2 for 1!

As of a few weeks ago, me (Alex) and Abby live together!

This has been the plan for a while, and I got so anxious and excited, that I moved early. 

Just kidding. The real story is that I was nannying, 

and planned to stay with that family until November, and then move here.

Well, I quit my job early.

Why, you ask?

Not because I'm flaky, not because I just wanted to.

I quit because they were crazy demanding, and stingy to boot.

I was working 12 hour days Mon-Fri, 6:30am-6:30pm!

I took the world's most disobedient three-year-old to and from swim lessons, 

speech therapy, preschool, etc. All this with a clingy one-year-old in tow.

They also expected me to single-handedly perfect his motor skills and potty train him.

They tried to seriously stiff me on gas money, so I got the heck out of there.

It was a long six months.

Anyway, I just needed to let that out. 

Sorry, back to the exciting stuff!

The point of this post is to let everyone know that I LOVE it here!

Saint George is great, and Abby and Jesse have been so nice and fun to live with.

Abby and I haven't lived together since she was a senior in high school and I was a freshman.

Needless to say, we didn't get along all that well that year,

now we're both older and closer, and it makes a huge difference!

I just love love love it here. 

No more long distance skyping for us! 

Groupon epic fail

Just thought I'd share this funny story that happened recently while AB and Jess were in town last. Dad (forgetting I'm not a lover of cake/cupcakes) bought me a groupon for my birthday for a dozen cupcakes from the Coronado Cupcakery. He planned for all of us to spend the afternoon in Coronado to hang out and pick out the cupcakes. We got to the Coronado Cupcakery only to find that dad didn't read the fine print on his groupon that said you have to call and place an order for your dozen cupcakes the day before you come pick them up. The girl working there would not make an exception for us despite them having a full display of dozens of cupcakes. Dad was furious and promised never to give the shop his business again. We had cold stone that day instead.

About a week later, not being one to waste money, dad put in an order at the shop with his coupon, and picked the cupcakes up the next day. Good times.

Phrases by Squisties

This is a special Christmas edition of Phrases by Squisties.

One thing I will never forget is something Alex said when she was really young. One of Alex's better friends at the time was named Chelsea. We were singing Angels We Have Heard on High in church, and after the first two verses, someone noticed that Alex was not singing "..in excelsis Deo" but rather, she was singing "..in a Chelsea's stable." I mean, it kind of makes sense..she must have connected the stable with the one Christ was born in, and Chelsea was just what fit in in her head.

Whenever we sing this song I think of those lyrics..and might slip them into a verse or two ;)

Love you Al!


-Abby

the word

Alex wanted me to clarify where "squistie" came from because she didn't invent it.  I actually say a lot of words where I add "...ie" to the end.  Many of these are even used by my two year old and other family members today.  For example: diap-ies, eye boog-ies, shoog-ie (instead of sugar), etc.  But alas, this is not where it comes from either.

Our husbands have a group dislike of ANY instance in which we feel the need to bring up old boyfriends, but I'm afraid the credit for this term goes to one of mine.  He had two sisters which he lovingly referred to, and addressed (on the phone at least), as squisties.  Like in any relationship, I began to adopt certain phrase-ology and other characteristics from this significant other.  I called my sisters that a few times after that, they liked it, and it stuck.  And there you have it...the birth of Squisties.

Brothers

I love that us older three are married and we have brothers of our very own..since we grew up sans brothers. Alex..I can't wait to see what character you bring into our family :)

Anyway..Jeremy is just a trickster. He loves to kid, and he really likes to get our goats. He likes to do things like...stick his foot in front of you when you're trying to take a picture with Sheeb.

But..Jeremy is one of the coolest brothers I could ask for. I love that he loves soccer and that he is the father of Beckett. We get along really well and he's...........pretty cool.

Andrew is the biggest goofball there ever was on this entire planet. My favorite thing is that he says one funny thing, everyone laughs at the joke, and then he continues to say that thing forever. For example, Andrew saw the following video.. imitated it, got a laugh, and then proceeded to repeat the following action the ENTIRE day. (Mind you, it was Christmas day, so every time someone opened a gift he would say..."Ohhhh myyy goooooshhh")

[Uh..I don't know how to put the video on here so here's the link :)]

Surprise Party

Proof:

Oh brothers.

-Abby

Halloween 2005.

Air & Abby = concert buddies.

Halloween has been changed forever thanks to the year 2005. As the cool older sister, even after graduating high school mind you, I took Abby to a concert Halloween night in Irvine, CA. The line-up was Panic! At the Disco, The Starting Line, Motion City Soundtrack, and Fall Out Boy.

That night went down in history as my all time favorite Halloween to date. They put on one heck of a show. Now every year to the day, I listen to the same playlist of artists, and reminisce with so much fondness. Pulling into that In N' Out afterword listening to The Starting Line is a cherished memory for me, Nerr. CHERISHED. I'll keep it, and pretend to relive it for years to come.

And these are some of my favorite songs...

Love you all! Happy Halloween!

Tears for Fears

So, when you're parents rocked their 20 somethings in the 80's... you know that era will be a part of your life. Movies, culture, music... but not the clothing. The clothing should not be relived. And with that said, my sisters and I have grown to share an appreciation for 80's music, mostly thanks to our father. Yes, I know many of you think it's attrocious (including our husbands!) but we just love it! It is so much more than a silly song with somewhat irrelevant lyrics. This is in part due to the fact that when said father wanted to go to concerts (which is still an activity of the present)... he's been known to take a daughter or two with him.

Thank you father for sharing this thing we enjoy with you individually, and together as sisters...

Lately I've been using actual CD's rather than my iPod, and it has been quite enjoyable to commit to an album, and listen to it twice over. yesterday's CD was the best of Tears for Fears... and that was probably my best decision for the day.

There was a song that reminded me of each sister, and I loved it.


1. Everybody Wants to Rule the World- Shmee (Ash)
This reminds me of her because of her love for the movie Real Genius. Great film. And I believe it's frequented a few playlists of hers over the years. Mostly reminiscent of the years spent with her driving me every where during her junior/senior year. Those were literally good times.
2. Break it Down Again- Me (muahaha)
Ok, I'm not MY sister, but I am A sister... and this song is just my very favorite. Gets me so pumped.
3. Sewing the Seeds of Love- Nerr (Abby)
Dad took Abby to the Tears for Fears concert, and ever since this song has just reminded me of her. I think she tends to sing this one the most.
4. Shout- Al
Now this song doesn't remind me of her because she loves it, but the first line says "shout, shout, let it all out" and THAT reminded me of her because we used to tell Alex to "cry louder" when she would get upset. Rude, I know, but we thought it was funny that she would actually do it and we found it quite entertaining. Glad she's all grown up now, ha. That and this song reminds me of a more vintage "Shout" song, that she used to love. My dad would turn it on and we would run around the downstairs throwing our hands in the air while the song was playing. A hoot and a half.

Love you guys.

Have a listen.
-Air