christmas rocked

The geddes fam had an awesome Christmas filled with family, food and festivities. (very horrible pics are coming) Aside from my other superb gifts, {thank you one and all, you're too kind} Dan got me this Fender guitar. It's perfect for a beginner such as myself. Is my hubbie cool or what? Thanks Dan-o!

P.S. I'll be working my little fingers off to learn. Prepare yourself for me rocking 10 times harder!

Kitty Kitty

Eartha Kitt passed away. You may have heard her serenading you from my Christmas playlist. She was an awesome catwoman, hilarious as 'Isma', and my leg idol.

what I've been up to

{you may want to use the bathroom first}

Well lately I . . .

Dreams do come true

That's right, I'm finishing the survey.
2. Have you ever smoked heroin? Yikes!

3. Do you own a gun? I own a glue gun

4. What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? I am forbidden to go to Sonic. (Dan thinks it's gross.)

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? only towards the end of pregnancy. all those stinkin needles...

6. What do you think of hotdogs? I only eat Hebrew National

7. Favorite Christmas Movie? hmmm, Elf I guess

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Hot chocolate, year round

9. Can you do pushups? I can do pushup

10. Age? I usually don't like to tell but, 25

11. What's your favorite piece of jewelry. My wedding ring. If I ever wear anything else, it's my bridesmaid necklace from Jessica

12. Favorite hobby? Making giant messes {crafting, sewing, scrapbooking, decorating, etc.}

13. Favorite Actor? Are we talking looks here? Because there are so many gorgeous men in the biz, but I am partial to Orlando Bloom, Hugh Jackman, Robert Pattinson, sheesh, and so many more. Good looks and an accent and I'm set.

14. Do you have A.D.D.? Probably, everyone else in my family has it.

15. What's one trait you hate about yourself? I'm either too shy or overbearing

16. Middle name? Renae

17. Name three thoughts at this exact moment. Do I even have a favorite actor? I'm cold. So much to do tomorrow!

18. Name three things you bought yesterday/today. A coat for Parker, pictures with Santa, FABRIC FABRIC FABRIC

19. Name three drinks you drink regularly. Water, Lemonade, Hot Chocolate

20. Current worries? I hope I wake up on time tomorrow. I hope it's worth it for Dan to work next week

21. Current hate right now? I'm good.

22. Favorite place to be? With my fam, or shopping

23. How did you bring in the New Year? Fondue with the Ellises

24. Where would you like to go? Paris

25. Name three people who will complete this. this is a long survey

26. Do you own slippers? They look like pink shaggy dogs

27. What shirt are you wearing? Check the pic

28. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? Yuck no. Satin sheets are polyester because silk is not machine washable. Polyester is not breathable, does anyone like to sweat in their sleep?

29. Can you whistle? with the best of 'em

30. Favorite color? Blue

31. Would you be a pirate? yarrr! (that means, sure)

32. What songs do you sing in the shower? Usually it's 'Never been to Spain' by Three Dog Night or La Vien Rose

33. Favorite girl's name? I fear to speak it. Someone might steal it.

34. Favorite boy's name? Desmond or Jude. It was Caden, but I have one now

35. What's in your pocket right now? a candy wrapper

36. Last thing that made you laugh? Dan is watching 'Gremlins'. It's a serious part.

37. Best bed sheets as a child? Never had anything special.

38. Worst injury you've ever had? It's gonna get graphic folks, my worst injury is sometimes replaced by an episiotomy, but my doctor doesn't do those.

39. Do you love where you live? I love my house, I love the mountains my house is on, but I don't love my itty bitty yard.

40. How many T.V.'s do you have in your house? Just one

41. Who is your loudest friend? Aimee Stutz

42. How many dogs do you have? None, but I have a Parker

43. Does someone have a crush on you? Caden. I always catch him gazing at me, then he grins when he gets caught.

44. What's your favorite book? Pride and Prejudice or Midnight Sun, but that's not really a book.

45. Where were you born? At home, in Mesa AZ

46. What is your favorite candy? Symphony with almonds and toffee chips, reeses pb cups, heath, 5th avenue. Yes, they are all my favorite.

47. Favorite sports team? Go Jazz go. (but I'm not really into sports)

48. What song do you want played at your funeral? Be Still My Soul by a string quartet

49. What are you doing at 12 am? Blogging apparently

50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up this morning? But I'm so sleepy.

