Oh please oh please oh please

So we're flying from Salt Lake City to Chicago tomorrow. Supposedly. The weather forecast shows storms in Chicago and some snow in Salt Lake, so I'm a little worried about our arrival. Walt's dad is driving 3 hours to come pick us up, and his sisters are flying into Chicago from Phoenix, so if the weather doesn't cooperate, this could be a very interesting trip. Keep your fingers crossed for us!

Tagged - 8 Things About Me

8 TV Shows I Like
Andy of Mayberry
Brady Bunch
Little House on the Prairie
Muppet Show
Cosby Show
(I know, these are all re-runs, but they're so good!)

We get one channel, so this is about it.

8 Things I Did Yesterday

threw up
took a nap
ate a piece of bread
threw up again
took a nap
ate pretzels
x-stitched
watched Nora's Christmas Gift with Walt

(I was sick)

8 Things I Am Looking Forward To

A pizza and movie party at our house tonight for the young men
The BYU bowl game on Saturday

Christmas with Walt's family!
Music and the Spoken word on Sunday (we're going)
Finding out the gender of our baby (first week of February)
Not working next week
Showing more so I can feel justified in wearing maternity clothes (even though I'm already wearing them)
Watching The Tale of Despereaux

8 of My Favorite Places to Eat

P.F. Changs
Mimi's Cafe
Red Robin
Panda Express
Zupas
Pier 49 pizza
McDonalds for their sausage biscuit (I'm a sucker for those!)
Grandma's house

8 Things I Wish For

I wish for the ability to enjoy and appreciate every stage of life and every experience as it comes before it goes. I'm working on that. I think that's worth 8 things right there.

Feel free to do this if you want - I'm not tagging anyone. Better yet, just comment on anything we have in common!

All I Want For Christmas Is Maternity Clothes :)

That's right! Johnson baby #1 is due June 25, 2008. I'm in week 12 and feeling great! No morning sickness, just a little tired and HUNGRY. We're very excited and feeling so blessed.

I've Been Tagged!

Here are the rules:
1. Go to your pictures.
2. Upload the 4th photo from the 4th folder.
3. Explain the picture.
4. Tag your friends.

(For those who may not know...as far as I understand, when you are "tagged" you follow the instructions given by the person that tagged you and then you "tag" other friends who have blogs.)

This is Walt as a 1 year old in Saint Louis. Pretty much everything about this picture is adorable and also gives away a lot about his age. :) I think the no shirt thing is brilliant for babies eating. Think how much easier clean-up must be!

I tag Crystal Ross and Candy Maxfield.

Lessons From Thanksgiving Dinner

Can I just say Thanksgiving was sooooo fun?! As far as dinner preparations, overall things went pretty smoothly. Especially considering we had 20 people here, most of whom brought part of the meal and needed kitchen space or appliances to complete the finishing touches. We joked about how many cooks we could FIT in the kitchen, and for the last hour or two before we ate it was not uncommon to have 5-6 of us in the cooking area. When we were preparing the turkey I couldn't find the gizzards, which I wanted for the soup. I couldn't believe someone had left the gizzards out of our turkey. It took me about 5 minutes to remember that there are two holes in the bird, and they were in the other one. The biggest oops I made was doing the candied yams (never done those before). I put a nice solid layer of large marshmallows on top of the yams, put a lid on, and stuck them in the oven alongside the stuffing. About 30 minutes later someone smelled smoke. We opened the oven and found that marshmallows expand in heat and had spilled over the top of the container onto the floor of the oven, sparking a fire in the back left corner. Next time we'll put just a few marshamallows on, then spread them. We'll also put foil in the bottom of the oven to make clean up easier. But those were really the only things that went wrong. All the food was delicious, everyone enjoyed each other's company, there was lots of laughter and talk and games, and I can't wait to do it all again next year.

Thanksgiving

There is so much to be grateful for:

fresh fruit
family
cell phones
internet
variety in our diets
heating
hot water
hot husband
nice neighbors
piano
two cars
fridge/freezer
health
vitamins
BYU football
sewing machine
CD player
pets
queen size bed
garbage services
right to vote
lawn mowers
weather forecasts
books/ability to read
washing machine
fun holidays to look forward to
pens
cute paper

This isn't even the tip of the iceberg. I could go on and on. We're so blessed. I hope I will never forget the source of all my blessings and be quick to recognize them.

Weekend With Walt

There's some good alliteration for you. It was such a fun weekend because I just hung out with Walt the whole time. Friday night we ran some random errands together, including finding a birthday gift for his dad (this was accomplished by walking up and down the tool isles in Sears for about 30 minutes - not bad actually. And Walt was able to point out his wishlist for the next three years, so it was a very efficient trip.) Then we came home and played Backgammon before bed. Saturday we went running together, went to the temple, then cleaned the house while we listened to the BYU football game. Saturday night we ate dinner and watched Stephen Hawking's Universe video (well okay, I fell asleep while Walt watched).

We will be having all of my family over for Thanksgiving dinner. This means I'm cooking the turkey. Anyone have tips for the cooking of the turkey?