear us at the edge of the universe. So anyway, we decided to play cards at Maree's home; tempers raged, hands were slapped, (yes, Angelee slapped Michael's hand at least 4 times!) cards were dashed (this is where there are blanks on the page.) It does say that Michael won both games but it also states that he cheated twice and so everyone can make their own observations.

ESPN - Tournament Challenge - mghemstalk 8

I am going to post my favorite bracket but first a story to the wise. Don't ever lock the keys in your car and leave the spare key in California! Luckily my Light in Shinning Armor showed up to help me. Let me just put out the word for Joel. Not only will he be a great tie salesmen but if anyone needs a car thief, Joel should be your man. Honestly I thought he and I were going to be out there for ever trying to get my car open but Joel just showed up, put his light on his head, got out his wire and had my car open in minutes.




ESPN - Tournament Challenge - mghemstalk 8

Today I have been toiling and pondering over my brackets on ESPN. I even thought of buying the $70.00 Direct TV package so that I could watch BYU win twice (I'm not laughing at you Michael, I'm laughing with you.) I chose this bracket to share with everyone because it is how I would like to see things turn out even though I know it is a long shot. Hopefully I can get some sleep tonight, I can hardly wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO COUGARS!

The Best Meal Ever

The day has finally come but to my dismay BYU got the shaft!!! I couldn't hardly handle waiting to see where BYU would go and also LaNell and I got invited over for stroganoff at Jana & Ben's house. Thanks for the great stroganoff Ben, you get a 4 star salute! Why in the world would BYU play a team for the second time in a row? For once I would like to see BYU get out of the first round but I won't hold my breathe!!! If they do win, I vow to buy Michael the gadget that Jana raved about on her blog :) !

LaNell Will Be the Doom of Me!!!!

I apologize for any inconvenience my lack of writing may have caused to my faithful followers but I have been on death's door most of the week and couldn't find the strength to put my brackets up for the Mountain West Conference Tournament. One of the reasons why I couldn't write was because I had the stomach flu. I shouldn't complain that I had it, it should be any chubby girls wish to lose 15 pounds in 3 days but when you are surrounded by skinny people that constantly make fun of you, video tape you and laugh when you are heaving your guts out recovery isn't very cheerful. Here is a friendly tip for those that are unaware; never go to your friends' home and throw up all over there bathroom. Yes, it is a sad tale when you are invited over to Than & Erica's for a lovely meal and then thank them for it by upchucking and contaminating their entire family! I do have to say that I was taken back when I heard a knock on the bathroom door and heard Than say, "Mikila, are you ok, let me come in there and clean it up." Than, that was very kind, thank you! Along with the kind words of Than I can also recall encouraging words from LaNell like, "you aren't even sick ..... I'm going to call your boss and tell her that you just want to stay home and watch the BYU game ..... you better not get me sick, I have a hot date Friday night ........ you and Sam have been monopolizing the TV the entire day...... Why do you think that Dwyane Wade is so hot, you two should have a kid and call it Tuffy Jimmer Wade .... you should be feeling better now since your eating ice cream!" I also had to hear about LaNell's ailments all night even though I was the one that was not feeling well

"my knees are hurting ..... I'm so tired .... can I have the remote, I don't want to watch basketball all night!" Well needless to say it turned out into an amusing night and for the most part,I have to admit that at one point I was rolling on the floor with laughter so I guess that means The Brownie Monster did say a couple of funny things. I had a good day except when I had to endure TCU losing to Utah, the stupid idiots! Which brings me to my next picture.

Bless my roommates soul, she isn't a sports fan at all and is a Ute graduate. Katie said 2 fairly humorous comments last night. The first was when I was making fun of ugly face (Nevill)and Katie said, "Are you saying that if he asked you out you would say no Mikila?" Sam, LaNell and I just looked at her for a minute in amazement and then I finally found some words which included, " I hate the Utes!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Who would even consider asking me that, I wouldn't even care if the huge ugly Australian was the most gorgeous man on the earth and was madly in love with me, he should have chose a different school!" The other funny thing that my roommate asked was, "does March Madness last one day?" If LaNell wouldn't have been there I would have told her yes. I am impressed she knew that there was such a thing as March Madness. This is an exciting month and with BYU in the Big Dance I am going to have to agree with Jana and say that my eyes will be glued to the television (maybe I will have to get the stomach flu again!) Hopefully LaNell will share the remote with me! I will be posting my brackets for the tournament up on my blog, I hope that others will do the same.

What A Week!!!

What a week! Its been full of entertainment! So many things have happened, its probably been the best week of my time out here in Utah. The weekend started when I was able to work at the McKay Events Center for the M C Hammer & Vanilla Ice concert. It was borderline hilarious but very entertaining. There were people that still fit into their hammer pants, about 90% of everyone needed to get turned into the fashion police!!! Other than getting high because there was so much pot there and having to scream at a couple of numb skulls I enjoyed myself.

