Do You Hear What I Hear?

I just figured out I must have that Bon Jovi song "Lay Your Hands On Me" playing from my womb for the whole world to hear because everyone feels the need to touch my abdomen. I told one person at work that my backside was growing also would they like to touch that too. I don't blame people and in a way I'm sure it's endearing but come on, I might as well have been born with a permanent sign on me that says "Personal space issues, please approach with caution".

Prego Update

I just wanted to give a quick update on the beanie baby! We have our ultrasound Wednesday to find out what we are having! I have heard mostly girl guesses from work and church friends. Sherstine is one of the few people who have guessed boy. We'll see, I have no blasted idea. All I know is I'm 18 weeks and still nauseous 75% of the time. So, glory be to that 25% of the time I feel ok because so many women don't even get that. I am VERY thankful for the level of morning sickness I had and have because I KNOW it could be so much worse. I'm ready for Ralph to hit the road though. We have already bought the crib and changing table/dresser. I have known what I've wanted for awhile so we snatched it up. Dave has put the changing table/dresser together and it is soooo cute. He has quite a few projects for Christmas break. Boy or girl, one or three, I honestly couldn't be happier. I hope that baby doesn't already have a sense of modesty! I have nightmares of crossed legs!

Vampire Love Affair Update

I have to send out an update to all my fellow fans of the Twilight series. I have finished the 2nd book New Moon but am still waiting for the 3rd one from the library. I know I should just borrow it but I can't help it I love the anticipation from the message from the Louisville Free Public Library saying my book is ready to be picked up. I read the second one in 2 days. I tried to savor it a little longer but I couldn't help it. Someone asked me if guys would like these books. My gut instinct would have to be NO. It does have exciting, thrilling moments but it has A LOT of romance and I think most guys would stab their eyes out by the 2nd chapter. That's just my opinion though. I swoon through the whole thing so I don't care what guys think about it. Hurry crappy library, hurry!

Mother of Pearl

I have hated my blog for too long so I decided to finally do something about the blah, blech, and yawness. I searched high and low for something that was more me and less generic. Boy oh boy was I in for it. First of all I don't speak bloganese or whatever language it is these people on the websites are speaking. And not to be overly rude but I didn't want a template of Christina, Brit, or a ladies behind. I mean are bloggers 12? Anyway, I finally found something that worked and followed the directions and tadah I was in business EXCEPT I couldn't read my posts. They had disappeared. I must have copied and pasted that thing 5 times before I begged Dave to pull himself away from Halo. It took him 3 seconds to realize my font was the same color as my background and he fixed it in 5 seconds. So here I am new blog and all excited to get on here and make some blog magic. Don't expect miracles people but I am much more comfortable in my new blog home.

Happy, Happy Joy, Joy

Well, if there is a bigger blogger slacker out there I would like to meet them. Probably no one looks at this thing anymore. Well let me catch this thing up to speed. We are FINALLY pregnant. Yes, if you are finding out by reading this blog I apologize but I am not one for big announcements. It's a long story that I am sure to get to in a post eventually but I wanted to quickly list my "Thanksgiving thanks" since I missed doing that at actual Thanksgiving. This hasn't been an easy year but it has been a blessed year and I have so many things to be thankful for that it's hard to list them all so here's a few...

My husband for being supportive and dealing with a crazy woman in more ways than people know.

My sister for ALWAYS making time for me no matter what she has going on. Which is a whole heck of a lot.

My mom and her strength.

Modern medicine and doctors who care.

Roxy the best dog in the whole blasted world.

The gospel and having a testimony.

Thanks for indulging me while I get mushy on everybody. I will get back to blogging and sharing our boring life!

Pathetic Loser

I just have one thing to say... I read Twilight in 1 day. I need to get a life. Actually, I need to get a hot vampire boyfriend.

SYTYCD SPOILER ALERT!!

I am so excited that Sabra won!! I was screaming and jumping all over the place! I have to admit I've never voted for anyone on any of these types of shows but I voted about 50 times last night for Sabra. This was the best season yet and so much better than American Idol! I already can't wait until next season.

Dave and Jared in Cinci

Dave's brother was in town and they went to Cincinnati to see a Reds game and a tennis tournament. It looks like they had a really fun time. Being that they are men they didn't actually take any pictures of themselves but I thought I would add some of the pics they took anyway!

Spiders and Crickets and Bats OH MY...

