snow

the wind and snow got the best of lincoln today:

flying cat.

please watch this video of my flying cat.

but don't get bored in the middle.  i tried to cut it, but it didn't work.

she's just getting ready for her biggest jump of all!

you won't want to miss it.

also, don't make fun of my husband's socks.  i know he's dorky!  :)

also, you can stop watching when my mom starts talking about deer in our backyard.

it's not very interesting after that.

unless you like listening to people talk about deer in their backyards.

also, isn't midge so funny?!

now, just imagine her jumping like that at your ankles when you walk down the hallway.

welcome to my life.

also, please spot the planking stuffed animal cat in the background.

oh, the entertainment of photo booth and long hair.

it's a late.

and i may not be of sound mind for posting this.

but it was funny at the time.

you may think otherwise, but whatev.

i entertained myself while lincoln played frolf on his iPad for HOURS.

okay, maybe not hours.  but when your bed abruptly moves every 15 seconds as he "throws" the frisbee, it feels like hours.

pretty much everything you do in real life, can also be played on an iPad.

we went frolfing a few weeks ago.

and now, he plays it on his iPad.

anyway, back to my ridiculous ways of entertainment.

long hair is fun to play with:

 first up: 80s crimpy side ponytail.

 next: the bun.

 third (one of the best): braided bearded jalene.

at this point i turned to lincoln and said, "hunny, do you like my beard?"

this was his reaction:

 at least he thinks i'm funny, right?

 fourth: i'm a lion hiding in the grass! rawr!

fifth: mustache mayhem.

and that's all i could think of for you on this make-up-less day.

tuesday is today.

 some photos of our lazy tuesday.

well, we aren't being completely lazy, 

but we actually have a day off for once together.

it's wonderful.

midge always finds a place here to sleep.

it's probably the cutest thing ever.

we just love her.

do you like our gray walls?

i'm so totally in love with them.

like i really LOVE them.

the walls aren't complete yet, so a full post with pictures will be coming soon.

here's another preview of the wall above my desk.

the desk is small, but i LOVE it.

my mother painted this for me a few years ago.

it is her old make up table.

isn't it cute?

bad decision.

oh, last night.

ohhhhh, last night.

i had been suffering from a horrible headache for 6+ hours

and it was time for bed.

so we left the room to brush our teeth.

i was a few seconds behind lincoln on the way to the bathroom.

i turned the corner and put my hand up to my throbbing head

and

"BOO!"

lincoln was hiding behind the corner waiting to scare me!

little punk.

i gasped.  obviously.

followed by, "huuunnnnnyyy!"

and then naturally, 

fell to the ground in fetal position and cried.

and don't worry,

he apologized over and over.

and it was all kind of funny too.

ten minutes before this incident...

i accidently punched him in the nose,

and stabbed his ear with my finger nail.

so i guess you could say we are even.

iPhone photos

hey.

i've been working my tail off this week.

picking up extra hours... which is always good, but other areas of my life get neglected.

including this here blog.

but today i have a few photos from my iPhone that i thought i would share.

they are fun.

believe me.

here we go:

once upon a time, i was at work and my nose started gushing blood.

no idea why.

i'm a chronic nose bleeder.

i went to the bathroom to take care of it and it started gushing out of both nostrils.

it was terribly sad.

(see expression)

i'm very specific about my sub sandwich.

if any of you want to know... this is how i like 'em.

me at graduation taking a stupid picture of myself.

i just like how the girl behind me is totally smiling for the camera.

my rusty cat in the sink.

i miss him.  :(

lincoln standing funny while shaving.

a surprise note in the bathroom one morning.

sweet husband.

lincoln eating top romen out of a serving bowl.

crazy husband.

the day we got little midger

she's so tiny!

sleeping with lincoln.

it's hard to tell in this pic, but she's covering up her face with her paw.

such a cutie.

and last but not least...

lincoln trying to smile with a numb mouth from a visit to the dentist.

always great pics.

so handsome.

there you have it...

what classics do you have on your phone?

my big break!

what?  it's friday?  no way...

where have i been all week?

well, this morning i was on TV!!! and only for like two milliseconds, but it was still cool.

go here and check out the segment they did on Hairspray.

can you spot me?

i'm been hairspray-ing and saying good bye for 18 months to little sisters and spending time with that handsome husband of mine.

oh, and paying hospital bills... yikes, mr. kidney stone... you costed lots of money-s.

poor midge got attacked by a grocery sack last night...