The next highlight of the week was being able to go to the BYU vs. Utah game. I'm sure everyone is wondering why I have a picture of this pimp in a China made suit. I just have to tell everyone how wonderful Joel is for getting a ticket to this spectacular game for me in exchange for a massage. I know that he thinks that he is getting the better end of the bargain but I'm here to say that once he handed me my ticket, death itself couldn't of grasped it out of my hands! THanks Joel!!!!

The big game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What an awesome game!!!!! I'm still excited that I got to be there and if you haven't talked to me in the last 48 hours I should tell you that I haven't been able to talk very well due to losing my voice at the game but the sacrifice was well worth it! A shout out to Miles & Jimmer for a game well played. It was the best game of the season! I guess those prayers of yours worked Sam :)

I thought this picture was very cute and because of the recent accusations against me about not liking to look at kids on blogs I thought I would show Pacen cheering mightily for the Cougars!

Here is the highlight of the week! Sean is a TRUE BLUE! When the BYU game was over he was harassed by some upset Utah fans and so he got this pretty shiner. When I asked him if he was ok he proclaimed to me, "if you think my eye is bad then you should see what happened to the other guy." Way to stand up for your team Sean!
Unfortunately the batteries in my camera died and so I wasn't able to get pictures of the party at Jana & Ben's house which upset me greatly. Today was Cali's blessing, she had the prettiest dress on. After church it was game time (of course instigated by Ryan!) I don't know why I was talked into it but somehow a game of SPOONS commenced. I haven't played this game in several years but I must admit that I enjoyed myself very much even though I have 2 huge cuts on my hand and my entire body is hurting. There is something not right about a chubby girl diving herself into a pile of spoons. What is sad about it is the fact that Malory and I were the worse players but there was an incident about a certain G.I. Joe fan deciding that he wanted to rip the spoon out of my hand because he didn't have one. Actually Josh interfered a lot during this game, Joel has an indented hand (spoon shaped) to prove it. Thanks Jana and Ben for a great day!

Some People Have Issues

First Off: I'm excited that there is another single person that has started a blog. I'm ecstatic about this event because that means when I click on Sam's name I know that I won't be forced to endure the pictures of little children running around in ridiculous costumes (unless its Pacen or Camry in there BYU attire.) To go along with these pictures I also won't have to hear things like, "my kids are so cute," "so and so did the cutest thing the other day," "I'm sorry that I write about my kids all the time but they are so stinking cute." Mothers please don't take offense, I'm saying this all in good humor but I won't deny that I would prefer to hear about the TRUE BLUE. My expectations are high Sam, I hope that you will meet them :) .

By The Way: Thanks for the input on ideas for my blog. Dan & Nellers get an F on the assignment. And not just an F but a RED F in the words of my father. Erica I actually appreciated your idea, I think I will do that once in a while. Jana I'm going to have to think about a good Coach Hemstalk story for you. If anyone has an idea down the road, please let me know.

Some People Have Issues: Some of you may have noticed LaNell's post today about her new shoes. LaNell cracks me up. If she had anything less than 50 pairs of shoes I do believe that she would think that she is poverty stricken. Above is her closet with all of her shoes. Don't ask me how many shoes she has because I'm pretty stupid and lost count at 48. Here is my theory about LaNell getting a new pair of running shoes, one word: DESPERATION! I tried to coax LaNell into getting online to meet men but she refused and so these are the extreme measures she is taking. Going into a shoe store to meet men. Don't you think that is kind of an expensive way to talk to guys LaNell? Well in any case I'm glad she met up with someone that likes to watch her run!!! I just want to remind you LaNell that some children walk around with no shoes at all, maybe you could be more charitable. By the way our nice room mate Katie helped me plot this out, I like that I'm rubbing off on her! :)

An Inquiry

So a week has already gone by and I have nothing to write about. Lets face it, when I'm between my abundant boyfriends I have nothing exciting going on in my life. I know that everyone would get sick of hearing my thoughts on the BYU basketball team and I can only break up with Jimmer so many times. So anyway my point is this; on the weeks that I have nothing to write about I am going to draw from a list constructed by everyone who reads this blog. Pretty much I am asking for ideas. It could be a scene from a movie or TV show acted out (with my own spin on it,)since I have recording technology. It could be subjects that you would like to hear about (as long as it isn't about pink frilly dresses, actually never mind, I would like to write about that.) I can recall some high school era stories if someone would like to black mail another person or re-live our gross and awkward years. So throw in some suggestions especially if I don't know that you read my blog!