Book Club

I love to read and I absolutely love it when I get my hands on a good book. Some friends and I met here for book club the other day, we had fun visiting and eating and then we picked our books we are going to read for the next year, one per month. So here is the list if anyone wants to join in on the reading.
Febuary Kira Kira
March The Princess Bride
April A Thousand Splendid Suns
May Cold Sassy Tree
June The Kite Runner
July Les Miserables
August Follow the River
Sept. the new Stephanie Meyer book
Oct. Northanger Abby
Nov. East of Eden
Dec. Pride and Prejudice

A good book is the purest essence of a human soul.~ Thomas Carlyle ~
Enjoy reading!
Talena

100 things about myself

I loved reading the list's on my sister's blogs, so here it goes 100 things you were dying to know about me, :).
Not in any particular order

100. I love 'blogging'
99. I read the Davis County Clipper about once a week
98. I always check the obituaries
97. I love reading the New York Times
96. I don't consider myself a natural leader, but
95. I love being in charge
94. I love Primary
93. I was super shy when I was younger
92. I didn't talk to too many people in jr. high or high school
91. I was a LPN/ RN for seven years before I had children
90. I am done having children
89. I can't wait until Aaron is potty-trained but,
88. I don't want to train him.
87. I think bald men are sexy and, yes
86. My husband is going bald
85. I am obsessed with Wonder Woman
84. I have a Wonder Woman costume
83. I worked at George Washington University hospital for four years
82. I worked at a greenhouse during high school
81. My first job was at a ice cream store and I hated it!
80. I am very thankful for my college degree in nursing
79. Someday I would like to get my master's degree in nursing
78. I received my bachelors degree from George Mason Univeristy
77. A couple of times a week I have to take a sleeping pill (Ambien CR-the best)
76. I believe in Vitamins
75. I can't stand it when people chew ice
74. I wish I knew more about computers
73. I love to read and I love books
72. I really don't like chocolate
71. Except for Peanut M and M's and
70. Mr. Goodbars
69. I wish I could eliminate ALL sugar from my diet
68. I love going to the symphony
67. I love classical music, my favorite composer is Vivaldi
66. I had braces two times
65. I need braces again
64. I hate my overbite, therefore, I hate my profile
63. I dream about owning a bigger house (3000 square feet or larger)
62. I love baskets
61. My favorite group to listen to right now is "Point of Grace"
60. I cry when nobody's looking
59. I wish I had never quit piano lessons in high school
58. I wish I had a good singing voice
57. I love mens' acapella choirs
56. I was on the girls basketball team for one year in high school
55. I worry too much about what other people think
54. I love a good 'chic flick'
53. I like music from Bon Jovi
52. I love a good work out
51. I like classical rock and roll music
50. If I weren't Mormon I'd probably be addicted to coffee
49. I buy good quality writing pens, even though my husband brings home lots of pens from work
48. I have four children
47. I am listening to "The Bridge to Teribethia" soundtrack right now
46. I love office supply stores, i.e. Staples, Office Max, etc.
45. I enjoy a good steak every once in awhile
44. I love buffett style restaurants
43. I eat a lot
42. I love shopping
41. I love clothes from Ann Taylor, Eddie Bauer and Talbots
40. I miss the East Coast
39. The East Coast beaches are better than the west coast beaches
37. I miss living on the East Coast
36. I hate being cold
35. I love hot chocolate
33. I use the same extra large pink towel everyday after a few days I wash it and then the same cycle
32. Kentucky Fried Chicken gives me diarrhea
31. I once had a ruptured ovarian cyst rupture and it was very painful
30. I love historical fiction novels
29. I love it when I laugh so hard my side hurts
28. My husband introduced me to Slurpees and I love them
27. He proposed to me by putting my engagement ring on the bottom of a slurpee cup
26. I have seven sisters and one brother
25. I wish I had known my father in law
24. I love to make quilts
23. I wish I had more time to make quilts
22. my husband works too much
21. I like hamburgers from McDonalds
20. I was addicted to watching 'Days of our Lives' in high school and college
19. I dream about owning a grand piano and playing it very well
18. I used to never miss an episode of Dr. Phil
17. This first man I kissed was my husband
16. I love reunions with friends and family
15. I hate taxes
14. I wish I knew more about investing money
13. I wish I had more money to invest
12. I like the color pink
11. Almost done
10. I peed my pants one time in KMart
9. I peed my pants one time while on the treadmill at the gym
8. I mostly wear silver jewelry
7. I love tight jeans, my husband does too, hehe
6. I love cooking nice big meals for my family, ie Thanksgiving dinner
4. I've been through counseling and I loved it!
3. I like to watch hospital shows on TV
2. I've had two speeding tickets in my life
1. I've been in two car accidents, (fender benders)

Well, that's it all you wanted to know about me and some more, hope your not to bored.

What am I running after?

