Thursday, February 28, 2008

Another History Lesson...

This one's all about me! (Gotta catch up on my tags-- apparently my mom and sister have caught the tagging bug.)

Anyway, here's a rundown...

20 Years ago, in 1988, I was a spritely little 4th grader in Redding, CA. My most memorable events of this time in my life were 1) getting in trouble for talking one too many times in Mr. Cropsey's class and having to sit in the back of the assembly with the other misfits and 2) hearing my first Bon Jovi song, played by the older and much more mature (10, I think) neighbor, Leigh Aldridge. The song was "You give Love a bad name," and I still remember feeling like such a rebel for loving it. Little did she know, Leigh was starting a lifelong love affair. He he... ♥

10 Years ago, in 1998, I was a freshman at BYU, and spent most of my time eating peanut butter M&Ms and those pink-frosted sugar cookies, sleeping, and failing Accounting. I did listen to a lot of Beastie Boys and Fiona Apple, and I had the coolest roommate ever, ever, ever. Oh yeah, and I was newly engaged to the cutest bushy-browed boy in the world! The thing that first attracted me to Chris: he made me laugh. Funny how that still works. ♥

5 Years ago, in 2003, Chris was getting ready to graduate from the University of Utah and we were discussing the possibility of moving to the Seattle area. Thomas was a sweet little 18-month-old, and we loved living across the street from a park. I was a member of a small writing group that still holds a special place in my heart. ♥

3 Years ago, in 2005, we were living in Lake Stevens, WA, where the snow doesn't stick. Thomas was a student at Sunnyside Preschool, Chris was the Assistant Editor at the Lake Stevens Journal, and I worked from home for Mrs. Fields. I was expecting Gordy Roo. It seems like we watched a lot of movies that year, especially since my brother, Jake, lived with us for a while and worked at Hollywood video. We had fun. We bought a new bed-- a pillow top-- which I still adore. ♥

1 Year ago, in 2007, we were still setting up shop in our new house here in Logan. I had also just started working for Harris Research. We bought a sweet little kitty, Schroeder, who, sadly, didn't last too long against the busy street behind our house. You can check out other February 2007 events here! ♥

So far this year, there isn't too much you don't already know...

Yesterday, in our efforts to simplify, we had our land line shut off. If you didn't get the e-mail regarding how to get a hold of us (cells), let me know. Also, I watched my friend's little girl for a couple of hours in the evening and got a huge kick about how different she was from my boys! I dug her glittery pink shoes. ♥

Today, Thomas went to a friend's house after school, so I had some one-on-one time with Gord. We played cars and dinosaurs, ate snacks, and told the same "why did the chicken cross the road?" joke over and over again. We received zero calls from telemarketers.

Right now, I'm changing the channel because I can't stand to watch one more American Idol loser sing (why do they make them do that?!?). And I'm blogging for the third day in a row. ♥

8 comments:

Ann-Michelle said...

this was too fun to read- maybe it is because you are such a good writer? it is fun to see the things i didn't know like the writing group and beastie boys? hmmm- i think i am going to add them to my running mix!

shannon said...

you're so darn cute and fun. and i'll totally take family photos any time you'd like. it'd be a good reason for us to make a trip to Logan. ps...what sites do you digital scrapbok on???

Emily said...

I can relate to Fiona Apple and peanut butter M&M's. I think you and I are EXACTLY the same age, you know! ;)

Thanks for the fun tag, it was great to read!

becky ward said...

What a great refresher course! And I LOVE that you are blogging for the third day in a row. I missed you!

PS thinking of you and the potty training! Owen and I have decided we aren't quite ready to tackle that right now. i can't wait to hear what works for you.

natalie said...

Hi Elise,

Just blog hopping and found you. I'm an LDS Hansen, too! Cute blog and sweet family. :) I'm in Russia, so if your site meter registers that, it's not some weirdo...just me!

Natalie

natalie said...

Sorry, it's me again. Okay, I just saw a picture of your brother on your blog, and he looks really familiar to me. Did he just get back from serving his mission in the Vladivostok, Russia, mission? Did he serve in the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk area? If so, tell him Neil, Natalie, Emily and Joseph said hi!

Holly said...

I saw your cute friend Karen today at church. At least I think it was her. If not I made an idiot of myself saying "Hi Karen" to someone named Susie.

Caitlan said...

Hey I really like your new page! And your survey thing was fun to read, of course.