Woohoo. I did it! That was a long mother.

Wasn't that great?

So, it was a pretty short survey...
No. I got distracted by my kids. Apparently they wanted dinner or something. And now I'm whipping up neighbor treats in the kitchen and just had to grab a quick recipe. I promise I'll finish it soon...

Here's some more fluff

I know I haven't posted about the fam lately, but you don't really want to know what we've been doing, do you?

I think surveys are fun. Here's one I stole from Tina
1.Do you like bleu cheese? In salad dressing mixed with a vinegarette

Let's be honest

What did Carolyn really think of recent movie releases?

TRAIN WRECK




And very like a train wreck you can't not look at it! The acting was bad (Kristen Stewart excluded), the score was BAD, and the directing was bad, but when given the chance to see it again, I offered to buy the tickets! {And I'm looking forward to seeing it again.} Oh Twilight, you never were a healthy thing for the female population.
In the immortal words of John Lennon:
I saw a film today, oh boy! ... A crowd of people turned away, but I just had to look, having read the book.


LAMENESS














Sure, Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon had their funny moments, but the movie as a whole was not funny. And most of the good parts you can watch on the trailer for free.
Save yourself the $9.


UTTERLY BEAUTIFUL

Don't listen to the critics on this one!

The backdrop: beautiful

The story: beautiful

The characters: beautiful

Hugh Jackman: beautiful.

I cried my eyes out.

let's hear it for the boy

dan decided to take the week off work. he told me that he was in charge of the boys and i could do whatever i wanted.
i think he's a pretty cool husband and i thought i would take a quick moment to let all of you know why...

*dan is a comic book nerd.

*he makes me laugh

*he always tries to rough house with the boys just before bed

*he calls me attractive when it's 2pm, i'm unshowered, in sweats, and have yesterdays mascara smeared under my eyes

*he's been doing the dishes ever since my first pregnancy nausea

*he turns everything I say into an innuendo and it never makes sense
(i.e. me-I'm making soup for dinner.
him-I'll make your soup for dinner.)

*he willingly got a parking ticket on our first date, a byu game, because he didn't want to miss kickoff.

*Parker thinks the world of him

*he loves his mom and rubs her feet

*he takes teasing well


*he raves about my mediocre cooking


*he is currently designing a quilt for parker (his idea)


*he has to see movies the day they come out

*he has a shoe fetish


*he is my human space heater


*82% of his vocabulary is movie and t.v. lines


*he calls me to get stats whenever the boys go for their well checkup
(he loves to hear %tile for height)

*he's a very good salesman


*he never gets sick


*he's friends with my brothers


*he doesn't eat leftovers


*he's just a big kid


*whenever i'm ranting or raving about something, he says
"no question" in agreement


*he gets the boys ready for church every sunday



*when i wear heels, i'm taller than him. even though i hate it, he says he doesn't mind


*he read all 4 Twilight books for me


*his proposal was very elaborate


*he can never keep a secret. i always know what i'm getting for Christmas/birthday


*he put a box of tissue in my stocking last year


*he was amazed when my mom made a layered cake once. he said "how did you get the frosting in the middle?!"


*he rolls his eyes whenever i tell that story


*he loves, loves, loves his boys


*he loves diving boards



*he took me to cabo san lucas on our honeymoon and no one would speak spanish with him


*he and parker have a secret handshake of sorts


*he thinks he knows how to tickle but it really just hurts


*he refuses to listen to modern music


*his idea of cleaning up after dinner is eating the leftovers off of everyone's plate


* he gets caden every morning so i can stay in bed longer


*he hates to shave (obviously!)

*he's very competative

*he hates the game CLUE

*he always let's me get my way

*he loves 'shrooms. go figure!

Love you Dan-o. Thanks for being my BFF

My unbiased Twilight review

Firstly, I would like to say 'yeah yeah!' for the awesome t-shirt design that Candis {the great} created. We were sportin the above beauty on black tees. We looked divine.
I had a fab time at the party, despite the 'shrooms in the ravioli. That's right, we had mushroom ravioli and coke. Get it Twilight fans? We played games and socialized and made t-shirts. Tons of fun. I will not post any pictures from the party because I looked nothing less than scary. (Nothing says 'let's party' like turquoise eyeshadow and fake eyelashes, right?)