Well, I made it to the gym this morning at 6:30 am, yeah quite the shocker couldn't believe it myself. I am so proud of myself ran another 15 mins. today and I love the weights! As I was running this morning I was thinking of all the things that are running in my life. I'm running to the grocery store, to walmart, target, the middle school, the elem. school, the bus stop, I'm always running after my two year old, yesterday we went running out to the curb to see the garbage truck. I'm always running, my washer and dryer are always running, my dishwasher is running about once a day. So, I long for the quiet moments of peace and tranquility, when I can sit down and rest or take a nap. I love quiet moments of scripture reading and prayer. I love the quiet voices of my children, or the soft whispers of my husband. Running and quiet, two different spectrums, but oh how I need both of them!

I'm in love again!

I'm in love with the gym again, I just renewed my membership and I am in love with running again. Only ran 15 mins. today--hey it's a start. I didn't realize how much I missed it unitl I went back this morning. It's amazing how much better I feel when I exercise! I love my running shoes and I love the treadmill. Keep running!

My significant better half

Name: Jay Dee Kerr
How long have you been married: 18 years on March 17th
How long did you date: 7 months, from first date to wedding day
How old is he: 40
Who eats more: I would say we both eat about the same, large amounts
Who said "I love you" first? Jay Dee did.
Who is taller: We're both about the same height 6"0'
Who sings better: Neither one of us can sing
Who is smarter: JD
Whose temper is worse: Mine
Who does the laundry: Me, Jd is good about folding and putting it away.
Who does the dishes: Mostly me, Jd will help out a lot.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed: JD does
Who pays the bills: I do
Who mows the lawn: Georgie Cruz, no relation to us, he's our gardener
Who cooks dinner: I do
Who is more stubborn: JD
Who is the first to admit they are wrong: JD
Whose parents do you see the most: See them both about the same amount of time
Who proposed: JD proposed on Dec. 9th, 1989
Who has more friends: I do, but I think a lot of his patients are his friends
Who has more siblings: I do, I have 8, he has only 1.
Who wears the pants in the family: I do


Thanks Mariah and Laresa for the fun idea, I enjoyed reading about your 'better halfs' on your blogs.

BTW how do you get music downloaded on your blogs?

Pictures of California Pumelo, grapefruit knife, there are little ducks on the knife, it's eighteen years old.

Claifornia Pumelos

I love grapefruit, as long as I can remember I have loved this fruit. I found these ginormous grapefruit at Costco and decided to give them a try. They are actually called California Pumelos and they are delicous! That is one thing I have LOVED about living in California is the variety and sizes of fruits and vegetables there are here. They are much sweeter than grapefruit. As I was cutting up my new citrus fruit, I realized that my Mom was the one who introduced me to this fruit and she taught me how to cut it into sections and how to eat it properly. No one else here at the Kerr household shares my love for grapefruit so I get to eat it all to myself and I don't have to share with anyone (selfish thought). I also realized how much I love my grapefruit knife, I have had the same grapefruit knife for eighteen years. It was given to me in a knife set by my mother-in-law as a Christmas gift. I believe it was our first Christmas together (1990). I have since gotten rid of the rest of the knifes, but I have held on to this special grapefruit knife. I love it and you just can't eat a grapefruit without cutting it properly! So here's to all good things in life, cheers!

Check out my Slide Show!

"Jesus in a bottle"

I love to have random acts of daily living. I definitely had one yesterday. I was dozing in the lazy boy and there was a knock at the door. I opened the door and it was a young African American kid selling some cleaner. He proceded to try and sell me the cleaner, telling me all the wonderful things about it. It was organic and safe to have around my children, telling me how cost efficient it was, he sprayed some on my front window and demonstrated after wiping how it doesn't leave any fingerprints, he scrubbed the grout in my entryway and that even came clean! Then he brought out a black Sharpie marker, said the cleaner could even get off Sharpie stains, so I said ok if your cleaner can get off my Sharpie marker stain right here on the wall, I will buy some cleaner from you. So he sprayed down the wall and sure enough with a little scrubbing the sharpie marker stain came off, but as he scrubbed the stain off the paint was coming with it. So I told him, "oh, look the paint is coming off tooo". His response was "It's not Jesus in a bottle, it can't do everything". I started laughing so hard. What a comment! I did end up buying some cleaner from him. But, I have been thinking about his commnet over and over. And I am so thankful and so blessed to know that Jesus can do everything, and that he has done it for me. Know it is only up to me to put forth the effort to do everything I can and know how to do to repay Jesus Christ for what he has done for me.

Today

Today is today, Tyler is home sick today, so I thought I would try out this 'blogging' thing, it's pretty cool and I can see how I can become addicted.


"Today is under construction, thank you for understanding." Quote found on webshots.

The Kerr Clan

Testing out my new blog! We'll see if I can do this?