(story): i had picked up a few groceries and we were unloading them at the kitchen table.  she loves playing in sacks usually, but somehow she got one wrapped around her body and fell off the table.  this caused her to absolutely FREAK OUT.  she started running around our teeny tiny apartment at FULL SPEED because the sack was "chasing" her.  lincoln and i frantically started running after her to try and help her out, ya know?  but have you ever tried catching a cat who is running FULL SPEED?  it's extremely difficult.  

after she ran into a bunch of things and managed to knock over everything in sight, we got her cornered and she was MAD!  but at least she stopped running which naturally made the sack fall off.  she even hissed at me!  if only she knew that we were just trying to help.

don't you wish we had this on video.

we'd be millionaires.

okay, not really.  but you would laugh.

k... these photos are mostly just for mom t. in oklahoma, but you guys can look at them too if you want.

taking abby to the MTC...

she is now Hermana Taylor.

leaving with a smile on her face.

love you, abb!!

caught in the act.

 sometimes it feels like we are raising a toddler...

this is evidence of why:

these may be still photos, but she is unrolling that at full speed my friends!

at least she isn't putting it in the toilet and flushing, right?

funny.

britt over at whimsy brought my attention to our matchy-matchy photos.

 isn't that hilarious?

both of our husbands even are wearing glasses.

confessions.

i have some confessions today:

• i call my mom everyday asking her to cook this or how to cook that.  i absolutely don't know anything about cooking.  but she does.  she's great!
• i have to make most of my phone calls outside of our apartment.  we get no service in our cement-surrounded bomb shelter.
• i am still writing our thank you notes from our wedding.  i'm only on the H's.  and it will probably take me the rest of my life to write them.
• i have a very large fear of spiders.  insert story: last night we got home late and lincoln was walking ahead of me to unlock our front door.  he opened the screen and as soon as he did a MASSIVE spider ran across the bottom of the door.  my reaction: the biggest gasp you've ever heard.  i would spell it, but i don't know how.  lincoln's reaction to the biggest gasp you've ever heard: jumps away from the door with a terrified look on his face and says, "what???!!" me, "there's.  a.  HUGE.  spider!"  at this point he got pretty frustrated with me for reacting as such and said, "with that kind of reaction, i thought it was a bear."  ... yeah, cause a bear would be hiding in between our screen door and regular door.  silly, lincoln.
• along with my very large fear of spiders is my most amazing ability to locate them.  (see above story).  i could probably tell you if there was a spider across the room under a pile of clothes.  ;)
• i am in love with a little girl named midge.
• that same little girl is really funny.  (see video below) the end is the best part.  she does that all the time.  it's so funny!

midge from Jalene Bouwhuis on Vimeo.

doesn't know when to use the "you too" phrase.

last night, lincoln and i went to the brian regan concert.

if you don't know brian regan, please youtube him now.

(don't you love how "youtube" is suddenly a verb?)

he is, by far, THE funniest comedian ever, 

in my opinion.

have you ever laughed for an hour and a half straight?

man alive!

your cheeks will hurt!

and your abs.

lincoln laughed so hard he cried 3 times.

i swallowed my gum.

we had so much fun.

his show was all new material

and all of it was top notch HILARIOUS!

if you know his bit about the "you too" phrase, you'll understand my title.

sadly, i am guilt of that today.

totally said "you too" to my boss when it didn't make sense.

hah.

lincoln bought his tickets before we even knew each other

and he still took me.

thanks, lincster.

such a great date!

plus, it was great to see you in the middle of the week.

that never happens!

it has been confirmed...

it's true,
yesterday i was really tired.


here's a hilarious story about it.



last night,
lincoln and i got on skype to chat before bed.
i said something that made him laugh,
which made me start laughing.

then,
out of no where

i start crying!

then i start laughing even more because i have no idea why i'm crying.


lincoln freezes and starts asking me what is wrong.
i can't even spit out that nothing is wrong

and i have no idea why i'm crying
because i can't even breathe

because i'm laughing/crying so hard.

it was a huge hormonal mess, i tell you what.


and completely hilarious.



i went to bed.
and slept so good.


slept so good that i didn't wake up to my alarm
and was late to work.


i'm on a roll, people!

i find this quite hilarious.

this here is the list of homework i have to do by Monday.

it doesn't really even stress me out.

am i past feeling?



the hilarious part is that i have to take 7 quizzes by Monday.
SEVEN!

i should get a medal or something.

one thing i love about him...

sometimes,

when he whispers to me in church he kind of gets this phlegm stuff in his throat and he sounds like batman

and it makes me giggle.

just one of the many things i love about my mr.

happy weekend.

well, folks.

1 week of the semester down.

15 to go.


i hope you all have a fabulous 3 day weekend.

here's a photo for you.




this is lincoln's
"come to my bosom"
hug.

this photo makes me giggle.




guess what?

i'm going to be that silly boy's wife.

and i'm so excited.

Confession

I carried around a pair of nylons in my purse...


for the last four days.
And I didn't even wear them.

Ya know, just in case.





I'm awesome. :)

Some thoughts

Today in class I was shown this video...
It almost made me cry...

What would you do?





And on a lighter note...
I was also shown this video...
Made me laugh...