Now let's get down to the meat and potatoes. I do not want to spoil it for anyone who is seeing it tonight, so I will give no opinions. But I will say I found Kristen Stewart to be a very convincing Bella and really pretty in the way I thought Bella should be. And Robert Pattinson was certainly dazzling! There were too many scenes where he was gorgeous beyond reason. And Jackson Rathborne (Jasper) wasn't too shabby looking himself. I can't wait to see it again just so I can stare at their beautiful faces. SIGH

HAPPY TWILIGHT MOVIE TO THOSE SEEING IT TONIGHT! :)

a little beauty tip

{This may bore some of you who already know this.}
My cute sister-in-law / graphic art student Maddie never wears makeup. She doesn't really need to. But one day she wore just mascara and we could not compliment her enough! Her hair was blonder, her skin seemed tanner, her cheeks were rosy and her eyes were brighter. Then she told us why she thought that was. When painting a portrait, you have to have two elements: Black and bright color. They compliment and enhance each other. Since she has blue eyes and pink cheeks, all she needed to add was black (mascara). I thought that was funny since I wear bright pink blush if I only have time for one thing. My face is full of black! And if I wear just mascara, I look like a raccoon. The next time we have family pictures, I'm going to wear my pink blush - I love liquid 'cause it makes my cheeks shiny - and bright pink lipstick. We'll see if I look like a clown.

my christmas wish list

Sort: price low-high

$10

Beautiful Pre-Printed Mini Diary
(from mini-mart, see link)

$25
Simple Dots Rain Boot




$55
Roxy Loafers

$130

Belted Wool Coat

$500

Le Creuset 6 piece cookwear set

$900

Louis Armchair pair

$200,000
Cozy cabin in the woods

I can't wait to see what Santa brings me!

P.S. Thanks to all who left me such nice comments about my hair. I'm sure you're all sporting some nice 'do's yourself! :)

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I meant to dye my hair dark brown, but it turned out closer to black. Now everyone tell me that it looks natural and doesn't make me pasty. (but only if that's what you really think of course!)

Better Late Than Never

Here is the tag Jessica passed on to me in September- Woo!

The Rules:

1. Post the rules of the tag on your blog
2. Write 6 random facts about yourself
3. Tag 6 people at the end of your post

4. If you get tagged, do it! And have fun. :)

Random Fact No. 1: I made both mine and my sister's wedding dress I love to sew. Not particularly wedding dresses, it's a pain fitting them and I will only do it for very special people. But I do love to sew, fancy myself fairly creative, and hope one day it will make me some dolla.

Random Fact No. 2: My mother-in-law set Dan and Me up It's true! Carmen was my manager at work, (she actually sought me out to work there) and she would always talk about her missionary and how he would write home that he's balding. So when he came home she asked if I would play with him. (I was like "Ew-No! Balding?") But it turned out he wasn't that bald, he was pretty cute and the rest is history.

Random Fact No. 3: I hate being pregnant but I love childbirth

I'm not some tree-hugging-hippy-embrace-nature-becoming-one-with-your-body type of gal. My deliveries aren't easier or harder than the next person's either. But there is nothing to top the experience. I love every aspect of it (pain, anxiety, excitement, joy) because it makes it what it is. And my favorite part is that the universe stops a brief moment for you and this tiny person you adore more than anything. whew! I'm getting jazzed just thinking about it!

(P.S. I blow up like the good year blimp when I'm pregnant!)

Random Fact No. 4: I have a dang big family And I love every stinking one of them. We love to play games and be loud and weird and sometimes make fun of other people (mostly just to boost our own self-esteem) but we have a great time when we're all together. My brother Matty (dead center) is serving in the

Cherry Hill, New Jersey mission right now. He comes home in January.

Random Fact No. 5: I desperately want a daughter I have 5 younger brothers and can recall wishing for a little sister on my birthday candles multiple times. I am very into playing dress-up, and makeup, and tea parties, and doing hair, and I really, really want a daughter. Or a niece or something. (I have a growing box of girl things I've bought with each pregnancy.)

Random Fact No. 6: I hate 'shrooms! A mushroom walks into a bar and asks a girl to dance. "I'm sorry," she says, "I don't dance with vegetables." The mushroom objects, "But I'm a fun guy!" (fungi) Mushrooms are gross.

Well that's it for me. Instead of tagging six individuals, I will just ask that at least six of you do this on your blog. Yeah - you know who you are, and don't think I won't check!