I never thought I would allow the word spider in my blog but this story has to be told and to do so we have to talk about two of my biggest fears. Spiders and tight places. And yes, this is a really, really long story! Dave's younger brother Jared was in town recently and we decided to take him to Mammoth Cave National Park. Dave and I have been before and decided to try a new tour out called the New Entrance Tour. Note to the wise I DO NOT recommend this tour to anyone (Dave nor his brother had a problem with it! Such manly men.) The first time we visited Mammoth Caves the tour was great and we were in some tight places but I managed to keep my cool. I wish I could say the same for this tour. Before we got on the bus to drive to the New Entrance the ranger made a quick comment about crickets that look like spiders that we might see. I thought if it's really a cricket I can probably handle it. Then he mentioned that we would enter the cave through an air lock I pictured something out of Star Trek and was excited. So we line up to go into what looks like a telephone booth from the outside and people are piling in and the ranger shuts the door then the people inside the airlock can open the door to the cave. It's to preserve the cave since it's a man made entrance. Well I thought there might be a problem when a lady jumped out of the air lock and said she couldn't do it. She looked pretty scared. So we go in and the first thing I see is a HUGE hairy spider on the wall. I could see all it's beady little eyes staring at me. I freaked and Dave was directly behind me nudging me through. Well then I realized what I had just gotten myself into. It's a stairway, wide enough for 2 people if they squish, down to a door and the ranger told us to get really close because we were fitting about 15 or 20 people. People kept piling in and I'm just about to hyperventilate because I know there is at least one HUGE spider ready to jump on me and I look up and there are the nastiest most spider like looking crickets on the ceiling which really isn't that far from our heads. The little boy in front of me is whimpering and crying and then Jared says "Hey, there's another spider." And then it was all over. I was trying to hang on to the little dignity I had but then I noticed I was whimpering louder than the kid. I moved until I was as close to the man in front of me as I could be. He turned around like I was crazy and I told him sorry but I didn't move an inch. I kept feeling Dave's hand on my arm rubbing it trying to make everything better but by this point I was shaking all over and trying so hard to not freak out and start running on top of the people's heads to get out. I pulled my shirt up over my ears and neck just praying one of those monster crickets didn't decide to take a tour down my shirt. Then FINALLY the ranger shut the door behind us and she said we could go through the other door. Who put the kid in charge of opening the door? I thought I was going to have to attack that child. Well finally I got out and was never so happy to be in a dark, wet cave in my whole life. I just kept walking and it took a while for me to shake the creepiest experience of my life off. Then we get to a tunnel and low and behold a bat is coming right at me. I turn and run past Jared and get pretty much clotheslined by Dave. I told him there was no way I was going to let a bat get in my hair like Meredith on The Office. So he drags me through the tunnel and I throw my jacket over my head and close my eyes. Dave is dodging and weaving and I'm flailing frantically. He's literally dragging me. So yes you will have to excuse me when I say I don't recommend that tour to anyone. It was like a bad dream that you just can't wake up from. People call that entertaining? That was like the Board of the National Parks decided to play a mean trick on everyone!

Dance Dance Revolution

We decided Roxy wasn't the only one that needed more exercise, so the Revolution has come to the Rasmussen house. We feel guilty for making fun of that guy at the Student Union Building at Boise State who was always busting a sweat on the DDR machine. We wish he could come over now and show us some of his moves because now we're the ones busting a sweat.

It's so hard to say goodbye.....

Finally, my Harry Potter book came in the mail yesterday. I've been staring at it and it's beckoning to me. I'm a self proclaimed Harry Potter freak and proud of it. I've never tried to hide the fact that I love the books and movies. Yet, I can't bring myself to read it. I've been counting down it's release for months but now that it's here I'm just not ready for it all to be over. I know, I know, as Dave says, "How old are you?". I'm so scared someone will ruin the ending for me but I can't bring myself to read it either. What can I say, I'm a weirdo! Dave has been trying to read the ending to find out what happens and I keep threatening to kill him. I did notice the book was in a different spot this morning than last night so I'm sure he knows how it all ends. I thought this was going to be such a happy entry in my blog! I've been planning how I would rip it open and start reading and not stop till the very end. Now I'm dreading it! I think I need to get a life! Just be warned if my Harry dies I will be one mad woman so Rowling better watch out! More than that though, if ANYONE ruins the ending for me it will be a rage they aren't quite ready to handle! I'm sure you're all really scared!

4th of July Fun

Well we didn't get to do too much on the 4th because Dave was still studying for boards but we did take the pooch out to play and run some of the 2 lbs off the vet said she has to lose. She cracks us up running after her frisbee. We went to our ward's annual 4th of July breakfast too.

Fastforward to Saturday, July 7th Please...

This might be the most boring blog known to man but nonetheless it will be a blog! I had to get off Myspace because I was being violated more and more every time I signed on! A person can only take so many 12 year olds trying to be your friend. So here is the boring Rasmussen family in Louisville, Ky just trying to get through a little insanity we like to call "BOARDS". Dum Dum Dum..... I do believe I figured out why they are called boards. First they misspelled it, for me it should be spelled bored because my best friend is trying to learn a lifetime of information in 2 weeks. As for Dave, it's spelled correctly because it means the big board he wants me to hit him over the head with for a self inflicted coma! It will be over on Saturday and I will never be so grateful as after that day is over! "Dave oh Dave where has my Davie gone? To his office to study our life away!" Which brings me to a sad but funny story that does include the princess of all princesses....Roxanne Rasmussen Min Pin extraordinaire! Dave took time out of his busy study schedule to take Roxy for her yearly check up. She had to get a rabies shot which mind you she's had before. Poor little doggie had a very bad allergic reaction to the shot and had a bunch of bumps all over her like a hundred bees stung her. Her poor face was all swollen too. It looked like Dave tried to pull some teeth or something! Dave called the vet and with their medical powers combined decided she needed some Benadryl. So she was heavily medicated and pretty drowsy but the swelling finally went down. So when I say boring Rasmussen household I guess I'm not being completely truthful!